s. m. hallow

@smhallow.bsky.social

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HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, 2025, Hedone Books. THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, 2026, Harper Voyager. Member of Authors Against Banned Books. Rep: @lzats.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/smhallow

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.
a black & white swirl, commonly associated with putting people under hypnosis
An illustration of a nighttime forest path leading to a castle. The text says: "Preorder Available. Coming August 11 in eBook & paperback."
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
A screenshot of Amazon rankings. #97 in LGBTQ+ Horror Fiction #518 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy Fiction #1,302 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy
A trope map of my debut novel, The Halls of the Dead.
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.
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.
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.
The opening of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE. It reads "A Prologue: A father leads his children into the woods and leaves them there."
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.
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.
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.
An unboxing video of the author’s Rainbow Crate special edition copies of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE
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
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).
a physical copy of my book HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE held up against a background of cherry blossoms
How to Survive This Fairytale is #21 in LGBT fantasy new release!!
How to Survive This Fairytale by S. M. Hallow is #31 in Amazon’s new release LGBT fantasy listing
an announcement that ARCs of my book, How to Survive This Fairytale, went out tonight!
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."
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
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.
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 is represented by laura zats of headwater literary management
a 3x3 moodboard with quotes from my upcoming novella