look, cryptids appreciate trail mix. Just bear that in mind.

My upcoming indie fantasy and sci-fi collection of dark, folkloric tales has a BEAUTIFUL exclusive hardcover design 😍

She is sky-eyed; she is forest-tongued.

When I say I want to be like Shakespeare, I mean I want to observe wild speculation over my identity and redefine the borders of the English language. ...I do not want to write rom-coms.

;)

Last night the foxes were howling like little yawning wolves. Tonight I can smell the dust and wild rain. Ah, autumn, please stay a long time. :)

I will be a BENEVOLENT monstrosity.

rule no. 1 of the orchestra is don't wear white socks to a concert. rule no. 2 is don't ask what's in the thermos.

also if I share my favorite snacks with you I probably love you. That's also important.

my love language is appearing, wild-eyed and tousle-haired, clothes scented with cold wind and damp earth, and shoving freshly taken blurry pictures of mushrooms in your face.

I saw a crow strutting down the walk like a human being. The leaves exploded with color overnight-- --and fell in one great heap just as suddenly. They are good to crunch, so we don't mind.

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYBODY! TODAY IS THE LAST MONDAY OF OCTOBER, WHICH MEANS HALLOWEEN IS HAPPENING AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK. I DON’T KNOW, I WON’T BE HERE, IT’S ALL WAY TOO SCARY FOR ME ANYWAY. ENJOY THE SPOOKS ON MY BEHALF! I HOPE NOBODY GETS TOO FRIGHTENED! SEE YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER

I want to have a Gothic horror pajama party. Flowing nightgowns and house robes, candelabras, wandering the hallways and grounds of a rented old house in the countryside, gathering together by firelight and watching a film or reading aloud a thrilling classic ghost story.

but do you live close enough to the graveyard to hear the sounds of the skeleton rave? ...I do.

Halloween may be over, but when you're haunted by the ghosts of every book you've read, does spooky season ever really end?

The Lady came back to another concert, sitting on the front row reading James Patterson. I hope I am that cool one day.

Spooky. youtu.be/b756FPiLlp8?...

I walk into the music store. There is a new clerk at the desk. She says hello. I wish her good morning. It is 3 p.m.

I do not think it is a coincidence I notice the blend of colors in rainy streets or a pot of cocoa more keenly after I have started doing art things again. The feeling follows me everywhere.

The witch wrote it under a pseudonym. She thanked him in the acknowledgements. He has no idea.

streaks of colored light in a rain-soaked street like strokes of oil paint or a world of glowing glass turned upside-down.

🧵Spotted at a Country Festival in Aotearoa New Zealand: A worried looking small human (3?) is given a peanut butter sandwich. Holding his sandwich protectively to his chest, he says to Mum: "I think I should hug you while I eat this." Mum picks him up for a bear hug. (1)

Came back to the garret Friday and saw not the visiting cat, whom I've nicknamed Marmalade for her pretty golden patches, but a little red fox pattering down the same invisible path she always uses. So now I'm just imagining the adventures of Marmalade and the Fox. I think they must be friends.

Resharing for the Sunday evening crowd!

If, however, you are approached by a “book cryptid” saying wildly enthusiastic things about your book and attempting to acquire an advanced reader copy, you have encountered @bookmarkedone.bsky.social . Not a scammer, but still approach at your own risk. All opinions, after all, are my own. ;)

August 2025: *finishes writing a novel about the Louvre being robbed* October 2025: *the Louvre is robbed* 😮

I’ve just had a persimmon for the first time and can already tell my life has been forever altered. It’s like eating a sweet molten sunset that fits in the palm of your hand.

Her: Talk dirty to me Me: *whispers* Let's spend a rainy day together exploring an independent bookstore

it is October and raining and I wish to be curled up by the fireplace with a book and the expression of an easily offended cat. can anyone really blame a girl for such wishes?

Highly inconsiderate of the world to require me to leave the garret. What do you mean I can’t scamper through interdimensional portals into your attic space? What do you mean appearing at your elbow and passing through walls is “not polite” and “might give someone a heart attack?”

"If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book." Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929

Tonight I saw a cat walking along the sidewalk outside a pharmacy. I wonder what she was doing...

ehehehehehehe I got it. :)

Happy news!! ARCs are now here! If you’d like to snag an early copy, you can find them through the 🔗s in my bio!

@bekagremikova.bsky.social relinquish mine advanced reader copy I wants it.

help someone wrote the best sequel to my microfiction that I could possibly ask for

Seriously, there are probably so many seasoned fans brimming with excitement and memes to share with you. And one day it will be your turn. :)

Need!

Wasps are more popular military mounts. But some of us have not overlooked the classic elegance of dragonflies. Myrna has been mine since she was a hatchling. When she takes me away from the buzzing marketplaces, high into the clouds, I lie back in the serenity and nothing else matters.

Ordinary. Grey blanket. My bag, neatly tucked to the side. I get weird looks, the space-sailor with no personal items. But when I curl under the blanket and flick on my flashlight, a riot of color explodes in the quilt my mother and grandmother made me. A thousand threaded stories for me to read.

Spring can be quite beautiful. It’s good to lift your head and have a look around now and then.

AVAST, YE MISCREANTS, MONENDAY IS UPON US! ARE WE READY FOR A NEW WEEK? PERHAPS NOT, BUT WE SHALL GO FORTH AND FACE IT WITH THE SPIRIT AND THE DOGGEDNESS THAT ARE NEEDED TO LIVE IN THIS STRANGE WORLD OF OURS!! HEAR, HEAR: HAPPY MONDAY, LET US DO OUR BEST WITH THE GIFTS OF DESTINY

Thank you to everyone who has been reading my chaotically cozy little book blog this year. We’ve outdone last year’s view count, and it‘s only October! Now to write all the interesting things so we beat our record high from 2023…

Getting emotional over library books in the card catalog marked status: missing.

Musing about the sparks of candlelight in the graveyard as night softly falls.

We do love a good disaster wizard. ;)

!!!!!!!

In case you thought I was joking when I said I shouldn't be trusted with authors' contact information...

I've got a cover reveal! I've got a shiny new synopsis for a fairytale-inspired book! Presenting Prince of Chandeliers by Gina Marinello-Sweeney, (and hoping she will let me be an ARC reader for this fabulous thing) #CoverReveal #YA #NewBook #fairytale 💙📚🐉

HELLO EVERYONE! I PROPOSE WE ALL PRETEND IT IS MUCH EARLIER IN THE DAY THAN IT ACTUALLY IS RIGHT NOW. WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT! WHAT A NICE MONDAY! I HAVE THE WHOLE DAY TO LOOK FORWARD TO! JOKES ASIDE, I WISH YOU ALL A VERY NICE WEEK AHEAD, AND I HOPE A LOT OF GOOD COMES OUT OF IT!