#leanna renee hieber

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Came across these notes I made in my phone at DragonCon last year:

“The engine of the Gothic is dread.” ~ Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber

Cherie Priest @cmpriest on living with a gentleman ghost in her house: A real ghost story doesn't have an ending. It's like a dream. Most early encounters with ghosts are more confusing than scary.

[thegothiclibrary]

Christmas Ghost Stories, Part 3

’Tis the season … for Christmas ghost stories! In recent years, I’ve been all about bringing back the classic tradition of livening up the winter months by sharing tales of terror. After all, encounters with the spirit world are the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit! You can see some of the seasonally spooky tales I’ve previously recommended here and here. But if those aren’t enough…

[foxandcatlibrary]

51st Book I Read in 2023

Title: A Haunted History of Invisible Women

Authors: Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janes

Notes: A really fun read! Can warmly recommend this book.

[dzgrizzle]

Join me in supporting "Let's Misbehave" on Kickstarter starring @leannareneehieber as The Countess! I pledged with the add-on Hellfire Club Queer History Lecture!

I'M GOING TO BE IN A SHOW! AND YOU CAN GET A $13 VIRTUAL TICKET FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

*Pops head out of hellish book deadline, while I am ALSO in the hospital caring for a loved one in the ICU, to shout about this show and hope you'll help crowdfund it!*

When I joined the Actor's Union, Actor's Equity, I promised myself I'd only do full productions I was really passionate about while I spent the bulk of my time and energy on my books. Well, the time has come for a one of those productions! And we really need your support because my *being* Union costs the team a lot more than if they didn't honor my status. I am so grateful that a brand new company founded without any institutional support, wants to pay equitable rates.

LET'S MISBEHAVE is a Jazz-age romp of a play about a group of marginalized identities trying to find their way in a restrictive, often dangerous world. This is a sweet (sometimes saucy) play about love and acceptance, written by a trans playwright about queer and trans identities and their allies. THE COUNTESS, my role, is a delightfully batty force-of-nature who protects her little community of darlings in the only way she knows how: by throwing massive parties.

This is a brand-new production company doing grass-roots theater, rather than relying on a specific institution, this team took matters creatively into their own hands and we need your help to fund it! We're Kickstarting now, and you can pledge at all kinds of levels! This is A GREAT way to celebrate Pride Month, by directly supporting LGBTQIA+ identities and their allies, all of whom will be paid a union and union-comparable rate to do this show, and YOU can be in the audience! Win-win!

Please share? Thank you! Happy Pride!

[transman-badass]

From the notorious Lizzie Borden to the innumerable, haunted rooms of Sarah Winchester's mysterious mansion, this offbeat, insightful, first-ever book of its kind explores the history behind America's female ghosts, the stereotypes, myths, and paranormal tales that swirl around them, what their stories reveal about us—and why they haunt us…

A Haunted History of Invisible Women True Stories of America's Ghosts By Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes

This book sounds fascinating. I've got to get a hold of it somehow

[monikamonik]

"I assure you; while I look like a ghost, I'm no spirit or demon. I'm nothing but a girl struggling to make her way in an intolerant world. I bleed, I love, and someday, I'll die."

Leanna Renee Hieber, "The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker"

[ktempestbradford]

One of my very favorite pieces of jewelry. The bit with Octavia E. Butler's image was a handmade gift from Leanna Renee Hieber, who told me she knew this was for me the moment she found the picture.

I loved it, but felt it needed something else, but wasn't sure what. So I asked Elise Matthesen if she had any ideas. If you don't know her work (and you should, look her up), Elise has an amazing ability to make jewelry that sings and speaks to you on multiple levels. She added all the rest and it turned out PERFECT.

I love that this piece is a blend of the artistry of two people so dear to me and is an homage to a writer that inspires me every day.

[readinthedarkpod]

You know us and our sad, wet boys. But now it's time to dive into another one of our favorites - sad, sarcastic, charismatic, and downright dashing. We also discuss regency romance, our memories, the ideal length for series and much more!

you can follow the hosts at @adxmparriish @figonas @laequiem and @hazelsheartsworn

➡️ follow the link in our bio to listen to the entire episode!

Books Discussed:

💀 Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

💀 Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater

Books/Series Mentioned:

🌹 Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

🌹 Codex Alera by Jim Butcher

🌹 Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

🌹 Modern Fairies Tales by Holly Black

🌹 The Folk of the Air by Holly Black

🌹 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

🌹 Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

🌹 All of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco

🌹 All of the Regency Fairytales series by Olivia Atwater

🌹 The Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat (always)

🌹 The Single’s Table by Sara Desai

🌹 Wicked like a Wildfire by Lana Popovic

🌹 The Savage and the Swan by Ella Fields

🌹 Ghosts of the Forbidden by Leanna Renee Hieber

[gaslightgallows]

2024 TBR Pile of Good Intentions

(crossposted to Patreon)

This year’s TBR pile looks very much like last year’s (hence the reused banner image) but last year was also a shitshow so I’m giving myself a do-over. Although looking back, I did actually manage to read two (2) of the books on last year’s list! I even wrote about How to Live Like a Monk for my patrons! The other one was Mexican Gothic… Y’know, I should really write about Mexican Gothic…

