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PNW Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of:
🍃 BOUND FEET 🎮 IT’S ONLY A GAME 🎭 DEMON SONG 🌊 STORMRAVEN (Gallery/Titan, March 2027!)
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2026 books I just acquired: thank you for the gifted copies from all the tagged publishers #prhpartner
The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson
Incarnate by Alma Katsu
Carrying by Samantha Josephs
The Man by Laura Sims
Needlemouth by K-Ming Chang
Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoebrun
Stagtown-Punko
Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne
From the Library of Jurgen Leitner by Premee Mohamed w/Jonathan Sims
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Upcoming books:
Mother of Night by James Bennett (3/27)
The Angry House by Leonard Pitts Jr (5/27)
Hell to Pay by Kylie Lee Baker (3/27)
If You Think You’re Lonely Now by Gus Moreno (2/27)
It’s Only A Game by Sam Rebelein (2/27)
Stormraven by Kelsea Yu (3/27)
A New Kind of Clean by Iain Reid & Ellie Foumbi (1/27)
Under A Fur Coat by Sonya Vatomsky (3/27)
Brute by Eric LaRocca (3/27)
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#horrorbooks

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Some short, spooky-season reads as a treat, from my TBR to yours!

🦇 Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
🦇 Tatratea by Alex Woodroe
🦇 Fervor by Meg Smitherman
🦇 The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley
🦇 Mindchoir by Nicole Mann
🦇 The Hotel by Georgia Cook
🦇 Unearthed: New Horror of Ancient Ruins (short story anthology)

tags: tbr, spooky reads, halloween reads, short books, novella, novelette, short story, anthology, science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction

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We are thrilled to be hosting a panel for the #PDXBookFest at Broadway Books (@broadwaybooks) on November 5, from 6-7 p.m.

In the “Why Horror?” panel presented by the HWA Oregon chapter, co-hosts Amber and Dan Finnegan of the podcast Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction (@dusk.to.dawn.podcast) will sit down with local horror authors Keith Rosson (@rossonkeith), Danger Slater (@dangerslater), Caitlin Starling (@authorcstarling), and Kelsea Yu (@anovelescape) to discuss the appeal of horror, how it can be a guiding light through difficult times, and just what it is about bumps in the night that keep us reading page after page.

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I got to share my fave classic horror movie x modern horror novel pairings with @people & the list is your next TBR TB WATCH.

Read all about my picks: https://people.com/8-classic-horror-flicks-paired-with-books-exclusive-12178100 🍿🔪

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👻 International Giveaway!! 👻

Win TWO Asian American gothic horror ARCs!!

🌸GOOD CREATURE: NINTH HOUSE x HOTEL DEL LUNA where a college freshman accidentally girl bosses her way into marriage with a ghost, and unleashes something far darker onto her college campus…

🩸STORMRAVEN: Chinese American REBECCA x GET OUT where an ambitious artist marries a rich guy and moves into his private PNW island mansion, but soon finds herself haunted by a woman who looks eerily like her…

To enter:
🖤Follow @anovelescape & @jihyunyunwrites
🖤Like & comment
🖤Share this post to stories for 24H
🌟BONUS: Tag a bookish friend!

Open internationally! Must be 18+ or have parental permission to enter. Not affiliated w/ IG. Ends 10/19

Good luck! 🕯️🍀

#ghoststory #gothicbooks #gothichorror #hauntedplaces #spookyseason Graphic that says “Asian American Gothic Horror International ARC Giveaway” and features two books. Good Creature by Jihyun Yun has an arrow pointing to it that says “WTF is wrong with this dormitory??? Releasing March 30, 2027. Stormraven by Kelsea Yu has an arrow pointing to it that says “WTF is wrong with this mansion??? Releasing March 23, 2027.” The bottom says “how to enter” with an arrow to swipe.

