Hi all! I am on the programming team for StokerCon 2026, and I’m happy to share a little guide we’ve put together on proposing panels. Whether you’re new to panels or have a lot of experience with them, we’re hopeful the tips here will be helpful. www.stokercon2025.com/programming

Submissions are now open for Dracula Beyond Stoker Issue 8: Van Helsing. The one you’ve all been waiting for.
Doctor. Professor. Lawyer…Monster hunter.
Abraham Van Helsing has become a legend—but how did he get there? Submissions open 11/1 – 12/31/2025. Full guidelines at DBSPress.com.

@sonorataylor.bsky.social and I have another list for you over on Fright Girl Summer! 20 books across genres to keep you reading ALL year round! Read and support Indigenous writers! frightgirlsummer.com/2025/11/06/r...

These things feel so awkward to post, but I genuinely like seeing other people sharing their work from this year, so I'll hop aboard the train of awards eligibility posts.

Our next zine sub call is open December 1st through 7th with five themes you can write for: -Cunty Horrors -Cursed Concerts -Monstrous Dating Profiles -Batshit LinkedIn Posts -Nightmare Grifters Pay is 10 cents per word. #writingcommunity cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Book mail of @saratantlinger.bsky.social’s new collection, Cyanide Constellations! I have always been a huge fan of Sara’s work, and I was so excited and honored to get to read this early. This book is bittersweet and utterly captivating. Grab this beauty, you won’t regret it!🖤

Got some killer star sparkle today! I’ve been dying to get my hands on @saratantlinger.bsky.social’s collection since she announced it and the wait is finally over! Cyanide Constellations has arrived. Order your copy here: darkmattermagazine.shop/products/cya...

Frankencat purse goes to see Frankenstein. Went on an hour and half adventure to find a theater playing @realgdt.bsky.social 's gorgeous film, and it was so worth it. Stunning, heartbreaking, and so clearly full of love for Mary Shelley's work. I'm delighted I got to see this on the big screen.

Today, my spooky seasonal article has been published! Read about how love for horror movies & Halloween have been a unifying factor through 3 generations of my family. It's both personal essay & an analysis of changing societal fears in the US from the 1950s to today.👻 #writesky #booksky #history

This Horror Season, indulge in Les Petites Morts, an anthology of dark fairy tales, featuring erotic horror short stories by S.T. Gibson, Hailey Piper, Sara Tantlinger and many more. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

So, so thrilled to be working with the incredible @dilatandomentesed.bsky.social again! Cyanide Constellations will see its Spanish translation in 2027!

I was on the latest episode of NPR's Where We Live CT series talking about horror books

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I'm back at The Lineup with 4 creepy places to visit on your next trip to Pittsburgh! And since StokerCon will be in Pittsburgh for the next two years, I figure some of you will be coming to hang out in our spooky Steel City very soon! 🖤🦇🖤 the-line-up.com/creepy-place...

I missed this on Bluesky but I'm only an hour late, so happy book birthday, Sara!! 🎉🎉

Let's celebrate new books today! @joe-hill.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social @momoshaty.bsky.social @badhandbooks.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social list in the alt text

Happy book birthday to @saratantlinger.bsky.social and her new collection, Cyanide Constellations and Other Stories! I am seriously so excited about this book, and I can't wait until it arrives in my mailbox later this week! 🖤🖤🖤 www.amazon.com/Cyanide-Cons...

CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS is officially out today!!! I am overjoyed that my debut fiction collection has found such a great home with Dark Matter INK. And another shoutout to Devin Forst for the fantastic cover!

We're trying to decide which one to read next. Stop by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social today and find out what we chose! 🧡👻📚 ( @richardkadrey.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social #JoshuaHull)

New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!! Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!

Great recs! Lots to add to the 'to-read' list! For anyone interested, we did an episode with Shane Hawk not too long ago all about Indigenous Horror. Really fun conversation, check it out!

My forthcoming book also features stories originally published by @saratantlinger.bsky.social at @roosterreppress.bsky.social & @sequoian.bsky.social & Cole Bucciaglia at Psychopomp, as well as one from @expositionreview.bsky.social. COVER REVEAL TOMORROW—can't wait!

I am such a huge Sarah Read fan (her collection Out of Water is phenomenal), and I'm so grateful to have a blurb from her for Cyanide Constellations. A little less than two weeks to go! You can also now order signed paperbacks! darkmattermagazine.shop/products/cya...

Find your next favorite #horrorauthor with these #newreleases! @mattheartauthor.bsky.social @samwhittaker.bsky.social @ericbutlerauthor.bsky.social @elizabethnharris.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social @matthilton.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social

Heading to New York Comic Con this weekend? Don't miss the Crossing the Thresholds: The Rise of Transgressive Horror panel with @ericlarocca.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social & @delilahsdawson.bsky.social! Sunday, October 12 at 2:15PM - 3:15PM in North-Room 406.3.

Happy Dark Poetry Day! The HWA Poetry Showcase: Volume XII is now available, and I'm thrilled to have my anglerfish-inspired poem, "The Ghoulish Abyss" in here! www.amazon.com/HWA-Poetry-S...

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

From smutty vamps to creepy cults, here are our most anticipated horror books from indie and small presses this October. @jennykiefer.com @quirkbooks.bsky.social @pickyourpotions.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social

FULL MOON SPOOKY SEASON TREAT! If you never read HAIRSPRAY AND SWITCHBLADES you can read the reprint for FREE - limited time bit.ly/4lNvWov

So thrilled to be the featured author today at the Why I Love Horror series from @raforall.bsky.social! "Keep going. Keep fighting. Keep reading horror. We must." raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people? Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help! A thread!

FYI: First-of-its-kind documentary MONSTER GIRLS will explore and celebrate the history of women’s contributions to character and creature design in horror - watch the new trailer within.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

the October horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @tanyapell.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @richardkadrey.bsky.social @emotrophywife.bsky.social @carsonfaust.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social @talkscaredpod.bsky.social & many more!

I'm beyond thrilled to announce I have a new novel coming out. A fierce, feminist, and totally queer werewolf novel. This might have been the most fun I've ever had writing a book, and I seriously can't wait for everyone to meet Elsa and Jacey! 🐺🖤🐺

It's here! @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and I have compiled our Fall 2025 reading list, filled with books we can't wait to read this autumn and beyond. What's on your reading list?

Mark your calendars for Cyanide Constellations by @saratantlinger.bsky.social Trust me when I say you need this gorgeous collection!!

3 weeks to go!! I’m continuing my reign of promotion terror with this gorgeous blurb from @angelasylvaine.bsky.social -- thank you so much for your kind words 💚✨ very happy to join Dark Matter INK alongside you and your wonderful work! darkmattermagazine.shop/products/cya...

The art kids and the horror kids are often the same kids, so yes, with SPLIT SCREAM Vol 3 from me and @patrickbarb.bsky.social you can have it all 🎨 🩸

whoa october is around the corner! reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon. more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

Good morning and happy #Bisexual Visibility Day my friends! 🏳️‍🌈 One more year of fighting against bi stereotypes and bi erasure ahead, but more importantly for celebratig bi #pride! 🌈🩷💜💙 #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #bipride #bivisibility

A little less than a month to go before the release of my collection CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS. Thank you to the wonderfully poetic Grace R. Reynolds for this blurb 😍💚✨ I can’t wait for readers to step into my wicked Eden of poisonous plants 🥀 darkmattermagazine.shop/products/cya...

If you live in: California New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.

finally, the September shopping list is live! new books from @almakatsu.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social & MANY more!

YO YO YO WHAT UPPP LOOK AT ALL THE NEW STOCK THAT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE AT THE SHOP THIS WEEK HELLLLL YEAH BABY C'MON DOWN AND BUY ALL THESE SEXY ASS PHYSICAL ASSEMBLAGES OF WORD PILES!!!!! U CAN ALSO SHOP AT GHOULISH.RIP IF UR TOO SCARED TO CUM TO THE SHOP IRL!!!!!

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS today! 13 coming-of-rage stories including the return to print of "Benny Rose the Cannibal King" about the monstrousness of adolescence and those who will do whatever it takes to get away, or get even. Out now from Titan Books! 😈 tinyurl.com/prhdemons

I had a blast chatting with @tanyapell.bsky.social about HER WICKED ROOTS, which takes inspiration from Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter". Since I also have my Rappaccini-inspired novelette coming in October, I knew we had to geek out together over the gothic! 🖤 saratantlinger.com/2025/09/15/i...