The reason the headline is "doom!" is because when you see what's already been done, you see that we can do more, which means things can get better, which means rich people's "it's over, no stopping this, might as well let us do what we want" manipulation might stop working. Can't have that.

The eye in the hand agrees: you don't want to miss this gift! Pre-order #SinisterSocieties BEFORE 12.09 and you'll get a free collectible art card featuring one of the original Kip Ayers' illustrations from the anthology. Order here: 💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 #BookSky #HorrorSky #thrillers

@brianevenson.bsky.social readers: his new story "i will came {sic} haunt you" in @weirdhousepress.bsky.social's anthology 13 POSSESSIONS is now out in paperback! Contributors include Richard Gavin, Sarah Read (@inkwellmonster.bsky.social) & James Chambers (@mothman13.bsky.social) ⭐ a.co/d/3EUbSvT

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Great news for librarians, booksellers, reviewers—Sinister Societies is now available to request on NetGalley & Edelweiss. Become one of us & request this sinister sextet of novellas: EW: links.ruadanbooks.com/S6EW NG: links.ruadanbooks.com/S6NG UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/S6UK #BookSky #HorrorSky

It’s Little Bookshop of Horrors day at Caramel Crisp Corner! Cookies, books, coffee, and all the Halloween vibes!

"With its lush prose and growing dread, The Atropine Tree is a dark literary marvel." -- Lisa Morton, author of Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances and The Castle of Los Angeles Get @inkwellmonster.bsky.social's latest gothic novel today. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Titles by @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @jfdt.bsky.social @tomsnig.bsky.social and @jsuretteacheson.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social @lairdbarron.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @inkwellmonster.bsky.social @michaelwehunt.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social & more.

This chilling depiction of The Tooth Fairy haunts @inkwellmonster.bsky.social's Stoker nominated collection, ROOT ROT & OTHER GRIM TALES. Illustrations (including the cover) by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

New editions of The Atropine Tree will be fully laced with nightshade. What could go wrong?

Hey! Did you know that Little Horn: Stories (from Shortwave) is almost here? I'm hugely proud of this book, and you can order it thusly: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

I’m reading from my PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE tomorrow and donated exclusives to the fundraiser supporting @thepixelproject.bsky.social's mission to stop violence against women & girls. Join me! 9/26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK. thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsf... #booksky #Blackbooksky

Edited by Linda Hartley, Sinister Societies features six novellas by: @cindyoquinn.bsky.social @erricknunnally.bsky.social @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social @comicazimike.bsky.social @horrortom.bsky.social @inkwellmonster.bsky.social 🔗: links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 #BookSky #TBR #horrorbooks

hey, new LibGuide up @sowellcollection.bsky.social for my stuff there:

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS today! 13 coming-of-rage stories including the return to print of "Benny Rose the Cannibal King" about the monstrousness of adolescence and those who will do whatever it takes to get away, or get even. Out now from Titan Books! 😈 tinyurl.com/prhdemons

A fantasy world inspired not by medieval western Europe, but by classic noir ... ... plus bloodthirsty gods and sea monsters. Returning to print next year, and with limited signed bookplates from Bad Hand Books;

One of us! One of us! YOU could be one of us with a pre-order of SINISTER SOCIETIES, a collection of six secretive novellas out 12.09.25. Featuring six of the finest horror writers publishing today, this selection of stunning stories won’t easily let you go. links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 #BookSky

Oh well. I am making my claim and every author should.

#DarkAcademia & #Schoolhorror - Day 4 @patricklacey.bsky.social @christinogle.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social ‬‪ @colinwinnette.bsky.social @inkwellmonster.bsky.social @joshmalerman.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @quirkbooks.bsky.social

"Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind." ~ Toni Morrison

And my portentous First gig for @badhandbooks.bsky.social, cover art for Root Rot by @inkwellmonster.bsky.social. The beginning of two wonderful creative relationships. (and the start of my needing to read everything by Sarah Read)

Winter in the City features work by: ❄️ @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social ❄️ @inkwellmonster.bsky.social ❄️ @lilychilds.bsky.social ❄️ @brianevenson.bsky.social ❄️ @timlees.bsky.social ❄️ @thelatejonnypapers.bsky.social ❄️ @nmamatas.bsky.social ❄️ @katherinetraylor.bsky.social ❄️ @richardkadrey.bsky.social

Walk into the woods. Dive into the water. Make a wish. Meet your fate. If you missed Bram Stoker Award-winning author @inkwellmonster.bsky.social's stunning collection, ROOT ROT, now is the time to fix that. Illustrations by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. bookshop.org/p/books/root...

