Why I Love Horror is OUT TODAY! @raforall.bsky.social, head horror librarian (and wonderful person), has collected love letters to horror from many of the genre’s greatest contemporary writers. If you love horror or want to understand those who do, pick up a copy!

HAPPY PUB DAY @raforall.bsky.social! If love horror or want to learn more about why fans love it, buy a copy of Why I Love Horror.

Why I Love Horror is a love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry....and it's OUT NOW! Get yours here ⬇️ andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781668...

WHY I LOVE HORROR: Essays on Horror Literature by @raforall.bsky.social Becky Spratford is out today! This book will stand the test of time as the eternal response to the question of why we love horror. A special gift. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ it deserves all the awards! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Meet you tomorrow in the town of Burnt Sparrow 🪶

Teachers and school librarians, I really want to encourage you to talk to you students about generative AI. Not just teach critical AI literacy, but actually engage with them in conversation about what they think about it and what they think of the consequences of using it are. Talk to them!

NEW EPISODE: @claymcleod.bsky.social returns to talk about his new story collection ACQUIRED TASTE, and we dig deep into @stephenking.bsky.social's short fiction with SKELETON CREW. Plus, we celebrate our one-year anniversary! LISTEN NOW: redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...

Ready to PLAY NICE? www.barnesandnoble.com/w/play-nice-...

Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.

Incredibly exciting news! Grady Hendrix wrote the Afterword for this new edition and included quotes from me and many other contemporary horror authors. ❤️ bloody-disgusting.com/books/389564...

Donate if you can.

In 25 days, TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS 😈 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/teenage-gi...

I can’t wait to have my copy of @raforall.bsky.social’s WHY I LOVE HORROR in my hands!

Look at this reissue!

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Half off The Great Reawakening 👁️👁️👁️👁️

Today on the blog: What I'm Reading: A Long Overdue Review of The Haunting of Hill House and an Interview with Me all of it in the August issue of @libraryjournal.bsky.social. Plus a reminder about tomorrow's veent with @ssedlib.bsky.social: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/what...

Happy book birthday @chucktingle.bsky.social! Love is real!

The final statement by Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, written months ago in anticipation of his likely death, posted on Twitter/X by a friend. Israel assassinated him tonight along with his reporting team in an airstrike in Gaza.

This made my day! Thank you @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for putting me with such an awesome crew. And y’all, buy a copy of Feral & Hysterical (out 8/19)!

Began this thread in November to just catalog as many threats to library jobs and library funds across the US as possible. This does not include any of the federal funding threats and cuts, which are cataloged in this IMLS doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This 'Chilling' Right-Wing Movement Is Taking Over Classrooms — And It's Only The Beginning Honored to be quoted in this great piece by @mwadzeckkraus.bsky.social on Mahmoud v. Taylor and the right-wing religious takeover of public schools. www.huffpost.com/entry/religi...

Happy pub day!

You're invited to our Virtual Fall 2025 Adult Librarian Preview, where you'll learn about upcoming fall titles, and hear from our special guest, author and librarian, @raforall.bsky.social, who will discuss her upcoming book, WHY I LOVE HORROR! RSVP today: www.simonandschuster.net/p/adult-libr...

Happy book birthday @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social!

Please give what you can to help Sama'a and her family survive the horrors of Israel's genocide in Gaza. They need our help.

It's August! 🔥 Which means release month for many wonderful books, as seen in BookRiot's "August Horror Books to Keep the Scares Going for the Rest of Summer" This month will be killer 💛 and A GAME IN YELLOW hits in less than two weeks from Saga on August 12! bookriot.com/new-horror-b...

Libraries are cool and librarians are awesome.

please give what you can to help Sama'a and her family survive. food is increasingly scarce in Gaza, and they need all the aid we can give them

BLACK FLAME is almost here. Pre-order now before the August 5th release! torpublishinggroup.com/black-flame/...

If you’ve ever wanted to read a book about a Palestinian haunted house that fights back against its occupiers—and the three generations of Palestinian women who are connected to it—then be on the lookout for Deena Helm’s debut! Coming to you in Sept 2026 from Tor Nightfire! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

So rude of my body to be killing me with seasonal allergies this week and have me wake up today to fight a migraine. Like, gurl. Come on.

Sama'a's family has a new little member, which is both a joy and a very real logistical challenge. Please give what you can to help them survive.

Wrath James White is one of my oldest and dearest friends in this business, and a legit brother to me. His daughter needs surgery, and because the American healthcare system is what it is, we have to get the finds together this way. Let's make it happen for them. www.gofundme.com/f/support-na...

Happy pub day!

Fangoria spreading the word on GHOST EATERS, they definitely wanna get haunted: bit.ly/3GnkPDX

exactly 1 month until A GAME IN YELLOW is out! 💛 All the sapphics can get toxic in Carcosa, August 13 from Saga 😘 bookshop.org/p/books/a-ga...

Wanna get haunted? GHOST EATERS, adapted and directed by Maggie Levin, produced by Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng at Crooked Highway, for Sony/Screen Gems. Based on the bestselling novel by… Check out the full story at The Hollywood Reporter here: bit.ly/4lnBeHw

Flailing in excitement! 🍄

Put together a little write up of some of the #horror trends I saw at #StokerCon2025 for the NoveList blog, with a few recs for each. www.ebsco.com/blogs/noveli...

If you’re in Nashville on 9/18, checkout this awesome trio! parnassusbooks.net/event/2025-0...

Who doesn’t love a good werewolf off?

I’ll take any opportunity to talk horror, and @rebeccavee.bsky.social and I had such fun picking read-alikes for @almakatsu.bsky.social’s Fiend.

We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together: bookriot.com/we-can-still...

Please, please give what you can to Sama'a and her family. She's pregnant in a warzone with one little girl already depending on her.

Thank you all for your wonderful birthday wishes! I'd love help spreading the word on SHE WORE BLACK. Here are some ways to help: - LEAVE A REVIEW (like on Apple or Spotify) - SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW on your preferred platform (Apple, Spotify, etc) - TAG A FRIEND who likes spooky books! Thank you!

seconding CRAFTING FOR SINNERS by @jennykiefer.com: a tense, wild survival horror novel about a queer woman locked into a megachurch-run craft store who must survive using only the craft supplies around her www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771522...

First is THIS IS MY BODY by @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social: a fucking fantastic religious horror novel about catholic trauma, bodily autonomy, and the horrors of parenting a pubescent teen www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789598...

LIBRARIES ARE THE BEST, LIBRARIANS ARE THE BEST #alaac25