This week's Monday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out now in ebook, paper, and audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen ...And if you're in the UK, you can snap up the ebook on sale for just 99p: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... #romancelandia

Happy Perchtentag!!! It’s the celebration of Frau Perchta, a winter goddess and figure in German folklore, who’s sometimes considered a female counterpart to Krampus.

READ ME SLOW is in B's "horniest book" category!! 🥹❤️ My MMC would like to accept this award on my behalf, lol:

I got this book for Mr R. for Christmas and he devoured it in two days. Then he gave it to me—an equally Cold War-obsessed reader—and told me "to get into it NOW." I'm half way into it and can tell you that this is straight up horror. I've never read non-fiction that was so horrifying.

I'm going to try making oxtail stew tomorrow (never done it before), and all I've got is the oxtails, lol! I don't have a Ninja or a pressure cooker, but I've got moxie! WE'RE WINGING IT, BABY!

Authors chatting on Saturday! open.substack.com/pub/brownbey...

READ ME SLOW is officially out in the world! 🥹🖤💜 This story is flirty, filthy, funny, and full of heart. It’s about an author who writes steamy books… and the horror podcaster who’s secretly obsessed with her voice. Of course he's going to help narrate her new book, lol! shorturl.at/XoNpy

Annotated READ ME SLOW sample: Theo convinces Maya to go on a spooky date: a haunted walking tour of Chicago history and a screening of Halloween (1978) 😍 What's the point of scary movie dates? Snuggling up close, lol! Preorder-October 28 www.amazon.com/Read-Me-Slow...

Wait, are we heisting? I've got a book for that! www.amazon.com/Jewel-Me-Twi...

I enjoy looking at the Popular Highlights for my own books. You guys remind me that I'm a clever girl, lol!

Would you like a first-chapter sample before you pre-order READ ME SLOW? It's available on my website right now! charishreid.com/read-me-slow/ -May/December romance -Brother's best friend -Romance author/Horror podcaster -Recording booth tension -So much voice-kink Release date: October 28

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The forest god from @authordmniccoli.bsky.social's book UNTETHERING DARK might be the one for me!

Thank you all for coming through!! The google form is closed for ARC requests, but don't fear—READ ME SLOW comes out Oct 28! Preorder here: AMZ: shorturl.at/iuZ05 B&N: shorturl.at/sDyDh KOBO: shorturl.at/iBnD3

Fear isn’t always the enemy. Sometimes it’s the thrill. The edge. The thing that makes your pulse race when someone whispers, “I want you close.” 📖 ARC sign-ups for READ ME SLOW are open now forms.gle/WFZx8…

These are the White Girls who get me ready for Spooky Season:

🚨ARC Readers Wanted!🚨 READ ME SLOW is ready for early readers! 🎧 Forbidden crush 🎙️ Audio booth tension 💗 Low angst, high heat LIMITED ARC spots via BookFunnel. Sign up below if you're down to read & review! forms.gle/3r2d1aXJdNWG...

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

I read Kick at the Darkness by Suleikha Snyder. It's a zombie apocalypse novella, yet so emotionally intense, and the central couple has such history and a complex romantic journey, and the HEA is so fulfilling despite the bleak world... HOW?! I love reading skillful romance. This genre is hard.

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The Stephen Graham Jones Horror Novella Competition remains open. Send us your poolside catastrophes. Send us your techno-feudalist end-game nihilism revenge strories. Send us your sad graves. @sgj.bsky.social

This just arrived at my door! 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾 cc: @authorwinifred.blacksky.app @cindyphanauthor.com

As a former educator from the US (adjunct instructor at a small uni), who was targeted by Turning Point USA...

Tropes for READ ME SLOW—October 28th shorturl.at/g8d3l 🎧 May/December 🎙 Romance author 🎧 Horror podcaster 🎙 Only one mic 🎧 Brother’s best friend 🎙 We'll do "everything but" 🎧 Voice kink 🎙 Secret relationship 🎧 He falls first 🎙 No 3rd act breakup

Nia Òla said on tiktok: "Covid is our time's lead paint," and I can't get this out of my head. Generations after us (if we can ever get this bus back on the road) are going to be so confused by our behavior.

