Looking to preorder a fleshy, gruesome classical music psychodrama for your 2026 TBR? Barnes & Noble Members get 25% off with code PREORDER25 and Premium Members an additional 10% off on preorders through January 1st! Preorder THE MINIMALIST here: bit.ly/46qFYGn

What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"? Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all): jamreads.com/articles/a-j... 💙📚

Kailee’s writing is SO beautiful. I also put forward HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social

…I actually don’t know if THE MINIMALIST fits into these genres; I have it marked in my brain as horror-adjacent but not (as far as I know) in a speculative way. Here is where we reveal that only about 1/3rd of my reading is spec fic 😅

OUR CUT OF SALT by @deenahelm.bsky.social bc I had the joy of reading the synopsis and it’s gorgeous and unsettling. SUBLIMATION by @isabel.kim bc the premise screams to me on a personal level, also Isabel is a good egg. THE MINIMALIST by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social bc I adore SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS.

Just read REMAINS Issue 3. Another great collection of short stories. Especially enjoyed #Snuffbot by Kailee Pedersen. And the first part of the new series Letters From New America by James Sallis was fun too. @remainsmagazine.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social

"I never stopped loving you... Never... Even in the darkest days, our hardest times, when you drank..." Returning to the Overlook to learn new music~ 🎶🔪🩸 #TheShining #Opera #Horror #PaulMoravec #MarkCampbell #StephenKing

In 2025, my 2nd novel was accepted for publication. I also spent months on medical leave for long COVID, returned to my hometown for an author visit, somehow held down a job, and sang a lot of Mozart. I'm grateful for another year of writing, opera, and friends new & old. Here's my 2025 in review.

read stories about adoptees WRITTEN BY ADOPTED PEOPLE* 🥚 *among other reasons to read Kailee’s stories 😊

Thank you to @emilyhughes.bsky.social for including THE MINIMALIST in this upcoming 2026 horror roundup! I'm stoked to be bringing unhinged classical musicians, Asian adoptee issues, Jewish/queer composers, & the agony & ecstasy of opera to readers in August 2026. 😊🎵 Read here: tinyurl.com/3b4ded4r

the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...

Honored to be in the top 100 Apple Music listeners of my teacher 😂 she is so iconic

My Italian teacher told me I should try to expose myself to more Italian language passively, so I'm now playing Fallout: New Vegas in Italian to live out my spaghetti Western wasteland dreams.

Delighted to have my second ever short story, the dark sci-fi "#SnuffBot", in this issue of Remains! Check out this issue for some wonderfully chilling work. Order here: remains.uk/products/iss... @remainsmagazine.bsky.social

No movement yesterday. We're still at $883.12/2000 and needed to reach $1000 by the 20th to pay bills- despite all the help we're falling behind. If we don't reach November's goal of $2k December will be impossible. Please help. We're just trying to stay afloat until we can make up lost income.

Saw my novel SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS in the Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Public Library & also accepted my Nebraska Book Award today! Shout out to @sowerbooksne.bsky.social and Out Nebraska for the swag 🙂 🏳️‍🌈

This event was so fun! Great hearing @kaileepedersen.bsky.social speak, and @sowerbooksne.bsky.social was lovely as always. There's also currently a big cart of free / donate-what-you-want old SFF books, and a food drive going on for at least another week, so 👀

Tonight!

Join me at Sower Books @sowerbooksne.bsky.social this Friday to discuss SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS! This is my first ever book event in my hometown and I'm beyond excited to be doing it at a wonderful indie bookstore. Can't wait to chat all things Midwestern, Gothic, and spooky! 👻🌽

I did my first ever school visit yesterday at my old high school in Nebraska. The students were so sweet and asked really thoughtful questions. I hope they feel encouraged to pursue their artistic dreams, in whatever form they may come, and I'm excited for what the future holds for them. 😊

Had a wonderful time talking all things queer & BIPOC spookiness with my friend Briana Cox on The Dark Mind podcast hosted by Vince Midgard! 👻 Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGr...

Today's the day! 🙏✨

Reviving this thread post- #Frankenstein watch if anybody else is in the Gothic mood

did you know that intercountry #adoptees born before 1983 have no guarantee of US citizenship, and instead are treated as immigrants who must obtain citizenship through naturalization? That they are subject to deportation if they have committed a crime or are deemed to be in the US “illegally?”

