“Look on my werks, ye bitches, and DESPAIR!” —Aurora Thunder, at the height of her successful debut at the Darkness and Light Ball …Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads. Facet gasped… www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

My Bluesky settings decided to turn off the requirement for images to have alt text before posting, all by themselves. Might be worth folks checking their own settings to make sure that is enabled.

Loving THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo so far! It's got a killer opening that just pull you in completely. It's got these perfect modernized gothic vibes of a young woman being pulled into the curses of a rich family in the Philippines. #ewgc #booksky

TO RIDE A RISING STORM by Moniquill Blackgoose is a fantastic follow up to To Shape a Dragon's Breath, further exploring the alternate North America... with dragons that may alter how Europe's colonial ambitions fare. #ewgc #booksky

I think Anderson's STRANGE ANIMALS will be a great read for folks missing classic, environmentally aware urban fantasies. After Green's death is reversed, he's compelled to live the city for the mountains where he becomes an apprentice "cryptonaturalist" trying to understand mysterious deaths. #ewgc

The November EarlyWord GalleyChat is today at 4 p.m. EST. Librarians will talk about the print (ARCs) and digital (DRCs) galleys of upcoming books that we are excited about! #ewgc

Look At My Book Everyone :)

I really loved this collection!

Almost go time for moderating the LibraryCon keynote! Are y'all attending? www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...

Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info. M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily. They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.

2/3 of the way through "Asunder" by @kerstinhall.bsky.social, and it's been a phenomenal read. In healthier, less busy times, I would 100% commit myself to making a song for this book on the next LS album, but for now I must ask you all to check out her work and this novel. Exceptional writing.

Just like this picture, really. 😁

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE EVERLASTING by Alix E. Harrow. A time looping fantasy of ferocious lady knights & the nervy chain-smoking scholars who love them: folklore amid fascism. Fierce, clever, & impassioned. Our drink is Valiance, beneath the yew tree.

And finished it off with a cornflake corn dog from CupBop.

Had a great time at Mile Hi Con seeing favorite authors and friends. 😄

I'm starting to wonder if it's my duty as a librarian to read Fourth Wing... The number of people I meet out and about who want to talk about it when they find out what I do is astounding!

My tropical Gothic horror novel THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is almost here and now you can get a chance at a finished copy before pub date, thanks to this Goodreads giveaway! Entry details below

Peace out, y’all, I’m a millionaire (and I guess a dad now?) so I no longer have to put up with nonsense. 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you so much! I think about all this too much, all time. 😅

Do you know I have a zazzle shop? Including shirts like this ISBN thinking of you! www.zazzle.com/isbn_thinkin...

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Feeling called out a bit...

How fun! Stopped in a Madrid bookstore where I ended up talking with a bookseller about the wonderful @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social and @antonhur.com books they had on display and she when she found out I am a librarian she asked for recent favorites to stock. 😍 #booksky

Today’s expedition was to Casa de Mexico’s exhibition.

That's a wrap on MY FATHER'S LIBERATION by Jung Ji-ah, an ironic take on the afterlife of communist partisans in postwar South Korea for HarperVia books, coming sometime in late 2026.

Went to a festival in Alcalá with my friends today and it was very much like going to a medieval fair. I had great mead and meats and saw people crafting fun things and just had a lovely time wandering around photographing random things and seeing Cervantes’ house.

Found one of the Bibliometros! (Small libraries in the metro stations) They also have metrotecas, which are little free libraries. And all the train cars seem to have pages of books posted. 😍 Lionel how this city supports reading.

when someone says "my dice are cursed" you sort of have to agree with them because if you say "marius you are a grown man and I know you know that's not how probability works" they won't say anything but they'll treat you like you are in league with the cursed dice

"These incidents are not singular or isolated, and the recent Supreme Court decision on ICE raids in Los Angeles only compounds fear and distrust. APALA supports all those who are experiencing racism, harassment, and unjust imprisonment based purely on racial profiling." Full statement: next post

I have to share this NY Times article because it’s about the first company that really taught me I could absolutely love a newsletter. 😅 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...

