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Kristy Park Kulski
@garnetonwinter.bsky.social
Bram Stoker award nominated author ❀ FAIREST FLESH ❀ HOUSE OF PUNGSU ❀ editor SILK & SINEW ❀ feminist, historian, Navy & AF veteran, Korean-Polish-et-al hapa, bi-bi girl ❀ (she/her) ❀
Rep: @laneheymont.bsky.social

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Hi bluesky people.
I write #horror. I'm the author of the #gothichorror novel FAIREST FLESH (Elizabeth Bathory + Snow White but feminist), and novella HOUSE OF PUNGSU #joseon Korea feels + more feminism). I like things sorrowful, haunting, beautiful, and horrifying, usually with a dash of history.
A village in Joseon period Korea where the children don't die... as long as they offer their baby teeth to the Magpies.

I will be reading from my story, "Magpie Teeth" from the very cool antho, Darkness Most Fowl.

Hope you can join us!

YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3of...

#readhorror
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Previous graphic incorrectly states Sunday when this is occurring on **SATURDAY**. Apologies!

Don't forget to register!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...

#nypl #authortalk #silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Excited to share PseudoPod's wonderful performance (read by Rebecca Wei Hsieh) of "The Squatters" by Shawna Yang Ryan from Silk & Sinew. This is a story that will stick with you for a long long time.

Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.

#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
"The government begins excavating the bones in late February"

The Squatters, by Shawna Yang Ryan

Narrator: Rebecca Wei Hsieh
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis

pseudopod.org/2025/11/07/p...

This story originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew
PseudoPod 1002: The Squatters
The government begins excavating the bones in late February to coincide with the events planned to commemorate the massacre. It is meant to gesture that they truly do intend to follow through on their...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Reposted by Kristy Park Kulski
From a recent Goodreads review of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW:

"Silk & Sinew is excellent. It’s the sort of anthology that convinces you themed collections can still surprise you if the theme is a living organism."

Join the conversation.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asia…
Named by the New York Public Library as one of the best…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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We're having another nice round of sales of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW. Named one of the best horror books of 2025 by the NY Public Library, the anthology features @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social & more!

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Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
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November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Best Books of the Year Author Talk:

Join Silk & Sinew Editor Kristy Park Kulski and Author @leemurraywriter.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on the anthology

Register here:

www.nypl.org/events/progr...

#nypl #silkandsinewantho #leemurray #kristyparkkulski #besthorror #bestbook
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thank you to The Brimming Brain for this lovely review of SILK & SINEW!

"There are often lessons to be learned in these tales, if not by the characters, than by the readers." ❤️

frankskornia.com/2025/09/07/5...

#silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
5 Thoughts on Silk & Sinew – The Brimming Brain
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October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thank you, Sandra for adding Silk & Sinew to this fabulous spooky-time read pile!
#bookstacks with #spookybookrecs

The horror anthology/short story collection stack features
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy by Hailey Piper
All These Sunken Souls
Never Whistle at Night
Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts' Casebook of Horrors
Silk & Sinew edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#Bookmail! REALLY looking forward to this read by the brilliant @yiizzy.bsky.social and John Yu Branscum!!! I’ve been super excited for this since it was announced. #starsthatpause #yiizzyyu #johnyubranscum #asianufoencounters
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's been awhile since my last newsletter and I figure I should fix that. Working on one and sending it out soon. If you want to hear about our newly adopted kittens (you know the hard hitting stuff) and I guess... writing things too... go do the subscribe thing. www.garnetonwinter.com/subscribe-1
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October 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just saw an indie bookstore in Lowell, MA, has SILK & SINEW in stock (shoutout to La La Books). My dad's from Lowell. My grandfather's buried there. I like the idea that somehow, this book bearing my name is somewhere they at one time existed. What a strange and really neat idea.
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This review just blew me away:
"Silk & Sinew: Diaspora Dread Served Hot with a Splash of Ancestral Vinegar" 🔥🔥🔥
theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/10/s...
Much appreciation to Mr. November!
#silkandsinewantho #silkandsinew #badhandbooks #folkhorror #asiandiasporastories
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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HOLY MOLY! The New York Public Library has named SILK & SINEW one of the best new horror books for adults. Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of our contributors. The anthology is available now wherever books are sold.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by Kristy Park Kulski
This is so, so well deserved. Congrats to the Silk and Sinew team, to everyone on the list, and also special congrats and shoutout to @thomasha.bsky.social for his recognition on this list, too! Silk and Sinew and Uncertain Sons are two of the best books I read this year.
New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!

Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!
October 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reposted by Kristy Park Kulski
very honored to have a short story in this anthology and extremely excited to be in such company❤️do check SILK & SINEW and the other works on this list out!!
New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!

Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Reposted by Kristy Park Kulski
As Tracy Jordan says: WHAT THE WHAT?!

Elated to announce SILK & SINEW made the New York Public Library's list of Best New Horror for Adults! Being featured among such company is an honor. Thanks to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social for getting us here and @badhandbooks.bsky.social for seeing us through.
October 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Kristy Park Kulski
HOLY MOLY! The New York Public Library has named SILK & SINEW one of the best new horror books for adults. Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of our contributors. The anthology is available now wherever books are sold.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!

Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Use those English words. Use them now. Use them frequently. Use them loudly. Use them to defend the ones who sacrificed everything..."--Joanne Lee Molinaro, The Korean Vegan youtube.com/shorts/nU-Zk...
A story about my father and his typewriter.
YouTube video by The Korean Vegan
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October 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I only know that we must live a life. Must continue. We will have birthday parties for our children, we will laugh, and we will cry. We will curse and drink to the health of our friends.
October 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"We must use our English words like swords." --Joanne Lee Molinaro, The Korean Vegan www.youtube.com/shorts/ka_CX...
"We must use our english words like swords."
YouTube video by The Korean Vegan
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October 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
When your kiddo insists on celebrating Chuseok and to honor their halmoni. ❤️ I am so thankful for these moments and days. How beautifully they carry their halmoni's name. How wonderful it is to see the dreams of the ancestors bloom into the brilliance of today. Happy Chuseok, friends.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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