Seriously, ffs, stop trying to "cure" my awesome friends & family of being their amazing selves. So many of my favorite people are neurodivergent that I swear if this weren't bullshit maybe we should all take MORE tylenol. Keep your eugenics away from my loved ones thx

Note: I thought of more great books and the thread continues after the apparent break! Some fantastic books down there like LONG LIVE EVIL, THE DAWNHOUNDS, NORTH IS THE NIGHT, & HOUSE OF DUSK, so keep going after it looks like it stops if you want more recs!

This is a great time to escape into a book and ALSO an absolutely critical time to support the kind of books you want to keep seeing in the world by showing publishers they can still sell! Here are some of my favorite escape reads pubbed within the past year or so—what are yours? (More in thread!)

This is one of the many ways Lupa lets me know when it's time to get off my computer and play with the dog If the chin rest + eyebeams method is somehow ineffective, she'll escalate to subtle threats like slowly nudging a laptop toward the edge of a table while maintaining eye contact

Fantasy Sub reveal time! 🗡️ We are excited to reveal the next series featured on our Fantasy Sub; The Band by @nicholaseames.bsky.social ! 🥁

Lupa thinks you should try to take her squeaky tennis ball. Come on, just try

Swords & Fire readers! I've made the prologue & epilogue stories/vignettes on my Patreon (www.patreon.com/MelissaCaruso) available individually. They answer some questons about what happens after the end of The Unbound Empire. Here's a thread on what they are and how best to get them!

There are a couple of great sales of my books going on this month in the UK! Audible has THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS (with incredible narration by Moira Quirk!) at £3.99! www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Last-... And the Kindle edition of THE OBSIDIAN TOWER is 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/Obsidian-Tow...

August was wildly busy so I'm playing catchup on sharing THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES news! Here are a couple of trade reviews (mini-thread): Booklist called it "Knives out with a magical twist"! www.booklistonline.com/products/980...

back in may, i had the chance to interview Antonia Hodgson, author of one of my favorite books this year, The Raven Scholar. it’s a big book that, to me, heralded the return to massive page turners, and it was clever and twisting in ways that satisfied even this jaded reader. plus, it was just FUN.

Okay, I'm reading THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson and I expected a fun murder mystery/succession game (both my cup of tea), but I did not expect it to be this funny and witty. The TIMING of some of these lines, just *chef's kiss.* I'm frankly jealous.

May you enjoy something in your day as much as Lupa enjoyed this stick

Sometimes you need a picture of a dog rollying joyfully in a grassy field in the late afternoon sun

So far "It only takes about two cats for there to be cats everywhere" is my favorite line in The Last Soul Among Wolves by @melissacaruso.bsky.social. 😹

It's been ages since I've done a craft thread! I want to get back in the habit, so here goes...Let's talk about inciting incidents, and how to set them up!

May we all find a moment today to be as cozy as Lupa

I have a backlog of recent reads to yell about, starting with this one: CIRCLE OF SHADOWS by Marisa Linton! Murder mystery and slow creeping horror! A new occult investigator in over her head in Edwardian London! I really enjoyed this one! Out next month in the UK...Would love to see a US edition!

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

ArmadilloCom is next week! I'm very excited about this year's show, and looking forward to seeing folks there. Come say hello!

Oooh, Audible UK has THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS on sale for £3.99!!! The narration by Moira Quirk is SO GOOD—I still can't believe how lucky I am to have gotten my favorite narrator!!! 🤩 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Last-...

So I've been too busy moving both kids into college to post about it until now, but I had an absolutely AMAZING time with the all-author D&D session at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social !!! What an incredible group!!! Laughter, feelings, banter, hard choices, capricious dice...It was SO MUCH FUN!!!

I challenge anyone to read this book and not immediately want the rest of the trilogy. It's a completed trilogy, though, so the next two books are available :)

For all those who've been worried about Fiasco HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at that completely unrepentant face!!!!!!!!!

UK readers! THE OBSIDIAN TOWER Kindle edition is on sale this month for 99p! It's about a Warden with broken magic, her spooky castle, the awful night that changes her life, and the dashing international magic troubleshooting squad that saves it... www.amazon.co.uk/Obsidian-Tow...

Guest post by @devafagan.bsky.social on some of the books and resources that were inspirations for her new epic fantasy novel HOUSE OF DUSK, "Real History for Fantasy Worlds." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/gues... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

The Obsidian Tower by @melissacaruso.bsky.social is currently just 99p on UK Amazon - an excellent read! www.amazon.co.uk/Obsidian-Tow...

