In love with this cover reveal for Vacationship's OH MY AFFOGATO by Donna Ghorbanpoor written with Daphne Ang! Get ready for an epic vacation through the Amalfi coast on May 5, 2026! 😍 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Oh-My-...

HMW made the @vulture.com list, and my heart is doing tiny bat flips. Appreciate the love! 🖤

Next Saturday!

Want to read something "Scary but not in the way the world is scary?" Try House of Monstrous Women by @daphnefama.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian

The perfect news to celebrate for spooky season!! So excited for more forthcoming @elainechen.com books! ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD is a suspenseful horror novel about the challenges women face in middle age, and past mistakes coming back to haunt you 😈

Kermit flail! Giddy I can finally announce that @orbitbooks.bsky.social's horror imprint, Run For It, has acquired my mid-life crisis found footage horror movie novel ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. 🪰 1/

Happy #DVPit day! I’m so excited to be checking out all your amazing pitches later today! If I ❤️ and you feel we’d be a good match, please fill out my submission form (w/ the pitch included somewhere), and attach the 1st 50 pages of your ms via the following link: querytracker.net/query/dorian...

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun! Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors! Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts! Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

📢 I'll be closing to submissions on October 15th (most likely for the remainder of 2025)! Get your subs in before then! 📢

Huge congrats to @damiwriteshere.bsky.social! 🎉 I'm so thrilled that readers will have the opportunity to be swept up in this story as much as I was. The opening line completely grabbed me by the heart and never let go: "The wind spoke the language of the dead."😍 2027 can't come soon enough!

I have been in drafting cave and now in editing cave and discord cave (which is a very dangerous cave to be in considering I'm supposed to be doing the second item on the list, lol) but here's some photos from friends who spotted MISTRESS OF BONES in the wild! 😍 (have you?! Send me the pics!!!)

Folk horrors that will crawl beneath your skin and make your blood run cold. (@daphnefama.bsky.social)

And here's 363C! Jessikah chatted with Daphne Fama about HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, which mixes Gothic and folk horror during the Marcos regime in the 1980’s Philippines. Make sure this one is on your TBR list. @daphnefama.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/08/14/t...

So great to see Alex Travis' THE PAYBACK GIRLS at the top of this list of 14 Teen-Approved Books to Add to Your Own Teen's TBR Pile by Parents magazine! www.parents.com/teen-approve...

Check out my review of House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama @duncansbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @daphnefama.bsky.social #houseofmonstrouswomen #horror #gothic #folklore #Philippines #sapphic #family #sacrifice #Haunting #bookreview www.duncansbooksandmore.com/house-of-mon...

A necromancer on a mission to steal her sister back from Death. Add in god-bone dreams, divine politics, & a dangerously charming Emissary of Death & you’ve got a dark #fantasy with teeth! 💀Think The Bone Season x An Enchantment of Ravens, but darker. #books @mzmauthor.bsky.social #bookreview #reas

ENDS TOMORROW!!!

Happy book birthday to HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by @daphnefama.bsky.social! Gothic horror fans are in for such a treat—it’s full of Filipino history and folklore, a labyrinthine mansion, a dangerous game with sinister consequences, atmospheric prose, and SO MUCH MORE! 😈

We've got a new interview out now featuring @daphnefama.bsky.social and her novel HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN! Come join to hear us talk about generational conflict, how the history of the Philippines fits into the book's story, and more! Find us at Sley House Presents on all your podcast platforms!

House of Monstrous Women releases today. It's a story of oppression, liberation, sacrifice, and hope that refuses to be extinguished. I am beyond lucky to have written this story and even luckier to share it with all of you. From the bottom of my heart: Thank you.

I’m so thrilled to be working with @lexi-smith-mcnick.bsky.social! Her “sapphic werewolf cowgirls hunting for cursed treasure in the Wild West” YA blew me away! Lexi’s work is the full package—spooky, fun, adventurous, moving, and enchanting!💗

I'm officially an agented author!! The #querying process was rough, but it ended with an agent who "gets" my weird stories! Thanks @dorianmaffei.bsky.social for being amazing ❤️

This Must-Have Monday I have EIGHTEEN new releases to ft! Incl 🐕surviving inside a portal with a (very!) good dog by @ilonaandrews.bsky.social! 🌺Filipino gothic??? yes please! with @daphnefama.bsky.social! 👁️absurdist horror = statistician vs nothing from @chucktingle.bsky.social! buff.ly/kRO7cUL

Where to find the best August books by women, femme, feminist, queer, trans, Black, Brown, and Native writers?? My latest for @msmagazine.com, of course! August 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/b...

the august horror list is live, feat. new books from @johnlangan.bsky.social @scumbelievable.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social @daphnefama.bsky.social @steelhester.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social & more!

