Made a little Weird Books for Weird Readers video :) With: @nadiabulkin.bsky.social @sofiaajram.bsky.social Ling Ma @tiffmorris.bsky.social / @ericraglin1992.bsky.social @johnlangan.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social

Found this spectacular interactive exhibit called Thresholds by Michel de Broin at the Arsenal Contemporary Museum this weekend. Utterly giddy to walk through it again and again in what felt like a theatre set of Coup de Grâce.

Hundreds of local elections with upcoming deadlines still boltsmag.org/criminal-jus...

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

Oh! Ohhhh! New B.R. Yeager! Time trippin’! Ohhh!!! Get my fainting chair!

COUP DE GRÂCE is an escherian fever dream, a labyrinth of self-loathing, a maze of made of concrete and memories. At times I felt like I might have a panic attack (complimentary). You should check it out. (via @titanbooks.bsky.social) www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...

COUP DE GRÂCE is, to its benefit, a short book, but for a book about being trapped in an inescapable space that all looks the same, it keeps you guessing as to what’s possible and what’s next. A specific structural change near the end had me yelling “fuck you” at the book (complimentary).

Ajram might as well have written COUP DE GRÂCE specifically for me. A main character with suicidal ideation, wandering through a recursive, liminal space made of brutalist architecture, finding cracks in the foundation that lead to—something unimaginable. It’s EXTREMELY my shit.

COUP DE GRÂCE, by @sofiaajram.bsky.social Vicken’s going to kill himself. He has a plan and everything. But when he gets off the subway to finally commit the act, he finds himself in an endlessly looping train station, concrete hallways that go nowhere yet keep unfolding, with no exit to be seen—

The new @shortwavebooks.bsky.social edition of SLEEP ALONE is releasing almost exactly three years after the original (within one day!) and that’s pretty damn magical and you should totally preorder a copy for some of that magic 🌟

Just finished reading Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social (never skip a @scumbelievable.bsky.social recommendation guys!) and let’s just say it was the perfect read before starting my new job at STM… I am truly in awe and will think about it for a long time!

Sent my recommendations in! HWA members, please take a moment to recommend work you enjoyed in 2025! Let your favourites be heard. If you want to add works to the Stoker recommended reading list, here’s how: horror.org/how-to-recom...

I am quiet on socials still as I catch up on work - but given the deadline this is important. If you read something and enjoyed it, please recommend it - As a member of the Horror Writers Association, you can recommend works, and those recommendations do not close until 1/15.

Some women fujo out with M/M media because they haven’t yet discovered they’re trans men or genderfluid. Something to chew on!

I realized I rarely get to hear Acknowledgements in audiobooks. Is there a reason why they’re omitted? I feel like sometimes they add much needed context or act like a nice airlock between the story and return to reality, but I can’t recall the last time I heard one included.

The audiobook of Coup de Grâce is out today! I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.

always thinking about…her (tower of terror ride architecture in japan)

Honoured and overjoyed to learn that Bury Your Gays won a British Fantasy Award!! 🙇‍♂️ I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with @ghoulish.bsky.social and our incredible contributors. Thank you to everyone involved in the British Fantasy Awards!! Kicking my heels in glee.

Back at urgent care (second time this week!) cause of post-op bleeding from hysterectomy. Got to go in a CT scan for the first time. Big xray donut—neat!

The outpouring of support from readers & colleagues is overwhelming. I can't imagine them coming together like this for a "problematic" trans woman even five years ago. If you want to help me make up the lost income from comics work, you can subscribe to my Patreon. www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...

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...

Gretchen Felker-Martin on Charlie Kirk and violence in a public post on her Patreon an hour ago, link in replies:

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Finally home from hysto surgery after 13 hours at the hospital 🥲 I feel like dogshit but the surgery went well and I’m excited to be pain-free sooooon!

At the hospital for my hysterectomy! Pray good things! 🥺💕

New author pic! 😘 my last one was 3 years old so it felt like time for a refresh.

Anyway, buy trans books.

USA TODAY BEST-SELLER BLACK FLAME, debuting higher on the list than CUCKOO ever made it God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.

Grinning quite proudly (and joyfully!) at this CBC Books recent mention! A feature that thrilled my parents but not as much as meeee!

self-portraits on 35mm. It’s been fun getting back into old hobbies.

Can anyone share scenes from books or short stories that depict overstimulation / autistic meltdown well?

In London for a couple days. Got to see HADESTOWN with Len this evening and it was fun! I love an Underground Railroad setting.

🌈📚 📖 Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social REACTOR BEST BOOKS OF 2024 | BARNES & NOBLE BEST HORROR 2024 Bookshop Affiliate Link bookshop.org/a/100590/978... ebook bookshop.org/a/100590/978... #queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #horror 🇨🇦

Currently feeling a heavy dose of Strong Existential Dread while reading Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social 🥰

I first read The Haunting of Hill House when I was 27, a richly complex blessing of a book that moved me on a soul level so sincerely that I made a necklace (Her Cup of Stars) inspired by it. It’s a beautiful feeling to have things come full circle—I am now a Shirley Jackson Award nominee.

Shirley Jackson Awards streaming tonight!

The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. "What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people."

HOW I WISH I COULD SEE THISSS

Very sad I couldn’t be at Readercon this weekend *but* am consoled by the fact that Len and I got to visit the most delightful museum of Gilded Age fairgrounds in Paris & we got to ride the last Velocipede carousel in the world (human powered bike carousel) from 1897!!!

Lisa made a handy list of Readercon program participants! @readercon.org

A STARRED REVEIW?!! FROM PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY?? FOR MY QUEER ECO/BODY HORROR SCI-FI THRILLER ABOUT CONSPIRACIES AND THE OCEAN AND CARNIVEROUS CORAL AND A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR DURING THE APOCALYPSE????? Write your weird book, y’all. 🤠 ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

I finally finished Coup de Grace by @sofiaajram.bsky.social, it only took so long because I would find myself holding my breath to get through a paragraph and I'd have to recover. It was like running an emotional marathon, with the accompanying runner's high. If you can safely read it, you should

I kinda felt sheepish when speaking up on the lack of trans/queer panels at StokerCon this year (and for my spur of the moment lil “it’s not DEI, it’s just good” remark in my Stoker acceptance speech) but not so much right now.

When my name was called for a Stoker Award I felt like my heart was going to burst. I wanted so badly to share the moment with Len but for anxieties on crossing the border as a trans couple, I travelled alone. The next best thing to being at the ceremony together was coming home to this surprise 🥹

Assortment of books I loved over the last few years which also have stunning covers, but I only own the ebook and can’t take a shelfie for social media. Found this in my canva drafts from a year ago (!) and decided to update and post! Do you spy any faves? 📚 🖤

Catching the flu in 100+ degree summer weather feels like I’ve unlocked true hell

And yet another Stoker winner, @sofiaajram.bsky.social, was here a few months back to talk about 1999's HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL. redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...

Got some book mail today! @sofiaajram.bsky.social’s reading at StokerCon was one of the best and this book sounds amazing.