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Spooky Titles 👻🧙👹

Ghosts, witches, monsters, demons, bones, and phantoms—all things I love to read about, especially during the fall months.

Though not all of these are creepy books, their titles fit nicely into a theme for this book stack. Topped by my cute ghost mug.

I’ve read a few of these and the others are on my TBR.

Demon Song is a horror novel I feel is underrated and I definitely recommend it if you’re looking for something spooky to read as we approach Halloween.

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Huge thank you to @anovelescape for snapping this pic of I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men at @thirdplacebooks in Seattle!!!

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Kelsea’s gorgeous writing has always captivated me, from her short fiction to her novels. I loved her young adult debut, It’s Only a Game, and I couldn’t be more excited for her upcoming gothic horror, Stormraven! Thank you, @anovelescape, for reading The Worst Is Yet to Come early and for your kind words!

ONE DAY left to preörder The Worst Is Yet to Come, my YA thriller about a goth girl who uses clues from a cold case in the past to solve her best friend’s mürder in the present. Use the 🔗 in my bïo to ørder from wherever you get your books!

#thrillerbooks #horrorbooks #yabooks #bookquotes

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Wrapping up all the incredibly lovely blurbs I was lucky enough to receive for THE FINALIST in one place—with some bonus reviews at the end! 💙🥀 Thank you to all the authors who were kind enough to offer a blurb!

If Eden wants to win the ballet solo of a lifetime, she just has to survive the auditions: a month-long retreat secluded in an eerie mountain manor. But the competition is complicated by freak accidents, the chronic illness destroying Eden’s body, and an illicit, ill-fated attraction to her idol—legendary ex-ballerina Leanora Karagianni…

Black Swan meets The Haunting of Hill House in THE FINALIST, a modern gothic horror with sapphic romance, publishing with @grandcentralpub and @dialoguepublishing October 6, 2026—SO SOON!

You can request add it on Goodreads, and Spotify, and preorder it now, all at the 🔗 in my bio!

Background/cover art by @scarlettyang.ig, art on the last slide by @oliv_pit 💙

🏷️ netgalley, ARC books, ballet, book art, bookish art, bubblegum horror, bookish aesthetics, Goodreads, horror tropes, disability rep, october new books, dark academia, horrormance, horror book recs, booksofinsta, tbr, haunted house, sapphic horror, Canadian authors, 2026 horror books, debut authors #horrorauthor #queerhorror #queerbooks #horrorbooks #bookstagram @2026debuts

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September. 🫶🏻

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The past week was a whirlwind! I was in Salt Lake City for three days of @fanxsaltlake, which was SO fun—one of my favorite cons to date! I got to see so many authors and readers, and I loved chatting about craft on several panels. I also got to give away my first ARC of WOODS, which was very exciting! 💥

Next, I flew home to help celebrate the release of @authoradalyngrace’s phenomenal adult debut, THE WRETCHED DIVINE! This book is brilliant, and I’m absolutely thrilled it’s finally out in the world. 🪽

Yesterday I traveled to Portland for the @pacificnwbooksellers’ fall trade show! It was such a joy talking about my adult debut with so many wonderful booksellers, librarians, and sales folks. I was fortunate enough to be at their trade show last year as well talking about STARMAKER, and it was such an honor to be invited back. 🌲

I’m home now trying to get caught up on email and work before I head to New York next week for @newyorkcomiccon! I’ll be at the con on Friday and will post my schedule later this week—I’d love to see you there! ✈️

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I don’t think you understand the journey this book took me on. I was horrified and mesmerized and I thought I knew what was happening but there were twists that went in ways I was not expecting. I also appreciated that @anovelescape included a bit about a dark part of Oregon history that I feel many might not be aware of. The way this was woven into the story was masterful. Loved the book and need yall to read it too!

I read this via earc and the book releases next March. Thank you for the earc @gallerybooks

Photo added in via overlay.

#stormraven #gothichorror #fivestarbooks

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