Erica Waters
@ericawatersbooks.bsky.social
Author of queer Southern horror, Bram Stoker winner, New England transplant. Latest: ALL THAT CONSUMES US. Rep: Lauren Spieller/Folio they/she
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My first piece of writing for grownups is out today! I'm very excited to share my story "Tallow's Cove" in These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology. This is also my first piece of writing set in New England... and it's a ghost story!
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Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
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Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
New short story from me out today! Give it a listen?
Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos (by @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social, read by @krystalhammond.bsky.social).
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October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New short story from me out today! Give it a listen?
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My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)
Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…
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September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
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Got to chat to some of the most exciting names in the genre and write my thoughts about what makes dark academia dark academia for The Nerd Daily! Read on for discussions of institution as villain & glamour with a rotten underside w Olivie Blake and more #BookSky 🖤📚
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Glitz, Glamour and Villainy: What Makes A Work Dark Academia and Why is the Genre Booming? | The Nerd Daily
Elspeth Wilson, author of These Mortal Bodies, discusses what attracts us to dark academia and what actually goes into making a work part of the genre with fellow contributors from the upcoming anthol...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Got to chat to some of the most exciting names in the genre and write my thoughts about what makes dark academia dark academia for The Nerd Daily! Read on for discussions of institution as villain & glamour with a rotten underside w Olivie Blake and more #BookSky 🖤📚
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FACT: If you tried to read every book on the list of horror, romantasy, and other SFF-crossover novels coming out in September 2025...it would take a really long time. Which are you most excited for?
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All the New Horror, Romantasy, and Other SFF Crossover Books Arriving in September 2025 - Reactor
A woman accused of witchcraft, a grieving widower, and a Vietnam vet are just some of the folks you'll meet in September's new crossover titles.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
FACT: If you tried to read every book on the list of horror, romantasy, and other SFF-crossover novels coming out in September 2025...it would take a really long time. Which are you most excited for?
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
reactormag.com/new-sff-cros...
I just wrote the most harrowing scene, which opened up a whole new dimension to the underlying horror in the novel I'm writing. All in about two pages. Muahahahha I love writing.
September 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I just wrote the most harrowing scene, which opened up a whole new dimension to the underlying horror in the novel I'm writing. All in about two pages. Muahahahha I love writing.
Dropped my phone into a bowl of yogurt, and now there is yogurt in the tiny speaker holes. So, yeah, that feels about right.
September 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dropped my phone into a bowl of yogurt, and now there is yogurt in the tiny speaker holes. So, yeah, that feels about right.
My first piece of writing for grownups is out today! I'm very excited to share my story "Tallow's Cove" in These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology. This is also my first piece of writing set in New England... and it's a ghost story!
ericawaters.com/other-writin...
ericawaters.com/other-writin...
September 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My first piece of writing for grownups is out today! I'm very excited to share my story "Tallow's Cove" in These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology. This is also my first piece of writing set in New England... and it's a ghost story!
ericawaters.com/other-writin...
ericawaters.com/other-writin...
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Today we're thrilled to welcome to the Hive authors from upcoming Dark Academia anthology THESE DREAMING SPIRES to discuss what the genre means to them!
Read more: tinyurl.com/bd3r7ax3
#DarkAcademia
@titanbooks.bsky.social
@marieoregan.bsky.social
@paulkane.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/bd3r7ax3
#DarkAcademia
@titanbooks.bsky.social
@marieoregan.bsky.social
@paulkane.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today we're thrilled to welcome to the Hive authors from upcoming Dark Academia anthology THESE DREAMING SPIRES to discuss what the genre means to them!
Read more: tinyurl.com/bd3r7ax3
#DarkAcademia
@titanbooks.bsky.social
@marieoregan.bsky.social
@paulkane.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/bd3r7ax3
#DarkAcademia
@titanbooks.bsky.social
@marieoregan.bsky.social
@paulkane.bsky.social
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‘This might be my favorite anthology ever!’
‘I inhaled this book.’
‘An amazing collection.’
‘Every story was a hit for me.’
‘The dark academia book of brilliance.’
4 and 5 ⭐️ reviews of #TheseDreamingSpires – out this time next week!
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
‘I inhaled this book.’
‘An amazing collection.’
‘Every story was a hit for me.’
‘The dark academia book of brilliance.’
4 and 5 ⭐️ reviews of #TheseDreamingSpires – out this time next week!
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
August 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
‘This might be my favorite anthology ever!’
‘I inhaled this book.’
‘An amazing collection.’
‘Every story was a hit for me.’
‘The dark academia book of brilliance.’
4 and 5 ⭐️ reviews of #TheseDreamingSpires – out this time next week!
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
‘I inhaled this book.’
‘An amazing collection.’
‘Every story was a hit for me.’
‘The dark academia book of brilliance.’
4 and 5 ⭐️ reviews of #TheseDreamingSpires – out this time next week!
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
A fun bit of news: I have a very weird short story coming out sometime in the next year with the horror fiction podcast @talestoterrify.bsky.social! I had a ton of fun writing this piece (that's inspired by my eldritch horror of a chihuahua), so I am excited to see the podcast bring it to life!
August 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A fun bit of news: I have a very weird short story coming out sometime in the next year with the horror fiction podcast @talestoterrify.bsky.social! I had a ton of fun writing this piece (that's inspired by my eldritch horror of a chihuahua), so I am excited to see the podcast bring it to life!
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A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS.
THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane, features 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, Genevieve Cogman, MK Lobb & more.
Pre-order your copy before term starts on September 2!
https://tinyurl.com/3394nw8x
THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane, features 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, Genevieve Cogman, MK Lobb & more.
Pre-order your copy before term starts on September 2!
https://tinyurl.com/3394nw8x
July 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS.
THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane, features 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, Genevieve Cogman, MK Lobb & more.
Pre-order your copy before term starts on September 2!
https://tinyurl.com/3394nw8x
THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane, features 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, Genevieve Cogman, MK Lobb & more.
Pre-order your copy before term starts on September 2!
https://tinyurl.com/3394nw8x
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When it comes to queries, I’m noticing an increase in everyone trying their best, this is a very hard industry, creating in these difficult times is challenging, and I’m very proud of you. ❤️
June 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When it comes to queries, I’m noticing an increase in everyone trying their best, this is a very hard industry, creating in these difficult times is challenging, and I’m very proud of you. ❤️
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The heat makes people and animals lose their minds. Flesh-eating bacteria waits in warm, stagnant water. Things melt. Sharks hunt at the beach. The kudzu is always hiding something. The blistering sun wakes up the ghosts sleeping in the walls. Remember: summer is horror season.
June 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The heat makes people and animals lose their minds. Flesh-eating bacteria waits in warm, stagnant water. Things melt. Sharks hunt at the beach. The kudzu is always hiding something. The blistering sun wakes up the ghosts sleeping in the walls. Remember: summer is horror season.
If you want to eat more leafy greens, get a CSA. My pickup today included lettuce, spinach, chard, kale, and radishes. (Also strawberries, rhubarb, and pasture-raised eggs.) I would definitely not have bought all those greens at the grocery store.
June 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you want to eat more leafy greens, get a CSA. My pickup today included lettuce, spinach, chard, kale, and radishes. (Also strawberries, rhubarb, and pasture-raised eggs.) I would definitely not have bought all those greens at the grocery store.
Ten years ago today I finished a first draft of my first novel. That book will never see the light of day, but all these years and books later, I still remember that feeling so clearly—the astonishment of having actually done something so huge. It changed my whole life.
June 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Ten years ago today I finished a first draft of my first novel. That book will never see the light of day, but all these years and books later, I still remember that feeling so clearly—the astonishment of having actually done something so huge. It changed my whole life.
This beauty, which includes a story of mine, releases in exactly three months. It's my first piece of writing set in New England, and it's a ghost story.
June 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This beauty, which includes a story of mine, releases in exactly three months. It's my first piece of writing set in New England, and it's a ghost story.
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Research shows people who shop at indie bookstores on Independent Bookstore Day are fucking rad.
April 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Research shows people who shop at indie bookstores on Independent Bookstore Day are fucking rad.
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i just think!! it's kinda freaking cool! (it glows in the dark heh)
[ my illustrations for the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social's THE RESTLESS DARK ] #booksky #artsky
[ my illustrations for the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social's THE RESTLESS DARK ] #booksky #artsky
April 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
i just think!! it's kinda freaking cool! (it glows in the dark heh)
[ my illustrations for the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social's THE RESTLESS DARK ] #booksky #artsky
[ my illustrations for the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social's THE RESTLESS DARK ] #booksky #artsky
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
My queer dark academia, All That Consumes Us, is on sale for $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
April 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My queer dark academia, All That Consumes Us, is on sale for $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
A bit of springtime spookiness: Ghost Wood Song’s ebook is $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.
-A ghost-raising fiddle
-Set in rural Florida springtime
-Murder mystery
-A bluegrass band
-Sweet little romance 💜
-A ghost-raising fiddle
-Set in rural Florida springtime
-Murder mystery
-A bluegrass band
-Sweet little romance 💜
April 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A bit of springtime spookiness: Ghost Wood Song’s ebook is $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.
-A ghost-raising fiddle
-Set in rural Florida springtime
-Murder mystery
-A bluegrass band
-Sweet little romance 💜
-A ghost-raising fiddle
-Set in rural Florida springtime
-Murder mystery
-A bluegrass band
-Sweet little romance 💜
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literally everything. it's gonna be rough. Check for authors you like. see if they have a ko-fi, a patreon, a subscription service, buy their books (paper to preserve the most at-risk for censorship authors, your local indie, etc) and talk about those books to spread word of mouth. please.
A lot of creative folks are demoralized right now. Hell, I'm one of them. Maybe some of them are helping you through this rough time. If so, do me a solid:
Share their stuff. Drop them a kind word. Tip their Ko-fis, or join their Patreons. It seems like nothing, but it's everything right now. 🤘
Share their stuff. Drop them a kind word. Tip their Ko-fis, or join their Patreons. It seems like nothing, but it's everything right now. 🤘
April 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
literally everything. it's gonna be rough. Check for authors you like. see if they have a ko-fi, a patreon, a subscription service, buy their books (paper to preserve the most at-risk for censorship authors, your local indie, etc) and talk about those books to spread word of mouth. please.
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Kiko Capile.
April 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Kiko Capile.
A small nice thing about living in a walkable city is that I’ve gotten to watch a puppy named Cora grow up for the last eight months just because I’m often walking by during her potty break. Today she tried to steal my gloves.
April 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A small nice thing about living in a walkable city is that I’ve gotten to watch a puppy named Cora grow up for the last eight months just because I’m often walking by during her potty break. Today she tried to steal my gloves.