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Exclusive: Writer-showrunner Emily Whitesell (Siren) has been tapped to adapt Bless Your Heart, Lindy Ryan’s debut novel for television in conjunction with Rain Productions and Boilermaker Entertainment.

Bless Your Heart is a horror-mystery novel set in a small Southeast Texas town where the dead have a habit of rising from their graves. The story revolves around four generations of Evans women who run the local funeral parlor and are tasked with making sure dead things stay buried. In book one of a series, family secrets come to light and the Evans women are forced to confront the truth that the biggest monster may be one of their own.

Boilermaker principal Louis Milito said “we are thrilled to partner with Emily who is the perfect writer to adapt Lindy’s incredible novel as she is exceptional at balancing serialized story telling with indelible characters. Having a strong female creator to...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Rain and Boilermaker Entertainment have acquired the rights to Lindy Ryan’s anticipated horror-mystery novel, Bless Your Heart, which will be published by St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books on April 9. Rain and Boilermaker are packaging the project for television and are starting writer meetings immediately.

Bless Your Heart is set in a small Southeast Texas town where the dead have a habit of rising from their graves. The story revolves around four generations of Evans women who run the local funeral parlor and are tasked with making sure dead things stay buried. In book one of a series, family secrets come to light and the Evans women are forced to confront the truth that the biggest monster may be one of their own.

“Lindy’s incredible voice shines in this first novel which is tailor made for screen adaptation, and serves as the basis for...

Black Spot Books announces a new anthology, Mother Knows Best: Tales Of Homemade Horror [Black Spot Books, May 7, 2024], a collection of original stories and poems inspired by the scariest monster of them all—our mothers—from some of today’s fiercest women in horror, coming Mother’s Day 2024.

Edited by Lindy Ryan [Into The Forest], Mother Knows Best includes seventeen original stories and ten original poems from women in horror. Featured contributors include Gwendolyn Kiste, Rachel Harrison, Kristi DeMeester, and Kelsea Yu, with an introduction from Mother Horror, Sadie Hartmann, and cover art from Najla Qamber.

“In our previous women-in-horror anthology, Into The Forest, Baba Yaga provided a ready muse for tales of wildness and wickedness,” says editor Ryan. “Mothers—good, bad, or otherwise—are likewise powerful creatures. Sometimes Mother is the savior tucking us into our warm beds, other times she is the monster waiting beneath it. Mother Knows Best is an exploration...

Black Spot Books announces a new anthology, Mother Knows Best: Tales Of Homemade Horror [Black Spot Books, May 7, 2024], a collection of original stories and poems inspired by the scariest monster of them all—our mothers—from some of today’s fiercest women in horror, coming Mother’s Day 2024. Edited by Lindy Ryan [Into The Forest], Mother …

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Black Spot Books presents its second annual Poetry Showcase, Under Her Eye [Black Spot Books, November 7, 2023], featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror. The second collection centers on the concept of domestic horror, and features work from Bram-Stoker Awards® winning and nominated authors, as well as over one hundred poems from women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes in horror. This showcase is developed in recognition of United Nations General Assembly’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Edited by Lindy Ryan and Lee Murray, Under Her Eye follows the inaugural award-winning collection, Under Her Skin. In addition to poems contributed by poets worldwide, the collection also includes a foreword by Bram Stoker Awards®-winning poet Sara Tantlinger and featured poems from Bram Stoker Awards®-winner Stephanie M. Wytovich, nominee Jessica McHugh, and Hwa Lifetime Achievement Award-winner and Sfpa Grand Master,...

Captivating audiences of all ages in what Lonely Wolf Film Festival calls “infectiously charming” and SearchMyTrash.com says “oozes creepiness,” Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray follows a young boy as he meets a strange new friend the night before Hallow’s Eve. Written and produced by award-winning author Lindy Ryan and voiced by renowned British horror artist …

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Captivating audiences of all ages in what Lonely Wolf Film Festival calls “infectiously charming” and SearchMyTrash.com says “oozes creepiness,” Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray follows a young boy as he meets a strange new friend the night before Hallow’s Eve.

Written and produced by award-winning author Lindy Ryan and voiced by renowned British horror artist Mister Sam Shearon, young Alistair Gray abandons his school Halloween carnival that feels more silly than spooky—all treats and no tricks—and heads out into the dark the night before Halloween where he meets a new friend that teaches him that the holiday is about fun and about fright…and that there’s more than one way to celebrate the spookiest night of the year.

Fresh off the film festival circuit, Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray has earned nearly a dozen Official Selections and awards, including Grand Prix at the Anmtn! Online Animation Awards,...

Melanie McKnight of Unplugged Book Box is launching her next passion project this Fall with Twisted Retreat, a monthly subscription box of horror and oddities for the twisted soul. Each month will be a retreat into the world of all things that go bump in the night. Boxes will contain a newly released horror title with an exclusive cover and theme-related products. “For those with a love for all things dark and wicked, this is the box you’ve been waiting for,” says McKnight.

Twisted Retreat’s October box debut will feature one of Apple’s Most Anticipated Books, River of Ashes by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor. An idyllic Louisiana river town harbors a dark secret. The only son of a powerful family, born into wealth and privilege, is a psychopath whose madness turns to murder in this Adult series filled with mystery, a rising body count, and a chilling pact between unlikely friends.

Black Spot Books announces a new anthology, Into The Forest: Tales Of The Baba Yaga [Black Spot Books, November 8, 2022], featuring new and exclusive stories inspired by the Baba Yaga—the witch of Slavic folklore—written by some of today’s leading women-in-horror. Edited by Lindy Ryan [Under Her Skin], Into The Forest includes twenty-three original stories [...]

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Black Spot Books announces a new anthology, Into The Forest: Tales Of The Baba Yaga [Black Spot Books, November 8, 2022], featuring new and exclusive stories inspired by the Baba Yaga—the witch of Slavic folklore—written by some of today’s leading women-in-horror. Edited by Lindy Ryan [Under Her Skin], Into The Forest includes twenty-three original stories …

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From award-winning author-editor Lindy Ryan and Hungarian artist Timea Gazdag comes Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray [Black Spot Books, August 16, 2022], an award-winning picture book just in time for Halloween. In the style of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and Lemony Snicket’s The Dark, Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray tells the story of [...]

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From award-winning author-editor Lindy Ryan and Hungarian artist Timea Gazdag comes Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray [Black Spot Books, August 16, 2022], an award-winning picture book just in time for Halloween. In the style of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and Lemony Snicket’s The Dark, Trick Or Treat, Alistair Gray tells the story of …

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