Just finished this. What a f***ing masterpiece. Threads of Peake, and Cisco, perhaps? But absolutely it's own thing. We only get a handful of writers this good in our timelines, everyone interested in Weird fic needs to read @hironennes.bsky.social now. My review hopefully soonish in a mag near you.

locusmag.com/2025/11/worl... Congratulations winners and nominees!!

Holy shit I’m a third of the way into @hironennes.bsky.social WORKS OF VERMIN and they are now one of my favorite writers all the Byzantine feral layered prose of Wolfe or Peake and the modern brutal verve and sensibilities of Mariana Enriquez synthesized into a wholly unique voice all of their own

i feel sorry for all of you who missed an incredible discussion on Saturday between myself, @jillndaviesbooks.bsky.social and @hironennes.bsky.social at @bloodstonebookshop.bsky.social about starting a horse piss business and force-femming that one billionaire who drinks his son's blood

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE WORKS OF VERMIN by Hiron Ennes. A entomological epic in a Weird city where art & revolution are intimately entwined, this queer puzzle box is TRANSCENDENT. Our drink is the Extemporist, for a perfume-soaked night at the opera.

Saturday, 11/1, I will be speaking on a panel Bloodstone Books in Sacramento for their Halloween event! My panel, "Speculative Fiction, Empathy, and Power" begins at ~7 PM, but there are plenty of panels and plenty of authors, starting from 3 pm onward Come to it! bloodstonebookshop.com

THE WORKS OF VERMIN OUT NOW! "A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book" - Christopher Buehlman "A hallucinatory scorpion sting" - Elizabeth Bear "My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that." - My barber Get your copy from your local bookstore!

Got my copy of the Best Weird Fiction from @undertow.bsky.social. Amazing collection--not just because it features my all-natural plant-based horror story "Our Best Selves," now nominated for a World Fantasy Award! Get your filthy hands on a copy here: undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

This week our book club reads the 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘺 novel 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 by author and mad doctor @hironennes.bsky.social   Join our discussoin on our Discord! More info on 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪.𝕔𝕠𝕞.

I finished reading this today, and it might be my favourite book of the year so far. A beautiful, ornate, sticky, slippery thing about art and metamorphosis. It's Peake-influenced in all the right ways, blackly funny even in its darkest corners. And so, so full of wriggling, crawling things.

Got my copy of the Best Weird Fiction from @undertow.bsky.social. Amazing collection--not just because it features my all-natural plant-based horror story "Our Best Selves," now nominated for a World Fantasy Award! Get your filthy hands on a copy here: undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

New from @undertow.bsky.social, THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR, VOL. 1, edited by Michael Kelly! weightlessbooks.com/the-best-wei...

The World Fantasy Awards are presented next Sunday, and we're so fortunate to be recognized again in Best Antho and Special Award. And so happy for @hironennes.bsky.social for their Weird Horror story. All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...

Book post is the absolute best post! I've really been looking forward to these two ones arriving! @mcflycahill90.bsky.social & @hironennes.bsky.social are not just two writers I deeply admire, but also that I am proud to call my friends. In short, absolutely cannot wait to cuddle up with these two 😍

Ran to @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social this afternoon and got to pick up the new @hironennes.bsky.social and @maryrobinettekowal.com + @sentencebender.bsky.social books!

A wonderful review of ECO24! "The diversity of stories reflects the diversity of the authors and also showcases the indefinable quality of eco-fiction." Ben highlights stories by K-Ming Chang, Guillermo G. Mendoza, @hironennes.bsky.social, @renanbernardo.com, @kayv.bsky.social & Mathew Freeman 💚

Hell yeah maybe people will stop using it and we will FINALLY see a decline in the amount of damage this fucking website does to cultural discourse.

It's #WorldOperaDay, so I had to pull together some of my favorite operatic books. From the wide expanse of space to Weird Cities in trees, from the reception of a Problematic Fave to squid operas inspired by his work, this art form moves the spirit and shakes the rafters. See any faves?

I have been informed that THE WORKS OF VERMIN has infested the USA Today bestseller list! Someone get me one of those foam #1 fingers but it's a hideous deformity of a glove with 124 fingers instead

I'm half way through this and it's an absolute stunner. Weird, wet, sticky baroque madness, with notes of Mervyn Peake and a plot about a dragon-sized centipede that eats art. It's a joy on every level.

I loved "Leech" so can't wait to get stuck in to the new @hironennes.bsky.social - and the spredges match my sofa!

@hironennes.bsky.social's Works of Vermin is easily one of the best books I've read in 2025. Weird, dark, artful, and rich with drippingly gorgeous prose. Felt like the first time I read Perdido Street Station - simply transported and enveloped.

TODAY TODAY TODAY: My last stop on my Vermin tour will be at A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove at 1!! Come say hi and get a signed copy before I have to go back to work on Monday 🥲

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT If you want to take a short break from getting tear gassed and hear about (fictional) political fumigations, bring your resilient, stubborn, unstoppable verminous ass to Always Here at 7 PM for a convo with me and @caitlinstarling.com!!!!!

