Jo Kaplan

Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this

Normalize slow writers with seasonal depression and full-time jobs. Like, 500 words is a good day for me and I will not be made to feel bad about it 😂

Hate that this has to be a thing, love that I get to be in it though

I feel so incredibly honored that Sadie listed IT WILL JUST BE US as one of her favorite reads this year!

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

This is one of the truest things I’ve seen in the post-election “the problem is the left was mean” discourse.

Show me the phenomenally, worldwide popular lefty lady podcaster saying anything like Andrew Tate teaching middle school boys how to become sex traffickers, fascists, & rapists.

A photo of 6 books. Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver, Hex Life Anthology, The Briar Book of the Dead by A. G. Slatter, The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson, Necrology by Meg Ripley, Weyward by Emilia Hart

“My vibe right now is witches against the patriarchy.”
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“I have a book for that.”

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!!

Oh hey, did you know the paperbacks of WHEN THE NIGHT BELLS RING are out now?

Damn, great lineup! That's on the other side of the country from me though

Attention mutuals, Kanopy has X and Pearl available, among a TON of genre releases! Free app, serviced through your local library, ready to help you scratch your genre itch?

GET ON THIS!!!

For those looking to get the LINGHUN ebook or know someone who might want to grab a copy for a short Halloween read… it’s now on sale for $1.99 in the @darkmattermedia.bsky.social shop! 👀🤍

*the paperback is also back in stock with signed bookplates (while supplies last) 🫣

For the next few days, my debut novel NERVES is free on #Kindle #indieauthor #HorrorCommunity "Something strange has changed in Josiah. He has awoken with the power to give life to the dead and his skin is slowly turning translucent..." a.co/d/9nHjpMk

It's beautifully written and deeply unsettling!

Nearly impossible, but fine, I'll try. 5 favorite modern horror books:

📚 The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones
📚 Mary, Nat Cassidy
📚 The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward
📚 This Thing Between Us, Gus Moreno
📚 House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski

I recently co-hosted a writers retreat called Horror Conclave along with my pal Kate Jonez up in Big Bear, CA. Finally getting around to posting about it, and here's proof:
brentmichaelkelley.com/2023/09/29/h...

OUT TODAY!!

Wilted Pages: An Anthology of Dark Academia edited by Christi Nogle and I, published by Shortwave Publishing, cover artist Yorgos Cotronis is officially out today! 👀🔥🤍

If you order through the Shortwave site, you’ll get a few extra goodies as well 🫣✨

There is a giveaway for PROMISE on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

Thanks, Brandee!

Happy October! I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the paperback of WHEN THE NIGHT BELLS RING drops on October 10!

Thanks for the invite code, Eric!

Yes, yes, I've finally gone to the blue app in the sky