FANGORIA reviewed THE HAUNTED HOUSES SHE CALLS HER OWN by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social! "A nuanced, feminine horror universe only Kiste could write."

THE HAUNTING OF VELKWOOD By @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social Loved this story of being haunted by your past, by letting yourself get stuck there and finally facing it. We can let the past go, but it never fully leaves us. A story of friends and family all existing on a street that almost exists.

Going to StokerCon? I will be reading at 2:00 on Friday. Hope to see you there!

My schedule for StokerCon! First up, I'll be presenting on bisexuality in Frankenstein at the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference! This is my fourth time presenting there, and I'm seriously so excited! www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/my-sche...

#StokerCon Panel: The Ghost in the Margins: Queerness in Gothic Horror Moderator: Gwendolyn Kiste Speakers: Billy Martin, Andrew Robertson, J.A.W. McCarthy, Corey Niles, Mae Murray June 5, 4pm, Somerset Room

I'm back at The Lineup with six horror films based on urban legends! the-line-up.com/horror-films...

Today is the paperback release of GIRL IN THE CREEK! If you would like to check out a fun romp in the woods with spooky mushrooms -- a romp that's been nominated for a Stoker award & was one of Booklist & Library Journal's best horror books of 2025 -- get a copy at a bookstore or library!

This was such a fun interview with @finereads.bsky.social!! We talked Women of the Weird West, writing & much more: youtu.be/HWQQXRQf4cA?... #newbook #weirdwest #authorcommunity #bookblogger

Yesterday was indeed #MustRead horror day. This week: @werematt.bsky.social looks back at Urban Legend and horror's effect on culture @bloody-disgusting.com, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social selects 6 movies based on real urban legends @the-line-up.bsky.social ... 1/2

Hanging out in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with the latest issue of Fangoria! So very thrilled that there's a review of my collection in the issue! 🦇🖤☠️

HORROR WRITERS! I WANT YOUR SOUL… I mean DEMONS! I’m editing another awesome anthology for Flame Tree Press. Spread the curse… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

What can I say? My event at @nextchapterbooks.bsky.social was filled with love, support, and a deeply personal conversation with my phenomenal conversation partner, @kenyamossdyme.bsky.social. My heart is glad. Next stop: Ann Arbor...TONIGHT! #thecurseofhestergardens #tamikathompson #BookSky

I'll be at StokerCon in Pittsburgh the first weekend of June. Here's my schedule and some of the places you'll find me! acwise.net/stokercon-20...

Hey, look who showed up at the Library!!! Pumped to have @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social’s new short story collection, The Haunted House She Calls Her Own, hanging out on our shelves!!!

Tomorrow night! 🦇🖤☠️ Please join us for the last stop on my HAUNTED HOUSES book tour! I'll be in conversation with @kcgrifant.bsky.social at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social in San Diego!

I'm bringing THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS home! It's just two days until my event at Detroit's Next Chapter Books, where I'll be in conversation with @kenyamossdyme.bsky.social, and I'm feeling pretty emotional about it. Join us THURSDAY NIGHT! #thecurseofhestergardens #tamikathompson #BookSky

Bookmail of The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social 😃 This is one of my most anticipated reads of the year and I can’t wait to be haunted 🖤👻🖤

Have only read Eynhallow but can confirm: it is excellent. Atmospheric and sharp and sad.

I was back at The Lineup recently with a topic that I truly adore: Frankenstein retellings! What are your favorite Frankenstein retellings? ⛈️⚡🌩️ the-line-up.com/frankenstein...

FALLEN DESTINY also got some fantastic blurbs from five very awesome authors. Huge thank you to: @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, @angelasylvaine.bsky.social, @sonorataylor.bsky.social, @waynefenlon.bsky.social, @brianbowyer.bsky.social.

Boosting this in case people missed it - #Horror #HorrorSky 😱📚🩸

I’m giving this as a gift to all the people in the last year who have said “I think [XYZ use] is bullshit, but some of the medical AI applications seem to be impressive…" where radiology is the most frequent example

Are there any plans in the horror community to celebrate Pride Month this year? I would really like to see everyone coming together, especially since all of us in the queer community need the support more now than ever! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍🌈

Thrilled to get Lindy Ryan on the show for our first Anne Rice episode!

I was back at The Lineup recently with something for these warmer weather days: 5 nature-filled horror films that are perfect for spring! Ants with ill-intentions! Apocalyptic birds! A death pact to save the ancestral crop! California fog looking for revenge! the-line-up.com/horror-films...

