And the US release is April 7, so it's basically instant gratification as far as preorders go!

American friends! The Shipwright & the Shroudweaver is 25% off in the @barnesandnoble.com pre-order sale! The graphic design is bad but I'm tired and I've forgotten to do my Spanish homework! The book is very good though SO, get on it ilu x

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA has broken £7k! Less than £500 to go to unlock no-frills audiobooks for BOTH books in the campaign! Tell your friends! Remember: a Kickstarter is like really good gossip—best when shared with someone who will appreciate it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

Die Walküre, it’s real fuckin good.

Jirel of Joiry

Hear my full review of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by @ivygrimes.bsky.social (available now from @apexmag.bsky.social) and see how the drink is made at Bar Cart Bookshelf on YouTube. youtu.be/F_s2iLghbR0

If you're joining the event, why not make a Mother Perch! A cocktail inspired by the book & designed by @eliaseells.bsky.social! This blend of rye whiskey, fig liqueur, rosemary liqueur & sparkling apple cider sounds like a magical elixir straight from grandma's kitchen bsky.app/profile/elia...

DEAD HAND RULE is only $2.99 in ebook this week as part of the Kindle Spring Deal promotion! In the US at least, and likely on other sites as well due to the magic of price matching: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQJ4PJ15

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE DESERT TALON by Karin Lowachee. The second book in a queer novella trilogy of frontier dragon-riding, dark magic, & the bonds of family, I loved it EVEN MORE than book 1! Our drink, Tourmaline, is a golden mocktail of smoky depth.

Such a great recipe included with this great review!

Highly recommend Elias as a podcast guest! He’s great!

I read every Harry Potter book when they came out when I was a kid. Now I am a grownup so I read books that are by, about, and for grownups. Few things more depressing than watching sniveling so-called adults lick transphobic billionaire boot to defend their precious IP. Grow a backbone and grow up.

while it's true there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, I think we can make a distinction between essential goods with vendors of varying saturations of evil, and entertainment, an optional activity where you can easily choose not to support the rabid anti-trans lunatic

I remember this phrase being invoked when a prominent SFF convention accepted a Raytheon sponsorship lol (After the backlash, the incoming chair alleged the convention had donated the amount of said sponsorship to an unnamed charity - no, they never said who)

And if you think this is just some BS meme image, you can listen to the man himself: www.npr.org/transcripts/...

This was so much fun!

How is writing going? Well I'm looking into peel and stick wallpaper, might start a garden, and my floors are very clean.

guys i promised some news and here it is... I'm writing another book. Look for VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY in bookstores in late 2027/ early 2028

🚨🎉ROLL UP! ROLL UP! GRAB 25% OFF ON @barnesandnoble.com PREORDERS!🎉🚨 Snap up a treat for future you by preordering these titles from @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @neuvel.net @corryllee.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social and Caskey Russell! Use code PREORDER25 at checkout. Extra 10% off for premium.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about A BLOOD AS BRIGHT AS THE MOON by Andrea Morstabilini. A dreamlike vampire novel with a resonant emotional maturity, the queer fantasia was a fresh & exciting entry to one of my fave subgenres. Our drink is the perfectly pink Moonkin!

It's B&N's pre-order sale time again, and as always pre-orders are a great way to support the books you wanna see in the world In this case, the long-awaited paperback release of The Woods All Black! Due out November 3rd, 2026 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-woods-...

It's B&N preorder sale o'clock! Do consider BODIES OF MAGIC: perfect if you enjoy queer mess, murder mysteries, trauma flashbacks to finals week, or The Pitt's brand of competent, caring assholes having a horrible time. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bodies-of-...

The spice must flow!

ITS THE TRANS READATHON!!! Read The Woods All Black, the only novel I have ever read about queer transmascs of different gender/identities falling in love, plus Christian horror and trans boys shapeshifting into monsters!

