Hello All,

I've attached this weeks community calendar! You may notice, I moved last weeks written posts to this week! (Last week got way too busy!

Here's what you need to know!

• Fridays have been working really well for our Discord reading sprints! Hop on in the Discord and read with us Friday starting at 5pm PST.

• The last day to upgrade to get What Feed Below benefits ($5 earcs, $12, $25 physical arcs) is March 30. Do not miss this important date. You also want to make sure you have your address on the Bindery profile.

• If you missed the news I partnered with BOOK SHOP . ORG to get you a 15% discount on Must Read Indigenous books! This sale is only happening until 3/30 and only the books listed here are eligible. Use code: BSO15

• Toni Morrison read a long! Bay Area Book Festival recently invited me to a chat with Namwali Serpell for her new release On Morrison and it motivated me to read all of Morrison's work in chronological order. A few folks in the Discord said they wanted to join, so we are starting with The Bluest Eye in April alongside On Morrison.

• What Feeds Below has over 100 reviews on Netgalley and still has a 5 STAR average rating! Just a reminder, if you have not pre-order What Feeds Below yet, please do today! I know this book can make it on a best seller list if we all come together and support it! (Also, early preorders will help our imprint secure a book for Fall 2027!

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I'm having a hard time. NOTHING IS HITTING.

I am all caught up on our bookclub assignments.

The Year of the Witching is really missing something for me. I am not connecting with this one at all. When I put it down, I'm not looking forward to picking it up again.

The Night Watchman? I'm into it when we are hearing what is going on with Patrice. When we switch over to Thomas? I zone out. Erdrich usually has multiple storylines going on at once and they usually blend well, but this one isn't working for me.

I thought why not pick up a quick thriller? I grabbed How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield. I listened to one chapter and this was the first book to hit my Goodreads DNF shelf.

I do not feel like reading on Kindle. I don't feel like picking up my physical books.

600 books and nothing to read!

Someone please recommend the best audio book you've read! Immediately!

Hey Guys,

Some important deadlines for What Feeds Below:

Upgrade to a paid subscriber to guarantee your WFB arc. $5 subscribers get e*arcs, $12/$25 will get physical arcs (US ONLY).

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Hello Friends!

SUPER EXCITING NEWS!

I've partnered with bookshop . org to get you all a shopping discount!

Shop my curated list of MUST READ INDIGENOUS books!

Take 15% OFF* these select titles when you enter BSO15 at checkout, valid until April 1, 2026. *Discount off list prices, and excludes Ebooks.

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Here are 10 horror books written by women I'm looking forward to:

1. She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang

   Avery and Carlos Tam have built their lives on logic, not legends. Carlos, the host of a hit reality show that exposes paranormal hoaxes, has made a name disproving the supernatural.

   But when they travel to his ancestral home in the Philippines, darkness clings to every corner. The mirrors are shrouded. The housekeeper won't stay in the house alone. And no one will speak of the tragedies the family has seen.

   Then a brutal car crash leaves Carlos trapped in his own body―silent, helpless, and utterly vulnerable. As Avery tends to him, the house begins to stir. It watches. It listens. And it speaks―in a voice only Carlos can hear―offering a twisted kind of comfort.

   And as the lies buried by Carlos and his family begin to surface, Avery must confront the truth: if the past won't rest, their future may never begin.

   Some inherit memories. Others inherit monsters.

2. Not Your Final Girl by Mikayla Rudolph

   A feminist slasher novel fueled by female rage and haunted by gruesome murders, in this contemporary reimagining of Tess of the D’Urbervilles there can only be one Final Girl.

3. The Temptation of Charlotte North by Camilla Bruce

   A rebellious young woman desperate to escape her predetermined life.
   
   The handsome but married priest who has caught her eye.
   
   And the resolute schoolteacher who values science above all.
   
   In 1910, on a small, remote island that boasts more sheep than people, the fates of Charlotte North, Jasper Hill, and Ruth Russel are perched on the edge of a cliff, and a strange wind is blowing. . . .
   
   When an ancient tower—rumored to have once imprisoned a witch—crumbles, it releases something powerful: a restless spirit that knocks inside the walls and sends household objects flying. A spirit that seems to be drawn to Charlotte, who sees in it a potential for power and change.
   
   But first she must overcome Jasper’s piety and Ruth’s fierce determination to banish the terrifying entity. Only then will she gain the power to claim the life that she desires.

