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In his debut crime novel, Silas House @silashouse.bsky.social gives us a gripping story and compelling characters, a classic page turner. Set in a small southern town of shared connections and histories, the book masterfully weaves motive and suspicion with intriguing clues on every page. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
October 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In his debut crime novel, Silas House @silashouse.bsky.social gives us a gripping story and compelling characters, a classic page turner. Set in a small southern town of shared connections and histories, the book masterfully weaves motive and suspicion with intriguing clues on every page. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Silas shared some of his remarkable #poetry, and I was reminded of how powerful the #arts can be as we talk with the people around us about the importance of democracy and how much impact losing it would have on our lives
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Thursday
There is a lot going on today.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Silas shared some of his remarkable #poetry, and I was reminded of how powerful the #arts can be as we talk with the people around us about the importance of democracy and how much impact losing it would have on our lives
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Join me and SG Goodman for this private event in NYC to benefit the Kentucky Wildlands. www.eventbrite.com/e/kentuckian...
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Join me and SG Goodman for this private event in NYC to benefit the Kentucky Wildlands. www.eventbrite.com/e/kentuckian...
ALL THESE GHOSTS is a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. This award is special because booksellers pick the finalists and readers pick the winner. I’m honored to be a finalist among such an amazing lineup. You can vote for your favorites here.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ALL THESE GHOSTS is a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. This award is special because booksellers pick the finalists and readers pick the winner. I’m honored to be a finalist among such an amazing lineup. You can vote for your favorites here.
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This week
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October 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This week
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DEAD MAN BLUES is the @barnesandnoble.com mystery/thriller pick for October! Get your copy here. www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/awar...
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Discover this month's top book selections chosen by our expert booksellers. Browse our mystery & thriller pick, nonfiction, fiction, YA, and children's pick.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
DEAD MAN BLUES is the @barnesandnoble.com mystery/thriller pick for October! Get your copy here. www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/awar...
Join me and Wiley Cash this Thursday to discuss my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. Free and open to everyone, but you must register. www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...
B&N Midday Mystery Virtually Presents: S.D. House's DEAD MAN BLUES!
B&N welcomes NYT bestselling author Silas House, writing as S.D. House, for a live, virtual, Midday Mystery discussion of DEAD MAN BLUES!
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October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Join me and Wiley Cash this Thursday to discuss my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. Free and open to everyone, but you must register. www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...
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"Music has always been a tremendous part of my life, so it makes sense that plenty of songs show up throughout the collection."
@silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...
@silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...
September 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Music has always been a tremendous part of my life, so it makes sense that plenty of songs show up throughout the collection."
@silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...
@silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...
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“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT
📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair
. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social has written something exquisitely beautiful about something horrible. Please read and share. @salon.com
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After Charlie Kirk’s murder, what lies ahead could be terrible
Something is profoundly broken in America — and we're all at risk
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September 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social has written something exquisitely beautiful about something horrible. Please read and share. @salon.com
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The contrast is stark.
September 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The contrast is stark.
I abhor ALL violence. No one deserves to be shot for their opinions, no matter how reprehensible.
I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.
I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.
September 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I abhor ALL violence. No one deserves to be shot for their opinions, no matter how reprehensible.
I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.
I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.
September 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I recommend Lark Ascending by @silashouse.bsky.social - it’s really about love, I think.
September 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I recommend Lark Ascending by @silashouse.bsky.social - it’s really about love, I think.
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A great honor and great fun to talk to @silashouse.bsky.social about publishing TWO new books this fall
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Q + A: KY author Silas House on his new poetry collection and a murder mystery novel
This fall, Silas House is publishing two books at the same time: his first collection of poetry and a murder mystery.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A great honor and great fun to talk to @silashouse.bsky.social about publishing TWO new books this fall
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I hope to see some of you in Lexington for the book launch of my poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS. September 9, 7 PM. This is a ticketed event.
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Silas House discussing and signing All These Ghosts
Event in Lexington, KY by Joseph-Beth Booksellers on Tuesday, September 9 2025
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September 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I hope to see some of you in Lexington for the book launch of my poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS. September 9, 7 PM. This is a ticketed event.
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It was a real pleasure to speak to Under Main about my poetry collection, All These Ghosts.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It was a real pleasure to speak to Under Main about my poetry collection, All These Ghosts.
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In ‘All These Ghosts,’ former Kentucky poet laureate @silashouse.bsky.social marks crucial moments in his home state’s recent history.
Silas House’s ‘All These Ghosts’ Reckons With the Past
The former Kentucky poet laureate’s first full-length poetry collection is both plaintive and exhilarating
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August 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In ‘All These Ghosts,’ former Kentucky poet laureate @silashouse.bsky.social marks crucial moments in his home state’s recent history.
My favorite writer weighs in on #MelaniasLetter. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social
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Was Melania's letter to Putin written by ChatGPT? We read closely for clues
The failures of the first lady's prose can't be blamed on AI
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August 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My favorite writer weighs in on #MelaniasLetter. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social
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Giveaway alert!
Enter for the chance to WIN a copy of 💙DEAD MAN BLUES💙 by @silashouse.bsky.social on Goodreads!
Giveaway ends 8.3.25.
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Enter for the chance to WIN a copy of 💙DEAD MAN BLUES💙 by @silashouse.bsky.social on Goodreads!
Giveaway ends 8.3.25.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Giveaway alert!
Enter for the chance to WIN a copy of 💙DEAD MAN BLUES💙 by @silashouse.bsky.social on Goodreads!
Giveaway ends 8.3.25.
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Enter for the chance to WIN a copy of 💙DEAD MAN BLUES💙 by @silashouse.bsky.social on Goodreads!
Giveaway ends 8.3.25.
https://loom.ly/_n84X8Y
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☠️DEAD MAN BLUES☠️ by @silashouse.bsky.social is called "a knife-sharp addition to the crime fiction genre" in this profile from the Lexington Times! 📖
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Kentucky’s own Silas House turns sleuth with 'Dead Man Blues' - The Lexington Times
BEREA, Ky.–Celebrated Kentucky author Silas House, known for his vivid portrayals of Appalachian life, is poised to release a gripping new historical crime novel titled Dead Man Blues under his pen name, S.D. House. Set for publication by Crooked Lane Books on October 14, 2025, the novel marks House’s entry into the crime fiction genre, promising a compelling mystery set against a richly textured Southern backdrop. The story of Dead Man Blues revolves around Dave Hendricks, a disgraced former...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
☠️DEAD MAN BLUES☠️ by @silashouse.bsky.social is called "a knife-sharp addition to the crime fiction genre" in this profile from the Lexington Times! 📖
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Please spend seven minutes with me to learn about why I wrote the prologue poem in my first poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS, out 9/9.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Please spend seven minutes with me to learn about why I wrote the prologue poem in my first poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS, out 9/9.
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I always call Jason Isbell the Poet Laureate of the South so I am honored to have these kind words from him about my new book of poetry from Blair. Sharing is caring.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I always call Jason Isbell the Poet Laureate of the South so I am honored to have these kind words from him about my new book of poetry from Blair. Sharing is caring.
Preorder here: bit.ly/m/allthesegh...
Preorder here: bit.ly/m/allthesegh...