Just a PSA for all my horror writing pals: Jury submissions for 2025 Stoker consideration are open. If you've published something in 2025 and want to submit it for consideration, you can do that now. horrorwritersassociation.submittable.com/submit

To anyone with a hankerin' for lost causes and mad gods, may I offer you "Blood for Wind"? Check it out at at Swords & Sorcery Magazine: swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/blood-for-wi...

We are open for submissions. Send us a story! www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submiss...

I did a thing, and that thing was a podcast interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2840...

Are people who are afraid of clowns, afraid of mimes, too? Are they less scary because you can trap them in boxes?

Since an empty feed looks lonely, here's my novella. If you enjoy ice, blood, and madness, it might be for you. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

My favorite thing about writing is when someone sends me a message to tell me the book resonated with them in some way or that they enjoyed it. I still feel awkward about how to answer. How do you thank someone for validating your entire existence as a writer?

Interview with the local paper: www.westmilfordmessenger.com/entertainmen...

Repost with how people know if you suddenly became rich. A sudden and abundant influx of rescue dogs. I would adopt as many of them as I could get away with. Also, many more bookshelves.

Justin Long rocking out to 90s music in a big ol' haunted house is a genre of TV I didn't know I needed until Goosebumps.

Saturday I attended the Scary Stories Book Fest in Asbury Park. The highlight for me was meeting readers, but also overcoming my nerves and doing a reading from They Are Cursed Like You. I was shaking all over, @claymcleod.bsky.social is a hard act to follow, but I did the thing!

This was a crazy whirlwind of a weekend! Updates soon, but for now, here is this week's newsletter. You are going to want to read the round up this week as it has a free chapter of THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer! us5.campaign-archive.com?e=518552dad1...

I'll be in Asbury Park, NJ on October 14th! Stop by and say hi if you're local!

Get to know your mutual, list 10 things you're into: -      Books (obviously) -      Museums and historic sites -      Anything witchy -      Notebooks/pens/stationary -      Coffee -      Autumn -      Hiking -      Dark Academia -      Goblincore vibes -      Mulled wine

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Join us for some spooky reading and a Q&A!

Get on this one, people!

Bisexual stories 🌈📚 often disappear in the algorithms that decide our place in search engines and marketplaces. Time again for our weekly thread to share #bi #books and #art below! Readers, share your faves! 📚👀💙📚📢 #author #writingcommunity #queer

Would you like to win a paperback copy of my book? Here's your chance!

So far this year I: - attended StokerCon for the first time - had my debut (co-written) novel published - got paid to sit on a spec fiction panel - was interviewed by my local paper - curated 2 anthologies What about you? What are you proud of accomplishing in 2023?

Me trying to figure out TikTok:

One week until the release of FROST BITE so I did one of those arrow things! Look- so pointy! So curly! Preorder FROST BITE now🥶🖤🥶 linktr.ee/angelasylvaine

Penny is more interested in being cute than actually hiking.

Back of the class, reading horror novels instead of paying attention.

I LOVE book reviewers. Y'all out here doing the Lord's work. This one made me cry happy tears.

Mood.

Just ordered a custom cake for my kid's birthdays, and I felt pressure. There are like 20 different frosting options now?! And filling? How is filling different from frosting? Help?!

"This book is filled to the brim with blood, guts, gore, sadness, hopeless hope, and desperation. It provides the prime emotion for a good horror book." Now Available on Kindle Unlimited! www.amazon.com/dp/B0C97CCZR3

Since tomorrow is the official first day of fall...

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Wanna read THIS WRETCHED VALLEY early?? Quirk is giving away 25 copies on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

My lil' book baby, still out there finding readers, making me proud.

Can you scare your reader in a single sentence? Want to win a free writing class? Gotham Writers is holding a contest. Entry is free: v2.writingclasses.com/contests/fri...

Annual reminder that nobody cares if you think you’re too cool for pumpkin spice

Author milestone! Reader: How are you with personal questions Me: Depends, but generally ok Reader: As I read the book, I got the heavy feeling that you hate men So, I'm using this as a promo opportunity! Read a book full of FEMALE RAGE. That's right; it's a book about women, many of them QUEER.

I'm Holley Cornetto. I write horror! My novella, We Haunt These Woods was published by Bleeding Edge Books in 2022, and my cowritten novel, They Are Cursed Like You was published by Eerie River Publishing in 2023. Favorite Halloween candy? Mary Janes (gross, I know).

Life’s short. You deserve good things. Buy those books you want.

Moon Festival & apple picking = Perfect fall day

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Author writes a human character I get emotionally attached to, then kills them: Aw, that sucks. I liked them. Author writes an animal character I get emotionally attached to, then kills them: Monster! 0 stars! Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow, who you'll probably kill too!

Like spooky stuff? Want to give a great gift to the witchy person in your life while supporting indie authors and small businesses? Want to read a queer witchy book full of female rage? Look no further! Light a candle, burn some sage, and read a book, all in the same box.

Email from a student (the good kind!): I am going to miss being in your class. Your kindness travels across modems and routers. I can feel it in every comment you post.

Forget "Live Laugh Love." Here's the sign I need in my house:

Love Witches? Want a spooky read for September? BookSirens has a Witchy Book Bundle, and THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU is included: booksirens.com/bundle/witch...

THEY ARE CURSED LIKE YOU reviewer: "This book also has some murder-death-kills. The author’s held no punches. It was every woman for themselves! 4.75/5 I would definitely recommend this book if you like horror, witches, or you are in a reading slump."

Caught my dog in the garden eating strawberries right off the vine. All this time I've been blaming it on groundhogs.

If you didn't quite make your writing goals this week If you fell far short of your writing goals If you were too exhausted to even pick up a pen/open a story document You are still a writer & we are rooting for you to hit those goals next week

How old am I? As a kid, I purchased Virginia Slim Ultra Lights from a vending machine for my mom.

My most mom-coded trait is that I hoard plastic bags.

You know you can review a book literally any time, right? It doesn't have to be a new book. Someone sees a book for the first time from your review: BOOM! It's a new book. That's a special kind of temporal magic.