s. m. hallow

It’s romance. It’s dark fantasy. It’s a Christmas horror story. It’s a righteous fury revenge quest. It’s about love lasting longer than death. It’s got cannibalism, blood magic, a guy full of bugs, a protag w chronic pain, and an OT3. Let’s celebrate with a teaser made by @izzysinger.bsky.social

We've added new titles to our Bookshelf that deal with eating disorders. For more information see www.disabilitybookshelf.com/physical-dis... #booksondisability #DisabilityBookshelf #eatingdisorders #writingcommunity #disabilityrepresentation #booksky @smhallow.bsky.social

Elise is one of the truly good people in SFFH publishing, as an editor, a writer, and a human being. She's been going through it this past year, and if you can help, it would be much appreciated.

The most fun thing ever to randomly see

are they off to san francisco where the disco's off the rails?

Also a reminder that if a magazine is being shady before a contract is signed, you can just pull the piece. You're not obligated to move forward, if an entity is acting in bad faith. Community is a resource. Post about it. Ask colleagues about it. And please know that I'm always a resource.

Of course this is how Anne Carson accepts the Nobel prize.

the tapestries are SO important but personally i’m still crying over this candle. this candle is HUGE. and it’s not even the entire candle, because the candle was used! so it’s melted down!

THE HUNGRY EARTH came out five years ago and became an Amazon and B&N bestseller!

I am so excited to chat about some of my favorite topics! I’ll also have a Meet the Author slot, so you can simply come hang out with me virtually for a bit!

In honor of pub day and my not-so-secretly favorite character, Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit, some writer-friends (and one of their moms! and my lovely partner!) have blessed us all with these fabulous skelebuns! Art credit in alt-text + next post 🐇🦴❤️

The #IndieInkAwards2025 ceremony is about to start! Stay tuned for the winners that I'll be sharing in this thread:

god this one is so good (every single one is so good. you will never regret reading a johannes threadfic)

another incredible threadfic from the master of threadfics

Let's go! A FEALTY OF MONSTERS and OUR CRIMSON CAGE by @ladzwriting.bsky.social THE HALLS OF THE DEAD by @smhallow.bsky.social THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS VOWSMITH by @themattlacey.bsky.social A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE by Allison Saft Anything by Ava Reid, but their adult works specifically

Book 73 of 2026, @smhallow.bsky.social's The Halls of the Dead What a delight! We've got Victorian-esque heretic necromancers rebuilding a repository of occult knowledge, soul eating, abusive ghosts, ghouldom, and a whole lot more. This is gonna make my best of the year list for sure.

*Beastie Boys voice*

So pleased to be joining Octocon as a virtual guest!!

The Halls of the Dead is a USA Today bestseller. I’m USA Today bestselling author S. M. Hallow. I can’t even believe this. Thank you to everyone buying, reading, loving, and supporting this book. I never imagined this. I’m completely blown away. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

i had an amazing release week now, to keep working on my next book.......s 👀

Today. Happy HALLS OF THE DEAD day to everyone celebrating with me!!!!!!!

1 day until my debut novel releases. Tomorrow I wake up in a lifelong dream. 💖

This Must-Have Monday I have NINETEEN new books to ft, incl 💀feral necromancer poly by @smhallow.bsky.social! 🧑‍🚀cryogenics and timetravel via @alexisames.bsky.social! 🎶🚫the return of NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT from @shanehawk.com et al! buff.ly/F9y57rz

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!

2 days until my debut novel releases. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the Twisted Spine in Brooklyn with @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social to celebrate THE HALLS OF THE DEAD! Come join us for this special night-before launch event!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Getting tagged in reviews by people who deeply, deeply understand your art & receive it exactly as it was meant to be received is the best thing ever. Thank you a million times for this glowing review, Sia!!!! 💀🪦🕷️⚰️👻🪰🖤

5 days. Heading out in a few hours to sign those preorders. 😎

On Monday, August 17 (right after NecronomiCon!), I will be in conversation with author @smhallow.bsky.social about her fantastic debut novel THE HALLS OF THE DEAD at the Twisted Spine! This is a ticketed event and is sure to sell out, so grab your tickets at the link now!

The revised edition of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE releases tomorrow! No changes have been made to the text beyond fixing typos. The only differences are 1] the book cover, and 2] the publisher -- this time, it's me. 😜 Thanks for the shout out!!

8 days until my debut novel is out. But SEVEN days until my launch event at the Twisted Spine in Brooklyn!!!! Monday, August 17, at 6PM, with @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social. Will I see you there? www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

9 days until my debut novel is out 🥹 SINGLE DIGIT TERRITORY

TEN DAYS

I didn’t paint and attach thousands of individual popcorns to model trees just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”

12 days. I just finished my art piece to accompany The Halls of the Dead. For those of you who've already read the ARC, the print is already available in my INPRNT shop. 40% sale right now!! If you haven't read the book yet, may my art tempt you to preorder. 😈 www.inprnt.com/gallery/smha...

Sending this out to whoever needs to see it: It's okay if you read slowly, there's no great victory in being able to read quickly, everyone kind of has their own reading speed, and that's perfectly fine. I'm just really happy you're reading. I hope it gives you joy at any pace. Thank you!

If only I had published a novella 😔 or two novellas 😔 or indeed nine novellas

My debut novel The Halls of the Dead comes out on the 18th! 2 weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!

Come join us on the 17th! If you do, you’ll be able to get a copy of HALLS before its on-sale date the next day. 👀

Erik is open to queries! If you’ve been waiting to submit to him, here’s your chance!

they’re so close to hitting the base goal, who wants to bring this one home so we can start tackling stretch goals? 👀👀

It'd take like 12 of you gifting yourselves that novella series (as ebooks) to get them funded 👀

17 days. this month. there were a million times I wanted to give up but I didn't. thank you to 2021 me, 2022 me, 2023 me, and 2024 me for never, never throwing in the towel. I can't believe we're here. there's still time to preorder your exclusive signed first edition, or buy a ticket to an event!

19 days until my debut novel comes out

20 days. oh my god

New email address to watch out for: laurazatsheadwaterliterarymana@gmail.com is NOT me and is soliciting manuscripts and funneling them to an editorial service. I always do my dev eds myself 💅