Still celebrating the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR by @raforall.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social My bunny, Crumpet, would like to know your why- why do you love horror? Then pick up the book and see if your answer is reflected in any of the contributors. @laneheymont.bsky.social

🤟

Super cool to see our celebration of Becky Spratford’s WHY I LOVE HORROR at the New York Public Library is listed in The New York Times as one of 33 spooky things to do this Halloween season. @raforall.bsky.social

🤟 @raforall.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @joemts.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

NEW BOOK MAIL!! @titanbooks.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

🤟

“Strip away the gore, and THE GIRL IN THE CREEK is this nuanced… story about how little society cares about the environment or other people, particularly if their skin is a different colour.” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @wnwagner.bsky.social

🤟

I can't stop reading this post -- this reviewer called my writing "nuanced"!!!!!

Our September AMA is tonight at 7:00 Eastern! Bring your questions and join us here: www.youtube.com/live/AGgqdMx...

Be there because I will be!

Heeeeey look what just showed up at my doorstep! This special new edition of CHILDREN OF CHICAGO by Cynthia Pelayo hits shelves October 21st! Thank you @laneheymont.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social

Hope you enjoy! 🤟

It’s out today! WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social Check out that TOC! @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

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/...

🤟

This book is dedicated to librarians everywhere but especially-- @yikesyaika.bsky.social @vantine.bsky.social, Emily Vinci, and Konrad Stump.

And @paultremblay.bsky.social (and his daughter Emma) @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @victorlavalle.bsky.social @marysangiovanni.bsky.social @daviddemchuk.com @sgj.bsky.social

Thank you for your words: @sadiehartmann.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @johnlangan.bsky.social @almakatsu.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social Jennifer McMahon @joshmalerman.bsky.social (more in next reply)

Today is the day! You can read WHY I LOVE HORROR with 18 of today's best Horror authors. In their essays they ALL bring their personal connection to Horror directly to you, their readers. A post to celebrate with the full table of contents is below. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...

L’Shana Tovah and happy pub day to @raforall.bsky.social !!!! @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

Back from a weekend visiting the college kid in Nashville and getting ready for release day tomorrow! Click below for details on how to join me on the road. @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

🤟

Congratulations To the head Halloween Librarian, @raforall.bsky.social ! WHY I LOVE HORROR is out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on September 23! Essential for horror fans and anyone interested in the creative process. @laneheymont.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @joemonti.bsky.social

Congrats @raforall.bsky.social !!!!! 🤟

Thank you to @parnassusbooks.bsky.social for a great night of why we love horror. @almakatsu.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @igreggreene.bsky.social (photos) @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social

🤟 @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

And I got to introduce @rachelharrison.bsky.social as a NYT Bestselling author!!! I am so happy for her! She is the 5th author from my book to make the list this calendar year! Horror is taking over. You can come see me and many of the authors from the book: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Today's post is @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Audio in Depth. Oh and also photos from the WHY I LOVE HORROR event with @rachelharrison.bsky.social and @almakatsu.bsky.social. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/audi...

Double 🤟 @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

🤟 @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

Today on the blog: @literaryhub.bsky.social's 2025 Ultimate Fall Reading List: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/lit-...

finally, the September shopping list is live! new books from @almakatsu.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social & MANY more!

Just spent 10 minutes chasing the puppy around the yard because he managed to somehow hogtie himself in a full pack of pink yarn. Literally had to cut him out of it. He was hopping around. 😂🤣😂🤣

Anderson's Books is offering 20% of sales on release day to the library. This is my home library where I just stepped down from the Board after 24 years of service. I am very thankful for their support and there is no better place for me to celebrate this day than at LGPL. @laneheymont.bsky.social

🤟 @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

Thank you so much to everyone who has been fiending for this and talking about it! And thank you to my agent @laneheymont.bsky.social for making this possible and my editor @dancarpenter.bsky.social for helping make the collection its best self, along with everyone at @titanbooks.bsky.social 🤩

Congrats and happy pub day @haileypiperfights.bsky.social !!!!! @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

@jennykiefer.com's CRAFTING FOR SINNERS is a @libraryreads.bsky.social October pick! Out Oct. 7 - get your knitting needles ready. libraryreads.org

It's @libraryreads.bsky.socialday. @jennykiefer.com & @joe-hill.bsky.social are there. Also the Bonus Board Pick features a title & publisher I will be featuring during #31DaysofHorror! Details: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/libr...

The rest of the LibraryReads Top 10 Picks for October 2025 are announced in alpha order by author's last name, starting with CRAFTING FOR SINNERS: A NOVEL by @jennykiefer.com. @quirkbooks.bsky.social

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!! @jennykiefer.com's CRAFTING FOR SINNERS is on the Ovtober 2025 @libraryreads.bsky.social list!

Was just about to post this! 🤟

"At the very least, horror movies gave viewers examples of characters who learned how to run away from or stand up to overwhelming terror." -- Tananarive Due #whyilovehorror Edited by @raforall.bsky.social and published by @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, Why I Love Horror drops 9/23!

The yarn packaging is truly an inspired touch

Big Jenny Kiefer fan here, so I’m super-psyched to receive this CRAFTING FOR SINNERS care package including sewing needles, measuring tape & a handknit satchel by the author herself (?!?) that contains…a vial of (fake?) blood. I read and dug this book, so you should absolutely pick it up on 10/7/25.

🤟 @jennykiefer.com @quirkbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

You can also pre-order a personalized copy of WHY I LOVE HORROR from Parnassus but you have to do it by Monday 9/15 here: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

🤟

Both books shown here, A Game In Yellow and Culbard’s graphic novel adaptation of The King In Yellow, are fantastic and have stuck with me since my first read.