What a ghoul wants, what a ghoul needs

“At once monumentally self-absorbed and keenly observant – the better to identify suitable targets for consumption and/or sex – Rebekah is a delightful point-of-view character. She swans through the world, convinced that she is an object of envy and lust wherever she goes…”

DC friends, are we looking for some grown-up fun on Halloween? Vamp up and head over to Politics and Prose and watch me in conversation with @verakurian.bsky.social re: my smutty horror-comedy novella, VAMPIRES AT SEA! I will be taking audience questions and signing books!

“There’s a voice in my head constantly reporting on how I’m fat and lazy, an idiot and a failure – things I wouldn’t even say to my worst enemy. I’ve analyzed that voice, deconstructed its tone, rejected its choice of words. I’ve argued, I’ve dismissed it. But the voice persists.”

My piece on writing Vampires at Sea is out in Necessary Fiction!

My interview in @electricliterature.com with absolute QUEEN @chelseagsummers.bsky.social re: my novella VAMPIRES AT SEA has arrived! “I’m interested in the vampire as a sex symbol who exists on the edge of creepy and thirst trap.”

If you read Vampires at Sea, or would consider reading a horror-comedy about emotional vampires on a queer cruise, these drink recipes are for you. The Lilitu mocktail is my favorite. Cheers!

the only vampire-movie ranking you need this Halloween is Rebekah's, via @pickyourpotions.bsky.social for DIS/MEMBER. your perfect aperitif before VAMPIRES AT SEA! www.dis-member.com/fiction-rebe...

This was so fun! My first podcast interview re: Vampires at Sea!

So honored to find Vampires at Sea on this list! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩸🛳️🌊💋🍆

Ep. 371A is here! Lindsay Merbaum stops by to talk about VAMPIRES AT SEA, a seductive horror-comedy about a pair of chic emotional vampires from San Francisco vacationing– and feeding– on a queer cruise of the Black Sea. @pickyourpotions.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/10/09/t...

Rebekah, the eternally sexy emotional vampire and narrator of my book VAMPIRES AT SEA, which launched yesterday, will answer your sex and relationship questions at Politics and Prose in DC on Halloween! Reply with questions or dm me to stay anonymous! You don’t have to attend to submit a question!

Build your @spookyseason TBR with these #horror new releases: @emotrophywife.bsky.social @markwaddell.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @angelaslatter.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @emanquotah.bsky.social @kaychronister.bsky.social @pickyourpotions.bsky.social

Events, events! Vampires at Sea events! Come see me in MI, Chicago, NYC, and DC! For more: www.lmerbaum.com/events

San Francisco kinksters: @bayareareporter.bsky.social thinks you should read my book about SF-based emotional vampires on a queer cruise! 🛳️🌊💔💋🍆🩸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The more savage these reviews get, the more I want to read Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir.

Vampires at Sea is smutty and super queer, and now it’s a @libraryreads.bsky.social October bonus fiction pick! 😱🛳️🌊🩸🍆♥️💋🏳️‍⚧️

Kirkus Review BEST INDIE BOOKS of September includes Chasing Moonflowers! #bestof #tbr #booklist #gothic #writingcommunity #historicalfantasy #horror www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/b...

I don’t mourn evil. I grieve the violence and hatred, but the loss of a fascist is not a loss.

Enjoying this read so much. @thelincoln.bsky.social is hilarious!

Just here for the rumors

Oh my gods VAMPIRES AT SEA comes out in just SIX weeks. Brace yourselves for some unbridled narcissism! 🩸🛳️🌊💋🖤😂🍆💔🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s menopause

new on DIS/MEMBER: Rebekah the Emotional Vampire, star of @pickyourpotions.bsky.social's upcoming VAMPIRES AT SEA, is back with a highly subjective list! www.dis-member.com/fiction-rebe...

“Sometimes I can see a story before it happens. But it’s never the story I want to see.” Ariel Gore, Rehearsals for Dying

I am in shock. My silly sexy VAMPIRES AT SEA got a shoutout from LitHub! Pinch me! lithub.com/our-33-most-...

I’m looking suggestions/leads on 1-3 fabulous drag performers in Philly for a possible bookstore event! #phillysky

Rebekah the queer emotional vampire and star of VAMPIRES AT SEA has some advice for your sexy summer shenanigans.

This was so much fun to write. As was VAMPIRES AT SEA! Setting sail 10/7 from Creature Publishing.

My emotional vampire narrator from VAMPIRES AT SEA offers essential advice for making your travel orgies a success 🩸💋🍆🌸💦 Cheers to summer! @deeholloway.bsky.social

If you’re watching the 💩 cruise doc on Netflix, you might like my forthcoming novella VAMPIRES AT SEA where emotional vampires go on a queer cruise around the Black Sea. Cheers!

I wrote a thing about gods and Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Hello! I’m a queer, witchy, perimenopausal author and educator from the Flint area and I’m hosting a meetup for like-minded witches this coming Saturday, June 28, at 2 pm at Crazy Wisdom in Ann Arbor. Come say hi! And play games, wear a name tag, the whole shebang. See you then! #michigansky

I have a feeling this is going to be delicious

Fabulous list from @deeholloway.bsky.social! #sinners

Bravo this sign.

So proud of study witch @paulinechow.bsky.social!

An incredible piece by study witch @sydboll.bsky.social !#menopause

Oh my. The Lineup says my horror-comedy novella VAMPIRES AT SEA is “sure to be one of the most talked about genre books of the year.” 👀 Here’s hoping! 🛳️🌊🩸💋🍆🏳️‍🌈https://the-line-up.com/new-queer-horror-books

Reminder Michigan witchy bookish peri- and post-menopausal friends who abhor fascism and love the LGBTQIA community! I’m hosting a meetup for you at Crazy Wisdom on June 28th! It’s going to be casual and fun! Sign up for my mailing list for more details: www.pick-your-potions.com

Happy Pride to all you delicious vamps! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩸

I went to Pride! And remembered why I usually don’t. Anyway, yay gay! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I repeat, VAMPIRES AT SEA is gonna be an audiobook via Podium!👂🏻🖤🩸🛳️🌊💋

We’re all gonna die but some of us will die well-read.

Big book news! Finally I can announce the audiobook of Vampires at Sea has been sold to Podium! So brace your👂🏻for some smutty hilarity! Huzzah!

GOLD FAME CITRUS is set in an American West that's turned into a desert wasteland. A young couple stumbles across a toddler who's clearly being abused and decide to take her home. The booktail I designed for Alta is easy to make and super refreshing. Cheers! www.altaonline.com/california-b...

It’s Cinco de Mayo, let’s learn some real Mexican history re: Cortés, Moctezuma, and more open.substack.com/pub/lindsaym...

HI? HELLO?? today is absolutely the best day of horror book mail ever???? @clashbooks.bsky.social @joannapary.bsky.social @rebecca-rowland.bsky.social @mjaneworma.bsky.social @thebuffwriter.bsky.social @llmadridwrites.bsky.social @pickyourpotions.bsky.social @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social + more! <3

Blessed Beltane, witches! How are we celebrating? Who’s crafting? Who’s hosting? And who’s gettin frisky tonight?