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Storyteller 📖 Canadian 🇨🇦 Husband 👬L(G)BTQ 🏳️‍🌈 Winner of a literary award no one cares about—but huzzah!! Check out my website www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca for book reviews, author interviews & more.
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HAPPY PRIDE!! On my BLOG, I'm featuring 2 entries from the 2024 MM Paranormal Romance series Tales From The Tarot: The Magician's Heart by J.P. Jackson and Twisted Fates by Adam J. Ridley, both OwnVoice authors. ryanlawrenceauthor.ca @jpjacksonauthor.bsky.social @authorblakeallwood.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚

HAPPY PRIDE!

Haunted Hearts 2: Season of the Witch! Mark your calendars for this bewitching series release coming your way this fall: October 2025! 12 mesmerizing novels that put male witches at the forefront, showcasing a diverse array of magical traditions & practices. Authored entirely by #OwnVoice writers!

My author photos always seem to run between stern and blue steel. 😏

HAPPY PRIDE! Exciting news! For Pride Month, I wanted to feature on my BLOG a queer author whose work I enjoy and respect. Also, he's a pretty cool guy. So, now posted on my BLOG is my interview with Queer Horror author Marc Ruvolo! @marcruvolo.bsky.social Head over to www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca !

Tomorrow, for Pride Month, I’ll be releasing my latest BLOG interview: queer horror writer Marc Ruvolo. Go to www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca to read some of my past "Own Voice" author interviews that feature some amazingly talented gay/queer men!

Own Voice Authors

Hungary has banned Pride marches. It's a direct attack on LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign now to demand EU action! Help protect human rights and keep Pride alive. a.allout.org/s/WZRVR/

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! I've wanted to do a review for this sequel to my favourite gay book, It Had To Be You by Timothy James Beck, 4EVAH, and what better time than now! Head over to my BLOG at www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca to read my review of He's The One! Support Gay/Queer writers! 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Happy Friday the 13th! 🪓🩸😱 To mark the occasion, check out my review of Eric David Roman's LONG NIGHT AT LAKE NEVER (May 2022), which I did a while back! @themwritervibes.bsky.social A fantastic queer nod to 80s slasher movies! Go to www.ryanlawrenceauthor

That time at a convention when Casper Van Dien unexpectedly turned and began “choking” me—and I liked it. 🤣 Hubby was a few metres away watching—and afterwards said, “You liked that, didn't you?” 🤣🤣 He knows my decades-long obsession with Casper.

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HAPPY HALLO—I mean PRIDE!!

Happy Pride!

Happy Pride!

Happy Pride Canucks!!

I've just published a new article on my BLOG! In the post, I reflect on some sensitive things, my thoughts and feelings, all concerning this time and where we are in the world as queer people/LGBTQ+. Head over to www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca and check it out!

HAPPY PRIDE! SINS OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO #4 (Sept 2022). This stunning cover is by Travis Moore. Andrew Wheeler, also a gay/queer creator, is the writer. Wheeler is a Toronto-based author born and raised in the south of England.

Happy Pride Month!

Now up on my BLOG: Book Review: SLOE by Marc Ruvolo @marcruvolo.bsky.social A spooky horror novella involving curses, blue-skinned Appalachians, and descents into destructive behavior. I mentioned this was horror, right? Head over to my website, www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca to read the full review!

When did you know? 😏🤣

Happy World Dracula Day! WDD is celebrated every May 26, marking the anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker's renowned gothic novel Dracula.

Now on my BLOG: my review of Thom Collins' gripping Gay Romantic-Thriller novella, SHOW NO MERCY! Dive in to discover the twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat! As with all my reviews, you can only read the unedited version here: www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca @thomcollins.bsky.social

Hungary has banned Pride marches. It's a direct attack on LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign now to demand EU action before May 27! Help protect human rights and keep Pride alive. a.allout.org/s/WZRVR/

HAPPY WORLD GOTH DAY!

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Happy Mother's Day! 🤰🤱

My review of the 1993 classic horror-thriller novel MR. MURDER by Dean Koontz is now up on my BLOG! Head over to www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca and check it out. 🩸 🔪 “Monster are real, and sometimes they look just like us.” - Dean Koontz, Mr. Murder.

Head over to my BLOG at www.ryanlawrwnceauthor.ca and check out my article from a few years back entitled “The Prosaic Form Cannot Communicate My Meaning!” Simplicity has its place—and its exit.

Avoid complexity because it's not mass-targeted!? I've had discussions with readers of mine admitting they've had to look up a word or phrase—& they were all excited to learn something new. If a style doesn’t resonate they’ll move on—that’s 👌 Not all of us want to adhere to your brand of “clarity.”

Picked up an excellent condition 1st Edition hardcover of Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz in my secondhand searching yesterday.

Last year, I was part of the own voices paranormal gay romance series HAUNTED HEARTS with my novel, The Night Belongs To Lovers. Well, we're bringing back the haunt—with a touch of magic this time around! This October—new paranormal stories of gay/queer love. HAUNTED HEARTS: SEASON OF THE WITCH

Now up on my BLOG: The Count by David-Jack Fletcher. @fletcherhorror.bsky.social A riveting queer horror novel blending the vampire & haunted house genres with added horror elements that’ll knock your socks off! Head over to my BLOG www.ryanlawrenceauthor.ca to read the full review!