Gwendolyn Kiste
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
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I emailed the president of Publishers Weekly yesterday, and will be emailing multiple other people. PLEASE take the time to do this if you can. 🙏 Contact info is easily available on their website.
#antiAI #publishersweekly #indiepub #indieauthor
#antiAI #publishersweekly #indiepub #indieauthor
Publishers Weekly is still doubling down on this awful AI workshop. Keep the emails and the comments coming. Make sure they know how much we're all against this.
AI isn’t coming to publishing—it’s already here. PW’s new AI for Publishing Bootcamp gives teams the tools and workflows to keep up.
First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I emailed the president of Publishers Weekly yesterday, and will be emailing multiple other people. PLEASE take the time to do this if you can. 🙏 Contact info is easily available on their website.
#antiAI #publishersweekly #indiepub #indieauthor
#antiAI #publishersweekly #indiepub #indieauthor
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What is better on a cold winter night than a retelling of Dracula (or Camilla)?
These #horrorauthors have the #horrorbook for you!
@kierstenwhite.bsky.social
@jelinfoot.bsky.social
@katdunn.bsky.social
@rosiefiore.bsky.social
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
@dawnkurtagich.bsky.social
These #horrorauthors have the #horrorbook for you!
@kierstenwhite.bsky.social
@jelinfoot.bsky.social
@katdunn.bsky.social
@rosiefiore.bsky.social
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
@dawnkurtagich.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What is better on a cold winter night than a retelling of Dracula (or Camilla)?
These #horrorauthors have the #horrorbook for you!
@kierstenwhite.bsky.social
@jelinfoot.bsky.social
@katdunn.bsky.social
@rosiefiore.bsky.social
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
@dawnkurtagich.bsky.social
These #horrorauthors have the #horrorbook for you!
@kierstenwhite.bsky.social
@jelinfoot.bsky.social
@katdunn.bsky.social
@rosiefiore.bsky.social
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
@dawnkurtagich.bsky.social
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"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
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Just gonna drop this here. Amazon is forcing a new AI feature on authors whose books are available on Kindle. This is a petition to give us the choice to opt out, because currently, we cannot.
c.org/SrJxqbKp4F
c.org/SrJxqbKp4F
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Change the new AI feature Ask this Book
c.org
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Just gonna drop this here. Amazon is forcing a new AI feature on authors whose books are available on Kindle. This is a petition to give us the choice to opt out, because currently, we cannot.
c.org/SrJxqbKp4F
c.org/SrJxqbKp4F
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Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
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Sent my email feedback about the "AI conference." You can, too!
Publishers Weekly is sponsoring an AI for Publishing Bootcamp on their PW Learning platform. This is so disgusting and unacceptable.
There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sent my email feedback about the "AI conference." You can, too!
Publishers Weekly is still doubling down on this awful AI workshop. Keep the emails and the comments coming. Make sure they know how much we're all against this.
AI isn’t coming to publishing—it’s already here. PW’s new AI for Publishing Bootcamp gives teams the tools and workflows to keep up.
First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Publishers Weekly is still doubling down on this awful AI workshop. Keep the emails and the comments coming. Make sure they know how much we're all against this.
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This is in reference to that Publishers Weekly "AI is here, get used to it, peons" workshop. Who could have predicted that the guy doing it would be on the board of an AI firm?
The doing this workshop is an author, independent book publisher "also serves on the boards of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and the AI firm, Inkbloom."
www.keithriegert.com
www.keithriegert.com
Keith Riegert
Keith Riegert is a professional author and CEO of Ulysses Press and Perfect Bound. He is based out of New York City.
www.keithriegert.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is in reference to that Publishers Weekly "AI is here, get used to it, peons" workshop. Who could have predicted that the guy doing it would be on the board of an AI firm?
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haha publishers weekly promoting a AI in Publishing Bootcamp is the final nail in the coffin of the joke they’ve been for a long time
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
haha publishers weekly promoting a AI in Publishing Bootcamp is the final nail in the coffin of the joke they’ve been for a long time
Publishers Weekly is sponsoring an AI for Publishing Bootcamp on their PW Learning platform. This is so disgusting and unacceptable.
There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Publishers Weekly is sponsoring an AI for Publishing Bootcamp on their PW Learning platform. This is so disgusting and unacceptable.
There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
There's an email on the site. I've just sent them a message urging them to cancel this workshop series immediately. You can do the same.
pwlearninglab.com
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publishers weekly pushing an AI workshop to help master Amazon's algorithms, among other horrors... is a thing. jesus. this mass delusion is going to destroy everything if there isn't enough pushback.
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
publishers weekly pushing an AI workshop to help master Amazon's algorithms, among other horrors... is a thing. jesus. this mass delusion is going to destroy everything if there isn't enough pushback.
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I don’t know, man, in these troubling times maybe you should go for it and make a festive Eraserhead baby for your Christmas tree.
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I don’t know, man, in these troubling times maybe you should go for it and make a festive Eraserhead baby for your Christmas tree.
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So thrilled to be writing short fiction reviews for Locus Magazine! My first column is in the December issue which is available now in print and digital format. 📖
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Buy December 2025 | Locus Magazine
The December 2025 #779 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Dave Hutchinson and Bethany Jacobs, and a spotlight on The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio. The issue lists US and…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So thrilled to be writing short fiction reviews for Locus Magazine! My first column is in the December issue which is available now in print and digital format. 📖
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THE @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social added my Goth garden girls to her EOY list and I am still unwell. 😭🖤
I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
THE @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social added my Goth garden girls to her EOY list and I am still unwell. 😭🖤
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What a gorgeous list with amazing authors. Am beyond tickled to see Silk & Sinew among them!
I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What a gorgeous list with amazing authors. Am beyond tickled to see Silk & Sinew among them!
I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
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BTS: Matthew on his second day of work is a mood. 😂
He did not approve of this set.
We had to go with less books in the final product. SGJ, Alma Katsu, & Matthew's biggest fan, Gwendolyn Kiste, made the final cut.
He did not approve of this set.
We had to go with less books in the final product. SGJ, Alma Katsu, & Matthew's biggest fan, Gwendolyn Kiste, made the final cut.
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
BTS: Matthew on his second day of work is a mood. 😂
He did not approve of this set.
We had to go with less books in the final product. SGJ, Alma Katsu, & Matthew's biggest fan, Gwendolyn Kiste, made the final cut.
He did not approve of this set.
We had to go with less books in the final product. SGJ, Alma Katsu, & Matthew's biggest fan, Gwendolyn Kiste, made the final cut.
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Yet another BEST OF for SILK & SINEW! Not only is a treat to be included among so fine a roster of writers, but to again be lauded amongst today’s best horror authors… well, bless my soul! Major congrats to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and @badhandbooks.bsky.social for all the solid buttkicking.
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yet another BEST OF for SILK & SINEW! Not only is a treat to be included among so fine a roster of writers, but to again be lauded amongst today’s best horror authors… well, bless my soul! Major congrats to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and @badhandbooks.bsky.social for all the solid buttkicking.
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Silk & Sinew on The Lineup's best horror list for 2025! I am blown away and so dang proud of all the authors and their stories. 💪💪💪❤️
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
SILK & SINEW edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social makes THE LINEUP’S list of best horror books of 2025! the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
The Best Horror Books of 2025
A list of some of the best, most enthralling horror books of the year.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Silk & Sinew on The Lineup's best horror list for 2025! I am blown away and so dang proud of all the authors and their stories. 💪💪💪❤️
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
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🖤A lovely little surprise!🖤
Thank you, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and @the-line-up.bsky.social, for including This is How a Villain is Made on your Best Horror Books of 2025 list!
I’m honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!
Thank you, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and @the-line-up.bsky.social, for including This is How a Villain is Made on your Best Horror Books of 2025 list!
I’m honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🖤A lovely little surprise!🖤
Thank you, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and @the-line-up.bsky.social, for including This is How a Villain is Made on your Best Horror Books of 2025 list!
I’m honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!
Thank you, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and @the-line-up.bsky.social, for including This is How a Villain is Made on your Best Horror Books of 2025 list!
I’m honored and delighted to be listed alongside so many other incredible authors!
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2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Haunting of Velkwood by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Haunting of Velkwood by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Haunting of Velkwood by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
The Haunting of Velkwood by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
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Dark sensuality. Obsession. Owning your needs and making them known. Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and The Lineup for this.
The Pink Agave Motel is a sanctuary for female led pleasure.
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
P.S. buy books by women
The Pink Agave Motel is a sanctuary for female led pleasure.
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
P.S. buy books by women
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Dark sensuality. Obsession. Owning your needs and making them known. Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and The Lineup for this.
The Pink Agave Motel is a sanctuary for female led pleasure.
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
P.S. buy books by women
The Pink Agave Motel is a sanctuary for female led pleasure.
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
P.S. buy books by women
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the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
readjumpscares.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
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Massive thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and The Lineup for this list of 2025’s Best Horror Books, including How to Fake a Haunting! Honored to be featured among such stellar titles!
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Massive thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and The Lineup for this list of 2025’s Best Horror Books, including How to Fake a Haunting! Honored to be featured among such stellar titles!
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Agnes being paired with LOVE FOR SLAUGHTER is so great 😆 thanks for this super fun post, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social!
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6 Horror Books to Read Based on Your Favorite 'Wednesday' Character
Discover the perfect horror novel that matches your favorite character from the hit Netflix show "Wednesday".
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December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Agnes being paired with LOVE FOR SLAUGHTER is so great 😆 thanks for this super fun post, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social!
the-line-up.com/horror-books...
the-line-up.com/horror-books...