Gwendolyn Kiste
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
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Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
Seriously. Blurbs never should have replaced ACTUAL DESCRIPTIONS OF BOOKS. Also, we put way too much emphasis on blurbs in the first place. I feel like they've become almost meaningless at this point. ๐ซ
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Christi Nogle
3 days ago
This guy and 30 more of my paintings will displayed and offered for sale in the event room (back of the store) of @rdbooks in Boise from January 3-January 30th. Please check them out while you are browsing books this weekend!
rdbooks.org
1576 W Grove St. Boise, ID 83702
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Dana
6 days ago
I can't stress enough how important it is to experience art with people who will allow you to feel emotions without mockery.
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Fromthemixedupdesk
8 days ago
And I signed two books to my publishing imprint.
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A.C. Wise
7 days ago
Barnes and Noble is having another one of their pre-order sale for members. One of the books you can grab for 25% off if you're so inclined is Ballad of the Bone Road, which officially comes out 1/27!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ballad-of-...
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Ballad of the Bone Road|Paperback
In the glittering city of Port Astor, where fae roads criss-cross human highways and ghosts whisper to the living, nothing is ever as it seems. From Sunburst Award-winning author A. C. Wise, this utte...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ballad-of-the-bone-road-ac-wise/1147348106
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J.A.W. McCarthy
7 days ago
Hey hey hey, look whatโs 25% off at the Barnes & Noble sale! Preorder your most anticipated books of 2026 (including
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
titles) and maybe SLEEP ALONE wanders into your cart tooโฆ
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How I am walking out of 2025
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A girl and her vampires ๐ค๐ฆ๐ค So thrilled my story, "A Mina for All Seasons," is part of the latest issue of Dracula Beyond Stoker! This is such a cool publication, and I'm really stoked (!) to be included!
www.amazon.com/Dracula-Beyo...
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The ARC Party
8 days ago
Itโs the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always Iโm joined by the esteemed
@raforall.bsky.social
and
@emilyhughes.bsky.social
preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
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2026 Horror Preview pt 1
featuring Emily Hughes nad Becky Spratford
https://www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horror-preview-pt-1
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Sage Moon (S. Moon)
14 days ago
I emailed the president of Publishers Weekly yesterday, and will be emailing multiple other people. PLEASE take the time to do this if you can. ๐ Contact info is easily available on their website.
#antiAI
#publishersweekly
#indiepub
#indieauthor
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Jack Finn
18 days ago
What is better on a cold winter night than a retelling of Dracula (or Camilla)? These
#horrorauthors
have the
#horrorbook
for you!
@kierstenwhite.bsky.social
@jelinfoot.bsky.social
@katdunn.bsky.social
@rosiefiore.bsky.social
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
@dawnkurtagich.bsky.social
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John Rogers
19 days ago
"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
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Megan Paasch
21 days ago
Just gonna drop this here. Amazon is forcing a new AI feature on authors whose books are available on Kindle. This is a petition to give us the choice to opt out, because currently, we cannot.
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Change the new AI feature Ask this Book
https://c.org/SrJxqbKp4F
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Hari Kunzru
19 days ago
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can โreviseโ AI translations at much lower rate. Itโs a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
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Nikki Flynn
20 days ago
Sent my email feedback about the "AI conference." You can, too!
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Publishers Weekly is still doubling down on this awful AI workshop. Keep the emails and the comments coming. Make sure they know how much we're all against this.
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20 days ago
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Mike Brooks
20 days ago
This is in reference to that Publishers Weekly "AI is here, get used to it, peons" workshop. Who could have predicted that the guy doing it would be on the board of an AI firm?
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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles)
21 days ago
haha publishers weekly promoting a AI in Publishing Bootcamp is the final nail in the coffin of the joke theyโve been for a long time
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Publishers Weekly is sponsoring an AI for Publishing Bootcamp on their PW Learning platform. This is so disgusting and unacceptable. There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
21 days ago
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Jeff VanderMeer
21 days ago
publishers weekly pushing an AI workshop to help master Amazon's algorithms, among other horrors... is a thing. jesus. this mass delusion is going to destroy everything if there isn't enough pushback.
