Floral black grey background with a closeup of the face of the Bride! (2026) in the centre (text reads: Grim Reader's syllabus).

Floral yellow background with black bands containing text at top (Bride! Book recs (bios + horror analysis)) and bottom (HoL logo). Six covers in the middle (clockwise): Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein (Lita Judge); Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema (Angela M. Smith); Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay); Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley (Charlotte Gordon); Bride of Frankenstein (Shane Denson); Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction (Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson).

Floral yellow background with black bands containing HoL logo at top and text at bottom [[holpublishing.com]. Grim Reader bookworm (designed by Jessica Rose) in centre and finger pointing at bottom text. Text: Bookworms! For more horror book recs (including our full Frankenstein reading list)...

Six books you need to read after watching Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride...

For more book recs focused on horror analysis, including our Frankenstein reading list, follow the Grim Reader: holpublishing.com/grimreader!

#printisundead #thebride #maryshelley #bookrecommendations #booksky #horrorsky

Image: Tote bag containing 'print is undead' logo (with holpublishing.com in tail), featuring hand-lettered text by Dana Polakovicová and digitised by Euan Monaghan. Scared Sacred and Filtered Reality books at the top. Text at bottom (white on black background): 'print is undead' tote bag with every book order (while stocks last!).

Just in time for spring, get your free 'print is undead' tote bag with every book purchase (while stocks last)!

And if you know me (Rebecca), you'll know I'll throw some wee extras in there too... 🖤

#printisundead #scaredsacred #filteredreality #horrorsky #booksky #womenowned #womenshistorymonth

Image: white gothic wallpaper with grey fine floral print in vertical lines and black text in centre (with maroon final word; text: US shipping is back!), and House of Leaves logo (minimalistic house with page leaves falling from tree) in black at bottom.

While 2026—so far—hasn't exactly been the turnaround we were all rooting for, hopefully some good news: we're shipping to the US again!

Continued in comments (1/6)...

#horrorsky #horrorcommunity #indiepublisher #usshipping #nonfictionbooks #horrormovies #printisundead #booksky

Text: Happy New Year from HoL. Image: open book with holiday lights behind, and a lined border with crescent moon shapes in the corners.

What a year... 🔥

While we're very much forward-focused around our 2026 release schedule (more soon...), things haven't *exactly* gone to plan this year... [ctd. in comments]

#indiepublishing #newyears #newyearseve #booksky #read #writingsinspiration #writing #printisundead #horrorsky #nonfiction

Image: Bookmark depicting Bates House from Psycho (1960) — line art with holiday lights, with dotted accents and Print Is Undead logo on the reverse — in front of several gothic / ghost books on wooden surface. Message on bookmark: Happy Holidays from HoL. Artwork by @jayjayrose7 .

Happy Jólabókaflóð to everyone celebrating! 📖

We hope it's the start of a holiday period filled with lots of restorative reading... 🖤

Take care and stay spooky,

Rebecca

#horrorsky #jolabokaflod #booksky #amreading #nonfiction #christmaseve #holidayseason #ghost #horrorart #printisundead

Last chance to shop our books and spooky stationery sets this year! 👻📚

Please support small businesses, during the holiday season and beyond! 🖤

#booksky #horrorsky #art #stationery #nonfiction #anthology #horrormovies #foundfootage #religioushorror #filmanalysis #printisundead #horrorbook

Image: Grid containing four greyscale images (clockwise: Valak screaming; Valak smiling; Scared Sacred book on wooden table with House of Leaves Publishing logo on the left; Scared Sacred book on wooden table with eBay logo on the left). Valak images from The Nun (2018); Scared Sacred images by Cristina Resa.

Used copies of #ScaredSacred are going for more than £600 on eBay! 😂💀

Not only is the paperback still available via holpublishing.com, we've extended our sale until the end of the week! 📚

Keep Valak happy—join us in supporting indie publishing! 👻

#PrintIsUndead #booksky #sale #nonfictionnovember

EVERYTHING ON SALE until Halloween (join our mailing list for an extra gift—sign up at holpublishing.com)! 🎃

#sale #discount #halloween #horrorsky #horrormovies #filmsky #booksky #horror #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #stationery #spookyseason #printisundead #writual

Image: 'Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film' paperback and two greetings cards surrounded by leaves. The book's cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd. The first draws from the Scared Sacred's illustrated chapters to depict Pinhead from Hellraiser (“Malice in Chains”); the second shows the matte black back of the other card design, containing House of Leave Publishing's Print Is Undead logo.

