My goal was a deep breath

my thoughts unbearable

so much noise

unending noise

The demons found a way in

opened their eyes in broken plates

glanced at me,

smiling. 

—On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich

Congratulations Stephanie Wytovich 

On the Subject of Blackberries has received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry! We're so proud of Stephanie for all the work she has done on her craft and all the time she has spent supporting horror poetry.

Watch the presentation of the award by poets Cynthia Pelayo and Sarah Tantlinger and hear Stephanie's speech (read by Jennifer Barnes).

Stephanie recently talked about her experience writing the collection on the Skiffy & Fanty Show. Listen to the conversation.

  Spoken Word Tour Updated Dates  

Ego Likeness co-founder and singer Donna Lynch reads from her collections of horror and dark poetry, including the Bram Stoker Award-nominated works Choking Back the Devil and Girls From the County as part of an art and travel documentary "The Road Out of the County." You can read more about the tour in this ReGen article.

6/6 DC area, limited spaces

6/7 Fallout, Richmond VA

6/8 Vending @ Ascension at The Masquerade, Atlanta GA

6/9 Red Light Café, Atlanta GA 

6/11 926, Tallahassee FL

6/13 Old Arabi Lighthouse Records & Books, Arabi-New Orleans LA

w/ Louis Maistros, Geoff Munstermann, Izzy Oneiric, & Xxx Zombieboy xxX

6/15 Short reading & vending @ Dark Ceremony, Houston TX

6/23 DNA Lounge, San Francisco CA Opening 30 min set for Artillery 

6/27 Mechanismus Festival, Seattle WA (also Stoneburner)

7/1 The Crypt, Denver CO

7/3 The Crack Fox, St Louis MO

7/5 The Museum of Post Punk & Industrial Music, Chicago IL

7/8 Small’s, Hamtramck (Detroit) MI w/ Jimmy Doom & Steve Silver

7/9 Oddfellows Liquor Bar w/ Anton Cancre & Sarah Hans

7/11 Digital Underground, Philadelphia PA w/ Heinrich 

7/12 Third Sanctum Art Gallery (at The Veiled Crow), Warwick RI

7/13 Zissimos (Upstairs), Baltimore MD + Donna’s Half-Century Bday Afterparty

 Tim Waggoner Announced as a Guest of Honor

StokerCon 2025 will be in Stamford Connecticut and Tim Waggoner has been announced as a guest of honor. Tickets are available now for $175 until June 10th. That will save you $125 off the final ticket price.

  3 Novellas for $30  

Novellas 5 and 6 in our series have been released and #7, Hollow Tongue, is coming June 20th. Get all 3 for just $10 each! Every book in the series is a standalone, from a different author, but they all share themes and a certain aesthetic. We're happy to sell any combination of these books for $10 each as long as you buy more than one. Email us if you want to mix and match.

  Jamal Hodge Speaks on Everything Endless  

Jamal Hodge was recently interviewed by Consider it Blacklit and he talked about why the just-announced Everything Endless poetry collaboration with Linda Addison is so special to him and how it came to be. Listen in on the conversation.

  UPCOMING EVENTS  

June 27-30

In Your Write Mind Conference

Seton Hill University

Tim Waggoner (GoH), Michael Arnzen, Matt Betts, Albert Wendland, Stephanie Wytovich

June 28 • 1-4pm

Beyond the Bounds of Infinity Book Launch at Vortex Books & Comics

Vaughn A. Jackson, Stephanie Pearre, L. Marie Wood, Mary SanGiovanni

September 14-15

Virginia Witches and Pagans Pride

Sonora Taylor

October 4-6

AuthorCon IV, St. Louis, MO

Sonora Taylor

October 12

Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival

Sonora Taylor, EA Broadbent

October 25 • 1-4pm

Errant Roots Book Launch at Vortex Books & Comics

Sonora Taylor