Episode 9 dropped today! 🐊🩸 substack.com/@haintland/n...

Hey horror fans! If you loved Sinners, you’ll enjoy these short stories set in Louisiana. We have rougarous, vampires, conjure women, and more. Plus, learn more about Louisiana culture and conjure/hoodoo through my essays. See you at Haintland. You won’t want to leave. Haintland.substack.com

Continuing our celebration of Hoodoo Heritage Month: open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

I wrote a little something about learning I was neurodivergent after having kids. Check it out: www.huffpost.com/entry/kids-a...

Good morning! How about some horror with your coffee? ☕️😳 open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

In the mood for horror? The Red Wife is live at Haintland. open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

A little emotional knowing this book is out in the world this week. Sure, some projects I immediately know the readership, editor, publisher, etc. But this one? I saw my kiddo, every step of the way. Thank you for this, @authormargeaux.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...

Happy #pubday to EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL by @authormargeaux.bsky.social! Get to know Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, resolute climate activist Greta Thunberg and others in this easy-to-browse book with black-and-white illustrated portraits accompanying each profile. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...

9/23/25 — EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL: INFLUENTIAL NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHAPED THE WORLD by @authormargeaux.bsky.social This graphic biography will inspire with tales of remarkable neurodivergent people who have forged unique paths to success! 🎤🪧⚽️🥊💡 www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...

Be careful what you vote for. Episode 5 is live! 🩸🩸 substack.com/@haintland/n...

Election Day is August 1. Only at Haintland.Substack.com

I have a few arcs of my upcoming middle grade book centering neurodivergent folks who have shaped the world. I’d love to send a copy to a librarian, teacher, or neurodivergent kid. Let me know if you’d like one and I’ll message you. ❤️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everything...

Episode 4 is live! Light the candle. Set your intention. Guard your soul. 🕯️ How to Set Your Altar—only at open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

What to Expect in BONES AT THE CROSSROADS ❌ 🏠 Homecoming vibes 🎓 Frats & sororities 🕯️ Secret magical societies 🌟 New characters you’ll love (and fear) 🎃 Halloween parties 💀 Deadly family secrets Have you preordered? linktr.ee/ladarrionw #Booksky

Chile Canva pissing me off. But Barnes and Noble is now doing a sale of 25% of preorders with code PREORDER25 from now till July 11th! Premium Members get an additional 10% off AND collect stamps to save with Rewards. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bones-at-t... #Booksky

We crossed the 6k mark! Help us meet our goal of 25k to bring this book to a con or fest near you. Check out Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W by Burning Phoenix Press on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Sweetie’s Diner is now open for lunch: open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

Old recipe. Special sauce. Seasoned with rage. Sweetie’s Diner opens June 26 Https://Haintland.substack.com

Happy Friday the 13th! My latest horror story is live— 5 “casquette” girls. 1 cursed voyage to New Orleans. And one monstrous secret. open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

5 girls. 1 ship. And 1 monster? Episode 2 of Haintland drops tomorrow. HTTPS://haintland.substack.com

A new life awaits a group of young women headed to New Orleans…but someone on board has other plans. Can anyone guess the story that inspired next week’s new episode? Hint: They packed their belongings in casquettes. haintland.substack.com

Part 2 of The Last Song of Julia Brown is live! open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

Let's try this again. 😅 I created a feed for the kinds of publishing news I had a hard time finding in one place here. This inclusive feed curates news that intersects publishing, politics, and power. Follow+pin: tinyurl.com/24dbt3cb Tag industry posts with #PublishingWatch #WritingCommunity

haintland.substack.com Enter if you dare…

This is such a valuable resource! I check for this newsletter faithfully.

Getting the socials up and running for Tessera Creatives. Please give us a follow and then visit the site to support and hire freelance creatives of the Global Majority. And if you're a freelance editor or writer of the Global Majority, consider joining today. tesseracreatives.com

Just 2 days left! The first episode of Haintland is set deep in the South, a place soaked in history and hauntings. Welcome to Louisiana—my home. Tune in tomorrow for a hint about our first story. A storm is coming. Are you ready? Https://haintland.substack.com

Something is coming through the fog… #Haintland #SouthernGothic #Horror Subscribe at the link in the bio. Launches May 15.