Penguin Michael Joseph has announced Slasher Summer, a 'love letter to horror fans everywhere' by E L Chen www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article... (£)

Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired a “gripping” horror novel, Slasher Summer, from EL Chen 👇

Who's ready for a fun horror romp?! SLASHER SUMMER by E.L. Chen is coming to bookstores summer 2026 and I CAN'T WAIT! 🪓😈

Snoopy dance! So excited I can finally announce this. Forget hot girl summer, get ready for SLASHER SUMMER in 2026! 1/

A wonderful example of how to do modern Gothic horror. A great balance of creepy, visceral scenes and deeper themes. And I learned about Filipino history too! @daphnefama.bsky.social #TheHouseofMonstrousWomen #BookReview #booksky #📚💙 #horror #gothichorror youtu.be/IJUkBleaIoY

You'll find desperate necromancers, haunting poems, draconic royalty, and ancient ghosts in this month's YA new releases. Here's a roundup of all the science fiction, fantasy, and genre young adult books of August 2025! reactormag.com/new-young-ad...

I miiiight have news to share soon.

Clear your schedule: There are 46 horror, romantasy, and other SFF crossover books coming out in August 2025!! Check out the list here or I'm covering you in bugs: reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...

Day 2 of Filipino folklore in celebration of House of Monstrous Women coming out in 6 days! I love making these. Today's feature is the monstrous aswang, which has haunted the Philippines for centuries...

House of Monstrous Women releases in 7 days!! To celebrate, I'll be posting some of my favorite folklore in the Philippines. Today's feature is paktol, a black sorcery used to kill its target. (1/4)

Happy book birthday to @mzmauthor.bsky.social's MISTRESS OF BONES! 🎉 You will definitely want this gorgeous book full of necromancy, rapiers, and fickle gods on your bookshelves! ☠️ static.macmillan.com/static/wedne...

Happy Monday! For absolutely no reason I'd like to remind you I have a quarterly newsletter, although I may send extra emails if I have exciting news to share 👀

Banter? You got it. Weird magic? Heck yeah! Fun worldbuilding? Well, of course. Different kinds of love, romantic and otherwise? Definitely! Two separate, intersecting storylines? Right here, right now. Exploration of souls and greed? Compliments of the house. mariazmedina.com/books/mistre...

Thank you so much Epic Reads for featuring MISTRESS OF BONES! 😍 www.epicreads.com/blog/most-an...

Congrats to Dwain Worrell for a stellar first review for OTHERWORLDLY! 🤩 moonshelfstories.com/otherworldly...

Today is your last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway for HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by @daphnefama.bsky.social! Win a free final copy! 👀 www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

UK edition of MISTRESS OF BONES is here and IT HAS FOIL 😱

ASDAFAGHDGAJHGDWJAHGD final copies are here!

Look at these beauties! 😍

This finished hardback @daphnefama.bsky.social House of Monstrous Women is fabulous and out from @bantambooksuk.bsky.social on 14th August My thanks to Ollie for sending it to me www.penguin.co.uk/books/471378...

Thank you so much @publisherswkly.bsky.social for the lovely review of MISTRESS OF BONES!! "Confident prose, strong characterizations, and imaginative Spanish-tinged mythology blend to deliver a rich and intricately crafted fantasy world."

Azul del Arroyo didn’t fully know what would happen when she set out to bring her older sister back to life, but since she was ten, she didn’t much care. We're worried/intrigued...? and sharing an excerpt from @mzmauthor.bsky.social's YA fantasy Mistress of Bones! reactormag.com/excerpts-mis...

You can now read an excerpt from MISTRESS OF BONES over at Reactor Magazine!! 😍

my baby's gonna be in a book club 🥹 ly Women in Horror Book Club @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social 💜❤️