Kat Hillis
@kathillisauthor.bsky.social
Writer of queer SFF and mystery | Co-author of DEAD & BREAKFAST (Out Now!) | author of NECROMANCY AND THE ART OF HERO KILLING (Red Tower 2027)
You can reach me by whispering your message into a crisp autumn leaf and releasing it into the wind
The AI book club scam emails are becoming so frequent that I’m considering becoming unreachable by email. If you have a missive for me, send me a carrier pigeon or something.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
You can reach me by whispering your message into a crisp autumn leaf and releasing it into the wind
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And let's not leave the adults out of the fun! Check out these fun and spooky reads for adults from @sewendelauthor.bsky.social @susanwalter.bsky.social @kathillisauthor.bsky.social @rosieethor.bsky.social and Melissa Holtz!
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
And let's not leave the adults out of the fun! Check out these fun and spooky reads for adults from @sewendelauthor.bsky.social @susanwalter.bsky.social @kathillisauthor.bsky.social @rosieethor.bsky.social and Melissa Holtz!
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Perfect for your #Halloween reading, a review & giveaway of "Dead & Breakfast" by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor, a vampire cozy! We also have an interview with the authors. kingsriverlife.com/10/18/dead-b... @kathillisauthor.bsky.social @rosieethor.bsky.social #cozymystery #vampires #booksky 💙📚
Dead & Breakfast By Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor: Review/Giveaway/Interview
by Lorie Lewis HamIf you have been reading KRL for very long, you know that I am a huge fan of vampires—have been for most of my life. So when I heard that there was going to be a gay cozy mystery ser...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Perfect for your #Halloween reading, a review & giveaway of "Dead & Breakfast" by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor, a vampire cozy! We also have an interview with the authors. kingsriverlife.com/10/18/dead-b... @kathillisauthor.bsky.social @rosieethor.bsky.social #cozymystery #vampires #booksky 💙📚
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Ep. 372A is here! Married vampires Arthur and Sal are living their dream running a b&b– until the mayor is found dead in their begonias. Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor stop by to chat about DEAD AND BREAKFAST. @rosieethor.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ep. 372A is here! Married vampires Arthur and Sal are living their dream running a b&b– until the mayor is found dead in their begonias. Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor stop by to chat about DEAD AND BREAKFAST. @rosieethor.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social
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ITS A BAT DAMN TIME! 🦇⚰️🩸
Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence!
Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...
Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence!
Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...
October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ITS A BAT DAMN TIME! 🦇⚰️🩸
Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence!
Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...
Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence!
Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...
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Happy Pub Day to DEAD AND BREAKFAST @kathillisauthor.bsky.social and @rosieethor.bsky.social!! A charming cozy mystery with gay vampires? Sign me up!
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Happy Pub Day to DEAD AND BREAKFAST @kathillisauthor.bsky.social and @rosieethor.bsky.social!! A charming cozy mystery with gay vampires? Sign me up!
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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Do you want to read about gay vampires solving crime? With a black cat sidekick? Full of jokes and puns? Of course you do!
Preorder Dead & Breakfast at the link below to get a signed copy AND two spooky stickers perfect for the season!
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Preorder Dead & Breakfast at the link below to get a signed copy AND two spooky stickers perfect for the season!
www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...
Dead & Breakfast | Always Here Bookstore
Dead & BreakfastKat Hillis,Rosiee ThorPublisher: Berkley BooksOctober 14 2025EAN: 9780593952719ISBN: 0593952715Synopsis: The new vampires in town are sinking their teeth into solving a murder... M...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Do you want to read about gay vampires solving crime? With a black cat sidekick? Full of jokes and puns? Of course you do!
Preorder Dead & Breakfast at the link below to get a signed copy AND two spooky stickers perfect for the season!
www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...
Preorder Dead & Breakfast at the link below to get a signed copy AND two spooky stickers perfect for the season!
www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...
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What does it mean to be "SFF-Crossover"? Books that fall under science-fantasy, ambiguous hauntings, the occasional nonfiction... You'll find everything that refuses to be defined in this list of all the SFF Crossover books of October 2025!
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All the New SFF Crossover Books Arriving in October 2025 - Reactor
Shanghai, Long Island, Hong Kong, and Cape Cod are just some of the places visited in October's new crossover releases.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What does it mean to be "SFF-Crossover"? Books that fall under science-fantasy, ambiguous hauntings, the occasional nonfiction... You'll find everything that refuses to be defined in this list of all the SFF Crossover books of October 2025!
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This book ruined my life in the best way 🥰 dark academia at its finest!!
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This book ruined my life in the best way 🥰 dark academia at its finest!!
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Absolutely wild to say this but... your eyes do not deceive you. That IS me being quoted in USA Today talking about the inherent queerness of vampires! 😱🦇🌈
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Did 'Twilight' ruin the vampire genre? How the series broke the rules – for the better
People still tell "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson that the movies and Stephenie Meyer books ruined the vampire genre. But did it? We asked readers.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Absolutely wild to say this but... your eyes do not deceive you. That IS me being quoted in USA Today talking about the inherent queerness of vampires! 😱🦇🌈
www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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It’s October 3rd
October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It’s October 3rd
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This book was so fun! Vampires and a bed-and-breakfast--how can you go wrong?
