You've seen the evocative cover art for @rachelkitch.bsky.social's THE FOREST BLEEDS, right? No? Well, now you have! THE FOREST BLEEDS will be released on October 13th, but you can pre-order it now! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rachel-kitch/the-forest-bleeds/9781454963622/

my debut horror, THE FOREST BLEEDS, is now available to request on netgalley and edelweiss!! inspired by Appalachian and Southeast Asian folklore, a team of PhD students are kidnapped by a pharmaceutical billionaire & told to heal him or die, in this speculative horror with a sapphic romantic twist

Exclusive Cover Reveal: The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch, a Sapphic Horror debut releasing October 13th from Union Square Books! Here's the story: Inspired by Appalachian and Southeast Asian folklore, a witch…

THE FOREST BLEEDS is coming Fall 2026!! beyond grateful that Union Square & Co. is publishing my Appalachian & Southeast Asian-inspired horror. I can't wait to share my twisted and sapphic story (with a side of cryptids and weird horniness) with the world! 🦌🩸🌲

As always, indies are the best!!

celebrating VANISHING DAUGHTERS hitting #2 on kindle horror new releases with showing off the brand and website i had the honor of designing for @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social!! i’m such a huge fan of her work and was actually starstruck when she reached out. check out the site: cynthiapelayo.com

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH I DESIGNED A COVER AND TYPESET IT WITH CUSTOM CHAPTER HEADERS AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN

can you forget how to write a book? asking for a friend

i love when i get a random string of words to base a brand design off of!! latest collab with kath richards, i love her so much

It’s fun being a writer and trying to write during this delightful era. I’ll write like three paragraphs and before I start on the fourth I blink and I’m doomscrolling and I don’t even remember commanding my hand to click to that tab. Then I go back to writing. Everything is fine! It’s all fine.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

to my fellow freelancers, i've been using honeybook as my client management platform for the last 2 months and it has CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!!!

🥹🥹🥹 i’m so obsessed with jimbook it’s unhealthy

🥀 There is a house There is a garden There is a secret You mustn’t know There are sisters Who tend the garden And what is reaped Must first be sown 🥀

BABEL x RIPE Desperate to study at the Institute, graduate student Jim pitches rising star Professor Tanner a device that could revolutionize—or weaponize—medicine. Tanner wants to put it in everyone's pocket...and she doesn't care who it might hurt. #YouDeservepIt #A #F #SF #Q 💙📚

*taps mic* @rachelkitch.bsky.social is an incredible designer. THAT IS ALL

gwen is my incredible mentee through WTMP - she has absolutely CRUSHED revisions and her book has haunted me for months!!!!!

DON'T LET THE FOREST IN x ARCANE Jim's graduate research was meant to bring salvation to rural regions like his own. Healing, with a simple telepathic command. Growth. But not all growth is good for the body—or soul. Lucky for Jim, botanist Bash is *excellent* at pruning. #P2Ppit #Q #A #SF #F

booking update: i have one last website and branding design spot for the first half of 2025 available!

🖤 The day is finally here!🖤 We're now open for unagented submissions (13-26 Jan). Read all about it and send us your novel manuscript. We're specifically looking for literary and upmarket fiction. What we're looking for and query info available on our Google Form 👇 https://bit.ly/WHB-2025-subs

my latest poem, SET ME AFLAME, marks the last publication of 2024 for me! 7 pieces out this year, and i’m so grateful to every magazine that gave my weird little words a home. 💝

speaking of web design - just wrapped up @helenzdong.bsky.social’s brand new author site and brand!!! i love a dark moody and minimalist moment

absolutely begging for more literary agencies and agents to hire me to build their websites. i can set it up so you can filter which agents rep which genres!! adding new clients and books to the site can be as easy as adding a spreadsheet row!! LET ME HELP YOU!!!!!!

inspired by the thai ghost story of the krasue, LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER is a horror short story about a family desperate for what they’ve lost, and the price they’ll have to pay to get it. #ShortPit #H #F #SUB

THIS IS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUTTTTTTT god i love short stories

My author website is now live! Designed by the amazing @rachelkitch.bsky.social, it's everything I ever hoped for. Check it out and see what's coming soon! elainaeiser.com

devastated to report that once you come up with the WIP you still have to write it

wouldn’t it be amazing to not flip flop between “wow im a good writer” and “wow im a terrible writer” every 4-6 hours

So what’s this thing about, anyway? 🌊✨🗡️ Here’s a blurb to tide you over (ba dum tsss). THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is coming Summer 2026 from Orbit US/UK. The Descent x Dante’s Inferno — claustrophobia, eldritch cults, and biblically accurate angels, oh my! Art by @warickaart.bsky.social 🖤 #booksky

should I host another #MeetMyMCs for the writing community on Bluesky, then? (for those who missed it the first time: it's an event where you get to shout out about the main characters in your WIPs, tell us about them, their motivation, their story, etc! it's very fun!)

a little snippet from THE FOREST BLEEDS 😌

perhaps this current flareup is telling me that i should. rest. perhaps for a while

sometimes my own creativity impresses me! i didn’t have anything to be anxious about, so i just made up new things :)

my friend: ok here’s some gossip but DON’T REACT me:

i am literally going to fly to SF and personally beat the shit out of every one of these guys

i’m one of the navigators, so if you’re querying and looking for some support, please check this program out!!!!

about to purchase something just to feel alive again

So I declined an offer. Here’s what I did, am doing, and where I’m going: a 🧵

going through the change* *transforming into a malevolent mist

#amagented | An editors guide to MADE OF SEA AND STARS ✨ 🏴‍☠️ ⚔️🌌FAEBOUND x POWERLESS x POTC x ATLA 🌌⚔️ Powerless meets Faebound when two pirate rivals (and exes) must unite the four elemental kingdoms to fight a mysterious fae group set on destroying the empire. I love this trend.🫶

answered an email from my agent in under a minute. do you think she’ll give me a good grade

latest blog post is LIVE! all about author visual branding and deep dives into free and cheap options for author websites. rachelkitch.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...

i love writing i love writing i love writing i love writing

book 1 was my mommy issues book, book 2 is my daddy issues book, and lots of deep character flaws left to mine for future books

I cannot believe I finally get to announce this. An unhinged dream, so many years and monologues in the making. I'm elate to announce my debut novel VILE LADY VILLAINS, a horromantasy about Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth, will be published with Penguin Michael Joseph in 2026.

i can’t wait to ruin my digital footprint on a whole new app

50k into 1 WIP, time to start daydreaming about a different WIP

on this monday morning i deeply wish we weren’t living under the shackles of capitalism