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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can’t wait to take a peek at all the amazing #DVPit pitches throughout my day! If I ❤️ and you feel we’d be a match, please submit through my form and include the pitch I liked somewhere in your query: querytracker.net/query/dorian... Wishing everyone the best of luck! 😊

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Welcome to #DVpit 2026! Now until 8:00PM Eastern unagented marginalized creators can pitch their unpublished project in 300 characters to participating literary agents & editors! Remember ❤️ are for agents & 🔁 are for editors! Good luck! Have fun & please be respectful! More info dvpit.carrd.co

#DVpit 2026
September 30, 2026
8:00AM - 8:00PM Eastern Time
A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities
Follow Up @dvpit.bsky.social
find rules & more info at dvpit.carrd.co

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A cover reveal just dropped for OH SO MANY TEETH by Lexi Smith McNicholas! A stunning cover for stunning book! 😍 Art by Gaiatri Sud

Cover for OH SO MANY TEETH by Lexi Smith McNicholas set against a purple backdrop with smoke tendrils and "June 1, 2027" at the bottom. The cover has two female characters, one with her back to us in a purple dress placing her hand on the other character's cheek, and the other leaning into the hand with a cowgirl hat and outfit on. The backdrop of the cover is the desert in purples and pinks, with a banner of sharp teeth at the top.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some more exciting news today! Everyone check out the cover reveal for Dami Salako's THE SUN HAS A SHADOW! 👀 www.instagram.com/p/DdRusS8DDJ... us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover for THE SUN HAS A SHADOW by Dami Salako, coming May 18, 2027. The cover has a black dragon gripping and hanging off of the sun, screeching at an orange phoenix below it.

The cover copy for THE SUN HAS A SHADOW:

"Children of Blood and Bone meets The Scorpion and the Night Blossom in a high-stakes, YA afro-fantasy where two teens race across the desert to save a kingdom trapped in eternal darkness ... if the soldiers, dragons, and debt collectors don't catch up to them first.

In a world devoid of a sun, the night sky means death and we are living in its shadow.

After seven years of darkness Baba Alade is exhausted- being a courier shouldn't be that hard but when you have a bad leg, no dragon, and no sun, you can never rest. And on top of that he owes a dangerous dragon-summoner more money than he could ever hope to earn.

Out of options, he agrees to take Layo Sowande, to the Obsidian Mountains to get the payout he needs to start over. Unfortunately for him, Layo is full of secrets. But even worse-she's curious about his own.
As they race across the desert with half the kingdom chasing them down, Baba realizes this job might be more than he bargained for. Especially since the queen who plunged their world into darkness when she killed all the phoenix-summoners is hunting down a mysterious package... that Layo is carrying.

As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, Baba and Layo grow closer-but their enemies are getting closer too and if they want to see the sun rise again, they'll have to survive the night."

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some big news dropped today: I'm so excited to announce that I've joined the incredible team at Looking Glass Literary & Media! 🎉

A Publishers Marketplace announcement that says, "Looking Glass Literary & Media: Dorian Maffei has joined as agent. She was previously at Kimberley Cameron & Associates."

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This Saturday, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK book tour continues at THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP, Bristol where she'll be discussing the inspiration for her debut novel and talking all things folk horror with Suki Broad! Book tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

A graphic sharing the details of the HOME SICK event at The Haunted Bookshop in Bristol, Saturday 29th August, 6:30pm chaired by Suki Broad.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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This Is Horror | Michael David Wilson @thisishorror.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In today's newsletter, I highlight podcast conversations, including chats with @elainechen.com, @davidmoody.bsky.social, and @richardjerram.bsky.social. I also remind people to pre-order THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO and highlight my conversation on @thearcparty.com. thisishorror.kit.com/posts/raphae...

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Raphael Montes on The Secret Dinner | David Moody on Kemberton | Talking About The Girl in the Video on The ARC Party

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Back home for one* night only *Accept for the nights where I'm hanging out with my family. I'm not offering tickets to that, sorry!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you for to @eleni-argyro.bsky.social for this great review of @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's Scottish psychological folk horror - HOME SICK - over at #fanfiaddict! "(An) existential crisis in literary form" Buy now: geni.us/homesick Read the full review: fanfiaddict.com/review-home-...

“(An) existential crisis in literary form...
If psychological folk horror, with some body horror, and snark, sounds up your alley, Home Sick deserves a spot on your shelves.” Eleni A. E. reviewing for FanFiAddict

On the right, a 3D paperback of HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 13/08/2026

Happy Augtober! SLASHER SUMMER is now out in the UK from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social, in hardcover with fabulous cover art by Doug Sirois! The perfect book to bring on a getaway with old friends at a remote cabin in the woods. 🪓

Myself holding the hardcover UK version of SLASHER SUMMER. I’m wearing a black Tshirt that says “Final Girls Club” with an illustration of a goalie mask with a lipstick print on the forehead and a machete through the eye holes.

