@amandaheadlee.bsky.social
Horror writer. Gravel cyclist. Ice cream obsessed. 🦖🦕 Author of Till We Become Monsters. THIS IS HOW A VILLAIN IS MADE is available now! https://linktr.ee/amandaheadlee
We’re just two weeks away from AuthorCon VI in Williamsburg, VA!
Here’s my schedule for panels & readings. I’ll also be serving as a judge for this year’s Gross-out Contest. If you know me, you can probably expect plenty of animated facial expressions because I have no poker face.
Goodbye to a great actress 😎
(I’m wearing sunglasses because I’m
in mourning, David)
Catherine O’Hara is and will always be one of my all-time favorite actresses, and I was really hoping today’s news was just a hoax. I’m absolutely gutted to hear of her passing.💔
Episode 1 with @amandaheadlee.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpA...
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An evening of fae noir, summoning spirits, and cupcakes with @acwise.bsky.social to celebrate the release of Ballad of the Bone Road.
This lovely event was hosted by Main Point Books.
#bookrelease #faenoir #cupcakes
Winterviews officially returns this week with back to back episodes! We'll kick things off with Amanda Headlee on Wednesday to talk about asexual representation in horror. Then Thursday, we'll invite Chris Panatier to talk all about nesting narratives! Make sure to come hang out with us!
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Asexual representation is something that I care deeply about and I'm so excited to get to interview my good friend and fellow ace author, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social on the subject for our first episode of the season. Join us Jan. 22nd at 8 PM EST.
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Behold the final guest list of Winterviews series 5! We've got a bevy of amazing sub-genres to discuss this winter including feminine rage, cosmic horror, Texas horror and haunted houses! The series begins on January 22nd with Amanda Headlee at 8 PM and the subject of ace horror!
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The next Wondering, Wandering, and Writing issue is available on Substack!
L!nk in Bio
#wonderingwanderingwriting #newsletter
I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
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Going to watch this later in the week. Thanks!!
08.12.2025 15:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The final edits on a new short story are done! I had so much fun writing this one. Very freeing… very freeing indeed.
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🖤A lovely little surprise!🖤
Thank you, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and @the-line-up.bsky.social, for including This is How a Villain is Made on your Best Horror Books of 2025 list!
I’m honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!
Signed books & comics by @laurelhightower.bsky.social, @joerlansdale.bsky.social, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @jeffstrand.bsky.social, @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social, @owenkingauthor.bsky.social, & more! Try finding those on Amazon! vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com
05.12.2025 15:23 — 👍 22 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 4Bea’s story in This is How a Villain is Made will unsettle and move you as it lays bare the struggles of women in a way that cuts deep. While set in the past, its themes echo powerfully today, perhaps louder than ever.
#rawbeauty #historicalfiction #feministfiction #womenwriters #bookcommunity
It’s still hard to believe this raw beauty has been out in the world for just over two months.
See l!nk in bio to get your copy.
What happens when you bring together physicists, a folklorist, and a few horror authors — including @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, @toddkeisling.com, @johnlangan.bsky.social, @jrevolver.bsky.social, and me?
Venture to the brink of the Void this Saturday to find out…
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youtu.be/YYF1vDk2K-w Another great Podcast: Coffee Fueled Stories. Michelle has had amazing guests such as @almakatsu.bsky.social, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social, and more. If you love fiction and coffee check it out. #fiction #coffee #coffeelovers #literature #books #reading #booklovers
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Joy. I had the loveliest time yesterday signing copies of Where The Soul Goes @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social with my good friend, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social Surrounded by friends, laughter, and amazing horror books, I'm glad I was able to make the trip and get to see this amazing store.
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Yesterday at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social was absolutely perfect! I had the joy of sharing a signing with one of my dearest friends, @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @marysangiovanni.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social for hosting us!
Grateful for the day spent with friends 🖤
Signing today at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social with @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social and @amandaheadlee.bsky.social! Come buy ALL THE BOOKS!!!
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TOMORROW! Join us at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social where I’ll be signing This Is How a Villain Is Made, alongside the brilliant @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social, who will be signing her chilling new release, Where the Soul Goes.
#BookSigning #BlueSkyBooks #IndieAuthors #BookEvent #MeetTheAuthor
We're off to PA for my book-signing at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social tomorrow with @amandaheadlee.bsky.social! Not super excited to be up this early driving but....we have breakfast corn dogs for the road!
26.09.2025 12:11 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Ahhhhh!!!! See you soon!!!
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We're going on a journey this weekend! Come hang out with me and @amandaheadlee.bsky.social @ @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social this coming Saturday from 1-3 PM! Make sure you check out our new books (This Is How A Villain Is Made and Where The Soul Goes)!
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🦖🔦NEW EPISODE🔦🦖 Is Jurassic Park a surprisingly feminist film, with our Final Girl Ellie symbolizing the reality check to male hubris? We think so!
Spotify
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The next Wondering, Wandering, and Writing issue is available on Substack!
tinyurl.com/588f75pu
#wonderingwanderingwriting #substacknewsletter #newsletter #thisishowavillainismade #inmyvillainera
We're celebrating the release of Where The Soul Goes tomorrow! We're talking food, cooking, death, 80's music, asexuality and more! @amandaheadlee.bsky.social will be hanging out. Some other friends may show up, too! Come and hang out with us for a while! 8 PM EST!
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This weekend is going to be spooktacular! 👻📚
Come hang out with me and a killer lineup of amazing authors at the FrightReads Book Festival — it’s all happening at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, MD! You won’t want to miss this creepy-cool celebration of spooky bookish vibes.
I’m completely speechless and overwhelmed with emotion this morning. I might just burst! Thank you all so much for your incredible support of my book, This is How a Villain is Made.
Today, it’s reached #1 in Kindle for Western Horror.
We’re in our villain era.
