Becky Spratford

WHY I LOVE HORROR the T-Shirt is On Sale NOW! Over at www.etsy.com/shop/GregsTh... @igreggreene.bsky.social. Order yours to wear for StokerCon Librarians' Day NOW! Or anytime. Details: raforall.blogspot.com/2026/05/why-...

What is AI? Why resist it? Session I: AI and Labor www.youtube.com/watch?v=iApn...

The #2 book in the country, I’ll Believe in Anything by Jacob Tierney, is the first official tie-in to Heated Rivalry. Plus Bonnie “Lessons in Chemistry” Garmus returns with Peck & Peck, and a pair of hits from indie publishers return to our lists. buff.ly/rqgrhy2

#31DaysofHorror: Day 27-- Examining the Popularity of Horror in School Libraries in 2026 via @simplyrain.bsky.social raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

Today on the blog: @reactorsff.bsky.social Doing a Podcast!: Introducing Read Receipts for All Your Speculative Fiction Needs raforall.blogspot.com/2026/10/reac...

It's time!! The books in the 2026 New Bizarro Author Series are up for pre-order!!! roshambopublishing.com/releases/new...

#31DaysofHorror During my time at NY Comic Con earlier this month, I chatted with the great Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) and she invited me to participate in her "Why I Love Horror" series, here's the post: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

#31DaysofHorror: Day 26-- Why I Love Horror by Fellow Reviewer @sffworld.com @robhb.bsky.social: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

Today on the general blog: Attack of the Best List 2026: @publisherswkly.bsky.social Best Books Portal raforall.blogspot.com/2026/10/atta...

Seattle Horror Friends! I'm at The Elliott Bay Book Co. with/ @darylwriterguy.bsky.social Tuesday the 27th to talk about his new book, The Porcelain Sisters,& REVELATOR, and just horror chat in general--come hangout 7pm-8pm, we'll be signing books too! www.elliottbaybook.com/events/64188...

#31DaysofHorror: Day 25-- Weekly Links Roundup. Last one of the month! raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

HOLY MOLY I'm in the Observer!!!!!!!!!!

#31DaysofHorror: Day 24-- @tananarivedue.bsky.social's Bram Stoker Award Winning Why I Love Horror Essay: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

The Strangers Who (Want to) Raise Our Kids The language the right uses to elicit guilt from hard-working parents is not coincidental. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

@stephengrahamjones.com in conversation with library horror champion Becky Spratford, @raforall.bsky.social? Sign me up! 🎃👻💀 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Today on both blogs! #31DaysofHorror: Day 23-- Becky and @stephengrahamjones.com on @fatedmates.net Talking About Horror. We were there explaining our genre to their Romance genre fans. It was awesome. So glad we were able to make it work. raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

My Bram Stoker and Elgin Award-winning poetry collection Mexicans on the Moon is only $7.39 on Amazon. Typically it goes for $13, so jump on it now! Much love. a.co/d/09jt3fm8

This is such sad news about Catapult. Indie publishers are a vital source of culture in an increasingly monocultural world. I hope the employees, authors and books can reestablish themselves on favorable terms somehow. For all our sakes.

So this is now an official thing! :D

Perfect spooky season reading

Technically, a dictionary is a book of spells.

#31HorrorBooksforHalloween SAVAGE SPECIES by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social #horrorbooks

Let them have the damn candy

Fourth-grade teacher and education consultant Mary E. Pettit asks, “What might publishers learn if teachers weren’t simply asked to implement products after they were created, but were invited to help shape them from the beginning?” buff.ly/Hm8nnVA

Good morning! We're suing Meta for stealing our shit 😎 let's goooo

From a book written by Colin Meloy, leader of the Decembrists, inspired by trips with his son to Forest Park above Portland OR.

Guess what? You can now pre-order www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818484...

#31DaysofHorror: Day 22-- #HorrorForLibraries Giveaway, 3 Books for 1 Winner and Becky Interviews on of the authors, @brendalatorre.bsky.social Also books by @jonathanlees.bsky.social and Nuzo Onoh Details and how to enter: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

On the general blog: Communicate Better: What Happens to a Book That is Challenged But Not Removed in a High School Library via @bookriot.bsky.social raforall.blogspot.com/2026/10/comm...

Today is long, but all good things. 1. Library Journal Day of Dialog Horror Panel moderation 2. Training 2 of 3 with a large library system 3. The BEARS -- Thursday Night Football and the weather will be perfect on the Chicago lakefront. Let's do this!

We’re talking about the mythmakers again this week with a chat about romance’s sister genre, horror! We’re joined by NEA fellow, Bram Stoker Award winner and bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones, and librarian and horror expert Becky Spratford.

we love all genre fiction, and what better time to talk about horror than during their nationally and federally recognized holiday month of October? h/t to @raforall.bsky.social for that joke, which is that we are the only 2 genres with entire months dedicated to us. ❤️🔪

I am so glad the news is out. Congrats

traveling back in time to tell teenage Emily that one day she's gonna be the horror columnist for the New York Times Book Review!!!!!!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/b...

One of my favorite librarians @raforall.bsky.social graciously gave me space to explore Why I Love Horror! 💀

I am still waist deep in October, but don't worry, @vantine.bsky.social has us all covered for November display planning: raforall.blogspot.com/2026/10/time...

#31DaysofHorror: Day 21-- Why I Love Horror by @jonathanlees.bsky.social: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

Proof of a few of my RA maxims. Get the books into their best reader’s hands! And There is no library jail! This is a perfect example of both. Well done Rain! Your kids will be lifelong library users and supporter as well. Related Beckyism- no one is going to die if you give someone that book.

"..many noted that AI is currently making their jobs more difficult... yet many front library workers feel that their institution's leaders are pushing them to use AI..." #medlibs 📚 www.libraryjournal.com/story/ai-def...

There's a brand new episode of Liberating Lit this week, and I'm so, so excited to share this conversation with @edrabinski.bsky.social–so many of our conversations in Germany earlier this year helped shape what this podcast turned out to be.

After the Fire, a New Anthology Inspired by Ray Bradbury, Opens Call for Submissions file770.com/after-the-fi...

Slowly but surely helping unravel a local book ban that is turning over a lot of unexpected chapters about the district more broadly. Whew. It's never the book, y'all, but the book is the domino here.

#31DaysofHorror: Day 20-- Why I Love Horror by Writer and School Librarian Jose Cruz. Day 2 of 2 featuring librarians who serve youth: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/10/31-d...

On the blog: @libraryjournal.bsky.social Romance Genre Preview: raforall.blogspot.com/2026/10/lj-r...