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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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The reprints only special issue of @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social "Sinners, Saints, and Haints" is here!

Thank you co-editor @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social, cover artist @goblinprincete.bsky.social, the whole Fiyah team & contributors.

Get your copy: fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

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A fork-tongued demon fiddles against a bight sky strewn with glowing yellow orbs. Her eyes glow the same color as she holds the fiddle and bow to her shoulder. Text reads: Special issue Sinners, Saints, and Haints Fall 2025 Fiyah Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. Linda. D. Addison, Charlene Adhiambo, Christopher Caldwell, Rob Cameron, Zig Zag Claybourne, Danian Darrell Jerry, R.J. Joseph, Cosmata Lindie, Sarah A. Macklin, Sherin Nicole, Zin E. Rocklyn, Dedren Snead, Christina Springer, Audrey T. Williams, Joy Tabernacle KMT-Battle Edited by Eden Royce and Shakeema Smalls
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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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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In the background, a gray box with the logo Stanley London and a union flag in the center. A wooden display box is in the center, with the Shirley Jackson logo of the iconic cat eye glasses she wore and the words Shirley Jackson Awards 2024 engraved into it. At the bottom of the page is the stone all winners and nominees receive that also says 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards. The Stanley London Box in the background partially covered by the opened wooden display box. Inside the lid is a brass plate engraved with the words: Novella Hollow Tongue Eden Royce Inside the display box is a brass maritime sundial/compass Side view of the partially opened brass sundial/compass
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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A deep dive into the details of Psychopomp & Circumstance is in this wonderful review from Strange Horizons magazine - thank you!

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A purple and white background of swirling abstract floral print. The Strange Horizons logo is at the bootom, a stylized font of the magazine name. Date listed is 20 October 2025 The cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance is on the left: A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath Text on the right of the image reads: "...[A] richly alive narrative that is able to think through its ideas because of its grounding. It draws the reader in by insisting on its details-and in so doing serves as a reminder of the power of the granular in choices, communities, and storytelling." - Tristan Beiter
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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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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Collage of images. On the left, the cover of Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive vol. 4: two small fairy-sized girls in a raspberry patch find a diamond ring. On the top right, Eden Royce's author photo where she is wearing tortoiseshell eyeglasses and smiling at the camera. Bottom right is an image of a piece of torn craft paper with the words Papershells by Eden Royce
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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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"?

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Bronze and black dragon etched onto a background of brown, ochre, and crimson. Text reads: Locus the magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field Joe Hill King Sorrow Eden Royce Atmosphere of Disturbia Anthropic settlement News Galaxycon Report Chengdu 2025 Conrad Loyer wins Sturgeon
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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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...

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Pale pink and green background with a picture of the cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance: A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: Virtual Bottom Book Club November 6th 6pm - 8pm Featuring author Eden Royce! RSVP online thebottomknox.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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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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Over a background of cloudy purple and violet sky, is the cover of PSCYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE on the right side. The cover is A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text in white reads: Sistah Scifi WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY Join us as Eden Royce discusses Psychopomp & Circumstance with cohost Veronica G. Henry October 29 5pm PST www.sistahscifi.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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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.

podcastle.org/2025/10/21/p...

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A background of a green, hilly city on a rock suspended in the clouds. In the lower left corner, the PodCastle logo sits, a teal dragon circling a multi-turreted castle with a gold flag flying above it. Text reads: The Magnolia Returns Written by Eden Royce Read by Laurice White PodCastle Episode 914 "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 believes it has always been there. The butcher shop itself is well-worn, looking like it has seen better days: peeling seafoam green paint on salt-blasted boards, the once-vivid red front door now a faded smear like lipstick after an ardent lover’s attention."
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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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.

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October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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I'm on the Tales From the Fandom podcast!

It's always great to chat with David and this time, I'm talking about my novella Psychopomp & Circumstance and the anime screenplay I'm working on that's just been announced!

