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Writer of Southern Gothic for kids & adults. Walter Award Honoree. Shirley Jackson, Bram Stoker, & Ignyte Award winner. Nebula finalist. ROOT MAGIC | THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE | HOLLOW TONGUE she/her https://linktr.ee/edenroyce

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Stephen Graham Jones’ New Horror Novel 'Off the Reservation' ‘Stole’ His Sleep — See the Cover (Exclusive) PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of Stephen Graham Jones' next horror novel, 'Off the Reservation.' The book, due out this fall from Saga Press, brings back a character from the author's 2020 b...

On the bookshelves October 13th. Hope y’all like it:

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A light purple sign with my picture on it. Text: Brampton Arts Organization, Brampton Library, Fold. Writer in Residence. Suzan Palumbo. Suzan is on site at Mount Pleasant Village Branch Library from March 3rd-April 25th on Tuesdays from 10 am to 3 pm, Thursdays from 4 to 9 pm. Email events@bramptonlibrary to reserve your appointment to talk about writing

A light purple sign with my picture on it. Text: Brampton Arts Organization, Brampton Library, Fold. Writer in Residence. Suzan Palumbo. Suzan is on site at Mount Pleasant Village Branch Library from March 3rd-April 25th on Tuesdays from 10 am to 3 pm, Thursdays from 4 to 9 pm. Email events@bramptonlibrary to reserve your appointment to talk about writing

There's a purple sign with a picture of a goth at my local library with info on how you can ask writing questions or get your work reviewed.

04.03.2026 14:05 👍 157 🔁 18 💬 11 📌 1

IT’S WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH!
Be bold
Take up space
Ask for more money
Closed mouths don’t get fed
Follow your intuition
You are enough
Authenticity is enough
Ditch those self limiting beliefs
Do it scared
Don’t give up

04.03.2026 12:39 👍 95 🔁 37 💬 5 📌 0
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Next Wednesday, join us with guests C.S.E. Cooney & Kristina Ten, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Mar 11th, 7pm at the KBG Bar. Come one, come all!

@csecooney.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social

04.03.2026 13:41 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 5
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Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is open to nominations. Is there a 2025 title that you loved that reflected the concepts and ideas that were central to Le Guin's work? Nominate it.

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

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The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.

Down to the wire! 3 days to go and only $457 shy of our goal. @tco-anthology.bsky.social is OPEN for Submissions! www.kickstarter.com/projects/and...

02.03.2026 13:09 👍 12 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1

I am looking forward to this!!

02.03.2026 16:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a black cat with yellow eyes and the words hello above it Alt: a black cat with yellow eyes and the words hello above it waves at the viewer.

Welcome!

02.03.2026 16:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

01.03.2026 15:33 👍 569 🔁 244 💬 3 📌 23

Thank you!!

01.03.2026 12:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This has our highest recommendation for support.

Really, please help if you can. This is guaranteed to be *special*.

28.02.2026 00:12 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

I'm really delighted by it!

01.03.2026 12:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ok, I need to read The Magnolia Returns, but I can say if you haven't read Psychopomp & Circumstance yet, it's so good. I absorbed it in one sitting and it was so *calming*. (For me.)

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The Cookout Submissions are Open! The Cookout's Kickstarter has surpassed $7,000 in funding! With this milestone, we are now open for submissions.For those who don't know, we are looking for science fiction, fantasy, and horror storie...

@tco-anthology.bsky.social @press-android.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is now open for submissions!

emmaliah.wixsite.com/emmaliawrite...

28.02.2026 16:27 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks, Eva - I'm excited for it!

28.02.2026 16:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AHH! I am so excited that a student filmmaker, Camille Jackson, is adapting one of @edenroyce.bsky.social's amazing stories into a short film! May this be the first of many Royce adaptations of amazingness!! Shares & donations help!

28.02.2026 02:13 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for sharing!!! 💙

28.02.2026 13:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks so much!

28.02.2026 13:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks so much, Suzan! 💙

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Hands cupped around a firefly at the top of the image next to the test: Your Childhood was Magic 
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Below that, a forest floor with ferns and wood and a single mushroom growing out of it toward the light. Text reads: Magical Drama short film by Camille Jackson Inspired by Your Childhood Was Witchcraft by Eden Royce

Hands cupped around a firefly at the top of the image next to the test: Your Childhood was Magic Crowdfunding Launch Below that, a forest floor with ferns and wood and a single mushroom growing out of it toward the light. Text reads: Magical Drama short film by Camille Jackson Inspired by Your Childhood Was Witchcraft by Eden Royce

Student filmmaker Camille Jackson is adapting my story, "Your Childhood Was Witchcraft" into a short film that celebrates Black joy, childhood whimsy, and connection to magic we often lose growing up. Shares & donations appreciated!

seedandspark.com/fund/your-ch...

@blackfilmalerts.bsky.social

27.02.2026 22:29 👍 24 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 2
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Read Reviews of Psychopomp & Circumstance (Hardback) by Eden Royce | Waterstones Will you like Psychopomp & Circumstance? Find out with our reader reviews. When your'e ready, Click & Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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25.02.2026 10:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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5 Days Left to fund an amazing new Project: The Cookout: Spec Fic from the African Diaspora. And we have a question:

What sort of stories do you like to read to lift your spirits?

27.02.2026 15:20 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 3
A woman in a dark purple shirt posed with trees in the background. She is wearing glasses and slightly smiling, holding her curled fingers under her chin

A woman in a dark purple shirt posed with trees in the background. She is wearing glasses and slightly smiling, holding her curled fingers under her chin

Writer Spotlight for the first issue of CROSSROADS:

Eden Royce
@edenroyce.bsky.social

🧵⬇️

25.02.2026 13:49 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you so much!

25.02.2026 10:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Psychopomp & Circumstance has finally made it to UK bookshops so I've finally read it and damn, @edenroyce.bsky.social, that's an extremely good novella. A beautiful little quiet and powerful thing.

25.02.2026 00:11 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

This was a tough choice! I'll go with -
@yvettel.bsky.social
@rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social
Lesley Nneka Arimah

24.02.2026 14:28 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Hope you enjoyed the con!

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Lightspeed, Escape Pod, and PodCastle: Review by Maria Haskins Lightspeed 11/25 Escape Pod 10/30/25 PodCastle 10/21/25, 11/4/25 Lightspeed’s November issue starts with Angela Liu’s “How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot”, an incisive science fiction story written …

“In the Zone” by Lisa M. Bradley from Lightspeed Magazine, “The Magnolia Returns” by Eden Royce from PodCastle, and more short fic recs from Maria Haskins

22.02.2026 02:00 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Currently in day two and feeling so affirmed in these panels!!

22.02.2026 16:17 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Re-upping, watching one of @edenroyce.bsky.social's amazing panels now with @tananarivedue.bsky.social, P Djeli Clark, Leslye Penelope, moderated by Audrey Williams, and it's so phenomenal to get to watch this discussion!!!

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