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My thread full of horror books!

aka what Stoker Award nominees and #StokerCon2025 attendees could wear if they dressed like their book.

Meet #HauteCover #StokerCon edition!
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jun 4
#HauteCover #StokerCon

Even Versace can’t save you from the incoming storm when you live in a

HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN
by @gabino.bsky.social

Pub’d by Mulholland Books & @titanbooks.bsky.social

💙📚 🩸📚

15/?
Book cover of House of Bone and Rain, a novel by Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home. A small orange-yellow house sits on purple ground and casts a shadow the shape of a skull. Behind the house are a row of blue houses against a neon green sky. Black palm trees are bending in the storm. A model wears a Versace (Spring 2021) pant suit, which consists of a yellow jacket, green trousers that look like denim, tied with a pink belt. The orange shirt is patterned with blue, pink, orange, and yellow starfish and other sea creatures. The model carries a small red bag. Gabino’s would have a book in it.
June 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Hey Horror Fans,

How many of these books by #StokerCon2025 attendees have you read?

There are 50 books in this thread.

> Repost your faves
> Share your scores ??/50
> Or just add to your tbr!

#HauteCover
#HorrorSky
💙📚 🩸📚
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jun 1
Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵

Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover
#StokerCon2025 Edition

Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees

An ongoing thread:
💙📚 🩸📚

#StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
The StokerCon 2025 Stamford Logo. A white lighthouse stands on black rocks before a moon and in the shadow of a Stoker Award trophy. The lighthouse sends two rays of bright yellow light into a red sky full of blood, black bats, and ghosts. A pale model with bright red lips wears a Christian Dior Fall 2009 ensemble consisting of a white shirt hidden between the vivid red of a fitted but unfastened riding jacket. A dark gray skirt hits below the knee and is gathered at one side. The model also wears a black top hat with a veil, small black gloves, black boots and what looks to be a riding crop. Mary Wyrd would wear this at StokerCon 2025.
August 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Having fun researching the next #HauteCover season

Which clothes will match which covers?

I can’t wait to show you

💙📚 📚🩸
May 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Need a distraction?
Fictional horror meets fashion in Season 1 of #HauteCover

20+ book recommendations & authors to follow
#HorrorSky #BookSky
January 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
As #StokerCon2025 approaches, please take a moment to check out the latest edition of #HauteCover to discover what attendees and Stoker nominees might wear if they dressed like their book.

Also, lots of horror books, authors, and publishers to check out in the thread.

Enjoy!

#HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jun 1
Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵

Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover
#StokerCon2025 Edition

Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees

An ongoing thread:
💙📚 🩸📚

#StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
The StokerCon 2025 Stamford Logo. A white lighthouse stands on black rocks before a moon and in the shadow of a Stoker Award trophy. The lighthouse sends two rays of bright yellow light into a red sky full of blood, black bats, and ghosts. A pale model with bright red lips wears a Christian Dior Fall 2009 ensemble consisting of a white shirt hidden between the vivid red of a fitted but unfastened riding jacket. A dark gray skirt hits below the knee and is gathered at one side. The model also wears a black top hat with a veil, small black gloves, black boots and what looks to be a riding crop. Mary Wyrd would wear this at StokerCon 2025.
June 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Ready the runway with a blood-red carpet.

This party season Mary Wyrd presents #HauteCover
A collection of high-fashion outfits inspired by a horror #BookCover

#HorrorSky, behold a list for your reading pleasure.

#BookSky
[1]
a black cat is wearing a red cape
Alt: A black cat is walking down a hallway towards the camera. The hallway is bordered with lights and Autumn leaves, like a real catwalk. The cat is wearing a black cape with red lining and a high red collar that frames their head.
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November 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Hoping to bring #HauteCover back for the lead up to #StokerCon

Members of #HWA and #HorrorSky, let me know if you want your book to be featured and I'll find you something fabulous 🖤

For those who don't know - here's one I made earlier...
April 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
It’s the Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony (June 14th)

Good luck to all the nominees!!

For fun, 50 #StokerCon2025 attendees and nominees feature in the
#StokerCon edition of #HauteCover - high fashion looks to promote books.

Will our authors wear something similar tonight??

📚 💙 🩸📚
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jun 1
Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵

Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover
#StokerCon2025 Edition

Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees

An ongoing thread:
💙📚 🩸📚

#StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
The StokerCon 2025 Stamford Logo. A white lighthouse stands on black rocks before a moon and in the shadow of a Stoker Award trophy. The lighthouse sends two rays of bright yellow light into a red sky full of blood, black bats, and ghosts. A pale model with bright red lips wears a Christian Dior Fall 2009 ensemble consisting of a white shirt hidden between the vivid red of a fitted but unfastened riding jacket. A dark gray skirt hits below the knee and is gathered at one side. The model also wears a black top hat with a veil, small black gloves, black boots and what looks to be a riding crop. Mary Wyrd would wear this at StokerCon 2025.
June 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HorrorWritersChat

Haute couture fashion meets horror.

Will #StokerCon nominees and attendees wear outfits that match their book cover in a marketing power move never seen before in publishing? Who knows.

Check out my #HauteCover thread to see what they *might* wear...new posts up to June 15th.
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jun 1
Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵

Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover
#StokerCon2025 Edition

Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees

An ongoing thread:
💙📚 🩸📚

#StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
The StokerCon 2025 Stamford Logo. A white lighthouse stands on black rocks before a moon and in the shadow of a Stoker Award trophy. The lighthouse sends two rays of bright yellow light into a red sky full of blood, black bats, and ghosts. A pale model with bright red lips wears a Christian Dior Fall 2009 ensemble consisting of a white shirt hidden between the vivid red of a fitted but unfastened riding jacket. A dark gray skirt hits below the knee and is gathered at one side. The model also wears a black top hat with a veil, small black gloves, black boots and what looks to be a riding crop. Mary Wyrd would wear this at StokerCon 2025.
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
An embroidered Valentino suit (worn by Mika) focuses on the blue & nature elements of the cover. Add a mayfly pin & signature accessories to perfect your trot for

CAMP DAMASCUS
by @chucktingle.bsky.social

love is real

#HauteCover #HorrorSky #BookSky
[12]
Book cover. Camp Damascus. Chuck Tingle. Illustration of a camp in the woods with four huts, one of which is lit from within by an eerie blue light. Beyond the forest and before the mountains is a screaming mouth and nose in profile. Numerous mayflys are flying from the mouth. Photo of Mika (not Chuck) who is wearing a dark blue suit. One side of the jacket and trousers is embroidered with flowers and flying insects in bright colors. The other side has black embroidery.
November 23, 2024 at 6:59 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
It has begun!

#HauteCover - My countdown to and through #StokerCon2025

Will our author attendees step out wearing an outfit inspired by their book cover in what would be the highest level of horror book marketing never seen before?

Who knows.
But here's what they could wear...

#HorrorSky 💙📚 🩸📚
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jun 1
Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵

Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover
#StokerCon2025 Edition

Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees

An ongoing thread:
💙📚 🩸📚

#StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
The StokerCon 2025 Stamford Logo. A white lighthouse stands on black rocks before a moon and in the shadow of a Stoker Award trophy. The lighthouse sends two rays of bright yellow light into a red sky full of blood, black bats, and ghosts. A pale model with bright red lips wears a Christian Dior Fall 2009 ensemble consisting of a white shirt hidden between the vivid red of a fitted but unfastened riding jacket. A dark gray skirt hits below the knee and is gathered at one side. The model also wears a black top hat with a veil, small black gloves, black boots and what looks to be a riding crop. Mary Wyrd would wear this at StokerCon 2025.
June 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

There’s Dolce & Gabbana on

ALL THE PARTS OF YOU THAT WON’T EASILY BURN

(from THIS SKIN WAS ONCE MINE AND OTHER DISTURBANCES)
by @ericlarocca.bsky.social

Pub’d by @titanbooks.bsky.social

💙📚 🩸📚

2/?
Red book cover. Eric LaRocca. This Skin Was Once Mine (and Other Disturbances) “Must read horror” The New York Times. An inky black snake-like shape slinks up the red cover, parts falling away into inky tendrils or smoke. A model wears a Dolce & Gabbana (Spring Summer 2015) long red collarless jacket with thick black embroidery and matching short pants. A black top and gold necklace peek through the loose, unfastened jacket opening. The black shoes are worn without socks.
June 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Top Tip: If you’ve created your own hashtag, add it to your profile so folks can check it out.

Mine are

#ReadWeird a free Weird fiction story on Wednesdays

#325ReadingChallenge the 2025 reading challenge I host

#HauteCover my haute couture fashion and book cover threads

What are yours?
December 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HorrorCommunity

Discover horror books and horror looks with #HauteCover
November 30, 2024 at 9:26 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Simple & elegant, this raspberry Sachin + Babi V-neck, box-pleat gown with orange detail has hidden pockets! A perfect partner to

THE REFORMATORY
by @tananarivedue.bsky.social

#HauteCover #HorrorSky #BookSky
[5]
Book cover. The Reformatory. Tananarive Due. Illustration. A one-storey white building with two doors sits beneath overhanging trees. It's sunset with a light peach turning to orange turning to raspberry as it hits the black ground. "You're in for a treat. The Reformatory is one of those books you can't put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park" - Stephen King. A model wears a sleeveless, floor-length raspberry Sachin + Babi V-neck, box-pleat gown with orange detail. The model has their hands in their pockets. It has pockets!
November 22, 2024 at 8:57 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

If looks could kill, this Dior look would

KILL YOUR DARLING
by @claymcleod.bsky.social

Pub’d by @badhandbooks.bsky.social

💙📚 🩸📚

24/?
Book cover for Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman. A head is covered in silver tape. Black circles have been drawn over where the eyes should be. Their shoulders are covered by a ripped blue top. A model wears a silver-gray Dior (Fall 2019) pantsuit. From beneath the chest of the fastened jacket, a long silken silver banner of material passes behind the model's back and falls down their side.
June 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵

Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover
#StokerCon2025 Edition

Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees

An ongoing thread:
💙📚 🩸📚

#StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
The StokerCon 2025 Stamford Logo. A white lighthouse stands on black rocks before a moon and in the shadow of a Stoker Award trophy. The lighthouse sends two rays of bright yellow light into a red sky full of blood, black bats, and ghosts. A pale model with bright red lips wears a Christian Dior Fall 2009 ensemble consisting of a white shirt hidden between the vivid red of a fitted but unfastened riding jacket. A dark gray skirt hits below the knee and is gathered at one side. The model also wears a black top hat with a veil, small black gloves, black boots and what looks to be a riding crop. Mary Wyrd would wear this at StokerCon 2025.
June 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
What’s black & red with a hint of nature?

An Alexander McQueen double-breasted coat in black & red orchid jacquard with cigarette trousers and the cover for

PARASITE
by @ridleyharker.bsky.social

#HauteCover #HorrorSky #BookSky
[3]
Book cover. Parasite. Ridley Harker. Illustration of a black and gray nature scene of trees and leaves overlayed with red spirals that wrap around the title. A model with red hair stands against a white background. They are wearing a long Alexander McQueen double-breasted coat in black & red orchid jacquard with black cigarette trousers.
November 22, 2024 at 8:50 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

Float like a butterfly in this full Schiaparelli gown, but watch out for the stinging words from a

HOLLOW TONGUE
by @edenroyce.bsky.social

Pub’d by @rdspress.bsky.social

💙📚 🩸📚

35/?
A brown book cover. Raw Dog Screaming Press Presents Selected Papers from the Consortium for the study of anomalous Phenomena. Volume Five. Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce. A selection of different coloured and sized butterflies sit on a light brown background within a golden decorative frame. A model wears a sleeveless dark brown Schiaparelli (Spring 2018) floor-length gown with a gold and black butterfly print. There are gold and black butterfly cutouts perched on the shoulder.
June 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
For those who missed it, a #HauteCover thread for
#BookSky #HorrorSky and the fashion folk 🖤😌
December 24, 2024 at 2:16 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

Bring the fire in this stunning Monique Lhuillier gown and embrace the fact that

LOVE IS A CREMATORIUM
by @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social

Pub’d by @cemeterydance.bsky.social

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6/?
Book cover of Love Is A Crematorium by Mercedes M. Yardley. A figure in a short red, figure-hugging dress with shoulder straps stands before a black background with their hands on their hips. Dark hair falls onto their shoulder. The rest of their head is in flames. A model wears a Monique Lhuillier (Fall 2012) sleeveless, floor-length gown with a long slit from the thigh. The material is a mixture of reds and oranges that look like flames.
June 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

Who? Emma.
What? A Gaurav Gupta gown & headdress.
Why? Stunning.
Where? Stoker Con.

WHEN THE DEVIL
by @emmaemurray.bsky.social

Pub’d by Shortwave Media

💙📚 🩸📚

7/?
Book cover of When the Devil by Emma E. Murray. A figure faces a red background, their back to the viewer. They are dimly lit with shoulder-length hair and black devil horns. A model wears a black velvet Gaurav Gupta (Spring 2025) off-the-shoulder gown with a decorated plunge neckline. On their head is an elaborate silver and black headdress that looks like a pair of horns decorated with interconnected ribbons.
June 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

Make an entrance in this Christopher John Rogers gown

FAT MONSTER
by @bertpiedmont.bsky.social

Pub’d by @nightmarepress.bsky.social

💙📚 🩸📚

12/?
Purple book cover for Fat Monster by Gevera Bert Piedmont. Weight loss that's out of this world. A silhouette of a large person stands within a purple cave surrounded by tentacle monsters. The cave is within a tiered temple-like structure. A model wears a long aubergine Christopher John Rogers (Fall 2020) gown with a plunging neck. The model holds onto the edges of a long plum cape and stretches out their arms to show off the fuchsia lining.
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
#HauteCover #StokerCon

The sound of this Giambattista Valli gown brushing against the floor echoes the whispers of

VANISHING DAUGHTERS
by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social

Pub’d by ‬Thomas and Mercer

💙📚 🩸📚

43/?
Book cover for Vanishing Daughters, a thriller by Cynthia Pelayo. Green leaves with flashes of orange surround an open window with a figure silhouetted against a yellow background. A model wears a green Giambattista Valli (Fall 2012) gown with a full skirt and soft cutout leaves on the shoulders. They also wear a golden belt of vines and leaves and a veil.
June 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
marywyrd.bsky.social
A structured body with the wildness of nature. This Ana Radu beige petal-layered mini dress with a fitted black velvet corset hits

THE DEAD SPOT
by @angelasylvaine.bsky.social

#HauteCover #HorrorSky #BookSky
[22]
Book cover. The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls. Angela Sylvaine. Introduction by J.A.W. McCarthy. Shirley Jackson Award finalist: Sometimes We're Cruel. Illustration of pale skulls amongst pale flowers, dark leaves and butterflies. A model stands with their hands on their hips. They wear an Ana Radu mini dress which consists of a beige petal-layered underskirt exploding out from a fitted black velvet corset and skirt.
December 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM