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s. m. hallow
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HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, 2025, Hedone Books.

THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, 2026, Harper Voyager.

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Announcing the cover for THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, releasing Summer 2026 with @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social!

HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.
the cover of S. M. Hallow's debut novel, THE HALLS OF THE DEAD. The title is written in neon yellow; S. M.'s name is in white. The cover depicts a skull in slight turquoise/green color. The eye socket intersects the eye spot on a gold-colored imperial moth's wing. In the background, there are 3 burgundy chrysanthemums.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is here, and it’s beautiful!!!
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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As we come to the end of the year, I’m looking to create a team who can help me promote How to Survive This Fairytale for the holidays and its 1 year anniversary of release on 1/16/26!

If you like gay shit & crying, the sign up form is below!

forms.gle/JmqpRct4Zftz...
a photo of my book, How to Survive This Fairytale, and an illustration from the book of two men almost kissing, featuring a quote from the book: "i don't want our story to end this way. will you let me try again?" Additional text reads: seeking holiday promo team
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Hi Christina! My debut horror/fantasy THE HALLS OF THE DEAD is coming out in Summer 2026! (Moved from spring, no exact release date yet.)
Publisher's Marketplace screenshot announcing THE HALLS OF THE DEAD by S. M. Hallow, a horror novel being published by Harper Voyager. Text of the deal reads: S. M. Hallow's THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, a queer, gothic romance set in Victorian London, in which a woman who has dedicated her life to protecting the necromantic secrets held in sentient grimoirs bound with human skin brings her murdered beloved back to life with dire consequences, to David Pomerico at Voyager, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication spring 2026, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management (world).
August 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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it’s a beautiful day to read HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE 🦢✨ #booksky💙📚
a physical copy of my book HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE held up against a background of cherry blossoms
May 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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5 days left on KU! After the 15th, the FAIRYTALE ebook gets a wide release. Excited to see it in more libraries! 🦢✨✨✨
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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How to Survive This Fairytale is #21 in LGBT fantasy new release!!
How to Survive This Fairytale is #21 in LGBT fantasy new release!!
January 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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How to Survive This Fairytale is #31 in LGBT fantasy new releases!! 🥰🥰🥰
How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow is #31 in Amazon’s new release LGBT fantasy listing
January 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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It’s romance. It’s dark fantasy. It’s a Christmas horror story. It’s a righteous fury revenge quest. It’s about love lasting longer than death. It’s got cannibalism, blood magic, a guy full of bugs, a protag w chronic pain, and an OT3.

Let’s celebrate with a teaser made by @izzysinger.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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🦢✨✉️ CHECK YOUR INBOX! 🦢✨✉️

I just couldn’t wait to get How to Survive This Fairytale into the hands of the 51 people (!!!) who signed up for the ARC. I also couldn’t wait to make you cry. Enjoy your holidays & add ‘going to therapy over fictional characters’ to your 2025 bingo.
an announcement that ARCs of my book, How to Survive This Fairytale, went out tonight!
December 28, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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Hello #booksky💙📚 ! Ebook preorders are now OPEN for HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE! books2read.com/u/mqkYrQ

To celebrate, have a look at a draft illustration @legendsofaukera.bsky.social did of my huntsman & his one-winged prince. To see the final version, you’re going to have to get the book! 😉
An image announcing pre-orders are open now for my book, How to Survive This Fairytale. The image includes an illustration by @legendsofaukera.bsky.social of characters from my book embracing, almost kissing. The characters are a bearded man and a man with one wing where an arm should be. Text includes a snippet from the book: "I made a wish too," you say. "A long time ago. I wished someone in the world would care about me." "That's a heartbreaking wish." "I was heartbroken when I made it."
December 19, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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did you know you can also follow me on substack? come on over, you'll get book news delivered directly to your inbox!

some of my emails include previews of art by @legendsofaukera.bsky.social that will be in my book!

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text reads "ARCs open for one more week! Next Thursday: Ebook Preorders!" overtop a black and white inky sketchy drawing of an evil queen eating a maiden's heart. there is a link to my substack on the image: smhallow.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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good morning #booksky💙📚! did you catch the cover reveal for my novella How to Survive This Fairytale? 👀🦢

ARC sign ups are open, & the sign up form is here: forms.gle/YeXaA1AR7Cz2...
a trope map featuring the book cover for How To Survive This Fairytale, by S. M. Hallow. The book cover features a swan on a lake, with a forest in the background and a castle on a hill. On the swan's wing is the shadow of a hand. The tropes are in black text with red arrows pointing at the book cover. Clockwise, the tropes are: an evil narrator is in charge here, cozy horror video game vibes, disability & mental health rep, childhood friends to lovers, cottagecore, redemption through love, not a romance but romantic, found family, soulmates/true love, and M/M love story. Black text on a pale blue & white background with a feather beneath the text. The text reads: After losing everything in service to the Evil Queen, and driven to the edge of sanity by a narrator who won't let him die, Hansel must bring himself to do the impossible: forge his own destiny, or give up on his Happily Ever After.
December 7, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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hi there #BookSky💙📚 ! if you like Into the Woods, Slay the Princess, or the Stanley Parable, you might like my novella How to Survive This Fairytale, coming January 16!
a background image of birds in water, with a swan most prominent. text reads: a cursed prince, a queen's assassin, time loop horror, existential horror, cottagecore, found family, soulmates; How to Survive this Fairytale Releasing 1.16.25, ARCs available 12.5.24
November 13, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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I'm now represented by Laura Zats of Headwater Literary Management! 💀

From the beginning, Laura truly understood the dark, rotted heart of my debut novel ft. necromancy, revenge, and a devotion that's centuries-old. I can't wait to continue writing messy, gothic magic with her as my agent!
s. m. hallow is represented by laura zats of headwater literary management a moodboard depicting s. m. hallow's novel
May 29, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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in honor of valentine's day this week, here's a book teaser for a novella my publisher is calling "dark, sexy, and devastating." i promise it has a happy ending -- but there's gonna be a lot of bloodshed before we get there. if you like fairytale retellings, you might just like it 💙📚
a 3x3 moodboard with quotes from my upcoming novella
February 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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i am SO excited to announce "How to Stay Married to Baba Yaga," which originally appeared in Baffling Magazine, has been selected to appear in The Year's Best Fantasy, Vol.3, edited by Paula Guran & published by Pyr Books!!!!

paulaguran.com/content-of-t...
February 6, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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come follow me i'm gonna post art i'm gonna post writing i'm gonna idk post other things too
January 9, 2024 at 11:44 PM