Upcoming Events & News

Devils and Justified Sinners Conference
Aug
12
to Aug 26

Devils and Justified Sinners Conference

I will be presenting at the Devils and Justified Sinners Conference. Romancing the Gothic presents its fourth annual online conference over two days - the 24th and 25th of August. The conference celebrates 200 years of James Hogg's Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner with a series of talks, events, and workshops. Aug 24th and 25th. Tickets can be found HERE.


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Mar
30

Update

Life is super busy! I am finishing up my doctorate at Murray State (Graduation in May). I have a non-fiction book in the finishing stages and a fiction undergoing edits. The Poetry book is in the edits stage with the publisher. New Orleans is also offering its own special inspiration as expected. What a glorious city to call home! I have a poem in the Listen To Your Skin Anthology along with some of the best writers and poets out there-More on that soon.

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GRAMARYE
Jun
10

GRAMARYE

Gramarye- The University of Chichester Center for Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction- Publication 23 is available now order here-http://www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/journal/

The University's esteemed journal represents my story and so many other artists and writers’ amazing fiction, poetry, essays, and art in the summer publication!

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May
12
to Jun 30

STOKER- HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION

I will be at the STOKER- Horror Writing Association the whole conference!. On Friday I will deliver Gaia Screaming research into Horror and Climate Change during the Ann Radcliffe Conference . Saturday morning I will be reading from Blood Mountain along with Gordon B White and David Rose-so bring your coffee and a doughnuts for early morning frightful storytelling! Later in the afternoon I will be speaking on the Digging up Graves: Researching and Writing Horror Non-Fiction with Lisa Kroger, Melanie Anderson and Gavin F. Hurley! You can also find me at the Raw Dog Screaming publishers table with very early copies of Blood Mountain I might be willing to part with! Hope to see you there!!

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BLOOD MOUNTAIN
Mar
3
to Mar 30

BLOOD MOUNTAIN

Early Praise for Blood Mountain

What are they saying?

“…a bloody mosaic novel that brings together smart writing and pure horror with beautiful prose and important topics. At once a powerful chant about Earth and womanhood, a shapeshifting narrative packed with blood that centers Otherness, and a strange literary creature that slides into your flesh…” —Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

“A blood-beating, ancient survival song from Tolian and one hell of a first novel. Blood Mountain unearths the voices long-buried, many of whom should have stayed put in their graves. Still, Tolian doesn’t allow for pardons in this brutal landscape with characters carrying the burdens of beauty and grief, heartbreak and sins. Tolian never falters when the dead demand to be heard and the living is forced to reckon with the land and the mountain—just as alive as the people that claim her—watching, waiting.”—Hillary Leftwich, Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock and Aura

“Brenda Sue Tolian never flinches at staring into the abyss and reporting precisely what she finds in the darkness. Her stark, provocative prose sticks in your memory like a fish hook into your eye.”—Stanley Wiater, host of Dark Dreamers

“Along the face of Tolian’s mountain: real horrors exist beside sudden, lavish declarations. Angsts and awes, polished and raw. A mosaic of mountain songs that penetrate all the way to the beating, blood heart. A tremendous knotting of setting, mood, and mind.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times best selling author of Bird Box and Goblin

Reserve your copy here!! RAW DOG SCREAMING-BLOOD MOUNTAIN

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Jan
17
to Jun 25

CFP – ANGELA CARTER: A RADICAL PRESCIENCE? Symposium: Saturday 5 March 2022

Wonderful news I will be presenting my story-Ba’lat Ov from the Jewish Book of Horror at the University of Chichester in March 2022. The Angela Carter Society, which was established in 2017, seeks to celebrate and promote the study and appreciation of the life and work of Angela Carter, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This society aims to create an international community of Angela Carter scholars and passionate readers to share and discuss historic and contemporary developments in the field of Angela Carter studies. This is a huge dream come true!!

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Nov
12

PROMT! ZINE

I have some flash in PROMT Zine this Month find it here

https://promptzine.gumroad.com/?fbclid=IwAR3ZpMFbHXetVmLzp0L7_na17RYmsR2pKiYi-RrT9Qz8wmI2jONhSPfkUzw

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Oct
1
to Oct 3

Mile High Con

Mile High Con-Seems I will be both reading and on a panel for short fiction on October 2nd. So come out and see some really cool stuff. Click here for information!

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Jul
26
to Mar 31

Vol.8 of The Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase

My poem was accepted to the prestigious Horror Writers Association Showcase Vol.8 . More details to follow. I am very aware of the honor of inclusion with the very best of the best of those who write dark poetry. To simply say I am honored does not fully capture how thrilled I am. I look at this as a learning experience to be savored in the progression in my ongoing education in dark fiction.

Find the announcement here!

As soon as I have more info I will post.

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Jul
23
to Jul 31

MFA Defense

Coming up soon my MFA defense and Graduation! Then onward to my Doctorate work in August. Don’t worry I am adding chapters as we speak to the next novel!

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Jul
20
to Nov 30

Severed Soul Songs

Responding to emails of folks wanting a copy or easier way to here songs I have been recording ,writing, playing for R&R- well I listened and dropped Severed Soul Songs on Spotify and Apple just for you. I believe they are kind of everywhere so just look on your favorite service. A note for fans-all of the songs loop to stories that are coming soon!

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Jul
17
to Sep 30

BIG NEWS COMING

I’m sitting on some very BIG NEWS. I am dying to share what is coming next. Meanwhile I am working on a second novel and heavy into research of my haunted, crazy, beautiful San Luis Valley and extending outward into folk monsters and demons of Portugal.

The Burial Plot Horror Podcast has had some excellent guests so check out that page. If you haven’t checked out the podcast yet I suggest starting with episode one and continuing on. I promise you will not be disappointed!

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