The First Transmission...

Hey there, Operator Reader!

Wow, so, did everyone else have a really bonkers-crazy April or was it just me? I feel like I spent most of it sick and stuck in bed, but not every day can be the most productive. We're all still waking up and surviving, and honestly, that's good enough some days. Give yourself a pat on the back and pretend it's me sneaking in through your window to tell you I'm proud of you. Go ahead. It's not weird.

If it feels like this newsletter is my first big attempt at professionalism, you'd probably be right! For a while now, I've been drifting along on social media with nothing but shitposts and a dream. But recently, my representative at Ingram told me I needed to be "more professional" and "more organized", so I figured the cursed images and random info-dumping about the Chernobyl power plant weren't enough to sustain a long-lasting career as an author.

Jokes aside, I've wanted to do something like this for a while. Writing is something I want to do for the rest of my life and I want to do it the right way, and that starts with communicating with my kick-ass community: that's you, baby.

A third book? And short stories?

I've gotten a lot of questions about whether or not A Lonely Broadcast will have a third installment - and the answer is yes! My plan is that the third book in the series will be the finale of Evelyn, Daniel, and Finn's story. And because it's the end, I want to really take my time and make it as perfect as it can be.

In the meantime, however, my next planned publication is a book of short stories based on the folklore and spooky vibes found here in the Midwest. As a Michigan native, I've wanted to share my hometown horrors for a long time. The Midwest is a creepy place: endless flat fields of corn and soybeans, tornado sirens, rusty railroad tracks, and cold, dark winters that last forever.

I'm really excited about this collection because I think it has a folklore-based horror energy that fans of A Lonely Broadcast will enjoy. Plus, a lot of the stories are inspired by true events or things I've encountered myself, such as the legend of the Shoe Tree (any of y'all ever see a big, dead tree covered in shoes? We've got like three of them out here and they're all haunted as shit).

What's coming next...

Signed Paperbacks Signed copies of A Lonely Broadcast 1 & 2 will be available soon! I'll be sending out an email giving subscribers first dibs.

Stickers & Postcards Hand-drawn Pinehaven postcards and stickers will be coming to my shop! These will be hand-packaged with personalized notes.

The Baby Zone

The Next Broadcast...

The next newsletter will be a follow-up to the sticker/postcard sets and (hopefully) news about signed copies of Book 1 & 2! Stay tuned for more previews of my Midwestern gothic collection, as well as news about an upcoming fantasy-horror novel and other cool things coming to my shop. This newsletter will take many different forms depending on what I'm working on at the time, so I'm excited to share all its different faces with you.

For now, I'm gonna go wander into the fog for a while. I hope there's a Walgreens in there.

Ok love you bye

~Kel