The Facebook Author Phenomenon: A Cautionary Essay
B.J’s Bile In this series of essays, B.J. Swann spews out hatred and gives you the straight dope on everything that sucks about the...
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BJ Swann
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Don’t of the Day: Infodumping
Don’t of the Day: Infodumping In this series of articles, Swann and Bedlam share advice on things authors shouldn’t do One of the worst...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Become An ARC reader.... everyone is doing it
Do you love getting something before everyone else? Does it make you feel special to say “I received an Advanced Reader Copy” in your...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Swann + Bedlam is taking submissions!
That’s right, Swann+Bedlam, the world’s most ignored underground press run by two indie authors, is now ready to publish books by other...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- May 29
- 4 min
Streamline Your Short Stories
Writing a short story, yes, you can do it! However, there are ways short stories can quickly go wrong and fall right off the rails before...
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BJ Swann
- May 29
- 4 min
I Hate Splatterpunk
I Hate Splatterpunk... ...but I also love it. To be more precise, I have an ambivalent relationship with it. Some of it’s amazing, some...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
Spiritless But Actually Not | Kyle Mitchell
Maybe this book just wasn’t for me. I don’t know…I found some parts exhausting to read. Maybe it was the mostly unlikeable characters or...
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BJ Swann
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
Sauna Man | James O Hands
The bizarre adventures of a serial killer whose weapon of choice is saunas. Yes, saunas. It's a hilarious concept executed in a suitably...
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BJ Swann
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Black Planet (#1) | Nikki Noir
Black Planet is a delightful series with a lot going on. In generic terms, it’s a wonderful mixture of horror, erotica, and paranormal...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Lasagna Police | James O Hands
I bought this to read on an airplane but was so intrigued by the strange formatting I thought meh, whatever.... I’ll read another book on...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Please Buy This Book So I Can Feel Validated & (Finally) Love Myself | Homeless XOXO
Starts with a novella about an ex-boy with a rain cloud who meets an ex-girl with a rain cloud. The girl is delivering pizzas so she can...
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Elizabeth Bedlam!
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
A Blurred Estuary of Demons | Rebecca Maye Holiday
I loved this short story collection. I read it over the course of first a five-hour flight and then the rest during a 14-hour flight when...
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BJ Swann
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Breakfast At Cannibal Joe's | Jay Spencer Green
I found this book very funny even though 50% of the jokes flew over my head. This book is set in Dublin. I have never been to Dublin, so...
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BJ Swann
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Wet Bones | John Shirley
A genuine splatterpunk classic that blows most other horror books out of the water. Tom Prentice has to identify the strangely emaciated...
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