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I wrote a short story I really liked, but wasn't quite a fit for magazine after magazine. But then Death Kit (deathkitcom.wordpress.com) took an immediate shine to it, much to our mutual delight! Don't give up on those odd little stories--they have a home somewhere.

Look! Advance copies of my book arrived! Thank you, @interstellarflight.bsky.social ! (The House of Illusionists officially drops Nov 3, but you can preorder now)

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

finally, the September shopping list is live! new books from @almakatsu.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social & MANY more!

Happy release day to @nadiabulkin.bsky.social's ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY, a collection of three long works that @haileypiperfights.bsky.social called "one-of-a-kind." Any day with new Nadia Bulkin fiction in the world is immediately worth celebrating. Hell yes! More here: ghoulish.rip/nadia-bulkin...

Me and my contributor copy of the Vampire Hunters anthology! Join us this Saturday the 13th at 5pm for the official release party at--where else?--Vampa, the vampire museum! I seriously can't believe I'll be hanging out at a vampire museum this weekend. Goth bucket list item checked off! 🦇🦇🦇

5: The Rust Maidens by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social a moving story about a girl whose friends are turning into something the world can't understand. an exploration of the melancholy, alienation, and despair of girlhood in a place where everything is falling apart.

We're six months away from next year's Women in Horror Month! What would you like to see for the 2026 celebration? What have been your favorite parts of Women in Horror Month in the past?

A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1

INJECT THIS DIRECTLY INTO MY SOUL, PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Hell yeah!

I am ready to read this NOW 🥳

I'm absolutely over the moon that my Great Gatsby reimagining will be coming soon from Creature Publishing! Think CAROL meets THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE! 🖤👻 This novella has been years in the making, and I'm so excited that it will soon make its way into the world!

Yo! Our horror party is fast approaching. Grab this chance to meet the authors and get a signed copy of our new book AND check out the Vampa Museum that has been making news all over the country. #indiehorror @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @dirtyrottenbill.bsky.social

I've adored @3lobedmag.com for years, and it's truly one of the coolest publications I've ever had the honor of working with! Please consider supporting their Kickstarter, so we can keep that weird fiction headed our way for years to come! 🖤 www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

I'm back at The Lineup with 6 fabulous forthcoming horror books! Featuring titles from @saratantlinger.bsky.social, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social, @haleynewlin.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @tkingfisher.com, and @talkscaredpod.bsky.social! the-line-up.com/forthcoming-...

One year ago this week I launched a podcast. Nearly four dozen episodes and dozens of guests later, it's still a blast. Thanks to everyone for listening. Please stick with us, we're gonna do some cool stuff.

We’ve added more authors to 2026! Pledge to support us so we can all read new fiction by: Clay McLeod Chapman, Kristi DeMeester, AI Jiang, Rachael K. Jones, Gwendolyn Kiste, John Langan, Premee Mohamed, Hailey Piper, Keith Rosson, Nisi Shawl, Molly Tanzer, and Wendy N. Wagner. kck.st/4mIkEm1

I'm not sure how Three-Lobed Burning Eye landed all the most huggable writers, but LOOK AT THAT LIST OF GOOD HUMANS. Now go support the Kickstarter.

I’m truly honored to see This is How a Villain is Made featured on @the-line-up.bsky.social “6 Forthcoming Horror Books that Will Make You Keep the Lights On,” alongside five other incredible books coming soon. Deepest thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social for the wonderful write-up!

Thank you SO MUCH @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social for your kind words and excitement for Cyanide Constellations!! 💚✨ We're only about two months away from its launch date, eeeee! And look at all these other exciting books on the list 😍

Are you a vampire or a hunter? How would you dispatch a vampire? Sunlight? Essence of garlic? Let us know on Saturday September 13th at the Vampa Museum in Doylestown ... 12-4 for the day lovers and 5-8 for the bats! @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @dirtyrottenbill.bsky.social

Looking for a ghost story that will put goosebumps on your arms and send shivers up your spine? Check out a few of my favorites from: @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @sonorataylor.bsky.social @allymalinenko.bsky.social @laurelhightower.bsky.social

So many huge thanks to @trishcwilson.bsky.social‬ for this wonderful interview! We talk all about Velkwood, the Stokers, and why horror is the best! 🖤🦇🖤 www.thehorrorzine.com/Special/Gwen...

Thank you, Vanessa, for this stunning review of SILK & SINEW and calling it: "...a darkly beautiful book, and an important one as well." My heart is full. ❤️

On our website, former intern Logan Lynch reviews 🩸 Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts 🩸 from @speculationpub.bsky.social. Specific mentions of stories from @acwise.bsky.social @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social & @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social. www.neonhemlock.com/reviews/vamp...

