Ooh, that's a lovely thing. Congrats to all the other nominees. (I love how horrory this shortlist is this year!)

George said nice things about my book. 🩷💅

This week's @thisishorror.bsky.social news is queued up for the morning but, #ICYMI, here are last week's new & forthcoming terrors: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u... Into the Darkening Dust by @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social - out now @strangewildspress.bsky.social ... 1/2

One month after ordering copies. 20 days after release day. 🫠

Lovely to see a print review in SFX for Abyss - a magazine that brings a fair degree of nostalgia for me. "A current of palpable anger at its heart makes for a compelling and haunting read"

GHOSTS & WINTER WOODS Winter settles in and ghosts appear to the living. Forests change cities into haunted woodlands. This Silent Hill x The Returned epic is the perfect read to chill you as the weather gets warmer. www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop/qi9qwlx... books2read.com/u/3yL7kB

GOTHIC HORROR LOVERS Have you read The Collection? A mysterious old estate in the English countryside filled with strange objects from around the world collected by a mad professor who burned himself alive. For fans of The Lost Room, dark academia, & Shirley Jackson. books2read.com/u/3GnDaQ

Waking up to this cracking review from one of the best writers in the business. Day made! 😁 #HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱

WIP vibes. Dichotomy is all of these things and more. 🔥

My first book baby, Slattery Falls, is just two GR reviews short of 200. No better time to take the ride north, scope the place out, and share your thoughts.

A reminder that, as Women In Horror Year progresses, there's a handy index (updated daily) with links to all 365 books that are featured. www.briankeene.com/womeninhorro...

Today's pull from my tarot deck was talking about missed opportunities which immediately made me think of Stoker-Con. I'm already feeling FOMO from not being able to go this year, the fear of not being a part of this big event that so many friends and people I admire are attending. 1/3

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Chris Austin.

WIP Check-in! My original goal was 30,000 words by May 15th. Realizing the story is likely to run longer than that, I've set a new goal: 40,000 words by May 30th. Currently at 26.4K words. QOTD: What WIP are you working on? Are you reading a book that you're absolutely loving? Tell me about it!

Over 9,000 of you have added IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND to your Goodreads "Want to Read" shelf. Let's get to 10,000 by June 9th 🖤 Preorder — www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803654...

Grief and anger. I LOVE horror that taps into this particular stage of grief and dissects it. That's precisely what @authordileo.bsky.social does with Empty Devils. Empty Devils is quiet psychological horror done well. Go get your copy from @sobelobooks.bsky.social asap.

Thrilled to share that Muntu ARC is now also available on @netgalley.bsky.social Link in comments. Another major review just in from @worldlittoday.bsky.social ! @badhandbooks.bsky.social 💞 worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/may/mun...

#LocusAwards panel “Transformations & Mutations: Catharsis and the Hopeful Work of Dark Fiction" moderated by #AudreyTWillams w/ #TananariveDue #TrangThanhTran #JulieCDay #ThomasHa will take place at 2:20PM at Hotel Shattuck on awards day! tix: locusmag.com/awards26#LocusAwards#AudreyTWillams#TananariveDue#TrangThanhTran#JulieCDay#ThomasHa bio

I got a pretty fun story in this one. Love the cover.

Ngl, this was fire. Maybe I need to rework my back cover blurb. 😂

A couple of my books feature in this horror promo on @bookfunnel.bsky.social from fellow author @halffulllibrary.bsky.social. This includes my novel, Pyres, which is only £0.99 / $0.99 for a couple more days. Check it out 👇🏼👇🏼 books.bookfunnel.com/paranormal-s... #HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱

Need to cheer up? Reading my story is the literary version of that gif where the Nazi gets punched. Enjoy! @shotgunhoney.com

What's with the streak of awesome mermaid poetry this month? Mermaids in bathtubs and people's expectations, including the ones about ourselves. This time in @strangehorizons.bsky.social by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social!

I'm starting to see book recommendation lists again full of trad publishing horror books. Keep an eye on some of your favorite indie publishers and authors who self-publish and see what they're up to! Here's a few you can check out for starters: 🧵

Getting out of the house for some fresh air. The woods felt particularly witchy yesterday: still cool air, signs of new life amongst the dead.

