Leanna Renee Hieber
@leannareneehieber
Gothic novelist. Ghost-filled non-fiction. Actress. Goth. Narrator. Playwright. NYC Ghost Tour Guide. RAVENFIELD HALL (2/27, Hachette) A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC (USA Today Bestseller, Kensington), STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL (Tor)
CORRECT. Look at this infographic I made my friends called "Know Your Sky Frens" because they were arguing what was in the sky above them so I sorted this out for everyone. (It was both, they were seeing both). Graphic design is my passion. (No, it really isn't, please buy my books)
NightSky! I've been on lots of deadlines & not on the shop, but I've a few new, nifty things up! Like these wolf head sweater clips, gargoyle tie bar & delicate bat necklace! The black cats in both posts below are all still available, the white cats are gone. All 1 of a Kind! torchandarrow.etsy.com
Update: Some pieces have sold, cats that remain are all 1-of-a-kind! Note additional black cat cameo is on an antique, ruffly organza collar! torchandarrow.etsy.com Thanks so much for your support of our tiny shop! This helps keep me afloat between my ghost-filled book deadlines & shows, thank you!
Appreciate this, @catsofyore.bsky.social! Sales at our shop have been SO slow this season, so any interest would be hugely helpful to our fully artistic household! Here are the shop cats of Torch & Arrow! All of our accessories are 1-of-a-kind (save for our Dr. Who lanyards)! torchandarrow.etsy.com
STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL 1&2 still exist in omnibus print & digital thx to Tor, but 1st ed '09/10 mass markets here in @romancingthevote.com auction are in really good condition & I'll also be happy to bookmark all of my favorite scenes for the winner! 💙 Gothic Romance! www.32auctions.com/organization...
This is 47. I embody Summerween. Turned in edits on RAVENFIELD HALL yesterday (Gothic Historical Young Adult Romance inspired by du Maurier + lots of ghosts) so you should pre-order it as YOUR present for MY birthday! (25% off via B&N until tomorrow! 🖤) tinyurl.com/ravenfieldbn Pre-orders = Love!
Sale reminder! For 'zon Prime members, our truly beautiful AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC hardcovers are 20% off through 6/26 only! Link posted below:
This is so lovely! I also adore Mon Mothma! But I also adore cryptids, so may I present to you my Mon Mothman:
#BookSky & #Romancelandia, help me gauge if there's any interest in these for @romancingthevote.com auction? 1st edition Dorchester Mass-Markets of my award-winning, bestselling STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL saga (Romantasy before it was cool). Book 2 was 1 of the first romances to have 2 genres on the spine!
This interview write-up 😍 "Leanna’s work lives in the shadowy crossroads between gaslamp fantasy, horror, romance, historical fiction, paranormal mystery, & social commentary- which means trying to pin her to a single genre is like trying to handcuff fog." #BookSky www.buzzsprout.com/2549048/epis...
#StokerCon approaches! You can still get a virtual ticket with access to AMAZING panels like ours! I was so honored to moderate this profoundly important discussion with @nytebird45.bsky.social, @momoshaty.bsky.social & journalist J.J. Stambaugh. @hwany.org 🖤 www.eventbrite.com/e/stokercon-...
Speaking of our Doctor Who Fourth Doctor lanyards, I made a TARDIS KEY choker out of one! This is one of a kind! ($19.99, ships from NYC) Direct Link to Choker: torchandarrow.etsy.com/listing/4510... Link to our Torch & Arrow shop, with lanyards available, small-batch printed: torchandarrow.etsy.com
The above is one of my favorite stage pictures of me of all time, rivaled only by this one from @lewdalfred.bsky.social's premiere of his beautiful play LET'S MISBEHAVE. My year of DRACULA & premiering The Countess in Lawrence's lovely show have been THE highlights of my theatrical career thus far.
Missed #WorldDraculaDay while working on several Gothic properties of my own, so at least I had a good reason, but here's me as Lucy. This same year I was cast as Mina at the Commonweal Theatre in MN & this Lucy was for Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival. All while I was writing STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL.