4. Accumulation by Aimee Pokwatka

   A twisty, searing, conversation-starting novel about a filmmaker-turned-housewife who moves into her dream house and is forced to consider whether it's the house or herself that is haunted.

5. We Could Be Anyone by Anna Maria Mclemore

   Two teen con-artists must execute an almost impossible scam at an exclusive mansion in this thriller that's White Lotus meets Mexican Gothic - for teens.

6. The Girl With The Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean

   a stunning Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong that meshes ancient myths and local legends into a haunting story of ghosts, grief, and women who will not forgive.

7. Neon Moon by Grace Reynolds

   Darlene Boone is a survivor. For more than a year, she’s been bartending at the famous Teegarden Saloon, a honky tonk in the Texas Hill Country, while attempting to put her life back together in the wake of an abusive past. But when an axe-wielding maniac descends on The Teegarden during one of the bar's busiest nights of the year, Darlene, along with everyone else in the crowded establishment, will have to put down their whiskeys and take up the nearest weapon if they're to survive this unexpected night from hell. No one knows if they'll make it out alive, least of all Darlene, but one thing's for sure no matter what: Texans don't go down without a fight.

8. Doe by Rebecca Darrow

   Thrilling crossover YA Horror perfect for fans of Krystal Sutherland and Tiffany Jackson, where the captain of a high school cheer team is caught in a bitter rivalry and turns to an ancient, supernatural creature for help, not knowing she’s just made a deal with a devil and could lose everything that matters, including her life.

9. The Summer of the Serpent by Cecilia Eudave

   This surreal, horror-tinged, Guadalajara-set work of Latin American “literature of the unusual” is a kaleidoscopic descent into the small violences and hidden horrors of one sweltering summer, forming a coil of vignettes that slither under the skin for a strange, deeply human portrait of memory, myth, and family.

10. Muneca by Cynthia Gomez

    A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.

My dream for this community is that we come together to support Indigenous creators, authors, bookstores!

Together we have the power to make a real difference.

Each month, I will tell you about the bookshop I am supporting for the month and create a community shopping day. I try to make these around paydays! Buy a book (or two or five) from the bookstore directly, or get a two-for-one and buy the book through my bookshop link in Bindery and support me and the bookshop!

This month, we are supporting Black Walnut Books, an Indigenous queer woman owned bookstore! Let's give her the best day.

I've added some of my favorite reads for you to order, or if none of them are your taste (or you already own them!) click through and then search for any book you want! I still will get a small commission!

Happy Book Shopping! (And request a bookstore to support in April below!)

Hello Friends,

Tomorrow is the last day to shop my current stock on Pango.I will prob leave the special editions up and Free Little Library everything else. I have many more books to list, and need to make room. I feel like every time I unhaul 60 books, I've had another 60 books incoming!

Reminder that this Saturday is community Support Black Walnut books day. All books purchased through my Bindery bookshop link support Black Walnut books (and I get a small percentage! or you can purchase from them directly!). Let's extend our support to Indigenous bookstores.

If you guessed NICK CUTTER, author of The Troop (wow, what a good guess!) You'd be correct!

We have to pass along our notes to editorial, let me know what YOU would love to see on the front cover.

Here is the full blurb:

"Gory, claustrophobic, and very dark -- this is a book best read in sunlit places, breathing fresh air, under an unobstructed blue sky." -- Nick Cutter

Hi Friends,

What did you read last week?

I am so proud of myself to sticking to my own reading schedule, so I'm about 1/4 into The Year of The Witching, our Women in Horror Book Club. This one started off kind of slow for me and I'm not really sure where it is headed. I don't feel particularly attached to the main character, Immanuelle yet.

I'm also about 1/4 into The Night Watchman, our Good Day To Read Indigenous book club pick. I am doing the audiobook, but had to pick up the physical as well so that I could do some annotating and take some notes. There are a lot of characters in this one (as to be expected in all of Erdrich's books! I am really fond of Patrice. I am concerned about Vera. And I'm also concerned about all of these creepy men!

If you want to keep up with the book club chatter, don't forget to join our community Discord.

Outside of the book club, I am reading an Indigenous sci-fi that was submitted to me for publishing consideration. I'm about 1/4 into this one as well and I'm really enjoying it. It is very, very humorous. (More to come!)

These are going to be my 3 main reads this week. I may try to pick up one of the others I've started recently also! I've never had so many books going on at the same time.

Let me know what you're reading this week below!