s. m. hallow

@smhallow

HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, 2025-2026 (revised self pub edition). THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, 2026, Harper Voyager. Rep: @lzats.bsky.social

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s. m. hallow@smhallow· 6d

Do you like Victorian gothic horror? Do you like queer romances? Christmas revenge stories? Guys full of bugs & women who eat raw meat? Forbidden blood magic? If so, grab a ticket to my event at the Twisted Spine on Monday, August 17 at 6PM!! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

An advertisement for my event at The Twisted Spine bookstore in Brooklyn for my debut novel THE HALLS OF THE DEAD. It will take place Monday, August 17 at 6PM, and I’ll be in conversation with Nicholas Kaufmann.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· 15d

oooooooooooo you wanna buy a ticket sooooo bad

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s. m. hallow@smhallow· 25d

The fairy tale continues August 11. 🦢✨ I am officially self-publishing How To Survive This Fairytale, which was featured in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social & currently a finalist in 7 categories for the 2025 Indie Ink Awards. This new edition features a brand new cover by @luposlipaphobya.bsky.social!

An illustration of a nighttime forest path leading to a castle. The text says: "Preorder Available. Coming August 11 in eBook & paperback."

A cover reveal for the new edition of my novella How To Survive This Fairytale. It features a red background, and a frame inside of which two men hug each other in a dark, forest background with a castle far behind them. One of the men has a wing instead of an arm.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jul 10

39 days. Have you preordered yet??? Have you downloaded the first chapter with my annotations??? Have you read it yet??? I’m sitting here like this just waiting

A black & white drawing with very little detail of a person sitting and smiling. This drawing is usually used to depict someone gleefully waiting for something

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jul 2

still 48 days to go until release, but uh …………. The Halls of the Dead is currently in the TOP 100 of LGBT Horror!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 for the SECOND TIME!!!!!!

A screenshot of Amazon rankings.
#97 in LGBTQ+ Horror Fiction
#518 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy Fiction
#1,302 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jun 13

for anyone interested!

A trope map of my debut novel, The Halls of the Dead.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· May 26

do you guys think 1,000 bookmarks might be enough? 🫣 These will be available at all my events! I might post a schedule soon. 👀 Which character bookmark is your favorite?

A box full of bookmarks for The Halls of the Dead. There are three different stacks for each of the main characters: Irene, Agnes, and St. John.

The three different bookmarks for The Halls of the Dead, each one featuring a different character: St. John, Irene, and Agnes.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· May 13

Will I see you at WisCon next weekend? ✨ I’ll be on 3 panels this year, PLUS giving a reading from The Halls of the Dead (that’s the vengeance segment of my schedule 👀). WisCon is entirely virtual this year, so I’ll see ya on Zoom!

My WisCon Schedule: Saturday 5/23 Retold Tales from 1-2:15pm CST; 5/23 Vengeance in Our Hearts, Death in Our Hands (a reading) from 4-5:15pm CST; 5/23 Frankensteins and Their Monsters from 7-8:15pm CST; Sunday 5/24 Neurodivergent Character Arcs 10:30-11:45am CST.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· May 5

Hey Brooklyn!! Come see me & Sarah Glenn Marsh (@theeyeofsarahn.bsky.social) at the Ripped Bodice on May 7, 7pm, to discuss her adult queer romantasy OUR ROGUE FATES!! They managed to grab a few copies of my FAIRYTALE before it went out of print -- come buy one & I'll sign it for you!

Image reads: The Ripped Bodice Brooklyn presents: Sarah Glenn Marsh and S. M. Hallow. Ticketed author conversation Thursday, May 7th at 7pm. 218 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, Ny 11215. There is a picture of Sarah Glenn Marsh's adult fantasy romance debut OUR ROGUE FATES.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Mar 15

HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is eligible in the best novella category, if you are voting, and i ask you to please consider it 🦢✨

The opening of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE. It reads "A Prologue: A father leads his children into the woods and leaves them there."

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Feb 13

If you're voting for the Hugos, Nebulas, Locus, or other awards, please consider this novella about queer love, recovering from trauma, and rewriting your story that CONSISTENTLY resonates with readers. People love this book. More people should know it exists. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

A trope map for the novella HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE by S. M. Hallow. Going clockwise, tropes include: M/M love story, an evil narrator is in charge here, cozy horror video game vibes, disability & mental health rep, childhood friends to lovers, cottagecore, redemption through love, 2nd person POV romance, soulmates/true love, and found family. The tropes surround the book's cover -- a swan on a lake in a forest, with a castle in the background.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Dec 4

My one award-eligible work this year is my novella, HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, a queer exploration of healing & trauma that consistently makes readers cry. When voting, I hope you'll consider it. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Nov 10

Announcing the cover for THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, releasing Summer 2026 with @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social! HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.

the cover of S. M. Hallow's debut novel, THE HALLS OF THE DEAD. The title is written in neon yellow; S. M.'s name is in white. The cover depicts a skull in slight turquoise/green color. The eye socket intersects the eye spot on a gold-colored imperial moth's wing. In the background, there are 3 burgundy chrysanthemums.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Oct 25

The @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is here, and it’s beautiful!!!

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Oct 24

As we come to the end of the year, I’m looking to create a team who can help me promote How to Survive This Fairytale for the holidays and its 1 year anniversary of release on 1/16/26! If you like gay shit & crying, the sign up form is below! forms.gle/JmqpRct4Zftz...

a photo of my book, How to Survive This Fairytale, and an illustration from the book of two men almost kissing, featuring a quote from the book: "i don't want our story to end this way. will you let me try again?" Additional text reads: seeking holiday promo team

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Aug 2

Hi Christina! My debut horror/fantasy THE HALLS OF THE DEAD is coming out in Summer 2026! (Moved from spring, no exact release date yet.)

