Join One Story Co-Founder & Publisher @mbatcha.bsky.social & 5 One Story authors & editors for a generative fiction boot camp Jan 26- 30. This year’s instructors will be @kermichele.bsky.social, Maggie Love, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Hannah Tinti & J. L. Zhang. Visit bit.ly/4pbSGQj for details

Here is my TOP READS of 2025! Featuring @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @elfordalley.bsky.social @kermichele.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @mikemollman.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @jamesldulin.bsky.social #FanFiAddict fanfiaddict.com/c-j-daleys-t...

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

oh no i clicked on one single ad and now the weighted blanket purveyors know i'm vulnerable

making sure to smile real big while walking around the upper east side today

Only one thing could make this night even better

roses are red big laughs are hearty

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

TWISTED SPINE is a wonderful horror bookstore proving love in new york city. please consider donating to their flood recovery trot www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

doomers: there’s not going to be elections in America ever again me: if they can’t even cancel an entertainer due to popular pushback what the fuck makes you think they can cancel elections

This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.

I am once again asking you to stop sending us money. But we do need your time. ⏰ zohranfornyc.com/events

i don’t like the idea of the president missing. he could be anywhere. i am suddenly aware how little i appreciated opening my shower curtain knowing the president would not be standing there

Honored to be a Kirkus Prize finalist in such amazing company. A huge thanks to everyone who has been in THE SLIP’s corner at @simonbooks.bsky.social, to the readers who have championed the book, and of course to Kirkus Reviews 🥊🥊🥊

It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.

Listen to @kermichele.bsky.social discuss HOUSE OF BETH on the Debutiful podcast! The debut novel is available now from @simonbooks.bsky.social. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4vBw...

Thumbs up to @kermichele.bsky.social’s book about emotional fulfillment and a ghost, House of Beth. It’s a good book with an accurate title - there is a house and a Beth.

Look, I couldn't not wife guy during @kermichele.bsky.social’s publication week no matter what, but House of Beth is a New York Times editors' choice! Let's go! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

The brilliant @kermichele.bsky.social was one of the Times’ Books We Love!!! (As long as the paper covers good art with a good eye, I will not write the whole thing off. Arts editors are essential, and this book is fucking fantastic!)

“Every time I woke up, someone died. Usually my girlfriend, Lavender, or my dad, or my boss.” Read from @kermichele.bsky.social’s new novel, House of Beth.

why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections? in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

The Most Anticipated Debut Books of July-December 2025, according to @vitcavage.bsky.social debutiful.net/2025/06/26/t...

July horror releases to be on your TBR @silviamg.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social @kermichele.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @nickygee.bsky.social @jennicjul.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @julietblackwell.bsky.social @markusredmond.bsky.social

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

my ten year old self would be so confused to hear about how many hours of my adulthood have been spent staring terrified at my phone

It never feels like the right time to promote anything frivolous, but my birthday is tomorrow and it appears I'll be stuck at home sick, so I posted my short Concept High publicly. It's under 6 minutes and played the Austin Film Fest last year and I dare say it's fun www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05s...

what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Coming out of the Buzzing About Horror Books panel at #stokercon, I not only have a stack of arcs I'm super excited about, but a whole host of other titles that are now on my TBR list.

Candid talk from Simon and Schuster authors: @debbieurbanski.bsky.social @madgemaril.bsky.social @darialavelleauthor.bsky.social @juliadevillers.bsky.social @libbybuckwrites.bsky.social @kermichele.bsky.social @joepan.bsky.social Moderated by the amazing Courtney Maum #Books #BookSky #Writers

More PRIDE month recommendations that I have read & enjoyed or just added to my TBR. See the alt text for the list! @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @elliottgish.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social

So far today I've received 28 pitches for upcoming books. By 28 different publicists representing 28 different authors. There is so little space to cover any of them. Which is why this AI-created and unedited by humans summer reading list is such a slap in the face.

Very eager to read HOUSE OF BETH by @kermichele.bsky.social a secluded house in the woods, whispered secrets, and a mysterious presence leads the MC down a dark, haunted path

the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person

House of Beth is a queer gothic stunner—darkly funny, haunted, & heartbreakingly honest about harm OCD, girlhood, & the ghosts that cling to us. Ty @simonandschuster.bsky.social for the eARC! Read my review! StoryGraph 🔗 tinyurl.com/5as97tc6 Goodreads 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdenkyj6 #booksky

This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to have work featured in the CLAW Art show. What I did not know was that this was the first time the show was juried and Bouquet Boy #100 placed 3rd in the show!!!

Join us Thursday, 5/1 for a virtual reading with our Literary Debutantes hosted by @debutiful.bsky.social, featuring readings from Nini Berndt, @kermichele.bsky.social, Carrie R. Moore, Lucas Schaefer, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Lauren K. Watel, and @julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social. bit.ly/4j7bCxA

imagine sisyphus trotting cutely and proving love

They are rounding up the students. Anyone acting like this isn’t a 4 alarm fire is deluded.

Folks came out in support of Mahmoud Khalil! And a ton of media so we will see how things get covered. I have more photos but these aren’t showing anyone’s face, so these are the ones you get.

A very happy #FridayReads here on the happy place. What are YOU reading? If you Like this but don't share a book, might you consider re-posting? I think it helps. . . Thanks so much. Meanwhile, I'm reading e-galley of Kerry Cullen's HOUSE OF BETH, S&S/July 2025.

helly r. does not have microbangs she has normal bangs our conception of bangs has been obliterated by the lie that is "curtain bangs" which are actually short layers that is all.

A 2025, book cover trend. "Fine Art" Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng Blood as Bright as the Moon HUNGERSTONE Vampires at Sea The Lamb by Lucy Rose This Vicious Hunger Victorian Psycho House of Beth The Library of Hellebore Predatory Natures Shy Girl by Mia Ballard Blood on Her Tongue

my local bookstore closed; please send good thoughts my way during this difficult time