I'm giving away all FOUR of my novels to start out the new year! Simply sign up for my newsletter (always free) and filling out the form linked in tomorrow's newsletter! Subscribe here: bit.ly/3N5g0Cd And to learn more about my books: bit.ly/3N7vwxj #fantasy #histfic #Italy

Does my latest novel, "The Happiness Collector," pass the Page 69 test? Read on to find out. And if you want to judge for yourself, head to your fave bookstore and snag a copy with that shiny new gift card Santa brought you! bit.ly/49f1zTt #BookSky #Books #NewBooks #fantasy

One of my most read Substack posts. You might be surprised to learn that so many of the traditions we associate with #Christmas originated before Christ ever entered into the picture. #ancientrome #merrychristmas crystallyn.substack.com/p/the-surpri...

I'm working on a novel set in Rome in 1981 in the #punk and darkwave underground scene, and the research has been so fun. I just found this incredible website of hundreds of Italian 1980s punk fanzines, many of them available for download! www.punkstudies.nl/uncategorize... #music #authorlife

There are a lot of things I love about AI, and a lot of things I hate. Let's file this one in VEHEMENTLY hate. Not cool @amazon. Kindle app now answers questions about the book you’re reading. www.theverge.com/news/844538/...

One of my favorite holiday novels, LAST CHRISTMAS IN PARIS, by @msheatherwebb.bsky.social and @hazelgaynor.bsky.social is on sale! You can snag the ebook for just $1.99. geni.us/XBdOB #booksky #books #paris

Hey #writers 📣 Fellow author @lynnegriffin.bsky.social is teaching a month-long query workshop that begins in January. She's SO fantastic. If you are looking for an agent, you'll want to get in on this! lynnegriffin.substack.com/p/new-query-...

If you love a good espionage thriller, this one from @tudorscribe's husband, Max Eastern, is out today! A historical thriller set in 1945 Washington, D.C., you can snag Red Snow in Winter on Amazon. mybook.to/IWT84 #BookSky #Newbooks #thriller

🎉💥 Fantasy fans! Looking for your next must-listen? 🎧My new novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, is 51% OFF on @Audible! Sale ends 12/8, so act fast! 🔗https://adbl.co/4auajak #BookSky #fantasy #newbooks #mythology #audiobook

Your boss is a god. Your colleague is devastatingly handsome. Every place you visit for "research" vanishes or faces tragedy. Welcome to Aida's life in THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR. OUT TODAY for fans of mythology meets modern world chaos. #BookSky #NewBooks #Fantasy #Mythology geni.us/TheHappiness...

WOOHOOOO! Just learned that THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR (releases tomorrow) is an Amazon Best SFF pick of December! #booksky #newbooks #fantasy #mythology

I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁

This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks

I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁

This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks

I'm thrilled to be in conversation with @juliecdalton.bsky.social at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social on December 2, to launch my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, a story about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world. I hope you'll join us! bit.ly/43wCi54 #newbooks #mythology #Pandora

Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy

I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁

Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy

Some #writing #reading research: I'm writing a novel set in the 80s. If I use the term "fluffs" would you know what I'm referring to?

Day 31 of 31! 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 Celebrate with ALL 30 spine-tingling books from our #SpookyReads countdown! From Gothic mysteries to supernatural thrillers - find your perfect Halloween read! #SpookyReads bookshop.org/lists/2025-s...

In the heart of #Rome, there is a little German museum dedicated to #Goethe, a true polymath but best known as the author of Faust. If you love art, it's a way to see Piranesi, Tischbien, Warhol and Dali. open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #Italy #history

Day 30 of 31! 🧛 "The Heiress of Northanger Abbey" by Nancy Bilyeau - The ghosts of the past are not confined to the Abbey. Who will control Northanger's future? #SpookyReads #BookSky readmuse.net/pages/once-u...

Day 29 of 31! 🏨 "The Haunting of Room 904" by @erikatwurth.bsky.social - A woman with mysterious powers, called to solve a crime in the haunted hotel where her sister died. #SpookyReads #BookSky www.tatteredcover.com/products/978...

Day 28 of 31! 🏚️ "The Night Guests" by Marina Scott - 1903 Omaha. A mysterious medium awakens something otherworldly in the house. Walls whisper. Do you dare to listen? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Night-Guests...

Day 27 of 31! 🔮 The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore PREORDER NOW 3-24-26 U.S./3-26-26 UK! A fortune teller in 1920s Paris must untangle two murders buried in her family's past before the killer returns to finish their work. #SpookyReads olesyagilmore.com/books/the-fo...

I just learned that the audiobook for my novel THE CHEF'S SECRET is on sale at $3.99 through BookBub's Chirp! It's a love story and a mystery about famous Renaissance chef 🍗 🍷 🍒 Bartolomeo Scappi, perfect as we head into the season of comfort food: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/t... #booksky

Day 26 of 31! 🌴 "The Colony of Lost Souls" by Kelsey James - What would you do if your sister disappeared and then two years later asked for your help from inside a cult? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Colony-Lost-...

Today's my day! Day 25 of 31! 👹 "In the Garden of Monsters" is a wild retelling of Hades and Persephone set in a post-war stone garden in Italy. The eBook is on SALE $1.99 Oct 25-27 ONLY! #SpookyReads geni.us/InTheGardenO...

IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS my wild, spooky Hades & Persephone retelling, is on sale for $1.99 for four days only! It's gothic, ghosty👻 , and set in a real stone garden in Italy. 👹 geni.us/ITGOMebook #BookSky #BookDeal #spookybooks #myth

Day 24 of 31! 💄 "Pretty/Ugly" by @jenniferannegordon.bsky.social - A lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. When lives end in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to live again. #SpookyReads #BookSky tinyurl.com/PrettyUglyBook

Day 23 of 31! 🧟"24/7 Demon Mart: Books 1-3 Omnibus" by @dmguay.bsky.social - Evil Dead 2 meets Clerks! When your job is stocking beer but the beer cave is the gate to hell. #SpookyReads #BookSky amzn.to/3KbglBD

Day 22 of 31! 📖 "Return to Wyldcliffe Heights" by @carolgoodman.bsky.social - Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale. Losing yourself in a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out. #SpookyReads #Booksky www.oblongbooks.com/book/9780063...

Sigh sigh sigh. Not great news for authors if readers can't afford to buy #books. bookriot.com/were-in-a-bo...

Day 21 of 31! 🐝 "Witches of Honeysuckle House" by @lizparkerwrites.bsky.social launches TODAY! Think Practical Magic but if the house was alive. Sisterhood, family curses, and magic. #SpookyReads www.lizparkerwrites.com/witches-of-h...

Day 20 of 31! ⚱️"The Witches of Santo Stefano" by Wendy Webb - A journalist uncovers the haunting secret history of her own ancestors in bewitching Italy. #SpookyReads www.amazon.com/Witches-Sant...

Day 19 of 31! 🏰 "The Curse of Penryth Hall" by @jesslarmstrong.bsky.social - Some curses aren't meant to be broken #SpookyReads #Booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Day 18 of 31! ⚡ Excited for Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro? "Unnatural Creatures" by @kriswaldherr.bsky.social reveals the story of the three women closest to Victor Frankenstein and his monster. amzn.to/4makdjC #spookyreads #gothic #booksky

Day 17 of 31! 👻 "The Ghost House" by Andie Newton launches TODAY! Occupied France, 1944. Ancient sorrows stir in soil where WWI soldiers bled. If you loved The Others, you'll love this! #SpookyReads bit.ly/4nygCgA

Join me in just a few minutes!!! 4:00 p.m. PT/7:00 p.m. ET I'll be doing an IG Live with novelist @pkennedywrites.bsky.social for a conversation about my hypnotic novel of Gothic suspense and romance (Hades and Persephone!), IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS. www.instagram.com/crystallyn14 #booksky

Day 16 of 31! ⚫ "Where Dark Things Rise" by @theandrewkclark.bsky.social - Carrie meets Stranger Things in Southern Appalachia. Mina can control supernatural Shadow Faces. #SpookyReads #horror #books thecrowshoppe.com/products/whe...

TONIGHT, Oct 16 at 4:00 p.m. PT/7:00 p.m. ET join me on IG Live and novelist @pkennedywrites.bsky.social for a conversation about my hypnotic novel of Gothic suspense and romance (Hades and Persephone!), IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS. www.instagram.com/crystallyn14 #booksky #spookybooks

Day 15 of 31! 👻 "Parting the Veil" by @pkennedywrites.bsky.social - Has the man she married lost his mind? Or is she losing hers? Some houses hold secrets forever. #SpookyReads #gothicbooks a.co/d/4MLnnyI

Day 14 of 31! 🔮 "The First Witch of Boston" by Andrea Catalano - In 1646 New England, image is everything. Based on the true story of Margaret Jones. bit.ly/3KOaGlv

Day 13 of 31! 🩸"BloodLily" by @jessikagreweglover.bsky.social - Ophelia takes a job as donor to a vampire with a strict no carnal acts contract. Neither expects what happens next. #SpookyReads #vampirebooks #spookyseason a.co/d/fXKFjNh

Day 12/31! 🐙 "Invasive Species" by @elleryadams.bsky.social PRE-ORDER NOW! The women in Cold Harbor have something to prove in a world full of monsters. Mrs. Smith is very hungry. 🐙 QOTD: What sea creature (real or fictional) frightens you the most? #SpookyReads www.harpercollins.com/products/inv...

Day 11 of 31! 🏚️ "This House Will Feed" by @mariatureaud.bsky.social - Ireland's Great Famine. A desperate woman. A house that hungers for blood and vengeance. Some promises demand the darkest sacrifice. #SpookyReads #gothic #books www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-house...

Day 10 of 31! 🎃 "Credenza" by Wendy Dalrymple - Sometimes your inheritance is a curse. Family heirlooms hold more than memories...sometimes, they hold a curse. #SpookyReads #books #spookyseason www.amazon.com/Credenza-Wen...

Day 9 of 31! 💀 "Lovers' Leap" by @ - Four friends spent a weekend at a bed and breakfast. Two friends and two strangers came home. #SpookyReads #gothicbooks #spookyseason www.rikkigoodwin.com/book/lovers-...

Day 8 of 31! 🦷 "Pocket Full of Teeth" by Aimee Hardy - Desperate to explain her connection to a body found in a well, Eddy reads from a haunted manuscript. #SpookyReads a.co/d/h9HjOBc #books