THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD IS OUT THIS MONTH AND I'M FINE, IT'S FINE

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD in great company here!!!

Thank you so much for the mention!!! 😊

Come get it, y’all!! Folks in the US and Canada — free book alert! Orbit is giving away a paperback copy of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD, from now until the day before its US release! ✨

ONE MONTH until the US release of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! Remember to preorder through Bards Alley to get a signed bookplate with your order! 🌊💀🖤

The only picture that I took at the Orbit party on Thursday was of my shoe, which broke so irreparably that I had to tape it to my foot in the middle of a busy pub 😅

And finally, trapped and facing horrifying trials with THE BONE DOOR by @franceswrites.bsky.social and THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD by @megbontra.bsky.social, chaired by @lynseymay.com at @cymerafestival.co.uk

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD in the wild! It’s real and it’s HERE (at Cymera)!

Oh HELLO!

An excerpt of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is available to read on the Orbit blog RIGHT NOW! www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/...

The finale of The Boys annoyed me just enough that I’m tempted to write an urban fantasy horror book about superheroes just to scratch the itch

Canadian friends! Now is the time to get 25% off THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD, along with all the other titles on Indigo’s ‘Most Anticipated Horror of 2026’ list!

New blurb! This time from fellow debut, @megbontra.bsky.social 🖤 I'm super excited to read Megan's hotly anticipated cosmic horror sea cave novel THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD coming July this year 👀

Tickets are now on general sale for our 2026 Festival! This year we are hosting a slew of exciting SFFH author panels, writing workshops, live performances, live podcast recordings, agent one-to-ones and so much more. Grab your tickets on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

Seeing my comically large face in The Bookseller felt like a good enough reason to buy Dolly Parton brand prosecco today. And it’s good, too!

Contrary to the name of the panel, you will NOT be trapped in a room with me and Frances White, but you WILL want to be! We’re talking horror at Cymera this year, and I couldn’t be more excited. Panel and festival details on the Cymera website!

SO proud to see this book flying the nest. Agents, you’re gonna want this one!!

One day (soon?) someone will feel seen by the protagonist of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD in her struggle to break free from narcissistic abuse (which was my struggle) and unlearn its patterns (which still is my struggle) and then it genuinely will all be worth it. GENUINELY.

Come and get it, y’all! THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is available on NetGalley in the US! UK is coming soon — but in the meantime, off to the sea caves with ye!

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! ✨ Head on over to the link below (and in my linktree) to enter for a chance to win an eARC of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD. US only, unfortunately - but keep an eye out, because international giveaways are on the horizon!

Cover reveal & crowdfunding announcement! I have written another book. Project Tasman is a sapphic dystopian book about a woman in a psychological experiment. I'm so excited to share this beautiful cover from @bmwillows.bsky.social Follow the BackerKit below, pls www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

The urge to turn my current WIP into a horrormance with a Leon Kennedy coded love interest is overwhelming. Y’all would not believe the state of my saved TikToks after finishing RE9. 😮‍💨

THRILLED to share the UK cover of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! TSHID is a cult aquatic horror about a group of academics trapped in a sea cave who must reckon with cosmic horrors as they're forced to atone for their greatest sins. Cover design by Charlotte Stroomer, cover art credit by Andreea Dumuta.

THRILLED to share the UK cover of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! TSHID is a cult aquatic horror about a group of academics trapped in a sea cave who must reckon with cosmic horrors as they're forced to atone for their greatest sins. Cover design by Charlotte Stroomer, cover art credit by Andreea Dumuta.

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is getting its UK cover reveal... TOMORROW! Y'all, it's so good. You aren't ready. 🌊🔪🪸🖤 Keep an eye on the Orbit UK socials for the reveal, and for some... other interesting tidbits 👀

🌊📘 #THESEAHIDESITSDEAD by #MeganBontrager is now available for preorder, ahead of its July 14, 2026 release from Orbit Books. THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD plunges readers into a haunting world where the ocean remembers everything. 🔗 Preorder here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/megan...

