October 17: Storyhouse Bookpub in Des Moines, joint event with @carsonfaust.bsky.social

Grateful to be among all of this good company! Thanks for sharing!

New Ross fiction arriving right in time for summer? We won.

Seated and will remain so until this becomes a reality.

Thank you for spending time with these stories! I really appreciate it. 🖤 And so glad you like the cover—I’m honored to have Christi’s work featured!

Hell yeah! Congratulations!

You are my poet laureate I am so serious.

Thank you! Never had so much fun coming up with questions, tbh

There’s a stamp for the Buffalo Hunter Hunter’s Society and it’s lit! 🔥

And yes it was Even More Depressing than I remembered!

Very strange coincidence: I also rewatched Beach Rats last night. 🔮

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When my grandfather was told that his son was killed, he said: “I know. The whippoorwills were out singing.”

Whippoorwills’ songs are omens of loss. Their songs are also a way of remembering.

My hope is that this novel is also a song of remembering.

IF THE DEAD BELONG HERE carries the loved ones I know, but it also carries a loved one I never met: my uncle Shane Lee Faust was taken by a terrible accident when he was fifteen. My grandma was told the night of his death & my aunts were tasked with telling my grandfather the following morning.

Based on what you’re looking for, I do not think you’ll be disappointed!

Thank you for the kind words and spending time with the book! One of my absolute favorites was @katehart.net’s contribution. ⚡️

It was a relief, honestly, when I let the dumpster fire burn without me in it.

I am the exact target audience for this post. Mvto! 🙏🏽