Started the Wayfinder by Adam Johnson in tandem with the audio which I highly recommend as you are blessed to hear the language and song, it’s astounding and I’m only barely into it.

Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella! The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social, the seventh installment in our Killer VHS Series, is out today! The Long Low Whistle received a starred Library Journal review and was called "the best in the series so far" by Capes and Tights. Available in paperback and eBook everywhere!

New Mexico becomes the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.

Honestly shook (a compliment) at how deeply affected I am still this morning after seeing Frankenstein last night. It was as horrific as it should have been but wow did it wreck me. Cried cried cried. Oscar Isaac was beyond incredible. Would make one cast adjustment and it would be the most perfect

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween 🎃

I'm SURE YOU HAVE ALL SEEN IT BUT THE UNIVERSE DROPPING THE SCREAM 7 TRAILER ON DEVILS NIGHT IS MY FAVORITE youtu.be/UJrghaPJ0RY?...

How would we survive without Emily? I never want to know.

I was on the latest episode of NPR's Where We Live CT series talking about horror books

THIS! Was so thrilled to see multiple copies of a bad hand title come into the store the other day 

"Browse chilling spines at Ghoulish Books while surrounded by macabre art, broken doll heads, and a mannequin with a werewolf mask (a representation of the company’s mascot, The Ghoul)." www.afar.com/magazine/9-h...

I feel like the bravest thing I have done all year is go to the bathroom during Scream.

Seeing SCREAM on the big screen for the first time ever with @melsbookshelves.bsky.social

A ★starred★ review for THE LONG LOW WHISTLE! This is the seventh book in our Killer VHS Series, and Laurel Hightower knocked it out of the park with her entry in the series! THE LONG LOW WHISTLE is out everywhere November 4th! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

We’re monsters, it’s true!

I joined Stephanie for the Books in the Freezer Podcast. People often talk about whether they “like” a main character. Well, we talked about some of the worst, least likable characters you can find in some books. We talked about assholes in fiction. It was a lot of fun.

I have like three minutes of breathing space in my reading schedule and I read my first Michael McDowell book last year and I am still obsessed with it -quick which one should I read next and it has to be something I can grab on audio!

Hey come see me to pre order this yeah?

hey, "The Porniest Porn in Porntown" @lightspeedmagazine.com: text, audio. the future, it's coming at us fast, man.

Little horror, advent of delight. Unforgettable stories and i’m so happy that stay on the line is in this collection.

Look like I'm about to kill a man when in fact had been staving off a panic attack all day. Thank you SO much to @pfracassi.bsky.social for coming out to see us, and for the fantastic new book. Like I said tonight "fuck this guy can write" and as ever and always thank you @paultremblay.bsky.social

My podcast @scaresshapedus.bsky.social is less than 40 followers away from 1,000 and I would love to hit that milestone by Halloween. If you like the show, tell your friends to give us a follow!

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head Slumber party massacre Scream The Thing May

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What a cool list of movies for a very cool book that actually gave me a pretty horrific nightmare (as a compliment.)!

For kids who grew up lonely for any reason, books often provide their first experience of safety and belonging

New author interview with @manylittlewords.bsky.social is now LIVE! We discuss her incredible novel, Itch!, what feminism looks like to us, our relationship with such a thing, and much more. All the love to Gemma for this lovely conversation 🖤 Links to listen can be found below:

Great seeing @ericlarocca.bsky.social again today. Last time I saw him, we were in line for coffee at StokerCon. He was the first horror writer Matthew 🐈‍⬛ met. Until next time. 😁

I just signed copies of WHY I LOVE HORROR at the Barnes and Noble Union Square NYC. Get them while you can! @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

Thrilled that The Antidote made the National Book Award shortlist for fiction. If you haven't read it yet, I strongly rec this one. & Horror readers, if you want to try a lit fic this one conversation with Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls and The Reformatory. It's just wonderful.

This is the perfect read for this time of year. It’s not just for people who have a hard time with horror movies per se. It’s for people who love horror point blank. Such a smart and cool book.

Out today! The next two installments in @natcassidy.bsky.social's From the Cassidy Catacombs chapbook series! "Jubilee Juncture" and "Laughlines" are available exclusively from our shop: shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...

Today’s the day @barnesandnoble.com recommends you read WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. They are professionals; who are we to disagree with their assessment??

Welp, I'm about to start a 17-day odyssey that involves a lot of flying to a lot of different cities and I can only hope and pray I'm able to keep my schedule intact given the chaos happening with government-controlled airport personnel. That said: Come see me at one of these great events!

Happy crafting sinners! @jennykiefer.com s crafting for sinners is out today and if you didn’t already pre-order it directly from her bookstore, you wanna waddle down to your local bookstore and grab it or come see meeeee!

I was summarizing this for my gf last night and I was like describing one part and gagging and then said “I loved it” 🤣❣️

I love her so so so much.

I’m a nerd and I get really excited when Barnes & Noble adds a “Notes from Your Bookseller” banner to my books on their website. ❤️ B&N always has my back!!

Also I have asked this before I think but what is a word to describe a book like---The Antidote (Karen Russell) where in store it's coded as fiction but like the general fiction reader won't pick it up bc its too weird and fantasy readers won't bc it's not fantasy enough and ugh sometimes

teacher come in today who I had sold books to before, asking me for a werewolf book for one of her students that wasn't cycle of the ww and I was like BOY DO I HAVE THE PERFECT BOOKS FOR YOU slapped Mongrels and Such Sharp Teeth in her hands & I LOVE teachers like her and @unequalized.bsky.social

Professional yapper co signed

I’m profoundly moved by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social s “prey instinct” in the end of the world as we knowit. I’m astounded that this short snippet from the story so deeply encapsulates a queer person at exactly this moment in time. Devastatingly good.

I wait alllll year to put a horror table up front at work and I’m so lucky that I have had all these authors in & have a full side of signed copies for our customers.

Read the @crobertcargill.bsky.social story today from The End of the world as we know it and I feel like it was written just for me @melsbookshelves.bsky.social and @sgj.bsky.social . What a banger, so good.

Have you added @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's THE DENIZENS to your Goodreads TBR yet? If not... we'd love it if you would :) 🦇📚🧟‍♂️

Jessica Fletcher called a dog to the stand as witness to a murder literally all your arguments are invalid.