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photo collage with my author photo in the center. My book covers of Root Magic, Conjure Island, The Creepening of Dogwood House, Who Lost, I Found, and Psychopomp & Circumstance, as well as the Tales From the Fandom Logo - white letters on a purple and black swirled galaxy. Text reads: "If not one tells the stories anymore, if no one learns the magic anymore, our ways will disappear from the world." - Eden Royce, Root Magic
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Tomorrow is the last day to snap up this bundle of signed 1st edition novels and support @thepixelproject.bsky.social in their goal of ending domestic violence against women and girls.

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Signed 1st edition copies of my middle grade novels ROOT MAGIC, CONJURE ISLAND, AND THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE against a red background. Two of the books have silver Walter Award Honor stickers.
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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HAPPENING TODAY!

My workshop - I SCARE KIDS, AND YOU CAN TOO!
Writing Horror for Children

via Google Meet 6:30pm - 8:30pm UK time.

You can still get tickets and watch the replays of all the workshops if you aren't available to participate live.

www.eventbrite.com/e/autumn-fri...
Orange background with white and black skull and bones frame. Text reads: I scare Kids, and you can too: Writing Horror for children A workshop with Bram Stoker award-winning author Eden Royce Part of the Autumn Frights 6 week Horror writing workshop 7th October 2025 6:30-8:30 pm UK/1:30-3:30 pm EST tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autumn-frights-6-week-horror-writing-school-tickets-1405820038579
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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My debut novel ROOT MAGIC is a great intro for both kids & adults to Hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture, full of historical events, folklore, & rootwork.

If you're looking for a book about making a way when there’s no way, I hope you'll get a copy!

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The cover of ROOT MAGIC on a light and dark green background, strewn with foliage. Young Black twins (boy and girl) stand back to back in the middle of a marsh of blue, yellow and green mist lined with trees and reeds. She is holding a book, and her doll is peeking out of the pocket of her blue dress. He is wearing dark blue overalls and holding a bottle of magic potion and had a mojo bag around his neck. Text reads: "A must-read, sure to leave readers wishing for more after the final page." -Booklist (starred review) Root Magic A Walter Award Honor Book Eden Royce "Black Girl Magic has never been more powerful" - Ronald L. Smith, author of Hoodoo
October 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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ICYMI:

“Laying someone to rest is the final act of care that leaves a lingering impression, not only on the dead, but on you.”

My essay "What My Grandmother’s Death Folder Taught Me About Love and Duty" is out with Lit Hub!
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October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Enter to win an ARC of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE in this @goodreads giveaway that's open 09/30/2025-10/14/2025!

75 winners will be chosen, so sign up and share widely! @TorDotComPub

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Beige background with brown scroll detailing at all four corners. The cover of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is in the middle with a crown over the head of the main character, Phee, a young Black woman in profile against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: Enter to win an ARC of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE open 09/30/2025-10/14/2025
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Just a quick post: the Kindle version of THE CREEEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE is on sale for $0.99!

I don't know how long it will be this special price, so if you were waiting to grab a copy to read for the Halloween season, now's the time!

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A copy of THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE outside on my mom's porch at night backlight by faux candles. cover description; A Black boy wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers stands on the porch of a haunted house. He is looking back over his shoulder at the viewer and doesn't see the tendrils of hair emerging from the open door of the house, reaching for him.
September 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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"What are you going to say when people ask who did the body?"

Excited to share an excerpt posted on @reactorsff.bsky.social from my debut adult fantasy novella Psychopomp & Circumstance, coming Oct 21st from TorDotCom publishing.

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Sage background with the cover of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE in the middle of a square of yellowed handwritten letters. Cover is a sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: “What are you going to say when people ask who did the body?” Read an excerpt from Psychopomp & Circumstance
September 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I’m reading from my PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE tomorrow and donated exclusives to the fundraiser supporting @thepixelproject.bsky.social's mission to stop violence against women & girls.

Join me! 9/26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK.

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Stack of my 1st edition hardcover middle-grade novels ROOT MAGIC, CONJURE ISLAND, THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE that are up for purchase as a set for The Pixel Project's fundraiser. Friday, September 26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK. Three colorful pens are in the pic but not part of the fundraiser. ARC of my upcoming adult novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE as well as the letter paper and envelopes I will use if you buy the handwritten letter from the main character as part of the fundraiser for The Pixel Project. Friday, September 26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK.
September 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Another lovely review is here for PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE!

This one is from Jenna N. Hanchey, Ph.D. and I am thrilled with it. Hope you will be too.

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Midnight blue background with a yellow triangular-patterned square in the middle. In the center of that square is the cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance. Text reads: "A story whose profound commitment to kin—whether born or made—will resonate deeply. ...Phee shows us how to find love and laughter, and perhaps even ourselves, through the process of reckoning with loss. What a delightful book!" —Jenna N. Hanchey, PhD, British Science Fiction Association Award Finalist author of Decolonial Dreamwork: Africanfuturism and Imagination Beyond Development Coming October 21, 2025
September 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Share your favorite black and white movie. This was a tough choice.
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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5 weeks til PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE hits the shelves!

My gramma's letter holder/pen & ink stand inspired a few scenes in this book. Signed pre-orders are only available from @sistahscifi.bsky.social via this rose gold foil bookplate.

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Photo of a desk with an antique ceramic letter holder and pen and ink stand in white ceramic bordere din tiny pink flowers and gold trim. A box of letter paper, a bottle of ink, and a palm leaf fan and sweetgrass coil rest in the background. A copy of Psychopomp and Circumstance and a bookplate are in front. Rose gold foil bookplate Test: Eden Royce www.edenroyce.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE is in paperback!

If you or your kid want a haunted house novel with themes of grief, Black hair, hoodoo, and starting over, get a copy here:

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Background of black feathers with a teal rectangle in the middle. Inside the teal is the cover of The Creepening. A Black boy wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers stands on the porch of a haunted house. He is looking back over his shoulder at the viewer and doesn't see the tendrils of hair emerging from the open door of the house, reaching for him.  Text Reads: Now Available in PAPERBACK!
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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TAKE A WORKSHOP WITH ME -

I SCARE KIDS, AND YOU CAN TOO!
Tuesday, 7 October 2025

This is part of AUTUMN FRIGHTS, a 6-week online horror writing school that runs from September 16th - October 21st via Google Meet on Tuesdays 6:30pm - 8:30pm UK time.

Tickets:
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Lilac background with skull and bones frame. Text reads: I scare Kids, and you can too: Writing Horror for children A workshop with Bram Stoker award-winning author Eden Royce Part of the Autumn Frights 6 week Horror writing workshop Begins Tuesday, 16 September 2025 6:30-8:30 pm UK/1:30-3:30 pm EST tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autumn-frights-6-week-horror-writing-school-tickets-1405820038579
September 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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What a wonderful starred review of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE from @libraryjournal.bsky.social !

I can't believe this novella will be out in the world in just over a month. If you want a discounted copy from B&N, today is the last day of their pre-order sale.

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Beige background with an orange rectangle on the right side. Inside the orange is the cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance. A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath Premium & Rewards members: use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off all pre-orders, including print, eBooks, and audio titles. Premium Members get an extra 10% off print pre-orders Online only Some exclusions apply ENDS SEP 5TH A copy of the starred review of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE from Library Journal, a small image of the cover in the upper left corner. Text reads in part: "Royce wraps magical rituals of death and remembrance into a tale of love and duty...this Southern gothic historical fantasy is a coming-of-age story set in the magical, semi-mythical towns of New Charleston and Horizon, amid a post-Reconstruction free Black social order that will delight readers of Leslye Penelope, Nekesa Afia, and C. L. Polk."
September 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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**UPDATED WITH NEW LINK**

My AMA is live!

Stop by today and ask me anything about:

writing
gardening
fragrance
whatever!

While I can't promise profundity, it should be fun!

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August 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM