Peter Rosch

@peterrosch.bsky.social

author of WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO / FUTURE SKINNY / MY DEAD FRIEND SARAH / rep'd by @elizcopps at @confluencelit

@peterrosch.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:15 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Can't wait for y'all to meet Viv, Wyatt, and... It. 🩸

Huge thanks to @rapturepublishing.bsky.social and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and Elizabeth Copps for giving the most f*cked-up love story ever told the perfect home. 😭

screenshot of Publisher's Market Place deal report for SPILT, a horror fiction novel, by Peter Rosch that reads: Author of WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO Peter Rosch's SPILT, in which two troubled lovers fleeing a botched bank robbery accidentally unleash a blood-made, gummy-bear-shaped demon that becomes obsessed with their devotion, turning their flight toward Mexico into a gauntlet of deadly bargains and moral tests, to Mitch Hull at Rapture Trade, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2028, by Elizabeth Copps at Confluence Literary Agency (world English).

@peterrosch.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:18 PM

thank you, Stephanie! 🖤

@peterrosch.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:15 PM

Can't wait for y'all to meet Viv, Wyatt, and... It. 🩸

Huge thanks to @rapturepublishing.bsky.social and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and Elizabeth Copps for giving the most f*cked-up love story ever told the perfect home. 😭

@stinasdemons.com Oct 13, 2026, 8:04 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

If you need some peace or cheering up, it's always inspiring & soothing to see 100% Human-Made Art in all its glory

& we have an absolute plethora of talented people on Bluesky, sharing theirs today

so why don't you do some artists & yourself a solid: search #PortfolioDay and like a bunch of Art 🙂

@elfordalley.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 3:16 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thank you, @waynefenlon.bsky.social for letting my story have a spot in this incredible horror anthology, out now!

Link below.

@richtate.com Oct 13, 2026, 2:58 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Pink Mood Levitation Lee Wolf

A witch floating high above the forest floor with the full moon in the background done in varying shades of pink.

@authorgregramsay.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:04 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Empathy. Power. Heroism. What do you envision? Surprise! This #YA book is full of disabled and diverse heroes! Praised by readers for doing the unexpected and being full of heart. Yours for only 0.99! Everyone is full of potential...
ENG: mybook.to/1UIP3
FR: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKNPKB2C

@aliciawarne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:17 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

For mystery, thriller and horror fans, here are 30 books at 99c until 21 October

mybook.to/MysteryThril...

Graphic for Booklinker Mystery, Thriller and Horror promotion. An image of a figure in a trenchcoat and trilby walking away from the viewer down an alleyway under a lamp, in noir film style, next to the words "Mystery, Thriller and Horror .99 cents

@drclawmd.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:11 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

So far, Lincoln Harriott has:
- between up corrupt cops
- defended a preacher from a gang
- allied with a public defender

All in the first 2 hours of Election Day.

Keep up with Lincoln's continuing adventures on Royal Road and see if he's worthy of your vote:

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1953...

@chriswrites.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:42 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thanks Gabino, as always. These two queer horror books are sitting at .99 for the ebooks this halloween. chriswilliamsbooks.com

@rmoonhill.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:18 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Always wonderful, Gabino.

My book TO CONQUER DEATH is available at basically every single independent bookstore that has a Bookshop storefront, and is a rollicking adventure in the late Bronze Age that makes one thing about death and get sad and stuff!

bookshop.org/p/books/to-c...

@samflynnwrites.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:42 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thanks Gabino! Today's not only #FridayReads but my birthday too! Treat yourself to a pair of spooky short reads this Halloween season in a complete duology perfect for fans of flintlock fantasy and cosmic horror. A lot of Bloodborne comparisons from happy readers, which is good company.

The Mystery of the Pale King (Deadlights Duology #1) by Sam Flynn from Timber Ghost Press
Cover by Greg Chapman
1. The King in Yellow x Gilles de Rais
2. 120 page novella
3. Down the river of madness
4. Cultish sun-worshippers
5. Underground anarchist societies
6. Play or ritual?
7. Cosmic horror
8. Flintlock fantasy

Dweller in Darkness (Deadlights Duology #2) by Sam Flynn from Timber Ghost Press
Cover by Greg Chapman
1. Fungal body horror
2. God or demon?
3. 120 page novella
4. Nightmarish liminal spaces
5. Confronting eldritch entities
6. What are the deadlights?
7. Picked off one by one
8. Flintlock fantasy

@mhurban.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:02 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thank you, Gabino
Trapped in Amber takes place on Halloween in Boston. It's as good an excuse as any to promote it. Free on KU or $2.99
mybook.to/TrappedInAmber
#FridayReads

@sstein.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

If you're not interested in a coffee machine robot narrator, lots of footnotes and jokes, a detective, a futuristic mall society that stretches across the continent, wordplay, and absurd satire, then get someone else's novels.

scottsteinonline.com

www.amazon.com/dp/B08RB4S319

screenshot of starred review of The Great American Deception in Publishers Weekly

The Great American Deception
Scott Stein. Tiny Fox, $14.27 trade paper (228p) ISBN 978-1-946501-21-9
Stein (Mean Martin Manning) delivers a madcap sci-fi take on the hard-boiled detective genre in this fun, near-future romp that’s chock-full of rapid-fire wit, tongue-in-cheek literary allusions, and playful futuristic absurdity. Arjay, a sentient, top-of-the-line coffee machine with an excess of pep, tags along on the cases of old-school PI Frank Harken within the luxurious but dystopian confines of the Great American—a giant, autonomous, U.S.-coast-spanning shopping mall. Though the grumpy gumshoe is not always thrilled by Arjay’s presence, he can’t deny that the bot makes a “damn fine” cup of coffee. When one of the Great American’s inhabitants, Pretty Lovely, hires Harken to find her sister, kidnapped heiress Winsome Smiles, Harken and Arjay are plunged into Great American’s underbelly, where they encounter genre staples including mobsters and incompetent cops. Stein keeps the stakes high and the laughs coming, juxtaposing the gritty mystery and dystopian setting with Arjay’s perky narration to excellent effect. Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight. (May)

The Great American Betrayal, by Scott Stein

Photo: Tiny Fox Press LLC
Trope-heavy genres like science fiction and detective mysteries offer a lot of easy targets for parodists, but it takes a deft hand to fully exploit them for their humor — to gently and lovingly tease those familiar formats while also telling a new and original story that has something to say about the human condition. Scott Stein’s The Great American Betrayal does just that as it follows a continentwide shopping mall’s house detective, Frank Harken, and his pet robot–assistant–coffee machine, Arjay, as they try to determine who is blackmailing a popular influencer — and why. This is a clever novel that just consistently dances on the edge of absurdity; it’s a great and witty time.

The Great American Betrayal, by Scott Stein
$12

Kirkus reviews
THE GREAT AMERICAN DECEPTION
by Scott Stein ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2020

An amusing SF private eye/coffee spoof chock-full of silicon circuits and served with laughs.

In a giant, futuristic mall, a coffee machine with artificial intelligence excitedly narrates the exploits of its new owner, a retro-style, hard-boiled gumshoe.

Stein’s (Lost, 2019) satirical SF detective yarn at least initially owes much to Douglas Adams before the material finds its own humorous tone. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fans may recall Adams’ ancillary detail of robotic home appliances with “Real People Personalities,” often annoying, single-minded entities. And coffee machines were among those conveniences so accessorized. Arjay, the first-person (or first-gadget?) narrator here, is such a device, an ever upbeat, persistent, and talkative “top of the line” coffee maker. Arjay gets delivered to Frank Harken, a private eye of the old school, whose beat is the Great American, a fortresslike, coast-to-coast shopping/dining/entertainment/residential mall (shades of Somtow Sucharitkul’s Mallworld). The mall is a consumer paradise and haven for the elite in an otherwise ill-described (but doubtlessly unpleasant) future United States. Because of a prime directive to serve coffee in any circumstance, Arjay is mobile, resourceful, multilimbed, and filled with extra goodies such as laser cutters. The AI becomes sidekick to bemused tough-guy Harken. The chipper appliance recounts their initial case together, a missing custom-dentistry heiress named Winsome Smiles, connected to shady characters and now apparently kidnapped. Arjay’s enthusiastic narration takes readers through not only the standard private investigator clichés (mobsters, clueless authorities, duplicitous dames), but also bizarre boutiques and services (“legstentions”), literary references encompassing The Princess Bride and Edgar Allan Poe, and—in a very Hitchhiker touch—reams of persnickety Arjay non sequitur f…

@sdrebit.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:47 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thanks Gabino, as always! A CUT BELOW isn't an encyclopedic reference book on horror, but it's a very well received, fun, and personal book filled with drive-in film chat. AND, IT'S 30% OFF until the end of the month!

Order your copy today:

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/a-cu...

@justinwriter.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:07 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thanks Gabino! My novel ‘Thunder From a Clear Blue Sky’ is available from Malarkey Books & I think it’s worth owning for the cover alone!

bookshop.org/p/books/thun...

@amygrech.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:40 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

www.amazon.com/Shadow-Your-...

@jdbuffington.com Oct 9, 2026, 6:42 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thanks, Gabino! Happy #FridayReads!
I like writing horror and scifi happening in real history. I like inspiring a reader to look things up—people, places, events, even the weather—and wonder if my events could have been there in the details… Visit a house that’s been haunted where no one has died:

@d-a-jobe.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:08 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

Thank you Gabino! PALMETTO BOY is about a woman who thought she’d escaped the monster that terrorized her family when she was a child. Also: cursed house, creepy familial folklore, a lock-picking kid, and bugs. Lots of bugs. 🪳

www.timberghostpress.com/store/p81/Pa...

@stephcampisi.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:54 PMReposted by @peterrosch.bsky.social

My USA Today bestselling zomcom 10 Things I Hate About Zombies is just 99c in ebook all month! It's about a smoothie shop owner and mushroom farmer who accidentally start a zombie apocalypse (oops) 🧟 🥤 🍄

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVQTRN8C/
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1148503613
bookshop.org/a/975/978000...

copies of 10 Things I hate About Zombies - one with bedazzled title text - next to a vase of flowers

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