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High Priestess, Low Patience

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Antifascist middle-aged mall goth. Book rep: Stacia Decker at DCL; film rep: Tara Timinsky, Grandview LA. Contact - Cherie.priest@gmail.com

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 1h ago

The Morning Monty is comfy, and he doesn’t care if you think it’s weird.

Fluffy gray tabby draped across an oval carpeted cat perch - with his head hanging over the side of a horizontal metal stair rail, which he’s using kind of for a pillow. If I slept like that, I’d wake up in the hospital.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2h ago

goooood morning it’s another day of weird orange sun and early breezes, so we made our loop sharing snacks with crows, and we even got yelled at by a spicy little chihuahua - so yes, absolutely: Lucy Loved That Walk

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with bright blue eyes and a cheesy smile dripping with drool, as she anticipates a snack.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 15h ago

I realize that today’s #YardBug is probably just a stink bug of some sort, but I think it’s cute anyway

A tiny black bug with an orange ring around his carapace (going horizontally, like he’s wearing a hula hoop). He is waving hello at the camera as he pauses on his hike up a flower stalk.

Same bug, different angle - chilling on the nub of a spent blossom.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 15h ago

Screenshot of an onion article, I think? It’s a white man about 30 staring into the middle distance, beneath the headline GUY WHO SUCKS AT BEING A PERSON SEES HUGE POTENTIAL IN AI

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 17h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

The real enemy isn’t your buddy who is using AI to make a book cover; the enemy is the Powers-That-Be who thrive on dividing everyone, especially in the United States. Look at how divided everyone in the US got over politics over the past ten years, and it’s now trickled to other countries. No more, are you a fellow human? Nope, it’s who did you vote for? Well, then you must be a hateful asshole. Instant block.

But who’s the asshole?

Every week, the gatekeepers of horror writers have some new witch hunt. Sometimes it’s a good thing to suss out shitty publishers, editors, and agents. Yet, not ALL shitty ones are sussed out because, you know, there are consequences to getting all the shitty people shut down. Some people still like the opportunities to get published or represented even if it means going with the most despicable people because the gatekeepers didn’t get them shut down, or sometimes, don’t even notice. It all depends on who is buttering the toast.

Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 17h ago

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Cover for Bonnie Quinn's HOW TO SURVIVE CAMPING: THE MAN WITH NO SHADOW. A tent sits in the middle of the forest with a blazing campfire in front of it. To the left of the fire sits a woman on a log, and to the right of the fire a man stands next to a log. There are splotches of yellow throughout the forest. I don't know if they are spirts or some kind of crazy meteor shower.

Cover for Eric LaRocca's WE ARE ALWAYS TENDER WITH OUR DEAD. Eric's name is in white on top, with BURNT SPARROW in black just below it. Black caskets line the front, alternating in up and down position, against a orange background speckled with black spots. There are also two churches in that mix, one upside down on the top left, and one right side up on the bottom right.

Cover for Philip Fracassi's A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS. A head made from colorful lines of blue, shades of green, orange, yellow and red is coming in from the left.

Cover for Stephen King's DOLORES CLAIBORNE. The POV is your ass at the bottom of a well with a woman's silhouette (thank God for spellcheck) standing at the top, looking down on you, an eclipse happening right behind her.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 18h ago

everybody in Seattle right now like

Meme-ish text reads: how can i communicate it to the raccoons that i am their ally

On a classically rendered grapes painting.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 19h ago

oooh look who’s been given a spiffy digital asset ::jazz hands:: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

A graphic announcing that you can get my book GRAVE RESERVATIONS for a buck 99 in ebook form, basically anywhere you can get ebooks.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 22h ago

this Democrat is now allowed to text me asking for money

Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 22h ago

Lon Burnam, a former state lawmaker representing Tarrant County from 1997 to 2015, was carried out of the room by four sheriff deputies, who held him by his hands and feet: fortworthreport.org/2026/08/04/t...

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 23h ago

::sigh:: One day, maybe someone who wants to tell a version of Lizzie’s story will take a run at MAPLECROFT instead of…quasi true crime or whatever. Just let her fight Cthulhu with the axe; might as well get real weird and gay with it.