Can’t believe I’m going back to my high school to speak to the creative writing club. Feels really full circle. Growing up queer, Asian & adopted in Nebraska wasn’t always the easiest, but I hope I can encourage young Nebraskans in the arts, even in a small way.

I'm back in my home state of Nebraska next week! 🌽 Catch me and my queer Midwestern Gothic novel SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS on Friday, Nov 14th for a spooky author event at Sower Books and Saturday, Nov 15th at the Nebraska Book Awards! @sowerbooksne.bsky.social

they keep letting me write things for some reason! anyway, here’s gothic horror (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...

Check out this article in the New York Times @nytimes.com by @emilyhughes.bsky.social for a tour of literature's deliciously distressing, tenebrous, and grotesque Gothic texts. Honored to see the Midwestern familial rot and ruination of SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS among them! 🦊👻 @stmartinspress.bsky.social

A nice time! I highly recommend Kaliee’s SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS and looking forward to next year’s The Minimalist.

Another photo I forgot to include! 🦊👻

Had the loveliest afternoon at B&N Smithfield with @paultremblay.bsky.social! Thank you to the B&N team for having us and to everyone who came out for the discussion and Q&A!

New Englanders, reminder this is tomorrow in Smithfield. Come hang out, and maybe bring cookies. I like cookies.

and it’s been far too long since i last recommended the #adoptees feed, which can help you to understand why many of us regard adoption not as a solution but as a problem (a whole host of problems). i’m so grateful to everyone who posts to this feed. if you would like to post here too, let me know.

Join us Sunday!

Unbelievably excited for this event with Paul Tremblay at Barnes & Noble on Sunday! It'll be my first time in Rhode Island talking all things horror, cursed films, Gothic Midwestern estates, and more 🙂👻 @barnesandnoble.com @paultremblay.bsky.social More info: tinyurl.com/2wnkexvj

Ditmas Lit is tonight! @nytimes.com raves that reader @kaileepedersen.bsky.social’s novel Sacrificial Animals, “Establishes Pedersen as a future master of speculative fiction.” www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/b...

Tomorrow! Come see me and three other wonderful authors read with @ditmaslit.bsky.social!

Catch me at the Writer's Digest Horror Writing Virtual Conference this Saturday, 10/18 at 7pm discussing the ins and outs of debuting! Sign up here: writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/horror-writi... @writersdigest.bsky.social

She's adopted, so her looks and her name don't match. 🤬🥚

Catch me at the Writer's Digest Horror Writing Virtual Conference this Saturday, 10/18 at 7pm discussing the ins and outs of debuting! Sign up here: writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/horror-writi... @writersdigest.bsky.social

are there foxes in Stardew Valley, asking for a friend

The next Ditmas Lit is Wed. Oct. 22! We’re excited to welcome readers @megancummins.bsky.social, Tierney Oberhammer, @kaileepedersen.bsky.social, and Anna Rasche. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Digital galleys of my second novel, THE MINIMALIST, are now available on Edelweiss! “To compose is among the bitterest of self-mutilations..." Request here: www.edelweiss.plus#sku=1250328276

this is SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social and I found it knotty and erotic and horrible. Filled me with dread. Abysmal vibes. Wonderful

First book of vacation down. My review is that it fucking ruled

Had an amazing time discussing queer and BIPOC horror with my friend Briana Cox (author of INDIGENT) on Horror Humor Hunger. We cover everything from Kiyoshi Kurosawa and #OwnVoices to Mulholland Drive and opera. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Just bought 16 games in the Steam sale. Might buy some more later. Oops.

Come see me perform Pamina in The Magic Flute ✨🪈 this Friday, 7pm at the Plainfield Masonic Temple in New Jersey with a cast of wonderful singers! Concert performance (including dialogue) in German. Abridged with running time of ~2.5 hours. Flyer designed by Jerusalem Lodge.

Finally got my author copies of the SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS paperback! 🥰 The gorgeous (and very foxy 🦊) cover design is by Olga Grlić (bookcoversbyoj on Instagram)

Tomorrow is my Pamina debut in a local production of The Magic Flute, and with spooky season fast approaching I thought I'd recommend some particularly haunted operas. With an emphasis on Jewish and LGBTQ+ composers & librettists, these five Gothic operas 👻 are among my favorites in the repertoire!