Timely and transcendent. I've had a marvelous time recently with ECO24, collecting some of the finest ecofiction of the last year. A chance to reflect on the anxieties of a changing world, and to consider possibilities for transformation and alternative paths. A critical collection for our time!!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by Ivy Grimes. A folkloric fable amid a solar storm, this ecofiction novella is a perfect blend of witchery & survivalism under an auroral glow. Our drink is the Mother Perch, a highball for all seasons!

Today is my birthday! Here's some art I really enjoyed doing. Pass it around? (Also if you see this and have any illustration needs, my summer workload is currently below capacity, so feel free to get in touch🖤)

I know I reposted this yesterday, but today is *my* birthday and that spread with the cowboys is my piece for this zine 👀, so if you haven't already, please check it out!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C.S.E. Cooney. A sumptuous poetic necromantic fantasy, a book I long anticipated and deeply loved. Charming, deep, effervescent. Pure magic! And our drink, Panthauma, is as marvelous & citrussy as I can make!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen-yi Lee. A fantasy set in 70s Singapore, skillfully explores the solidarity of crime, the intersections of queer femininities, & a nation in transition. Plus fire! Our drink is the Madam Butterfly.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD by K.L. Schroeder. An ecofiction meditation on colony collapse and memory loss at the edge of space, a powerful and transportive work of SF. Our drink is the Godhavn: cachaça kissed with pom and anise.

It's #MailbagMonday!! This week brought werewolves and dragons, huge swords and sinister sorcerers, in worlds far beyond our own and very close to home. And so many wonderful colors!! What looks good to you?

It's #MailbagMonday!! This week we have epic fantasy, essays on genre, magical circuses, vampires, haunted houses, and so much more. A great mix of authors I've already read and new voices. Plus plenty of novellas (always a personal fave)! What looks good to you?

Meeting for drinks, plus plottin and schemin. Gay boy enrichment hours.

Christopher Caldwell Wins Crawford Award

I think we're going win, but I want to win hard enough that we start paying artists to paint murals in post offices again. (This time the post offices are also banks.)

The Green Bone Sour emerged from @fondalee.bsky.social's JADE LEGACY, but it is in truth an homage to the whole series, and one of the Bar Cart Bookshelf recipes of which I am proudest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=icX0...

RED RABBIT by @alexgrecian.bsky.social was one of my absolute favorite books of 2023, grand for spooky season, but PERFECT for late spring. With storms scudding through the sky & a humid swelter in the air, I’m thinking once again about this story of demons, witches, & ghosts in 19th century Kansas.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH by Cassandra Khaw. A chilling novella redolent with mildew and memory, languishing and longing, this book inspired the Wedding Party, an effervescent spring highball.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about ROSE OF JERICHO by Alex Grecian. Death is killed in this 1880s horror & no one else can die. What follows is a Grand Guignol in the scariest place on earth: small town New England. Our drink is Ascension, here at the cusp of spring!

Alright, y'all! Who's ready for an ingredient thread? Today I have a treat so wonderful, that I've already made a second batch: rhubarb shrub! A tangy treat perfect for spring cocktails and mocktails, this is a seasonal ingredient that will last all year long.

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about FATE'S BANE by C.L. Clark. A fantasy novella in a world of feuding clans and sinking swamps, this potent lesbian love story is a barbed and gutting sawblade. Powerful work! Our drink is the Fen, a peaty perfectly balanced treat.

No story quite so marvelous as a household inflicting themselves on guests.

Genuinely surprising I’ve made it this far in life to just now discover HAY FEVER (1925) considering it was a treat made just for me 69 years before I was born.

Maybe it’s reactionary, but you’re not gonna catch me pretending online that I can’t do things. Drinking liquids is not that hard.

I refuse to play the social media game that malort or absinthe or whatever makes you pull a face. Stop being performative. Grow the fuck up.

I've had a great time with Vol 3 lately, definitely a series to keep your eyes on!

Frog Friday!

Happy Fluffy Cat Friday!

this post office shit is really grinding my gears because, as with most of these things, it is the result of decades of bipartisan effort when the GOP holds power they hamstring and undermine the PO, when Dems hold power they ignore the damage and fix nothing see: Louis DeJoy