Kayla Cottingham
@peculiaritea.bsky.social
NYT bestselling Allston rat/author | MY DEAREST DARKEST, THIS DELICIOUS DEATH, and PRACTICAL RULES FOR CURSED WITCHES | they/she | opinions are my own
Surprise cover reveal! Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story Are You Afraid of the Dark?: THE TALE OF THE VANISHING CIRCUS!
March 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Surprise cover reveal! Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story Are You Afraid of the Dark?: THE TALE OF THE VANISHING CIRCUS!
Writers will do anything to avoid deadlines. I know this because I spent two hours this morning researching manganese glass and shining a black light on all my doorknobs instead of drafting. They look sick as hell though
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Writers will do anything to avoid deadlines. I know this because I spent two hours this morning researching manganese glass and shining a black light on all my doorknobs instead of drafting. They look sick as hell though
It can be read as either a sequel to PRACTICAL RULES or as a standalone! Cover art by the incredibly talented Dani Pendergast.
February 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It can be read as either a sequel to PRACTICAL RULES or as a standalone! Cover art by the incredibly talented Dani Pendergast.
Introducing my fourth (!) YA project, a romantic fantasy adventure set in the world of PRACTICAL RULES FOR CURSED WITCHES: EXTRAORDINARY QUESTS FOR AMATEUR WITCHES, out Sep 23, 2025!
February 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Introducing my fourth (!) YA project, a romantic fantasy adventure set in the world of PRACTICAL RULES FOR CURSED WITCHES: EXTRAORDINARY QUESTS FOR AMATEUR WITCHES, out Sep 23, 2025!
I got to see the corpse flower at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in bloom!!
January 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I got to see the corpse flower at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in bloom!!
Just kidding they added another show!!! Let’s go gay people!!!
January 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just kidding they added another show!!! Let’s go gay people!!!
My upstairs neighbors frequently try to “shovel” by scraping the top layer of snow off the sidewalk and leaving the rest to ice over which means every time it snows guess who gets to spend an hour and a half breaking the ice so the sidewalk isn’t an active safety hazard
January 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My upstairs neighbors frequently try to “shovel” by scraping the top layer of snow off the sidewalk and leaving the rest to ice over which means every time it snows guess who gets to spend an hour and a half breaking the ice so the sidewalk isn’t an active safety hazard
It was delicious :))
January 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It was delicious :))
Got around to framing all the art I got at cons/art festivals last year and my reading nook has gotten much cozier as a result
January 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Got around to framing all the art I got at cons/art festivals last year and my reading nook has gotten much cozier as a result
Look at all the cute stuff my partner got me at the studio ghibli store in Kyoto !!
January 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Look at all the cute stuff my partner got me at the studio ghibli store in Kyoto !!
Hello! I’m finally here from Twitter so allow me to introduce ✨my books✨
I have three out now (and two more coming in 2025) in various flavors of speculative fiction. We’ve got horror! Fantasy! Comedy! Gay people! The works! I hope you’ll check them out 🌲🍄🥩
I have three out now (and two more coming in 2025) in various flavors of speculative fiction. We’ve got horror! Fantasy! Comedy! Gay people! The works! I hope you’ll check them out 🌲🍄🥩
November 18, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Hello! I’m finally here from Twitter so allow me to introduce ✨my books✨
I have three out now (and two more coming in 2025) in various flavors of speculative fiction. We’ve got horror! Fantasy! Comedy! Gay people! The works! I hope you’ll check them out 🌲🍄🥩
I have three out now (and two more coming in 2025) in various flavors of speculative fiction. We’ve got horror! Fantasy! Comedy! Gay people! The works! I hope you’ll check them out 🌲🍄🥩
I’m gonna be at YALLFest tomorrow! Come say hi!
November 15, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I’m gonna be at YALLFest tomorrow! Come say hi!
Come kick off spooky season right at the Salem Literary Festival, a free event happening Saturday, September 9th! I’ll be speaking on a panel with some wonderful folks about our spooky books at 3:00pm 💀👻
Find us at the Salem 5 Community Room (208 Essex St, Salem, MA)
Find us at the Salem 5 Community Room (208 Essex St, Salem, MA)
August 23, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Come kick off spooky season right at the Salem Literary Festival, a free event happening Saturday, September 9th! I’ll be speaking on a panel with some wonderful folks about our spooky books at 3:00pm 💀👻
Find us at the Salem 5 Community Room (208 Essex St, Salem, MA)
Find us at the Salem 5 Community Room (208 Essex St, Salem, MA)
Need this desperately
August 9, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Need this desperately
Surprise! Introducing Book 3, aka: PRACTICAL RULES FOR CURSED WITCHES!
It's a sapphic romantasy in the vein of Stardust and Howl's Moving Castle with:
🥀family curses
✨art-based magic
📚a curse library
🗡️hating to dating
🏳️🌈found family
👁an LI with a monstrous secret
Coming Fall 2024!
It's a sapphic romantasy in the vein of Stardust and Howl's Moving Castle with:
🥀family curses
✨art-based magic
📚a curse library
🗡️hating to dating
🏳️🌈found family
👁an LI with a monstrous secret
Coming Fall 2024!
July 20, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Surprise! Introducing Book 3, aka: PRACTICAL RULES FOR CURSED WITCHES!
It's a sapphic romantasy in the vein of Stardust and Howl's Moving Castle with:
🥀family curses
✨art-based magic
📚a curse library
🗡️hating to dating
🏳️🌈found family
👁an LI with a monstrous secret
Coming Fall 2024!
It's a sapphic romantasy in the vein of Stardust and Howl's Moving Castle with:
🥀family curses
✨art-based magic
📚a curse library
🗡️hating to dating
🏳️🌈found family
👁an LI with a monstrous secret
Coming Fall 2024!
The earrings say “kiss more girls”
July 8, 2023 at 10:25 PM
The earrings say “kiss more girls”
it’s that time again
July 4, 2023 at 10:52 PM
it’s that time again
I should probably write an intro that’s not just calling myself a cornhole god
Hi, I’m Kayla, I write (sometimes bestselling) queer YA! My first two books are horror! My third book is romantasy! They’re all sapphic!
Buy em, learn more, etc: https://linktr.ee/peculiaritea
Hi, I’m Kayla, I write (sometimes bestselling) queer YA! My first two books are horror! My third book is romantasy! They’re all sapphic!
Buy em, learn more, etc: https://linktr.ee/peculiaritea
July 4, 2023 at 12:43 AM
I should probably write an intro that’s not just calling myself a cornhole god
Hi, I’m Kayla, I write (sometimes bestselling) queer YA! My first two books are horror! My third book is romantasy! They’re all sapphic!
Buy em, learn more, etc: https://linktr.ee/peculiaritea
Hi, I’m Kayla, I write (sometimes bestselling) queer YA! My first two books are horror! My third book is romantasy! They’re all sapphic!
Buy em, learn more, etc: https://linktr.ee/peculiaritea