Lion’s Paw Reads: (aka books I’m planning to do patron content about)

Orlando, by Virginia Woolf

A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes

The Haunting of Alma Fielding, by Kate Summerscale

The Octagon House: A Home for All, by Orson Squire Fowler

Other Reads (Fiction):

Our Wives Under the Sea, by Julia Armfield

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, by Susana Clarke

Radiance, by Catherynne M. Valente

Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsin Muir

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

The City We Became, by N.K. Jemison

Nothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw

The Story of Silence, Alex Myers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers

Viriconium, by M. John Harrison

Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry, Edited by David Ly & Daniel Zomparelli

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher *I actually finished this last week!

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance, by George MacDonald

Other Reads (Non-Fiction):

City of Sin, by Catherine Arnold

The Mutual Admiration Society, by Mo Moulton

Monster, She Wrote, by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

The Gilded Edge, by Catherine Prendergast

Dickensland, by Lee Jackson

I might also do posts on some of these other books, provided I get to/through them. If you’re at all interested in my thoughts on this assemblage of horror, fantasy, scifi, and very niche historical non-fiction, I hope you’ll consider subscribing and telling me what else I should be reading!

[ofliterarynature]

tagged by @ninja-muse and @reynoldsreads, thank you!

The last books I finished:

- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

- Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

- The Sundown Motel by Simone St James

Currently reading:

- Reforged by Seth Haddon

- Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers

Books I'll be reading next:

- A Haunted History of Invisible Women by Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janes

- Sword Stone Table ed. by Swapna Krishna & Jenn Northington

- Wonderstruck by Allie Therin

tagging @wearethekat @agardenandlibrary @theinquisitxor @thereadingchallengechallenge @logarithmicpanda @tinynavajoreads @rae-laxing and anyone else who'd like to share!

[nedlittle]

you’ve heard of the best books of 2022, now get ready for my WORST books of 2022!!!

tamburlaine must die by louise welsh ⭐

“very interesting that francis walsingham plays an important role considering that he DIED THREE YEARS EARLIER OH MY GOD.”

murder in the crooked house by sōji shimada (tr. louise heal kawai) ⭐

“i can't even say that they're pieces on a chess board because at least those have defined purposes. the characters in this book are blank-slate checkers pieces trapped in the absolute stupidest game of mousetrap in the history of mankind.”

murder between the lines (kitty weekes #2) by radha vatsal ⭐.25

“i marked the plot v. character driving force question as n/a because there is simply no action in this "book" love and light “

singapore sapphire (harriet gordon mysteries #1) by a.m. stuart ⭐.5

“oh so this is like COLONIAL-colonial singapore. the only characters that matter are white and singaporeans are either shoved to the side or killed unceremoniously, present only as bodies rather than people. “

tidepool by nicole wilson ⭐.5

“the ending is drawn out for several chapters of exposition that nobody asked for, leaving TIDEPOOL as lifeless and bloated as the corpses that litter its beach. by the end, very little has changed, and even less has been said.”

the partly cloudy patriot by sarah vowell ⭐.75

“the older i get [..] the less tolerance i have for sarah vowell's tone-deaf-american-exceptionalism-neoliberal-schtick. i think that's all i have to say on that point because the political writing in this book speaks for itself.”

rooks & romanticide by j. i. radke ⭐.75

“exoticism is cool if you're writing mediocre white gay romance i guess. i'm so tired. i have a migraine from typing this up.”

a botanist’s guide to parties & poison (saffron everleigh mysteries #1) by kate khavari ⭐.75

“the romance couldn't be more forced if kate khavari inserted ff.net-style author's notes midway through the text to threaten the characters to act more in love so she doesn't kill them off”

murder in old bombay (captain jim & lady diana mysteries #1) by nev march ⭐.75

“[...] would be outpaced by a one-legged tortoise!”

a haunted history of invisible women: true stories of america’s ghosts by leanna renee hieber and andrea janes ⭐.75

when you posit the past (sorry, The Past™) as one endless stream of drudgery and violence and the present (sorry, The Present™) as a utopia for human rights correcting centuries of structural oppression, then not only do you flatten the experiences of marginalized people then, you also flatten the experiences of marginalized people now!

[dzgrizzle]

Awesome spookiness from @leannareneehieber

[thegothiclibrary]

A Haunted History of Invisible Women Review and Giveaway

A Haunted History of Invisible Women Review and Giveaway

A wispy woman in white, a widow who haunts the home she once ruled over, a fair maiden whose life was tragically cut short—have you ever noticed how many of the ghost stories of popular culture and local legend feature female spirits? Brilliant and knowledgeable ghost tour guides Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes—whom I have taken many tours of NYC with through Boroughs of the Dead—explore…

[cinn48]

Love Unequivocally

Candice goes on much too long about how much the hot weather gets her down, while Steph reflects on how young people take care of each other in the hot weather and how we don't love enough.

