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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · 3d

If you missed the September book box with its very fancy edition of To Hive and To Hold, they have a few extras still kicking around! rainbowcratebookbox.com/products/sep...

September "Where the Magic Happens" 2025 full box

✨ WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS ✨ ✨ BOOK 1 for September is House of Frank by Kay Synclaire, a warm and hopeful story of a lonely witch consumed by grief who discovers a whimsical cast of characters in a ma...

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · 5d

One book is in pre-order on Amazon, and the other is going wide to Smashwords, etc. Put some magic in your life! 🤘👻

Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you for posting this! Mine haven't arrived yet and I've been dying to see them. 💜📖🐝

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 10d

Guess what arrived! September's box for @rainbowcrate.bsky.social featuring House of Frank by Kay Sinclair and To Hive And To Hold by @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social

Spoilers in 🧵

#booksky📚💙 #promosky #queersky #diversebooksky #readersky #rainbowcrate

Rainbowcrate book box surrounded by fall foliage and berries on a pumpkin background

The theme cards for September: Where The Magic Happens featuring an illustration of a door with magic sparkles. Card surrounded by foliage

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · 12d

I just updated my ko-fi shop with my last (checks notes) uh, year plus of zines -- five new ones!
ko-fi.com/amysnotdeady...

Visit amysnotdeadyet's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 14d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · 23d

The magnificent @ryannuzzo.bsky.social got me CD copies of my audiobooks for my archives and they are so cool! I love how much it makes me feel like a Real Author.

CD copies of the audiobooks for The Courtship of Julian St. Albans & The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our September ✨ WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS ✨ crate is now available for new subscribers and one time purchases!

🏳️‍🌈 Our September books are House of Frank by @kaysynclaire.bsky.social and To Hive & To Hold by @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social 🧵

A graphic of a magical doorway in a red brick wall. At the top in a white font with a metallic silver outline it reads “September Subscriptions Open Now!”. Below this is a translucent gray rectangle. In the rectangle is the September theme image with the cover of House of Frank on the bottom left and the cover of To Hive & To Hold on the bottom right. Both book covers are outlined in a metallic silver frame.

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pod has a good prognosis from the surgeon and is really doing well! Building up balance and strength, and becoming more independent on the daily. #tripodcat

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · Aug 29

"This isn't the ending I wanted!"

Okay. Cool. This is exactly what fanfic is for. Go! Be free! Run wild across the adjective plains, adverbs whipping through your hair.

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Pod has become a TriPod for cancer reasons! Good news tho, he has spent every evening since he got home from surgery sleeping on top of me 😻

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Aug 7

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the September Where the Magic Happens crate! Next up is Amy @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers & wrote the book: To Hive & to Hold by Amy Crook! 🧵

A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the illustrations is a color coordinating border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social”.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the September Where the Magic Happens crate! Next up is Alina (@/Flarity.Art) who illustrated the dust jacket for To Hive & to Hold by Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social 🧵

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Aug 16

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our final artist reveal for the September Where the Magic Happens crate! Next up is Niall (@/NiallCGrant) who illustrated the hardcase for To Hive & to Hold by Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social 🧵

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Aug 26

- Foiled Hardcase by @/NiallCGrant!
- Illustrated Endpages by @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social
- Bound-In Author Letter!
- Bound-In Bonus Short Story!
- Signed by the Author!

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌈 Introducing our Book 2 feature for September! 🎉

We are so excited to feature this cozy story about building community & falling in love! Welcome to To Hive & to Hold by Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social 🧵

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's out! Alex & Julian's latest little adventure, Friends in Low Places, is a Consulting Magic short story for fans of the series to enjoy: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Friends in Low Places (Consulting Magic)

Amazon.com: Friends in Low Places (Consulting Magic) eBook : Crook, Amy: Kindle Store

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Jul 31

something cool is coming (and yes i know this is weird but they made it a reel so here you go)https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMwSPOFAHvi/?igsh=enRwMWVic3hzeGdm

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Jul 30

called out by my fave x-men

Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nightcrawler: You have an extensive history with AO3

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Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social · Jul 30

Seems reasonable.

Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · Jul 30

Spider Man and Sauron meme

YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE! YOU COULD
USE IT TO ADVANCE THE PLOT!

vs
BUT I DON'T WANT TO ADVANCE THE PLOT. I WANT
THE CHARACTERS TO FUCK

I am on Sauron’s side obvs

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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · Jul 27

#ComicsOutOfContextAfterDark

Narration: “THEN – –“ Looking down from a high perch in a darkened area Crazy Quilt says to someone off panel, “Why are you STOPPING? Keep POUNDING him! My revenge of rainbows is almost COMPLETE!“

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Jul 26

This was my first published novel, and now it's all grown up into Audio! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

RBmedia | The Courtship of Julian St. Albans

Listen to the audiobook The Courtship of Julian St. Albans, written by Amy Crook, narrated by Keval Shah.

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · Jul 25

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.

this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.

we can beat them

phone numbers and a script:

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Jul 23

Mr. Podgers is a skrunkly old man but I love him

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Amy Crook @amysnotdeadyet.bsky.social · Jul 22

You guys! I have a SECOND audiobook out! It is conveniently the sequel to that other one, read by the same delightful narrator.
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

RBmedia | The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans

Listen to the audiobook The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans, written by Amy Crook, narrated by Keval Shah.

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