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · yesterday

Official poster for MONSTER: THE LIZZIE BORDEN STORY. Premieres September 17 on Netflix. Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · yesterday

The Morning Monty doesn’t care that the light is kind of orange and weird today, so long as it’s warm.

Fluffy gray tabby upside down on an oval carpeted cat perch beside a window. He is dappled in rainbows from the bird strike stickers on the glass.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · yesterday

goooood morning wildfire smoke season has officially begun, so it’s somehow both bright and hazy at the same time - but we took our loop anyway, shared our snacks with crows, and yes, it’s true: Lucy Loved That Walk

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with bright blue eyes and a big smile, still wearing a little white and orange bandana from her grooming.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d ago

Heads up folks! My Seattle mystery about a psychic travel agent slash karaoke queen is a special price for August! For just $1.99 you can grab the ebook from all the usual suspects - just click here and check the right-hand column here for links: 👇 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

Grave Reservations

A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Tim...

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d ago

And for the vanity tax:

Fluffy gray tabby on the back of a couch, facing a sunny window; he’s reaching down toward the camera with claws out. It’s kind of a threat, kind of a stretch.

Now it’s all just a mess of toe beans and fluff, as he grabs the phone and tries to make off with it 🙄

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d ago

Also...this happened? Many thanks to everyone who nominated IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST! 🥹❤️🤘

Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer@princejvstin.com · 2d ago

Congrats to the 2026 Dragon Award finalists including @scalzi.com @peterclines.com @annleckie.com @marthawells.com @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @hntdove.bsky.social @cheriepriest.com @wnwagner.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social awards.dragoncon.org/2026-ballot/

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d ago

Grave Reservations

A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Tim...

simonandschuster.com

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d ago

I regret to admit that the Morning Monty’s “come hither” is probably a trap.

Fluffy gray tabby lying on a purple patterned rug, giving the camera the ol’ “smolder” with his big gold eyes.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 2d ago

goooood morning it is cool and bright, and we took an extra-long loop around the neighborhood - greeting folks at bus stops and kids headed for daycare, so yes, of course: Lucy Loved That Walk

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with her ears cocked back and a funny bit of side-eye.

Same dog, same scene on a sun-dappled sidewalk - tho now she’s ago it to shark a bite of poptart crust out of the sky.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 3d ago

went Halloween shopping with some friends today, and visited this little man, who loves me almost as much as I love him

Small blonde dog with a black button nose and a smile that takes up fully half of his face.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 3d ago

What the Morning Monty lacks in sun, he exceeds in moxie.

Fluffy gray tabby lying on his side atop a pink wool throw rug shaped like a crocodile - in an office with a dark pink floral tapestry in the. Background.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 3d ago

goooood morning it is cool and overcast and this little lady is feeling frisky - so we did a nice long neighborhood loop and visited some friends, shared our snacks, then had breakfast - so yes indeed: Lucy Loved That Walk

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix smiling in front of a neighbor’s flagstone patio with bright orange red crocosmia blossoms dangling.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 4d ago

hover hamster

Jk, it’s a fluffy blonde Bombus mixtus, wings beating too fast for the camera to catch as she zips around in some tiny purple thyme blossoms. Kind of looks like if a hamster was a bee.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 4d ago

Hey folks - I deleted the posts re: Lila the puppy because (with a lot of behind-the-scenes work from the follower who’s been running point) it looks like the situation will be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction - including Lila’s. But I will keep you posted if that changes 👍

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 4d ago

The Morning Monty doesn’t have sun for his #Caturday, but that’s fine - because he’s handsome in every light.

Handsome and fluffy gray tabby with big gold eyes and marvelous whiskers; he’s lounging on the back of the couch beside a window, where the faint white light from a cloudy day leaks inside.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 4d ago

goooood morning it is breezy and cool and very pleasant - and we took a nice long loop around the neighborhood, sharing our snacks with crows and visiting friends so yes, of course: Lucy Loved That Walk