April shopping list is live! with new books from @claymcleod.bsky.social @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app @alexgrecian.bsky.social @dawnkurtagich.bsky.social @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @carterkeane.bsky.social @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social @cj-dotson.bsky.social & more: readjumpscares.com/2026/04/02/a...

JUST TWO WEEKS until The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social is released. We're shipping signed copies now! There are only a handful left. www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

My story "The Interior" appears in this! I have had stories in two previous @3lobedmag.com anthologies, and they are very nicely done. Make sure to get your copy!

In honor of women in horror month, I’m featuring two more awesome women! Check out @jawmccarthy.bsky.social Her book, Sleep Alone, is available now! McCarthy recommends you read @emilyrverona.bsky.social 🖤 And remember to read women in horror all year long!

Reposting on the final day of Women in Horror month. Of course, read and share women’s work all year long!

April's #FolkHorrorFriday theme is "Good for Her." The line-up: 4/3 Daughters of Darkness (1971) 4/10 The Severed Sun (2024) 4/17 Ring (1998) 4/24 Season of the Witch (1973)

My spirits have a surprise for you... If you pre-order my collection from @riverstonebooks.bsky.social, you'll also get an exclusive sticker! Buy a haunted house, get a free sticker! Only 20 days left until my ghosts invite you to visit! shop.riverstonebookstore.com/event/2026-0...

Me and my Gatsby ghosts! If you love weird retellings, sapphic longing, and ghosts that devour the rich, then this might just be the book for you! Out on 9/15 from Creature Publishing! ❤️👻 creaturehorror.com/books/in-the...

I'm going on a book tour for The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own! Events in Pittsburgh, Doylestown, Atlanta, NYC, & San Diego! Plus a couple virtual events too! Please come and hang out with me as we celebrate queer feminist horror! 🖤🦇☠️ www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/book-to...

It’s COLD SNAP release day!!! Thank you so much to everyone in the horror community who has supported me, and thank you to my publisher, Dark Matter. I am so proud of this book and can't wait for you all to read it 🦫🍹🥶 If you haven’t ordered yet, what are you waiting for?!? a.co/d/03WVRbnP

TOMORROW. Everywhere books are sold 🎸 @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

Cold Snap releases tomorrow!! 🦫🍹🥶 So, let’s do one more blurb. This one is from @brianmcwriter.bsky.social one of my absolute favorite horror writers and someone who has mastered the art of blending horror a humor. Thank you so much Brian, you’re totally rad!

So thrilled to be going out on the road for The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own! For everyone in the Doylestown/Philadelphia area, join us on Wednesday 4/22 at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social for an evening of spooky fun! I'll be in conversation with the amazing @acwise.bsky.social!

My 17th and 18th books will release this year 🖤 One novel to make you shudder and one novel to make you cry, and both up for pre-order now—that's how we roll around here, bay-bee 😘 It's going to be a wild year of horror fiction.

Next issue of my newsletter is about to go out! I talk about new stories (now available to read for free), yell about SLEEP ALONE again, and recommend a bunch of recent favorites. Subscribe to my infrequent updates, please? jaw-unhinged-jaw-mccarthy.beehiiv.com

Check out the fundraiser linked below! I've donated a book bundle and poetry critique. Funds raised will go toward expanding the Pixel Project's work to end violence against women. I'll be in conversation tonight with Marie Brennan & Rhys Bowen! Join us at 8:30pm EST www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9FU...

Join us on Saturday (March 7th) at 8:30pm EST! I'm honored to be a part of this important project and panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9FU...

My baby is back in print today 🥰 A woman trying to save her city has to slit a few throats to do it in this noir-inspired dark fantasy world, a story I wanted to tell that was the reason I became a writer. NO GODS FOR DROWNING, out now from Bad Hand Books 🔪🌊 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-gods-fo...

I am bad at social media/reposting, but it’s that time of year again!!! Originally, this was exclusively fiction writers, but I’ve expanded it a bit. As always, if you would like be added let me know!

Happy Women in Horror Month! Here's a roundup of some of the fabulous interviews, spotlight series, and events that are happening throughout March and beyond! www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/roundup...

I am bad at social media/reposting, but it’s that time of year again!!! Originally, this was exclusively fiction writers, but I’ve expanded it a bit. As always, if you would like be added let me know!

It’s finally announced. So grateful for @evalongoria.bsky.social and everyone who believed in me and my stories. deadline.com/2026/02/the-...

I am honored and honestly a bit stunned that CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS is officially a Bram Stoker Award finalist! What do you mean my little book is nominated alongside the powerhouses of Hailey Piper, Gemma Files, John Langan, and Clay McLeod Chapman?? Wild. Huge congrats to all of the nominees!

I can hear a room full of privileged white men laughing uproariously.

My new collection got a starred review in Library Journal! *screams merrily from the rooftops* So thrilled that this weird, queer, feminist horror collection is making its way into the world! THE HAUNTED HOUSES SHE CALLS HER OWN is out on 4/14 from Raw Dog Screaming Press!

Did you know that What Sleeps Beneath accepts submissions for original writing? 👀 Submit your scholarly article, film analysis, book review, editorial, or thoughtful piece that explores the horrific in all its forms: whatsleepsbeneath.com/submit #cfp #horrorsky #filmsky #booksky

Writing is thinking. It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.

I always used Valentine's Day on that other site to promote Love for Slaughter, so I might as well do it again here 😆 If some #horrormance poetry is your thing 🖤🩸 www.amazon.com/Love-Slaught...

Via @sadiehartmann.bsky.social aka Mother Horror, here is an expertly gathered list of Black horror that will be released/have been released this very year. Some great authors on here: www.instagram.com/p/DUdpkTaAZd...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK RECS @sonorataylor.bsky.social & I have a stack of books to fill your YEAR. Nearly 50 mentions but this is only a sliver of Black excellence in lit Most are dark/speculative but a few wildcards are included. ENJOY! Decolonize your shelf frightgirlsummer.com/2026/02/04/b...

Cover reveal for my forthcoming novella, IN THESE GILDED, GHOSTLY HEARTS! Fabulous artwork by Luísa Dias! This is my queer retelling of The Great Gatsby, and I couldn't be happier that it will soon be unleashed on the world! Coming September 15th, 2026 from Creature Publishing! 🖤

I was absolutely delighted to be profiled for a recent interview at @ruemorguemag.bsky.social! I've of course been reading Rue Morgue for years, so this was a huge honor. Big thanks to Adriana Gasiewski for spotlighting me! rue-morgue.com/exclusive-in...

Join Max Gold, Billy Martin (ahh!), and me next week at the kickoff event for the Queer Horror Conference, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Library System! I'm delighted to take part in this conversation. Registration is required but free! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/57558e...

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

We're just a few weeks away from the start of Women in Horror Month! If you'd like to get involved, either as an author or an ally, please let me know! Comment below, DM me, or send me an email through my site. Don't self-reject! We need all the voices! 🖤🖤🖤

I'm really honored to see CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS on the preliminary list for the Bram Stoker Awards. It's exciting to make it this far, and I wish everyone so much luck as the ballot heads onward to the finals. Also, being on this longlist with these INCREDIBLE authors is surreal!

The Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot for this year just went out, and congratulations to everyone whose work appears on it, be it under their name or their editor!! Also TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS and A GAME IN YELLOW whaaat 🤩😭

I don’t talk about what’s happening in the world here because I try to focus on bookish things, but I’m angry, scared, and basically want to puke and cry all the time. I want to be clear - If you support this administration and/or ICE, unfollow me. Don’t read my books. Abolish and prosecute ICE

We've been getting some fantastic blurbs in for THE HAUNTED HOUSES SHE CALLS HER OWN by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social like this one from @wnwagner.bsky.social.

There's nothing "moderate" about voting to give billions more to Trump's lawless and murderous secret police force. This is a morally repugnant and politically reckless vote by members who embarrass and weaken the Democratic Party.

Absolutely thrilled that my story “Demon in Repose” gets to share a TOC with these fabulous writers! Ever wonder how the projectionist of your nightmares really feels? What if Fuseli had it all wrong? Also look at this stunning cover!

My poem Catacomb of Silt is up today on Ritual Dagger 🗡️ 🦀 ritualdagger.neocities.org/zineposts/re...

Looking for some rage-filled horror that's also queer & feminist? My collection is now up on NetGalley! This is my first new book in two years, so I'm super excited for it to make its way into the world! Ghosts, vampires, sentient board games, oh my! 👻🧛‍♂️🏚️🖤 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

It spent the last few months clawing across paperback and ebook, even getting nominated for a Splatterpunk Award, but I've been asked where's the audiobook, and now I can finally share: TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS in audio, February 3rd! 😈 libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

REVIEWERS: The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social is now available on Netgalley! If you prefer hardcopy you can request one from us through email to books AT rawdogscreaming.com www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

What if I told you that you have a large language model sitting right in your head that’s completely free to use, runs on renewable energy, has virtually infinite capacity, and actually improves the more you use it

The new SLEEP ALONE cover was inspired by one of my favorite movies, Green Room. I love what Alan did here. The show poster style with all those creases and tears, the club stamps on the back…so many great details. I’m very aware how lucky I am to get two covers I absolutely love 🤩