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. 🫠

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

I can't stress enough how important it is to experience art with people who will allow you to feel emotions without mockery.

And I signed two books to my publishing imprint.

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-...

Hey hey hey, look what’s 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 too…

How I am walking out of 2025

A girl and her vampires 🖤🦇🖤 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...

It’s the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always I’m joined by the esteemed @raforall.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social preorder through my bookshop affiliate page! www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...

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. 🙏 Contact info is easily available on their website. #antiAI #publishersweekly #indiepub #indieauthor

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

"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.

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. c.org/SrJxqbKp4F

Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere

Sent my email feedback about the "AI conference." You can, too!

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.

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?

haha publishers weekly promoting a AI in Publishing Bootcamp is the final nail in the coffin of the joke they’ve been for a long time

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

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.

I don’t know, man, in these troubling times maybe you should go for it and make a festive Eraserhead baby for your Christmas tree.

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. 📖 subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...

THE @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social added my Goth garden girls to her EOY list and I am still unwell. 😭🖤

What a gorgeous list with amazing authors. Am beyond tickled to see Silk & Sinew among them!

I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025! So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱 the-line-up.com/best-horror-...

BTS: Matthew on his second day of work is a mood. 😂 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.

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 today’s best horror authors… well, bless my soul! Major congrats to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and @badhandbooks.bsky.social for all the solid buttkicking.

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. 💪💪💪❤️ Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!

🖤A lovely little surprise!🖤 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! I’m honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!

2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚 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

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

the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...

Massive thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and The Lineup for this list of 2025’s Best Horror Books, including How to Fake a Haunting! Honored to be featured among such stellar titles!

Agnes being paired with LOVE FOR SLAUGHTER is so great 😆 thanks for this super fun post, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social! the-line-up.com/horror-books...

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/

So, yes, I'm in LOCUS, reviewing short fiction! 👀 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!

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 📚👽🛸 buy.bookfunnel.com/q69n7zflg1

She’s 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

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.

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! 😱😱 www.fangoria.com/creepshow-sh...

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:

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...

A girl & her ARC 🖤 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...

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!

#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. 😊

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

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

Here are some fantastic blurbs from five awesome authors & one very cool Kirkus review! 😊 A HUGE thank you to @brianbowyer.bsky.social, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, @sonorataylor.bsky.social , @waynefenlon.bsky.social & @angelasylvaine.bsky.social!!

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!

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! www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/hear-us...