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We promote and champion dark contemporary tales from the Pacific Northwest

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We promote and champion dark contemporary tales from the Pacific Northwest 🌲

2026 NOMINEE for the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Book Award!

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2026 NOMINEE for the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Book Award! 💫

RAIN SHADOWS:
Dark Tales from
Washington State


Tamara Kaye Sellman
& Clay Vermulm

Pub date 7.19.25
BTRS Books; 326pp
Trade paperback:
ISBN 9798349287411

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Buy ebook version here

👻SPOOKY SEASON TOUR👻
COMING OCTOBER 2025!

  • From 630-830pm, local horror author and interviewer Luciano Marano will be in conversation with Tamara Kaye Sellman and Clay Vermulm, authors of Rain Shadows, at Eagle Harbor Books (157 Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island). Discussion will center on the inspiration behind the book and the pod-to-pub process. Copies of the book will be on hand to purchase for signing.

  • Look for the HWA table to find copies of Rain Shadows for purchase and signing by both the authors at this popular and highly attended weekend-long event at the Puyallup Fairgrounds (110 9th Ave SW, Puyallup).

  • From 7-830pm, local horror author and interviewer Neena Viel will be in conversation with Tamara Kaye Sellman and Clay Vermulm, authors of Rain Shadows, at the central branch of the Seattle Public Library (1000 4th Avenue, Seattle). Discussion will center on the inspiration behind the book and writing in the vein of Pacific Northwest Gothic. Copies of the book will be on hand to purchase for signing via Haunted Burrow Books.

  • From 6-830pm, local horror author, Dark Forest Press publisher and interviewer JW Donley will be in conversation with Tamara Kaye Sellman and Clay Vermulm, authors of Rain Shadows, at Village Books and Paper Dreams (1200 11th St., Ste 201, Bellingham). Discussion will center on the inspiration behind the book, the process of going from podcast to publication, and writing in the vein of Pacific Northwest Gothic. Copies of the book will be on hand to purchase for signing via Village Books. Registration (free) required.

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