Into the Drowning Deep is one of my absolute horror books, so when Mira Grant (Seanan McGuire) agrees to blurb, I almost passed out!

These are the gems that were offered:

And we have a preorder update…. We are at 757!!! Only 243 left to hit 1,000!

you guys I am so excited for Tatiana, this community and this book! I’m so glad you’re here!

All, I’m so happy to share that we have hit one of our preorder goals!

We have gotten over 100 preorders at one of our indie partners: Praire Lights!

We partnered with 3 indie books stores for our preorder campaign to give away a poster of the book cover. Our goal is to achieve 100 preorders from each store! Help us support these stores!

This is such great news! If you haven’t preordered yet, please consider preordering at one of these today:

https://mystgalaxy.com/list/what-feeds-below-preorder-campaign

https://www.twistedspinebooks.com/what-feeds-below-pre-orders

It’s also incredibly important for us to get preorders at Barnes and Noble, because more preorders increase the likelihood of them stocking the book well- this can make or break a book! And the only breaking we want to do is onto a best selling list!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-feeds-below-tatiana-schlote-bonne/1148696541?ean=9781967967247

and as a reminder, if you can’t swing the $17.99 right now, the ebook is $3.99 everywhere! (Though I know you will want a physical copy once you read it!)

I would love the first book from my imprint to be a bestseller and this book deserves it!

Thank you early readers and reviewers and thank you to everyone who had already preordered!

Let me know below if you’ve already preordered or if you’re preordering right now

Just the number I've been waiting for!

666!

It's a lucky number! We are 334 preorders away from our 1,000 book preorder goal.
For those of you who need a calculator like me, that's about 4 preorders a day until launch?

Does anyone think they can convince 1 person a day to preorder?

Great news for paid subscribers - it looks like arcs have started to arrive!

On Friday, look out for the first of my weekly prompt series for WFB posts!

If you love the book, please tag me in your reviews.

If there are any criticisms (even if it's overall 5 stars) please do not tag Tatiana.

Let's get this preorder # up to 1,000!

(and again, huge thanks to everyone who has been, reading, reviewing and posting!) <3

Hello Friends,

Here are some updates for you:

Quarterly Book Mail (those you filled out the form in March) will mail next week! I am late!)

Forms for paid subscribers to sign up for the next quarterly mail will post here next week! Make sure you open your mail.

WHAT FEEDS BELOW ARCS for paid subscribers have gone out! If you want to make sure you receive an arc for CRACKS, you might want to upgrade now. You need to be a paid member for at least 3 months to qualify. (You will also get to see Cracks cover early! (within the next 2 weeks! It's a BANGER!)

Book Club

Women in Horror

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Discord Channels are up including discussion for the TV show)

Good Day To Read Indigenous

Calling For A Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Discord Channels are up.

Book Club - I have struggled this year with bookclub. Participation is low and I have not been able to read the books by the end of the month. I am considering moving to a Yearly Recommended Reads list, shared in January, and posting the channels for all of the books for the year at once. What are your thoughts on this?

https://www.pangobooks.com/bookstore/jackofallnays

All of my Pango books are 20% off. They must all sell by next Tuesday or they will be meeting a free little library.

I just got hit with unexpected cat surgery (teeth extraction) and the price range is $1783-$3338. (LOL). Ordering books from my Pango, at my links here on Bindery by clicking any book below (I get a small percentage on ANY book you buy once you click through using my link, or upgrading your subscription will help with this crazy cost. If you follow me on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fromthemixedupdesk

buying anything in my shop helps!

I love my pet and he needs the treatment. This pricing is BONKERS.

BOOK THREE as you know, I'm now on the search for the 3rd book for our imprint. I think I found the one! (Paid members have heard the details of this book, which is much different than anything I've published so far!) I will keep ya'll posted. I am crossing my fingers and toes to get this book (But, if not, I'll try to survive. I do have more manuscripts to read!)

I will be back to my regular posting schedule next week! I am also looking to earnestly try to grow my Youtube.

If you aren't already following me on Youtube, you can do so here:

https://www.youtube.com/@fromthemixedupdesk

Oh, and if you haven't already heard:

We have hit 650 preorders for What Feeds Below and so everyone who preorders gets GOODIES! Including the PEN!

Folks, I’m coming in with a major What Feeds Below Update.

We are currently 3 months out from publication!

We earned a Kirkus STAR, which is so rare for genre and especially horror!

600 Netgalley reviews!

8,000 adds on Goodreads!

And… 648 preorders! That’s right friends, we are 2 ORDERS away from unlocking the pen and month sticker!

I am so excited! Thank you all so much for supporting this book and spreading the word! I really feel like we can hit 1,000 preorders!

