As an Egyptian-American who grew up in Albuquerque, fuck Lee Cronin's The Mummy. I'll write a piece about why if someone wants to pay me for it when I graduate.
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💀 Studying the Gothic at MMU 📖 Literary Coach & Freelance Editor, MetaMythica Literary 🐧 Former Random Penguin; Columbia Publishing Course alum Member: EFA, ACES, PEN She/Her #SWANAinPublishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Folklore #Horror #SFF 👻 Opinions my own
I've done a #WITmonth Starter Pack. I do not claim it to be remotely all-encompassing but if you've used the hashtag (as per the criteria⤴️), hopefully I've found and added you. If I haven't, please let me know. go.bsky.app/KEkwYR6
Dark Horse Workers United is considering legal and collective action after management at the comics publisher allegedly changed senior editors’ job descriptions in ways that disqualify them from the bargaining unit, which it voluntarily recognized in June.
Contract Negotiations Delayed at Dark Horse, Union Says
Dark Horse Workers United is considering legal and collective action after management at the comics publisher allegedly changed senior editors’ job descriptions to disqualify them from the bargaining...
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Look what just arrived in the post! A huge thank you to everyone who supported this project, one way or another. 💚💚💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho...
This will be coming out in 2027. 79 contributors, it’s a monster!
Some surprising— and very welcome— news. With huge thanks to Sarah Lewis and @uniwalespress.bsky.social for publishing all 170 000 words of it 🙈
Fear isn’t just something we survive. It’s something that shapes us. Join @stephengrahamjones.com, @paultremblay.bsky.social, @elizabethhand.bsky.social, @lairdbarron.bsky.social & Mariana Enriquez as they share the stories and lifelong fears that helped make them the storytellers they are today.
Some stories stay with you. Others follow you home. @stephengrahamjones.com shares a real midnight encounter that feels like it wandered out of one of his novels...except it actually happened.
Working on a reported piece, need to know. How long after a book deal happens is it posted on Publishers Marketplace? Is the date posted the date of the deal or the date of the posting?
"There are certain rules that one must abide by…" @drstevejones.bsky.social challenges what you think you know about "The Postmodern Slasher Film" including that it started with SCREAM. Now in paperback from @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pos...
My annual “here’s a ton of free publishing advice” post. You can access: TWENTY successful query letters. Six book proposals that sold. A guide to research agents. And a guide to writing I.P. All for free, right here. www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch
Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITH
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Hello to everyone attending #IGA2026 👋 Don't forget to visit the MUP stand to explore our latest #Gothic and #Horror books, discover our new series, and chat with Senior Commissioning Editor @mlhouston.bsky.social about your book proposal ideas 📚 See you there! @igagoths.bsky.social #GothicStudies
The publishing industry has reported the lowest uptake of AI usage at only 6%, reflecting ongoing concerns around copyright and authorship, the Creative Access 2026 Thrive report has revealed. 👇
Publishing has 'lowest uptake of AI across creative industries', according to new report
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Hi friends! Popping in to say I’ll be opening back up to queries on Wed of next week, July 1st! I’ll be staying open for the summer. Here’s an idea of what I’m looking for #amquerying
PerfectIt > Claude - No generative A.I. - Officially linked tool for CMOS - Not trained on pirated books www.perfectit.com/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Not Adding AI to PerfectIt | PerfectIt
From the outside it must look foolish. Is there really an editing software product that is not only avoiding AI, but actively marketing itself as not including AI? There is. And we’re proud to be that...
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Screaming! My new baby has arrived - the lovely UK hardbacks. Out in Oct. I'm so proud of this one (of them all, but the newest is always the proudest). Fitcher's Bird is a mix of fairy tale, crime & bone-deep folk horror. Thank you Titan Books & my dear Cath Trechman. titanbooks.com/72450-fitche...
Fitcher's Bird
When sisters Chloe, Zoe and Dido were children, their father died and their mother could no longer care for them, so they were sent to live with the local doctor’s family: mother, father and three son...
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CONGRATULATIONS TO NADIA BULKIN FOR WINNING A SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR HER COLLECTION, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY! WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PLEASED!!! HELL YES!!! AHHHHHH! @nadiabulkin.bsky.social
Welcome to new mutuals! If it might interest anyone reading, I'm creating three feeds: 1) Goth 2) Halloween Fiends 3) Gothic Gardening More later, including dark art, horror films & books, and gothic literature (among others). Comment to be added! We need co-admins; feel free to sign up. 🖤🦇🎃🥀🌱
Working through The Dead Take the A Train which is definitely weird horror and delightful! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Dead Take the A Train
Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of unhinged eldritch horror. Julie is a coked-up, bu...
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I read Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century and it was both delightful and weird! Very much a "tumblr generation" type of collection of short stories, I think. I loved it. bookshop.org/p/books/less...
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
A TIME Top 10 Fiction Book of 2022 An NPR, Book Riot, Chicago Public Library, Tor.com, South China Morning Post,Ms. Magazine, and Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2022 Winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest...
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As for nonfiction? You want America's Most Gothic. I try to read a chapter every few days and always have to pause and say "thank you" mentally when I'm finished. Heavy stuff at times but if you like gothic fiction, you need this bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
Instant USA Today Bestseller From the Bram Stoker nominated author team who penned A Haunted History of Invisible Women, the first book of its kind to investigate gothic tropes that define American lo...
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BOOKING FOR VAMPIRIC ORIGINS & GOTHIC AFTERLIVES TOUR www.opengravesopenminds.com/events/vampi...
Vampiric Origins and Gothic Afterlives: John Polidori and St Pancras Old Churchyard Tour
Date and Time: 18th July 2026, 18:30-19:45 BST (followed by optional drinks from 20:00) Location: St Pancras Old Church Graveyard, Pancras Road, London, UK In this event, Associate Professor Sam Ge…
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I wonder how many writers have been actively revising their writing processes since 2023ish with an eye toward protecting their IP from A.I. and now also toward providing "notes and drafts" to "prove" they wrote it without A.I., just in case they're asked to provide it.
🚨🚨🚨 Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee. bookriot.com/senate-bill-...
Republican Senators Introduce Nationwide Book Ban Companion Bill, S. 4925
Republican Senators have introduced a nationwide book ban bill in the Senate, S. 4925 and it's a warning of their summer plans.
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COVER REVEAL! 🎉 DOWN WHERE MONSTERS DWELL is a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore, about the powerful bond between mother and daughter, and how quickly fear can lead to violence. The isolated fjords of Iceland await 🗻Coming 3.9.’27🗻 from Tor Nightfire
Flee the summer heat into the long dark of the undermoor...it's perfect time to dive into Sam K Horton 's dark folkloric historical fantasy - THE EYTHIN LEGACY! Join Nancy Bligh as she holds the line in 18th century Cornwall and pick up GORSE and RAGWORT today! https://geni.us/ragwort
I spent a lot of last summer doing a deep dive on the business of Christian publishing and mainstream publication of Christian media, and it went nowhere. And this summer, book media is going crazy about Yesteryear and the new JD Vance book. Someone please, for the LOVE, interview me.
Publishers are definitely making the most of the increased interest in horror, new & old - "Strange Stories from France" is out next week: Guy de Maupassant, Theophile Gautier, Aliette de Bodard, George Langelaan, Alain Doremieux, Nathalie Henneberg, Claude Seignolle, Andre Maurois, Maurice Renard