Whoops! Worked right through galleychat! So real quick, I got to enjoy two new Hur translations -- IF WE CANNOT GO AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT and HEART OF THE NHAGA. Both were excellent. One of the stories in that first broke my heart in all the best ways. The latter shows us Korean epic fantasy! #ewgc

Ooh, some fantastic sequels coming up! The next Murderbot Diaries, Platform Decay, up on Edelweiss -- www.edelweiss.plus?sku=12508270... -- and I see Harper Collins has a page for the next Amina al-Sirafi! (The Tapestry of Fate) www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

About to see Kerstin Hall speak online! #booksky

I’m in a hotel halfway between Chicago and Nashville but you still get blog posts. First the weekly #HorrorForLibraries giveaway is 2 books for 2 winners by @rebelsam94.bsky.social and Kit Burgoyne raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/09/horr...

But what a fine plan it was even as it falls how beautifully it does Joe Henry, Easter

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

Finished Galloway's Gospel last night -- it's a hugely entertaining horror novel that bookends an isolated cult. One storyline shows how annoyed teen doodles of flesh eating pigs become the foundation of a new faith, whereas the other story takes place a decade later as their god approaches #booksky

Those memories things a lot of social media do can be so strange. They certainly don’t know what emotion posts are going to evoke so of course this well is all aftermath of of Joe dying, lots of me being pretty much shell shocked.

Aligning with the Empire will have consequences that reverberate through the ages... We're excited to share an excerpt from Blood for the Undying Throne by @sung-il-kim.com, sequel to the epic (and necromantic) Blood of the Old Kings! reactormag.com/excerpts-blo...

Wow this plane to Denver is full of people I recognize from Bouchercon!

#bouchercon Day 4 highlights — getting an ARC of the next Cordelia and Ruby book, a fun influencer event, a great paranormal mystery panel, and getting to hear Tracy Clark talk about creating suspense! #booksky #mysterybooks

The Anthony Awards are about to be announced by Alex Segura and Heather Graham! #bouchercon #anthonyawards

#bouchercon Day 3: great panels all day! Here are Tom Ryan and Jonathan Maberry. The last thing was an Underrepresented Author reception with this great game where you collected author signatures for bingos. They also had copies of Crime Ink for sale — a great anthology of queer crime fic! #booksky

My favorite panel yesterday was on genre mashups so I guess this can be my genre mashup shirt for the conference. What would we title our owlbear fantasy cozy mystery? Owl’s Bear in Love and War? Owlbear Home for Christmas? The possibilities are endless. #booksky #bouchercon

Day 2 of #bouchercon was very full and ended with Noir at the Bar where a bunch of authors did readings while we drank delicious beer from Crescent City Brewery. #booksky

"Lori the Librarian launched in late July of this year.+ Copyright of Lori and her material belongs to Dan Goeller Music, Inc. Dan Goeller and his wife Heidi are from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and run an organization called Harmony South Dakota." buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Thanks for chatting with us today, #ewgc! If you're looking for more recommendations, come and join us on Mondays at our Happy Half Hour, where we chat all about forthcoming adult + YA titles! You can register here: tinyurl.com/y77xdttw 🎉 See you all in October! 🍂

Seeing a cookbook here reminded me of SOJU PARTY — a cookbook unlike any I’ve seen before. It’s all about Korean drinking culture with great bar and party snacks and cocktail recipes. It also includes ways to show respect, ways to show off, and the why of it all. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social

I’m about a quarter of the way through WE HAD A HUNCH by Tom Ryan and GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL by Sam Rebelein and loving them both — both have me needing to find out what happens next! I’ll report back next later. 😄 #ewgc

Totally spaced #ewgc because I’m at Bouchercon so I’m glad I remembered to pop in really quick!