Halloween nostalgia kicking in now it's October? 🎃

Who said you can't build boo-baskets for adults... 👻

Stop by our wee shop for cosy, seasonal sets and bookish gifts: holpublishing.com/shop! 🍂

#booksky #horrorsky #horrorart #stationery #scaredsacred #houseofleavespublishing #printisundead

Image one: black background with Grim Reader worm (designed by Jessica Rose). Text reads: Grim Reader Prompts September 2025.

Image two: black background with five reading prompts in brown boxes. Title reads: September 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): Over The Garden Wall; “I am an Autumn”; Bitchcraft; Earth, Wind + Fire; “Welcome to the Hellmouth.”

Happy Monday, Grim Readers... 🪱

What books are you picking up this week? Swipe for some September-themed prompts! 🍂

#booksky #horrorsky #readersky #writersky #bookclub #grimreader #printisundead #houseofleavespublishing #buffy #americanhorrorstory #bookrecommendation #readinglist #readingchallenge

Image one: black background with five book covers and title in purple box at top. Title reads: August 2025 Reading Prompts (Jessica’s picks). Book covers (clockwise): Summer Slasher Horror Anthology: Vol. 1 edited by Clay Anderson; Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa; Pet Sematary by Stephen King; The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise edited by Ron Reikki; Satanic Panic: Pop Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s edited by Kier-la Janisse.

Image two: black background with five reading prompts in purple boxes. Title reads: August 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): "The Curse of Camp Cold Lake”; Nightmares + Dreamscapes; Stone Tape Theory; "The Evil (Un)Dead”; Don’t Panic, Satanic.

Image three: black background with Grim Reader worm (designed by Jessica Rose). Text reads: Grim Reader Prompts August 2025.

Squeezing every last drop of blood from summer horror fare, here's @jessicarosehorror.bsky.social's book club picks for August... swipe for prompts! 🖤

What did you read this month, Grim Readers? 🐛

#booksky #readingcommunity #horrorsky #filmsky #houseofleavespublishing #grimreader #printisundead

Image one: black background with five book covers and title in purple box at top. Title reads: August 2025 Reading Prompts (Rebecca's picks). Book covers (clockwise): You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight (Kalynn Bayron; Bloomsbury YA, 2023); Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It (Alice Vernon; Icon Books, 2022); Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror and the Spectre of Nostalgia (William Burns; Headpress, 2025); Zombies!: An Illustrated History of the Undead (Jovanka Vuckovic; Griffin, 2011); Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll (Peter Bebergal; Penguin, 2015).

Image two: black background with five reading prompts in purple boxes. Title reads: August 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): "The Curse of Camp Cold Lake”; Nightmares + Dreamscapes; Stone Tape Theory; "The Evil (Un)Dead”; Don’t Panic, Satanic.

Image three: black background with Grim Reader worm (designed by Jessica Rose). Text reads: Grim Reader Prompts August 2025.

Get in weirdos, we're going on a book trip... 📚

For August's Book Club, my reading suggestions involve going on an wee adventure... swipe for prompts! 🤘

What are you reading, Grim Readers? 🪱

#booksky #horrorsky #bookclub #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #printisundead #grimreader

Image one: black background with Grim Reader worm (designed by Jessica Rose). Text reads: Grim Reader Prompts August 2025.

Image two: black background with five reading prompts in purple boxes. Title reads: August 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): "The Curse of Camp Cold Lake”; Nightmares + Dreamscapes; Stone Tape Theory; "The Evil (Un)Dead”; Don’t Panic, Satanic.

It's the first Monday of the month, which can only mean one thing, Grim Readers... 🪱

Swipe for your August 2025 book club prompts! 👀

What's on your TBR pile? 📚

#booksky #horrorsky #bookclub #bookrecommendation #writersky #printisundead #houseofleavespublishing #readersky #readingchallenge

Image one: black background with five book covers and title in pink box at top. Title reads: July 2025 Reading Prompts (Rebecca's picks). Book covers (clockwise): The Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean; Vintage, 2000); Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances (Lisa Morton; Reaktion Books, 2020); Sleepaway Camp (BJ & Harmony Colangelo; DieDieBooks, 2024); Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic (Elisabeth Bronfen; Manchester University Press, 1992); This House Is Haunted: The Amazing Inside Story of the Enfield Poltergeist (Guy Lyon Playfair; White Crow Books, 2011).

Image two: back background with five reading prompts in pink boxes. Title reads: July 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): Adaptation; Piercing the Veil; “Welcome to Camp Nightmare”; Anatomical Art; Ghostbusters.

Image three: black background with Grim Reader worm (designed by Jessica Rose). Text reads: Grim Reader Prompts July 2025.

TGIF, Grim Readers! 🪱

A little later than planned around being under the weather, but here's my monthly reading picks! 🖤

Swipe for July's book club prompts if you want to join! 📚

#booksky #readingchallenge #bookclub #horrorsky #nonfiction #bookrecs #printisundead #haunted #readingcommunity #tgif

Black background with five book covers and title in blue box at top. Title reads: June 2025 Reading Prompts (Jessica's picks). Book covers (clockwise): Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia; The Fisherman by John Langan; The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson; Escaping Death: The Unauthorized Story Behind the Final Destination Movies by Padraic Maroney; Plant Horror: Approaches to the Monstrous Vegetal in Fiction and Film by Dawn Keetley and Angela Tenga.

Greyscale close-up of flowers (Photo by Daiga Dreimane on Unsplash) with five reading prompts in blue boxes. Title reads: June 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): Bodily autonomy; "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."; Summerween; Dreadful destinations; The savage garden.

In need of a book boost this Hump Day? 📚

Here's @jessicarosehorror.bsky.social's reading prompt picks for June (swipe to see this month's prompts)!

Happy Grim Reading! 🖤

#booksky #horrorsky #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #finaldestination #jaws #mybodymychoice #readingchallenge #printisundead

Image one: black background with five book covers and title in green box at top. Title reads: May 2025 Reading Prompts (Valeska’s Picks). Book covers (clockwise): South Asian Gothic: Haunted Cultures, Histories and Media (edited by Katarzyna Ancuta & Deimantas Valanciunas); Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine (by Sandra Lawrence); Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie (by Clark Collis); Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past (by Merlin Coverley); Folk Horror: New Global Pathways (edited by Dawn Keetley & Ruth Heholt).

Image two: greyscale close-up of flowers (Photo by Daiga Dreimane on Unsplash) with five reading prompts in green boxes. Title reads: May 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): May Day! May Day!; South Asian Folklore; "April showers bring May flowers"; Dellamorte Dellamore; Ghost in the Machine.

Happy Hump Day, Grim Readers!! 🪱

If you're hankering for a mid-week sweet (book) treat, here's Valeska's reading prompt picks for May... 📚

Which prompts fit your TBR this month? Let us know! 👇

#booksky #horrorsky #readingcommunity #aapiheritagemonth #folklore #printisundead #horrorcommunity

Looking for some outdoor reading inspiration? 🌞

Here's our non-fiction list for May (swipe for this month's prompts)! 🖤

Which titles are you adding to your TBR? 📚

#booksky #horrorsky #readingcommunity #aapiheritagemonth #folklore #readingchallenge #printisundead #beltane #horrorcommunity

Image: greyscale close-up of flowers (Photo by Daiga Dreimane on Unsplash) with five reading prompts in green boxes. Title reads: May 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): May Day! May Day!; South Asian Folklore; "April showers bring May flowers"; Dellamorte Dellamore; Ghost in the Machine.

Blessed Beltane! 🔥

Inspired by this ritual of becoming, here are our May 2025 reading prompts... 📚

Let us know what you're reading in the comments! 👇

#booksky #horrorsky #filmsky #readingcommunity #tbr #readingchallenge #printisundead #beltane #horrorcommunity #horrorfilm #halfwaytohalloween

Image: Black background with pale yellow gypsophila around edges, grey-line border with crescent moon corners, and text in centre that reads: Spring Cleaning Sale.