I’m conjuring something absolutely haunting. 👀 Stay tuned. #keepthelightson

A few Met Gala 2025 looks as Black YA books:

“Sometimes you gots to lay ya bones down at the crossroads.” Have you pre-ordered the second installment to Blood at the Root? If you like Southern folklore, hoodoo, homecoming, you’ll like this. Order here: tr.ee/D-MqksbYoM #Booksky

Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off pre-order promotion for members, starting today, 4/23, through 4/25. The hardcover and ebook of my upcoming Southern Gothic historical novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE are both included in the sale. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/psychopomp... #bookSky 📚 #BlackSky

Me to my son: What ya texting over there? Son (autistic teen): Classified war plans 😅😂

OH HEYYYY y'all said my NAAAAAAAME! Thank you for this opportunity to discuss my two fave subjects: Books and ME. 😍

Hey, #WritingCommunity, ICYMI, these were five of the publishing industry's biggest stories in February, including a new hybrid publishing group and 14 major book deals. #5AMWritingClub

Know what's exhausting? When I talk about systemic representation issues in the publishing industry and as a counterargument, someone mentions one of the ten Black authors publishing has been spotlighting for decades. Please stop playing in our faces: We've got a system to dismantle.

Want to listen to all the 2025 Walter Award books chosen by @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social - including THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE? You can at Libro.FM! They've compiled all the winners and honor titles in one playlist! libro.fm/playlists/walter-awards-2025 #booksky #Skybrarians #EduSky

Fall semester at Caiman University, the illustrious magical HBCU is coming. So that means homecoming, drumlines, fraternities and sororities, ancient magical societies and deadly secrets that will change Caiman U forever. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738995... #Blacksky

I am SO thrilled to reveal the US cover of OUR VICIOUS OATHS that’s out next fall! ✔️enemies-to-lovers ✔️dark fantasy romance ✔️there’s spice ✔️Shadow Daddy fae king ✔️fae warrior-princess ✔️Touch her and die Preorder link: linktr.ee/niadavenport @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

📘 WHO WAS ACCUSED IN THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS? TITUBA 📘 WHO SPARKED THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT? ROSA PARKS 📘 MUHAMMAD ALI AND MALCOLM X: THE FATAL FRIENDSHIP adapted by @authormargeaux.bsky.social 📘 EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL 📘 TODAY I AM: 10 STORIES OF BELONGING edited by Jael Richardson

Calling poets, prose writers, & essayists to submit to the AfroSurrealist Special Issue of @strangehorizons.bsky.social! Eds. @yvettel.bsky.social & Shingai Njeri Kagunda are seeking worlds that slip b/t mundane, uncanny, ghostly, & futuristic. Submissions window is April 15 to April 30.

BOOM - NEW COMIC ALERT! I co-wrote the horror comic "Sunset" with hubby @kundalinisteve.bsky.social for the new SHOOK antholgoy. comicbook.com/comics/news/...

Started a playlist for my WIP and just noticed my 6 year old added songs to my list. He’s obsessed with Freebird—which I’d never heard before. So now there’s Lynyrd Skynyrd and Disney songs on my Vampire playlist. 😑😊

One major lesson from the Tik-Tok fiasco: don't plant your seeds on land you don't own. Only 1% of videos ever go "viral." Going viral on social is *not* a marketing plan. Never was––despite publishers pretending otherwise. Four more lessons in the post. #5amwritingclub #WritingCommunity #booksky

Read a little of my Fannie Lou Hamer book (avl now!) to the babies. We watched MLK deliver the Dream speech, Black Panther, and now watching Lean on Me. I have beef & veggie soup and smothered okra on deck. Enjoying family while appreciating Black culture today and always. #MLKday

We need more movies with dance numbers.

I love Will Trent.

Resharing the Black Women Writers starter pack since someone said Threads & FB folks might be headed over here. I read and champion *all* writers, but Black women have unique obstacles in this biz, so your follows will help. Leave a comment if you want to be added. 💙📚🌴 go.bsky.app/CMkVhBW

My neurodivergent house right now: 5 yr old: Watch Elf! (he’s watched it 6 times since Sunday) 6 yr old: A Christmas Story is about a boy who gets his mouth washed out with soap (he mentions this multiple times a day and really likes that part) Teen: randomly sings “I’m just a pooor boy…” 😳😩

For the last two weeks, I woke the littles up to The Jackson’s Can You Feel It. Now, they request this song daily and went down the Michael Jackson rabbit hole on YouTube. I created little moonwalking monsters…