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Ruadan opens 4/01

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Women in Horror: Gwendolyn Kiste The author of The Haunting of Velkwood discusses horror and horror writing

Today for Women in Horror Month, @candacenola.bsky.social and I have an interview with @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, and she talks about her new book with @rdspress.bsky.social, THE HAUNTED HOUSES SHE CALLS HER OWN:

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I’m sorry. This is awful and scary. Are you physically okay?

IT’S WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH!
Be bold
Take up space
Ask for more money
Closed mouths don’t get fed
Follow your intuition
You are enough
Authenticity is enough
Ditch those self limiting beliefs
Do it scared
Don’t give up

A graphic featuring all of S.H. Cooper's books broken down by horror subgenre.

It's Women in Horror Month! I am a woman and I do, in fact, write horror, usually about other women in haunted houses or dying worlds or beset by eldritch deities. If any of that sounds like your thing, perhaps one of my books will interest you! #booksky

Happy release say to Emily and SHIVA! I highly recommend that you grab a copy of this twisty, vicious slice of family trauma.

Happy release day!! 🥳🥳

Hailey Piper holding up the new edition of her book No Gods for Drowning, cover art by Anna Chiara Stagi

My baby is back in print today 🥰

A woman trying to save her city has to slit a few throats to do it in this noir-inspired dark fantasy world, a story I wanted to tell that was the reason I became a writer.

NO GODS FOR DROWNING, out now from Bad Hand Books 🔪🌊

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-gods-fo...

Welcome back, No Gods for Drowning and congrats, Hailey!! 🥳🥳

Thank you!

Cover for The Barre Incidents by me (Lauren Bolger). A statue’s face with a graveyard superimposed behind it. Cover art is by Matt Revert! Synopsis: When Kara's miner father dies of Silicosis, she grapples with the old horror stories in their hometown of Barre, Vermont. Stories she insisted she didn't believe. Like dead miners walking the five miles of road between Hope Cemetery and Rock of Ages quarry to resume their work, making believers of anyone who interrupted their nightly march. A terrifying encounter at the cemetery the night of his burial rips the tarp off old memories she'd suppressed, making it near impossible to believe that her father’s body is at rest. In her quest to help her father, she learns he cheated death as a teenager, and his closest friend wasn’t so lucky. A regular at the local grill remembers a horrible mechanical being watching them from a tree that night. When cryptids, an interdimensional creature, and an old god creep out of the shadows, Kara knows she’s getting closer to the truth, but the path to her endgame grows treacherous. The Barre Incidents is Cosmic Horror with Dark Fantasy and Found Footage elements. It’s an exploration of love born under the shadow of grief in a world where horrible and awesome magic are everywhere for those who dare to wrap their hands around it.

Book with black background and the title KILL RADIO at the top with a glitch effect in the lettering. Underneath is a radio tower riddled with moonflowers. Art is an illustration by Evangeline Gallagher. Premise: When Rachelle unearths her ex’s handmade crystal radio, violence and terror reign in the form of hellhounds, shadow figures, and finally, possessions. Enter smooth, dark-eyed James Carroway. He offers her protection she’s quick to accept despite her apprehensions. When James reveals he’s a warlock in search of the crystal radio that caused these supernatural events, Rachelle explains it belonged to her son’s estranged father, Chad. They realize it played a part in Chad’s possession. Their only option is to find Chad and learn about the origins of the radio before more of her family are killed. Or worse, taken. Rachelle has to risk losing the people she loves (again) to make it stop.

I have copies of The Barre Incidents and Kill Radio. This week I can mail one for $18 or both for $30. I have a real good spinach pie recipe I can include, too. (as featured in The Barre Incidents) and a nice bookmark. Message if interested. I can custom-sign too! Click pics for Alt text + synopsis

Pretty good? It’s brilliant! One of my very favorites. Like I’ll be revisiting it over the years amazing. Unforgettable.

If you're a Woman in Horror, be it artist, illustrator, author, writer, reviewer, director, WHATEVER-

Say hi and link to your work here!

Let's make a thread of Horror from Women that people can peruse & discover some cool, new stuff

I'll start, in the comments/replies :)
♀️🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚🎨 ✍️ 📽️🩸 #wihm

Hi, everyone! I’m Jen and I write short and long horror and weird fiction about women doing strange and terrible things. My novella about a band of queer succubi on the run is being rereleased by Shortwave this month!

www.jawmccarthy.com/books

I'll be running new interviews on my Substack for Women in Horror Month. Meantime, a rerun of 2025 interviews with Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social, Sapphire Lazuli @sapphicsapphire.bsky.social, Donyae Coles @okokno.bsky.social, Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social, and Mae Murray (thread)

I am bad at social media/reposting, but it’s that time of year again!!! Originally, this was exclusively fiction writers, but I’ve expanded it a bit. As always, if you would like be added let me know!

Nightmare Magazine Horror & Dark Fantasy Fiction

Today, my poem in the March issue of @nightmare-magazine.com is out, “Zooming Past Shotgun Houses,” on preview, and I need to acknowledge how meaningful this is because I did not think I would be here to see it, and I have. The entire issue is wonderful: www.nightmare-magazine.com 🖤🖤🖤

Congrats, Eva!!

I’m featuring a woman in horror with a new release each week through March!

@vlatinalondon.bsky.social’s
new book, Maria the Wanted is available now! I also asked Castro to recommend a fellow woman in horror, and she suggests you read the awesome @manylittlewords.bsky.social 🖤

Happy Women in Horror Month!

Here's a roundup of some of the fabulous interviews, spotlight series, and events that are happening throughout March and beyond!

www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/roundup...

I’m so sorry, Wendy.

Paperback of The Joining on a tapestry cushion. Cover shows a large headless groom behind a tiny skeleton bride.

Fist page of my story Severed Blessings.

I really should check my P.O. Box more often because 👀

Delighted to have my story “Severed Blessings” invited to the terrifying wedding that is THE JOINING edited by @jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social ! Inspired by a northern Thai wedding tradition and what happens when you break that sacred vow.

That magenta looks fantastic on you!

They’re fantastic!

Damn character limit. There are so many. Long live short weird fiction!

I’ve read 3+ short stories (pubbed in the last 10 yrs) by:

Gwendolyn Kiste
Nadia Bulkin
Christi Nogle
Michael Wehunt
Joe Koch
Hailey Piper
Angela Sylvaine
Tiffany Michelle Brown
Josh Rountree
D. Matthew Urban
Emma E. Murray
Jacob Steven Mohr
Cynthia Gomez
(The Goth who shall not be named)

The Cellar Below The Cellar | A Fabled Book Launch A FREE book launch event for THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by Ivy Grimes ||| Wed, March 25th||| 5pm PST, 6pm MST, 7pm CST, 8pm EST

Free tickets for the virtual book launch of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR are LIVE 🌟🌌🎉 Join author @ivygrimes.bsky.social, guests @eerieyore.bsky.social, @christinogle.bsky.social, @sashabrown.bsky.social, and host @authorplm.bsky.social March 25 for a Q&A, live reading, and giveaways! See you there 💜

If You Knew Me: A Novel Amazon.com: If You Knew Me: A Novel eBook : Miskowski, S.P.: Kindle Store

“Horror author Miskowski shines in this inventive psychological thriller…This is a winner.” —Publishers Weekly

“If You Knew Me is a standout. It lingers in the mind and rewards those who seek stories that aren’t afraid to take chances.” —John Palisano, Bram Stoker Award winning author