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Root Beer Sandwich
23 days ago
I donโt know, man, in these troubling times maybe you should go for it and make a festive Eraserhead baby for your Christmas tree.
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Maria Haskins
25 days ago
So thrilled to be writing short fiction reviews for Locus Magazine! My first column is in the December issue which is available now in print and digital format. ๐
subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...
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Buy December 2025 | Locus Magazine
The December 2025 #779 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Dave Hutchinson and Bethany Jacobs, and a spotlight on The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio. The issue lists US andโฆ
https://subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-december-2025
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Tanya Pell
27 days ago
THE
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
added my Goth garden girls to her EOY list and I am still unwell. ๐ญ๐ค
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Kristy Park Kulski
27 days ago
What a gorgeous list with amazing authors. Am beyond tickled to see Silk & Sinew among them!
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I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025! So many fantastic horror books this year! ๐คโ ๏ธ๐ฑ
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
27 days ago
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Michelle Kenneth
about 1 month ago
BTS: Matthew on his second day of work is a mood. ๐ He did not approve of this set. We had to go with less books in the final product. SGJ, Alma Katsu, & Matthew's biggest fan, Gwendolyn Kiste, made the final cut.
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Robert Nazar Arjoyan
29 days ago
Yet another BEST OF for SILK & SINEW! Not only is a treat to be included among so fine a roster of writers, but to again be lauded amongst todayโs best horror authorsโฆ well, bless my soul! Major congrats to
@garnetonwinter.bsky.social
and
@badhandbooks.bsky.social
for all the solid buttkicking.
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Kristy Park Kulski
about 1 month ago
Silk & Sinew on The Lineup's best horror list for 2025! I am blown away and so dang proud of all the authors and their stories. ๐ช๐ช๐ชโค๏ธ Big thanks to
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
!!!
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Amanda Headlee
30 days ago
๐คA lovely little surprise!๐ค Thank you,
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
and
@the-line-up.bsky.social
, for including This is How a Villain is Made on your Best Horror Books of 2025 list! Iโm honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!
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Dana
30 days ago
2025 Book Wrap-Up ๐๐ Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors. Today's list: The Haunting of Velkwood by
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
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V.Castro
about 1 month ago
Dark sensuality. Obsession. Owning your needs and making them known. Big thanks to
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
and The Lineup for this. The Pink Agave Motel is a sanctuary for female led pleasure.
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
P.S. buy books by women
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Emily C. Hughes
about 1 month ago
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones:
readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
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2026โs New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
https://readjumpscares.com/2026-new-horror-books/
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Christa Carmen๐๐ฆ๐ฎ
about 1 month ago
Massive thanks to
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
and The Lineup for this list of 2025โs Best Horror Books, including How to Fake a Haunting! Honored to be featured among such stellar titles!
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Sara Tantlinger
about 1 month ago
Agnes being paired with LOVE FOR SLAUGHTER is so great ๐ thanks for this super fun post,
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
!
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
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6 Horror Books to Read Based on Your Favorite 'Wednesday' Character
Discover the perfect horror novel that matches your favorite character from the hit Netflix show "Wednesday".
https://the-line-up.com/horror-books-favorite-wednesday-character
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Rebecca Rowland
about 1 month ago
This collection of beautiful grotesqueries from @gwendolynkiste is up for preorder now. I could not put it down and neither will you.
www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/
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Maria Haskins
about 1 month ago
So, yes, I'm in LOCUS, reviewing short fiction! ๐ My very first review column is in this issue and I am so FREAKING EXCITED to be part of the Locus team and this magazine!