Since I posted the update in the Discord, I got a couple of DMs asking for the best place to purchase. There is no one great place. We appreciate all preorders! We have partnered with 3 indie bookstores and our goal is to get 100 preorders at each! (You get a free poster of the book cover with purchase!)

Praire Lights

mysterious galaxy

twisted spine bookstore

Again, thank you to everyone who has preordered, reviewed and shared the first book from our imprint ! We are really doing something special 💗💗

If you’re not a paid subscriber getting your arc soon, you still have a chance to win a ECOPY!

Enter the Goodreads giveaway:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/444000-what-feeds-below?ref=giv_

Okay ya’ll! As you know our first mini goal is 650?

Drum roll, please?

We are at 548! That’s just 102 away from our first mini goal! And the COOL PEN!

If you haven’t preordered yet, here are some options:

Barnes and Noble- 25% off sale. Here’s the reality: we need BN preorders to make sure the book gets stocked there. Our short goal is 100 preorders from Barnes, we have 62!

Praire Lights, Mysterious Galaxy, The Twisted Spine- these are our indie partners and if you order from them you also get a free book cover poster! Our goal here is also 100 per shop!

Don’t want to spend money right now? The ebook is 3.99 EVERYWHERE! It’s the most affordable way to help us hit a best seller list and to help us all get a What Feeds Below pen and moth sticker!

Huge thanks to early readers and those who have preordered! Arcs for paid members are coming SOON!

Let the community know down below if you’ve preordered yet!

You can go outside and frolic. You can make a flower crown. Perfect day to join a cult, actually, and I've just decided to start one, so welcome if you're already here. Do a sun salutation or READ.

Here are some books that are perfect for the occasion.

Horror

The Ruins by Scott Smith

I'm sorry, but I have to recommend this book on every summer list. A vacation story gone horribly wrong. It's dark. It's isolated. It's hotter than hell. It is hell. Oh! The body horror! They probably should have listened to Indigenous people.

The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote Bonne

A summer camp. What could go wrong and how could that shape your future? A dual timeline culty horror with a very satisfying ending.

Jackal by Erin E Adams

Going back home. Family gathering. Missing children, local legends and family secrets. THE FOREST.

I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

A borderline horror romance told from the perspective of the serial killer. How a serial killer is born. Bees.

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

Italian vacation, remote villa, toxic family. More vacation gothic, please.

Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

MERMAIDS. Killer mermaids. Truly horrifying. A mockumentary gone wrong. WHY IS THERE NO SEQUEL? GIVE ME A SEQUEL.

What are your favorite horrors perfect for Summerween?

Friends,

I have the most exciting news. What Feeds Below has earned a KIRKUS STARRED review!

Congrats to Tatiana! This book is so incredible and I'm so glad others are able to experience

what I did the first time I read it! Scroll down to read full review.

Why is this important?

Only 10% of books reviewed by Kirkus earn a STAR. This signifies to booksellers and librarians that the book is of exceptional merit. This could mean bigger orders from bookstores!

Speaking of bookstores, as you know, we love indie bookstores. We have partnered with 3 of our favorite stores for our PREORDER Campaign and our personal goal is to have at least 100 preorders from each store. Prairie Lights is currently at 59 preorders. Let's get them to 100 today!

If you preorder from Prairie Lights, you get a signed edition, a sticker, and poster of the book cover. You can order here: https://prairielights.com/book/9781967967247

Kirkus Star Full Review

Best friends Petra and Jade live in an orphanage on the outskirts of a rundown city that’s grown up around the Void, a mysterious chasm that’s miles deep and wide.

Desperate to escape their grinding poverty, the 17-year-old girls work together as divers, guiding wealthy, thrill-seeking tourists on excursions into the complete darkness of the Void, with its carnivorous plants and vicious, cunning predators. The divers risk losing limbs—and their lives—and few ever reach the Void’s Sixth Layer, where lies the ancient city of Obscuris, which sank into the earth long ago, taking a mysterious power source and advanced technologies with it. A successful dive to Obscuris would secure the girls’ financial futures, but dark-haired, timid Petra is too afraid to try, despite Jade’s pushing. Only when green-eyed Jade, who’s pale-skinned with auburn hair, goes missing during a botched dive does Petra screw up her courage. Together with fellow diver Flint, who has dark-brown skin and a prosthetic leg and to whom she was once close, Petra heads back into the Void for what she promises herself will be her very last dive—all the way to the Sixth Layer. But what she finds in the deep is peril, pain, and something genuinely shocking. This gory novel moves at a fast pace, and its strengths include its lush and innovative worldbuilding, gruesome body horror, and unflinching commitment to the bleakness of its narrative.

A nail-biting tale set in a beautifully rendered world of darkness and danger. (Horror. 14-18)

JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING TATIANA BELOW!