My debut novel The Scald-Crow is officially a nominee for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards! And next to so many other fabulous works! Thank you so much to the innumerable people who have supported me and made this possible!

I loved chatting with @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social about her debut, The Scald-Crow. It is necessary reading!

new on DIS/MEMBER: @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social on her debut THE-SCALD CROW, in conversation with fellow excellent author @sydboll.bsky.social! www.dis-member.com/interview-i-...

So honored and delighted to share that my debut novel, The Scald-Crow, is on the Horror Writers Association's 2025 Stoker Preliminary Ballot for Superior Achievement in a First Novel alongside a whole cast of crackerjack works! Big congrats to all the preliminary folks! This is so surreal!

2025 KINDIG GEMS - PART 2! #SeasonofFear Emily Cooper #TheScaldCrow @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social #TheMurderatWorldsEnd @mossmontmomery.bsky.social #IMedusa @ayanagray.bsky.social #DungeonCrawlerCarl @mattdinniman.bsky.social www.kindig.co.uk/post/kindig-gems-of-2025-part-2 #BookSky 📚💙🩸📚 🪐📚 ⚡️📚

THE SCALD-CROW MADE GWENDOLYN KISTE'S LIST OF THE BEST HORROR BOOKS OF 2025!!! 😁😁😁 What an honor and what a surprise!

A fitting day to start @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social‘s Illinois-based horror novel, The Scald Crow!! 🐦‍⬛ Already the first chapter is starting strong (and spooky) and includes the Fox River!!

I'm in this article too - and what a coincidence, I recommend The Barre Incidents by @renbolger.bsky.social which is an incredible blend of various folklores in an emotionally resonant horror page-turner!

Its #samhain, so carve your turnips & settle down for some good #Irish #folkhorror @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social @emmcconnell.bsky.social @shaunamceleney.bsky.social @unshavedmouse.bsky.social @thecallya.bsky.social

31 Days of Horror: Day 15-- Why I Love Horror, Creature Publishing Week Edition Featuring Grace Daly. Happy Book Release Week Grace! raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

#TheScaldCrow by @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social is out NOW! 'A masterclass is horror story-telling' if you missed it, read my 5⭐️review of this KINDIG GEM: www.kindig.co.uk/post/the-sca... #BookSky 🩸📚 #books 📚💙

My debut horror/comedy novel, The Scald-Crow, is out today! It's about chronic pain, invisible disability, childhood trauma, and medical trauma, but it's funny, I promise! It's also about Irish folklore, a heroic rescue cat, and a really irritating bird. There's something for everyone! 🐦‍⬛♿☘️

Your 2025 #Folkhorror recs: @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social @beverleylee.bsky.social @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social @paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @jenjulian.bsky.social @jackalopehouse.com

Thank you so much for such a kind and detailed review!!! 🐦‍⬛☘️♿

YA GIRL GOT A POSITIVE PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW FOR HER DEBUT HORROR/COMEDY. www.publishersweekly.com/9781951971311

Just in time for Disability Pride: I had a great time talking to Corey and Kendall on the Horror Heals podcast about my experiences with disability and my debut horror/comedy The Scald-Crow! You can find Horror Heals on iTunes, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts! Links below.

Such an honor to have my debut The Scald-Crow included as a highly anticipated book for 2025!!!

Such an honor to be part of this super fun and super spooky panel! Thank you @patrickbarb.bsky.social for organizing!

I'm thrilled to announce a whole new world of accessibility for my debut horror/comedy novel The Scald-Crow: The Scald-Crow is going to be available in audiobook format!

Greetings, peasants: I got a FIRST TRY WORDLE GUESS TODAY. I suppose it's time to pick a new word.

It was an absolute joy talking Greek mythology with the cast of #Hadestown at the National Hellenic Museum this past Thursday! 🏺🎶 With thanks to @broadwayinchicago.bsky.social for partnering with us and @emilymcclanathan.bsky.social for this great @chicagotribune.com story.

The Scald-Crow by @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social is a horror/comedy with Irish folklore, a creepy bird, a painting of Jesus with a mind of its own, and a chronically ill protagonist who you'll love. Highly recommend you pre-order!

Anyone on NetGalley is gonna want to get on this. I love this book. I laughed and had a great time and was thoroughly grossed out. I don’t know what more you can ask for.

My debit horror comedy, The Scald-Crow, is now available for request on NetGalley! Please request it if you like spooks, jokes, Irish folklore, discount representation, and/or a good time!

I LOVE Spoonie Reads and am so excited they've got an ARC of The Scald-Crow!!!

You love horror comedy, disability representation, and/or supporting debut authors. I love horror comedy, disability representation, and/or being supported as a debut author. I know how to make both of us very, very happy.

My work in progress asks this very question (is my calculator horny?). Spoiler alert: the answer is no!

If you weren’t raised in an evangelical church, you might not know that those “Christians” think the Pope is burning in hell…

Today I am mourning Pope Frankie, subjectively my favorite pope and objectively the dopest pope.

You should scroll through and find Grace's upcoming novel's cover in there. It's mesmerizing.

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

Thrilled to share that the cover of my upcoming horror comedy novel "The Scald-Crow" was featured in Print Magazine's lineup of 20 of the best book covers in March 2025! Luisa Dias did a fabulous job! www.printmag.com/book-covers/...

Was lucky to get to read this early. Funny, inventive, gross, and charming. Hard to put down once you get started. Do yourself a favor and preorder!

I went to www.IWantMyHairShirt.com and all I got was this Hair Shirt. My copy of Hair Shirt by @yoadrianididit.bsky.social and published by @malarkeybooks.bsky.social arrived today. Adrian is a fabulous poet - funny, insightful, and lyrical - and you should get your own Hair Shirt today!

Someone was like "Hey, you should post pre-order links for your book so people can, you know, pre-order it" and I was like "wow, why didn't I think of that?" So anyways, pre-order my debut horror comedy novel here! It's about chronic illness and disability and spooks. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Sometimes when I watch myself make choices, I feel like Jane Goodall except I am both, simultaneously, the scientist and the gorilla.

Making my weekend plans: anybody see Death of a Unicorn? Worth a watch in the theater, or should I go for Novocaine?

I'm so sad that I only have the ability to watch this for the first time once 😆

The Scald-Crow, a horror comedy and my debut novel, has a cover and is available for pre-order! Releasing Oct. 14, 2025, The Scald-Crow explores medical trauma and invisible disability by asking "Can a sick woman ever be trusted?" Cover done by Luisa Dias, and crow illustration by Jaya Nicely.

Post you from a different era

"what I'll remember as I stand there is the hundred clever tricks I taught myself to please him, and for how long I mistakenly believed that it was love he held concealed in his closed hand." Tony Hoagland

Samesies!!! I hope to make it in a future year!

My favorite film genres 5. Monsterfucking, but make it ✨romantic✨ 4. Nazi killin' 3. Hand-drawn or claymation masterpiece that took twelve years to create 2. Horror comedy and it's actually funny 1. Intricate heist but the thieves are legitimately the good guys somehow so you don't feel yucky

If you're feeling sad and down as many of us are, it may help to try thinking of yourself as a very smart parrot who could benefit from the enrichment activity of calling one of your favorite other very smart parrot friends. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Not to brag but I ate three meals today. (My chronic illnesses have been flaring horribly for the past 6 months so that's a real feat)

If you're feeling super overwhelmed and have a pet that's food-motivated, here's a recommendation: Go give your pet a big, extra-special treat right now for no reason, and just really watch them enjoy it. Don't do anything else. Just really, really pay attention to their palpable joy.

I have the bestley Valentine (Westley)

With great gentleness and determination, my dog studiously licks my hand. I whisper to him, "Do you love me, or do I have cheese crumbs on my hands?"

About to get a private viewing of Companion - what, nobody else wants to see it on a Thursday at 4:45 pm???