Tanya Pell
@tanyapell.bsky.social
📚author💀HWA😴 narcolepsy
🩷💜💙she/her.
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BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! (Gallery ‘26)
HER WICKED ROOTS
CICADA
Rep’d by Marcy Posner @ Folio & Folio Jr.
Film rep Rich Green
🩷💜💙she/her.
👀
BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! (Gallery ‘26)
HER WICKED ROOTS
CICADA
Rep’d by Marcy Posner @ Folio & Folio Jr.
Film rep Rich Green
Pinned
Tanya Pell
@tanyapell.bsky.social
· Jan 28
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There is a house
There is a garden
There is a secret
You mustn’t know
There are sisters
Who tend the garden
And what is reaped
Must first be sown
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There is a house
There is a garden
There is a secret
You mustn’t know
There are sisters
Who tend the garden
And what is reaped
Must first be sown
🥀
I have turned in edits for BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE!
The rest of my To Do list is laughing.
Rude.
The rest of my To Do list is laughing.
Rude.
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have turned in edits for BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE!
The rest of my To Do list is laughing.
Rude.
The rest of my To Do list is laughing.
Rude.
Just learned Elizabeth Olsen is Mary Kate’s and Ashely’s sister.
As you were.
As you were.
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Just learned Elizabeth Olsen is Mary Kate’s and Ashely’s sister.
As you were.
As you were.
Want some library book recommendations???
with @tanyapell.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, and @joe-hill.bsky.social among others :)
with @tanyapell.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, and @joe-hill.bsky.social among others :)
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Knowing a Clayface movie comes out right before BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! publishes when Clayface was such an inspo makes me so damn happy. 🥹
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Knowing a Clayface movie comes out right before BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! publishes when Clayface was such an inspo makes me so damn happy. 🥹
ALWAYS
"THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING."
Great thread here of some fantastic indie presses to support directly with your dollars this holiday season (and all other seasons).
Great thread here of some fantastic indie presses to support directly with your dollars this holiday season (and all other seasons).
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ALWAYS
Edits. There is only edits. Edits forever.
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Edits. There is only edits. Edits forever.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Either I have good news or am virtually cosplaying as a Biblically accurate angel.
Either I have good news or am virtually cosplaying as a Biblically accurate angel.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Either I have good news or am virtually cosplaying as a Biblically accurate angel.
Either I have good news or am virtually cosplaying as a Biblically accurate angel.
Writing two novels, a novella, and a secret third thing at the same time you wait on edits is A Choice. 🫠☕️🥱
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Writing two novels, a novella, and a secret third thing at the same time you wait on edits is A Choice. 🫠☕️🥱
I am getting peeks at BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! cover art concepts and 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I am getting peeks at BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! cover art concepts and 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
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The analysis of what broke American democracy can probably stop right here.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The analysis of what broke American democracy can probably stop right here.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Drew up a poster for what was probably my favorite movie at age 6: the Rankin-Bass/Topcraft animated feature FLIGHT OF DRAGONS
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Drew up a poster for what was probably my favorite movie at age 6: the Rankin-Bass/Topcraft animated feature FLIGHT OF DRAGONS
Reminder that you can search FoodFinder or FeedingAmerica if you need help finding local/state food banks to donate to!
November 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Reminder that you can search FoodFinder or FeedingAmerica if you need help finding local/state food banks to donate to!
This was me as a kid 😂
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This was me as a kid 😂
An amazing evening with amazing people 🖤
I got to hang out with some of my favorite Horror Authors tonight! Thank you all for being amazing!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
@paultremblay.bsky.social
@cgolden.bsky.social
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social
@tanyapell.bsky.social
@christaqua.bsky.social
#BalinBooksNashua
@campnecon.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! 🎃
@paultremblay.bsky.social
@cgolden.bsky.social
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social
@tanyapell.bsky.social
@christaqua.bsky.social
#BalinBooksNashua
@campnecon.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
An amazing evening with amazing people 🖤
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Tonight I’ll be in Nashua with @christaqua.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @brackenmacleod.bsky.social and @tanyapell.bsky.social . Join us!
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tonight I’ll be in Nashua with @christaqua.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @brackenmacleod.bsky.social and @tanyapell.bsky.social . Join us!
So excited to be invited onto Capes and Tights and nerd out with Justin!
Kicking off Horror Week on the Capes and Tights Podcast with Episode 249! Justin Soderberg sits down with author Tanya Pell to talk all things horror, from her latest novel, Her Wicked Roots, to the genre as a whole, and so much more!
@tanyapell.bsky.social
@tanyapell.bsky.social
#249: Tanya Pell - Her Wicked Roots Author | Horror Week
Kicking-off Horror Week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Tanya Pell to the podcast to discuss her latest novel Her Wicked Roots, the horror genre, and more!
capesandtights.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So excited to be invited onto Capes and Tights and nerd out with Justin!
I don’t want to guilt anybody into coming, but I DID fly here from South Carolina. That’s, like, really far!
