Rights: THESE BONES World English Audio to Scribd

Audio rights for Kayla Chenault’s debut Midwest gothic novella These Bones have been sold to Scribd.

In a neighborhood known as the Bramble Patch, the Lyons family endures despite poverty, racism, and the ghoulish appetites of an underworld kingpin called the Barghest. As the years pass and the neighborhood falls into decay, along with the town that surrounds it, what’s left of the Bramble Patch will learn the saying is true: These bones are gonna rise again.

These Bones was the first book published by Lanternfish Press to receive a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called the book “Short but powerful” and “[an] intricate, entrancing tale.”

Kayla Chenault is a practitioner of Black Girl Magic and holds a Master's in Creative Writing from Eastern Michigan University. When she is not writing, Kayla is found at the museums where she works or telling everybody about the history of popular music and social dance. She is a former line editor and contributing writer for Cecile's Writers. Her previous work can be found in The Blue Pages Journal and Honey and Lime literary magazine.

The audiobook edition of These Bones will publish in Fall 2024. The book is available now in print and digital formats from Lanternfish Press.