HELLO!

(Yes, this is me as Sarah Winchester for Halloween. Also, yes, this is pretty much my general wardrobe give or take a lace layer. Yes, I wrote a long chapter in this book about Sarah Winchester because I really love her and find her to be fundamentally misunderstood.)

I just wanted to drop by and say it's still Women's History Month and it's still a GREAT time to read about historical women and how their stories resonate with us today. BONUS: you can do this through ghost lore! Here's how!

A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS examines women's history by using ghost stories; unpacking how we talk about women, alive and dead. Available wherever books are sold, in paperback, audio and digital! Retailer links here!

Word-of-mouth is so important for books like ours, so if this book interests you, could you please share? Thanks so much and Happy Haunting!

Happy Halloween, Sarah Winchester edition, replete with a film-still of Helen Mirren's portrayal as reference, from the historical fantasy film Winchester.

Images brought to you by my general wardrobe and ongoing fascination with Sarah Winchester, whose chapter (and real history, rather than all the myths) can be found in A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts... I adored writing about Sarah and I hope you'll enjoy learning about her too...

A Melancholy Stone Maiden in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Upstate New York. Of all the photographs I took that were included in the interior of A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS, this one is my favorite. She's so dynamic and unique.

Hi. I waxed rhapsodic about Poe. As I am wont to do. The great love of my life since age 7, Poe has always been important to me and as we come to the anniversary of his death in 1849, I spent some time with the lovely Haunted History Chronicles discussing his impact, his legacy, misunderstandings about him, his strange and still unsolved death, and a strange incident on one of my NYC tours for Boroughs of the Dead when he actually haunted me...

DARLINGS! Check out this incredible @atlasobscura article quoting yours truly and my co-author Andrea Janes, founder of Boroughs of the Dead, extensively!

If you like this topic, we wrote a whole book about it! A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS, available in audio, paperback and digital editions wherever books are sold!

Thanks, Oblong Books, for including us in this AMAZING #womenshistorymonth collection of recommended-reads! Reposted from @oblongbooks CHALLENGE: Read a book by a woman in history... written by a woman. 🚨 History books are often dominated by white men and their stories, but there's so many incredible women to learn about—and so many incredible women authors to read! Here are just some to get you started. Which one will YOU be reading? 👀 -- #amreading #womenshistory #womensstudies #ahauntedhistoryofinvisiblewomen #womenshistorymonth #tbr #womenwriters #History #nonfiction #hauntedhistory #readingchallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CpwHLudISkN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Getting ready for the first convention of 2023! Excited to join everyone at the 8th annual Stupid Cupid Ball in Cromwell, CT, now a 3-day celebration of #Steampunk! See @oddball_newt for tickets! I'm honored to be a Featured Guest alongside amazing talents in the genre! I'll be giving lots of talks on Ghosts, Victorian customs & Spiritualism, eager to sign copies of our acclaimed & bestselling A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS! -- #booklife #booksigning #ctevents #History #VictorianGoth #Victorian #womenshistory #ghoststories #authorsofinstagram #ahauntedhistoryofinvisiblewomen #hauntedhistory #haunted #Ghosts #spiritualism #spookyreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CoK_ldxvOas/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My year in publishing. Essays, short stories, entirely new forays into non-fiction & contemporary Gothic Romance, returning to beloved Spectral City characters in The Spirit Suitor trilogy (exclusively in digital & audiobook w/ me narrating via Scribd), been one hell of a year!

Pictured: THE FEMININE MACABRE, featuring my essay "An Unnamed Sorrow Where Marian Adams Should Be", The Castle of Horror Young Adult Anthology featuring a Glazier's Gap story "The Silhouette Again", A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, my debut non-fiction with Andrea Janes via @kensingtonbooks exploring the crossroads of women's history and ghost stories, and my contemporary Gothic Romance GHOSTS OF THE FORBIDDEN, with a card noting the titles of my digital/audio Spirit Suitor trilogy, THE SPIRIT SUITOR, ENCHANTING THE EXORCIST, and TO HAUNT AND TO HOLD via Scribd/Bryant Street Publishing

If you haven't read these yet, add them to your 2023 reading list!

Happy Haunting!

So grateful to the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books team for this amazing review which reinforces that this book is not just a book about ghosts, it's a book of history and a series of prompts; asking questions about how and why society tells stories about women in the historic to contemporary ways in which it does.

Tomorrow! 6:30PM EST! Virtual! Come hear me talk about Sarah Winchester and her amazing house! Most of what you know / might think about her is wrong and I'd love to tell you all about this generous and inimitable woman!

As I wrote my "Unfinished Business" chapter about Sarah and the Winchester Mystery House for A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, I knew she would continue to haunt me in a unique, meaningful way. Let's talk about it!

Free VIRTUAL event, register here!

So incredibly honored that A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN is a Bram Stoker Award finalist for "Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction" and in incredible company! Happy Haunting! 🖤👻🖤 -- #ahauntedhistoryofinvisiblewomen #hauntedhistory #womensstudies #womenshistory #ghost #ghoststories #nonfiction #stokerawards #authorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpCCSX3NdSL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Vermont! This weekend! I'm so thrilled to return to the Vermont Sci-Fi & Fantasy Expo! On both Saturday and Sunday, I'll be on the Women in Sci-Fi & Fantasy panel AND both days I'll discuss my acclaimed non-fiction, A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS, co-authored with Andrea Janes. I'll tell real life ghost stories and truly wild history, offering insights behind-the-scenes, what it's been like writing a heartfelt examination of women's history and ghost-lore, celebrating the importance of the ghost story itself! Come get a signed book and say hello! More info via the link!

DARLINGS! A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS is a Kindle Deal for a limited time! Please check it out and share with other fans of spooky books that prompt important discussions! Our Bram Stoker Award Nominated narrative non-fiction explores the intersection between women's history and ghost stories and how the stories we tell about women alive and dead are vital to examine. Thanks in advance for your support and signal-boosting! Link here!

Happy #WorldGothDay from your friendly neighborhood Perky Goth, Ghost Tour Guide & Gothic Novelist, pictured here with my latest non-fiction, A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS! Celebrate this auspicious day with a spooky book! All retailers here.

You can also support my work as an artist via my Etsy shop, Torch and Arrow, where I've got fun Gothic, Neo-Victorian and Steampunk accessories, and, of course, Gothic Novels! https://etsy.com/shop/torchandarrow

Darlings! The Incredible and Inimitable @morbidanatomy-blog is hosting us TOMORROW! Let's talk about the intersection of Women's History and Ghost Stories! Follow link for details & tickets!

Thinking fondly about my visit to the Winchester Mystery House and how much it meant to me to tour this inimitable place with Janan Boehme, the House Historian, learning new things about Sarah Winchester's history and about this treasure of a mansion itself. I put my whole heart into my "Unfinished Business" chapter for A Haunted History of Invisible Women and hope you'll take away a renewed sense of appreciation not only for this house, but of what an incredible, smart, creative and generous woman Sarah Winchester really was.