For good measure, I got a COVID booster ahead of Stokercon...I don't want you people making me sick. 😂

Big box of swag, ready to mail to Stokercon!! See you next week! (BTW, I'm really too shy to approach anyone so if you see me please say hello!!)

Tiny new visitor!! ❤️

One of my dreams/goals as an author was to have a book with sprayed edges... Achievement Unlocked! ❤️ Behold the hardcover edition of SOMETHING OF A CALLING! Available Sept. 15. Preorder from wherever you like to buy your books! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

The Trump regime doesn't have a single redeeming quality. Pure evil.

I'm having a great mail day today...in part because these little lovelies arrived! 😍

All right, here it is - all the places you can find me at StokerCon. I'll also be milling around, attending some panels, possibly being a wallflower... see you there?? Link in bio for more info & Sched links

Save the dates! I'll be part of two panels at this year's Stokercon - which is coming up fast! (Link in bio for more info)

I'll be posting more about Stokercon... But for now, here is the info for the first of the panels I'll be on:

Motherhood is complicated. Here are 4 books that explore different aspects of mothers, mothering, and mother-daughter relationships.

Met Gala dresses that were inspired by my book covers. (That's how it works, right? 😂)

HOLY SHIT! Massive congrats to @danielkraus.com on your PULITZER PRIZE!!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/b...

It's reading day! I don't usually read three books at once, but I'll be rotating these throughout the day because I want to read all of them... 😂❤️

A massive thank you to @erikatwurth.bsky.social for this blurb for SOMETHING OF A CALLING!! 🖤 Be sure to check out her latest book, THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

And now for something a little bit different... I've written another detective novel - but this one comes w/ a twist: my homicide detective is exploring her interests in BDSM. Yes friends, it's a kink novel - part police procedural thriller, part sub-looking-for-her-Dom erotica. You're welcome?? 🤔

SOMETHING OF A CALLING has received its first blurb! It's a huge honor to get a blurb from as talented a horror author as @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social -- thank you so much! Coming 9/15 from @blackstonepub.bsky.social

I've now taken 4 self-assessment tests for autism (CAT-Q, GQ-ASC for Adult Women, AQ, and RAADS-R) and scored in the autistic range for all of them....yet I'm still not sure it's legit unless a professional makes it official?? (I could debate every question on every test, dissect every trait...)😳

WRITER CONFESSIONS: When I get an edit letter I feel stupid & confused; I don't understand how to process broad, general notes. Then I got an edit letter from someone on the autism spectrum: it was granular & inspired ideas = a lightbulb moment in my understanding that autistics THINK differently.

I just signed a thing... Should have an official announcement soon. You are NOT ready for this, LOL.

If you're interested in cults & brainwashing I highly recommend the new 4-part Netflix documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet. It's unique & quite extraordinary - about a documentary filmmaking couple who basically embed themselves to earn trust, enabling them to capture a true inside perspective.

My tulips survived the last two nights of freezing temperatures. If we're lucky, it will stay at least moderately warmish. 🤞

Spring is springing...

No Kings in the house! (Seriously, they're indoor cats 😹) #NoKings

We're protesting in spirit today...

Tilly-Leguin and I are finishing Women in Horror month with WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth... That is if she gives me my turn to read it. 😺

If you need something to look forward to, now would be a great time to pre-order a book from Barnes & Noble. 25% off pre-orders - including my upcoming eco-horror, SOMETHING OF A CALLING! @blackstonepub.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/something-...

If you were thinking of pre-ordering SOMETHING OF A CALLING through Barnes & Noble now is a great time to do it! 😀 @blackstonepub.bsky.social

"easily the best book I've read so far this year" = I'm weeping with joy! SOMETHING OF A CALLING has its first GoodReads review! I know reviews are for readers, but I like to see the 1st reactions - and I'm grateful when they start out so positively! On NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

SOMETHING OF A CALLING is now available on NetGalley! 😀 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Did you know there's a giveaway going on for My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast?? First featured in Baby Teeth (and Dear Hanna) this fun book is ideal for readers 5 through 105 😀 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Here's something that doesn't suck...You could win a copy of something HAPPY - in the form of the paperback edition of My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast! For those of you who have read BABY TEETH and/or DEAR HANNA this was Hanna's favorite book as a child. For ages 5-105 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Maybe this is why MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST is also on sale for such a good price?? 🤔

The Zon is selling the paperback version of @zojestage.bsky.social's MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST for the ridiculous price of $4.94. This is such a special, gorgeous book. For the young and the young at heart--and for fans of Zoje's novel BABY TEETH! www.amazon.com/My-UnderSlum...

MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLE BEAST appears in both BABY TEETH and DEAR HANNA...This price is so good that even I bought some copies! 😂

These two people have changed the mood...

Here's a quick introduction to my upcoming (short) novel, SOMETHING OF A CALLING. Now available for PRE-ORDER! Available Sept. 15 from @blackstonepub.bsky.social www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...

The cover & description are up! Time to add SOMETHING OF A CALLING to your To Read list! 😀 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

OMG it's live!! My cover reveal in People Magazine! @blackstonepub.bsky.social people.com/something-of...

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Oh hey, did you know my next book is now listed on Goodreads and Amazon? And we'll have a cover reveal very soon - stay tuned! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

PITTSBURGH:You can get info about ICE activity, rapid response training, etc here: frontlinedignity.org

Impeach and arrest...

In the midst of so much ugliness, I found this to be beautiful and poignant (and I'm really enjoying this book!).

😂😂😂...😭

2026 is starting w/ the closure of BOTH of Pittsburgh's most widely read newspapers: the Pittsburgh City Paper (our free weekly) and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (a 240 year institution). I'm at a loss to process any part of our country. It feels like the collapse of everything, reality included.

Yup, the copyedit stage of a novel always serves as a reminder of how much you STILL don't know about grammar. 😜

Since I sent exactly zero cards this year, I made this communal greeting (out of previously purchased cards) for all my friends, family, and followers! Happy Holidays! 💕

We got a lotta snow!

Every year @emilyhughes.bsky.social puts together the definitive list of upcoming horror books... Coming in September: SOMETHING OF A CALLING! 😁