Books

A Haunted History of Forgotten Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes 

Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham Risher 

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King  

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar , 

On Browsing by Jason Guriel 

How To Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight For Local Economies, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future by Danny Caine 

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit 

Movies

Dirty Dancing

La Bamba

Young Guns II

Family Ties

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Links

60 Songs That Explain the 90s Podcast 

Wonderful World of Disney Opening Themes 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and catch up

13:30 Steph’s reading update - all about love

22:30 A sidebar about resilience, needing help and self-care

34:15 How pop culture and media can impact you for life

51:00 Candice’s Stephen King update and TBR for vacation week

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"I’ve come to embrace my path as one of open, unaffiliated, interfaith mysticism. I consider discussing the spirit world a sacred transaction that can bring us all closer to existential beauty and unifying, elevated consciousness." This is a beautiful essay on "Paranormal Chaplaincy" by @leannareneehieber Highly recommended!

Hello darlings, it would mean a lot to me if you would read this essay. it is my whole heart and soul, just... opened up for you to see. If you like what I do, then I'd love for you to read about WHY I do what I do.

"I’ve been able to speak publicly about these things only as an adult who has lost the fear of not being believed."

On “Paranormal Chaplaincy,” by Leanna Renee Hieber - The Deadlands

While you're there, please purchase a copy of this digital magazine, The Deadlands creates such an incredible conversation around death and mourning, via poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art. It's worth joining their Patreon at any level, anything helps keep great magazines like this alive.

Blessings and happy haunting...

[steampunkenglish]

World Dracula Day, Folk Horror, and Renn Faire After Party

World Dracula Day (bleh bleh)

May 26 is indeed World Dracula Day. For those of you not in the know, this is the publication date (May 26, 1897) of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. In the over 100 years since this character's introduction, the Count and vampires in general have been swooping around most of Western society's corporate psyche in one way or another. I'm not sure if Stoker had any idea that his story of supernatural betrayal, invasion, and ultimate heroics would catch on and still be popular after so long, but here we are in 2023 still talking about the character and still writing stories that link back to the world he created.

If you celebrate, as I do, please lift a glass...but not of wine because we do not drink...wine to Stoker and to Count Dracula!

Folk Horror and a Bit of Self-Promotion

Since we're on a bit of a horror bend today, I'm also going to talk a little about a specific niche of horror and do some promotion for a new anthology produced by Pavane Press and edited by Cliff Biggers and Charles Rutledge.

Some of you may be familiar with the above image. It's from the original Wicker Man (1973). If you haven't seen this movie, get thee to your Amazon Prime or Roku Channel and view it henceforth. Do not watch the abomination that is the Nicholas Cage version from 2006 unless you enjoy watching Nicholas Cage screaming in that weird way he does in his horror movies. The 1973 version is an excellent introduction to the folk horror genre, which is having a resurgence in the horror community both for written works and on film. Midsommar is another good example although, like a lot of folk horror films, has mixed reviews (I liked it. It disturbed the hell out of me, but I liked it.).

I enjoy folk horror because my own horror stories brush close to it. Elements of this sub-genre include a sense of isolation, communities with rituals, an outside element coming into the closed community, and an event of some sort. I feel like Southern Gothic horror is a kissing cousin to this sub-genre. I love exploring all of these things because I feel like we experience these things or are only one or two steps away from these elements here in the South, especially if we live on the edges of rural communities (and a lot of us still do).

If you are curious or if you already have a love for this sub-genre, let me recommend the brand new anthology, Lonely Hollows.

Cliff and Charles gathered 15 of some of the best horror authors in the business and asked that we write folk horror stories. Some of these names you may recognize, like James A. Moore, Jeff Strand, Leanna Renee Hieber, and Amanda DeWees. Others of us are newer voices, including me and Darrell Z. Grizzle. The cover art is by Lynne Hansen, whose cover art is well-known and loved in the horror community. My story, "Renewal," involves werewolves, a community cult, and one young man with a very large decision that needs making.

You can get this in paperback, hardback, or on Kindle. I will be at the Crazy Book Lady bookstore on Saturday, June 10 as well. I hope to have paperbacks there, ready to sell and sign! It's an awesome anthology. Renn Faire After Party

We had a fantastic two days at the Georgia Renaissance Festival last weekend despite the fact that it was overcast both days (that seemed to make it better). There were eight authors at three tables, and I think we all did pretty well. I sold nine books, which I consider a complete win. I also got to hang out with a bunch of folks who were just awesome, including Sarah Sover, Sarah Madsen, Milton Davis, Nancy Dunne, Jen Guberman, and Sherrilyn Kenyon (yes, THAT Sherrilyn Kenyon).

I'm hoping we do this again next year because as much as it was work (and it was), I had a blast. Patrons were really excited to see us (especially Sherrilyn) and a lot of them expressed that they wanted to see more books and authors on site.

I also learned how to use TikTok finally and have opened an account. You can find me at @steampunkenglish1883. So that was my weekend! I can't wait until my next event. #writing #writinglife #georgiarenaissancefestival #folkhorror #booktok #lonelyhollows #southerngothichorror #hwaatlantamember #falstaffbooks #fantasy