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Lila Denning

@vantine

Librarian w/ MA in Holocaust/antisemitism , #bookdisplays, #unshelveyourcollection, Volunteer Coord. -HWA, Loud Bookdisplays.blogspot.com

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What I've Read and Reviewed Recently Beyond reading for pleasure, I review for both Booklist and Library Journal . Here are some of my recent reviews: I recommend both of these...

Passively Recommending Books: What I've Read and Reviewed Recently bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/03/what...

05.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am not a cats and tea sort of librarian. I am a bunny and strong coffee sort of πŸ“šβ˜•οΈπŸ‡

01.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Stephen Graham Jones’s Favorite Slasher Books

13 slashers on the page, by me:

28.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Go visit Corey, MA folks and get a brilliant book rec. You can also check out his books!!

28.02.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn’t even tell readers anything!!

28.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’― the worst term.

27.02.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here Are the Nominees for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards - Reactor Congratulations to the authors!

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26.02.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

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Unshelve with Help From Novel Suspects Novel Suspects is a website and newsletter from Hachette Book Group . It covers crime fiction and horror, including true crime. They incl...

Passively Recommending Books: Unshelve with Help From Novel Suspects bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/02/unsh...

24.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Honored that William of Newbury is on the Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. If you are an HWA voting member and would like a PDF, please DM me. Grateful to the HWA, readers, and @darkhorsecomics for the support.

22.02.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asia… Named by the New York Public Library as one of the best…

I'm thrilled to see Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora on the final ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards. Huge congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social, all of her brilliant authors, and to all of this year's nominees.

Read it: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

23.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6
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Congrats to @gemmafiles.bsky.social, LITTLE HORN was announced as one of five 2025 Bram Stoker Award Finalists for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection!

We published LITTLE HORN last October in Hardcover, Paperback, and eBook.

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23.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photos of those guests in two rows and four columns stripped across the middle of the Eating the Fantastic icon, with the logo and the top of a flying saucer visible above, and part of a chicken leg and donut visible below. The guests captured eating are Cynthia Pelayo, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Craig Laurance Gidney, Brian Keene, A. C. Wise, Linda Addison, John Langan, and Lee Murray.

Photos of those guests in two rows and four columns stripped across the middle of the Eating the Fantastic icon, with the logo and the top of a flying saucer visible above, and part of a chicken leg and donut visible below. The guests captured eating are Cynthia Pelayo, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Craig Laurance Gidney, Brian Keene, A. C. Wise, Linda Addison, John Langan, and Lee Murray.

Congratulations to all those who made the final ballot for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards! I'm particularly pleased eight of them have previously dined with me on my Eating the Fantastic podcast. I invite you to learn more about these creators by eavesdropping as we chat and chew. pod.link/1083737796

23.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I honestly don’t know how to describe this feeling. I am a Bram Stoker Award nominee.
Thank you to everyone who’s ever believed in my work, my mission to never shut up about women’s trauma in the horror genre, and to myself for never giving up.

23.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 1
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Absolutely stunned by the HWA announcement that THIS WAY LIES MADNESS has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in an Anthology category.

A huge shoutout to our incredible contributors. You’re all stars. Fact.

And to @leemurraywriter.bsky.social You’re awesome!

23.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the Bram Stoker final ballot!

23.02.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am honored and honestly a bit stunned that CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS is officially a Bram Stoker Award finalist! What do you mean my little book is nominated alongside the powerhouses of Hailey Piper, Gemma Files, John Langan, and Clay McLeod Chapman?? Wild. Huge congrats to all of the nominees!

23.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely stunned but Global Indigenous Horror has made it to the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot! Thank you to everyone who believed in this book, and congratulations to everyone on the final ballot! bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/h...

@upmississippi.bsky.social

23.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

AS IT SHOULD BE!!!!

BRAVO!!!

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23.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YES! I’m so happy to see this. Congrats to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and our fellow authors! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ–€

23.02.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯³ We're thrilled to announce that 🀰🏼TRAD WIFE😈 by @saratogaishere.bsky.social is on The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction list!

Huge congratulations to Saratoga for their hard work! Don't forget to grab a copy of this unnerving horror that you'll devour wherever you get books.

23.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We Interrupt the Regularly Scheduled RA Training Blog Post Because.....WHY I LOVE HORROR is a Bram Stoker Nominee ...for Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fction.Β  Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction Borwein, Naomi Simone, ed. β€”Β  Global Indigenous H...

Well this happened today.....

We Interrupt the Regularly Scheduled RA Training Blog Post Because.....WHY I LOVE HORROR is a Bram Stoker Nominee

raforall.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-i...

23.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 8

Eeee!!!! I am absolutely thrilled and delighted to see that Wolf Moon, Antler Moon made the final Stoker Award Ballot in the long fiction category. Huge congratulations to all my fellow finalists! I don't think it's online yet, but it's in an HWA email so it's really real! πŸΊπŸŒ•πŸ¦ŒπŸŒ•

23.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 3
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Congratulations to @nytebird45.bsky.social, Jamal Hodge, Sarah Langan and Shannon Kearns for being Bram Stoker Finalists! EVERYTHING ENDLESS, PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER! and THE UTERUS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE FOREST have all made the final ballot. Full ballot: bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/h...

23.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Super Achievement in Long Fiction

Ballingrude, Nathan - Cathedral of the Drowned (Tor Nightfire/Titan Books)

Ha, Thomas - "Uncertain Sons" (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications)

Langan, Sarah - "Squid Teeth" (Reactor)

Langan, Sarah - Pam Kowolski is a Monster! (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Wise, A.C. - "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" (Reactor)

Super Achievement in Long Fiction Ballingrude, Nathan - Cathedral of the Drowned (Tor Nightfire/Titan Books) Ha, Thomas - "Uncertain Sons" (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications) Langan, Sarah - "Squid Teeth" (Reactor) Langan, Sarah - Pam Kowolski is a Monster! (Raw Dog Screaming Press) Wise, A.C. - "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" (Reactor)

Oh wow. "Uncertain Sons," the original novelette in UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, is a Stoker finalist in the Long Fic category! Congrats to the finalists! Thanks to readers who enjoyed and shared the book. And huge thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for supporting the novelette and collection!

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All I’ve ever wanted to do is tell stories. That both ACQUIRED TASTE and SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE would make the final ballot for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection and Young Adult Novel is such a dream come true. Congrats to the nominees. Here comes my anxiety.

23.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
a photo of Hailey Piper holding her Bram Stoker Award-nominated collection Teenage Girls Can Be Demons. Beneath is a screenshot of the Fiction Collection ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards as follows:

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

Chapman, Clay McLeod β€” Acquired Taste (Titan Books)

Files, Gemma β€” Little Horn: Stories (Shortwave)

Langan, John β€” Lost in The Dark and Other Excursions (Word Horde)

Piper, Hailey β€” Teenage Girls Can Be Demons (Titan Books)

Tantlinger, Sara β€” Cyanide Constellations (Dark Matter INK)

a photo of Hailey Piper holding her Bram Stoker Award-nominated collection Teenage Girls Can Be Demons. Beneath is a screenshot of the Fiction Collection ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards as follows: Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Chapman, Clay McLeod β€” Acquired Taste (Titan Books) Files, Gemma β€” Little Horn: Stories (Shortwave) Langan, John β€” Lost in The Dark and Other Excursions (Word Horde) Piper, Hailey β€” Teenage Girls Can Be Demons (Titan Books) Tantlinger, Sara β€” Cyanide Constellations (Dark Matter INK)

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS is a Bram Stoker Award Finalist! 🀩😈

I'm ECSTATIC to see my demons nominated and overjoyed to be on the ballot with the wondrous Sara Tantlinger, John Langan, Gemma Files, & Clay McLeod Chapman πŸŽ‰ congrats to the Fiction Collection finalists & everyone on the final ballot!

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Consistency: Bad Hand Books has had at least one work on the Bram Stoker Awards final ballot every year since we started publishing in 2022.

23.02.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Cover to the bad seed by Jory John   A large sunflower seed with an evil grin is standing in a city park

Cover to the bad seed by Jory John A large sunflower seed with an evil grin is standing in a city park

Decided to read The Bad Seed by William March. Fate instead delivered this to me. It’s a great picture book but not exactly what I wanted.

23.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude. Mamdani. Fund the libraries.

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