“Come away, O human child…” It’s that time of year to get started stocking up for conventions. #art #fantasyart #nature #magic #sciart
Mathilda Zeller
@mathildazeller.bsky.social
Writer of horror and fantasy. Mother of 6. Representation: Laura Cameron and Amanda Orozco, Transatlantic Literary Agency "Gripping and poignant." -Kirkus Reviews
It's my pleasure to kickoff the year by helping spread the word on the cover of It Looks Like You in the Dark, by @mathildazeller.bsky.social. Releasing October 13th, 2026 Full info: jamreads.com/reveals/cove... 💙📚
I’ve never preordered a book so fast... @mathildazeller.bsky.social has an Indigenous horror debut, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE DARK, coming out October 2026!!! I became an instant fan when I read her short story "Kushtuka" in Never Whistle at Night. SO EXCITED! #booksky #indigenous #books
Elated to share @mathildazeller.bsky.social’s cover art for her Indigenous horror debut, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE DARK, which expands her short story “Kushtuka” from that one anthology. It’s out October 13, 2026 and you should consider preordering it today :) us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This book was both the easiest and hardest thing I've ever written. It's also the least made up thing I've written. Quyanaq to @tornightfire for your faith in it, my agents for your advocacy, the incredible designers of the cover, and all the phenomenal people who said nice things about it.
So like here's the thing I have: 1) a newsletter that bothers inboxes less than once a year and 2) something very cool that I would love your help with So come sign up. If you do it before midnight tonight you'll be in on the party 😌🤫 fanart by @moscatdan Link below
"The former centers on the Kushtuka, a creature who takes the form of a loved one, and a young woman whose sister goes missing from her remote Alaskan town." HOLY SHIT. My childhood in Alaska was FULL of Kushtuka ghost stories, so I'm gonna be FIRST IN LINE for @mathildazeller.bsky.social's book.
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Vintage lands a Shining-inspired horror anthology, Ron Chernow sets his next doorstopper biography, and more.
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“Kushtuka” by @mathildazeller.bsky.social in H&O’s #TheGhostBoxIV How you hoped it would end. Indeed @ttbrader.bsky.social similar in the devouring, but this time it’s for revenge/justice and not, um, supper. I need to pay more attention to the graphics on the cover of the stories…
Teresa Tumminello Brader@ttbrader.bsky.social · 10mo agoKushtuka by Mathilda Zeller in H&O's Ghost Box Shared themes with yesterday's 'Window': smiles that distort faces, teeth that tear flesh ... "...if it weren't flesh & blood itself, it wouldn't be able to do, whatever it just did."
Kushtuka by Mathilda Zeller in H&O's Ghost Box Shared themes with yesterday's 'Window': smiles that distort faces, teeth that tear flesh ... "...if it weren't flesh & blood itself, it wouldn't be able to do, whatever it just did."
Teresa Tumminello Brader@ttbrader.bsky.social · 10mo ago(Window by Bob Leman in Hingston &Olsen's Ghost Box IV) ☝️
For your consideration, if you are in a nominating mood and liked these stories: "Kushtuka" Short fiction Vintage Books 9/19 "The Haunted" Short fiction Irreantum 10/17
Hohóu to CrimeReads for providing a space for some of us from NWAN to share how we individually approached the anthology. A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON INDIGENOUS HORROR @tiffmorris.bsky.social @andrealrogers.bsky.social @tvayyyy.bsky.social @mathildazeller.bsky.social crimereads.com/a-roundtable...
A Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Horror
Many thanks to the contributors who sent the below responses. Never Whistle at Night, a haunting new anthology of dark fiction crafted by Native writers and edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van…
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Massage School update: I can now tell with very solid accuracy whether someone is right handed or left handed when they're laying facedown and unmoving It's Sherlockian and I'm (literally lol) feeling it
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The Revenge of Bridget Cleary (read as part of my SPFBO9 readalong) mashes together horror, historical fiction and fantasy to create a powerful story. A weird book that shows @mathildazeller.bsky.social's skill as an author. Here it is my review:
The Revenge of Bridget Cleary, by Mathilda Zeller
We review The Revenge of Bridget Cleary, a genre mashing novel, by Mathilda Zeller, one of the SPFBO9 entries.
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Can we do this type of thing here? Hope so. It’s my unbox of Never Whistle at Night! Stories from @mathildazeller.bsky.social @waub.bsky.social @shanehawk.com and more Intro by @sgj.bsky.social!