New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the most-anticipated horror books of May 2026! New stuff from @natcassidy.bsky.social, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @johannavanveen.bsky.social, Nick Cutter, Sarah Langan, and MORE!

This review of ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY (in Rue Morgue, from earlier this year) will live near to my heart. Why? Because I don't think anyone's described my writing as affectionate before, and yet I feel SUCH affection for all my characters, even the most awful ones. So thank you. Truly!

#SanDiego, Hope you can join us later this month!

Received my first royalties and sales report for the Spanish version of Mosaic today (Musivo). It's been a joy to witness my first ever translated work received so well by the Spanish reading community. Forever grateful to @dilatandomentesed.bsky.social for publishing it.🙏

San Diego! I'm super excited to be doing the final stop on my book tour at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social! Wednesday, May 13th at 7pm! In conversation with the fabulous @kcgrifant.bsky.social! Come and hang out with us! mystgalaxy.com/51326Kiste

Don't forget that GIRL IN THE CREEK is half-off at Books-A-Million as part of their Mother's Day sale. (What Mom wouldn't want to get a book about creepy mushrooms for Mother's Day?) www.booksamillion.com/p/Girl-Creek...

Giveaway on my IG!

Grateful to Beulah Vega for this interview in the Petaluma Argus-Courier ahead of my book signing this weekend at the @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social on Sun., May 3rd at 1pm. Link in comments. #BookSky #BlackSky #thecurseofhestergardens #tamikathompson

Honored to be on this list, and looking forward to checking out the other pieces!

Book 37 of 2026: @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own Absolutely exquisite collection of horror tales from a modern master of the form. There is so much to love here that I don't really even know where to start; just banger after banger, rich with grime and heart.

NEW BOOKS TODAY!!

Agents won't rep them (because they don't fit the current market). Bookstores won't carry them (because they're mostly self-pubbed). Readers won't talk about them (because almost no one knows they exist). Find out what makes my books so controversial (nothing) by grabbing them from Amazon today 😎

My name is Candace Nola. I am an multi-award-winning horror author, poet and editor. I am also the creator of Uncomfortably Dark Horror, the only black female owned indie horror publishing press in Pittsburgh, PA.

I love that Charis Books allows you to attend their in-person events virtually. I'm watching @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social in conversation right now! www.crowdcast.io/c/the-haunte...

A fun time at the @doylestownbookshop with @acwise.bsky.social and @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social discussing female rage, documentaries during Covid, ghosts, ectoplasm and some laughs :D And a great dinner after with @lcwall.bsky.social allingham @wjdonahuewrites and @amandaheadlee.bsky.social

Huh. Well, anyway, here's a piece I wrote about SUNSET BOULEVARD that I've been thinking about a lot lately. For some reason.

What a lovely night at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social It was wonderful to meet @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social tonight, this short story collection is AMAZING Make sure you get a copy So nice to see @acwise.bsky.social It was good to hang with Courtney and @violetjmcmaster.bsky.social I love you guys!

Next week! I'm over the moon to be making my 1st appearance at The Twisted Spine in NYC! I love The Twisted Spine so much & it's such an honor to be doing an event there with the fabulous M. Jane Worma! Join us next Wednesday 4/29 at 6pm for all the horror fun! www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-par...

It's #MustRead horror day! This week: @jennferatu.bsky.social dissects Julia Ducournau's body horror trifecta @bloody-disgusting.com, @jonezyboy.bsky.social runs down March & April's finest YA and Middle Grade horrors @gnofhorror.com, RSL asks why we like The Weird @nightmare-magazine.com ... 1/2

📚️This week's events📚️ 4/21 - Susan and James Patterson (off-site/ticketed) 4/22 - Gwendolyn Kiste w. A.c. Wise (in-store) 4/23 - Joanna Margaret w. Lauren A. Forry 4/25 - Independent Bookstore Day ft. Kimberly Brighton, Jamie Cooperstein, and R.B. Shifman buff.ly/pWj3lN3

On Wednesday evening, I'll be at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social with @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social discussing her wonderful new collection, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own. Come join us! doylestownbookshop.com/kiste

Such a great mail day! New @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social is in the house.

Eternal Frankenstein from @wordhorde.bsky.social, which includes my weirdo story "Baron von Werewolf Presents: Frankenstein Against the Phantom Planet," is included in this wonderful roundup of Frankenstein retellings by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social:

The stories in The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste have to be savored, lived in, passages read again to relive the language or wallow in the emotion - be it fear, horror, dread, grief, humor. #BookSky TY #NetGalley & @rdspress.bsky.social for the ARC. Full review: