WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by the incredible @raforall.bsky.social offers a sneak peak behind the curtain of modern horror fiction, with essays from Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison, Hailey Piper, and Stephen Graham Jones (to name a few). Pick up a copy on 9/23 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social :)

My very first short story was accepted into the anthology With Teeth, curated by the awesome Cassandra Celia. Proceeds will go to the Lakota Wolf Preserve! My story is heavily based on my mother’s stories about growing up in Texas with a Mongrels by @sgj.bsky.social flair 🐺 Pub: February 10, 2026!

Some notes from my reading of @michaelwehunt.bsky.social’s eerie & thought-provoking THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT. Drops Sept 30 from @stmartinspress.bsky.social.

So I’m a NYTimes bestselling author… 12 is my new favorite number 😭😭😭

Chatting about Josh Malerman’s newest book about creativity, writing, and being an artist. His enthusiasm literally leaps off the page at you! #books #booksky youtu.be/3XAWLju9AWQ

Re-reading this @jonathanjanz.bsky.social gem for @novelnightmares.bsky.social book club with my friends @amberkreu.bsky.social and @mattsbooksanddrams.bsky.social. Want to read with us? I've posted a few ebook codes below. Happy reading!

Last few days to order copies of my early novels, now in deluxe editions from Thunderstorm Books. The books can be ordered through 9/2, after which they will be out of print. thunderstormbooks.com/thunderstorm...

I’m trying a Whiskey Code Red so you don’t have to @rebelsam94.bsky.social

The saga concludes next week! Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard (Sept 2nd) is the final book in the Amid the Vastness of All Else saga from @cshumble.bsky.social All six titles are available in paperback or eBook, and together as one low-price eBook box set. shortwavepublishing.com/boxset/amid-...

Tomorrow we're announcing our single longest title yet at around 120,000 words. *Well, the book is 120,000 words, not the *title*, we're not Fiona Apple. **Fiona Apple is a musician from the 90s who released an album whose title was an entire 90-word poem. ***I'm really dating myself here.

A message from The Management.

welp, new novel's submitted, is away from me now. probably an announcement . . . this fall? earlier than later, I'd guess. wish I could just go ahead and say it. but @sagapressbooks.bsky.social's on a high floor, could easily push a safe out a window, to crush me into the sidewalk.

Make sure you go subscribe to my Substack! Today I posted Episode 2 of Unstable Table Talks with my bestie @mattsbooksanddrams.bsky.social I have a lot in store for this series so don’t miss out!! open.substack.com/pub/unstable...

New Books Today!! Finally, I can let go of Feral & Hysterical and let her run screaming into the void... @isabelcanas.bsky.social Ania Ahlborn, Joe Lansdale @tkingfisher.com @markmatthews.bsky.social (Aug. 15) @cgolden.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social

Go preorder this novella immediately! @tjoneswriter.bsky.social @lethepress.bsky.social

““King Sorrow,” is a novel that worships at the altar of language and stories, and imagination. It appreciates the architecture, the gravity, the power of words, and demonstrates its thesis by being itself a flawless example of all it pays ode to.” @headlinebooks.bsky.social OCTOBER 21ST

The New Hampshire government just made libraries a lot less safe for everyone, but particularly for kids newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-l...

🎶 plays Don’t Fear the Reaper 🎶

Beautiful day to sit out on the patio with a good beer and a good book.

and ANGEL DOWN by @danielkraus.com is a modern classic, one of the most unique novels I’ve read, and you should pick it up on 7/29, you won’t regret it, and thank you to @atriabooks.bsky.social for the ARC,

Get this immediately, people! Both stories are phenomenal. They’ll get your heart pumping but all your blood will be cold.

Happy pub day to two of my favorite reads this year! @joshrountree.bsky.social and @cshumble.bsky.social go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Happy pub day to two of my favorite reads this year! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

Happy release day to @cshumble.bsky.social! TO CARRY A BODY TO ITS RESTING PLACE is now available, alongside the complete saga eBook box set. Readers continue to fall in love with this series, all six books have an average Goodreads rating of 4.7! 👀 shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...

Author interview with @sgj.bsky.social is now LIVE! One of the coolest interviews I’ve had the fortune of conducting, we talk about writing unique final girls, how devotion shows up in Stephen’s works, and so much more. Have a listen at the links below! Immensely grateful 🥹

Happy pub day to this awesome lineup!! So many I made a new display at @lahaskabookshop.bsky.social . Come out and pick up these new ones from @sgj.bsky.social Mallory Arnold @cshumble.bsky.social @joshrountree.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social and Leigh Radford!

Not a single House Republican voted in favor of releasing the Epstein files. Not one.

My well-pump stopped working this morning. So, friends... You need books? Vampires, limbo woods, monsters, zombie animals, grief, haunted objects... I've got 'em all. Order in my shop this weekend and I'll throw in a thank you note with a personalized drawing. www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop

Wanna get haunted? GHOST EATERS, adapted and directed by Maggie Levin, produced by Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng at Crooked Highway, for Sony/Screen Gems. Based on the bestselling novel by… Check out the full story at The Hollywood Reporter here: bit.ly/4lnBeHw

Last, Now, Next 📖 @sgj.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @cshumble.bsky.social

ah, nice and violent, just like everything over at Shotgun Honey should be. nice, @authordileo.bsky.social

We're celebrating @sgj.bsky.social's KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES double novel (drops 7/15 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social) with a double-sided tee designed by @hagcult.bsky.social! Starts shipping 7/10 from threadsofdread.com (fka jadeshirt.com), perfect for SGJ's book tour!

The latest chapbook from @rapturepublishing.bsky.social is up for preorder and it’s another great one. A sharp short story about abuse. I need to read more @chadlutzke.bsky.social immediately. Thanks to Mitch for the ARC!

To Be A Ghost by Chad Lutzke is going up for preorder at 2:00CST! Less than 2 hours away! www.rapturepublishing.com/s/shop @chadlutzke.bsky.social @scribeofhades.bsky.social

If you're wanting one last horror story from me, this is it. Signed and limited to 150 copies with great illustrations by artist Chris Panatier.

The number of unironic red-white-and-blue bookstacks I’ve seen on Bookstagram today 😳 Are you all really that tone deaf?

I will never stop pushing back against these fascist MAGA motherfuckers. Happy #IndependenceDay.

Look what's on sale for a whole month!

Seth's poetic prose is something we need to study. what the heck does he put in these books that has a chokehold on me? I yelled. I shook my fist at the heavens. The seamless storytelling of a western horror laced with emotional depth is insane!! @cshumble.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

Spending this Friday night sipping on some Buffalo Trace and reading A Red Winter in the West, Book 2 of @cshumble.bsky.social’s Amid the Vastness of All Else Saga. What is everyone else reading/sipping tonight?

Happy MFking Friday ™️ yall! My final installment of #indieauthorsummer is live over on @thefandomentals.bsky.social so go check it out! I got to talk with author @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social and you don’t want to miss this one! www.thefandomentals.com/indie-author...

#IndieAuthorSummer comes to a close (for now) with a chat between @unstablebooks.bsky.social and @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social about talking foxes, managing time crunch, and operatic inspiration. www.thefandomentals.com/indie-author...

Publication day for That Light Sublime via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social I wrote something about it. I hope you'll give it a look. open.substack.com/pub/cshumble...

INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE, Josh Malerman: This is the rare novel that's authentically scary. I mean, this is THE EXORCIST level of scary. The audiobook version is good, too.

UM I WON A STOKER AWARD

My second rebind ever, and yes it’s @sgj.bsky.social again 😂 The dust cover has Stephen’s own handwriting in one spot, and the hard case is a painting of West Texas by Audley Dean Nicols — detail photos in thread and on insta! www.instagram.com/p/DKz9IRTxBz...

Alright, month four of @sgj.bsky.social book-themed nails — who guessed this month’s correctly? 😂🦈🩸

In case you were still on the fence about whether ICE is the bad guys:

Prepare your TBRs as @unstablebooks.bsky.social kicks off #IndieAuthorSummer by interviewing Cassandra Celia about community, competition, and scary rabbits. www.thefandomentals.com/indie-author...

Halfway 2025 Best Books So Far! Here's my Top 30 with the Top 12 Marked and 3 Backlist titles. List in the alt text: @sgj.bsky.social @cshumble.bsky.social @daviddemchuk.com @stejhoward.bsky.social @almakatsu.bsky.social @caitlinstarling.com @ericlarocca.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social

My Friday night 📖 🥃 What are you reading/drinking tonight?