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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Barnes & Nobles has MISTRESS OF BONES 50% off for a few days!! If you were looking to get it, don't miss out!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mistress-o...

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Mistress of Bones

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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

BTW if you wanna read a fantasy where the government is trying real hard to reinstate drilling for non-essentials simply because it brings them a lot of money, therefore fking over everyone in the world, do try MISTRESS OF BONES! mariazmedina.com/books/mistre... (Also available at libraries!)

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Mistress of Bones | Author Maria Z. Medina

Mistress of Bones is a teen/young adult fantasy novel written by author Maria Z. Medina.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yay! So excited to celebrate SLASHER SUMMER's debut in the UK! 🎉

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The readers have spoken! @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's debut Scottish cottagegore psychological horror HOME SICK is clocking up the 5* reviews over on Goodreads! Here's why they think you should pick up... Buy now: geni.us/homesick

A compilation graphic pulling quotes from 5 star reviews of HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist on Goodreads.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 07/08/2026

This was incredible. I thought I was getting a dark cottagecore domestic thriller and it ended up being a feminist cottagecore Library at Mount Char???? I haven't had one hit me this hard with that visceral "oh shit, it me" gut punch in a very long time. Just wow. Don't sleep on this one #booksky

Cover of Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist. A sheet stares at you

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Some enticing #horror reading: with local scribe @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's excellent take on creeping Scottish folk-horror - Home Sick (pub @solarisbooks.bsky.social ) is delightfully unsettling & one of our staff recommendations. #books #livres #horreur #FolkHorror

The horror section in the Edinburgh Bookshop, with Home Sick face-out on the shelf, with a staff review below it

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🐑🏡🪓"This house isn't haunted. She is." 🪓🏡🐑 Brilliant to see @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social's debut novel, the Cottagegore psychological horror HOME SICK, in @waterstones.bsky.social's carousel of Best New Horror Books! Perfect for fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE! Buy now: geni.us/homesick

A screenshot of HOME SICK on Waterstones' Best New Horror books carousel.

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

AHHHH HOME SICK GOT A SHOUT-OUT ON THE WATERSTONES HORROR PAGES 😱

A screengrab kindly sent by Rhiannon's PR and marketing folks showing Waterstones' best new horror books. HOME SICK is listed alongside WHISTLE, HAUNTED YORKSHIRE, THE END OF TJE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT and ONE YELLOW EYE.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 22/07/2026

🚨 @waterstones.bsky.social shoppers! From July 21-24 you can get 25% off upcoming books, including SLASHER SUMMER! See www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul... for details. #WPreorder

A graphic advertising the Waterstones promotion, featuring the UK cover of SLASHER SUMMER. It says “Waterstones, 25% off books coming soon. Pre-order now with code SUMMER26. 21-24 July, online only.”

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

HOME SICK IS OUT NOW 🪓🐑 What's up with Tamsin's neighbour? Can Tamsin get her shit together? Will I ever escape the countryside? Find the answers to 2 of these 3 questions in HOME SICK, out now in all good bookshops. @solarisbooks.bsky.social geni.us/homesick

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Wahoo! Happy Release Day to HOME SICK by @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social! Get your copy if you dare! 🪓 geni.us/homesick

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Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist

PREORDER NOW:

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🎂 🥳 Happy US Book Birthday to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK! 🌳 Cottagegore in rural Scotland 😱 Women going through it 🏡 Creepy neighbours 🪓 Escape to the country, take your problems with you 📚 Folklore 🐑For fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE Buy: geni.us/homesick

A paperback copy of HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist against a tartan fabric background.

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HOME SICK is out in the US tomorrow! @solarisbooks.bsky.social geni.us/homesick

A photo of HOME SICK laid on a sheepskin rug in top of a wooden floor

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 12/07/2026

On the streetcar heading west now!

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Watch Rhiannon's short horror film about unboxing her final copies of HOME SICK so you can obsess over it with me 🪓!

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Completely over the moon with this news! Big congrats to @elainechen.com!!! 😍

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 01/07/2026

Holy @#$%! My US editor just let me know that SLASHER SUMMER is on the USA Today bestseller list and now I must retire to my fainting couch in utter disbelief. THANK YOU!! so much to those who bought a copy and/or spread the word 🥹

SLASHER SUMMER on the USA Today bestseller list at #118. The listing has a thumbnail of the book and a brief summary.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Solaris may be settling into our new home @profilebooks.bsky.social , but the books don't stop coming! Here's what's out this month: 🪓🐑HOME SICK @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's horror debut! geni.us/homesick 🍂🦉THE AMBER OWL (#1 THE HEARTWOOD DUOLOGY) @julietmarillier.bsky.social geni.us/amberowl

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Kindig Blog @kindigblog.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

HAPPY JULY! Coming up on www.kindig.co.uk this month: 7th: #TheNightStairs by @mserinkelly.bsky.social 14th: #HomeSick by @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 21st: #YouKnowWhatYouDid by @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social 28th: #TheInfiniteState by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙 #books 🩸📚 🪐📚 ⚡️📚

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 29/06/2026

E. L. Chen on Slasher Summer: seven friends named after slasher icons, hauled back to the cabin from a cult '80s film and forced to replay the roles they outgrew. We talked Final Girls and writing yourself into a genre built to kill you first. #HorrorBooks

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The Past Wears A Mask: A Conversation With E. L. Chen - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror: Horror Book Reviews & Horror Movie Reviews

E. L. Chen talks Slasher Summer, the Final Girl trope, and writing herself into a genre that spent decades killing people like her first.

