Holy crap, look what came in today. BILL WATTERSON DID SOMETHING NEW?!

even if you get in the right queue, sometimes the afterlife runs out of sheets and you get stuck with a duvet cover, a fitted sheet, or even a pillowcase

Get to know your mutuals: List 10 things you are into: Genre fiction, especially mixed genres Weird books you've only heard of thanks to TV tropes Our catte, Mr. Bingley Other people's pets Stickers Banned books Carrying banned books (STICK IT TO THE MAN) Rainy days Downtown Mobile ice cream?

We hosted Tessa Bailey for a booksigning last night, so we decided to throw her a block party. You know. As one does. It was a blast and we hope to do similar for other author guests!

We're hosting Tessa Bailey for a signing tonight and we're having a block party in the street!

Ukrainian SFF is Kickstarter's Publishing Project of the Day! Everyone needs to read these stories. Spec-fic from Ukraine, available in English for the first time, plus diaspora fiction from amazing authors like Elizabeth Bear. Only 30-some hours left to get it :) TOC: t.ly/ZGYuO Slava Ukrayini!

Kinda thinking about the trick of handselling books. Short version is, enthusiasm sells books. A pithy anecdote on the book sells books--I've sold Going Postal by telling folks about the hangman. I've sold The Twisted Ones by telling people there's THINGS in the woods around Grandma's house.

Mr. Bingley is a friendly cat but he has a remarkably effective glower when he chooses to use it.

Despite the name, we're a general book store--It's a mix of new and used. Genre fiction, classics and general fiction, non-fiction, and children's books. The owner is a romance author and the staff in general has a deep love for genre fiction and we will get our geek on if you give us half a chance.

The Gulf Coast is a more tolerant region of the South than people not from here would expect. It's not perfect, mind you, but it's not what people would expect, We aim to keep it that way by making sure to be LGBTQ+ supportive. This is Leopold the Pride Skeleton. He flies the flags for us.

We have a cat, Mr. Bingley. Some of you may have seen pictures of him already. He is a handsome boy, a great store greeter, and our buddy. We moved recently and built him his own catio residence but he has the run of the store, mostly.

Hey, we made it in! We're glad to be here on Blue Sky! We're a locally-owned indie store trying to do our part in keeping the books coming to those who need 'em. Banning a book in the local area is a good way to make us carry it.