One of my favorite reads of the year, if not of all time. Y’all — READ THIS BOOK!

I have a western horror short story that I LOVE that’s just floating around in the ether of my unsubmitted works, so if anyone knows of any historical/western horror anthologies looking for pieces soon… let a gal know 👀

A thread of things you can do to help folks in MN. If you've got funds to throw our way, the below website is a great place to start. I also repost fundraisers regularly as do other people on the ground. 🧵 www.standwithminnesota.com

The Sea Hides Its Dead 2026 by @megbontra.bsky.social

✨GIVEAWAY TIME!✨ Thank y'all SO much for getting THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD (coming July of THIS YEAR!) to 1000 adds on Goodreads! My mind is truly blown, so we're doing a crafty giveaway. Open internationally! Like and share this post to enter. Thank you so, so, SO much again for all the support! 💙

Build your #horror TBR with one of these great reads! @johnnycompton.bsky.social @mariatureaud.bsky.social @briannamalotke.bsky.social @mathildazeller.bsky.social @pamelakkinney.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @authorglennrolfe.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @megbontra.bsky.social

SO excited to be working with @nordlichtinla.bsky.social on her mind-bending post-apoc sci-fi horror mind-blowing RIDE of a book!!

The fact that I have to WAIT to announce my RTM mentee…. free me from yap jail. I want to lift up both my mentees and spin them like a disco ball.

I'm SO excited to be working with @spottedsnake.bsky.social on THE WORLD BENEATH during this year's WriteHive mentorship program! I was genuinely hooked on this book from the jump, and couldn't stop thinking about it from the moment I started reading. Agents... get ready. This is a good one.

We asked @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social for her best book of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of 2026. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @joe-hill.bsky.social @laurelhightower.bsky.social @megbontra.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/homesick

We asked @taranhunt.bsky.social for her best books of '25, books she'd love for Xmas & anticipated reads of '26. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @voidcricket.bsky.social @guygavrielkay.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/TheImmortalityThief https://geni.us/unkprin

Build your #horror TBR today with these can’t miss #horrorbooks @jylglenn.bsky.social @johndurginauthor.bsky.social @spookywv.bsky.social @tylerjwelch.bsky.social @kristalstittle.bsky.social @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social @ashleygreyuwu.bsky.social @crystallake.bsky.social

What a better way to start a Monday than with the second part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"? Second 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... 💙📚

My husband has been reading my latest [REDACTED], and a twist involving his favorite character caught him so off-guard and upset him so much that he told me he's "feeling inspired" to be harsher to my TTRPG characters. I am being PUNISHED.

Author friends - have you ever reached out to old professors/teachers about chatting to their classes? If so, how did you go about doing that? And how did it go? I'd love to yap in the presence of old educators who made me feel like I could do the damn thing, but I don't know where to start!

Such a stacked list!! 2026 is going to be an incredible year for horror. Thank you so much to Jump Scares for including THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...

SO excited to be able to share the US cover of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! Coming July 2026, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social Trapped in an underwater cave, a group of academics searching for the cult of the mythical Leviathan learn that the only way out of her ever-changing cloister… is further in. 👀🌊🔪

Hey all! Sorry for the slow movement today — I know I owe folks some emails and such, but someone’s been putting rat poison in my street’s back gardens and my dog got into some. A day at the emergency vet is not conducive to emails. Back at it tomorrow!

My Most Anticipated books list for 2026 - do you share any anticipation for these titles? 💜 Featuring authors @cothillion.bsky.social , @cachaplin.bsky.social , @slhuang.com , @megbontra.bsky.social, & more!

Waiting for #roundtablementor fulls to come in is like perpetual Christmas Eve. Like... hooray! What a fun thing to be waiting for! But also... come into my sweet embrace expeditiously, please <3

I had to send my glasses off to change my prescription, and it's so dire without them that I'm sitting here at the tender hour of 8:19 am with my prescription sunglasses on because I just truly cannot see a thing. A bad time to be so unflaggingly sucked into like five books at once 😅

happy pride month!