starry.steph

📣 calling all NYC friends who love folk horror (or who might be in town for New York Comic Con)!

will i see you next week??

❓: Feminist Folklore After Dark: New Releases in Horror
📍: P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts
180 Orchard Street, NYC
📆: Wednesday October 7th at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
📚: Night of a Thousand Hells by Intan Paramaditha and It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller

👗💄:
- https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/8012947
- shirt is from Out of Print
- eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear (Lilac) from Pacifica
- mascara is Lash Extensions XL from Milani Cosmetics
- lip combo is The Edge Lip Shaping Pencil (Pink Chiffon) from Haus Labs and Gloss Bomb (Rose Amber) from Fenty Beauty
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

PEN America and P&T Knitwear are thrilled to welcome Intan Paramaditha and Mathilda Zeller for a conversation about their new releases, two haunting and unforgettable books that explore folklore, mysticism, horror, grief, and the complicated bonds of sisterhood.

In Mathilda Zeller’s horror debut, It Looks Like You in the Dark, Alaskan Native folklore meets supernatural suspense in a story of monsters, men, grief, and rage, with a sister’s love at its heart.

Intan Paramaditha’s Night of a Thousand Hells, longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award, weaves Indonesian folklore and Islamic mysticism into a chilling exploration of violence and complicity, care and harm, familial love, and the limits of sisterhood.

The evening will bring these two writers together to discuss stories of sisterhood, tragedy, and the monsters that may be closer to home than we think.

P&T Knitwear and PEN America are proud to present this conversation celebrating genre fiction and the writers and readers who make it so great. This conversation is open to all ages, but please use your best judgment, as some topics may be explicit.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, with the talk starting closer to 7:00 pm. Come early and grab a drink from the P&T Cafe!

Mathilda Zeller

some of the many horror books i adore by Black authors!

📚 books mentioned:
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
- The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
- The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson
- The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

👗💄:
- https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7995914
- dress is from Pilcro, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is The Spring Symphony Palette from Dandy Lion Cosmetics
- eyeliner is Creme Gel Liner (Amethyst Hour) from Colourpop and 24 Hour Liner (Barolo) from Persona Cosmetics
- shimmer is a single (Blushing Lizard) from Half Magic Beauty
- mascara is Badi Lash from Kulfi Beauty
- lip combo is Staining Lip Liner (Chellam), Lassi Lips Matte Blur (Mulled W**e), and Lassi Lips Staining Lip Oil (Sweet) from Kulfi Beauty
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Quill Tree Books, Harper Voyager, and Penguin Teen for the gifted copies!

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let’s goooo!! more spooky sapphic reads!

📚 books mentioned:
- Grief Eater by Emma Osborne
- And Don’t Look Back by Rebecca Barrow
- But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo

👗💄:
- https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7951353
- dress is from Selkie, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is In A Trance from Colourpop
- eyeliner is Creme Gel Liner (Amethyst Hour) from Colourpop
- mascara is Badi Lash from Kulfi Beauty
- lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Kiss Theory Lip Balm (Phantom) from Anastasia Beverly Hills
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Interstellar Flight Press, Simon Teen, and Tordotcom for the gifted copies!

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IT’S FALL! IT’S THE START OF MY TIME! horror and thrillers and more, oh my! ◡̈

📚 books mentioned:
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
- The Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan
- The Secret Dinner by Raphael Montes, translated by Zoë Perry
- Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
- You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
- Lakewood by Megan Giddings
- Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould
- Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

👗💄:
- https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7928589
- dress is from Anthropologie, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics
- shimmer is the Mermaid palette from Ourbella Cosmetics
- eyeliner is Velvet Flik Longwear Wing + Waterline Eyeliner Pencil (Lavendipity) from Half Magic Beauty
- mascara is Horse Lashes from Sarelly Beauty
- lip combo is The Edge Lip Shaping Pencil (Taupe Tweed) and PhD Hybrid Lip Glaze (Smokey Mauve) from Haus Labs
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Little, Brown and Company, Celadon Books, Berkley Books, Saga Press, Wednesday Books, and Simon Teen for the gifted copies!

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please keep speaking up against book censorship.

📚 books mentioned:
- This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
- Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

👗💄:
- https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7906137
- shirt is from Farm Rio, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is The Spring Symphony Palette from Dandy Lion Cosmetics
- shimmer is the Mermaid palette from Ourbella Cosmetics
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Ocean) from Pacifica Beauty and Kajal Eyeliner (Rain Check) from Kulfi Beauty
- mascara is Lash Extensions XL from Milani Cosmetics
- lip combo is The Edge Lip Shaping Pencil (Pink Chiffon) from Haus Labs and Shine On Lip Oil Jelly (Wild) from Tower 28 Beauty
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

❓what is a book ban?

PEN America defines a school book ban as any action taken against a book based on its content and as a result of parent or community challenges, administrative decisions, or in response to direct or threatened action by lawmakers or other governmental officials, that leads to a book being either completely removed from availability to students, or where access to a book is restricted or diminished. Diminished access is a form of censorship and has educational implications that extend beyond a title’s removal. Accessibility forms the core of PEN America’s definition of a school book ban and emphasizes the multiple ways book bans infringe on the rights of students, professional educators, and authors. It is important to recognize that books available in schools, whether in a school or classroom library, or as part of a curriculum, were selected by librarians and educators as part of the educational offerings to students. Book bans occur when those choices are overridden by school boards, administrators, teachers, or politicians, on the basis of a particular book’s content.

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🏚️ maybe leave the light on tonight …

📚 books mentioned:
- The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
- Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
- Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews

👗💄:
- https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/7847508
- dress is from CeliaB, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics
- shimmer is a Glitterpuck (Feel Something) from Half Magic
- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Minty) from Pacifica Beauty
- mascara is from Merit Beauty
- lip combo is The Edge Lip Shaping Pencil (Pink Chiffon) from Haus Labs and Maracuja Juicy Lip (Dragonfruit) from Tarte Cosmetics
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

Thank you to William Morrow and Fierce Reads for the gifted copies!