Exceptionally excited about this volume. At long last, my novelette "The Caspers After Dark" will be available to read in print for the first time ever! This is my favorite horror-thing I've ever written and @fraidycatpress.bsky.social is the perfect home for it.

Snagged these stunning collections this weekend! If you love horror, dark fantasy and all those literary spaces between, don’t miss Issues with Authority by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine by @kristinaten.bsky.social, and Bury Me Cold by @jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social !

Exceptionally excited about this volume. At long last, my novelette "The Caspers After Dark" will be available to read in print for the first time ever! This is my favorite horror-thing I've ever written and @fraidycatpress.bsky.social is the perfect home for it.

"...and another thing..." Meet the leads of my upcoming fantasy novella BRIDES IN THE DARK, coming in 2026 from the mighty-mighty @quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com Stella's really giving it to Patrick here. What do you think she's so wound up about? Artist is @heytherenrds on X.

The 6th story in THE JOINING is an earthy invitation. Love, or something else, is buried six feet deep. To find out which, dig 'til your hands bleed. Thanks to Donn Hess for this story! THE JOINING: SCENES OF WEDDING TERROR comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!

sometimes the proliferation of ad culture genuinely scares me. video ads on kiosks at gas stations. unskippable 30 second ads. 2-hour ads on YouTube. I just had an experience where hitting skip on an ad just brought me to a second ad. where does it end?

The 5th story in THE JOINING is a theatrical terror. Don't upstage this bride, or it's curtains for you! (the pun department apologizes, offending parties have been shot) Thanks to @jacklothian.bsky.social for providing this tale. THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!

This one is pretty wild. If you’re a fan of gothic fiction, fin de siècle aesthetics, and materialist critiques disguised as horror, this one’s for you

HEY YOU GUYS!!!!! 📚🩸

Heigh ho! The 4th story in THE JOINING is told from a marrow-sucking marital bed. What's sweetest in life lies nearest the bone, after all... Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!

The first story in THE JOINING is a sticky scenario. Come for the romance, stay for the zoology lesson! Or is it entomology? Never mind that, just suck the juices out with us! Thanks to the great @tlbodine.bsky.social for submitting this story for our anthology. 🐝 #joininghorror #weddinghorror

The 3rd story in THE JOINING is a false-faced frolic. What will you wear to the wedding feast... and whose skin is it made from? Thanks heaps to @jeswrites.bsky.social for submitting this story to our anthology. THE JOINING: SCENES OF WEDDING TERROR comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social

asking for author blurbs for a new project is simultaneously one of the most exciting and nerve wracking parts of this business. I have the awful urge to end each email with, you hate me don't you? you can tell me...

The 3rd story in THE JOINING is a false-faced frolic. What will you wear to the wedding feast... and whose skin is it made from? Thanks heaps to @jeswrites.bsky.social for submitting this story to our anthology. THE JOINING: SCENES OF WEDDING TERROR comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social

The second story in THE JOINING is a hungry guest. She'll whet her appetite on wedding cake for now, but she's looking for more than that pleasant full feeling. Get what I mean? Thanks to @jawmccarthy.bsky.social for providing this story. THE JOINING comes out in 2 months! @crystallake.bsky.social

The second story in THE JOINING is a hungry guest. She'll whet her appetite on wedding cake for now, but she's looking for more than that pleasant full feeling. Get what I mean? Thanks to @jawmccarthy.bsky.social for providing this story. THE JOINING comes out in 2 months! @crystallake.bsky.social

I can't *promise* this is the horniest story you've ever read about fruit, bugs, and religious trauma, but it's surely gotta be in the top 10.

The first story in THE JOINING is a sticky scenario. Come for the romance, stay for the zoology lesson! Or is it entomology? Never mind that, just suck the juices out with us! Thanks to the great @tlbodine.bsky.social for submitting this story for our anthology. 🐝 #joininghorror #weddinghorror

Y'all don't wanna miss this one.

Oh boy! It’s heeeeere!

It's cover reveal time! From @crystallake.bsky.social, THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25, including twisted tales from... @jduckwriter.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @jacklothian.bsky.social @jawmccarthy.bsky.social @gordonbwhite.bsky.social ...and a host of others!

Delighted to be a part of the festivities with my story “Severed Blessings,” based on an old northern Thailand wedding tradition and what happens when fear, shame and societal prejudices drive a woman to break her vow. As usual (in my stories), someone is very very hungry.

It’s here! I’m so proud of the story I have in this one. If you’re in the Triangle, you can hear me read an excerpt from my story “Cut-Skin, Outside-In” TOMORROW at Moondog Meadery in Durham. I’ll be reading with a bunch of other HWA authors at 7pm.

I’ve got a weird 2nd person vampire (???) story in this one! Check out that wonderful cover :)

It's cover reveal time! From @crystallake.bsky.social, THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25, including twisted tales from... @jduckwriter.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @jacklothian.bsky.social @jawmccarthy.bsky.social @gordonbwhite.bsky.social ...and a host of others!

