A very merry Christmas to everyone complaining at me about the line 2 shopping days before Xmas. And the customer that snapped at me because I told her there was a line to wait for help at customer service bc you know other folks were waiting patiently. Happy holidays!

Hearing murmurs that publishing houses are pushing editors to use AI in their work. How can writers help employees push back against this? If you work in publishing & don’t feel comfortable replying directly, I am opening up my DMs.

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The store I work for was the other day, the third highest grossing store in the entire company. I’m so immeasurably proud of my team and a community that is is consistently supporting reading. I’m so lucky to work in the store that I do . Fostering a great community of readers matters so much.

Gorgeous as ever @sstpublications.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social such a special edition of a favorite book.

Cheers to the queen of us all!!!

This Thursday, join S.A. Cosby and myself for one final Fearmongers in 2025. Thursday, December 18th at 7 PM/ET. Register via Zoom: bit.ly/48GwdF4 @blacktopkid.bsky.social

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

A favorite read of mine this year!

Shelley has claimed her first book. @nickygee.bsky.social has a big (three whole pounds ) fan. Also I can’t be the only one who adores Kitty teeth marks on my books. What a mark of love.

Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.” Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.

I will never forgive RFK Jr. for what he’s done… never. The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming. He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.

Two of my very favorite people in one photo how lucky can a girl be.

I mean, this is what I wrote about This is My Body:

I would rather be kicked in the ankle than watch this back since I almost passed out from anxiety after but I promise you the @sgj.bsky.social book is one of the best this year and the game is a long time fav in our home, all their games are so good. www.instagram.com/p/DSA-sjJEYL8/

Our store Social Media is doing an advent and today was my day to pick my book and idk why I break out in actual hives and get hot having to talk on camera ever . like crimeny! how do yall do it?!?!!

tapping the sign

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Ten hours left to vote.

I swear I am not normally like this, but I really need whoever is working here that is new to stay the h e double hockey sticks out of the horror section and quit touching things because I’m on the verge 🤣😭

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

I've had 3 stories edited by Samantha Kolesnik, which makes them special. Those anthologies went out of print years ago. But thanks to @datlow.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social & @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, the stories are back in new books 🖤 hopefully Sam's novellas will follow someday.

Several Indigenous short films will be streamed for free by the National Museum of the American Indian from November 21 (5 PM ET) to November 28, 2025 (5 PM ET). americanindian.si.edu/native-cinem...

The November Native News Roundup is out today! Native American Heritage Month, shutdown impacts, news from Alaska and Oklahoma, and continued attacks on human rights. Read and subscribe, and watch for next week’s post on Thanksgiving.

allergies did not prevent me from really having a fun night with this one. Love Edgar Wright. Like just dig him so much. The camp, the fun action, the music scenes that dance, the action dances too. Just fun. Like not the best ever but I just had a great time at the movies . That’s the best.

Seated for the running man but am about to move seats when it fully starts bc the person 2 seats down has so much perfume/body spray on I’m gonna puke or get a migraine 😭 or both like WHY WHY

Again for the morning crowd: Cover and pre-order link for Muñeca, out next June! A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...

So excited and so nervous to have @rachelharrison.bsky.social joining me tonight at Barnes & Noble in Hingham, Massachusetts at 5 o’clock for a very special Horror Bookclub come hang out with us!!!

Spent release day wandering through NYC to see if I could see SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE at some of my favorite bookstores. Thank you to Greenlight Bookstore, Barnes & Noble Union Square and my very own neighborhood’s Taylor & Co. for stocking my brand new YA sci-fi horror novel. Means the world to me.

Absolutely STACKED nominations for favorite Horror in the goodreads voting category. Hate having to choose but delighted nonetheless to HAVE so many choices. So immeasurably proud of a few friends in that category who I have watched over the years work their souls into those books. Read em!

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

throw all the bums outta office

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.