So thrilled that Seton Hill University recently featured me on their site! I talk all about The Haunting of Velkwood, my recent Bram Stoker Award win, and the MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program! www.setonhill.edu/news/2025/07...

@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social is an incredible author whose talent shines through in her story chilling and world altering story Flesh, Fungi, and Farewell. You can read the full interview here: cronegirlspress.com/2025/07/24/m... 💙📚👀📢📚😱 📚🩸 #horror #horrorbook #sporror #ilovescarystories #author

Love seeing my first book, MELINDA WEST: MONSTER GUNSLINGER, at the Poway Library! #SanDiego, you can check out this weird west adventure at any of the County Library branches 📚 sdcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #weirdwest #library #poway

So thrilled that my story, "All the Devils at Once," is included in the amazing VAMPIRE HUNTERS anthology! My tale is a continuation of Van Helsing's story with--what else?-- a very feminist and rage-filled twist! 🧛‍♂️🦇🖤 www.speculationpub.com/vampire-hunt...

Last night's Shirley Jackson Awards! So many congrats to all the winners! Such an honor to be nominated alongside everyone! And I was so excited to pick up my nominee rock! She's so beautiful! 🖤🪨🖤

So! I lead the planning team for @spacemagiccon.bsky.social, a small virtual con for queer speculative fiction (October 4 & 5 this year). Registration (free!) is open now: www.rainbowspacemagic.org (I can promise that none of our panels will be anything like this 👇)

Two more days to score Winter in the City for $1.99! You get an ebook of 18 authors ensnaring you with the unrelenting chill of dark speculative fiction. Featuring too much talent to fit in one post! (So see our next posts.) Sale links here: linktr.ee/ruadanbooks #BookSky

So thrilled that I got to write the introduction for a new annotated edition of Dracula! Truly, what an honor! Thank you so much to DBS Press for inviting me to be part of this! 🦇🦇🦇 www.dbspress.com/shop-1/p/ann...

My editorial in this month's issue of Nightmare is all about the ghosts that live in our house! If you need some spoopy fun today, check it out. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

@zutsuit.bsky.social recommends new sci-fi and fantasy books by Karen Russell, Grace Curtis, Philip Fracassi, and more for this month.

Speaking of Stoker winners, just before she won the 2024 Stoker for Best Novel, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social was on our show to talk about a classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode. redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...

Wrote about women in horror because you know I love it 🖤 movieweb.com/best-horror-...

Pride Month might be over, but queer horror is worth celebrating all yearlong! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 So here are my five picks for fabulous queer horror from Hollywood's Golden Age! 🎥🎬🖤 the-line-up.com/classic-horr...

Day 17 of me posting #AuthorPhotos until I run out. @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social

Q3 Quarterly Book Boxes are all packed and starting to ship out! They contain @cshumble.bsky.social's entire Peregrine Estate trilogy, @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's The Extra, and a wood bookmark featuring all 2025 titles!

Award winning author and RYA instructor KC Grifant is currently hard at work as Editor of the Women of the Weird West (Brigids Gate Press, 2026) anthology. Join KC June 27 for her workshop, Creating Weird West Stories That Sizzle And Sell reachyourapex.com/wwss-0627 #authors #weirdwest

I'm back at The Lineup with 5 books to read for Pride Month!🌈🌈🌈 From vampires to gothic horror, these titles all look amazing, so pre-order or pick up your copies today! ❤️ the-line-up.com/new-queer-ho...

🎃COVER REVEAL on SUMMERWEEN JUNE 22ND🎃 Yes you are reading that right! We had so many submissions that we want to release the first volume THIS fall. Full TOC will be revealed soon. @claymcleod.bsky.social @wendydalrymple.bsky.social Jeff C. Carter PREORDER NOW Print and eBook on our website.

Put Mira Grant’s science in T. Kingfisher’s fantasy folk horror, and you’ll get something that approximates @wnwagner.bsky.social ‘s #GirlInTheCreek #BookSky #HorrorSky Thank you, #NetGalley and @macmillanaudio.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7a52...

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

Women’s Wednesday and congratulations to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social for her Bram Stoker award. #womensupportingwomen

I wrote the foreword to this awesome collection. Don't miss it!

So happy to see talented female authors well-represented on this list. Congrats to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social & Monika Kim on their respective wins! #BramStokerAwardWinners #StokerAwards2025 #HorrorBooks #GwendolynKiste #MonikaKIm