Paulette Kennedy
@pkennedywrites.bsky.social
Gothic word witch. Ozarkian in L.A.
Next up:
THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE (5/1/25)
THE TWO DEATHS OF LILLIAN CARMICHAEL (2026)
https://paulettekennedy.com/links
Next up:
THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE (5/1/25)
THE TWO DEATHS OF LILLIAN CARMICHAEL (2026)
https://paulettekennedy.com/links
Very much in my “ten toes down” phase of life.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very much in my “ten toes down” phase of life.
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The Shoemaker’s Magician is available now 🖤🎥
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
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“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
The Shoemaker's Magician|Paperback
From a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, a cult horror fan discovers that something sinister is at the heart of a series of brutal killings in Chicago. A fabled lost movie. An increasing body count. H...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Shoemaker’s Magician is available now 🖤🎥
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
“What is it about a darkened movie theater? It's the ultimate dream machine for your waking hours. The flip flip flip sound of film on the end of a movie reel hypnotically pulls you in closer to the screen.”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shoema...
Peace is priceless
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Peace is priceless
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COVER REVEAL! Behold GODFESTATION, my Appalachian weird horror novella, out August 11, 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. Art by Danika Corall. Read more and see the cover art here: jendiagammon.com/202...
#horror #books #coverreveal #2026books #horrorbooks
#horror #books #coverreveal #2026books #horrorbooks
Cover Reveal: GODFESTATION - Jendia Gammon
Jendia Gammon reveals the cover art for Godfestation, her Appalachian weird horror novella out via Sley House Publishing August 11, 2026. Art by Danika Corrall.
jendiagammon.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
COVER REVEAL! Behold GODFESTATION, my Appalachian weird horror novella, out August 11, 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. Art by Danika Corall. Read more and see the cover art here: jendiagammon.com/202...
#horror #books #coverreveal #2026books #horrorbooks
#horror #books #coverreveal #2026books #horrorbooks
Submissions to #HiveMentor are now open! See the details ⬇️
Hi friends! @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor submissions box opens TOMORROW at 12:59 EST. If you are a writer w/ a completed manuscript and are looking for a mentorship to help get your book ready to query agents, self publish, or submit to an indie press, THIS IS THE MENTORSHIP FOR YOU! 🔥
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Submissions to #HiveMentor are now open! See the details ⬇️
Sometimes I think about how all of my major zodiac placements are cardinal signs and what this says about me (and my ambition).
Today, I’m very much in my Aries midheaven and shit is getting DONE
Today, I’m very much in my Aries midheaven and shit is getting DONE
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sometimes I think about how all of my major zodiac placements are cardinal signs and what this says about me (and my ambition).
Today, I’m very much in my Aries midheaven and shit is getting DONE
Today, I’m very much in my Aries midheaven and shit is getting DONE
#HiveMentor AMA Q5: What is one piece of writing advice you were given that you wish you'd learned years before?
@writehive.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
#HiveMentor AMA Q5: What is one piece of writing advice you were given that you wish you'd learned years before?
@writehive.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
#HiveMentor AMA Q4:
What topics would you not be the best mentor for? (Due to conflicts or overlaps with your current writing, or elements that would not be a good fit for you.)
@writehive.bsky.social
What topics would you not be the best mentor for? (Due to conflicts or overlaps with your current writing, or elements that would not be a good fit for you.)
@writehive.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#HiveMentor AMA Q4:
What topics would you not be the best mentor for? (Due to conflicts or overlaps with your current writing, or elements that would not be a good fit for you.)
@writehive.bsky.social
What topics would you not be the best mentor for? (Due to conflicts or overlaps with your current writing, or elements that would not be a good fit for you.)
@writehive.bsky.social
#HiveMentor AMA Q3: What are you looking for in a mentee or a manuscript?
@writehive.bsky.social #writehive
@writehive.bsky.social #writehive
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#HiveMentor AMA Q3: What are you looking for in a mentee or a manuscript?
@writehive.bsky.social #writehive
@writehive.bsky.social #writehive
#HiveMentor AMA, Q2: What's your favorite book you've read recently?
THE DRAVENHEARST BRIDES by Lindsay Barrett, about an heiress who enters into a marriage of convenience with the scion of an ailing bourbon distillery. It’s like Crimson Peak in bluegrass country!
@writehive.bsky.social
THE DRAVENHEARST BRIDES by Lindsay Barrett, about an heiress who enters into a marriage of convenience with the scion of an ailing bourbon distillery. It’s like Crimson Peak in bluegrass country!
@writehive.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
#HiveMentor AMA, Q2: What's your favorite book you've read recently?
THE DRAVENHEARST BRIDES by Lindsay Barrett, about an heiress who enters into a marriage of convenience with the scion of an ailing bourbon distillery. It’s like Crimson Peak in bluegrass country!
@writehive.bsky.social
THE DRAVENHEARST BRIDES by Lindsay Barrett, about an heiress who enters into a marriage of convenience with the scion of an ailing bourbon distillery. It’s like Crimson Peak in bluegrass country!
@writehive.bsky.social
✨I'm so pleased to be returning as a 2026 mentor with @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor! Scroll to check out my MSWL here, and important dates for the program. You can learn more at: writehive.org/writehive-me...
And check out our fun AMAs in the week to come!
And check out our fun AMAs in the week to come!
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
✨I'm so pleased to be returning as a 2026 mentor with @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor! Scroll to check out my MSWL here, and important dates for the program. You can learn more at: writehive.org/writehive-me...
