We're less than two weeks away from the annual #AScareADay challenge where we have a spooky read every day for October. Want to join us? Keep an eye on the hashtag. I'll be posting the list of stories soon (with links) A sneak peak... a new story goes up romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/19/t...

Oh hey, that’s me on the back cover of this book! Can’t wait for AMERICA’S MOST GOTHIC to be out in the world, so I have more people to talk about it with 🖤

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Looking for your next thrilling read? Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a copy of THE GLASS EEL by J. J. Viertel, a debut eco-thriller that came out earlier this month! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... 💙📚 ⚡📚 🔎💀📚

Come visit me at Booth 515 at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday! I’ll be at our table from 10am-3pm.

Got to check out The Twisted Spine (Brooklyn’s new horror specialty bookstore) and see @claymcleod.bsky.social perform some stories from his new collection Acquired Taste.

There's something fishy going on in coastal Maine. . . . A struggling divorcée stumbles into the dangerous underworld of black market eel smuggling, government corruption, and brutal violence in this debut eco-thriller. THE GLASS EEL by J. J. Viertel is in stores today! 💙📚 ⚡️📚🔎💀📚

New blog post! Check out my thoughts on Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, inspired by the recent #RomancingTheGothic conference: www.thegothiclibrary.com/classics-gho...

New blog post! Check out my review of THE BEWITCHING by @silviamg.bsky.social, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors: 💙📚 😱📚 www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...

“A Warning to the Curious” virtual conference is this weekend! Time to start thinking about getting your ingredients and prepping a strawberry shrub if you want to follow along during my cocktail/mocktail demo on Saturday:

Have you got your ticket? A live performance and a cocktail/mocktail hour with specially designed recipes also happening! Tickets can be purchased from the Eventbrite- www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/romancing-... You can also get tickets here - buytickets.at/romancingthe... (we pay less fees)

Hey folks, we’re hiring a managing editor here at Mysterious Enterprises/Penzler Publishers. See below for a view of our picturesque offices. More details here: www.mysteriousbookshop.com/pages/job-op...

Interview with the Vampire.

New blog post! If you love stories about cannibalism and complicated/messy young women getting revenge, then definitely check out my review of THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim: 💙📚😱📚 www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...

Have you bought your tickets for the M R James online conference yet? We've got so much amazing stuff going on, including a performance from ROBERT LLOYD PARRY of 'A Warning to the Curious' Check out the website and get your tickets awarningtothecuriousconference.wordpress.com

This year’s Romancing the Gothic virtual conference will take place on August 23-24 and is themed around the ghost stories of M.R. James. I’ll be hosting the virtual cocktail hour. See the recipes above so you can follow along. . More info/tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

Enter this Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win an early copy of @nicholasmeyer.bsky.social's new historical mystery set in the cutthroat world of Art and art forgery, SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... ⚡📚 💙📚 🔎💀📚 ⌛📚 #Sherlockian #SherlockHolmes

New blog post! Check out my review of THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by @casskhaw.bsky.social: 💙📚😱📚 www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...

Dearest fans of Gothy, Steampunky, Vintage & Neo-Victorian accessories, most 1-of-a-kind, I just found out I need to help a family member out of a pinch, so if you like a goodie via this link, procuring it would be a huge mutual aid help right now! 🖤 Https://torchandarrow.etsy.com

Meet @tommeadauthor.bsky.social, author of the Joseph Spector locked room mystery series! Tom’s fourth novel, THE HOUSE AT DEVIL’S NECK comes out tomorrow, July 15, in the US. Join us at @mysteriousbookshop.com tomorrow evening to celebrate the release! 💙📚 ⚡️📚 🔎💀📚

New blog post! If you love monsters and Greek mythology, check out my review of Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social: 💙📚😱📚 www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-we...

Author friends, Have any of you attended LosCon in LA before? Do they do author signings and do you sell a good amount of books? One of the authors I work with has been invited, but I’m not very familiar with this con.

Reviewers! Librarians! Educators! Bloggers! BookTok Folk! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is available for request @netgalley.bsky.social! This unique non-fiction book examines the intersections of Gothic tropes and real, haunted history! www.netgalley.com/book/665898/

Ah yes, INDEPENDENCE Day Eve, where for many centuries people would shop at INDEPENDENT Bookstores in preparation for their big celebrations. What? You're saying that's not a thing? Huh, well, it's a thing if we make it a thing.

This lush Gothic thriller is out today! Are you a fan of spooky ancestral homes? Cursed jewels? Unreliable memories? Italian wine? Check out THE MEDICI CURSE!

