s. m. hallow
@smhallow.bsky.social
HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, 2025, Hedone Books.
THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, 2026, Harper Voyager.
Member of Authors Against Banned Books.
Rep: @lzats.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/smhallow
THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, 2026, Harper Voyager.
Member of Authors Against Banned Books.
Rep: @lzats.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/smhallow
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s. m. hallow
@smhallow.bsky.social
· Jan 18
It’s romance. It’s dark fantasy. It’s a Christmas horror story. It’s a righteous fury revenge quest. It’s about love lasting longer than death. It’s got cannibalism, blood magic, a guy full of bugs, a protag w chronic pain, and an OT3.
Let’s celebrate with a teaser made by @izzysinger.bsky.social
Let’s celebrate with a teaser made by @izzysinger.bsky.social
Announcing the cover for THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, releasing Summer 2026 with @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social!
HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.
HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Announcing the cover for THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, releasing Summer 2026 with @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social!
HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.
HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.
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It’s that time of the year again! If you’re voting for the Hugos, the Nebulas or any other SFF awards, I hope you will consider my two very Greek, very angry offerings. Both free to read!
Short story: translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1...
Non-fiction essay: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
Short story: translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1...
Non-fiction essay: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It’s that time of the year again! If you’re voting for the Hugos, the Nebulas or any other SFF awards, I hope you will consider my two very Greek, very angry offerings. Both free to read!
Short story: translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1...
Non-fiction essay: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
Short story: translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1...
Non-fiction essay: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
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Sketches from around New York City
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sketches from around New York City
🦢✨ The two editions look beautiful together!! So glad you loved the book!
For a standalone, I recommend How to Survive This Fairytale by @smhallow.bsky.social - A book I loved so much that I simply had to get the RainbowCrate edition of it as well!
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🦢✨ The two editions look beautiful together!! So glad you loved the book!
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For a standalone, I recommend How to Survive This Fairytale by @smhallow.bsky.social - A book I loved so much that I simply had to get the RainbowCrate edition of it as well!
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For a standalone, I recommend How to Survive This Fairytale by @smhallow.bsky.social - A book I loved so much that I simply had to get the RainbowCrate edition of it as well!
The email that just dropped in my inbox… y’all are NOT ready
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The email that just dropped in my inbox… y’all are NOT ready
The @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is here, and it’s beautiful!!!
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is here, and it’s beautiful!!!
As we come to the end of the year, I’m looking to create a team who can help me promote How to Survive This Fairytale for the holidays and its 1 year anniversary of release on 1/16/26!
If you like gay shit & crying, the sign up form is below!
forms.gle/JmqpRct4Zftz...
If you like gay shit & crying, the sign up form is below!
forms.gle/JmqpRct4Zftz...
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As we come to the end of the year, I’m looking to create a team who can help me promote How to Survive This Fairytale for the holidays and its 1 year anniversary of release on 1/16/26!
If you like gay shit & crying, the sign up form is below!
forms.gle/JmqpRct4Zftz...
If you like gay shit & crying, the sign up form is below!
forms.gle/JmqpRct4Zftz...
I’m consistently blown away by the response to HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE.
This year has been pretty terrible for me, and it’s been a blessing to see readers connect with this story of triumphant gay love, trauma, second chances, and rewriting your story.
This year has been pretty terrible for me, and it’s been a blessing to see readers connect with this story of triumphant gay love, trauma, second chances, and rewriting your story.
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I’m consistently blown away by the response to HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE.
This year has been pretty terrible for me, and it’s been a blessing to see readers connect with this story of triumphant gay love, trauma, second chances, and rewriting your story.
This year has been pretty terrible for me, and it’s been a blessing to see readers connect with this story of triumphant gay love, trauma, second chances, and rewriting your story.
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hello here is a drawing of martin short as oliver putnam driving a john deere and yelling “get away from my friends you sons of b&$@%es!!!”
#drawingfromtheTV
#drawingfromtheTV
October 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
hello here is a drawing of martin short as oliver putnam driving a john deere and yelling “get away from my friends you sons of b&$@%es!!!”
#drawingfromtheTV
#drawingfromtheTV
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
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Me, falling in love with weird things since the 80s.
I get normies giving me looks. All I think is, wow, must be boring to be like that. I do not care if they think I'm cringe. tbh I think some are envious of us cringy ppl. I've been oft told by ppl that I seem free. And I am in this way.
I get normies giving me looks. All I think is, wow, must be boring to be like that. I do not care if they think I'm cringe. tbh I think some are envious of us cringy ppl. I've been oft told by ppl that I seem free. And I am in this way.
I think some people are also scared to explore outside mainstream art because they might encounter something they fall in love with, but no one they know likes it. They don't want to be embarrassed or cringe or whatever by being the outsider.
Oh nooooooessss, you might read / play / hear / watch something you didn't fall in love with?
That's actually okay.
That's actually okay.
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Me, falling in love with weird things since the 80s.
I get normies giving me looks. All I think is, wow, must be boring to be like that. I do not care if they think I'm cringe. tbh I think some are envious of us cringy ppl. I've been oft told by ppl that I seem free. And I am in this way.
