Happy 2026! Wishing you all a joyous and meaningful year ahead! May you shout and sing even louder in the new year! Don’t let anyone drown your voice or dim your light. Take up space. Shine brighter. Use your voice to spread the truth! #newyear #music #sing

Pics from my Gothic Silent Reading Party! I had so much fun playing piano at the Countway Library. Thanks all for coming! Be a light for others. Keep your imagination alive & read more boooks! 🕯️📖 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #gothic #gothicsilentreadingparty

GOTHIC SILENT READING PARTY! Today Oct 22, 2025 at Countway Library! I’ll be improvising frightfully relaxing music with a gothic twist to set the mood for fun October reading! 🍁👻🧛 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #gothicpiano #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #gothicsilentreadingparty

Silent Reading Party & Paws 📚🎹🐾 fun pics! Sasha (HUPD) was a rock star at the Countway! She played guitar & BYOB (a “Pup Light” gift from me instead of a book) while I played the piano! #SilentReadingParty #SilentWritingParty #Communutyengagementdog #therapydog #medicalhumanities #pianoimprovisation

SILENT READING PARTY & PAWS! 📚🐾 July 14, 2025 (Mon) from 3-4:30 pm with a very special guest 🐶! Come read with Sasha & enjoy live music (by me) at the Countway Library! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #dog #therapydog #wellness #mentalhealth #medicalhumanities

In Norse mythology, Loki's father was the little-known jötunn Fárbauti. Some scholars feel Fárbauti's name ("Cruel Striker") evokes lightning, suggesting he was a storm giant. An intriguing idea considering Loki's complicated relationship with the thunder god Thor. #FolkyFriday

Sea Aster (Tripolium pannonicum) flowers.A coastal member of the Daisy family. County Clare, Ireland.

Taking my Silent Reading Party wherever I go! Big thanks to @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social for the chance to play music at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! 🎹🔊 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #hauntedshores #unquietshores #pianoimprovisation

Excited to teach a writing workshop & talk about Jane Campion’s “The Piano” plus uncanny sounds & images at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! Thanks @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social for a lovely time! #hauntedshores #unquietshores #creativewriting #piano

More public piano! So happy to play this Essex piano on Platform 2 at the Edinburg Waverly train station! Improvising music with trains rumbling in & rolling out & sunlight streaming through the roof was an amazing experience! #publicpiano #trainstation #piano #music #livemusic #pianoimprovisation

Blackcurrant & Clotted Cream + Orange Chocolate ice cream! 🍧🍨 #icecream #blackcurrant #clottedcream #orangechocolate #scottish #dessert

Finally crossed path with this lovely piano at Terminal E at the Logan airport after all these years! Great fun improvising and thankful for public pianos! 🎹✈️ #airportpiano #bostonlogan #publicpiano #piano #music #pianoimprovisation #livemusic

Grateful for the chance to view precious letters from Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, & the complete manuscript of “The Quality of Mercy” (1891) from the Howells Archive at the Houghton Library. #williamdeanhowells #henryjames #edithwharton #marktwain #americanliterature #houghtonlibrary

Some fun pics from The Raven’s Trail Walking Tour of Poe’s Boston: Edgar Allan Poe Square, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common, and more. #edgarallanpoe #poe #raven #telltaleheart #dreamwithinadream #boston

When the book I got from last year’s ALA conference book exhibit eerily predicted the “Shirley Jackson and Folk Horror” Panel and the “Teaching the American Gothic” Roundtable I’d be on at this year’s conference… #literature #americanliterature #gothic #shirleyjackson #gothicliterature #gothichorror

Another fun Silent Reading Party at Countway Library! Thanks all for coming and for the kind comments about my improvisation, confirming music soothes, heals, and brings people together! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #mentalhealthawareness #countway #medicalhumanities

Today! SILENT READING PARTY🎵WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Listen to live music improvised just for you, read a book, or check out zines from the library's zine-making workshop!☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #book #medicalhumanities #reading

SPRING IS FOR READING! 💐📖 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reader #writer #reading #writing #music #books #spring #flowers #wellness #wellbeing #mentalhealthawareness #nature #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #medicalhumanities

StoryBall is TONIGHT! There are still a few tickets available -- grab one and surprise a friend with a nice outing! 😀 buff.ly/De8Vtak

SILENT READING PARTY🎵 WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Take a break, read zines from the library's zine-making workshop, & listen to live music improvised just for you! ☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #mentalhealthawareness #medicalhumanities

I WOULD RATHER BEE READING 🐝📚 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reading #writing #writer #bee

Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...

Is your workplace giving you nightmares? These books can help give you your sanity back.

Looking South towards Hags Head as the low evening sun in the West lights up the rock faces at the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland.

February Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library with hot beverages & live music (by me!). Love is in the air for books and tunes that remind us of the tribulations & joys in life. I had a fun time on the piano! Thanks all for coming! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation

Indulge in your love of literature this Valentine’s Day and spend the day with our Winter 2024-25 Issue. https://pshr.us/winter24

Upcoming Silent Reading Party!🎶📚 Feb 12 at the Countway Library. Enjoy live music (by me!) that evoke love, self-empowerment, & resilience while sipping hot beverages. Take a break & pamper yourself! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #reading

Happy New Year 2025! 🎉🥳 Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous year filled with joy and light! #newyear #happynewyear

Another fun Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library yesterday! We had yummy hot chocolate & donuts! Plus very productive reading/writing time! 📖☕️🍩🎹 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #writer #musician #livemusic #piano #music #medicalhumanities #wellbeing

Come to my Silent Reading Party today at the Countway Library! Sip hot beverages & listen to relaxing music while you read. I’ll be improvising new tunes plus old classics and seasonal surprises on the piano! 🎶📚☕️ #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #piano #music

My new story “The Lost Mermaid” is out in Peauxdunque Review (Issue 10)! Copies available at: peauxdunquereview.com/shop/peauxdu... #literary #fiction #literaryfiction #speculativefiction #fairytale #mermaid #seawitch #littlemermaid #hanschristianandersen #identity #otherness #desires #longing

READ MORE BOOKS 📖📚 #reading #writing #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reader #writer #musician #piano #music #books

A dream come true publication! ❤️ The Kenyon Review just sent my contributor copy with my poem "Hawk Shadow Here to Help." I took the magazine outside to show the hawks but I think they're all down in Miami Beach until the sun comes back. 🙏 Thank you to everyone at @kenyonreview.bsky.social !!!

Come to my Silent Reading Party this Thurs at the Countway Library! Sip hot cocoa & enjoy live piano music specifically arranged & improvised (by me!) to set the mood for reading. Let’s have fun together! 📚☕️🎶 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities

❤️🔥Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social is one of @npr.org's Best Books of the Year! "Saying goodbye to these characters was like waving goodbye to a friend after a too-short visit: wistful but grateful for the time together." apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

“Come to Mama” - my new story is out in Michigan Quarterly Review Mixtape Issue 14: Place! sites.lsa.umich.edu/mixtape/2024... Thanks MQR and Guest Editor A. Shaikh for bringing this to the world. #fiction #flashfiction #haunted #identity #belonging #haunting #ghost #otherness #loneliness #mama

Mixtape alert! I’m on A-side, and it’s a sad song. #Mixtape #stories #MichiganQuarterlyReview #MQRmixtape #litmag sites.lsa.umich.edu/mixtape/

If you see this, post a dog.

I hosted another Silent Reading Party & improvised live music at Countway Library! We had so much fun together. Love the National Library of Medicine exhibit “The Yellow Wall-Paper”! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #writer #pianist #pianoimprovisation #CharlottePerkinsGilman #YellowWallpaper

it’s my birthday 🥳 a great day to buy my books, imo www.harpercollins.com/products/a-l... bookshop.org/p/books/all-...

Drink Good Tea. Read Good Books. ☕️📚 #booklover #tea #books #reading #writing #fun #writers #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #writingcommunity #writerslife

I have a new story out in Witness Magazine! Read “A Blotch of Ink” in this “Crush” issue (Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring 2024)! Big thanks to everyone at Witness for your support & help. witnessmagazine.square.site/product/crus... #literary #fiction #shortstories #otherness #tattoo #humanity #compassion

For Coraline fans and for Jill Thompson fans. Her art from the Neil Gaiman colouring book is up for auction: comics.ha.com/c/search/res...

Two months from now HORROR MOVIE will be published and two super early finished copies showed up and I couldn’t be more pleased. Shiny! Painted red edges (for first edition only)! *Godzilla(s) say preorder or else.

For the last many months @gavingrant.bsky.social & I have been putting together a limited edition of The Book of Love in four volumes with illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook. Soon off to the printers, and then it will be available for preorder.

Total Solar Eclipse Playlist 🌞🎶 #SolarEclipse #TotalSolarEclipse #eclipse #music #EclipsePlaylist

Just took a bird album cover. 🪶

Read my piece on how music and improvisation can inspire writing at The Masters Review! 🎶✍️ mastersreview.com/writers-on-n... #writingcraft #improvisation #pianoimprovisation #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #writersblock #writer #musician #piano #music #creativewriting #writingcommunity

Thank you, Hawthorne Hotel, for your hospitality & generosity at the SSAG symposium! It was such an honor and privilege to play on your beautiful piano at Nathaniel’s. 🎹🎶 #HawthorneHotel #piano #music #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #SSAG #SoStuAmeriGothic #AmericanNightmares

Fall 2024 titles coming from Ledia Xhoga, Raymond Antrobus, Ben Shattuck, Ben Masters, Brittany Rogers, @wheatfu.bsky.social, Melanie Cheng & Zahid Rafiq! Flip through our fabulous Fall 2024 catalog: bit.ly/TinHouseFall... or download a PDF: tinhouse.com/wp-content/u...