Carson Faust

Grateful to be among all of this good company! Thanks for sharing!

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New Ross fiction arriving right in time for summer? We won.

Seated and will remain so until this becomes a reality.

Thank you for spending time with these stories! I really appreciate it. 🖤 And so glad you like the cover—I’m honored to have Christi’s work featured!

Hell yeah! Congratulations!

The first assessment of THE SLIP has arrived, and it’s a starred review from Kirkus. I won’t play it cool—this was definitely on the writer bucket list! Grateful for their kind words. THE SLIP comes out 6/3 from @simonbooks.bsky.social!

You are my poet laureate I am so serious.

Thank you! Never had so much fun coming up with questions, tbh

Grateful to have been part of the Minneapolis stop on SGJ’s tour for THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER. Spectacular book, spectacular dude—

“America’s most powerful weapon is forgetting.” - @sgj.bsky.social

There’s a stamp for the Buffalo Hunter Hunter’s Society and it’s lit! 🔥

Hanging with @sgj.bsky.social for the first time in seven years and we get to talk about vampires so you should come—

And yes it was Even More Depressing than I remembered!

Very strange coincidence: I also rewatched Beach Rats last night. 🔮

You can preorder IF THE DEAD BELONG HERE with this link: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../if-the-d...

When my grandfather was told that his son was killed, he said: “I know. The whippoorwills were out singing.”

Whippoorwills’ songs are omens of loss. Their songs are also a way of remembering.

My hope is that this novel is also a song of remembering.

IF THE DEAD BELONG HERE carries the loved ones I know, but it also carries a loved one I never met: my uncle Shane Lee Faust was taken by a terrible accident when he was fifteen. My grandma was told the night of his death & my aunts were tasked with telling my grandfather the following morning.

Book cover for IF THE DEAD BELONG HERE by Carson Faust, forthcoming October 7th, 2025 from Viking Books.

Excited and honored to share the cover art for my forthcoming novel: IF THE DEAD BELONG HERE, available 10/7/2025 from @vikingbooks.bsky.social.

It features @christibelcourt.com's stunning piece entitled, “Bird Song,” which feels wholly tied to the heart of this book.

Based on what you’re looking for, I do not think you’ll be disappointed!

One of my fellow readers at @anmlymag.bsky.social has lost their housing—please support if you can:

Thank you for the kind words and spending time with the book! One of my absolute favorites was @katehart.net’s contribution. ⚡️

It was a relief, honestly, when I let the dumpster fire burn without me in it.

I am the exact target audience for this post. Mvto! 🙏🏽

LOCA, a novel by Alejandro Heredia

Today is publication day for Alejandro Heredia’s debut novel, LOCA. He is one of the most warm-hearted writers I’ve known & you’ll find a lot of that heart in these pages. Do yourself a favor and pick it up today—and tell your libraries to get it on their shelves. We need stories like his:

"Loca" is A Year in the Lives of Dominican Immigrants in 1999 New York - Electric Literature Alejandro Heredia’s debut novel uncovers the ties between who we are, who we love, and what we leave behind

Alejandro Heredia on challenging the idea that all immigrants have a great relationship to their home country through the differing viewpoints of the characters in “Loca”

You have a Taurus moon, if memory serves, so we all know the taste level is immaculate. 🌙

And I’ve always said that!

Indigenous Publishers and Bookstores (on Turtle Island)! #booksky

Was quite literally my first thought.

Lasser Glass vibes?! Oh, I’m so ready. 🪞