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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery

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Author & book editor. Adult debut novel The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery available now at https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clarence-a-haynes/the-ghosts-of-gwendolyn-montgomery/9781538768518/

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jan 13

This year my solo debut novel The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery will be published, on sale 6.17.25, available for preorder now. The book follows the life of Gwen M, a glamorous high powered NY publicist with a hidden mystical past somehow connected to a Panamanian American medium in the Bronx.

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · 20h

This Sat, Oct. 11 at Eastern Parkway Library in Brklyn, I’ll host a free workshop “How to Write a Ghost Story.” I’ll discuss world-building, characterization, supernatural themes, and craft. Attendees will have opportunity to write, receive feedback. RSVP at www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/how... ✨

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a few days left for The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery e-book sale, only $2.99, available through digital book retailers.💫🌺✨️🌻 Shop now at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare...

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 17

Earlier this weekend Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery hit No. 1 on Kobo’s ebook Fiction & Literature, African American chart. And it’s doing its thing on LGBTQ+ and Fantasy charts as well. Pleasure to rep Black Diaspora, my communities. Grateful for the support. ✨Link at www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 15

✨Reminder that The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery e-book is on sale for $2.99 for all of August, available through a variety of digital retailers. ✨️🌻🌺💫 Link at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare...

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 6

Very thrilled to share The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery e-book is on sale for $2.99 for all of August, available through digital retailers. E-book links at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare... ✨️🌻🌺💫

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 5

A grand honor to share that The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery can be found on CBS New York platform as a Club Calvi book club featured title.✨️🙏🏾🌺🌻 Dream come true. Link to interview: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...

Clarence Haynes on "The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery" | Book Club

If you're in the mood for an urban fantasy that mixes secrets with the supernatural and is set in NYC, then consider "The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery" by Clarence Haynes.

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hannah, this is wonderful!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you...checking out playlist momentarily.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✨️🌺🌻🙌🏾

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you so much Thomas!!! Really appreciated.🙏🏾✨️🌺🌻

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jul 21

To share, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery audiobook was chosen by @locusmag.bsky.social & @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social as a top fantasy pick for July! Folks can visit locusmag.com/2025/07/audi... 🌺✨️ Beyond grateful.✨🌻

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jul 9

Dream come true to visit @allofitwnyc.bsky.social studio and be interviewed by host Alison Stewart, one of the best in the biz. We had awesome spoiler-free chat about my new novel The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. Folks can listen at www.wnyc.org/story/the-gh... Grateful.✨🌺🌻

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jul 7

Sound on please, so you can listen to @andreonthemic.com award-winning narration of Chapter 2 from The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. The POV here is from the character Fonsi, an early reader fave. Audiobook excerpt courtesy of @hachetteaudio.bsky.social ... short, sweet, to share.✨

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you so much!!!!🙏🏾🌺🌻✨🤗

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Gabby AKA Bookish AfroLatina @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social · Jul 1

New Book Alert!!
👻 The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A. Haynes is out now & I’m pumped to tell you about it. 👻
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#theharlemrenaissance2 #newbooks #paranormalfiction #booksky #BlackBooksky @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social @harlemrenaissance2.bsky.social

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jul 3

@clarenceahaynes.bsky.social explains how (and why) to craft your novel soundscape: “I needed sounds that were lush, that could carry these characters’ emotional weight.”

Clarence A. Haynes on Finding the Soundscape of Your Novel

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. When I began writing an urban fantasy glam horror novel—which follows Gwendolyn, a beautiful Black Harlem publicist with a…

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jul 4

To share, I’ve crafted my first essay for @literaryhub.bsky.social. I discuss how I used music to deepen the emotional experiences of the two main characters in The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. I particularly relied on the sounds of Babyface and Toni Braxton. Link at lithub.com/clarence-a-h...

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 30

To share, for those in DC area, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social will host convo between myself and @venessakelley.bsky.social on Thurs., July 10 at 7pm, at the DC Pop-Up as we discuss The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery and When the Tides Held the Moon. For free RSVP, visit loyaltybookstores.com/gwendolyn

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 27

This one is for all the 'New Yorker Risings'! The spectacular @tiawilliams.bsky.social and myself chat about the real main character in our books...New York City?⁣
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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 23

To share, this coming Saturday, June 28, please join me at Montclair Book Center, 2pm, for book signing for my solo debut novel The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. Event is free. Get ready for sparkling, layered chat in cozy venue. ✨🌻🌺Please RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/clarence-a...

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 16

To share, celebrate the launch of my solo debut novel THE GHOSTS OF GWENDOLYN MONTGOMERY w/ my publisher Krishan Trotman at the @strandbookstore.bsky.social this week, June 19th, 7pm. An array of treats are in store, tix at www.eventbrite.com/e/clarence-a...

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Sarah Beth Durst @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social · Jun 16

Sneak Peek at THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE!!! Reactor magazine has posted the first two chapters and will continue posting two more chapters every week for four weeks, leading up to pub day on July 15! Eight chapters in all! Happy reading! reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

Read chapters 1 and 2 of THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE by Sarah Beth Durst on Reactor

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Sistah Scifi @sistahscifi.bsky.social · Jun 12

📚✨ Black Utopias: Imagining Futures Through Literature ✨📚

What if Black writers could rewrite the past and the future?

Join #SistahScifi at the #SchomburgCenter’s LitFest for a powerful convo on Afrofuturism, liberation, and Black storytelling.

🎟️ RSVP now: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-utop...

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Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 11

Sound on please, to listen to Brittany Bradford's exquisite narration of Chapter 1 from The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. An audiobook excerpt...short, sweet, to share. Available for preorder at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare...

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s my pleasure to share excerpt of just published Kirkus review of my upcoming novel The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. Link to full review at www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... Beyond thrilled, thankful.✨🌺🌻

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · Jun 3

2-week countdown to the publication of The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery, and I’m beyoooooond thrilled to share my book tour dates. ✨I’ll be in NY, NJ, Washington, DC, and Martha’s Vineyard, w/ more appearances to be announced. Can’t wait to meet readers in person, pls spread the word. Wooyah!!!✨🌺🌻

Clarence A. Haynes - Author, The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social · May 27

The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery, a glam horror fantasy about a NY publicist with a secret mystical past. A sultry homage to powerful Black women, Diaspora, and Latinidad that explores desire across orientations and identities. On sale June 17, preorder at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare...