Would you like someone to read you a good story? You’re in luck! This week, Story Hour’s guests are Kemi Ashing-Giwa and Meg Elison! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! @kashinggiwa.bsky.social @megelison.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

I'm at VirtuousCon: Black History Month Feb 21-22! We're celebrating BIPOC creators in spec fic books, comics, film, visual arts, & more. This is a fully virtual event featuring live panels, screenings, games, giveaways, an interactive vendor floor show & more! Tickets: virtuouscon.com #Blacksky

Join us tomorrow! 8pm eastern, on Instagram Live! 🥳 #booksky #blackbooksky

"Psychopomp & Circumstance" is one of my favourite @edenroyce.bsky.social books ever, and it's on sale! across different retailers! If you've been waiting to pick up a copy, now is a good time! There is so much I loved about this book, can't quantify! 🖤

The latest episode is here featuring author @gabriellabuba.bsky.social We talk about her early fandoms - Supernatural and Sherlock. Then we talk about her work as an author, from fanfic to Saints of Storm & Sorrow, and more!

If you've been waiting to get a copy of my Southern Gothic PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - a historical fiction novella set during Reconstruction about navigating grief while finding self, here's your chance! Feb 16 - 22, the eBook is on sale across all retailers for $2.99. #Blackbooksky #booksky

Excited to have two items on the Locus Award longlist: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE for novella and "The Magnolia Returns" for short story! It's an honor to have my work considered. Hope you enjoy reading all of 2025's amazing work. Voting is now open to everyone! poll.voting.locusmag.com

It's that time! Vote in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me! 1/

Current Media February 2026 I’ve added quite a bit to my ever-growing podcast rotation list. For all these fiction anthology podcasts, I’ll be listing my favorite episodes/stories per year like I already have for PSEUDOPOD, TALES TO TERRIFY, and NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. 1/8

Audio Fiction Anthology Podcast: NIGHTLIGHT @nightlightpod.bsky.social (2018-Present) Featured the talented @edenroyce.bsky.social with a Poe-inspired tale that makes a corset a righteous weapon. Host Tonia Thompson’s “The Dead Circle” is excellent too. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... 6/8

Meet Our Author! We are thrilled that Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Ignyte Award-winning author @edenroyce.bsky.social is coming to THE COOKOUT and bringing a delectable story to the table! 💀🥧🌺 Check out more about Eden & the anthology here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/and...

“A Nameless Thing” is a recommended story in @locusmag.bsky.social! 🛸

We’re feeling the LOVE from #Kickstarter! And from all our backers so far! ❤️🖤💚 Don’t miss your chance to be part of The Cookout!

Today my substack has an interview with the fabulous @edenroyce.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/eliza392...

It was my honor to have @asiahmae.bsky.social, Poet Laureate of #Charleston, read PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE. To know she was drawn in by Phee's journey through grief to independence and had such wonderful words to say about my work was a joy I will hold onto for a long time. #Blackbooksky #booksky

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is on The National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of Books to Help You Find Comfort, Curiosity, and Connection Through the Power of Place. Check out the entire list of titles for when you need a little something to hold close. savingplaces.org/stories/comf...

It's Black History Month, and here's an opportunity for you to directly support black authors and editors in their creative careers. This anthology includes stories by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social and more. Pre-order now!!

I have two items on the @locusmag.bsky.social Recommended Reading list! PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE from @tordotcompub.bsky.social - novella category THE MAGNOLIA RETURNS pubbed by @escapeartists.net - short story category Congratulations to all on the list and those who've put work in the world!

Congratulations to everyone who made the Locus list! I'm especially thrilled to see a couple of stories we published on PodCastle there: "The Magnolia Returns" by @edenroyce.bsky.social and "Woodpecker, Warbler, Mussel, Thrush" by @ruthjoffre.bsky.social

4/5 Tochi Onyebuchi’s “Racebook,” Joy Sanchez-Taylor’s masterful “Dispelling Fantasies,” Sharang Biswas, Domnique Dickey, Amal El-Mohtar, @jordankurella.com (!), @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app, Hache Pueyo, my goddess in whose name I worship @edenroyce.bsky.social, Caitlin Starling, Erin Brown ...

1/5: I would like to autistic banshee shriek with joy that so many wonderful SFF/H authors are on this Recommended Reading list incl. Charlie Jane Anders, Hiron Ennes, Mona Awad, Isabel Cañas, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Samira Ahmed, Natalia Theodoridou, (cont) locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

"Body horror can be extremely freeing, especially (for) people in marginalized bodies..." BODY HORROR AND THE MYTH OF THE PERFECT VICTIM is a thoughtful, potent analysis of my Southern Gothic horror novella HOLLOW TONGUE by the amazing Johnny Lee. medium.com/@JohnnyLeeWr...