READ ME SLOW is a high-heat/low-angst novel about a romance author and the horror podcaster she accidentally hires to narrate her book. She’s 45 and so stressed 😭 He’s 30 and her little brother’s best friend 🫣 📆Out October 28! AMZ: shorturl.at/piegI B&N: shorturl.at/aThXr

With news of a reported settlement with Anthropic I went back to check the class action form and it now allows authors outside the US to input their address, so it may be worth adding your known pirated titles (from the LibGen pirate database) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

He's absolutely right. Because the Illinois mentions in this book are ABUNDANT. From my own experience, hanging out in Carlinville and Herrin kept me vigilant 😰

Its fascinating to watch Javen go from feeling like he "won a prize" to acting like he couldn't care less about this woman. It's almost cruel to witness Katisha be treated like an object to be discarded. "Huh, you were upset last night?" he says with a cheeky grin. #loveisblinduk

Being transplants in that part of Arkansas? They really ought to be worried about other White people, lol!

If you have time, go to Disney+ and watch Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time for a refresher on how tragic natural/man-made disasters are. 2005 was 20 years ago, but it's a blueprint for what could happen again. Soon. Racism, climate crisis, failed policy, "Shock Doctrine"...this will happen again

For the evening crowd: I had a cover release for READ ME SLOW! Thank you to everyone who took the time to shared this news. I really appreciate your support 💜🖤 Preorder: B&N: shorturl.at/geZ2S AMZ: shorturl.at/5ZV0G KOBO: shorturl.at/dctnn

COVER REVEAL 🖤 What happens when a horror podcaster reads your steamiest book scenes aloud… and then wants to bring them to life? Maya’s narrator bailed. Her brother’s best friend stepped in. Read Me Slow is a voice-kink, May/December romance that brings the heat—on and off the page. OCTOBER 28

The random idea 🤝🏾 The book READ ME SLOW October 28, 2025 Preorder: shorturl.at/5ZV0G

READ ME SLOW (Oct 28) shorturl.at/5ZV0G She’s an indie romance author on deadline. He’s her new narrator… and her little brother’s best friend. Their 1st recording session? Electric. His voice? Filthy. When she uses his mic? He's finished. 🎧 May/December 🎙️ Voice kink 💥 Forced proximity

You know what would make me really happy? A Christopher Guest mockumentary about the acquisition, set up, and opening of a Spirit Halloween store.

The human body is so weird and bizarre to me... Two months ago, I suffered a violent fingernail ablation. Cuticle too 😭😭 I've been cleaning and dressing it every single day since, and sure enough—the smallest sliver of nail is coming back?? As far as I'm concerned, It's a goddamn miracle! 🙌🏾

💜 TODAY'S THE DAY! The zombies are going down!** 💜 **and so is Max, albeit in a very different way AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/Zamz B&N: go.oliviadade.com/Zbn Kobo: go.oliviadade.com/Zk Bookshop.org: go.oliviadade.com/Zbs AMZ UK: go.oliviadade.com/Zamzuk Other links: go.oliviadade.com/Zprh

Okay, but where *IS* Jill Stein these days?? 🤣

Shit, we are only 7 months into this administration. Goddamn.

Two heartbreaking documentaries about the technology/A.I. and men losing touch with reality around them: - *smiles and kisses you* - My Husband the Cyborg After watching them, I'm deeply bummed out, lol!

Was watching THE RETURN, a film about Odysseus returning to Ithaca from the Trojan wars. While Penelope is waiting and weaving her shroud, I wondered if the etymological origins of "looming" had anything to do with her... It doesn't. But this is what it's like to watch movies with ADHD 😭

10th birthday 25th birthday 41st birthday I feel blessed to wake up and keep trucking! ❤️

Oof! The actual immigrants in the room who were trying to belong to their far-right cohort. It reminded me of what classmates said about Clarence Thomas: The conservative line is always shorter for Black folks. They will welcome you, praise you, tokenize you, until they throw you away.

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COMMENTARY: While other countries celebrate their national identity with military parades, Estonia does it with song and dance. It's a perfect reminder that countries can be strong and resolute, while posing no threat.

Cis men can just walk into a strip mall clinic and get testosterone, but menopausal women still have to practically beg for HRT. And trans people have to be afraid they’ll end up on some kind of list for getting the same hormones. Makes sense.