Sama'a's daughters have never known peace, but we can give them at least some small sliver of relief from hunger. Please give what you can.

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A picture of me with a bookshelf behind me, on which Our Cut of Salt is displayed

A picture of me eating a Nightfire cookie

A picture of me smiling in front of a presentation featuring my author photo and a picture of my book

A picture of me holding one of the signs from the event, sharing the name of the event (What’s Your Pairing?) and the author photos and pictures of books of four authors

Had such an unbelievable time at the Bramble x Nightfire event. Genuinely unreal to speak in front of people about my book and the memories I have of Palestine throughout my life, an actual dream to sign ARCs and the author wall and talk to so many awesome people 😭♥️

Omg!! I hope you enjoy! 🫶

the dragon has some complaints by John Wiswell

our cut of salt by Deena helm

a trade of blood by Robert Jackson Bennett

one leg on earth by 'pemi aged

Recent book mail has me excited for the rest of the year! We got some gooooooooood reading to come from @wiswell.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social @robertjbennett.bsky.social & 'Pemi Aguda <3

"Lyrical and terrifying, Helm's portrait of generational trauma will leave you aching in its wake. Our Cut of Salt is not just a powerful exploration of injustice and survival, but also a testament to the power of love." - Monika Kim, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Eyes are the Best Part

"Our Cut of Salt is the must-read of the year. Longing and rage are woven beautifully in this multi-generational family story, taking readers to the steps of a house in Haifa that they will not forget." - Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of She Is A Haunting

"Devastating...Our Cut of Salt rages and aches and demands your complete attention, recontextualizing the very notion of what a haunted house is...Alongside such modern marvels of horror as Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless and Tananarive Due's The Good House." - Clay McLeod Chapman, Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Praise is here!!

If you're interested in a book about a haunted house in Palestine that fights its occupiers, and the three generations of Palestinian women who have to put the haunting to rest, you can preorder my debut novel, Our Cut of Salt, here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm

PALESTINIAN X CITY OF BRASS X TPW

Cursed by the blood-soaked decisions of their ancestors, a banished prince, a brooding commander, and warrior woman must save their empire from a genocidal king.

🕊️ jinn blood parchment magic v. elemental magic
🕊️ sentient sword
🕊️ slowburn

#MENAPIT #Qu #A #F #R

TALL TALES FROM THE TANTOOR TAILOR

Cozy SWANA Fantasy Romcom ft:

🪡Love Magic
🪄👒Enchanted Hat Shop
💍Marriage of Magical Convenience
🐕Golden Retriever Wife
🐈‍⬛Black Cat Husband
💰Tax Fraud

#MENApit #WIP #R #Co #F #A

Today is @menapitch.bsky.social . I feel honored to join in a pitch event geared specifically toward SWANA authors, especially now during #arabheritagemonth.

SWANA authors make up less than .5% (A HALF OF A PERCENT) of published authors.

#menapit #ag #hf #LGBTQ

Have you heard? 👀 WORKED 2 DEATH has gone under the knife 🔪 : A ransom plot goes horribly awry when a trio of cash-strapped colleagues kidnap their nepobaby manager on a work trip, and find themselves embroiled in the lethal world of Fintech’s elite. #menapit #agented

KPDH x THE HONEYS

INFESTATION, my WIP about a girl group forming a hivemind through the power of codependency and creepy crawlies, but pitched through funny posts and with no further context 🦟

Tag yourself!! Which one are you?

#MENApit #AG #WIP #H #YA

A photo of a young woman with one eye purple and a small drop of blood by her mouth. There is text overlaid that says, "I don't know what it is. I don't even know if it has a name. But its only wish is to consume."

There is something wrong with Maha.

Her eye changes color and that's when the visions begin. She must travel back to her family's small village in Palestine to learn how to stop it. But what is real, and is the truth worth the price of Maha’s sanity? #MENApit #AG @menapitch.bsky.social

The Israeli army has released footage showing the large-scale destruction of villages in southern Lebanon during its invasion.

Since the start of the war, more than 100 villages have been heavily affected, with between 40 and 60 reported to have suffered near-total destruction.

An image of an advanced copy of Our Cut of Salt sitting on a table

ARCs are here and even more beautiful than I thought they’d be 😭 I cannot believe my story about a Palestinian haunted house is HERE and REAL!

(And if you’re down to read about a haunted house that fights its occupiers, preorders are here: linktr.ee/deenahelm)

The world we live in makes me so unbearably sad

instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options.
For example, check out some of these writers:

Everybody's talking about @deenahelm.bsky.social's debut Palestinian haunted house horror OUR CUT OF SALT, out from @tornightfire.bsky.social on September 22!

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Baby’s first Barnes and Noble preorder sale 🥳 you can grab Our Cut of Salt off for 25% with code PREORDER25: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-cut-of...

A graphic with the cover of the book OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm and text above that says "NOW AVAILABLE TO REQUEST ON NETGALLEY AND EDELWEISS"

my furious and murderous palestinian haunted house book is now up to request on netgalley & edelweiss!!

Omg Gretchen!!! 🥹 I’m so glad you loved it and I’m so so appreciative to you for reading it!! ♥️

CARNALIS by @tiffmorris.bsky.social and OUR CUT OF SALT by @deenahelm.bsky.social

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AI is not only throwing us into recession + climate disaster but also is actively contributing to manufacturing complacency with war. It ultimately helps their bottom line when we see these horrifying images of war and our first thought is "is this AI?"

Build your Horror TBR!

@thomasrclark.bsky.social
@rksinghauthor.bsky.social
@deenahelm.bsky.social
@jasonpcrawford.bsky.social
@alexismariewrites.bsky.social
@marklawford.bsky.social

Gimme 14.

The UK cover for Our Cut of Salt, which depicts the title on the top half on a beige background. The bottom half shows the bottom half of a woman's face, overlaid with windows and doors, and shaded in red as the top part of her face crumbles. On the side is Palestinian embroidery in the colors of black, green, and red.

✨ UK COVER REVEAL ✨

If you're interested in a story about a Palestinian haunted house, the three generations of women who are ancestrally tied to it, and discovering the price of the past, this comes out September 22, 2026! Preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm

Please help bring 5 year old Hanan some hope on her birthday as her family endures Israel's genocide:

Find your next favorite horror read! Of Beasts – M Jane Worma Patchwork Dolls – Ysabelle Cheung For Human Use – Sarah G Pierce When the Stares Were Devoured – Stephanie Blair Bed Rot Baby – Wendy Dalrymple The Body - Bethany C Morrow We Paint Our Faces With the Ashes of the Dead – Nikolas P. Robinson Our Cut if Salt – Deena Helm World’s Edge – James Sallis The Krewe – E Lane Redmond Traverse – EJ Meyers Siphon – AA Medina The Skeleton Theory – Joe Clifford Fear the Reaper – CJ Carella A Forest darkly – AG Slatter House of Splinters – Laura Purcell She Made Herself a Monster – Anna Kovatcheva Dark Texas – Charles J. Petrie JR

Find your next favorite horror read!

@mjaneworma.bsky.social
@stephanieblair.bsky.social
@bethanycmorrow.com
@candacenola.bsky.social
@deenahelm.bsky.social
@aamedina25.bsky.social
@tonyanuci.bsky.social
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
@laurapurcell.bsky.social
@tornightfire.bsky.social

I can't wait for this!