Graphic promo image for newsletter taking part of novella, Rat-She's cover so that a woman peers out beneath the header 'New Books Coming 2026!'
Latest newsletter up at
stephanieellis.substack.com/p/new-books-...
I might have mentioned Rat-She a bit, but have you heard about A Fragile Thing?
#bsky #horrorwriting #horror
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Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of her authors! SILK &
SINEW appears on the Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot.
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To borrow your words. Fellow writers: if you ever get a chance to work with Kristy, do it π
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Having a publisher believe in your work is priceless. Thank you, Bad Hand.
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Trio of book covers:
Rat-She - a woman peers out over a swarm of rats.
The Barricade - a woman looking at a barricade built of scrap
Paused - a dark and still urban landscape
Disaster movies in a book. If post-apocalyptic, dystopian or scifi are your thing, here you go ...
Rat-She mybook.to/Rat-She. Out Feb 21st.
The Barricade - Lycan Valley Press payhip.com/b/bPFHc
Paused - brigidsgatepress.com/product/paused
#booksky #post-apocalyptic #horror #scifi
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The folk horror anthology SILK & SINEW really seems to be on a lot of radars πΉ once again, honored to be part of this antho
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Delighted to join the folks celebrating their inclusion in Ellen Datlow's (@datlow.bsky.social) recommendation list for the Best Horror of the Year, #17! Thank you to @nsborwein.bsky.social and Jamal Hodge for giving my poems such wonderful homes.
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Awesome!
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List of names from Ellen Datlow's longlist. https://ellendatlow.com/category/news/
Cover of Death's Other Kingdom. Soldier's with a machine gun firing into a red sky
Oh my! A mention on Ellen Datlow's long list for my historical horror short, Into Oblivion, which lurks inside @coyhall.bsky.social's Death's Other Kingdom! 2026 made already.
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Promo graphic from Horror Tree for Harrowfield review. Shows partial cover (tree and standing stone). Words 'Harrowfield's tense atmosphere climbs with each chapter between quick breaths of laughter and relief before throwing you into the deep end of a harrowing chokehold!'
Screen capture of Mother Horror's recommended folk horror books:
π―οΈPhantasmagoria
π―οΈHarrowfield (currently reading)
π―οΈThe Plague Stones β¨
π―οΈThe Haunting of Wounded Birds (currently reading)
π―οΈBarrowbeck
π―οΈTAAQTUMI 2
π―οΈThe Gathering Dark β¨
π―οΈFolk Songs for Trauma Surgeons
π―οΈThe Bone Mother β¨
π―οΈWhere They Burn Books They Also Burn People
π―οΈMOAN (just bought!)
π―οΈPay the Piper
Front cover of Harrowfield
Solitary tree sheltering two small standing stones. All in shades of green.
Has been lovely to see a few sales of Harrowfield in the past month or so. Thank you to those who have picked it up β€οΈ
mybook.to/Harrowfield
Thanks to The Horror Tree horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... for the review & I also spotted it on Mother Horror's list which was a surprise!
#booksky #folkhorror
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fantastic news - congrats!!
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Excited. Honored. And absolutely delighted to be part of @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social 's Boozhoo Books at Bindery. So very proud to announce CRACKS IN AN OCEAN OF GLASS has found a wonderful home!!!
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My 2025 Awards Eligibility Post listing 11 stories and their publishers
I have no idea if these award eligibility posts actually DO anything other than lay bare the good and silly work I've been lucky to achieve in 2025. 11 short stories published (on top of finishing my first novel)! I'm very grateful to all the editors and publications who've given my words a go!
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Awesome!
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Silk & Sinew on The Lineup's best horror list for 2025! I am blown away and so dang proud of all the authors and their stories. πͺπͺπͺβ€οΈ
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
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The Best Horror Books of 2025
A list of some of the best, most enthralling horror books of the year.
SILK & SINEW edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social makes THE LINEUPβS list of best horror books of 2025! the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
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Front cover of Twiggy Voo? novel.
An avenue of trees in a snowy wood lead the eye to a mansion in the distance.
In the foreground of this night time scene, a shadowy figure stands watching.
Twiggy Voo?
A country Christmas party in 1913 Napoleonic Britain.
Winston Churchill, purveyor of fine meats, is charged with discovering who killed Franz Ferdinand - and others. But the bodies disappear...
A Christmas cosy crime.
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#booksky #murdermystery #althistory #fiction
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Previous graphic incorrectly states Sunday when this is occurring on **SATURDAY**. Apologies!
Don't forget to register!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #authortalk #silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
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The End Times by Benjamin Percy appears on Stephen King's Wikipedia page.
Oh, you know...it's just little old Bad Hand Books popping up on Stephen King's Wikipedia page.
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Excited to share PseudoPod's wonderful performance (read by Rebecca Wei Hsieh) of "The Squatters" by Shawna Yang Ryan from Silk & Sinew. This is a story that will stick with you for a long long time.
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
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Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
We're having another nice round of sales of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW. Named one of the best horror books of 2025 by the NY Public Library, the anthology features @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social & more!
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
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Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asiaβ¦
Named by the New York Public Library as one of the bestβ¦
From a recent Goodreads review of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW:
"Silk & Sinew is excellent. Itβs the sort of anthology that convinces you themed collections can still surprise you if the theme is a living organism."
Join the conversation.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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#Bookmail! REALLY looking forward to this read by the brilliant @yiizzy.bsky.social and John Yu Branscum!!! Iβve been super excited for this since it was announced. #starsthatpause #yiizzyyu #johnyubranscum #asianufoencounters
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This anthology came out under the radar this year but am remedying that. I came into the project to help get it out and this most certainly wouldn't have been achieved without the work of Noel Osualdini & Dan Franklin. A proper team effort. www.amazon.com/Monster-Bone...
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This review just blew me away:
"Silk & Sinew: Diaspora Dread Served Hot with a Splash of Ancestral Vinegar" π₯π₯π₯
theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/10/s...
Much appreciation to Mr. November!
#silkandsinewantho #silkandsinew #badhandbooks #folkhorror #asiandiasporastories
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The NY Public Library's graphic for best new horror books for adults.
HOLY MOLY! Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horro from the Asian Diaspora, edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social, has been named one of the best new horror books for adults by the NY Public Library! Congrats to Kristy and all of our authors.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
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New York Public Library list of recommended horror books including SILK & SINEW!
As Tracy Jordan says: WHAT THE WHAT?!
Elated to announce SILK & SINEW made the New York Public Library's list of Best New Horror for Adults! Being featured among such company is an honor. Thanks to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social for getting us here and @badhandbooks.bsky.social for seeing us through.
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