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Kathy Palm

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MG horror writer. General weirdo. Find me running in the haunted cornfields. MG horror The Nowhere Series from Undertaker Books 2025-2026. HWA Chicago. Creepy is fun.

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · Apr 25

Happy re-release day to INTO THE GRAY!

For all the kids who like creepy.
For all who sometimes feel lost.
For all who want to venture into the unknown.

Welcome to Nowhere.

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Into The Gray

ALL PAPERBACKS COME WITH FREE EPUB VERSION Welcome to Nowhere, a gray expanse full of piles of lost things. And a weird Caretaker who never makes sense. And a giant metal claw in the sky. And creep...

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 10h

We're looking for volunteer first readers.
Come play with us at the podcast. Forever... and ever... and ever.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/TtTSlushReader

The twins from "The Shining" wearing blue dresses and knee high socks, holding hands in a floral-pattern wallpapered hallway. Text reads: "COME PLAY WITH US."

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Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 1d

My new collection will be out on October 14th. I am consumed with excitement!

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 1d

Happy release day @talkscaredpod.bsky.social !!!

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 4d

The day is almost here! This Thursday is publication day for GOOD BOY by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social. We're posting pre-orders every day so get on it 💙🐾

Support fine independent publishing today 🖤
(available in paperback & ebook)

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

Good Boy by Neil McRobert paperback ebook The Northern Weird Project — wild hunt books

After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance. However, when she confronts him, the man's true purpose is...

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds so cool!

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for hosting the musically creepy #HorrorWritersChat!

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Concluding? Oh please! The Phantasmal Symposium’s work is eternal, as is the thirst for alive souls! We are simply twirling away elsewhere…

Now is your time to join us! What do you write? In what crypts can we peruse it? What more do you have to share?

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

The Orchestra Has Performed Their Final Piece!
The Symposium hopes you enjoyed our ghastly arrangement in this music hall! There is no algorithm here – visibility is reliant on your engagement.

Have you answered the questions? Do you have something to share? Promote below, and share each others’ posts!

The orchestra shall resume its operations… next week.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Lol! I stared at it trying to choose...then decided I DIDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE JUST ONE.

Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.

It worked.
All the preparation. The old words spoken. The spell found with her corpse.
Now she would come home.
Again.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

I vote no for inter-dimensional insect infestation.

#HorrorWritersChat
I'll just be here swatting at invisible bugs now. For a while. Thanks.

J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 2d

Q3: #HorrorWritersChat
As a disbeliever in any thinness between veils, I like seeing authors find ways to bring ghosts into our world. Is it gas? Is it madness? Is it time travel? Is it an inter-dimensional insect infestation?

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

I struggled with this question...
Mostly because GIMME ALL THE GHOSTS...those made from old traditions and stories and those created from new fears and new ways of thinking.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

OMG I remember!

Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

It's fun! What people will do.

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Mmmmm...hospitals are creepy.
#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Don't be scared. It's okay.

Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

But the world didn't end and he had to face it all!

Just so good.

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Big old houses.
There's many secrets to protect. Trauma. Abuse. Sadness. Control.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Pfft...it's in the attic.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Helloooooo
I'm Kathy and I write MG horror from NE Indiana.

I'm that strange shadow that isn't really a shadow in the corner of your room.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

I love Dorian Grey! And my daughter just read it and did an art project based on it.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!!

a penguin is sitting on the beach with a heart and the words `` i love you '' written on it .

ALT: a penguin is sitting on the beach with a heart and the words `` i love you '' written on it .

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

To find answers, we must go into the unknown. To learn who we are, we must go INTO THE GRAY.
Book 1 of The Nowhere Series from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social

And get ready to sink into the fog in book 2 WITHIN THE BLACK coming November 14!

Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

a woman is smiling with her mouth open in front of a row of clothes .

ALT: a woman is smiling with her mouth open in front of a row of clothes .

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 2d

Yay! And a shout out to my story "What is Passed On"!

Anyone like monsters?
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monsterbookclub.bsky.social @monsterbookclub.bsky.social · 11d

MONSTER MONDAY edited by Dawn Wilson (book review) monsterbookclub.com/2025/09/29/m... @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social #horrorreads #horrorbooks

Monday Bloody Monday

Chickens genetically engineered into dinosaurs? That’s crazy! But that’s exactly what happens in “Cretaceous Carnivores,” a story written by Joel Austin in a new weekday-specific anthology called M…

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Twisted Dreams Press @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social · 4d

Otto DeFay's latest book, Horror Clown, will make your fear of clowns worse than ever! Check out this interview with him on the Twisted Dreams Press blog, where he talks about his book and inspiration for the stories. twisteddreamspress.com/interview-wi...
#authors #clowns #horror #interview

Interview with Otto DeFay, Author of Horror Clown - Twisted Dreams Press

1. What can you tell us about your experience as a writer? For most of my career, I’ve been writing up blurbs for sportscasters to read on air. I also write news reports for regional news syndicates. ...

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 3d

Happy release day!!!
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Jenny Kiefer @jennykiefer.com · Mar 21

CRAFTING FOR SINNERS releases October 7! Pre-order a signed copy here: www.horrorbookstore.com/product/craf...

The cover for CRAFTING FOR SINNERS, featuring hand-crocheted art

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