Cover reveal tomorrow! I've put in almost a year getting THE JOINING - SCENES OF WEDDING TERROR ready for your eyeballs, and now it's almost here! Featuring stories from @horrorsong.blog, @jawmccarthy.bsky.social, @gordonbwhite.bsky.social, @jacklothian.bsky.social, Scott J. Moses, and Rae Wilde!

It’s coming!!! Excited for yall to see this one.

I am so excited to be a part of this one :3

Cover reveal tomorrow! I've put in almost a year getting THE JOINING - SCENES OF WEDDING TERROR ready for your eyeballs, and now it's almost here! Featuring stories from @horrorsong.blog, @jawmccarthy.bsky.social, @gordonbwhite.bsky.social, @jacklothian.bsky.social, Scott J. Moses, and Rae Wilde!

I watched a movie called BLACK BAG last night and I become increasingly convinced that given a meaty character, Cate Blanchette can do no wrong. Like in Tar, she creates a character mostly from between-dialogue glances and microexpressions, and the result is electric. Fassbender's good too.

Happy release day to @gemmafiles.bsky.social and LITTLE HORN, a new collection of 14 stories and novelettes! Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author. Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

Time to introduce a character from BRIDES IN THE DARK who I haven't talked about much yet. Meet Fay, Patrick's mother. Sweet-tempered with her son, but quiet and scheming and ruthless when she needs to be, Fay never shows her full hand to anybody. Thanks to @faffuart.bsky.social for the artwork!

Batman, after foiling the Joker's plan to steal all the boner pills in Gotham: This city... just showed you... that it's full of people... ready to believe in wood.

I've gotten some new follows recently so it's time for a re-intro. I write books, I edit anthologies, I repost fantasy art. I've got a body horror novella out on sub, and I've got 2 books coming soon. THE JOINING, edited for @crystallake.bsky.social BRIDES IN THE DARK, from @quillandcrow.com

True Witch Tales series for New Mexico Magazine. Thanks so much to Karin for art directing! Would love to do more editorial work like this!

It's September. Maybe it's a little colder. Maybe the days are a little shorter. Maybe you're spending more time indoors, cowering from the dark. There's no better time to curl up with 14 great horror stories, including the titular novelette "Bury Me Cold." @quillandcrow.com

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! ...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year. Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025. All the deets here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/10...

Time to introduce a character from BRIDES IN THE DARK who I haven't talked about much yet. Meet Fay, Patrick's mother. Sweet-tempered with her son, but quiet and scheming and ruthless when she needs to be, Fay never shows her full hand to anybody. Thanks to @faffuart.bsky.social for the artwork!

THE UNWELCOME was my first major release (my first two books were a college project and an accidental novella) so while it's not really my debut, it holds a special place in my heart as my first... something. I dunno. It feels significant somehow. Thanks for continuing to show it love!

yes the second chapter of my new novel features a three paragraph sequence of a man trying to piss on a sugar maple tree and mostly succeeding, I will not be taking questions at this time

Thanks much to Timothy Halpin for this amazing rendering of Stella, one of the two romantic leads of my upcoming fantasy novella BRIDES IN THE DARK! Stella usually has what the book calls a "mocking" personality, so seeing her so demure is a rarity. @quillandcrow.com

If she (the book) could speak for herself, she would tell her reader: …but oh to be spun of silk in your arms, to be the weaver of your desires, the blood tempting your fang, insatiable, oh to drink and never be sated of you

the great thing about meeting any animal is that more often than not they're perfectly willing to quote one of their iconic lines for you unprompted

This fantasy short novel doesn't come out for another 5 months, but it's available for preorder and you know I'm gonna promote the hell out of it! Have you secured your signed copy yet? Coming 2.20.26 from @quillandcrow.com

I see people talking about short story collections. There is lots to say on this topic but I will shut my mouth and just say, I have a short story collection! I also love short stories as a art form. bookshop.org/p/books/skin...

Planning this new novel project is going well. I am cooking up diabolical shit in pots you couldn't possibly imagine.

It's September. Maybe it's a little colder. Maybe the days are a little shorter. Maybe you're spending more time indoors, cowering from the dark. There's no better time to curl up with 14 great horror stories, including the titular novelette "Bury Me Cold." @quillandcrow.com

And just when you thought our great news was over 👀👀👀... We're holding an OPEN READING PERIOD for novella and novel submissions November 3RD-14TH! Bring us your best strange fantasy, beautiful horror, and surreal scifi! 🖤👽 Full details in the link below! ⬇️ www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...

5 Facts About BRIDES IN THE DARK: 1. I came up with the title first! It's a play on the TTRPG system "Blades in the Dark," and once I had a name like that, I challenged myself to come up with a story that suited it. @quillandcrow.com

5 Facts About BRIDES IN THE DARK: 1. I came up with the title first! It's a play on the TTRPG system "Blades in the Dark," and once I had a name like that, I challenged myself to come up with a story that suited it. @quillandcrow.com