Promo image for the What the Bones Know ebook showing the discounted price of $12.99
Promo image for the What the Bones Know audio book advertising a discounted price (this may vary depending on location)
If you get your digital media on Apple then you might want to check out the promo pricing for What the Bones Know that's on until 10 April.
Every rec here is excellent. And here's some Aussie women in horror to check out too:
@kaaronwarren.bsky.social
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
@joanneanderton.bsky.social
@fearofemeralds.bsky.social
Lisa L Hannett (not on BSky 😯)
@kylaw.bsky.social
@jsbreukelaar.bsky.social
In most exciting news, my novel What the Bones Know is the QBD Fiction Book of the Month! I am so grateful to QBD for their support and to all the wonderful booksellers I met over the last week travelling to all their stores in Victoria. You can order it here: www.qbd.com.au/what-the-bon...
I loved it so much!
Cover of The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir. The cover is pink and features a wine glass with a red liquid being poured into it from out of frame. The liquid might be wine or it might not be.
This book, oh this wonderfully creepy, haunting, disquieting book by @hildur.bsky.social must be at the top of all your TBR lists!
"Women aren't done when menopause hits," says A.G. Slatter. We interviewed her about her new novel, A FOREST, DARKLY, featuring a fifty-something witch, found family, and the monsters of the woods. #FantasyBooks
@angelaslatter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social
gnofhorror.com/a-forest-dar...
A hand holding copy of 'What the Bones Know' by Kirstyn McDermott, above a packing box containing more copies. The image on the cover is a green-tinged night scene of the front of a house seen at a distance through trees. One window shines with a yellow glow. In the foreground the ghostly, transparent figure of a young girl drifts close to the edge of frame. The title is printed in large red capital letters, taking up almost the entire cover, and wavering as though viewed underwater. The tagline reads, "Sometimes what is buried does not stay buried".
Kirstyn McDermott holding an author copy of her new novel 'What the Bones Know'. She is wearing a red top with a black coat, has curly purple and black hair, and looks very pleased with herself. She is also somewhat exhausted and anxious and hopes you can't see that in the photo. The image on the cover of the book is a green-tinged night scene of the front of a house seen at a distance through trees. One window shines with a yellow glow. In the foreground the ghostly, transparent figure of a young girl drifts close to the edge of frame. The title is printed in large red capital letters, taking up almost the entire cover, and wavering as though viewed underwater. The tagline reads, "Sometimes what is buried does not stay buried".
A stack of nine copies of 'What the Bones Know' by Kirstyn McDermott, with a tenth facing cover-out beside them and a wee ceramic ghost in the foreground. The image on the cover is a green-tinged night scene of the front of a house seen at a distance through trees. One window shines with a yellow glow. In the foreground the ghostly, transparent figure of a young girl drifts close to the edge of frame. The title is printed in large red capital letters, taking up almost the entire cover, and wavering as though viewed underwater. The tagline reads, "Sometimes what is buried does not stay buried".
The unboxing of author copies NEVER gets old!
Head-and-shoulder portrait of the author Kirstyn McDermott wearing a red coat over a black top. She has shoulder-length curly hair dyes purple and black. There is also an image of the cover of her novel, What the Bones, Know. The image is a green-tinged night scene of the front of a house seen at a distance through trees. One window shines with a yellow glow. In the foreground the ghostly, transparent figure of a young girl drifts close to the edge of frame. The title is printed in large red capital letters, taking up almost the entire cover, and wavering as though viewed underwater. The tagline reads, "Sometimes what is buried does not stay buried".
If you'll be in Ballarat on the evening of 5 March, I'd love to see you at the launch of my new novel, What the Bones Know!
Tickets and event info: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/in-convers...
Thank you again for the absolutely stellar proofing!
I loved this novella so much!
For your edification and/or infuriation, I wrote an essay on screen horror and late-stage capitalism for Ruadán Books that has just been published. It seems more timely with each passing week.
ruadanbooks.com/when-eat-the...
And good night to you!
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No thanks. Bad enough trying to toilet train a puppy!
And thanks, you proofreading folk are worth your weight on gold!
Sorry not sorry, Kate!
I know!!
The cover of 'What the Bones Know' by Kirstyn McDermott. The image is a green-tinged night scene of the front of a house seen at a distance through trees. One window shines with a yellow glow. In the foreground the ghostly, transparent figure of a young girl drifts close to the edge of frame. The title is printed in large red capital letters, taking up almost the entire cover, and wavering as though viewed underwater. The tagline reads, "Sometimes what is buried does not stay buried".
Does my next novel have a fabulous cover that I can finally reveal to the world? WHY YES IT DOES THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
To be released March 2026 and you can pre-order it here: www.harpercollins.com.au/978103892277...
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
Your report on the ending doesn't encourage me to revisit.
I think this was the first King novel I started but never finished.
This is a magnificent collection which will stick to your ribs like nothing else!
I hate that "AIs" (aka people-pleasing hallucinating plagiarism engines) are trained on work stolen from writers, incl. all my books. I hate more that it's eroding our ability or even desire to think. I get it. Thinking is hard. It's ALSO the work. It's the whole point. It's what makes us human.
Copy of the collection Never Afters by Kirstyn McDermott standing alongside a small stack of additional copies. The cover features a woman in historical garb standing before an arched window looking out on a wintry landscape. Sitting on the stack of books is an enthusiastic-looking gargoyle. Or maybe he's just hungry ...
My author copies of Never Afters have arrived! It's such a beautiful book and I am so thrilled to see this collection of revisioned fairy tales out in the world.
The front cover of Kirstyn McDermott's Never AFters, featuring a young woman in regency dress standing at an arched window, looking over a winter landscape. The cover is for the book, presented on a tablet.
Happy Book Birthday to @fearofemeralds.bsky.social's NEVER AFTERS omnibus, which is out in ebook and trade paperback today.
Brain Jar Press Store: www.brainjarpress.com/product/neve...
Other Retailers: books2read.com/NeverAftersO...
Ooh!
100% agree. It's probably my top tip for new writers. Read your work aloud. Even novel-length manuscripts. Make the time - and stay hydrated!
ICYMI earlier, here's the cover for my new novella (out in October this year): The Cold House!
It's contemporary folk horror and published by Titan Books, the fabulous cover is by @missnatmack. 😍😍😍
One of my very favourite novels. So wonderful to see it available again in print!