Pick up “Good For Her”!! 📚💙 So pleased that I was able to contribute a poem and a story for this incredible project!! Grab it now! Look at that line-up! All proceeds go to a great cause! See below!! mybook.to/goodforher

My book comes out in the US today. If you spot her, say hi? www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/danai...

In case you missed it, I wrote a short guide to publishers and money: gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/publishers...

I'm a fan of how the director & writer, Damian McCarthy tells stories. He uses quiet horror, escalating tension, and unease to their fullest, encapsulating the audiences fear of what could be and driving home every single jump scare. Quiet horror can still be as scary as hell. Hokum proves that.

So excited to finally reveal this cover I illustrated for @nathanielluscombe.bsky.social and Alex Silvius's poetry collection, HERE LIES WANDERLAND!

Soooo @scribeofhades.bsky.social just sent me the cover art for ARSON BY DESIGN and I don’t think y’all are ready. Like, at all. It’s unbelievable. Mark your calendars for Friday.

Friendly reminder that there’s no wrong way to enjoy a book. With your eyes, with your ears, with your hands, even with your nose (book smell ftw). Good on you for reading however you do it, now go finish your book :)

A short, sweet little blog post all about the tough-loving mother-figure of The Dead/Dustlands: The Taxidermist. open.substack.com/pub/katherin... Happy Mother's Day to the mothers in my life: family, friends, colleagues. Hope you all have a beautiful day.

Are you a horror book lover who prefers audiobooks? @strangewildspress.bsky.social is looking for audiobook reviewers to add to its ARC team and you're invited! If you're interested in joining the audio ARC team, please email [email protected] or comment here!

Made a post today about how when I ask other writers what’s the most important short story collection in the Dark Speculative/weird litfic sphere of the last 10 years was, they always say Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Almost every time. What collection would you choose?

I spend YEARS brainstorming and MONTHS outlining and that IS the work. Zero tolerance for this shit.

I received this beautiful review weeks ago from the amazing @briankeene.bsky.social about Undead Folk. A master of horror, Keene is someone I respect as a fellow author and as a sincere human being. Reflecting on these compliments has helped lift me during an otherwise low self-esteem-fueled day.

Delighted to share that "138 melon seeds" is a Rhysling Award finalist! Congratulations to everyone shortlisted, and thanks to @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social & Weird Tales Magazine for including my poem in the Undead Issue. Voting opens July 1st and is open to SFPA members.

It's my birthday today and I've leveled up! 😤 As always, I want to celebrate it with you folks by having my Nocturnal series on sale on Amazon 😊 They're either free or $0.99. Why don't you make my day even more special by grabbing a copy? shorturl.at/kIUh4 Please share this post 💜

For those of you who'd love to immerse yourselves in the world of The Dustlands further, you can now listen to the playlist that inspired the book! Take a look at the simplified tracklist here!

Folks who pre-ordered copies: As of yet, Ingram is *still* printing the hardcovers. They were ordered two and a half weeks ago and they only started printing them last Wednesday. Thanks for your patience and for ordering from me. I'm so sorry that these are taking so long to get to you. 🖤

Tuesday feels like a great time for NEW REVIEWS! These are some titles that I've read over the last month that I enjoyed! REVIEWS IN THE THREAD BELOW

Guys, ANGEL DOWN won the Pulitzer Prize. Let’s get nuts.

Maine friends! I'll be hanging out in Bangor with a cadre of other wonderful horror authors for an event sponsored by Briar Patch Books called I Know What You're Reading This Summer! Bring your friends and come hang out Friday May 29th at 7 PM. Event link: www.facebook.com/events/15478...

LET’S BEAT THE SUNDAY SCARIES TOGETHER with my new recurring series highlighting old reviews that deserve another go around in the limelight! Every Sunday a new review of mine from FanFiAddict

Over the halfway mark toward 30,000 words by May 15th. I'm so excited for people to read this one!

Ouroboros cat.

Can't wait to release something new (and by new I mean something I wrote 18months ago 😅)

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