OMG FINISHED COPIES OF DEAD & BREAKFAST HAVE ARRIVED!!!!!! THEY ARE LITERALLY SO PERFECT I’M OBSESSED WITH THE SPINE!!!!!
September 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This book was so fun! Vampires and a bed-and-breakfast--how can you go wrong?
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Look just because the major was found dead with two puncture holes in his neck does NOT mean the vampires have anything to do with it.
We're delighted to share an excerpt from Dead & Breakfast by @kathillisauthor.bsky.social and @rosieethor.bsky.social!
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We're delighted to share an excerpt from Dead & Breakfast by @kathillisauthor.bsky.social and @rosieethor.bsky.social!
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Read an Excerpt From Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor - Reactor
The new vampires in town are sinking their teeth into solving a murder…
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September 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Look just because the major was found dead with two puncture holes in his neck does NOT mean the vampires have anything to do with it.
We're delighted to share an excerpt from Dead & Breakfast by @kathillisauthor.bsky.social and @rosieethor.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/excerpts-dea...
We're delighted to share an excerpt from Dead & Breakfast by @kathillisauthor.bsky.social and @rosieethor.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/excerpts-dea...
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Call to action for Alabama! Leave a public comment on a truly terrible proposal that would ban "positive descriptions" of trans people in libraries. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...
"Positive Depictions" Of Trans People Banned In Alabama State Libraries Proposal
The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Call to action for Alabama! Leave a public comment on a truly terrible proposal that would ban "positive descriptions" of trans people in libraries. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...
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This is How We Roll is OUT NOW!! I may not have my hardcover copies yet, but you can venture forth into the world and buy one for yourself!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
September 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is How We Roll is OUT NOW!! I may not have my hardcover copies yet, but you can venture forth into the world and buy one for yourself!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
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You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.
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Timeline cleanse: If you need some goofy vampire husbands and their B&B in your life--you really do--look out for DEAD & BREAKFAST by @rosieethor.bsky.social and @kathillisauthor.bsky.social. Charming, silly, and full of fanged detective shenanigans! 🧛🏨📕
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Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis, Rosiee Thor: 9780593952719 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The new vampires in town are sinking their teeth into solving a murder… Married odd couple Arthur and Sal are totally normal. They wear sunscreen, not because the sun can kill them, but because...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Timeline cleanse: If you need some goofy vampire husbands and their B&B in your life--you really do--look out for DEAD & BREAKFAST by @rosieethor.bsky.social and @kathillisauthor.bsky.social. Charming, silly, and full of fanged detective shenanigans! 🧛🏨📕
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775979...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775979...
Don’t miss your chance for a rare book signed by BOTH of us and also these amazing stickers!
EXCITING NEWS!! Pre-orders for Dead & Breakfast through Always Here Bookstore will be SIGNED BY BOTH OF US!! You'll also get two spooky silly stickers and the joy of supporting an independent queer bookstore!
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September 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Don’t miss your chance for a rare book signed by BOTH of us and also these amazing stickers!
Today I went to the post office early to get errands out of the way. The customer in front of me was apparently A Problem, because when I got to the counter the clerk was complaining about how she’d tried to tell the clerk how to do her own job etc. (thread)
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today I went to the post office early to get errands out of the way. The customer in front of me was apparently A Problem, because when I got to the counter the clerk was complaining about how she’d tried to tell the clerk how to do her own job etc. (thread)
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So thrilled to share this wonderful blurb from @maigadoocy.bsky.social! Sorcery and Small Magics is one of our favorite recent fantasy novels, so to have Maiga's seal of approval means the world!
September 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So thrilled to share this wonderful blurb from @maigadoocy.bsky.social! Sorcery and Small Magics is one of our favorite recent fantasy novels, so to have Maiga's seal of approval means the world!
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Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
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The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
Unbound for Gaza
Silent auction 'Unbound for Gaza' hosted online at 32auctions.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
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🌟 GIVEAWAY 🌟
It's been six whole months since my humorous alien invasion anthology WHY ON EARTH hit shelves, so let's do a giveaway!
Repost, follow, and comment your favorite alien below to enter! I'll pick a winner in a week. (US only, sorry! I cannot afford international shipping alas)
It's been six whole months since my humorous alien invasion anthology WHY ON EARTH hit shelves, so let's do a giveaway!
Repost, follow, and comment your favorite alien below to enter! I'll pick a winner in a week. (US only, sorry! I cannot afford international shipping alas)
August 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🌟 GIVEAWAY 🌟
It's been six whole months since my humorous alien invasion anthology WHY ON EARTH hit shelves, so let's do a giveaway!
Repost, follow, and comment your favorite alien below to enter! I'll pick a winner in a week. (US only, sorry! I cannot afford international shipping alas)
It's been six whole months since my humorous alien invasion anthology WHY ON EARTH hit shelves, so let's do a giveaway!
Repost, follow, and comment your favorite alien below to enter! I'll pick a winner in a week. (US only, sorry! I cannot afford international shipping alas)