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is getting a LARGE PRINT EDITION! 1st pic: large print cover, where you can see more of the fantastic cover art, including Phee's full Afro updo. 2nd pic: original cover. Coming soon from Thorndike Press by Gale. #booksky #Blackbooksky

We're just a few weeks away from the start of Women in Horror Month! If you'd like to get involved, either as an author or an ally, please let me know! Comment below, DM me, or send me an email through my site. Don't self-reject! We need all the voices! 🖤🖤🖤

Here we go!

The sheer staggering amount of talent that is going to be in this anthology -- put it on your KS 'remind me when it goes live' b/c zomg @edenroyce.bsky.social, @brentclambert.bsky.social (BRENTT!!), @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @babblewocky.bsky.social, @tonyarmoore.com & so many others!! 🎉🎉🎉

Eeee!!! A very positive review of my collection from @horrortree.com! This is the first full review from a review site, so needless to say, I'm very excited! Huge thanks to Catherine Jordan for this! The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own is out on 4/14! 🖤🦇🔥 horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...

Thank you to the Center for Children's Books for this wonderful review of THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE! "The tragedy of cultural erasure is honestly portrayed... there’s also an emphasis on how storytelling kept hoodoo practices alive as a relevant part of heritage.” #booksky #Blackbooksky

Swooping back this very fine MLK Day with our first unthemed issue of 2026! Behold! Get yours! Tell a friend! fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

ICYMI, I announced the launch party for Bound by the Blood! It'll be January 25th at Pandemonium Books & Games in Cambridge! 6:30 pm, books will be on hand and I'll have some special swag, as well, for those who RSVP! pandemoniumbooks.com...

But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite. You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that. You can do that for someone else.

"The Husband," by P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com, in Podcastle @podcastle.org. Been a big fan since reading PC's "A Review of Slime Tutorial: The Musical" in the fab antho Elemental Forces, & this story bit me hard & sucked me dry with its queer twisted horny hunger. podcastle.org/2025/01/14/p...

"Corporate Policy," by Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social, in Psychopomp. A fabulous short story told in corporate memos and group chats!! And it's funny! And it's fucked up. What a wonderful year for Psychopomp!! @psychopomp.com psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Gah, I forgot the link! Okay, NOW with excellent work written by @melissacaruso.bsky.social, @kjcharleswriter.com @exaggerated.bsky.social, @kerstinhall.bsky.social, @henrylienauthor.bsky.social, @elienyc.bsky.social, @ryannorth.ca, @edenroyce.bsky.social, @riverssolomon.bsky.social, as well as ...

Happy 11th birthday to this fluffball. #catsky #blackcats

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Today makes FIVE YEARS since Root Magic - my debut novel about family, friendship, rootwork, and ancestry - entered the world. It’s a reminder that books set in the American South featuring Black characters can include joy and triumph along with the challenges that brings. #Blackbooksky #booksky

My story, LOCAL COLOR, in the antho THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE, is on Ellen Datlow’s longlist for Best Horror 2026. Thanks to @literarydesiree.bsky.social & @sj-fennell.bsky.social for editing. Congratulations to all, including Camara Aaron, who also made the list! #Blackbooksky #booksky

If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror you MUST already subscribe to Locus Magazine... Right? linktr.ee/locusmagazine link in bio!

A gorgeous fairy tale poem and a discussion about writing in English and Finnish with Sara Norja! www.juliarios.com/in-winter-a-...

My first post of 2026 is to thank the amazing @karenmusings.bsky.social for sending me a copy of her gorgeous novel EDEN'S EVERDARK. Karen mentioned my work inspired her to write this novel and give it this title. I'm so moved and honored to be your writing contemporary. #booksky #Blackbooksky

we're trying a new thing. we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons. yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS. join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th 👇💀

Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am. (Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)

Today ✨🌒 We’re gathering for a very special author chat with Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social, celebrating Psychopomp & Circumstance. Join us at 2 PM EST for an intimate, Southern Gothic–rooted conversation. So honored to share this space today. 💛📚 discord.gg/gWpK3ur2fp #blackbooksky #booksky

I’m so excited, I can’t wait to chat with @edenroyce.bsky.social!!!🫶🏾📖

I'm coming out of winter hibernation to have an author chat with @spokenthoughts.bsky.social! Join us Dec 28 at 2 PM ET for a cozy convo celebrating Psychopomp & Circumstance, my novella exploring grief, loss, and forging your own path. discord.com/invite/gWpK3... #blackbooksky #blacksky #booksky

🌙📚 Author Chat with Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social Join Spoken Thoughts Book Club on Dec 28 at 2 PM ET for a cozy end-of-year conversation celebrating Psychopomp & Circumstance. Come settle in, listen, and reflect with us. 🌒✨ 📍 Discord Stage 🎟 Link in bio #blackbooksky #blacksky #booksky

EEEEEEE it arrived! Merry Christmas to me -- my FIRST EVER appearance in the wonderful BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, edited by @datlow.bsky.social ! My story THE NIGHT BIRDS was originally published by @undertow.bsky.social in NORTHERN NIGHTS, an anthology of Canadian horror. :)

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...