Christmas at Miss Murder's house. 🦇 #Halloween #Christmas #holidays #horror

Have you registered for second launch? Come hang out THIS SUNDAY at 2 PM ET with editor R.B. Wood & @rossbaxter.bsky.social, @diebooth.bsky.social, & @xanwriter.bsky.social for readings! A live Q&A! All dark urban fantasy all the time! 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/secondlaunch #BookSky #darkfantasy

Happy Holidays, everybody! This year we are doing a virtual advent calendar for a card. Here are a few fun activities to get the most out of Christmas. We love you! app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=...

Tonight!!

Join us for tonight's launch party! We'll have the best time! links.ruadanbooks.com/S6LAUNCH

I absolutely stand by this! This is what you want to buy for your friends.

Writing at my house during the holiday season: Me: *writing* I am Darkness. I am Anguish. *the dog runs by wearing deer antlers* *Christmas bells ring* *A tube of wrapping paper sails across the room* Me: *ponders* *goes back to writing* I am Eradication. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #horror

We made festive gingerbread cookies, as one does. #MissMurdersHouse #cookies

TWO WEEKS to Sinister Societies! Join us for a launch party with these six spectacular horror writers hosted by @yerpalskipp.bsky.social: 📅 Tuesday, December 9, 2025 ⏰ 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT 📍 On Zoom 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/S6LAUNCH See you at the launch party! #BookSky #HorrorSky #thrillers #TBR

Today is the 25th. Christmas is one month away!

Saw Garbage on Halloween and it was more than I could have hoped for! After Shirley performed in costume, the entire band came out dressed as octopuses for the encore. Dreams were made and realized this night! ❤️

What's up?

I'm so happy to be a part of this! It's so important. ❤️

Miss Murder literally worked herself to death.

Will you be in Vegas this weekend? Come see me at the Nightmare in Vegas horror convention and classic car show! I'll be working the Women in Horror booth. <3

This includes one of my favorite novellas ever, "The Witches of Paradise." This is a great anthology!

Ah, it's my time of year. <3

The responsibility lies heavy, but I am up to the task.

My friend sent me this picture and said, "It's your one-year anniversary of wearing this to the party!" And you know, she's right.

PSA for Tandem Slim insulin pump: The iPhone iOS 26 update isn't compatible with the app mobile bolus feature. Disable automatic software downloads until compatible. Settings > General > Software Update > Automatic Updates > OFF. Tandem will contact when fixed. #tandem #insulinpump #diabetic

My horror/romance novella "The Witches of Paradise" is included in the Sinister Societies anthology! www.facebook.com/reel/7919892...

Just...making weird, random things for no reason except joy. <3

Spooky season? In our house, Halloween never ends.

The Internet asked me if I wanted this old doll, please, and I do not. The second the picture came up, our dog began levitating, the house bled from the walls, and frogs and fire fell from the sky. Me: Why am I hearing chanting from the basement? Oh, that's why.

Ooh, look what showed up! My box of Fractured Reveries, which includes my story "Love Songs for the End of the World." Carina Bissett knocked it out of the park. This book is beautiful! #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy

I'm an invasive bookworm in-game, too! #fieldsofmistria #videogames

Fractured Reveries includes my "Love Stories for the End of the World." Available now! tinyurl.com/yc3dbm2z

Braiding my father's hair into a noose. ♥️

So thrilled to be part of this new project from Ruadan books! #writingcommunity #amwriting #mercedesmyardley

Sleepy dog is sleepy. #rescuedog

We spent the weekend somewhere with grass and family and hollyhocks outside a brick home.

Hey! There's hope!

Winter in the City features work by: ❄️ @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social ❄️ @inkwellmonster.bsky.social ❄️ @lilychilds.bsky.social ❄️ @brianevenson.bsky.social ❄️ @timlees.bsky.social ❄️ @thelatejonnypapers.bsky.social ❄️ @nmamatas.bsky.social ❄️ @katherinetraylor.bsky.social ❄️ @richardkadrey.bsky.social

Middlest made a little paper Transformer being picked up by his wings. It is ADORABLE.

Tastes like summer.

Happy International Kissing Day, my darlings!

SPOILER FREE! We finished Squid Games last night. Season 2 got off to a slow start and was fairly predictable, but I liked it. I was also warned that I wouldn't like the finale, but I thought it was (again, predictable) brilliant. I found it to be a fine ending to a show I loved. #squidgames

You guys! I just wrote and submitted the final chapter of a book. ❤️

ME: I hate yoga. I'll never willingly go to a class again. There's nothing that can change...wait, WHAT? I signed up for this.

I am SO excited to hold the Italian translation of my Bram-Stoker Award-winning Little Dead Red in my hands! Meet TROVERO' IL LUPO. She's an absolute beauty. Published by Independent Legions Publishing with artwork by @tropicalgloom.bsky.social Marcela Bolívar. This makes me very, very happy!

Nothing like a 10:15 matinee with a buddy to watch 28 Years Later! I'm not really into zombie movies, but I liked this a lot. It couldn't quite decide what type of movie it wanted to be, but I liked it and the soundtrack was wonderful.

Me: I kinda miss my husband. I'm going to wear that necklace he gave me. <3 The necklace in question:

What an amazing list! John Boden's Jedi Summer is AMAZING. And my book Love is a Crematorium just won the Bram Stoker Award this week!

Hey, you guys! Look what I picked up at Stokercon? Love is a Crematorium won the Bram Stoker Award!

You guys! I'm so pleased to announce the Dark Reflections series, based on the art of Jeff Lee Johnson. Want something dark, funny, horrifying, and strange? Join us. Book 1 releases this November. Pre-orders are up. www.rookcreekpress.com/darkreflecti... #WritingCommunity #horror #fantasy #art

Fitting for today’s cat fight.

Just got a confirmation email. Look what is in the mail to me! The Italian version of my Little Dead Red from Independent Legions Publishing. ❤

I messed my feet up by searching for a lost girl in the mountains (found safe and warm in a cabin), I will not being wearing my high heels to Stokercon. A sequin dress and combat boots? Yes, please!