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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 5h

Look a big gay centipede crawled into Pink News!

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/07/7...

7 queer horror books to make spooky season even scarier

Spooky season is officially here, so now is the perfect time to crack open a horror book or two to get in the mood.

www.thepinknews.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 5d

Look at this Halloween ass book

You want it

WORKS OF VERMIN with sweet ass halloween orange spredges

First page of the broken binding special edition of Works of Vermin, with my signature, which is, in fact, almost legible

More orange spredges with some linework on the pages

Works of Vermin spine without the dust jacket, bright gold with sick gothic font

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/19 - Elk Grove, California

CHOO CHOO LAST STOP, 1:00 PM, A Seat at the Table Books! Reading, discussion, Q&A, signing.

EVENT LINK HERE:

www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...

Author Talk and Signing w/ Hiron Ennes: The Works of Vermin

Join us in welcoming Hiron Ennes to the store for the release of their latest dark fantasy novel, The Works of Vermin.

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/18 - Portland, Oregon

7:00 PM, at Always Here Bookstore. In conversation with @caitlinstarling.com

EVENT LINK HERE:

withfriends.co/event/237660...

10/18 - The Works of Vermin - Hiron Ennes in conversation with Caitlin Starling by Always Here Bookstore

Get tickets and support Always Here Bookstore by becoming a member

withfriends.co

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/18 - Vancouver, Washington

4:00 PM (Ignore the 3:30 above, my bad): Horror panel with @caitlinstarling.com and Kieth Rosson - we'll be talking about our horrifying books! Followed by Q&A, Meet and Greet and signings

EVENT LINK HERE:

fvrlibraries.bibliocommons.com/events/68c9a...

Adult Horror Author Night

You are invited to an eerie panel discussion about the horror genre moderated by Sadie Hartmann aka Mother Horror, author of Feral and Hysterical. Panelists include Caitlin Starling (author of THE GRA...

fvrlibraries.bibliocommons.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/17 - Bend, Oregon

5:30 PM, at Roundabout Books: Reading, Q&A, then signing

EVENT LINK HERE:

roundaboutbookshop.com/event/2025-1...

The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

Roundabout Books & Cafe is an independent bookshop located in the NorthWest Crossing neighborhood of Bend, Oregon. This website is used to purchase books, register for upcoming events, sign-up for our...

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/16 - San Diego, California!

7:00 PM, at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore with @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social. 30 minute discussion, Q&A from the audience, then signings.

EVENT LINK HERE:

www.mystgalaxy.com/101625Ennes

www.mystgalaxy.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/15 - Houston, Texas!

6:30 PM, Murder by the Book. Talk/reading, then signings.

EVENT LINK HERE:

www.murderbooks.com/Ennes

www.murderbooks.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/14 - Release day of THE WORKS OF VERMIN, Skylight books, Los Angeles, with @chanaporter.bsky.social

RSVP HERE:

www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

www.skylightbooks.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

VERMIN TOUR

10/14 Los Angeles: Skylight 7p
10/15 Houston: Murder by the Book 6:30p
10/16 San Diego: Mysterious Galaxy 7p
10/17 Bend: Roundabout Books 5:30p
10/18 Vancouver, WA: Vancouver community library 3:30p
10/18 Portland: Always Here 7p
10/19 Elk Grove: Seat at the Table 12:45p

DEETS BELOW

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

Next Tuesday, Oct 14th!!! Starting the tour for Vermin at 7 PM Skylight Books in Los Angeles with Chana Porter! RSVP is encouraged but not required.

Hope to see you there! Or if I don't see you, I hope you're still there, hiding in the shadows

www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

www.skylightbooks.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 5d

I know!!! Miracle

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 5d

Look at this Halloween ass book

You want it

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 7d

Starred review on Bookpage for THE WORKS OF VERMIN:

"A mystery that only improves upon rereading... Equal parts disturbing and moving, The Works of Vermin takes both Ennes’ world building and craft to the next level."

www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-...

Book review of The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

Equal parts disturbing and moving, The Works of Vermin explores a fantasy city infested by magical pests—including an enormous, poisonous centipede.

www.bookpage.com

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 5d

Regrettably, no time! I have one week of vacation to use for my tour and I've got an average of >1 event per day lmao.

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 6d

(I do feel like some of these lists are wonderfully specific: "Top twenty most-anticipated October sci-fi books by queer Canadian authors that overabundantly feature opera and insects")

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 6d

Yooo The Works of Vermin on the Amazon Editors' Choice list for October!

(don't buy my book from Amazon though, order it from your local bookstore)

Amazon Editors' picks: Best science fiction and fantasy books of October, including a wee vermin

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 7d

Starred review on Bookpage for THE WORKS OF VERMIN:

"A mystery that only improves upon rereading... Equal parts disturbing and moving, The Works of Vermin takes both Ennes’ world building and craft to the next level."

www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-...

Book review of The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

Equal parts disturbing and moving, The Works of Vermin explores a fantasy city infested by magical pests—including an enormous, poisonous centipede.

www.bookpage.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 8d

My friend Sama'a and her husband have two small children to feed in the middle of a warzone, and every dollar helps. Please give what you can.

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 8d

Holy shit congrats!

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 11d

AFAIK you can still snag a special edition copy of THE WORKS OF VERMIN from Broken Binding--

Preorder! Come to a reading on tour! Tell your friends, tell your dog, tell your exterminator

thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...

The Works of Vermin

Product Details Signed, Numbered & Designed Endpapers Limited to 500 copies Foil on Boards Block Sprayed Edges Royal Hardback Product Description PRE-ORDER | MID-LATE OCT 2025 Monster hunters tang...

thebrokenbindingsub.com

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 11d

Progressive/liberal white people who are still silent, who are still 'supporters' of a genocidal rogue state, who are still handing the nazis the very definition of antisemitism to weaponise as they scrabble to protect the comforts of empire, should look at Thunberg's courage and shrivel in shame.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12d

Human rights defender Greta Thunberg: "I am not scared of Israel, I am scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. What we are doing here is trying to show there is some humanity left. That there are still people willing to step up when all other means fail." #3E

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 11d

Coworker in the same uh... bi-global religious nonprofit

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 11d

Palestinian families like Baraa's are being violently displaced & starved to death in Israel's genocide. Baraa already lost one daughter to the genocide, please help her keep her daughter Masa, who's severely ill from malnutrition, by sharing & donating. Bsky deletes their accounts hourly:

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes I wonder if the flood of Greek myth retellings lately has been not because writers/artists genuinely want to engage with them meaningfully, but because the culture is so fanfictionized that mythology is nothing more than a readily accessible existing IP.

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