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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · 15d

This week
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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · 20d

DEAD MAN BLUES is the @barnesandnoble.com mystery/thriller pick for October! Get your copy here. www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/awar...

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Discover this month's top book selections chosen by our expert booksellers. Browse our mystery & thriller pick, nonfiction, fiction, YA, and children's pick.

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · 20d

Join me and Wiley Cash this Thursday to discuss my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. Free and open to everyone, but you must register. www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...

B&N Midday Mystery Virtually Presents: S.D. House's DEAD MAN BLUES!

B&N welcomes NYT bestselling author Silas House, writing as S.D. House, for a live, virtual, Midday Mystery discussion of DEAD MAN BLUES!

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · 20d

Apparently you read the headline but not the article?

silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · 20d

Seems like you didn’t read the article and only the headline.

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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · Sep 13

"Music has always been a tremendous part of my life, so it makes sense that plenty of songs show up throughout the collection."

@silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...

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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 22d

“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.

Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT

📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair

Graphic featuring a portion of Silas House's poem

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Sep 12

. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social has written something exquisitely beautiful about something horrible. Please read and share. @salon.com

www.salon.com/2025/09/11/a...

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, what lies ahead could be terrible

Something is profoundly broken in America — and we're all at risk

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Sep 10

The contrast is stark.

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Sep 10

I abhor ALL violence. No one deserves to be shot for their opinions, no matter how reprehensible.

I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last day for this great deal. #BNPREORDER
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Ana Rapport 💙💙💙 @ana-rapport.bsky.social · Sep 3

I recommend Lark Ascending by @silashouse.bsky.social - it’s really about love, I think.

Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Linda Blackford @lblackford.bsky.social · Sep 4

A great honor and great fun to talk to @silashouse.bsky.social about publishing TWO new books this fall
www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

Q + A: KY author Silas House on his new poetry collection and a murder mystery novel

This fall, Silas House is publishing two books at the same time: his first collection of poetry and a murder mystery.

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Why Poetry?

How "Trees", Wordsworth, Millay, Natalie Wood, My 7th Grade English Teacher, and others turned me into a poet; how I hunkered down to do the work; and why now.

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Sep 4

I hope to see some of you in Lexington for the book launch of my poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS. September 9, 7 PM. This is a ticketed event.

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Silas House discussing and signing All These Ghosts

Event in Lexington, KY by Joseph-Beth Booksellers on Tuesday, September 9 2025

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Aug 28

It was a real pleasure to speak to Under Main about my poetry collection, All These Ghosts.
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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you kindly. Much appreciated.

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · Aug 27

In ‘All These Ghosts,’ former Kentucky poet laureate @silashouse.bsky.social marks crucial moments in his home state’s recent history.

Silas House’s ‘All These Ghosts’ Reckons With the Past

The former Kentucky poet laureate’s first full-length poetry collection is both plaintive and exhilarating

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Aug 20

My favorite writer weighs in on #MelaniasLetter. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social

www.salon.com/2025/08/19/w...

Was Melania's letter to Putin written by ChatGPT? We read closely for clues

The failures of the first lady's prose can't be blamed on AI

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · Aug 1

Giveaway alert!
Enter for the chance to WIN a copy of 💙DEAD MAN BLUES💙 by @silashouse.bsky.social on Goodreads!
Giveaway ends 8.3.25.

https://loom.ly/_n84X8Y

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

☠️DEAD MAN BLUES☠️ by @silashouse.bsky.social is called "a knife-sharp addition to the crime fiction genre" in this profile from the Lexington Times! 📖

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Kentucky’s own Silas House turns sleuth with 'Dead Man Blues' - The Lexington Times

BEREA, Ky.–Celebrated Kentucky author Silas House, known for his vivid portrayals of Appalachian life, is poised to release a gripping new historical crime novel titled Dead Man Blues under his pen name, S.D. House. Set for publication by Crooked Lane Books on October 14, 2025, the novel marks House’s entry into the crime fiction genre, promising a compelling mystery set against a richly textured Southern backdrop. The story of Dead Man Blues revolves around Dave Hendricks, a disgraced former...

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please spend seven minutes with me to learn about why I wrote the prologue poem in my first poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS, out 9/9.

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Jul 24

I always call Jason Isbell the Poet Laureate of the South so I am honored to have these kind words from him about my new book of poetry from Blair. Sharing is caring.

Preorder here: bit.ly/m/allthesegh...

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · Jul 21

Enter to win a free advance reading copy of my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. July 17-Aug 3.

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