New blog post! Check out my review of OVERGROWTH, a new sci-fi/horror alien invasion novel from Mira Grant (aka @seananmcguire.bsky.social): 💙📚 😱📚 www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-ov...

Have you ever thought to yourself 'Wow, I'd love to go to free to access talks by experts from around the world on spooky, supernatural, horror and Gothic subjects' Then Romancing the Gothic has got you covered! www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

Okay, Ratthi is quickly becoming my favorite character in the MurderBot TV show. When everyone else is in fight or flight mode, Ratthi just goes 100% in on BEFRIEND. 😆

Don't forget to get your discounted tickets for this year's online conference! We're celebrating M R James with an exploration of short Gothic and ghostly fiction Early Bird Discounts till the end of the month www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

New blog post! Check out some of my thoughts on Ryan Coogler’s cinematic masterpiece, Sinners: www.thegothiclibrary.com/sinners-vamp...

Hey! Did you know you can support the Romancing the Gothic project on patreon? Did you know you get all the monthly links that way? Did you know you can get fun bonuses like discounted or free events and audio versions of classic ghost stories at higher tiers? www.patreon.com/c/romancingt...

My book blog turns 10 years old this week! Here are some reflections on a decade of blogging for The Gothic Library: www.thegothiclibrary.com/ten-years-of...

THE BIG REVEAL! You can now buy tickets for our 2025 online conference 'A Warning to the Curious: Celebrating 100 years of M R James 'A Warning to the Curious' Talks! Workshops! Events! Author roundtable with NGHI VO, SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA and SUZAN PALUMBO! buytickets.at/romancingthe...

New blog post! Check out my review of THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS by @chuckwendling.bsky.social, and its unique spin on the haunted house: www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-st... 💙📚 😱📚

Who is your mom’s favorite mystery writer? Come by and get her a new book about solving a murder — we’ll be here til 7

New blog post! Check out my review of THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE, a historical Gothic by @pkennedywrites.bsky.social 💙📚 www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...

Happy Indie Bookstore Day to all who celebrate!! If you need a great reason to come pick up a new murder mystery, this is your chance… We’ll be here til 7 with some special deals for this special occasion.

New blog post! Check out my review of THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, Vol 16, edited by @datlow.bsky.social. Plus, my thoughts on some of the major trends in horror from that year: www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...

Thanks to federal programs like E-Rate, communities have built life-changing broadband networks—with libraries at the center. But that future is now under threat. Join us in the fight to protect E-Rate and federal library funding—because no one should be left offline. www.cnet.com/home/interne...

I highly recommend any of the talks related to vampires! The recent one on Dracula and Survival Cannibalism (see further down the thread) was fascinating:

Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a paperback copy of Mailan Doquang’s thrilling debut, BLOOD RUBIES, which follows a Bangkok gem thief after one simple heist gets her in way over her head. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... 💙📚 ⚡️📚

I’m hiring a summer intern to support me and the small team at Penzler Publishers! Details at the link below:

This week has been so hectic, I realized I never shared my blog post from Monday! Check out my review of MURDER BY MEMORY, a new cozy sci-fi from romance author @oliviawaite.com: www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-mu...

Hot off the press: finished copies of @jaimelynnhendricksauthor’s next pulse-pounding thriller. K.T Nguyen calls this one “deliciously sexy, soapy fun.” THEIR DOUBLE LIVES by Jaime Lynn Hendricks - in stores May 20!

Donate to your public library, get a free Libro.fm audiobook credit! 📚🥰❤️ This week is #NationalLibraryWeek and just like our beloved indie bookshops, libraries play an essential role in our communities. But, more than ever, they need our support. Learn more: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/

Joining the Romancing the Gothic community has been one of the best things to come out of the pandemic! I’ve made new friends, read books I otherwise never would have heard of or wouldn’t have had the confidence/motivation to read on my own, and deepened my understanding of my favorite genre.

GLITTER IN THE DARK by Olesya Lyuzna is out today! Gin-swigging journalist Ginny Dugan gets in over her head when she sets out to investigate the kidnapping of one of Harlem’s hottest singers in this debut historical mystery.

In honor of #TDOV, can I offer some current and upcoming @erewhonbooks.bsky.social books from trans & NB writers to share and boost? First, some noteworthy backlist! 🧵 THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN by @clpolk.com www.kensingtonbooks.com/978164566029...

GLITTER IN THE DARK, Olesya Lyuzna’s debut 1920s noir, is a PW Pick! In stores April 1.

“Bogothic” 🤣 I love it! Adding this to my vocabulary alongside Sporror (mushroom horror). Definitely need to catch up on this trend.