If y’all are in Toronto on April 18th 👀✨

author signing with E. L. Chen. Sunday, March 29 1:00-3:00 pm at Little Ghost Books for her book, Sweetside Motel

Upcoming author signing with our very own E. L. Chen. Sunday, March 29 1:00-3:00 pm at Little Ghost Books for the launch of her book, Sweetside Motel

@elainechen.com @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

If you are a member of the HWA voting for the Stoker Awards final ballot & would like a copy of my collection, InhuMANities to review in advance of the Feb 15 deadline, let me know! I’m on the Preliminary Ballot in the Fiction Collection category 👻🦇🫀 #hwa #stokers #horrorwriters #bodyhorror

Congratulations, Andrew!

On January 6, I'll be reading from my latest alongside my wonderful fellow HWA Ontario writers at The Caledonian. If you're in Toronto, I hope to see you there!

@hwaontario.bsky.social

Acquisition Announcement: ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD by E. L. Chen Run For It and Orbit US are thrilled to announce the acquisition of One of Us Is Already Dead by E. L. Chen, publishing in Fall 2026! Twenty-five years ago, four college kids snuck into an abandone…

Publication announcement:

E L Chen's book with the amazing title of "One of us is Already Dead" will be coming your way in Fall of 2026! Keep an eye out for it! Follow her here: @elainechen.com

www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/...

My books to date. Links below.

It's fall. Time to wear a cardigan and profit from all those corpses.💀

Check out THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, my new dark fantasy novel about occult deals gone wrong.

Available now!
🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F68GKJ1G

#darkfantasy #graverobber

Mother's Teeth by E. L. Chen

Read E. L. Chen's story on The Dark Magazine - Mother's Teeth.

www.thedarkmagazine.com/mothers-teeth/

Shake, Rattle and Rotting Corpses: Horror Trivia hosted by Andrew Awesome with Tarot, Tequila, and Tunes! There will be prizes and surprises. Sweaty Betty's, 13 Ossington Ave, No Cover, 7pm Trivia, 9pm Tunes! Hosted by @andrewawesome.bsky.social Tues. Oct 30

Laughter Among the Trees by Suzan Palumbo - white letters against a dark forest backdrop.

Check out Suzan Palumbo's story "Laughter Among the Trees" - free to read at The Dark Magazine!

www.thedarkmagazine.com/laughter-amo...

I hope in IT: Welcome to Derry we find out about the childhood trauma that made IT the way IT is. #prequels

Eerie Tale: Rumpelstiltskin's Ghost Haunts - Kinetic Text YouTube video by Lydia's Books

Check out Lydia Peever's story from The Wicked Library as part of their Halloween special: www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the...

"Lockers for Life" by David J. Thirteen - Seize The Press Night is not the right time to come here. The parking lot never contains more than a spattering of cars to give some hint of the presence of life. But now in this grim time, after most sensible people...

Between now and Halloween, we will be spotlighting some cool free-to-read horror fiction by our members!

First up: Lockers for Life by David J. Thirteen

www.seizethepress.com/2022/06/14/l...

I'm thrilled to join Haven Spec as Poetry Editor! Excited to dig into the beautiful mountain of spec poetry - the vivid, the emotional, the lyrical, the strange, the dark, the climate-conscious, the bittersweet, the idea-driven, the magical, the otherwordly, the weird. . . and everything else!

Sinners and Vampires - August 22 - 10:45am/South Building - Room 711

Queer Fear, Presnted by Sarah Laudenbach

Free Writing Workshops - Aug 22 11:15 "Write a Short Story Using Tarot Cards"; Aug 22 12:15 "So You Want to Write a Horror Story?" and Aug 23 12:30 "Write a Space Opera!" All take place in Workshop Room 2 (707). Bring a notebook and pen. Beginners to Pros. All Ages.

Queer Fear - Saturday, August 23 at 2:00 pm Theatre 6 (711)

This weekend the HWA Ontario Chapter will be at Fan Expo hosting two panels - one on Sinners and Vampires and one dedicated to Queer Fear! As well, Sephera Giron is hosting 3 writing workshops! Come check us out!

Come join the HWA today at FanExpo. We're hosting a panel discussing the film Sinners and the themes the connect it to the legacy of vampire fiction. At 10:45, South Building, Room 711

Just days until @fanexpocanada.bsky.social gets horrifically queer! #horror #horrorwritersassociation

Publication day! 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 is now available in ebook and paperback.

I appreciate any help spreading the word.🙏

#booklaunch #pubday #newrelease #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #theknaveofgraves

Happy book birthday!

A graphic in front of the Little Ghosts bookshelves says “WORK IN PROGRESS READING NIGHT. July 11th 6-8pm. Writers of all skill levels encouraged to attend.” It depicts ghosts reading, listening, and taking notes.

Friday July 11th, join us for WORK IN PROGRESS night!

Got a piece of writing that needs some feedback? We gather to do just that in our little bookshop. Space is limited to give everyone their turn to read and get notes- and it’s fun! More details on the website…

www.littleghostsbooks.com/events

Little Ghosts Fest Little Ghosts Books, an inclusive Ontario horror themed bookstore and press, in collaboration with the 35MM Peter film group, are scouring the earth for th...

Got a horror short? We want to see it! @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social @chrisshapedghost.bsky.social

filmfreeway.com/LittleGhosts...

Available July 25. Pre-order today!: mybook.to/Knave

#theknaveofgraves #theapotropaicist #wordoftheday

If you think you are an ally, but you’re voting for this guy, you are voting against people you claim to care about. #vote #canada

Fellow Canadians! Political polls don't count for anything unless we actually go out and vote. Please exercise your democratic right. Please vote.

A photo of folks headed to the polling station sits atop an article about record turnout at the advance polls on Friday for the Canadian federal election. LET’S KEEP IT GOING, CANADA. We are giving you a little discount with your vote, as a treat. Get out there and vote!

Yay, Canada!

We know things are scary, but we are happy to see record turnouts in advance polls this federal election. Let’s keep it going!
Use the code IVOTEDAGAIN at www.littleghostsbooks.com for 10% off anything in the store. Valid through the 25th.

(Not Canadian? Share in the joy anyway)

🖤👻📚

I won't be in the country on election day so took advantage of early voting today. Everyone, make yourself a voting plan. Know where and when you're going.

Happy book birthday!

Toronto East & Toronto West Indie Bookstore Maps. Toronto West Includes 19 indie bookstores including both used and new bookstores, comic book shops, rare bookstores, and genre specific bookstores. Toronto East includes 12 new and small chain bookstores, a publisher with a storefront, a children’s bookstore, and several used bookstores. The maps are hand illustrated and black and white.

Poster for Canadian Independent Bookstore Day. Depicts bookstores with lovely plants that have books as the flowers growing out of them, and people walking and biking the streets.

Did you know… April 26th is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day?

Starting Thursday you can get both Toronto Indie Bookstore Maps! Designed by @chrisshapedghost.bsky.social to help you plan your bookstore crawl.

Swag bags, raffle, and a @libro.fm GOLDEN TICKET all available April 26th! Save the date