Remember when Orwell & Atwood seemed like fiction? #bookthreads

No matter how the Trump Administration spins this, we all saw it. Renee Good was a mother and an American citizen. My heart breaks for her family. ICE’s dangerous, aggressive tactics don’t make us safer. Just the opposite. This has to stop.

Good News for US book lovers: In '25, "422 newly opened stores joined the American Booksellers Association - nearly a hundred more than joined last year. Barnes & Noble added 55 stores around the country & Books-A-Million added 18."* More bookstores to love! (Via NYT) #booksky #readers #bookstores

Loved the Sci-fi Stand by Me ode to 80s friendship that is Stranger Things! From the first D & D game to the last, it was always about friendship, with a side of monsters. #strangerthings #tvwriting

Cheers to the persistent, resilient creative community that supported me through the joys and challenges of 2025: open.substack.com/pub/patricia...

All the best 80s romances involved a boombox. Love Lucas & Lloyd. #strangerthings #genX

"There is a quiet pressure at the end of the year to summarize, to optimize, to perform closure. But creativity doesn’t really work that way. It doesn’t reset on command. It continues, like a fire banked overnight, waiting for attention rather than applause." -Angela Yuriko Smith #writesky

You know you're a book & library nerd when one of the tense moments for you in a horror novel is when the young protagonist might miss the bookmobile. #BookSky #books #library

Salem Yule Market, today until 6 at Old Town Hall, is a great place to shop books from small press authors & gifts made by local crafters! Books & bookmarks make great gifts! #booksky #givebooks #horrorcommunity

Thankful for readers & fellow writers every day. #booksky #reader #writingcommunity

The felines are ever closer... 🐈🐈‍⬛ FIVE days until submissions open for our themed pop-up call. Give us your cat flash - 100 to 1000 words - any genre. Give us great STORY and VOICE Issue published early January before the trash cats reclaim the bin 🦝 trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...

Selling my ghost stories in "Specters & Spells" & "Eve's Requiem" is even more fun working alongside my crafty sister! #shopsmall #givebooks #booksky

"Specters & Spells" Ghostly Giveaway! One lucky subscriber to my newsletter or Substack will win my new flash fiction collection & these handmade ghost earrings from The Craft Coop! To read my Substack: patriciaflahertypagan.substack.com

🚨🚨🚨The Final Countdown🚨🚨🚨 Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics. What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift? paulwritespoems.com/2025/10/17/t... #poetrycommunity #poets #poemsAbout

Grateful to everyone in the reading and writing communities who helped me bring "Specters and Spells" to life! #booksky #writesky #readers #writingcommunity #grateful patriciaflahertypagan.substack.com/p/gratitude-...

Currently reading "How to Fake a Haunting," and am really enjoying it. @christaqua.bsky.social was also very nice when she signed my copy at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. #booksky #currentread #horror

Signed, stamped copies of FIEND available at Parkside Books in Boston!

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Can't wait to read new poetry by the talented & generous TX poet @lesliearchibald.bsky.social #booksky #poems #newrelease #poetrycommunity

The world is crazy, but the cats are cozy & happy, so there's that. #cats #catlady #pets

Never give up. Somewhere in the world, there's a haunted manor house on the moors with a mysterious caretaker, indifferent cats, and secret libraries within libraries, waiting for you in the darkness.

My Marine uncle, vets in need & a new book on an important day. open.substack.com/pub/patricia... #booksky #veterans #hunger

Thank you, veterans. Let's work to preserve the US Constitution you honored. #vets

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Chilly mornings are great for reading... #booksky #reading #shortstories #horror

Check out the amazing, eerie cover Heidi Dorey designed for my upcoming flash collection, "Specters & Spells!"' Grateful to this talented designer! #booksky #bookcover #newrelease #authorsky

Some of my fave book covers on my shelves feature cover design by people like Steve Panton, March Davies, Rachel Ake & Janet Halverson, Dan Santat, Helen Yentus (and more)..,

Took a writing break and walked in the woods. Reading & hiking fuel the soul. #nature #hike #peace #writinglife

Can't wait to share the eerie cover talent Heidi Dorey created for my new flash fiction collection, "Specters & Spells!" Check my newsletter or back here this weekend. #booksky #authorsky

Highly recommend this vivid & scary read.

Pamela Fagan Hutchins' series are my go to for a relaxing & smart read when I feel like escaping into suspense. #bookthreads #suspense #vacationreads

Honored to have my dark poem about 3 Final Girls included in the new Poetry Showcase XII from @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social! It's available now on Amazon & I will have a few copies for sale in Salem later this month. Exciting!

The October edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/10/06/s...

We have the right to read what we want, no matter what politicians or school officials say. Let us know what your favorite banned book is below. 📚

Reading freely enriches democracy. Added some new banned books to my @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social this morning for neighborhood teens, tweens & adults to enjoy. #booksky #readfreely #bannedbooksweek

Broke my hand. Thank God for audiobooks from Libby App #BookSky #audiobooks #amlistening

People with autism aren't broken toys to be "fixed." Respect & seeking to understand reputable science would be nice.

Reading the very dark & very vivid "Fox" by @joycecaroloates.bsky.social. The abuser's pov is so well-crafted and disturbing. Damn, it's terribly good. #booksky #books #fiction

Books are good!

Kash Patel has made our country less safe. He has put fealty to Trump over his sworn oath to the constitution.

Be creatively brave. Begin. tinyurl.com/mpyxhxyf #Writesky #creative #writingcommunity

Looking for reviewers and blurbs for Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women's Magical Histories ed. by Pauline Chow and myself! Interested? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"Isn't America dangerous? Many people have guns, yes?" Actual questions from a taxi driver I met when I lived in Asia. #gunreform #gunviolence

Writing is amazing, but publishing is a different story. If you’re going to put yourself through publishing, make sure you write the stuff you love. Always.

Love lights dark days. Excited to share my flash fic via Zoom at the contributors' reading for "Star Crossed Vol 1: New Tales of Strange Love, Weird Romance, Polymorphous Passions & Feverish Fabulism" from @fabulistmag.bsky.social on 9/17 at 6 pm. PDT. Read the storieshttps://tinyurl.com/4ru4naaz

American school children, college students, and conservative pundits opposing gun law reform should not be victims of gun violence. Common-sense gun laws would help. My heart goes out to every family grieving a loved one lost to gun violence. #gunreform #schoolshootings #CharlieKirk

School supplies for my kid cost a lot more this year. Trump promised to lower the cost of living. Coffee is up 33 %. I'm a Gilmore Girls-level coffee drinker! @momsrising.org is gathering #Trumpflation stories. Do you have one? trumpflation.momsrising.org #MomSky

Finally listening to "The Three-Body Problem" for a spec fic book group I joined. Late to the party, but finding the audiobook thought-provoking. #BookSky #audiobooks #sciencefiction

Any strong leader would fight to release the files. Survivors have told the truth about Epstein & his friends for years.The response? Lies & cover-ups. Join @momsrising.org to demand the release of the Epstein files. #BelieveSurvivors action.momsrising.org/sign/release... #Epsteinfiles #believewomen