I get normies giving me looks. All I think is, wow, must be boring to be like that. I do not care if they think I'm cringe. tbh I think some are envious of us cringy ppl. I've been oft told by ppl that I seem free. And I am in this way.
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Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer
September 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer
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It's SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER and I've got three queer-ass books ready for you!
1. Wow, I wonder if the endless staring and pinkie brushing means anything?
2. If I don't seduce the pirate queen, I'm doomed. Fortunately she's hot. Unfortunately she's unhinged.
3. V hungry, v horny, prone to bad decisions.
1. Wow, I wonder if the endless staring and pinkie brushing means anything?
2. If I don't seduce the pirate queen, I'm doomed. Fortunately she's hot. Unfortunately she's unhinged.
3. V hungry, v horny, prone to bad decisions.
a woman wearing a crown and a necklace with a heart shaped pendant on her forehead
ALT: a woman wearing a crown and a necklace with a heart shaped pendant on her forehead
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER and I've got three queer-ass books ready for you!
1. Wow, I wonder if the endless staring and pinkie brushing means anything?
2. If I don't seduce the pirate queen, I'm doomed. Fortunately she's hot. Unfortunately she's unhinged.
3. V hungry, v horny, prone to bad decisions.
1. Wow, I wonder if the endless staring and pinkie brushing means anything?
2. If I don't seduce the pirate queen, I'm doomed. Fortunately she's hot. Unfortunately she's unhinged.
3. V hungry, v horny, prone to bad decisions.
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No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter.
Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.
#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.
#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter.
Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.
#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.
#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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Great advice on fighting the fight against burnout.
things i said were like:
- meter your social media intake
- meter your news intake
- do ACTIVE and PASSIVE rest
- take the time you're not spending on news and social media and spend it on people, places, things that make you laugh
- meter your social media intake
- meter your news intake
- do ACTIVE and PASSIVE rest
- take the time you're not spending on news and social media and spend it on people, places, things that make you laugh
August 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Great advice on fighting the fight against burnout.
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So excited to reveal A Bat Taste will be launching with Hedone next year!!! 🥰
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
So excited to reveal A Bat Taste will be launching with Hedone next year!!! 🥰
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Update to my cancer treatment, or, The One Where the Doctors Scare Me Half to Death (but we're 95% sure I'll be OK now).
Please boost and share. I'm less than $3000 from my goal now, and getting there would tremendous.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
Please boost and share. I'm less than $3000 from my goal now, and getting there would tremendous.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar
Hi everyone,
I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses
www.gofundme.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Update to my cancer treatment, or, The One Where the Doctors Scare Me Half to Death (but we're 95% sure I'll be OK now).
Please boost and share. I'm less than $3000 from my goal now, and getting there would tremendous.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
Please boost and share. I'm less than $3000 from my goal now, and getting there would tremendous.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
YAAAALLLLL i just put my name into Libby and THE HALLS OF THE DEAD popped right up with a "notify me" button!!!! 😭😍
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
YAAAALLLLL i just put my name into Libby and THE HALLS OF THE DEAD popped right up with a "notify me" button!!!! 😭😍
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Shortly after my mother died, I got the email that Rainbow Crate was interested in a special edition of FAIRYTALE.
The response to this little indie book has been one of the brightest lights in an otherwise extremely bleak year.
I can’t wait for you dear readers to hold it in your hands. 🦢✨💖
The response to this little indie book has been one of the brightest lights in an otherwise extremely bleak year.
I can’t wait for you dear readers to hold it in your hands. 🦢✨💖
Our August 👻 COZY HORROR 🔪 crate is now available for new subscribers and one time purchases!
🏳️🌈 Our August books are Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social and How to Survive This Fairytale by @smhallow.bsky.social 🧵
🏳️🌈 Our August books are Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social and How to Survive This Fairytale by @smhallow.bsky.social 🧵
August 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shortly after my mother died, I got the email that Rainbow Crate was interested in a special edition of FAIRYTALE.
The response to this little indie book has been one of the brightest lights in an otherwise extremely bleak year.
I can’t wait for you dear readers to hold it in your hands. 🦢✨💖
The response to this little indie book has been one of the brightest lights in an otherwise extremely bleak year.
I can’t wait for you dear readers to hold it in your hands. 🦢✨💖
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I have office hours TONIGHT at 6 CST! Come hang out and get all your book and publishing questions answered! Free and open to all!
July 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I have office hours TONIGHT at 6 CST! Come hang out and get all your book and publishing questions answered! Free and open to all!
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[ butchfemme carmilla ] “Let us look again for a moment; it is the last time, perhaps, I shall see the moonlight with you.”
July 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
[ butchfemme carmilla ] “Let us look again for a moment; it is the last time, perhaps, I shall see the moonlight with you.”
Lindz is so good at query letters, btw. I am in awe of this super power.
This is 40! And to celebrate my continuing existence, I'd like to offer ten free query edits to anyone planning to dive into the trenches. RT and like to enter, and I'll pick ten people tomorrow. Tell your friends!
(and yes, my impersonations of art are unrivaled)
(and yes, my impersonations of art are unrivaled)
July 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Lindz is so good at query letters, btw. I am in awe of this super power.