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King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Waterstones is having a mega deal on some cool books available to pre-order, including Moonflow! Seems like a good idea to me! 🤔

Use the code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off the gooiest, goopiest psychedelic trans slatterpunk gorefest of the summer!
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
HEY, SACRAMENTO PEEPS!!! our very own bitter karella will be doing a reading and Q&A at Bloodstone Books to celebrate the release of her debut trans splatterpunk novel MOONFLOW on Sept. 4!! you should consider going unless you want to be uncool bloodstonebookshop.com/products/moo...
July 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
July 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Come to bloodstone books in Sacramento today if you want an ass kicking!
June 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
(Okay, maybe I'm being gauche because I'm in the same issue of Split Scream, BUTTTT Lyndsey Croal's The Girl with Barnacles for Eyes has indeed been nominated for a Shirley Jackson award! You should check it out! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal)
June 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Big ups to everyone who showed up at Babscon 2025 to see our live MLP-themed Midnight Pals reading! Check out this awesome & relevant pic of the ponified pals by @therealakineko.bsky.social !
April 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
the next bit is kind of a blur but it was probably something like this
March 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Karella: oh my god! it's the twins from the shining!
Karella: how can this be???
Karella: i'm at the doubletree Hilton in Williamsburg Virgina, not the overlook hotel!
Karella: oh never mind it's actually just Jamie Flanagan & Rebecca Cuthbert
Karella: but i was worried there for a minute
March 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our own Bitter Karella will be at STC Authorcon all weekend -- you'll know if you see me, I make it my business to be seen! XD
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Live Midnight Pals at STC Authorcon was a blast! And look - I got a script signed by the stars! @briankeene.bsky.social , @laurelhightower.bsky.social, @kozeniewski.bsky.social, @texascthulhu.bsky.social and @toddkeisling.com !! 🤩
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For the love of God, montresor!
February 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Nightbreed (1990)
November 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Reminder! Friends of the Ashland public Library is having a big auction Oct 15-22 with AMAZING swag from over 80 awesome horror writers, including our own Bitter Karella, so check it out!
October 8, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Come to the authorcon dealers room in the next 15 minutes if you want an ass kicking!
October 4, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Save the date: The Friends of the Ashland Library are having a huge online auction at Oct 15, 8:00 pm EST with contributions from over 80 extremely cool horror authors - including our own Bitter Karella! friendsoftheapl.org/hsba-2024/
September 9, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Having trouble understanding this joke? Why, it's about this:
August 13, 2024 at 7:49 PM
"A Brief History of the Santa Carcossa Archipelago," Bitter Karella (2023)
June 17, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Schoenbrun: what i am saying is
Schoenbrun: there is still time to be your own true authentic self
Kafka:
June 17, 2024 at 3:07 PM

[later]
Rowling: hello fellow sssinai award recipients
Rowling: how goesss it?
Ted Cruz:
June 10, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Our own Bitter Karella will be at Stokercon! We'll be at the Sensitivity Reads: Writing Outside Your Identity panel on Friday, May 31 at 11:00 am in Salon C and an author reading on Saturday, June 1, 4:00 pm in Salon H! And tabling with Gentlemonster in the dealer's room!
May 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
May 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
in the longmore story, they used a strip of flesh from the penis head to make a clit and the scrotum to make the labia and i gave it the benefit of the doubt cuz
May 21, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Just look for the goblin hag! He makes it his business to be easy to spot :)
May 16, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Just a reminder, our own Bitter Karella will be tabling at Stokercon this month, so if you're there you should drop by and say hi! She's on a panel re sensitivity readers and also doing a reading!
May 16, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Check it out! Our own @bitterkarella.bsky.social will be half of @tenebrouspress.bsky.social's SPLIT SCREAM V5 this July with the gothic western "The Ballad of Horse Girl!" -- the other half will be @lyndseycroal.bsky.social 's "The Girl with Barnacles for Eyes!"
April 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM