Beatrice Winifred Iker

Special thanks to my agent, Chelsea Hensley @chelseabigbang.bsky.social, who insisted I keep revising this story until it was right, and thank goodness for that!

Cover for Charley's Honky-Tonk Mission written by Beatrice Winifred Iker and illustrated by Miguelina Milien, in which Charley Pride is smiling while playing the guitar.

Charley's Honky-Tonk Mission: The Story of America's First Black Country Music Superstar is my debut picture book (in verse!). Available June 9, 2026!

Gorgeously illustrated by Miguelina Milien -- look at this cover!!
Published by PRH/Kokila

Pre-order now 🎸🎶

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I Know How to Walk With Cats (I Promise) Tarot of the Month, Hoodoo Nonfiction, and Decaying Leaves

"I Know How to Walk with Cats (I Promise)"

Read here: beatrice-winifred-ikers-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/i-know-how...

This month's newsletter has my first tarot card of the month, I discuss my nonfiction essay, "Horror Needs Hoodoo", and this month's fragrance combo is Moroccan tea and guava.

FIYAH magazine cover art

Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
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I love working with Wendy and the @nightmare-magazine.com team, and I'm thrilled for them to publish my first non-fiction essay--and it's about Hoodoo!

Know that I don’t control the NetGalley approval process, but I’m very excited to finally share Zora's story and the bloody history of Bricksbury Mountain College (which began in 1827 👀).

I'll Make A Spectacle of You This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to fin...

Here's your reminder that my Southern Gothic horror novel set at an HBCU, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, is now available to pre-order and to request for free on NetGalley!

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Baroque Music and Milk Perfumes Summer Will Continue to Summer, And So Will I

This month's newsletter highlights my ongoing struggle to be patient with myself, how TikTok convinced me to listen to Baroque music, and how I'm finally plotting a romance novel 🥀

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I'll Make A Spectacle of You This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to fin...

Links you'll find in my bio:
1. Pre-order SPECTACLE, which comes out November 18, 2025, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social
2. My monthly newsletter "Bea's Books"
3. The Spotify playlist for I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is now live!

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Just a reminder that I don’t control the approval process, but I’m very excited to finally share Zora's story and the bloody history of Bricksbury Mountain College, which began in 1827 👀

Screenshot of the NetGalley page for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker.

Y'all ready?!

ARCs for my Southern Gothic horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, set at an Appalachian HBCU, are now available to request for free on NetGalley!

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Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won't Want to Miss - PSYCHOPOMP.COM The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups. In fact, several of the books on this list contain one or more of those...

"The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups."

TODAY!!

Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won’t Want to Miss by @courtney-floyd.com

FEATURING (cont')

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This is a screenshot of the Goodreads giveaway page for the novel I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU by Beatrice Winifred Iker detailing the release date, format, giveaway timeline, and country availability, which is the United States.

🩸Announcing my Goodreads giveaway!🩸

Enter for a chance to be 1 of 100 to read my Southern Gothic horror novel "I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU" before it publishes on November 18, 2025!

This ebook giveaway runs from June 16 to July 14, 2025.

Enter the giveaway now: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

I’ll Make a Spectacle of You This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the...

"But when a student goes missing, Zora starts to wonder if the Keepers ever really disbanded.
There’s something in the woods and it has its eyes on Zora."

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"Zora soon finds herself plagued by visions of the past, and her grip on reality starts to slip as she struggles to uncover what is real and what is folklore."

"As she delves into the history of the beast, she uncovers a rumored secret society called the Keepers that has tenuous ties to the beast…and Bricksbury itself."

I’ll Make a Spectacle of You This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the...

"I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU follows Zora Robinson, an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University."

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I’ll Make a Spectacle of You This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the...

Pre-order now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

This is a screenshot of the Goodreads giveaway page for the novel I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU by Beatrice Winifred Iker detailing the release date, format, giveaway timeline, and country availability, which is the United States.

🩸Announcing my Goodreads giveaway!🩸

Enter for a chance to be 1 of 100 to read my Southern Gothic horror novel "I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU" before it publishes on November 18, 2025!

This ebook giveaway runs from June 16 to July 14, 2025.

Enter the giveaway now: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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You are the moment.

Thanks friend!

I’ll Make A Spectacle of You This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the...

Happy to see everyone loving Sinners!

My book, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, is out November 18, 2025!

It is
- Southern Gothic horror
- with a Hoodoo-based magic system
- set at an Appalachian HBCU
- full of religious horror
- and features an all-Black + queer cast of characters

Preorder now!

I've been weaving poetry.

THE ADVENTURES OF LION MAN brings one of America's first Black superheroes back to life! You can back the project here:

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FIYAH Literary Magazine Issue No. 34, featuring a haunting, spectral image for the cover art.

Good morning! FIYAH Issue No. 34 is NOW LIVE! You don't want to miss this phenomenal collection of stories and poems. Download yours now 🔥🔥🔥

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Good luck!

A sepia-toned profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, a gently smile on her face, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder.

An orange and sepia background with greige flowers. In the middle is the cover of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE: A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, a gentle smile on her face, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, andher coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder.

The cover for my Southern Gothic novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is here! Predatory morticians, Gullah funeral traditions & a city where your family is defined by how they care for their dead.

Art: Greg Ruth, design: Christine Foltzer
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The book I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker is displayed against a red, forested background. The book cover shows a skull made of roots leading up to a church in the woods against a bright red sky.

Cover reveal! Pre-order now!!

"This heart-pounding Southern Gothic horror takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCUs in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets."

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