Lacey N. Dunham (she/her)
@bookbent.bsky.social
🖤 Author
🖤 THE BELLES (S&S / Atria, 2025) southern gothic x dark academia
🖤 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRAYSTONE (S&S / Atria, coming 2027) Sapphic Tim Burton meets Grey Gardens
🖤 ME: https://linktr.ee/laceyndunham
🖤 THE BELLES (S&S / Atria, 2025) southern gothic x dark academia
🖤 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRAYSTONE (S&S / Atria, coming 2027) Sapphic Tim Burton meets Grey Gardens
🖤 ME: https://linktr.ee/laceyndunham
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My novel is comped to Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, and Donna Tartt in this ⭐ STARRED REVIEW ⭐ at Library Journal!!! 🤩
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Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
I finally bought a home printer and used it for my first print job: a rough draft of my next book.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I finally bought a home printer and used it for my first print job: a rough draft of my next book.
I met an author recently whose recent book was a #1 NYT and USA Today bestseller, and another author whose NYT bestseller was also a major celebrity book club pick, and BOTH still have full-time day jobs. Even for the megahits, this industry is impossible.
Be real with yourself before you dive in.
Be real with yourself before you dive in.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I met an author recently whose recent book was a #1 NYT and USA Today bestseller, and another author whose NYT bestseller was also a major celebrity book club pick, and BOTH still have full-time day jobs. Even for the megahits, this industry is impossible.
Be real with yourself before you dive in.
Be real with yourself before you dive in.
Miami Book Fair was a ton fun!
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Miami Book Fair was a ton fun!
Every author who published a book this year rn: 380+ great 2025 reads and they couldn’t pick mine?!?!? 😭😭😭
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Every author who published a book this year rn: 380+ great 2025 reads and they couldn’t pick mine?!?!? 😭😭😭
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
Instead, the military service will classify them as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines, which take effect next month. https://wapo.st/4p2HnKY
You gotta be pretty damn evil not to get an invite to Dick Cheney's funeral
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
You gotta be pretty damn evil not to get an invite to Dick Cheney's funeral
How am I supposed to focus on writing my next book when it gets dark at 4:30pm and all I want to do is sleep?
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How am I supposed to focus on writing my next book when it gets dark at 4:30pm and all I want to do is sleep?
Author rite of passage: I was tagged in a review of my book that said “There are better books out there!” 🙃🙃🙃
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Author rite of passage: I was tagged in a review of my book that said “There are better books out there!” 🙃🙃🙃
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We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Librarians really are amazing people, y’all.
As a librarian, I've served in a number of capacities. Today, I helped break into a coworker's car to retrieve her keys.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Librarians really are amazing people, y’all.
You know what’s the same about a 5 year old and a 15 year old? THEY’RE BOTH CHILDREN.
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You know what’s the same about a 5 year old and a 15 year old? THEY’RE BOTH CHILDREN.
Two editors, one amazing bookstore. Awesome to see my fellow @necessaryfiction.com editor and general literary man about town @shimmer.bsky.social at my @portersqbooks.bsky.social event last night! 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Two editors, one amazing bookstore. Awesome to see my fellow @necessaryfiction.com editor and general literary man about town @shimmer.bsky.social at my @portersqbooks.bsky.social event last night! 🤩
I’m in Massachusetts for an event tonight. It’s 4:30 and the sun has already set. I know daylight saving time ended but guys this is ridiculous. My cats haven’t even eaten dinner yet.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I’m in Massachusetts for an event tonight. It’s 4:30 and the sun has already set. I know daylight saving time ended but guys this is ridiculous. My cats haven’t even eaten dinner yet.
BOSTON! CAMBRIDGE! See you tomorrow (Wed) night at @portersqbooks.bsky.social with my friend Laura Venita Green! Discussion will include genre-blending fiction and the terror of creepy dolls. Details at the link: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
a doll is laughing with the words " ha ha ha " above it
ALT: a doll is laughing with the words " ha ha ha " above it
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November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
BOSTON! CAMBRIDGE! See you tomorrow (Wed) night at @portersqbooks.bsky.social with my friend Laura Venita Green! Discussion will include genre-blending fiction and the terror of creepy dolls. Details at the link: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
DC is so cold today that I had to wear two layers of thick socks and leg warmers with my slippers and sweatpants in my writing office this morning 🥶
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
DC is so cold today that I had to wear two layers of thick socks and leg warmers with my slippers and sweatpants in my writing office this morning 🥶
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Really enjoyed chatting with Sean O'Connor at @macabredaily.bsky.social from a Marriott in Virginia where one of those pop-up carnivals was going full force in the parking lot outside 🎡 Come for Sean’s sweet horror art; stay for my mediocre hotel room art. Super fun one.
PAPER CUTS: Kristina Ten Is One Of Horror's Most Exciting New Voices! (INTERVIEW) — Macabre Daily
Kristina Ten was kind enough to join us as we explored the origin of the collection, "Tell Me Your I'll Tell You Mine," where the ideas for the stories came from, her discovery of horror, and how it h...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Really enjoyed chatting with Sean O'Connor at @macabredaily.bsky.social from a Marriott in Virginia where one of those pop-up carnivals was going full force in the parking lot outside 🎡 Come for Sean’s sweet horror art; stay for my mediocre hotel room art. Super fun one.
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The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
Lacey N. Dunham, author of The Belles, and Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
portersquarebooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
My therapist recently told me that sometimes you can’t see how normalized a toxic or traumatic situation was until you’ve had space from it. I immediately wanted to say, “you mean like the Yellowjackets girls?” but I didn’t want her to think I’ve been working up to admitting cannibalism.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My therapist recently told me that sometimes you can’t see how normalized a toxic or traumatic situation was until you’ve had space from it. I immediately wanted to say, “you mean like the Yellowjackets girls?” but I didn’t want her to think I’ve been working up to admitting cannibalism.
Virginia, today’s the day to cast your vote for Abigail Spanberger for governor. Let’s do this!
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Virginia, today’s the day to cast your vote for Abigail Spanberger for governor. Let’s do this!
These photos, these stories are beyond heartbreaking. nymag.com/intelligence...
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
nymag.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
These photos, these stories are beyond heartbreaking. nymag.com/intelligence...
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🖤 Here's every spooky story @necessaryfiction.com published this month in one thread. Kicking things off was "Rainmaker" by
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
Rainmaker – Necessary Fiction
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🖤 Here's every spooky story @necessaryfiction.com published this month in one thread. Kicking things off was "Rainmaker" by
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
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Breaking news: More Americans blame President Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats for the nearly month-long government shutdown, according to a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds
Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Breaking news: More Americans blame President Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats for the nearly month-long government shutdown, according to a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
My book nestling with Thomas Pynchon in the Kramerbooks window in DC. Signed copies are there now!
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My book nestling with Thomas Pynchon in the Kramerbooks window in DC. Signed copies are there now!
I’m nerding out tomorrow talking about writing the gothic and genre-blending, horror-adjacent fiction with my friend Laura Venita Green. Come nerd out with me! writer.org/event/dunham...
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m nerding out tomorrow talking about writing the gothic and genre-blending, horror-adjacent fiction with my friend Laura Venita Green. Come nerd out with me! writer.org/event/dunham...