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 29/06/2026

New interview with @elainechen.com "Having a diverse slasher cast posed a challenge because, as you point out, slashers have a history of killing off the minorities first." gnofhorror.com/e-l-chen-on-...

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 29/06/2026

I did not know my name would be on the cover, I am going to go have an emotion in private now 🥺

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 17/06/2026

"Slasher Summer is a bright, funny, blood-soaked love letter to the slashers we grew up renting, and underneath the kills it asks the upsetting question none of us escapes: what if you are still the type they typecast you as at seventeen?" @elainechen.com gnofhorror.com/slasher-summ...

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Sley House Presents @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Slash up the summer with SLASHER SUMMER by @elainechen.com! We talk slashers, identity making, and why this genre calls us and more in our latest episode. Find us on all podcast platforms at Sley House Presents, and share with us your favorite summer slashers!

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

So excited that HOME SICK is going to be in the August box from Night Worms!

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

First print review of HOME SICK 🖤

A photo of Scream magazine open to the review of Home Sick. The magazine is laid out on a sheepskin rug and held open by a copy of Home Sick and an axe.

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Did I just hustle all the way to the WH Smiths at Waverley station just to pick up the latest Scream magazine with the first print review of HOME SICK? You bet your ass I did! Thanks for the 5💀! @solarisbooks.bsky.social

A photo of Rhiannon's hand holding a copy of Scream magazine over a full magazine rack at the newsagents

A selfie of Rhiannon holding a copy of Scream magazine and her novel HOME SICK while sitting out on her balcony

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hooray! Big congrats to @elainechen.com now that the day is finally here!🩸 Go get your copy of SLASHER SUMMER! (And check out the very cool Target Exclusive and Walmart Exclusive limited editions while you're at it 👀)

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 23/06/2026

Happy book birthday to SLASHER SUMMER! Go forth into the world (or rather the US and Canada), you’re on your own now. I hope people enjoy reading you as much as I enjoyed writing you. (Thanks to everyone who reviewed ARCs, posted about it, and/or pre-ordered! I appreciate you 🥹 )

Myself, a middle-aged East Asian woman with dark-framed glasses and wearing a black T-shirt, holding a copy of the North American trade paperback of SLASHER SUMMER near my face. I am smiling a little smugly if only because I am not good at smiling on cue.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 16/06/2026

🚨 ONE WEEK to SLASHER SUMMER'S US/Canada release! Lord, grant me the confidence of a masked man holding a bloody axe as I do self-promo.

The cover of SLASHER SUMMER against a dark blue landscape background of a lake at night with a full moon. A heading reads, "One week. June 23, Crown."

A quote from the book, set against the same landscape: "The person coming up the steps was very calm, very sure, possessing a confidence that none of Patrick's friends would have under these circumstances. It was the confidence of a masked man holding a bloody axe."

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don’t know if I’ve ever once gotten to zero since I started agenting! Excited to open back up to submissions with a fresh start 😊 I’ll be opening my QM June 15th-25th: querytracker.net/query/dorian... Mostly the same, but I’ve tweaked my MSWL: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/do...

QueryManager stats that show zeros for all queries and fulls, with a 100% reply rate.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 12/06/2026

⚡️COVER REVEAL⚡️ Presenting the fabulous cover of my Blair Witch Project-inspired novel, ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD, out next Feb from Orbit Run For It. Look at the stellar work by Lisa Marie Pompilio. Can't wait for you to read this one!

The cover of my next book, ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. The glitchy screen of a camcorder viewfinder shows an abandoned mansion at night. The title of the book stands out from the dark blue background in bright red letters.

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It's my first ever goodreads giveaway! So, of course, I whipped up an unhinged graphic. Enjoy 🪓

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

More pics from the Horror show panel and signing from @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend. Thanks again to @beckywojturska.bsky.social, India-Rose Bower, and @benedictanning.bsky.social for chatting with me about all things horror 💀🖤

A photo of Rhiannon on stage spraffing about something, hands gesticulating.

A photo of Rebecca, Rhiannon, Benedict and India-Rose chatting together on stage

A photo of Rhiannon, India-Rose, Ioanna and Benedict signing books at a table in the signing hall

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