Kelly Lonesome
@kellylonesome.bsky.social
Executive Editor of nightmares at Nightfire / Tor Publishing Group. Working hard on my sea witch vibes. I have such sights to show you. (she/her)
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Today is my birthday. I would like many things but from you specifically I want $2,500 for @scarleteen.com's annual fundraiser, which is supporting staff & volunteer healthcare this year. We need $2,500 to unlock a $10,000 match and this would really make my day! Donate to my campaign page here.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today is my birthday. I would like many things but from you specifically I want $2,500 for @scarleteen.com's annual fundraiser, which is supporting staff & volunteer healthcare this year. We need $2,500 to unlock a $10,000 match and this would really make my day! Donate to my campaign page here.
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We’re thrilled to announce Poppy Creek, the debut novel by Ivy Fang!
This darkly funny twist on a haunted house tale follows Laurel Meng, a Chinese American con woman posing as an exorcist, and will be published by Tor Nightfire in 2027.
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This darkly funny twist on a haunted house tale follows Laurel Meng, a Chinese American con woman posing as an exorcist, and will be published by Tor Nightfire in 2027.
reactormag.com/book-announc...
Announcing Poppy Creek by Ivy Fang - Reactor
A tense, atmospheric horror novel arriving in 2027 from Nightfire
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October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We’re thrilled to announce Poppy Creek, the debut novel by Ivy Fang!
This darkly funny twist on a haunted house tale follows Laurel Meng, a Chinese American con woman posing as an exorcist, and will be published by Tor Nightfire in 2027.
reactormag.com/book-announc...
This darkly funny twist on a haunted house tale follows Laurel Meng, a Chinese American con woman posing as an exorcist, and will be published by Tor Nightfire in 2027.
reactormag.com/book-announc...
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Look what just came in the mail! It looks so good and it IS so good!!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Look what just came in the mail! It looks so good and it IS so good!!
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SPREAD ME is an Indie Next pick!! One of the greatest honors a book can receive imo. Thank you to everyone who supports the work of indie booksellers by shopping at your local bookstore and by pre-ordering via @bookshop.org!!
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September 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
SPREAD ME is an Indie Next pick!! One of the greatest honors a book can receive imo. Thank you to everyone who supports the work of indie booksellers by shopping at your local bookstore and by pre-ordering via @bookshop.org!!
bookshop.org/a/13492/9781...
bookshop.org/a/13492/9781...
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dang what an honor to announce that BURY YOUR GAYS has won the DRAGON AWARD for BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR thank you so much buckaroos. full list of winners is here file770.com/2025-dragon-... if you have not yet read it yet then get bury your gays here us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
August 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
dang what an honor to announce that BURY YOUR GAYS has won the DRAGON AWARD for BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR thank you so much buckaroos. full list of winners is here file770.com/2025-dragon-... if you have not yet read it yet then get bury your gays here us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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THE TINGLEVERSE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST thank you @powells.bsky.social in PORTLAND and third place books in SEATTLE. we had huge trot at both shows including 700 sold out buckaroos in seattle DANG. now headed to pittsburgh for another sold out trot LOVE IS REAL
August 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
THE TINGLEVERSE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST thank you @powells.bsky.social in PORTLAND and third place books in SEATTLE. we had huge trot at both shows including 700 sold out buckaroos in seattle DANG. now headed to pittsburgh for another sold out trot LOVE IS REAL
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLER BLACK FLAME, debuting higher on the list than CUCKOO ever made it
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
USA TODAY BEST-SELLER BLACK FLAME, debuting higher on the list than CUCKOO ever made it
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
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attention buckaroos BLACK FLAME by @scumbelievable.bsky.social comes out tomorrow and it is outrageously good. highly recommended for buds who like their horror pitch black and ruthless as heck. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
August 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
attention buckaroos BLACK FLAME by @scumbelievable.bsky.social comes out tomorrow and it is outrageously good. highly recommended for buds who like their horror pitch black and ruthless as heck. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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one of my favorite books of the year is out today: BLACK FLAME by @scumbelievable.bsky.social is a seething, compelling, nasty story about how repression hollows you out, and how you can never be self-abnegating enough to please people who hate you. It’s repulsive, erotic, heartbreaking. 12/10 stars
Black Flame
One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the USA Today bestselling author of Manhunt, Gretchen...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
one of my favorite books of the year is out today: BLACK FLAME by @scumbelievable.bsky.social is a seething, compelling, nasty story about how repression hollows you out, and how you can never be self-abnegating enough to please people who hate you. It’s repulsive, erotic, heartbreaking. 12/10 stars
Watching “Escape From LA” for the first time, just got to the Coliseum scene and am wondering — @sgj.bsky.social did you write this?!?
July 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching “Escape From LA” for the first time, just got to the Coliseum scene and am wondering — @sgj.bsky.social did you write this?!?
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In two weeks, please join Gretchen Felker-Martin (BLACK FLAME) and Wendy N. Wagner (GIRL IN THE CREEK) on our July episode of Fearmongers. What a glorious evening it will be, full of blisteringly beautiful books. Wednesday, July 30th at 8 PM/ET. Register via Zoom here: bit.ly/4eTvkvw
July 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In two weeks, please join Gretchen Felker-Martin (BLACK FLAME) and Wendy N. Wagner (GIRL IN THE CREEK) on our July episode of Fearmongers. What a glorious evening it will be, full of blisteringly beautiful books. Wednesday, July 30th at 8 PM/ET. Register via Zoom here: bit.ly/4eTvkvw
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so moved to learn BURY YOUR GAYS has won the @locusmag.bsky.social award for BEST HORROR NOVEL of the year. thank you to locus and to the wildly talented authors who were nominated with me. being your peer would be enough, and in the grand mess of timelines im still in awe to trot with you all
June 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
so moved to learn BURY YOUR GAYS has won the @locusmag.bsky.social award for BEST HORROR NOVEL of the year. thank you to locus and to the wildly talented authors who were nominated with me. being your peer would be enough, and in the grand mess of timelines im still in awe to trot with you all
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it has been declared LEGALLY HOMOPHOBIC to not preorder 'lucky day' during pride month us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Lucky Day
“An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of DeathLuc...