And check out our fun AMAs in the week to come!
And check out our fun AMAs in the week to come!
✨It's time for the @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Here's my answere for Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
✨It's time for the @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Here's my answere for Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?
Tonight is one of those sad emo nights where I wish I still had a piano so I could work my big feelings out with music
October 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Tonight is one of those sad emo nights where I wish I still had a piano so I could work my big feelings out with music
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High praise for GODFESTATION from @pkennedywrites.bsky.social! Thank you so much! This Appalachian weird horror novella arrives in August 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. Read more: jendiagammon.com/godfestation/
#Appalachia #Appalachian #Appalachianwriters #southernfiction #horror #folklore
#Appalachia #Appalachian #Appalachianwriters #southernfiction #horror #folklore
October 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
High praise for GODFESTATION from @pkennedywrites.bsky.social! Thank you so much! This Appalachian weird horror novella arrives in August 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. Read more: jendiagammon.com/godfestation/
#Appalachia #Appalachian #Appalachianwriters #southernfiction #horror #folklore
#Appalachia #Appalachian #Appalachianwriters #southernfiction #horror #folklore
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I loved chatting with @msheatherwebb.bsky.social,
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I loved chatting with @msheatherwebb.bsky.social,
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
I’m a handful of knives and an underground fire burning the soles of your feet
August 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m a handful of knives and an underground fire burning the soles of your feet
I might make BlueSky my totally unhinged say anything social media outlet because no one really knows I’m here anyway and the algorithm sucks
August 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I might make BlueSky my totally unhinged say anything social media outlet because no one really knows I’m here anyway and the algorithm sucks
TOMORROW! 8/7 at 4pm PT/7pm ET join me and bestselling author Jane Healey on IG Live for a conversation about her new novel, THE WOMEN OF ARLINGTON HALL, about a female codebreaker who puts her future and her heart on the line in a stirring novel about love, loyalty, betrayal, and Cold War spy games
August 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
TOMORROW! 8/7 at 4pm PT/7pm ET join me and bestselling author Jane Healey on IG Live for a conversation about her new novel, THE WOMEN OF ARLINGTON HALL, about a female codebreaker who puts her future and her heart on the line in a stirring novel about love, loyalty, betrayal, and Cold War spy games
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It awesome to see two of my favorite writers in Asheville tonight! @pkennedywrites.bsky.social is one of most thoughtful and badass gothic writers you’ll ever meet and Emily Carpenter’s GOTHICTOWN has me in its teeth. I also got to meet Rochelle Weinstein and Audrey Ingram!
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It awesome to see two of my favorite writers in Asheville tonight! @pkennedywrites.bsky.social is one of most thoughtful and badass gothic writers you’ll ever meet and Emily Carpenter’s GOTHICTOWN has me in its teeth. I also got to meet Rochelle Weinstein and Audrey Ingram!
I’ll be in Asheville, NC on Wednesday evening with fellow authors Rochelle Weinstein, Emily Carpenter and Audrey Ingram for an event sponsored by Malaprop’s Bookstore and Asheville Literary Society. Event is free, at Bal Harbour Shops Pop-Up
Details: www.balharbourshopspopup.com/asheville/ev...
Details: www.balharbourshopspopup.com/asheville/ev...
July 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’ll be in Asheville, NC on Wednesday evening with fellow authors Rochelle Weinstein, Emily Carpenter and Audrey Ingram for an event sponsored by Malaprop’s Bookstore and Asheville Literary Society. Event is free, at Bal Harbour Shops Pop-Up
Details: www.balharbourshopspopup.com/asheville/ev...
Details: www.balharbourshopspopup.com/asheville/ev...
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport review @pkennedywrites.bsky.social #TheDevilandMrsDavenport #books #reading #horror #horrorbooks #booksky #horrorsky
July 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport review @pkennedywrites.bsky.social #TheDevilandMrsDavenport #books #reading #horror #horrorbooks #booksky #horrorsky
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For your TBR pile! booksbywomen.org/recommended-... @pkennedywrites.bsky.social @lorrainedevonwilke.bsky.social @nicolakrausauthor.bsky.social @bdavis-author.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Thank you so much to author Paulette Kennedy for including Vanishing Daughters on this list in CrimeReads —THE MAGIC OF CROSS-GENRE GOTHIC FICTION.
“Pelayo has crafted a genre-bending masterpiece that pulls you into a waking dream—or nightmare—and doesn’t let go.”
crimereads.com/magic-cross-...
“Pelayo has crafted a genre-bending masterpiece that pulls you into a waking dream—or nightmare—and doesn’t let go.”
crimereads.com/magic-cross-...
The Magic of Cross-Genre Gothic Fiction
“What genre is this?” It’s a question many modern readers ask when they encounter Gothic fiction for the first time. With elements of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural, Gothic fiction holds a…
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May 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you so much to author Paulette Kennedy for including Vanishing Daughters on this list in CrimeReads —THE MAGIC OF CROSS-GENRE GOTHIC FICTION.
“Pelayo has crafted a genre-bending masterpiece that pulls you into a waking dream—or nightmare—and doesn’t let go.”
crimereads.com/magic-cross-...
“Pelayo has crafted a genre-bending masterpiece that pulls you into a waking dream—or nightmare—and doesn’t let go.”
crimereads.com/magic-cross-...
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For US citizens entering the US. According to this woman, you still have a chance to be detained. She said in her comment section, that this happened in Miami.
May 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For US citizens entering the US. According to this woman, you still have a chance to be detained. She said in her comment section, that this happened in Miami.