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Eden Royce
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Writer of Southern Gothic for kids & adults. Walter Award Honoree. Shirley Jackson, Bram Stoker, & Ignyte Award winner. Nebula finalist. ROOT MAGIC | THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE | HOLLOW TONGUE
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PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!

This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.

In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook

Available wherever books are sold.

#booksky #Blackbooksky
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After an busy October and one week off to reset, the Horror for Libraries giveaway is BACK and it is 3 finished books you may have missed for 1 winner. @titanbooks.bsky.social @hardcasecrime.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social

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#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: 3 Finished Books You Probaly Missed For 1 Winner
After a month of 31 Days of Horror where I had giveaways scattered throughout the month, and then a week off last week so I could recover, t...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My Shirley Jackson Award for HOLLOW TONGUE has arrived! It took some time because of a postal issue, but it's here.

Thanks to @rdspress.bsky.social for publishing my creepy Southern Gothic novella. Get a free novella when you purchase Hollow Tongue at the link:

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November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A deep dive into the details of Psychopomp & Circumstance is in this wonderful review from Strange Horizons magazine - thank you!

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#booksky 📚🪐
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My essay “Papershells” for @sarahgailey.bsky.social's year-long essay series Love Letters: Reasons to be Alive is live!

This series celebrates “the objects and experiences that keep us going, even through the hardest of times” and is always free to read.

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November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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New Book Review: Psychopomp & Circumstance Review: Eden Royce’s Haunting Novel

"a beautiful exploration of grief, not as something to be feared, but as a process that connects us to the past "

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Psychopomp & Circumstance Review: Eden Royce's Haunting Novel - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Our review of Eden Royce's Psychopomp & Circumstance. We explore the Gullah Geechee-inspired magic, the eerie Southern Gothic setting, and the powerful coming-of-age story at its heart.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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I get @sarahgailey.bsky.social's newsletter in my inbox, and I'd been WAITING for a quiet moment to open this Reasons to Be Alive post by @edenroyce.bsky.social. I knew it would be good.

Friends, it was good. In all the ways. Give yourself a quiet moment.

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Papershells
A Love Letters Feature by Eden Royce - October 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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The November Locus aka @locusmag.bsky.social includes my interview with Eden Royce!!!

aka @edenroyce.bsky.social -

My recent Locus interviews include Ken Liu, Cadwell Turnbull, Yume Kitasei, H.E. Edgmon, Akwaeke Emezi, Rita Woods, S.A. Barnes, and more!

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Issue 778 Table of Contents, November 2025
The November 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Joe Hill and Eden Royce. News includes the Ignyte Awards winners, Loyer’s Sturgeon Award win, the planned Baker & Taylor shut…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm on the cover of this month's Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social!

If you get a copy, you'll get to read an interview with me and one with Joe Hill, as well as industry news, book reviews, and much more!

BTW, does this mean my new nickname is "Atmosphere of Disturbia"?

#booksky #Blackbooksky
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Ensure preparedness for the gothic months (november, december, january) with these titles: #WolfWorm #PsychopompandCircumstance #WitchcraftforWaywardGirls from:
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@torbooks
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Check out our site for all things bookish!
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Happy book release day to @therealjackfinn.bsky.social for his book, CULLING OF THE HOUSE OF BOARS. One of the good ones! Let's make some noise for him today! #pubday #newrelease #JackFinn #VeloxBooks #horror #vampire #Thriller #booktok #mustRead #Bookstagram #AmReading
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Join me Nov 6th (6pm ET) to discuss Psychopomp & Circumstance at a virtual book club w/The Bottom Bookstore!

Follow Phee St. Margaret as she plans the funeral of her estranged aunt & learns some secrets transcend life and death.

www.thebottomknox.com/events-1/vir...

#booksky #Blackbooksky
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thank you for this phenomenal review of Psychopomp & Circumstance!
Buy this wonderful book! My in depth thoughts about how lovely it is on my blog.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Such a good comforting read.
Thrilled my story "The Magnolia Returns" is up at @podcastle.org! It's a tale of a lonely, traveling butcher shop serving its community and finally finding companionship.

The audio is narrated by the incredible Laurice White, who always nails the dialect.

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#booksky
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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You build worlds for a living. And some dreams, you know, are literally worth more than others.

I have a new story out in Clarkesworld, alongside @tadethompson.bsky.social, @izom-chisom.bsky.social,
@spires.bsky.social y.social, and others!

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November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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It’s been a minute since I enjoyed some #MGlit - @edenroyce.bsky.social’s THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE is just what I needed on this blustery grey day!
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Just lined up @thisishorror.bsky.social's latest news round-up for tomorrow but, #ICYMI here are last week's new and forthcoming horrors:
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Winter Haunts 2025 returns 2 weeks on Saturday for more ghostly & gothic fiction writing @alexdavis1981.bsky.social

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 October 2025
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Winter Haunts the online ghost story, gothic and supernatural fiction day returns As the air grows c…
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October 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Hey US and Canada folks! My Nebula, World Fantasy & Locus award nominated novel SHIGIDI will (finally!) be out in paperback on Nov 4. If you couldn't get the hardcover when it came out (understandably so!) here's your chance.
Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Happening in less than an hour!
I'm discussing my haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance, w/cohost @veronicaghenry.bsky.social author on Oct 29 for @sistahscifi.bsky.social Wine Down Wednesday.

Expect Gothic magic and Southern folklore - wine optional!
Join us on the edge of the veil. 👻

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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Some more of my October reads. October has been an amazing month of reading for me. I’ve read some absolutely amazing books.

Ty to @jcageauthor.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social Charlene Antrobus & Cait Jacobs for the arcs. I’ve loved them all. #booksky #fallreads #arcreader
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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A sweet story about the sometimes literal magic of food, featuring a butcher shop that gives people exactly what they need - The Magnolia Returns by @edenroyce.bsky.social

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PodCastle 914: The Magnolia Returns - PodCastle
The Magnolia Returns By Eden Royce   The Magnolia blooms out of nowhere at any time of year it chooses, bringing its dilapidated wooden slats and rickety front steps to a neighborhood that somehow bel...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This interview w/The Nerd Daily was a fun one that got to the heart of my reasons for writing this gently creepy novella.

It also includes books I'm looking forward to, including work by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and @kjcharleswriter.com

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Q&A: Eden Royce, Author of 'Psychopomp & Circumstance' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Eden Royce about Psychopomp & Circumstance, which draws on both the fantastical and the historical in this Southern Gothic novella, creating the perfect atmospheric read for balmy ...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm discussing my haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance, w/cohost @veronicaghenry.bsky.social author on Oct 29 for @sistahscifi.bsky.social Wine Down Wednesday.

Expect Gothic magic and Southern folklore - wine optional!
Join us on the edge of the veil. 👻

sistahscifi.com/pages/events
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Heyo! On Tuesday, 11/4 join me and *the* @hanalee.bsky.social at Books Inc. for THE KING MUST DIE’s book launch!
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Very much enjoyed Hollow Tongue by @edenroyce.bsky.social

Vivid, atmospheric, creepy.

Also reminds us of what is surely a near universal truth: always keep a crowbar handy.

Available at:
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October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic."
― Eden Royce

Out Now!
@edenroyce.bsky.social
#Gullahheritagemonth #gullah #blackbooksky #writingcommunity
October 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM