But- would you come back as a ghost if it meant you could finish your TBR?

This was so much fun! Will post pics and a link to the recording soon 🖤 Check out @swsworlds.bsky.social and @tracytodd-author.bsky.social @paulinechow.bsky.social @ninjafingers.bsky.social @catchingwords.bsky.social as well as Linda Robertson Reinhart

👻 A Gothic Romance Retelling 👻 #FREE 10/3–10/7! Okiku tends prisoners at Himeji Castle… until love, obsession, and a missing plate unleash one of Japan’s most chilling legends. 👉 amazon.com/dp/B0DJBLPCRP #horror #manga #comic #paranormalromance #writerslift

For your Spooky Season pleasure, here is: Boris Karloff‘s Guacamole Recipe. Click below for more! 🖤💀🖤💀 a.co/d/1FN2itN a.co/d/hutoMgi

Happy #FridayReads, hermano! Pallas Gutierrez of The Coachella Review interviewed me about my new book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (University of New Mexico Press). Enjoy! thecoachellareview.com/2025/10/02/t... #playwriting #writinglife

I need this book. And this puppet. Mask? Whichever.

A new comic at When Falls the Coliseum: “Help! My Teenage President is Out of Control!” whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/10/02/h...

I'd like to give a shout out to two dear friends whose books came out this week. Harrowfield by @stephellis.bsky.social and Pyres by @kevharrison.bsky.social. Both are crackers!

This will be a blast! Wish I was on the east coast, you should go #booksky and take pictures and make me jealous and tell Beau & Laurel I say hey

Thanks, Gabino! Honored to remind you that my story BAD MAN DOWN pubbed by The Yard: Crime Blog has made it into BAMS 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social from @marinerbooks.bsky.social Pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P #bams2025

Just finished it yesterday. Thoughts soon. Put it on your TBR now!

Thanks, Gabino! Folks can hop on The El wherever they get their books. Happy #FridayReads! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738830...

Thanks, Gabino! There’s been a lot of talk of aging and life stories this week, so for #FridayReads I would like to mention my autobiography, 41, my story of becoming a horror author, my mom’s passing at only 40 right after 9/11, and breaking cycles of trauma. #GriefHorror #Autobiography

Top of the mornin', Gabino! Want some bittersweet coming of age/deconstructed romance that rhymes? I got you. 'Tis the season. Poetry not your thing and you'd rather have modern, ragtag salvors investigate a beautiful, terrifying anomaly on a distant planet? I got that, too! linktr.ee/authorlevai

Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99! Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

Loved this book, might be edging out Coyote Saints for favorite. May need a re-read.

Thanks, Gabino! My latest release through Raw Dog Screaming Press is a Victorian tale of grief, ghosts, and uncovering how a house never haunted is now held captive by the supernatural. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Have you had those moments when everyone you love and care for has a little rain cloud over their head so you are running around trying to balance 900 umbrellas.

the October horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @tanyapell.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @richardkadrey.bsky.social @emotrophywife.bsky.social @carsonfaust.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social @talkscaredpod.bsky.social & many more!

When you’re publishing your publisher friend. @alexwoodroe.com wrote an amazing horror sci-fi banger! So stoked be publishing her!

The unbridled joy of this man gives me life and a desire to be someones giant onion lol

For #SGJday @thatnerdchick.bsky.social and I are doing a giveaway. 1 winner announced 10/8/25. To enter, follow us along w/ @sgj.bsky.social, and repost this announcement. No purchase required. For 5 entries, DM me receipt of donation(any amount) to givebutter.com/blackfeet-community-college

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I'm part of "A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment," over at CrimeReads Authors from a new anthology explore the crimes, injustices, and consequences of this existential crisis crimereads.com/a-roundtable...

For those who may've missed the news, the October 2025 issue of Lightspeed features a new story by @sgj.bsky.social. Get some. Hell, get ten. Twenty. Buy as many copies as your heart desires. The magic of stories knows no limits.

Tomorrow. Noon. 6 authors. 6 readings. The perfect bookish lunch break for YOU! Completely free. Wherever you are. You do need to sign up through the link below, though. #SWSWQR www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

If you have five minutes as we head into banned books week, the American Library Association has a great list of ways to show up #ForOurLibraries #booksky www.ala.org/advocacy/sho...

Things my books do not contain: AI anything Mayonniaise anything Small rocks. Gravy.

Unbeknownst to me I’m celebrating #SGJday by starting Zombi Bakeoff today! happy to celebrate 30 years of great @sgj.bsky.social writing. Here are some thoughts on TBHH from April (takes me a while to get my brain back, look for something on ZB say November). open.substack.com/pub/kdbwrite...

ACCUTE 2026 Call for Papers! I am co-organizing a panel on "Indigenous Horror: Generic Disruptions" with Krista Collier-Jarvis. The submission DEADLINE is 21 November 2025. See full guidelines: accute.ca/2026-call-fo...

“it doesn’t actually take much to be considered a difficult woman, that’s why there are so many of us.” the incomparable Jane Goodall

It’s Halloween month 🖤🎃👻

Always been a bit annoyed when aging only equals scary or wise. Lack of autonomy, as a woman, as a stroke survivor, that I am acutely aware of though this is something that affects any one at any age, for any number of reasons. Q4 #horrorwriterschat

It may be the nature of writing short story collections? but I don’t make any limitations on characters age and role in the story, older people learn, younger people lead, anyone is a victim anyone is a villain. #horrorwriterschat Q3

My stories are filled with characters of all ages, youngest a baby, oldest an ancient hundreds upon hundreds of years old. #horrorwriterschat Q2

Hello #horrorwriterschat I’m Kimberly, I write horror that sneaks up on you and I’m 56. Q1

I don't like any of the prompt lists that go around every creepy season, so each year, I ask my friends--each and every one of whom would have been lobotomized in the 40s--to give me some words. These are those words. I like writing microfiction each day, but you can use this list for anything 😈

Bruce Nauman, Read/Reap, 1983 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136931

Today on This Is Horror Podcast Patreon, the full video version of my conversation with Josh Malerman (@joshmalerman.bsky.social) in which we talk about his new book, WATCHING EVIL DEAD, and much more. www.patreon.com/posts/139859...

Book lovers! Spend an hour listening to live #AuthorReadings via Zoom featuring #womenauthors #fictionbywomen #enbyauthors. 6 authors, 8 minutes each - it’s fast, it’s fun, and best of all #FreeBooks! #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #SWSWQR tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n FRIDAY!

Perfection 🎉

Fantastic on audio.

I just wanted you to know that Halloween is in 32 days and it’s going to be so much fun.

This Friday! Somehow it is already October 🖤🎃👻

🖤🎃👻 So close to Halloween month, which means long nights terrorizing the neighborhood, then I curl up and try to crank through my TBR. Join me #booksky - tag me on your #bookcoverbingoOctober post because I’m going to raffle a $25 gift card to Bookshop.org or Libro.fm - your choice 🖤🎃👻

My big original art drop is on now! The collection includes over 60 sketch cards, some priced as low as $10, album art, book covers and several personal works that have never been available. jonathanlamantia.com

For the love of banana bread I cannot imagine being a health care professional right now.

This is also a very good time for authors who don't touch genai to get a lot louder about your stance on it. Make it known somewhere on your website, list the artist, tag them. When you say you have character art, say the artist name. There's no reason to hide it, it'll help actually!

Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.

And I made a new friend - look close to the top of the post.