Day 9 of 31! 💀 "Lovers' Leap" by Rikki Goodwin - Four friends spent a weekend at a bed and breakfast. Two friends and two strangers came home. #SpookyReads www.rikkigoodwin.com/book/lovers-...

Day 8 of 31! 🦷 "Pocket Full of Teeth" by Aimee Hardy - Desperate to explain her connection to a body found in a well, Eddy reads from a haunted manuscript. #SpookyReads a.co/d/h9HjOBc

Day 3 of 31! 🏚️ "The Rotting Room" by Viggy Parr Hampton - a chilling tale of faith, fear, and sinister secrets buried within an isolated 18th-century Spanish convent. #SpookyReads

Day 2 of 31! 🌙 "The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel" by Alyssa Palombo - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as you've never seen it before, through Katrina's eyes. #SpookyReads bookshop.org/a/2641/97812...

For the next 30 days, I'll be promoting 30 of my fellow authors. Right up until Halloween. Day 1 of 31! 🎃 Starting the #SpookyReads Countdown with "The Heiress" by Molly Greeley. Anne de Bourgh throws away her laudanum and discovers who she really is beneath the affliction. bookshop.org/a/796…

I keep forgetting about BlueSky. Don't take it personally folks. I have to get offline a lot for my mental health. I will try to post more here, but life beckons. For now, find me on Instagram as well @matthew.mercier.poem I tend to be more active there.

For those in upstate NY, I'll be at the Newburgh Barnes & Noble from 1-3 tomorrow, signing books at the local authors table. Come "buy" and say hi before the snow!

Great new audio drama from Walking Cinema about MLK and Howard Thurman, and how their relationship evolved during a crucial moment in the Civil Rights movement. Essential listening for these troubled times.

I've been working on an audio drama, a form I always wanted to play around with. Our series is called Poe's Basement. We just released Ep#3, with 3 more shows to come. Give a listen if you like weird mysteries, and if you're interested in more stories about Poe Cottage, check out my novel, Poe & I.

Empathy is not a sin. Trust me. I was raised by a priest and a nun. I should know. 😀