👻 Our Spring Cleaning Sale starts today! 👻

Featuring some of our most beloved past perks, just in time for a Halfway to Halloween treat... 🎃

👉 Explore our bundles: holpublishing.com/shop!

#booksky #horrorsky #filmsky #sale #printisundead #houseofleavespublishing #halfwaytohalloween #Halloween

White ghost mug containing S.D. Bell & Co. tea bag and two sachets of tea (black with white border) in front of a laptop containing a 'House of Leaves' logo sticker within a pumpkin design. The items sit on a mat decorated with realistic-looking white skulls on a black background, with dried white gypsophila in the top left corner and a small pumpkin in the bottom right corner. Text over image reads: holpublishing.com.

This blend of the finest quality Indian and Kenyan black tea is perfect for reading at any time of day, but especially late into the night… 📚👻

(The tea is just one of several freebies, as a small thank you to our #PrintIsUndead community!) 🖤🧟‍♀️

What potions are you brewing today? ✨ [2/2]

Image 1: Title in dark grey block: Burnt orange text in handwritten style reads: HoL editorial team's picks. White text in gothic style reads: April 2025 Reading Prompt Picks. Five burnt orange blocks contain reading prompts (also white text in gothic style): (clockwise) disability representation; (halfway to) Halloween; part of, or relates to, a series; mother nature; horror comedy.

Title in dark grey block: Burnt orange text in handwritten style reads: HoL Editorial team's. White text in gothic style reads: April 2025 Reading Prompt Picks. Prompts in burnt orange blocks replaced by book covers: Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema (Angela M. Smith; Columbia University Press, 2011). Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Lisa Morton; Unbound, 2022). Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil (Alex Aniel; Reaktion Books, 2013). Spoofing the Vampire: Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy (Simon Bacon (ed.); McFarland, 2022). Massacred by Mother Nature: Exploring the Natural Horror Film (Lee Gambin; Midnight Marquee Press, 2012).

Here's what we've picked for our April reading prompts... 💙📚

What's on your stack this month? 👀

#booksky #horrorsky #filmsky #readingcommunity #tbr #readingchallenge #printisundead #writing

Image 1: greyscale image of white flower-buds on black background (Roma Kaiuk | Unsplash) with white border. White text in gothic style reads: Reading Prompts; April 2025.

Image 2: greyscale image of white flower-buds on black background (Roma Kaiuk | Unsplash). White text in gothic style reads: mother nature; horror comedy; (halfway to) Halloween; disability representation; part of, or relates to, a series.

Our April 2025 reading prompts have landed — what's on your TBR this month? 🖤📚

#booksky #horrorsky #readingcommunity #tbr #readingprompt #readingchallenge #printisundead

Orange pumpkins in both top corners with bright blue background and Scared Sacred in the centre. The cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd.

Still from In the Mouth of Madness (1995). Close-up of man's face with distorted pupils.

“Do you read #ScaredSacred?”

Released in the US in Feb 1995, In the Mouth of Madness is one of the films covered in our limited-edition anthology.

Part of a small series exploring religion in horror, get our first book before it's gone: holpublishing.com/shop!

#horrorsky #booksky #printisundead

Two identical images of a Scared Sacred paperback on a wooden desk: one has the eBay logo next to it, as well as as a still from The Nun (2018) of Valak, a demonic entity dressed as a nun, screaming in the direction of the book; the other has the House of Leaves Publishing logo next to it along with a still of Valak smiling. Scared Sacred: The cover contains a matte black background with a cross / opened box shape foiled in silver (artwork by Jeremy Thompson, inspired by the Lament Configuration). The title is also foiled in silver. Further text: Foreword by Doug Bradley; Edited by Rebecca Booth, Valeska Griffiths & Erin Thompson; Curated by RF Todd.

Despite second-hand copies going for silly amounts on eBay, our limited-edition #ScaredSacred paperback is still available on holpublishing.com at its original price! 📚

Make Valak happy by ensuring #PrintIsUndead — not unviable! 🖤

#booksky #horrorsky