Beatrice Winifred Iker

Against a red and white background, "Ask Beatrice Winifred Iker anything! On r/fantasy on November 20th."

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The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker features green, gnarled roots that form a skull underground, reaching up into a church in the woods under a red sky.

The novel follows Zora, an ambitious grad student and Hoodoo practitioner who is given a strange diary that recounts the folklore of a rumored beast lurking in the woods around campus and leads her to question what is truth and what is folklore.

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Against a red and white background, "Ask Beatrice Winifred Iker anything! On r/fantasy on Thursday, November 20th."

Today’s the day!

My very first Reddit AMA has begun on r/fantasy!

I’m very excited to talk to discuss horror, Hoodoo, and my debut horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU!

Come ask questions and check my Instagram stories throughout the day for updates.

AMA: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

Beatrice sits in the woods holding the book, I'll Make a Spectacle of You. Against a red background with trees, "Set in Jonesborough, Tennessee, I'll Make a Spectacle of You is a queer, nonlinear Southern Gothic horror".

I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is a published novel!

My Gothic horror novel is a tribute to Black Appalachia, HBCUs, and Hoodoo, featuring a lesbian main character whose name and life mission are profoundly inspired by icon Zora Neale Hurston.

Order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker features green, gnarled roots that form a skull underground, reaching up into a church in the woods under a red sky.

There’s something in the woods and it has its eyes on Zora.

Please request I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU from your library!

Order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

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.

But when a student goes missing, Zora starts to wonder if the Keepers ever really disbanded.

The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker features green, gnarled roots that form a skull underground, reaching up into a church in the woods under a red sky.

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.

When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora finds a community uneager to talk to an outsider.

The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker features green, gnarled roots that form a skull underground, reaching up into a church in the woods under a red sky.

More about my Southern Gothic horror novel, I’LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU:

Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University.

Against a backdrop that is a faded lesbian flag, "Debut horror novel. I'll Make a Spectacle of You. An ode to Black Appalachia, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Hoodoo. Written by Beatrice Winifred Iker. Beatrice's Instragram handle is @beatricewinifrediker.

My novel is also a work of religious horror.

The characters are Black and queer, with complex (oftentimes horrifying) relationships to the Black church, biblical doctrine, and God Himself.

#blackbooksky #gothichorror #southerngothic #blackhorror #debutnovel #religioushorror

Beatrice sits in the woods holding the book, I'll Make a Spectacle of You. Against a red background with trees, "Set in Jonesborough, Tennessee, I'll Make a Spectacle of You is a queer, nonlinear Southern Gothic horror".

I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is a published novel!

My Gothic horror novel is a tribute to Black Appalachia, HBCUs, and Hoodoo, featuring a lesbian main character whose name and life mission are profoundly inspired by icon Zora Neale Hurston.

Order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

Two more days until my queer Southern Gothic horror novel, I'll Make a Spectacle of You, is out in the world!!!

Here’s a short video about this book that I love.

You can pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

#blackbooksky #booksky #southerngothic #horror

The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker has tangled roots that create a skull in the soil and lead up to a church in the woods.

...as she struggles to uncover what is real and what is folklore.

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.

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. Zora soon finds herself plagued by visions of the past, and her grip on reality starts to slip...

When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora finds a community uneager to talk to an outsider.

The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker has tangled roots that create a skull in the soil and lead up to a church in the woods.

More about my Southern Gothic horror novel, I’LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU:

Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University.

Transcript: My name is Beatrice Winifred Iker, and this is my debut novel, I'll Make a Spectacle of You. This is a Southern Gothic horror set at an Appalachian HBCU.

This month's newsletter will have background info on themes (Black cultural preservation and reclamation) and much more!

Two more days until my queer Southern Gothic horror novel, I'll Make a Spectacle of You, is out in the world!!!

Here’s a short video about this book that I love.

You can pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

#blackbooksky #booksky #southerngothic #horror

Editorial: November 2025 - Nightmare Magazine I have lost count of the number of discussions I’ve had about what the difference between horror and dark fantasy might be. Plenty of people have very crisp definitions and think applying them helps t...

When I'm at conventions, I'm often asked: "What's the difference between dark fantasy & horror?"
In this month's editorial, I talk a little about my thoughts. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

You can read an excerpt from I'll Make a Spectacle of You, my gothic horror debut with Hoodoo magic, now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/...

You can pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...

If possible, please request it from your local library!

#booksky #blackhorror

There’s something in the woods and it has its eyes on Zora.

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

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.

But when a student goes missing, Zora starts to wonder if the Keepers ever really disbanded.

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.

When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora finds a community uneager to talk to an outsider.

More about my adult horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU:

Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University, a historic HBCU.

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

Thank you, Becky Spratford and Library Journal, for this interview!

I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is my Southern Gothic HBCU horror novel with an all-Black and queer cast, out November 18, 2025.

Read the full interview here: www.libraryjournal.com/story/LJ-Tal...

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Tonya!! Thank you so much 😁

The H Word: Horror Needs Hoodoo - Nightmare Magazine Raised in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, known for the uncanny woods one oughta avoid at night, I know fear. Growing up, fireside ghost stories (i.e., oral horror storytelling) felt too r...

Thanks again to Wendy Wagner @wnwagner.bsky.social for this opportunity.

Read "Horror Needs Hoodoo" now!

www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

I’m very proud of this essay. Hoodoo is a large part of my personal life and my professional writing (my debut novel has a Hoodoo magic system and the main character is a powerful practitioner).