Just sayin’…
Just sayin’…
Come celebrate Halloween with me and some amazing horror writers!
TOMORROW NIGHT 10/28 at Balin Books in Nashua, NH--Balin Books Horrorfest with me, Paul Tremblay, Bracken MacLeod, Tanya Pell, and Christa Carmen!
TOMORROW NIGHT 10/28 at Balin Books in Nashua, NH--Balin Books Horrorfest with me, Paul Tremblay, Bracken MacLeod, Tanya Pell, and Christa Carmen!
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I don’t want to guilt anybody into coming, but I DID fly here from South Carolina. That’s, like, really far!
Just sayin’…
Just sayin’…
Me visiting a medieval church: This would be a great setting for a book.
Me researching a mix of 12th and 15th century construction and pre-Gothic Revival Kirks: Goddammit.
Me researching a mix of 12th and 15th century construction and pre-Gothic Revival Kirks: Goddammit.
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Me visiting a medieval church: This would be a great setting for a book.
Me researching a mix of 12th and 15th century construction and pre-Gothic Revival Kirks: Goddammit.
Me researching a mix of 12th and 15th century construction and pre-Gothic Revival Kirks: Goddammit.
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NEW EPISODE
@allymalinenko.bsky.social joins the show to talk about her new novel BROKEN DOLLS, and we dig into the classics with a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"!
LISTEN NOW:
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
@allymalinenko.bsky.social joins the show to talk about her new novel BROKEN DOLLS, and we dig into the classics with a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"!
LISTEN NOW:
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
Episode 52: "The Tell-Tale Heart" with Ally Malinenko
Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle
redcircle.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NEW EPISODE
@allymalinenko.bsky.social joins the show to talk about her new novel BROKEN DOLLS, and we dig into the classics with a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"!
LISTEN NOW:
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
@allymalinenko.bsky.social joins the show to talk about her new novel BROKEN DOLLS, and we dig into the classics with a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"!
LISTEN NOW:
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
My next book BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! is for fans of Curse of the Reaper, The Substance, and carbs…
Barb is:
💅40
🎀perimenopausal
🍟desperate for fries
🪞suffering from BDD
🎬masking all the time
👠shoe obsessed
🔪regrettably being stalked by the killer from her films
I can’t wait for you to meet her. 💋
Barb is:
💅40
🎀perimenopausal
🍟desperate for fries
🪞suffering from BDD
🎬masking all the time
👠shoe obsessed
🔪regrettably being stalked by the killer from her films
I can’t wait for you to meet her. 💋
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My next book BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! is for fans of Curse of the Reaper, The Substance, and carbs…
Barb is:
💅40
🎀perimenopausal
🍟desperate for fries
🪞suffering from BDD
🎬masking all the time
👠shoe obsessed
🔪regrettably being stalked by the killer from her films
I can’t wait for you to meet her. 💋
Barb is:
💅40
🎀perimenopausal
🍟desperate for fries
🪞suffering from BDD
🎬masking all the time
👠shoe obsessed
🔪regrettably being stalked by the killer from her films
I can’t wait for you to meet her. 💋
Another thing I will be totally normal about.
Behold the covers of books 1 and 2 of THE SHADOW SAGA reissue. @cgolden.bsky.social's landmark horror-fantasy series is coming to Bad Hand starting in 2026, with new trade-paperback editions. Art by @summerray.bsky.social. Layout by @toddkeisling.com.
Pre-order: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
Pre-order: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Another thing I will be totally normal about.
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Now live for your listening pleasure, my conversation with one of my favorite voices in horror, @tanyapell.bsky.social! We chat about her most recent release, Her Wicked Roots, in all of its secretive, Gothic glory. I cannot thank Tanya enough for her time, is a sheer delight as always 🖤 Links:
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now live for your listening pleasure, my conversation with one of my favorite voices in horror, @tanyapell.bsky.social! We chat about her most recent release, Her Wicked Roots, in all of its secretive, Gothic glory. I cannot thank Tanya enough for her time, is a sheer delight as always 🖤 Links:
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Tanya Pell! Teacher who became a writer, but in between became a aerial performer in the circus. That's a cool origin story!
@tanyapell.bsky.social
Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fest was the best! #hplma @campnecon.bsky.social
@newenglandhorror.bsky.social
@tanyapell.bsky.social
Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fest was the best! #hplma @campnecon.bsky.social
@newenglandhorror.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tanya Pell! Teacher who became a writer, but in between became a aerial performer in the circus. That's a cool origin story!
@tanyapell.bsky.social
Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fest was the best! #hplma @campnecon.bsky.social
@newenglandhorror.bsky.social
@tanyapell.bsky.social
Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fest was the best! #hplma @campnecon.bsky.social
@newenglandhorror.bsky.social
And, as usual, I am totally behaved and normal about everything.
Tomorrow!!! A lovely chat with the incredible @tanyapell.bsky.social about Her Wicked Roots, a Gothic intrigue that interrogates numerous narratives all while dripping with dread. Check back tomorrow for links to the episode!
October 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And, as usual, I am totally behaved and normal about everything.