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KC Grifant, Author
about 1 month ago
Support indie authors, escape from the horrors of Earth a while AND get a unique gift for the holidays! SPACE HORRORS is on super sale this weekend - 99 cents TODAY only ๐๐ฝ๐ธ
buy.bookfunnel.com/q69n7zflg1
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about 1 month ago
Sheโs back! But just for a few days. Order your copy of Nineteen Little Stab Wounds at:
dreadstonepress.com/product-cate...
Available today through November 30. All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. 1/6
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Matthew Jackson
about 1 month ago
Due respect to the other heavies but Mothman is the ultimate American Cryptid. - From Appalachia, where life is older than the trees. - Concerned about infrastructure but has no real mechanism to fix it. - Hangs out at nuclear waste sites. - Might just be a cool owl. American as Apple Pie.
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So thrilled to have a story in the forthcoming Creepshow anthology! This is an absolute horror dream come true! The official announcement was even in Fangoria! ๐ฑ๐ฑ
www.fangoria.com/creepshow-sh...
about 1 month ago
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Jason White
about 1 month ago
I had the incredible opportunity to chat with Amanda Headlee recently where we discussed space horror, creating your own mythos, female rage horror, and her book, This Is How a Villain Is Made. Listen wherever you download your podcasts. Links in comments:
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Raw Dog Screaming Press
about 2 months ago
Today
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
revealed the full table of contents for THE HAUNTED HOUSES SHE CALLS HER OWN on her blog. Check it out!
www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/cover-a...
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A girl & her ARC ๐ค So thrilled that we're less than five months away from the release of my next collection! Pre-order, cover art, and full TOC reveal at my blog today!
www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/cover-a...
about 2 months ago
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Dim Shores
about 2 months ago
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here:
bit.ly/4i03e3h
(TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for
@raicestexas.bsky.social
and Transgender Law Center!
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Yolanda Sfetsos
about 2 months ago
#Booksky
, here are some awesome FALLEN DESTINY blurbs! Thank you
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
,
@waynefenlon.bsky.social
,
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
,
@angelasylvaine.bsky.social
&
@brianbowyer.bsky.social
. ๐
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Alex Davis
about 2 months ago
Five days to go until one of my biggest events of the year - WINTER HAUNTS is nearly here again, and we've got another awesome line-up of writing talent coming in for you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau...
#horror
#horrorwriting
#horrorwriters
#ghoststory
#ghoststories
#gothic
#Gothicfiction
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Christina Ladd
about 2 months ago
Y'all I have been writing and re-writing this story for nearly seven years. I'm so grateful and excited it found a home at Goblins & Galaxies <3
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Yolanda Sfetsos
about 2 months ago
Here are some fantastic blurbs from five awesome authors & one very cool Kirkus review! ๐ A HUGE thank you to
@brianbowyer.bsky.social
,
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
,
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
,
@waynefenlon.bsky.social
&
@angelasylvaine.bsky.social
!!
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Emily C. Hughes
2 months ago
the November horror shopping list is live! feat. new titles from
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@christinahenry.bsky.social
@sheldoncosta.bsky.social
@lormaggot.ca
@peterclines.bsky.social
@vlatinalondon.bsky.social
@beatriceiker.bsky.social
@drewhuff.bsky.social
@victormanibo.com
& more!
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All the New Horror Books Coming in November 2025
November 2025โs new horror books, featuring titles from Oyinkan Braithwaite, Laurel Hightower, Christina Henry, Peter Clines, Beatrice Winifred Iker, Drew Huff, and more!
https://readjumpscares.com/2025/11/05/all-the-new-horror-books-coming-in-november-2025/
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A.C. Wise
2 months ago
The wonderful
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
hosted a round table with the authors of Howl, myself included. See what we all have to say about werewolves!
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Hear Us Roar: Part One of the Howl Roundtable | Gwendolyn Kiste
https://www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/hear-us-roar-part-one-of-the-howl-roundtable/
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