Psst…I hear you like sprayed edges 👀 Thanks to Lisa Marie Pompilio for the fantastic design! She does a lot of Orbit‘s covers and her work is always amazing. ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD comes out Feb 23 next year from Run For It! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/e-l-c...

I can’t wait to take a peek at all the amazing #DVPit pitches throughout my day! If I ❤️ and you feel we’d be a match, please submit through my form and include the pitch I liked somewhere in your query: querytracker.net/query/dorian... Wishing everyone the best of luck! 😊

Welcome to #DVpit 2026! Now until 8:00PM Eastern unagented marginalized creators can pitch their unpublished project in 300 characters to participating literary agents & editors! Remember ❤️ are for agents & 🔁 are for editors! Good luck! Have fun & please be respectful! More info dvpit.carrd.co

A cover reveal just dropped for OH SO MANY TEETH by Lexi Smith McNicholas! A stunning cover for stunning book! 😍 Art by Gaiatri Sud

Some more exciting news today! Everyone check out the cover reveal for Dami Salako's THE SUN HAS A SHADOW! 👀 www.instagram.com/p/DdRusS8DDJ... us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Some big news dropped today: I'm so excited to announce that I've joined the incredible team at Looking Glass Literary & Media! 🎉

This Saturday, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK book tour continues at THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP, Bristol where she'll be discussing the inspiration for her debut novel and talking all things folk horror with Suki Broad! Book tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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In today's newsletter, I highlight podcast conversations, including chats with @elainechen.com, @davidmoody.bsky.social, and @richardjerram.bsky.social. I also remind people to pre-order THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO and highlight my conversation on @thearcparty.com. thisishorror.kit.com/posts/raphae...

Raphael Montes on The Secret Dinner | David Moody on Kemberton | Talking About The Girl in the Video on The ARC Party

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Back home for one* night only *Accept for the nights where I'm hanging out with my family. I'm not offering tickets to that, sorry!

Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🐑🪓Calling all Welsh readers of spooky books, here's your chance to learn where female rage and dolly the sheep intersect! This Friday, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social is taking her psychological cottagegore debut horror novel on tour to Wales! Book tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/home-...

Thank you for to @eleni-argyro.bsky.social for this great review of @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's Scottish psychological folk horror - HOME SICK - over at #fanfiaddict! "(An) existential crisis in literary form" Buy now: geni.us/homesick Read the full review: fanfiaddict.com/review-home-...

A great modern folk horror awaits in Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/8/...

Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published – out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £5.99 eBook “The ...

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Happy Augtober! SLASHER SUMMER is now out in the UK from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social, in hardcover with fabulous cover art by Doug Sirois! The perfect book to bring on a getaway with old friends at a remote cabin in the woods. 🪓

Barnes & Nobles has MISTRESS OF BONES 50% off for a few days!! If you were looking to get it, don't miss out!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mistress-o...

Mistress of Bones

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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BTW if you wanna read a fantasy where the government is trying real hard to reinstate drilling for non-essentials simply because it brings them a lot of money, therefore fking over everyone in the world, do try MISTRESS OF BONES! mariazmedina.com/books/mistre... (Also available at libraries!)

Mistress of Bones | Author Maria Z. Medina

Mistress of Bones is a teen/young adult fantasy novel written by author Maria Z. Medina.

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Yay! So excited to celebrate SLASHER SUMMER's debut in the UK! 🎉

E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now*@elainechen.com · 2mo ago

Happy Augtober! SLASHER SUMMER is now out in the UK from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social, in hardcover with fabulous cover art by Doug Sirois! The perfect book to bring on a getaway with old friends at a remote cabin in the woods. 🪓

👀!

Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · 2mo ago

This was incredible. I thought I was getting a dark cottagecore domestic thriller and it ended up being a feminist cottagecore Library at Mount Char???? I haven't had one hit me this hard with that visceral "oh shit, it me" gut punch in a very long time. Just wow. Don't sleep on this one #booksky

The readers have spoken! @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's debut Scottish cottagegore psychological horror HOME SICK is clocking up the 5* reviews over on Goodreads! Here's why they think you should pick up... Buy now: geni.us/homesick

This was incredible. I thought I was getting a dark cottagecore domestic thriller and it ended up being a feminist cottagecore Library at Mount Char???? I haven't had one hit me this hard with that visceral "oh shit, it me" gut punch in a very long time. Just wow. Don't sleep on this one #booksky

Some enticing #horror reading: with local scribe @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's excellent take on creeping Scottish folk-horror - Home Sick (pub @solarisbooks.bsky.social ) is delightfully unsettling & one of our staff recommendations. #books #livres #horreur #FolkHorror

🐑🏡🪓"This house isn't haunted. She is." 🪓🏡🐑 Brilliant to see @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social's debut novel, the Cottagegore psychological horror HOME SICK, in @waterstones.bsky.social's carousel of Best New Horror Books! Perfect for fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE! Buy now: geni.us/homesick

AHHHH HOME SICK GOT A SHOUT-OUT ON THE WATERSTONES HORROR PAGES 😱

🚨 @waterstones.bsky.social shoppers! From July 21-24 you can get 25% off upcoming books, including SLASHER SUMMER! See www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul... for details. #WPreorder

HOME SICK IS OUT NOW 🪓🐑 What's up with Tamsin's neighbour? Can Tamsin get her shit together? Will I ever escape the countryside? Find the answers to 2 of these 3 questions in HOME SICK, out now in all good bookshops. @solarisbooks.bsky.social geni.us/homesick

Wahoo! Happy Release Day to HOME SICK by @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social! Get your copy if you dare! 🪓 geni.us/homesick

Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist

PREORDER NOW:

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Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎂 🥳 Happy US Book Birthday to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK! 🌳 Cottagegore in rural Scotland 😱 Women going through it 🏡 Creepy neighbours 🪓 Escape to the country, take your problems with you 📚 Folklore 🐑For fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE Buy: geni.us/homesick

🎂 🥳 Happy US Book Birthday to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK! 🌳 Cottagegore in rural Scotland 😱 Women going through it 🏡 Creepy neighbours 🪓 Escape to the country, take your problems with you 📚 Folklore 🐑For fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE Buy: geni.us/homesick

Huge thank you to @scifinow.bsky.social for interviewing me about HOME SICK @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/r...

Rhiannon Grist on Home Sick, Folk Horror and the Fear of Coming Home

The author of Home Sick, Rhiannon Grist, talks psychological horror, Scottish folklore, female rage, and why moving house can be one of life's most unsettling experiences.

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HOME SICK is out in the US tomorrow! @solarisbooks.bsky.social geni.us/homesick

On the streetcar heading west now!

Little Ghosts Books@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Let’s gooooo- It’s SLASHER SUMMER! We’ll be joined by @elainechen.com to celebrate this great bloody book that is at once a tribute to cult 80s movies and a smart blood soaked delight all its own. Get your signed copy today in store or online while they last 🔪 🩸👻 📚

Watch Rhiannon's short horror film about unboxing her final copies of HOME SICK so you can obsess over it with me 🪓!

Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HOME SICK unboxing goes wrong 🫣 @solarisbooks.bsky.social