Friends! These are the kinds of things I have at my table at shows & I'll have similar goodies @ #StokerCon! I'm an author, actress, tour guide, narrator & public speaker, AND I craft Gothy/Steampunk accessories! All are 1 of a kind unless noted! torchandarrow.etsy.com #BlueSkyNightMarket 🖤
#StokerCon folks! Can't wait to see you soon! Here's my schedule! When I'm not paneling, reading or signing, I'll be in the vendor hall with my Gothic & Vintage goodies! Come say hello, get a book signed, procure a bauble and let's talk Ghosts & Gothic literature! @hwany.org
Also on #WorldGothDay, I craft Gothic & Neo-Victorian goodies! Cuff links, tie-bars, earrings, pendants, etc! I've been on deep deadline for my upcoming Gothic Novel, RAVENFIELD HALL (2/2027) & every Torch & Arrow sale helps keep a freelance household afloat in the meantime! 🖤 torchandarrow.etsy.com
Been quiet because I went from being a GoH in KY to working the Boston Fringe all while on the next editorial pass of RAVENFIELD HALL & in the next weeks I'll bounce between #StokerCon then GoH at Chicago Steampunk Exposition, so... 🫠... Here's my celebratory languish. 📷 by @mr-s-crane.bsky.social
Louisville, KY! Psyched for Bourbon City #Steampunk! I'm slated for 4 different discussions of various ghost lore tropes & their importance, fresh from the pages of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC! (AND I'm excited to Goth-dance Fri night!) Day passes available on-site! Schedule bourboncitysteam.com/schedule/
#Romancelandia! Thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social reconnecting me to beloved @eloisajames.bsky.social, often a special guest @ Lady Jane's Salon reading series (2009-2020, I co-founded w/ @hopectarr.bsky.social, @ronhogan.bsky.social & @mayarodale.bsky.social) I've been delighted by Eloisa's latest:
New bat cuff links added to Torch & Arrow (left), everything pictured (+ the 4 below), all still available, 1-of-a-kind! Our shop has been *so* quiet for past few months, making things scary-tight between publishing checks & speaking gigs. Support is so dearly appreciated! torchandarrow.etsy.com
Thank you @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social! A true honor to receive this finalist certificate! Andrea Janes @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social & I are now 2 for 2 in Non-Fiction nominations (A Haunted History of Invisible Women & America's Most Gothic!) Happy Haunting and can't wait until #StokerCon! 👻
Artists, if you see this, post a bird. Any art form; no-AI (Rainbow obsidian & Jasper, one of my favorite pieces I've ever put together, it is still available via Torch & Arrow: torchandarrow.etsy.com/listing/4473...)
For additional reference, Here's me as Edith Cushing from Crimson Peak, so this is, in fact, Peak Me... *Gothic jazz hands*
VT! Returning to you this weekend for the wonderful annual #SciFi #Fantasy & #Horror expo! I'll sign books for you! Let's talk ghosts & Gothic lit! 🖤👻 Info: www.vtgatherings.com/vermont-sci-... Now back to RAVENFIELD HALL deadline! (Gothic Historical YA Romance, Union Square & Co '27) #amediting
Our #StokerCon virtual panel "Narrative Non-Fiction Horror: Respecting Trauma & Respecting the Dead" w/ my fellow Stoker nominees, magnificent @nytebird45.bsky.social, @momoshaty.bsky.social + journalist JJ Stambaugh. So blessed to have been in this magnificent company; the conversation was amazing.
Oh, I hear it's Bat Appreciation Day! I make all kinds of Batty Things over on Torch & Arrow and I donate monthly to the Lubee Bat Conservancy, a wonderful organization, so the more bat items sold, the more I get to donate! All items are 1-of-a-kind, most with vintage parts! torchandarrow.etsy.com
Other fun blue pretties! 1-of-a- kind! Supporting Torch & Arrow this time of year is particularly helpful as we're between publishing payouts & not into our show & convention season yet: torchandarrow.etsy.com (Truth is, sales have been SO slow, only made $24 this month, praying things turn around)
Oh, I love this! The oval on this paperback looks like the exact kind of thing Castle Bridge Media was going for with GHOSTS OF THE FORBIDDEN's interior Gothic cover of the book-within-the-book:
Artist! Quote with your blue art! 💙 (I'm sorry if jewelry doesn't count but I think of it as art and I love this piece that looks like a beautiful world (it's a Sodalite medallion), being watched over by a great, wise owl 💙)