Just a frozen cheesecake from the grocery store because I can only be a menace in the kitchen so much in one day. But I topped it with the lavender earl grey whipped cream from @kiricallaghan.com’s book and some blueberries and holy shit it’s amazing

This week our staff shares their favorite books they reviewed in 2025 kingsriverlife.com/01/31/staff-... #fantasybooks #Vampires #SherlockHolmes @vampirejacktownson.bsky.social @jennalevine.bsky.social @kiricallaghan.com #booksky 💙📚

Good GOD.

Yellow has such an intensely complicated history throughout the world—like any color, I suppose. In Victorian times, it was seen as a shade of rebellion against repression, but also as a color of contamination—Oscar Wilde was shamed in headlines for carrying a “yellow book” when he was arrested.

When you have Für Elise stuck in your head and your ADHD thinks, “would it help if we pretended we’re playing it on the piano like we used to and probably don’t remember how?” And now it’s even further cemented in your brain but also piano fingering on your desk is kinda soothing, but also omg stop

Anyone else a little bit devastated when you realize too late that the notebook you bought has perforated pages and now you have to go against the grain of your brain that says, "Can't write in this, the more you open it, the more likely the perforation is to activate and you will lose that page!"

if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed. everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.

Me every time I write a footnote:

What if EVERYTHING was due early January? Does that work for you? ARE YOU STRESSED ABOUT IT? ...maybe.

Finally got a chance to sit down and upload this finally: Book Launch Interview at the Ripped Bodice from October youtu.be/gvnXl61NyF0

Finally got a chance to sit down and upload this finally: Book Launch Interview at the Ripped Bodice from October youtu.be/gvnXl61NyF0

Finally finished the Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder. An absolutely beautiful magical murder mystery by my friend @kiricallaghan.com . I highly recommend the book and will, without a doubt, read it again myself. And try the recipes. :) a.co/d/6o1jq76

Except that it wouldn't look like a promoted ad for Advil. It would provide a definitive "Oh, you have a headache? Take fourteen Advil in the next hour!" There wouldn't be ad text, such as it is. It'd just respond definitively, and be totally wrong and dangerous. And it's already happening.

Finally finished #TheHearthWitchsGuideToMagicAndMurder. While essentially "Sherlock" fanfiction, it is still an engaging, intriguing story that blends the infamous detective with fae lore & magic from various cultures. Good job, @kiricallaghan.com 4.5/5🍵

I am far from an expert but… your red herring should probably not be MORE compelling than the actual mystery. Unless that’s the literal point (ie “Glass Onion).

Hello Again youtu.be/mwsjAZEoV9s

Doomerism can cause serious brain damage. I'm not joking and it's why I warn people not to fall into the doomer mindset.

I am far too amused by this video

“God hates—“ No. There is very little that I know for certain, but what I do know is this: if an all-knowing god/God does exist—that god does not have LESS empathy than I do.

SANTA CARRIES MY BOOK TOO! Aaaaahhh!!! 😭😭😭

The Hogfather!

I would love for you.

In November I got to sit down and chat with Lorie about The Hearth Witch's Guide! She was so kind and lovely, and I'm ridiculously honored to get to talk to her about my debut into the traditional world. kingsriverlife.com/12/06/the-he...

In November I got to sit down and chat with Lorie about The Hearth Witch's Guide! She was so kind and lovely, and I'm ridiculously honored to get to talk to her about my debut into the traditional world. kingsriverlife.com/12/06/the-he...

I'm finally coming up for air after turning in my edits this morning, and with it, I get to share interviews (second soon to come) I got to do! I'm so excited to share. The first is with ErinMarie who I ran into at Huzzah, the Musical! How cool is this? www.broadwayworld.com/san-diego/ar...

Review and giveaway of "The Heath Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder" by Kiri Callaghan with a fun interview with Kiri. Don't miss this one! kingsriverlife.com/12/06/the-he... @kiricallaghan.com @poisonedpen.bsky.social #fantasybooks #mysterybooks #SherlockHolmes #LGBTQIA 💙📚

Reminder. Everyone's favorite fey (and USA Today best seller) @kiricallaghan.com will be playing tonight.

Christmas Curse TTRPG for Charity www.twitch.tv/creatorsasse...

@kiricallaghan.com new silence breaker for the dinner party just dropped!

Say Sherlock Holmes was a changeling sentenced to 500 years of prison, but woke in the modern era to solve a magical crime. “The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic and Murder” by Kiri Callaghan @kiricallaghan.com has a witchy Watson, some murder and mayhem, and perfect footnotes. And it’s Gay. Big fun.

Dark horse last minute BOTY contender, made me cry 3 times and the author made sure my whole book club got a bunch of special goodies. Totally infatuated with this universe and cannot wait for what's next. Go buy it right now! @kiricallaghan.com

THE HEARTH WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGIC & MURDER by @kiricallaghan.com - f/f - Sherlock Holmes, but make it Fey - for 2 centuries, our changeling was locked away - she's freed to help stop crime - holy shit a lot has happened in 200 years - ope, & now she's accidentally revealed that Fey exist to a human

See you tonight!

I do, coincidentally, have a DIFFERENT witch story available in stores everywhere right now…

This Friday in San Diego!

Who am I gonna see at the @kiricallaghan.com signing at Charlie’s Queer Books tonight? 👀

Good Reads is doing a giveaway of Hearth Witch! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

If you're lookimg for a cool new read and have a book club, check out Kiri's novel! I met her at the fun event I went to in San Francisco and she was so fun and friendly ✨ Can't wait to read it myself, picked up a copy at the magical market. Gorgeous cover art! 📖😊

My friends have become my unexpected street team, recommending my debut to anyone they think might enjoy it or asks for a book rec... One friend told me, "A lot of people who don't know you are proud of you." And holy hell, I think they might have just healed a bit of my glass child syndrome?

Next week: Come find me in Seattle at Charlie's Queer Books and Geek Girl Con!

Time for Blood On The Clocktower with my FAVES! 👻 Our FIRST game premieres tomorrow, Friday 10/31 on YouTube at 12pm PT! 🕰️ Feat: @markeiamccarty.bsky.social @dreamwisp.bsky.social @rileysilverman.bsky.social @ryanomega.bsky.social @lambertraa.bsky.social @vincecaso.com @jeremycobb1.bsky.social

Friendly reminder as we approach Halloween, no one was BURNED during the Salem Witch Trials, and it had actually nothing to do with magic, witchcraft, or witches at all.

Join @kiricallaghan.com and @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social, author of 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 at @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social on NOVEMBER 7, 7PM! https://loom.ly/Og-g4x0

Pssst, help me reach queer book clubs about Hearth Witch!

Pssst, help me reach queer book clubs about Hearth Witch!

Having now read it (overnight) I heartily recommend The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic and Muder by @kiricallaghan.com to anyone who likes a murder mystery with a supernatural and sapphic flavour to it.

To dive even deeper, check out @lisamorton.bsky.social 's "Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween" and pick up @kiricallaghan.com 's "The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic and Murder."

I wish we had more to reach for than "I'm sorry for your loss" at funerals. Don't get me wrong, it has its place, but it's not a one-phrase-fits-all kind of thing, you know? Sometimes, even when you love someone very much, it doesn't feel like a loss. Sometimes you're relieved they're at rest.

November events!