Indie Community Resource Guide
REVIEWERS - COVER DESIGNERS -WEB RESOURCES - EDITORS
Book Cover Designers
Tried and True Cover Designers!
The below list contains just a few of the most highly recommended book cover designers in the business. From Horror to Fantasy and everything in between, someone here can create what you need.
REVIEWERS
WHO & HOW TO CONTACT
John Watson
John Watson in an indie author and is currently building a review blog and is open to all horror.
Diana Richie
Diana prefers to read dark books. Horror, Extreme Horror, Splatter. She is open to pretty much any kind of horror. She also enjoys reading bizarro as well. The best way to reach me is through Facebook or IG.
https://www.facebook.com/diana.richie.7
https://www.facebook.com/IndieBookAddict
IG: indiebookaddict
Samantha Hawkins
Samantha is open to all genres, but horror is preferred! You can contact her through email or any of her social media accounts. Use the Link tree below to connect.
Mike Rankin
Please check out the website/blog.
Mike reviews all horror but specializes in extreme/splatter/ Bizzaro. He also has expanded into doing author interviews. Would love to expand and move forward within the genre.
The website is https://horrorbookwormreviews.com
Joe Ortlieb
Joe reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, and gingernuts of horror. He posts his review inks on Twitter and IG.
He enjoys reading horror and extreme horror.Â
Triggers: hard time reading things that involve children. Other than that I'm pretty much open for anything.
Stina Marie
Emphasis on cosmic horror, haunted houses, folk/occult horror, and the underrepresented & marginalized. PHYSICAL ARCs PREFERRED- will consider digital IF it deals with one or more of the above. Extreme, transgressive, subversive okay as long as not gratuitous/exploitative.
Twitter: Mother Suspiria
@stina_marie333
https://twitter.com/stina_marie333?t=ww7drIosx6sbTGH3-YMZmQ&s=09
Goodreads:Mother Suspiria
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/69828983-mother-suspiria
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Tasha Schiedel
I enjoy reading all horror. I especially love stories with body horror, eco horror, and creatures. The best way to reach me is through email or Facebook.
Goodreads:
Twitter:
Happy Goat Horror
We review mostly indie horror books, all kinds of books (novels, short story collections, anthologies, comics, etc), and all kinds of horror, so basically anything that fits under the horror umbrella. Anything from the quietest horror that can barely be classed as "horror" to the most extreme, stomach-turning content.
WEBSITE LINK: https://happygoathorror.com/
IG LINK: https://www.instagram.com/happygoathorror/
FB LINK: https://www.facebook.com/HappyGoatHorror
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Diversity in Horror
I only review books that fall into the horror genre and are diverse reads preferably "own voices". This means your book needs to contain a major character, preferably the protagonist, who is BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or disabled. I also give preference to books written by minority authors. I'll review any kind of horror, but if there's graphic sexual assault, rape, animal abuse or CSA I appreciate if I'm given a warning beforehand.
Website: http://diversityhorror.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/diversityhorror
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diversityhorror/
Mindy Rose
My name is Mindy, I'm open to reviewing pretty much anything aside from books that deal largely in animal cruelty/violence and books where the main plot point is "this person is fat and that is horrifying and gross."
I review and rate everything I read on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/51029452-mindy-rose
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garbagesauce/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/garbagesauce
I'm also a bookseller at B&N so I'm always trying to find new indie horror to try to get on the shelves at my store.
Publishers-Presses-Magazines
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Aesthetic Press Aesthetic Press (wordpress.com)
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Black Hare Press Home - Black Hare Press
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Brigids Gate Press Home - Brigids Gate Press
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Clash Books CLASH BOOKS
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Cracked Skull Press Cracked Skull Press
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Curious Corvid Publishing Gothic Press | Indie Book Publishers | Curious Corvid Publishing | Geneva OH
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Death Knell Press Death Knell Press – for the love of macabre
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Dread Stone Press Dread Stone Press—Horror Fiction
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Eerie River Publishing Eerie River Publishing | Anthologies & Indie Author Services
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French Press French Press (frenchpresspub.blogspot.com)
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Ghost Orchid Press Ghost Orchid Press – Eye-catching horror, gothic & supernatural fiction
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Gray Matter Press Grey Matter Press – Where Dark Thoughts Thrive
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Grindhouse Press About – Grindhouse Press
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Heads Dance Press HEADS DANCE PRESS
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JournalStone Publishing JournalStone - Your Link to Artistic Talent
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King Shot press King Shot Press
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Last Waltz Publishing Horror | Book Publishers, Indie Publishing, Fiction And Horror Press (lastwaltzpublishing.com)
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Midworld Press MidWorld Press
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Perpetual Publishing Perpetual Motion Machine (perpetualpublishing.com)
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Raw Dog Screaming Press Home - Raw Dog Screaming Press : Raw Dog Screaming Press
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sinister Smile Press Home | Sinister Smile Press
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Skywatcher Press Book Publishing | Skywatcher Press
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Spooky House Press Spooky House (?) Press - Home (spookyhousepress.com)
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SSTPublications Welcome to SST Publications - Independent Publisher of All Things Dark
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Strange Wilds Press STRANGE WILDS PRESS — Katherine Silva (katherinesilvaauthor.com)
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SUNTUP Press Suntup Editions - Finely Crafted Limited Editions
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Tenebrous Press tenebrous press
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Thunderstorm Press Thunderstorm Books
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Timber Ghost Press TIMBER GHOST PRESS, LLC - Timber Ghost Press
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Weird Punk Books Weirdpunk Books
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Wild Hunt Books wild hunt books
Magazines
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Black Static TTA Press - Black Static: New Horror Fiction - Latest News
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Cemetery Dance Cemetery Dance Publications
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Cosmic Horror Monthly Cosmic Horror Monthly
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Dark Matter Magazine DARK MATTER MAGAZINE - Sci-Fi Stories, News, and Reviews
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Dark Moon Digest Dark Moon Digest – Perpetual Motion Machine (perpetualpublishing.com)
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Dark Recesses Press Home - Dark Recesses Press
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Diabolique Magazine Diabolique Magazine - Indulge your passion for the macabre!
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Gruesome Magazine Gruesome Reviews Podcasts and News - Gruesome Magazine
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Nightmare Magazine Nightmare Magazine - Horror & Dark Fantasy (nightmare-magazine.com)
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Planet Scumm Magazine Planet Scumm
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Rue Morgue Magazine Home - Rue Morgue (rue-morgue.com)
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Scream Magazine OUR BRAND - THE HORROR ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE (screamhorrormag.com)
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Sirens Call Publications Sirens Call Publications
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Skyway Journal Magazine SkywayJournal (wordpress.com)
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The DARK Magazine The Dark Magazine
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The Horror Zine The Horror Zine
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Uncharted Magazine Home - Uncharted (unchartedmag.com)
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Weird Tales Weird Tales
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Worth Writing About Zine Worth Writing About - itch.io