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June 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
it has been declared LEGALLY HOMOPHOBIC to not preorder 'lucky day' during pride month us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Less than a month until BLACK FLAME drops on August 5th! A cursed film overflowing with images of occult erotic excess, a closeted woman unraveling after years of repression, and a night at the movies you'll never forget. Pre-order now.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Black Flame
One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the USA Today bestselling author of Manhunt, Gretchen...
us.macmillan.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Less than a month until BLACK FLAME drops on August 5th! A cursed film overflowing with images of occult erotic excess, a closeted woman unraveling after years of repression, and a night at the movies you'll never forget. Pre-order now.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Welcome to the Coven, Clay!! 🔥
Deepest inhale of my life aaaand 3 BOOK DEAL 3 BOOK DEAL HOLY MOLY I JUST GOT A 3 BOOK DEAL HOLY NIGHTFIRE I’M WRITING FOR TOR NIGHTFIRE THIS IS MY LIFE THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE THANK YOU KELLY THANK YOU NIGHTFIRE THANK YOU MACMILLAN THANK YOU NICK THANK YOU GOTHAM NOW I’VE GOTTA WRITE 3 MORE BOOKS
May 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Welcome to the Coven, Clay!! 🔥
Gorp is now Blando
May 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Gorp is now Blando
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yes it was really me. LOVE IS REAL that was a lot of fun
Holy shit @chucktingle.bsky.social is on @mulaney.bsky.social right now as a caller and nobody on the panel knows who just fucking called in!! CHUCK!! YOU ARE A TREASURE
April 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
yes it was really me. LOVE IS REAL that was a lot of fun
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When a phone conversation ends I’m gonna start playing outro music at a steadily increasing volume so I don’t accidentally suck myself and the other person into a twenty-minute long Minnesota goodbye just because I can’t help continuing to talk forever
April 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
When a phone conversation ends I’m gonna start playing outro music at a steadily increasing volume so I don’t accidentally suck myself and the other person into a twenty-minute long Minnesota goodbye just because I can’t help continuing to talk forever
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april horror shopping list is live now! feat. new books from @natcassidy.bsky.social, @toddkeisling.com, @cj-dotson.bsky.social, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social, @erricknunnally.bsky.social, @jendiagammon.bsky.social, @authorstaceykade.bsky.social, @dawnkurtagich.bsky.social, & more!
All the New Horror Books Coming in April 2025
April 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Nat Cassidy, S.A. Barnes, Errick Nunnally, Ronald Malfi, Todd Keisling, C.J. Cooke, Chuck Wendig, and more!
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April 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
april horror shopping list is live now! feat. new books from @natcassidy.bsky.social, @toddkeisling.com, @cj-dotson.bsky.social, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social, @erricknunnally.bsky.social, @jendiagammon.bsky.social, @authorstaceykade.bsky.social, @dawnkurtagich.bsky.social, & more!
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Latest @nytimes.com column is here! This time around, I talk about @alexgrecian.bsky.social’s Rose of Jericho (Tor Nightfire), Alex Gonzalez’s rekt @erewhonbooks.bsky.social) and Ernest Jensen’s Nameless Things (Rising Action). Free link, so you can share it!
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Terrifying New Horror Novels (Gift Article)
Our columnist reviews this month’s releases.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Latest @nytimes.com column is here! This time around, I talk about @alexgrecian.bsky.social’s Rose of Jericho (Tor Nightfire), Alex Gonzalez’s rekt @erewhonbooks.bsky.social) and Ernest Jensen’s Nameless Things (Rising Action). Free link, so you can share it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
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A new edition and new cover of Stephen Graham Jones’ ghostly horror novella MAPPING THE INTERIOR is coming later this spring from Tor Nightfire.
New Edition Of Stephen Graham Jones’ MAPPING THE INTERIOR Coming This Spring
A new edition and new cover of Stephen Graham Jones’ ghostly horror novella MAPPING THE INTERIOR is coming later this spring from Tor Nightfire.
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March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new edition and new cover of Stephen Graham Jones’ ghostly horror novella MAPPING THE INTERIOR is coming later this spring from Tor Nightfire.
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very happy to present incredible cover art for LUCKY DAY. beautiful work from LA BOCA capturing the spirit of this strange and terrifying and existential and absurdist horror novel. PRE ORDER HERE AND SUPPORT THE ART YOU LOVE us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
January 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
very happy to present incredible cover art for LUCKY DAY. beautiful work from LA BOCA capturing the spirit of this strange and terrifying and existential and absurdist horror novel. PRE ORDER HERE AND SUPPORT THE ART YOU LOVE us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Update: I finished Spread Me by Sarah Gailey. Perfect horror novel is perfect. The acknowledgments made me cry and felt really cathartic and timely. If you like spooky books and don't mind body horror, you'll want to pre-order this! It's out in September.
January 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Update: I finished Spread Me by Sarah Gailey. Perfect horror novel is perfect. The acknowledgments made me cry and felt really cathartic and timely. If you like spooky books and don't mind body horror, you'll want to pre-order this! It's out in September.
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would like to be reincarnated as the clamshell e-reader in It Follows
January 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
would like to be reincarnated as the clamshell e-reader in It Follows
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Plus I hope this will just be interesting for readers, too. Please join me!
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December 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Plus I hope this will just be interesting for readers, too. Please join me!
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