Some things you tell, others you swallow

Sep 06, 2024 1:12 am

words muted

mid-song

virgins in love

virgins done wrong

naive they drink the wine

secrets spun anew

hard in the belly

like slippery stone

some things you tell

others you swallow

a story was told here

that was a lie

—Excerpt from Bestial Mouths by Brenda S. Tolian

Bestial Mouths Cover Reveal

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Check out the cover reveal to see the full wraparound cover art from up-and-coming horror artist Chlo'e Camonayan.

These verses serve as a grimoire, an invocation, and a meditation on agency and autonomy over the body and soul—whether it is inherent, taken, sold, stolen, lost, reclaimed, or forcefully wrested back into the self. Sit down on the forest floor, dig your fingers into the soil, and open wide your bestial mouths, consume these words whispered in the darkness.

Haunted Toy Raffle

Have you ever wished you could own enigmatic relics of a bygone Southern gothic age when ghosts were ghosts and dolls were possessed?

You could win a cache of items that helped inspire EV Knight's book The House on the Cover of a Horror Novel. You could win:

Portrait of a girl you don't want to see in real life
Portrait of a newly married couple doomed to reside on your shelf
Letter blocks that will spell your doom
The doll that will make sure of that
A toy with a disturbing tongue

NOTE: All prizes included in this giveaway are offered in pre-exorcized condition, and the Giveaway Winner and their survivors hold the author and publisher harmless in the event of supernatural misfortune. ENTER NOW.

In-Person Halloween Events Announced

September 18th, 6:30 pm see Maxwell I. Gold in conversation with Tim Waggoner at Prologue Bookshop in Columbus, OH.

Tuesday, October 15th, 7pm celebrate the release of Errant Roots by Sonora Taylor with a panel discussion on family horror featuring authors L. Marie Wood and Brian Keene. This event will be held at One More Page Books in Arlington, VA.

Live Readings at Carroll Community College on 10/19 • noon to 4 by Dark Fiction/Horror Authors Featuring: VAUGHN A. JACKSON, SUZANNE MADRON, HAILEY PIPER, DAVID SIMMONS, SONORA TAYLOR, JOHN URBANCIK

Plus…

Indie Publishers Panel - Hear best practices for new authors looking to get published! Featuring JENNIFER BARNES of Raw Dog Screaming Press and D. ALEXANDER WARD of Bleeding Edge Books.

Event emceed by SAWNEY HATTON

More details here

TINY OBLIVIONS Launch Replay

To celebrate the launch of Maxwell I. Gold's poetry collection, Tiny Oblivions and Mutual Self Destructions, AllAccessCon hosted a discussion with the author led by Angela Yuriko Smith. The event also included a reading by the author. Watch the event here.

Online Launch - A Place Between Waking & Forgetting

Mysterious Galaxy Book Shop is hosting the online launch for A PLACE BETWEEN WAKING & FORGETTING which will feature a conversation between the author and celebrated poet Linda D. Addison who wrote the foreword to the book. It is free to attend, reserve your space now.