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What is Eternal Haunted Summer? EHS is an ezine dedicated to 1) original poetry and 2) short fiction about the Gods and Goddesses and heroes of the world’s many Pagan/polytheist traditions. W…

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 8d

Call for submissions! Eternal Haunted Summer is open to submissions of #fiction, #poetry, essays, interviews, and reviews from 1 November to 1 December 2025. The theme is the Good Neighbors or the #fae. Full guidelines below. #witchsky #fairies #myth #pagan

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Submissions

Jackanapes Press is devoted to the odd, the antiquarian, and the eldritch, with an emphasis on weird fiction and poetry.

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 9d

Book sale! The amazing #poetry and #shortstory collections at Jackanapes Press are 30% off right now -- including my collection "Not a Princess, But (Yes) There Was a Pea, and Other Fairy Tales to Foment Revolution." #booksky #witchsky #horror #weirdfiction

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 9d

New #interview up at Forests Haunted by Holiness! This time, we sit down with Anu Dudley to discuss her new book "The Goddess Casts the Runes." :) #witchsky #rune #goddess #divination #earthspirituality #booksky

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Interview: Anu Dudley

[Today, we sit down with author Anu Dudley. Here, she discusses her personal spiritual practice; her new book, The Goddess Casts the Runes and the research that went into it; and her upcoming proje…

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 9d

Will the event be recorded and available to view later? Work makes it impossible for me to attend the live event itself.

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 10d

Book mail! The inaugural issue of Raven Tongue appeared in my mailbox this morning. :) It looks amazing! #witchsky #wisewomen #herbalism

The cover of Raven Tongue, a sacred living magazine. A raven sits front and center, balanced on a grey tree branch. A full moon fills the background.

Climbing Mount TBR: Witches and Fairies and Devils, Oh My!

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 15d

Now post up at Forests Haunted by Holiness! Looking for a new #fantasy to read? Or an analysis of #myth and #fairytales? Check out these awesome titles! #booksky #witchsky

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At the beginning of 2025, I made a resolution to not purchase any new books for the rest of the year. I wanted to work my way through some of my personal library before I added to it. Plus, I was r…

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 16d

Oh, good question. How about a full encyclopedia set? :) Preservation of knowledge and all that. :)

Call for Submissions: Witches Save the World

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 19d

Call for submissions! "Witches Save the World: Hags, Harridans, and Hexes Gone Right" opens to subs on 1 January 2026, so you have plenty of time to write that awesome short story, poem, or essay. :) Complete guidelines below. #witchsky #amwriting #fantasy

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Draft cover by Mutartis Boswell; not final image Call for Submissions: Witches Save the World: Hags, Harridans, and Hexes Gone RightSubmission Period: 1 January through 31 March 2026Maximum Word Co…

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 19d

I was going to say cat, but ... how about a book? I want to eventually turn into a library. :)

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 24d

Oooh, now this is a cool #kickstarter! Homeward Books is hoping to fund their first book, The Witch of Prague. Magical realism, fighting authoritarianism, and unicorns! #booksky #witchsky #unicorn

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The cover of The Witch of Prague by JM Sidorova. The title is in bright green at the top. The main image is greyscale. A unicorn sits in front box a mirror on the edge of a devastated forest. Miniature tanks roll towards the unicorn, gun turrets raised to shoot.

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 25d

Book mail! The latest adventure of Lord and Lady Riven by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social. A #sapphic magical detective tale from @clpolk.blacksky.app. And a #paranormalromance between a #horror author who can see ghosts and the (wrong) actor cast to star in the film of her novel. #booksky #fantasy

The cover of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence by Stephanie Burgis. The title is in the center. The border is composed of vampiric imagery such a bats, vines, roses, and a creepy carriage.

The cover of Even Though I Knew the End by C L Polk. The image is cream and gray scale. The cover is in the center foreground. Two women embrace in the background, their faces obscured by a flock of birds.

The cover of Love at First Fright by Nadia el-Fassi. A woman with red hair, tattoos, and glasses sits in a fancy upholstered chair next to a pair of sunlit windows. A man with dark hair stands over her and touches her chin. A ghost dog lays at his feet.

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · 27d

Well I'll be darned. My novella "Asphalt Gods" has a five start review on Goodreads. :)

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The cover of Asphalt Gods: A Walking the Worlds Adventure by Rebecca Buchanan. A brown-skinned woman stands in the middle of the cover with her back to the viewer. She is wearing a dark blue backpack. In the background are the images of different landscapes, including a jungle, a field of pink flowers, and a desert.