The genocide is not over. Ceasefire is not liberation. Keep giving. chuffed.org/project/help... “Donations for mutual aid groups dropped by 50% since the ceasefire announcement. Most of the bombing stopped but the genocide continues and Palestinians in Gaza are in dire need of material support.”

Portlanders and Vancouverites! Tomorrow, Oct 18th, I will be stopping by the Vancouver public library to do a horror panel (4 pm), and Always Here Bookstore in convo with @caitlinstarling.com (7 pm), on my tour for VERMIN!!!

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT OCT 17th, 5:30 PM, lil town of Bend, Oregon, VERMIN will be infesting Roundabout Books!

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT: VERMIN EVENT IN SAN DIEGO Unfortunately Jonathan Maberry could not attend tonight so I will be hosting with no adult supervision--swing on by if you want to get into all sorts of mischief

The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social is a sumptuous, monstrous tale of horror, unnatural pests, a rotting fantastical city, court politics, and layers upon layers. It's such a vivid read you can practically *smell* it. Out today! Also, how gorgeous is that cover?... #Horrorsky 💙📚🪐

Thank you so much to @skylightbooks.bsky.social for hosting me yesterday for the launch of VERMIN, and for @murderbooks.bsky.social for hosting me today for a reading and signing! Had so much fun! hoping everyone dreams of horrid centipedes tonight.

Happy book birthday to THE WORKS OF VERMIN by @hironennes.bsky.social! I've been waiting for this day ever since I read LEECH. Actually buzzing, haaaah. 🪲

The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social : A Grotesque and Gorgeous Masterpiece "a grotesque hallucination that will consume you. It is a book that will leave its venom in your veins and its opalescent scars on your imagination gnofhorror.com/the-works-of... @kellylonesome.bsky.social

I uh, might have been so excited about @hironennes.bsky.social new book that I forgot I preordered it. Twice.

Happy book week to Hiron Ennis for the excellent The Works of Vermin, out yesterday. Queer inventive lyrical anticapitalist biopunk for fans of The Fifth Season, Absolution, or The Iron Dragon's Daughter. torpublishinggroup.com/the-works-of...

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT, OCT 15, 6:30 PM VERMIN event at Murder by the Book, Houston, Texas! The book has hatched, now watch it twitch its lil antennae!

Tomorrow I'll be crawling around in Houston at Murder By the Book!

TONIGHT AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS, 7 PM! We release the Vermin!

TOMORROW! TOMORROW! TOMORROW!

TOMORROW, folks in Los Angeles, I’ll be at Skylight Books at 7 pm to release my filthy Vermin into the world, come and witness

10/14 - Release day of THE WORKS OF VERMIN, Skylight books, Los Angeles, with @chanaporter.bsky.social RSVP HERE: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

This Must-Have Monday I have THIRTY-THREE new releases to ft, incl 😵‍💫 queer rococo bugpunk from @hironennes.bsky.social! 🌼 Black sapphic poison-girls reclaiming pleasure with @tamarajeree.com! 🍸 QBIPOC sci fi Great Gatsby via @kmfajardo.bsky.social! everybookadoorway.com/must-have-mo...

Reminder that Tuesday, Oct 14th, I will be at Skylight Books in LA for the release of THE WORKS OF VERMIN!! Bring your friends, bring your lovers, bring your haters, your hangups, your personal baggage, I don't judge www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

Reminder that Tuesday, Oct 14th, I will be at Skylight Books in LA for the release of THE WORKS OF VERMIN!! Bring your friends, bring your lovers, bring your haters, your hangups, your personal baggage, I don't judge www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

Got the exact right amount of stoned to watch Mad God and it was such a treat. Just a panoramic, leisurely amble through Hell; made with love, peppered with delightful little details and a cute, almost childlike sense of humor. In a just world, this would be Cozy Horror.

s/o to everyone from working class backgrounds in the arts and entertainment who clawed their way to where they are without the benefit of family wealth, career experience, or connections

I am hereby declaring WORKS OF VERMIN by @hironennes.bsky.social queer rococo bugpunk. May it be the first of many! It's also a darkly opulent masterpiece, one of the best books of the decade, and the newest addition to my forever-shelf. AND OUT THIS TUESDAY! everybookadoorway.com/incandescent...

I love this book! How does @hironennes.bsky.social make the grotesque so beautiful? Come for the evocative world, stay for the unforgettable characters.

As a post-script- I'll certainly admit my bias here. As a voracious reader, it's hard not to feel a little let down by contemporary trends in fantasy- the emphasis on comfort, the sanitization of theme, the dumbing down of prose to the level of gamebooks, the sanding of all edges, etc.

I'm very sad to say that this event has to be cancelled! Yesterday, I was among 8 arrested at an action demanding: - The safe return of Freedom Flotilla members currently being detained in Israeli prisons, including Mskwaasin Agnew - A two way arms embargo - Immediate sanctions on Israel

Next Tuesday, Oct 14th!!! Starting the tour for Vermin at 7 PM Skylight Books in Los Angeles with Chana Porter! RSVP is encouraged but not required. Hope to see you there! Or if I don't see you, I hope you're still there, hiding in the shadows www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...