Two of my longest-running friends and colleagues back from our Books of the Dead days. Left, @brackenmacleod.bsky.social, middle, me, right @markmatthews.bsky.social. Photobombing us is the great @inkwellmonster.bsky.social! And the fantastic @timwaggoner.bsky.social lurks in the background.

Speaking of @inkwellmonster.bsky.social, the first novel we ever published was her stunning vision of gothic terror, THE ATROPINE TREE. Poison gardens. Seances. Family secrets. Ghost children. With cover art by @johncoulthart.com. You need this in your life. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

This collection. This gorgeous, Bram Stoker Award-nominated collection by @inkwellmonster.bsky.social. I will sing Sarah's praises all the way to my grave. She's phenomenal. And @tomsbrown.bsky.social's cover art/interior sketches pair perfectly with the tales. www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed my wife's day job, so every single pre-order, purchase, signal boost, kind word means more than ever right now. Thank you all for your support. There's tons of goodness on the other end of this link: badhandbooks.com/preorders

Ooooh--this one is so good! @inkwellmonster.bsky.social is a master of quiet, gothic horror.

The dark beauty of Remains #2. Stories by @rpveit.bsky.social, @afahynes.bsky.social, @inkwellmonster.bsky.social, @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social and me, plus Matt Hill interviews the great Nina Allan, the usual great art of Richard Wagner, all curated by Andy Cox. @remainsmagazine.bsky.social

Been waiting to drop this amazing donation for the Genre for Trans charity auction! @pnh.nielsenhayden.com kindly dug this up from his archive: one of the very first bound galleys of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, prob 1/600, intact spine, never been read. www.32auctions.com/organization...

I’m at the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries conference, and I’m giving a talk about the horror genre! If you feel your ears burning, it’s because I’m recommending all your books to the audience. 🖤

The horror of it all! Massive book release celebrations for @toddkeisling.com, @erricknunnally.bsky.social and @natcassidy.bsky.social ☠️☠️☠️

Issue 2 coming soon... remains.uk

...and speaking of @badhandbooks.bsky.social, my First gig with them. Cover art for Root Rot by @inkwellmonster.bsky.social. Dark fairy tales to die for. The final drawing was very much a live collaboration between, Sarah, Doug and I.

I'll add one more observation on this: Like with a lot of things, a percentage of the men who don't read women aren't avoiding us out of disinterest. It's because they don't want other men seeing them reading a book with a woman's name on the cover.

Promote Far and Wide: Free for All: The Public Library on PBS Premieres April 29th raforall.blogspot.com/2025/03/prom...

I’m going to need everyone at Authorcon to give everyone at Authorcon a hug from me. Please and thank you.

Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.

I was so good at the doctors this morning, so I get tea, a cookie, a book, and a plush. Them’s the rules. Also, I need @sgj.bsky.social to release a new book every time I have a scary appointment. I’ll have my doc write the prescription.

The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...

Last chance to enter to win paperbacks of my 3 historical horror novels! Drop a comment HERE substack.com/home/post/p-... Must provide a US mailing address to receive prizes

With anglerfish fever gripping the nation, it's time to recommend my very own anglerfish mermaid book: INTO THE DROWNING DEEP.

Me traveling the world: just this one personal item backpack. That’s all I need. Me driving a short distance away for a friend’s birthday overnight: someone help me carry these eight tote bags to my car.

Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.

In THE ATROPINE TREE, in the Aldane family, there are 3 men: the cruel authoritarian, the narcissistic helpful one who surely knows what’s best, and The Nice Guy. The women in this Victorian family? Struggling under this power imbalance. At least, while they’re alive. The dead ones… they’re big mad.

While under the effects of anesthesia last week, I apparently got into the Libby app, downloaded the audiobook for Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation, and listened to half of it. I have no memory of any of this. But I do love that book. Highly recommended for consumption, subliminally or otherwise.

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

Happy Book Birthday to me. Welcome, Violet Zennor.

Oh wow—Caitlin Starling’s may release, THE STARVING SAINTS, sound so good!