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Oct 9

Book mail! The proof copy for my next novelette has arrived. :) The digital copy is already available, and the print copy will release in December 2025! #fantasy #mystery #sherlockholmes #gaslamp #witchsky #booksky

The cover of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin. Two figures stand back to back on a cobblestone street. The woman is Caucasian, has light brown hair, and is wearing a red dress. She is weaving magical blue vapors through her hands. The man is Caucasian, and is wearing a vest and long sleeved white shirt. He holds a pipe in one hand.

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Oct 4

Looking for something spooky to read this Halloween? Check out "Vampires Save the Night!" a brand-new anthology of short stories and poetry available in print and digital formats! #horror #fantasy #poetry #vampire

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The cover of Vampires Save the Night: Heroes, Anti-Heroes, and Not-So-Reformed Villains. The title is in the center, with Night written in bright red. The title is surrounded by vampires symbols, such as skulls, chalices, coffins, graves, bats, and more.

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Oct 2

Woohoo! My poem "A Troll's Feast" has been accepted for the upcoming issue of The Fairy Tale Magazine! Thank you to the editors, and congratulations to the other contributors. Your work is amazing! #amwriting #fairytale #folklore #fantasy

Art by John Bauer. Four curious trolls gather around a young woman. The trolls are taller than humans, with long hair and large noses, and are dressed in furs and beads. The young woman is smaller than the trolls. Her skin glows gold and she is wearing a golden crown.

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Sep 27

Book mail! The latest issue of Occult Detective Magazine (highly recommended to anyone with an interest in that genre); a new lady knight #romantasy; and the second book in Charlotte Bond’s epic #fantasy series starring a resurrected knight and her clever mage. Yummy! #booksky

The cover of Occult Detective Magazine #11. A woman dressed like a flapper from the 1920s is in the foreground. She is frightened and running from the undead monster in the background.

The cover of The Second Death of Locke by V L Bovalino. The image is the close-up of the armored chest of a woman knight. The armor is covered in beautiful scrollwork, and a scar is just visible on the knight’s left cheek. She is holding a beautiful sword in her hands.

The cover of The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond. The title is in the foreground in gold lettering. In the background stands a woman knight holding a spear. At her side stands a woman in a red dress holding a cat.

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Sep 24

I’ll message the name to you.

Review: The Fireborne Blade

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Sep 24

Not-so-hypothetical scenario: if you were running or participating in a group book promotion (like Storybundle or something similar) would you want to be informed that one of the books is AI? And the author is fake? Or would you want the matter to just be dropped? #booksky #fakebook #amwriting

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Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Sep 23

New book review up at Forests Haunted by Holiness! Do you love lady knights? #Dragons? #Magicswords? Then check out this review of the wonderful short novel The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond. #fantasy #booksky #sapphicseptember

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Title: The Fireborne BladePublisher: TorAuthor: Charlotte BondPages: 164pp Maddileh was a knight. And she will be again, if she can reclaim her honor. And how better for a knight to do so than by s…

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Sep 20

Book mail! The next book in Harper’s urban fantasy The Cat Lady Chronicles; the kickstarter edition of English’s cozy-creepy fantasy, Faerie Fruit; Charlotte Bond and her lady knight/dragon adventure, The Fireborne Blade; and a wisewoman wandering the countryside in Ravenwood by Lowell. Woohoo!

The cover of The Dark Hiss of Magic by Helen Harper. A middle-aged Caucasian woman with purple hair sits in an alley. She is dressed in a black tank top and leather pants and is accompanied by several cats.

The cover of Faerie Fruit by Charlotte English. The title is in gold letters in the center. It is surrounded by curling vines bearing a variety of fruits in bright pink, green, blue, and purple.

The cover of The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond. A Caucasian woman with short dark hair, dressed in armor, and holding a sword stands in the foreground. In the background looms the giant head of a white dragon.

The cover of Ravenwood by Nathan Lowell. The title and author name cover the bottom half. The top half depicts a figure wearing a large, floppy hat and carrying a heavy backpack. They hold a walking staff in one hand and stare down the road ahead of them as it extends into the distance. They are surrounded on both sides by wide fields of grain.

Review: A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience

Rebecca Buchanan @lyradora.bsky.social · Sep 19

New book review up at Forests Haunted by Holiness! If you love #romantasy and #fairytale retellings, check out this review of "A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience" by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social :) #booksky #vampire

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Title: A Marriage of Undead InconveniencePublisher/Author: Stephanie BurgisPages: 80pp Margaret Dunhaven just wants to be left alone to pursue her academic studies. Lord Riven of Shadowcroft Manor …