Publisher's Marketplace screenshot announcing THE HALLS OF THE DEAD by S. M. Hallow, a horror novel being published by Harper Voyager. Text of the deal reads: S. M. Hallow's THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, a queer, gothic romance set in Victorian London, in which a woman who has dedicated her life to protecting the necromantic secrets held in sentient grimoirs bound with human skin brings her murdered beloved back to life with dire consequences, to David Pomerico at Voyager, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication spring 2026, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management (world).

s. m. hallow@smhallow· May 1

it’s a beautiful day to read HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE 🦢✨ #booksky💙📚

a physical copy of my book HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE held up against a background of cherry blossoms

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Apr 10

5 days left on KU! After the 15th, the FAIRYTALE ebook gets a wide release. Excited to see it in more libraries! 🦢✨✨✨

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jan 22

How to Survive This Fairytale is #21 in LGBT fantasy new release!!

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jan 21

How to Survive This Fairytale is #31 in LGBT fantasy new releases!! 🥰🥰🥰

How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow is #31 in Amazon’s new release LGBT fantasy listing

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jan 18

It’s romance. It’s dark fantasy. It’s a Christmas horror story. It’s a righteous fury revenge quest. It’s about love lasting longer than death. It’s got cannibalism, blood magic, a guy full of bugs, a protag w chronic pain, and an OT3. Let’s celebrate with a teaser made by @izzysinger.bsky.social

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Dec 28

🦢✨✉️ CHECK YOUR INBOX! 🦢✨✉️ I just couldn’t wait to get How to Survive This Fairytale into the hands of the 51 people (!!!) who signed up for the ARC. I also couldn’t wait to make you cry. Enjoy your holidays & add ‘going to therapy over fictional characters’ to your 2025 bingo.

an announcement that ARCs of my book, How to Survive This Fairytale, went out tonight!

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Dec 19

Hello #booksky💙📚 ! Ebook preorders are now OPEN for HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE! books2read.com/u/mqkYrQ To celebrate, have a look at a draft illustration @legendsofaukera.bsky.social did of my huntsman & his one-winged prince. To see the final version, you’re going to have to get the book! 😉

An image announcing pre-orders are open now for my book, How to Survive This Fairytale. The image includes an illustration by @legendsofaukera.bsky.social of characters from my book embracing, almost kissing. The characters are a bearded man and a man with one wing where an arm should be. Text includes a snippet from the book: "I made a wish too," you say. "A long time ago. I wished someone in the world would care about me." "That's a heartbreaking wish." "I was heartbroken when I made it."

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Dec 12

did you know you can also follow me on substack? come on over, you'll get book news delivered directly to your inbox! some of my emails include previews of art by @legendsofaukera.bsky.social that will be in my book! smhallow.substack.com

text reads "ARCs open for one more week! Next Thursday: Ebook Preorders!" overtop a black and white inky sketchy drawing of an evil queen eating a maiden's heart. there is a link to my substack on the image: smhallow.substack.com

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Dec 7

good morning #booksky💙📚! did you catch the cover reveal for my novella How to Survive This Fairytale? 👀🦢 ARC sign ups are open, & the sign up form is here: forms.gle/YeXaA1AR7Cz2...

a trope map featuring the book cover for How To Survive This Fairytale, by S. M. Hallow. The book cover features a swan on a lake, with a forest in the background and a castle on a hill. On the swan's wing is the shadow of a hand. The tropes are in black text with red arrows pointing at the book cover. Clockwise, the tropes are: an evil narrator is in charge here, cozy horror video game vibes, disability & mental health rep, childhood friends to lovers, cottagecore, redemption through love, not a romance but romantic, found family, soulmates/true love, and M/M love story.

Black text on a pale blue & white background with a feather beneath the text. The text reads: After losing everything in service to the Evil Queen, and driven to the edge of sanity by a narrator who won't let him die, Hansel must bring himself to do the impossible: forge his own destiny, or give up on his Happily Ever After.

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Nov 13

hi there #BookSky💙📚 ! if you like Into the Woods, Slay the Princess, or the Stanley Parable, you might like my novella How to Survive This Fairytale, coming January 16!

a background image of birds in water, with a swan most prominent. text reads: a cursed prince, a queen's assassin, time loop horror, existential horror, cottagecore, found family, soulmates; How to Survive this Fairytale Releasing 1.16.25, ARCs available 12.5.24

s. m. hallow@smhallow· May 29

I'm now represented by Laura Zats of Headwater Literary Management! 💀 From the beginning, Laura truly understood the dark, rotted heart of my debut novel ft. necromancy, revenge, and a devotion that's centuries-old. I can't wait to continue writing messy, gothic magic with her as my agent!

s. m. hallow is represented by laura zats of headwater literary management

a moodboard depicting s. m. hallow's novel

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Feb 16

in honor of valentine's day this week, here's a book teaser for a novella my publisher is calling "dark, sexy, and devastating." i promise it has a happy ending -- but there's gonna be a lot of bloodshed before we get there. if you like fairytale retellings, you might just like it 💙📚

a 3x3 moodboard with quotes from my upcoming novella

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Feb 6

i am SO excited to announce "How to Stay Married to Baba Yaga," which originally appeared in Baffling Magazine, has been selected to appear in The Year's Best Fantasy, Vol.3, edited by Paula Guran & published by Pyr Books!!!! paulaguran.com/content-of-t...

s. m. hallow@smhallow· Jan 9

come follow me i'm gonna post art i'm gonna post writing i'm gonna idk post other things too