Just finished reading the newest @melissacaruso.bsky.social book and it was a great read! Thrilling mystery and more world building. Can’t wait to see what happens next in Book 3 of this series!

so pumped that i get to visit boston and talk with my bud @melissacaruso.bsky.social about lady knighthood, national myth making, & gendered heroism!! also i googled the venue and it's really big oh my god yall better show up 😂

SO incredibly excited for this!!!!!!!

I loved The Last Soul Among Wolves (Echo Archives 2) by @MelissaCaruso.bsky.social. The audio narration by Moira Quirk was excellent too. The story is a blend of Indiana Jones and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None - a rollicking action packed adventure which features sapphics with swords🌈📚

Ooooooooh @devafagan.bsky.social has a post up on @scalzi.com 's blog about the 20-years-in-the-making creative saga of HOUSE OF DUSK (out today)! I was with her for most of this journey and it's so fantastic to see this book assume its badass final form!!! whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/26/t...

Oh yeah I read this book in like, two days. Ignored all my in-laws at the cabin to read this, 10/10 use of my time, enjoyed myself tremendously.

Oh HEY! I have just learned that the absolutely gorgeous Illumicrate edition of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS is 50% off in both the US & UK in their summer sale!!! It's an absolutely gorgeous book with incredible art and this is a steal!!! illumicrate.com/products/the... (Full box also on sale!)

Just a reminder that there are still a few days left to get THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS ebook for super cheap! (And the sequel is out now, so if you like it you can roll straight into Book 2 without waiting!)

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh the happiest of release days to Deva and HOUSE OF DUSK!!! This book is fantastic and I'm so excited that it's in the world and everyone can read it now!

Now listening to this amazing audiobook by @melissacaruso.bsky.social - and it’s narrated by my favorite narrator Moira Quirke who narrates Gideon the Ninth !! Soooo good !!! Highly recommend

Incredibly excited for this all-author D&D live one-shot at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social tomorrow!!! If you're in the Somerville, MA area, come join us! You can get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-author...

I really loved this book. There’s new and familiar characters, beautiful and complicated queer romance, equally troublesome but loving friendships, new intrigues, some awesome magic, and just overall a delightful adventure 💙

I also enjoyed this one greatly! It's a blast!!!

Cannot WAIT for this incredible event on Tuesday!!! All-author D&D at SideQuest Books & Games in Somerville, MA!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/all-author...

It's my birthday week! 🎂 You should check out my books (if you haven't yet) and then check out my queer sff lists! 😙🌈

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh I got my author copies and the Waterstones special edition of THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES is so pretty!!!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

Finished CASTHEN GAIN by @essahansen.bsky.social on the plane back from WorldCon and it was fantastic!!! A chef who use multiverse bubbles for experimental cooking gets caught up in a battle royale. Action-packed, incredibly creative, great characters, and the food descriptions were SO FUN!!!

Had a blast at Brookline Booksmith last night and looking forward very much to the last event in my mini tour for THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES at An Unlikely Story tonight! Join me if you can!!! anunlikelystory.indiecommerce.com/caruso25

Thank you for all the release day wishes! They really brightened up a day of endless travel!!! Yesterday was plane day but tonight is Brookline Booksmith night! Hoping some of you can join me at this excellent bookstore with the wonderful Kalyani Saxena! brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH I hadn’t seen the final Illumicrate alternate dust jackets yet and they have RAINBOW FOIL AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Incredibly excited for my event at Brookline Booksmith TOMORROW and one at An Unlikely Story the day after! Come join me in celebrating THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES!!!!!!

You have NO IDEA how hard it has been keeping quiet about this. So friends, AT LAST, THE NEXT BOOK IS ANNOUNCED! (I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.) reactormag.com/book-announc...

The Last Soul Among Wolves - queer reality-hopping adventure by @melissacaruso.bsky.social, and sequel to Last Hour Between Worlds - is out today! We've got a gorgeous hardback with sprayed edges for you while stocks last 💫❤️ #Spredges 💙📚🪐

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!!! THE LAST SOUL ALMONG WOLVES is out!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I'm getting ready to jump on a plane for most of the day so it's a weird release day for me but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH IT'S LOOSE IN THE WORLD AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