Questions are now open for our discussion with the Bram Stoker nominated author, and owner/operator of @horrorbookstore.bsky.social , @jennykiefer.com (This Wretched Valley, Crafting for Sinners,) to talk Jim Jarmusch’s 2013 gothic fantasy, Only Lovers Left Alive! [email protected]

I read an ARC of this last summer and it immediately became my second favorite book of all time (sorry, still under Catch-22 for me - but clearly not for the Pulitzers, as it wasn't even a finalist!). An amazing achievement and well deserved.

@draft2digital.bsky.social has made the inane decision to charge a yearly fee to anyone that make less than $100 per year, indicating that such accounts may be AI slop. This punishes indie publishers in particular, but it especially punishes members of a shared revenue project. (1/5)

losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice

Horror, Literature, and Appalachia Talking Bram Stoker Award nominee @jennykiefer.com on this new episode of WIW. m.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7y...

RIP Wretched Valley hotline. It was getting like 50+ calls a day but I just checked and Google suspended my account from the service with no warning or notification 🤷‍♀️

Just finished @jennykiefer.com's latest audio book Crafting For Sinners. What a great follow-up to This Wretched Valley! Also, as someone who has lived with T1 diabetes most of my life, loved that it was used as a key plot point, especially for a book in the horror genre. Bravo!

Omg we're one step closer

Omg we're one step closer

Get THIS WRETCHED VALLEY for less than the cost of a coffee AND support indie bookstores! Ebook is $2.99 everywhere but especially on Bookshop, which supports indie stores. bookshop.org/p/books/this...

Finished my first book of the year, at last! (Yes, I'm a slow reader. Sue me.) THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by @jennykiefer.com is a gruesome tale of survival in the Kentucky wilderness. I will never go camping again. 💙📚

22: Jenny Kiefer Jenny is an up-and-coming horror author whose first couple books have been amazing. She also runs a Horror bookstore in Kentucky, Butcher Cabin Books. Starting Point: This Wretched Valley, Crafting for Sinners

So often in media (maybe especially horror and thrillers) they get diabetes very wrong, and it's obviously being utilized as a device to accelerate the plot/motivate characters. And they treat insulin as if it does the opposite and highs as if they were lows. Crafting for Sinners gets it right 💕

Boooooooks 👻 (AKA the “2/3 of my tbr was freebie audiobooks through work” month)

Today’s book haul… including one non spooky season book that looked delightful. Also, Jaws is one of my favorite movies but I’ve never read the book, so… now I will! (Eventually maybe…) What are you reading for spooky season? #booksky #readersky

#NewReleaseTuesday on a Wednesday continues with >>> #booksky💙📚

October: Spooky Reading Month!!

Went on an absolute tear in the library & emerged with five books. I'm about to settle in with Mr. Moo, a bit of Malbec, and Jenny Kiefer's Crafting for Sinners... 🐈‍⬛🍷📚

I'm a day late again, but here is my digital book haul from last week. 📚💙 #BookSky #BookHaul #eBooks #Kobo

We all read such different genres that doing a book club would be impossible Here is my haul

Working in publishing means reading out of time. I read a bunch of things that aren't out yet. And I read other great books that I either don't own because I got a galley or borrowed from the library etc. But because it's the end of the year, here's a selection of the best things I read in 2025:

I want to read more outside of the horror genre in 2026 - looking for suggestions. Things I've liked that are not horror: Catch-22; Kurt Vonnegut; As I Lay Dying; magical realism; Lincoln in the Bardo; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; nonfic about genetics (more social than scientific)

Joy is anti fascist

I was at a con with a confusing layout & was trying to find the room where a famous author (who is now known to be a bad person) was giving a talk. In trying to find the room, we spotted the famous author & followed them at a slight distance. I figured we'd either be led to the right place.

Listened to the first two chapters so far of @jennykiefer.com 's THIS WRETCHED VALLEY. I love how the first chapter sets up a tantalizing mystery and loads of dramatic irony. Can't wait to dig in more! 💙📚 #horror

If the only thing people remember about me is my love of possums, I'm fine with that. Thanks @authorplm.bsky.social for the long tailed addition to my army!

Instead I have borrowed THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by @jennykiefer.com I already own it but I wanted the audio. This will be soothing (?) Whatever, I can't explain how my brain works 💙📚

Not sure who needs to hear this, but spell check, using a search engine, speech to text, and using translation software like Google Translate are NOT generative AI/LLMs. They are just regular software. They do not *generate* anything.

another off the shelf - this time i got to read a horror novel i found super fun "Crafting for Sinners" by @jennykiefer.com / @quirkbooks.bsky.social

psst. hey. I know everything's on fire and social media is the worst place in the world. HOWEVER. I have great news:

Can the lighting person from Ready or Not teach all the other modern horror filmmakers how to properly do nighttime lighting??? I can't see shit in a dark room

new & restocked horror now available at b&n sioux falls!

🎶bees in the trap, bees bees bees in the trap🎶

I both won and lost the Hayley Williams ticket war. I got tickets but accidentally on the same date as Independent Bookstore Day 🥲

Starting to think only Kenneth Branaugh and I truly understand Victor Frankenstein

Escape from Alcatraz (2025)

took a mini break after I finished my last two books, but now I'm diving into both A Short Stay in Hell and Crafting for Sinners :) #booksky #books #amreading #ashortstayinhell #craftingforsinners @jennykiefer.com

Been looking forward to this all year. @jennykiefer.com

Life would be so much easier if I were stupid

For our sapphic horror fans, we suggest Crafting for Sinners by @jennykiefer.com. #AskALibrarian

A CURSE UPON THE HOUSE OF THE RECIPE WRITER WHO MADE ME WASTE 4 EGGS BY SAYING I COULD MAKE FRIED RICE WITH FRESH RICE

i have just discovered that the emotional arc and the physical stakes don't really line up in this story. not sure how to resolve this 😭

It's really crazy to see my book amongst so many authors I've admired for a long time!

We see you @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, and @jennykiefer.com! www.menshealth.com/entertainmen... #horrorreaders #horrorsky #horrorbooks

Book 50 of 2025: CRAFTING FOR SINNERS by @jennykiefer.com. One queer woman vs. a craft store full of violent religious zealots. My bets were on the queer woman all along. Hope you’re not afraid of rats. 📚👀

I'm very happy to say that this week I bought three books that I am quite excited to read in the near future: • #TheKeeperofMagicalThings by @julieleong.bsky.social • #RedCity ( #TheNewAlchemists #1 ) by #MarieLu • Crafting for Sinners by @jennykiefer.com

Now reading Crafting For Sinners by @jennykiefer.com

These three amazing horror books will leave a mark on your black little heart. Yes, you. You know who you are! Featuring @authorplm.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com and @chrislynchwriter.bsky.social youtu.be/3kqn6DeuABM?si…

“Crafting for Sinners” by @jennykiefer.com , chapter 14: 🐀🐀🐀🐀😬😬😬😬

@jennykiefer.com Hi Jenny! Just passing along that I’m a mid-forties horror head who likes to think that nothing can get to me anymore, but I’m two-thirds through This Wretched Valley and it has absolutely SHIT me up. Great book!