Well, I'm off to Scares that Care: Killer Pride! Sure hope some COOL PEOPLE stop by to see me while I'm there! 😎👍

The Daily Nerd interviews me on Moonflow, the book universally beloved by hot people! thenerddaily.com/bitter-karel...

Hey if you're a HWA member and you lied Moonflow (the book that is good), you should tell the HWA to maybe put it on the Stoker recommended reading list why not cuz maybe i could get a little castle statue guy 🤔 horror.org/awards/curre...

I'll be at Scares that Care this upcoming weekend! Come say hi! I'll be tabling and doing panels! It'll be fun! Come give me attention! scaresthatcare.org/killer-pride

Hey all! A quick note that we're going to be taking a short social media break. Personal issues and the state of the world have conspired to drop my mental health into the gutter, combined with a bunch of converging deadlines that have cut into my reading time, so I am not really able to make jokes

Flattered to be listed as one of the upcoming horror authors to know by Longbox of Darkness! :D darklongbox.com/2025/09/13/t...

You know you want it! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

Check it out! Still plenty (2) opportunities to see me shilling my book this month!

HP Lovecraft: before we begin tonight, i'd like to observe a moment of silence for the victim of gun violence Barker: you mean victims? Lovecraft: Lovecraft: no Lovecraft: just the one Koontz: which one? Lovecraft: oh you know the one i mean Barker: oh yeah we know the one i mean

Hello everyone. You may know Gretchen Felker-Martin has once again been suspended from bc they do that whenever some chud complains. Her brand-new ongoing DC series was also cancelled for the same reason. It’s stupid fascist bullshit as usual. Gretchen’s work rules. Consider supporting her here:

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Uh oh!! It sounds like there are currently two FEWER copies of Moonflow now available at Ghoulish Books in San Antonio! If you're Texas local, you might want to rush down there and get your copy before they're all gone!!! ghoulish.rip

too busy to make any jokey japes today, but you should all remember that our book MOONFLOW is now available for purchase in all fine book retailers and depositories near you! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i've just dissscovered a chilling transss conssspiracy Barker: is this the one to allow slighter taller than average women to be department store clerks Rowling: NO Rowling: IT'SS NOT THAT ONE Rowling: but that one iss real by the way Barker: sure

Read Moonflow to get emotionally destroyed! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

Moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social is now out! A fever dream of a splatterpunk, trans, mushroomy horror: when a bad harvest leaves her in a desperate fix, Sarah journeys into the vast uncharted Pamago woods where something is luring her into the heart of the forest... 💙📚🪐 #Horrorsky #NewBooks

[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i want you all to give a warm welcome to graham linehan Rowling: i've decided that it's high time we welcome him back into the mainssstream of the gender critical movement Rowling: he'sss definitely very normal and not unhinged

I'm going to be doing a reading and Q&A to celebrate the release of my new trans splatterpunk horror novel MOONFLOW at Bloodstone Books in Sacramento on Sept. 4! You should definitely come and see me! You can reserve seats at bloodstonebookshop.com/products/moo...

[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: tonight i want to talk about the ssscourge of ssslightly taller than average department sstore clerksss Rowling: when will we be free of thiss long national nightmare? Kathleen Stock: a just question, my liege!

Moonflow is in bookstores now! All you people who were too lazy to preorder no longer have an excuse! Get out there and BUY BUY BUY the only book that matters ;)

Tabitha King: did listening to lou bega’s mambo no 5 incessantly on loop for hours help inspire you to write? Stephen King: it sure did! Stephen King: but why wound readers’ brain with words?! Stephen King: when I can set their souls on fire with a slanderous mambo?!?

Stephen King: alright, time to get to work King: gotta get some writing done King: and that means King: i gotta put on King: SOME TUNES [King rolls a fedora down his arm & pops it on his head in one fluid motion] King: [flailing wildly] A LITTLE BIT OF RITA'S ALL I NEED

3 more days til this little abomination is out there in the world 😅 www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

Born #OnThisDay in 1797 was author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who wrote the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein' in 1818. The book is considered by some to be one of the first sci-fi novels, with protagonist Victor Frankenstein using both science and alchemy to create a living creature from dead bodies.

Paper book release in Aus is Sep 9 but ebook and audiobook is the same time as the rest of the world FOR ONCE, here’s the link to Hachette Australia

Also here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/moon...

hey, if you're British, you can get Moonflow here 👇

Bitter Karella: well well well Karella: guess who's got her debut horror book coming out next week King: Poe: Lovecraft: Barker: Koontz: Karella: c'mon guess King: Poe: Lovecraft: Barker: Koontz: Karella: it shouldn't be this hard

Edgar Allan Poe: ok guys so kind of a thing tonight Poe: GRR Martin is coming over to talk Poe: and i need you all to NOT ask him about finishing game of thrones Poe: i'm looking at you clive Barker: yeah i'm just gonna ask him Poe: don't deny it clive, i know you're thinking- Poe: oh

[at space coven] Hugo Gernsback: I've had enough of this! Gernsback: for too long, my precious hugos have been besmirched by scandal and controversy! Gernsback: but no more! Gernsback: i'm taking charge now

It's here!! Walk, don't run, to your closest bookmaker to fill your craw with quality literature!!!

It's coming! I'll be on Novel Suspects' Summerween event on Wed, Aug 27 at 6 pm est to talk moonflow! www.crowdcast.io/c/summerofho...

Happy 135th birthday HP Lovecraft (cc @midnightpals.bsky.social)

David Barnett: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of withered hill Barnett: its about this woman who gets trapped in this weirdly horny british village Barnett: for being too big a slut Mary Shelley: lol no such thing

I'm going to be on Novel Suspects' A Summer of Horror on Wed Aug 27, 6 PM EST! You should come listen to my incredibly eloquent and not at all stupid thoughts! :) www.crowdcast.io/c/summerofho...

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[mysterious circle of robed figures] John Boyne: dark lord! dark lord, help me! JK Rowling: whatsss wrong? Boyne: i'm being bullied! Boyne: me! john boyne! Boyne: author of the boy in the striped pajamas Boyne: [whispers] a fable

Our own Bitter Karella will be out and about doing author events to promote MOONFLOW (the book that is good) this September. Come say hi!

Paul Morrissey: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of andy warhol's frankenstein Barker: uh huh Barker: was andy warhol involved? Morrissey: why are you asking questions when you already know the answer

Paul Morrissey: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of andy warhol's dracula King: wow! andy warhol made a dracula movie?! Morrissey: Morrissey: yeeeeah Morrissey: sure he did Morrissey: that's the ticket

JRR Tolkien: exciting news everyone! there's a new lord of the rings movie! Tolkien: finally, it's going to answer that big question on everyone's minds Tolkien: what was gollum doing? King: Poe: Barker: Lovecraft: Koontz: Tolkien: everyone's always asking me, what was gollum doing?

Zach Cregger: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the weapons Cregger: it's just out in theaters! Cregger: so if you care about spoilers maybe stop reading Cregger: i mean, seriously Cregger: don't get mad at me Cregger: i'm not even the real zach cregger

TL Bodine: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight society, I call this the tale of children in peril Stephen Gresham: no! John Saul: YES!

Our own Bitter Karella will be a guest at Scares that Care Killer Pride in Williamsburg, Virginia September 26 - 28! You should come see us :D scaresthatcare.org/killer-pride

hey @bsky.app fix this

My British peeps always be asking me "Cor blimey guvna where can a lovable chimney sweep like me purchase a copy of Moonflow? Phwor!!!" Why not get a copy from The Old Queeriosity Shop? Order it from a LGBTQ+ bookshop cuz that's pretty keen in my book!

Time is running out to preorder Moonflow. And if you're not preordering Moonflow, i mean, jeez, man, what are you even doing with your life

[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i jussst found out that there exissstsss a transss sssalesss assssociate in a department ssstore Rowling: apparently ssselling brasss Rowling: i'm real mad about thisss

Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.

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