Right at the end of the first draft of a novel, so don’t have proper time/headspace to annotate all these, or find the rest of them (and, I only know BlueSky . . .). In short: couldn’t have been better. Travel all went smooth as could be, the crowds were great, the signing lines trailed into the horizon, many pens went dry, and, for the first time, got to wind the tour up on the reservation, on the shore of Lower Two Medicine, with friends. Thanks, all, for being there. Honored to be read by you—honor to meet you in an auditorium, a bookstore, a museum, across a table. Or, in some cases, on the street, randomly, which we’ll call fate, yes?

Boulder:

(got to be logged in for this one)

https://bsky.app/profile/cyndigradel.bsky.social/post/3lujo4n5bsc22

Miami

And, just realizing I didn’t run down any pics from the Florida event. Weird. Anyway, too late now. But, I did snap a few pics myself—me casing the venue the morning-of; what I was reading at Chipotle; a couple of trees I thought might be aliens; and some books I was signing:

*not my hands / I was in workout clothes . . .*

Albuquerque:

Man, I know I saw some snapshots of Rebecca Roanhorse and myself up at the front of the crowd, but . . . guess I forgot to save them. Oh well. This is better:

Got to have dinner with an old friend, too, but forgot to ask him if I could post pics of us. So, just imagine me, very happy with someone I can talk horror and books and movies and life with for hours and hours.

Austin

Dallas

Seattle

Yeah, I might have gotten to the bookstore right when the event started, meaning I had to eat my Chipotle in front of all—Sadie was kind enough to carry the show for three or four minutes:

Some amazing gifts from this stop, too—so thankful:

Oh, too: first Blackfeet through the line said she never runs into other Blackfeet in Seattle. And, then? Two MORE Blackfeet came through the line. But it was too late to get them all knowing each other . . .

(and, on the way across to the reservation, I stopped in Kalispell’s B&N, signed up what they had on hand:

thanks, store-manager Brandy)

Fire in the Mountain

Which, amazingly, was on the Blackfeet Reservation! Such a cool time. And, so few pics—there was no service, we were so far out there. Here’s the main stage (that’s Blood Incantation):

couldn’t have been more thrilled to get this book:

And here’s the panel:

*only talk I’ve done where kayakers were paddling up to listen from behind*

Robert Hall (a name y’all might know from my various acknowledgments), Sterling HolyWhiteMountain (might know him from the NYer), Jake Arrowtop (up and coming fiction writer), Dylan Running Crane (singer/songwriter)—a lot of Blackfeet for one snapshot. *our big heads just barely, barely fit*

And here’s a link to the fest: https://www.fitmfest.com/2025-lineup

Shirts

And, I can’t quite recall which stop this was from—it’s Rosie, who was at two of the stops—but it’s very cool:

Anyway, again: could not have been a better time. Exhausted now, but can’t even unpack—off to Texas soon, then Canada, then all the fall events get going, and they’re legion, as they always are. Hope to see some of y’all out there, either again or for the first time. Until then: keep your books open, your eyeglasses clean, and your hearts ready.

Thank you,

Killer/Babysitter Tour Digest

Boulder:

Miami

Albuquerque:

Austin

Dallas

Seattle

Fire in the Mountain

Shirts

Stephen Graham Jones

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