Crystal King
@crystalking.com
Author of IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS, and bestselling food-laden novels, THE CHEF'S SECRET and FEAST OF SORROW. Next! THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR (Dec. 2, 2025). Also, the HubSpot Academy #SocialMedia Professor. 🍒Food Italy📚 Books
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Crystal King
@crystalking.com
· May 1
THANK YOU to Massachusetts Center for the Book! I'm beyond thrilled to have IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS listed among such incredible company. #books #booksky #fantasy #Italy #Persephone
This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks
I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁
This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This week I interview @KatieParla about her newest cookbook, ROME, which is the ultimate love letter to the Eternal City. Learn about the book and enter the giveaway (US only) to win yourself a copy! open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #bookgiveaway #cooking #newbooks
I'm thrilled to be in conversation with @juliecdalton.bsky.social at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social on December 2, to launch my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, a story about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world. I hope you'll join us! bit.ly/43wCi54 #newbooks #mythology #Pandora
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm thrilled to be in conversation with @juliecdalton.bsky.social at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social on December 2, to launch my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, a story about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world. I hope you'll join us! bit.ly/43wCi54 #newbooks #mythology #Pandora
Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy
I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm so thrilled that my fourth novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, from (@htpbooks, @htp_hive and @readmirabooks) is nearly out in the world!🎉I hope you'll consider joining me at one of my upcoming events. A signed book makes a fantastic holiday gift! 🎄🎁
Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy
November 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Want to win my 4th novel, THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, about ancient Greek gods stealing happiness from the world? It's a reverse Pandora's box, but the @goodreads giveaway isn't! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreadsgiveaway #booksky #newbooks #fantasy
Day 31 of 31! 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 Celebrate with ALL 30 spine-tingling books from our #SpookyReads countdown! From Gothic mysteries to supernatural thrillers - find your perfect Halloween read! #SpookyReads bookshop.org/lists/2025-s...
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Day 31 of 31! 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 Celebrate with ALL 30 spine-tingling books from our #SpookyReads countdown! From Gothic mysteries to supernatural thrillers - find your perfect Halloween read! #SpookyReads bookshop.org/lists/2025-s...
In the heart of #Rome, there is a little German museum dedicated to #Goethe, a true polymath but best known as the author of Faust. If you love art, it's a way to see Piranesi, Tischbien, Warhol and Dali. open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #Italy #history
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In the heart of #Rome, there is a little German museum dedicated to #Goethe, a true polymath but best known as the author of Faust. If you love art, it's a way to see Piranesi, Tischbien, Warhol and Dali. open.substack.com/pub/crystall... #Italy #history
Day 30 of 31! 🧛 "The Heiress of Northanger Abbey" by Nancy Bilyeau - The ghosts of the past are not confined to the Abbey. Who will control Northanger's future? #SpookyReads #BookSky readmuse.net/pages/once-u...
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Day 30 of 31! 🧛 "The Heiress of Northanger Abbey" by Nancy Bilyeau - The ghosts of the past are not confined to the Abbey. Who will control Northanger's future? #SpookyReads #BookSky readmuse.net/pages/once-u...
Day 29 of 31! 🏨 "The Haunting of Room 904" by @erikatwurth.bsky.social - A woman with mysterious powers, called to solve a crime in the haunted hotel where her sister died. #SpookyReads #BookSky www.tatteredcover.com/products/978...
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Day 29 of 31! 🏨 "The Haunting of Room 904" by @erikatwurth.bsky.social - A woman with mysterious powers, called to solve a crime in the haunted hotel where her sister died. #SpookyReads #BookSky www.tatteredcover.com/products/978...
Day 28 of 31! 🏚️ "The Night Guests" by Marina Scott - 1903 Omaha. A mysterious medium awakens something otherworldly in the house. Walls whisper. Do you dare to listen? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Night-Guests...
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day 28 of 31! 🏚️ "The Night Guests" by Marina Scott - 1903 Omaha. A mysterious medium awakens something otherworldly in the house. Walls whisper. Do you dare to listen? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Night-Guests...
Day 27 of 31! 🔮 The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore PREORDER NOW 3-24-26 U.S./3-26-26 UK! A fortune teller in 1920s Paris must untangle two murders buried in her family's past before the killer returns to finish their work. #SpookyReads olesyagilmore.com/books/the-fo...
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day 27 of 31! 🔮 The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore PREORDER NOW 3-24-26 U.S./3-26-26 UK! A fortune teller in 1920s Paris must untangle two murders buried in her family's past before the killer returns to finish their work. #SpookyReads olesyagilmore.com/books/the-fo...
I just learned that the audiobook for my novel THE CHEF'S SECRET is on sale at $3.99 through BookBub's Chirp! It's a love story and a mystery about famous Renaissance chef 🍗 🍷 🍒 Bartolomeo Scappi, perfect as we head into the season of comfort food: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/t... #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I just learned that the audiobook for my novel THE CHEF'S SECRET is on sale at $3.99 through BookBub's Chirp! It's a love story and a mystery about famous Renaissance chef 🍗 🍷 🍒 Bartolomeo Scappi, perfect as we head into the season of comfort food: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/t... #booksky
Day 26 of 31! 🌴 "The Colony of Lost Souls" by Kelsey James - What would you do if your sister disappeared and then two years later asked for your help from inside a cult? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Colony-Lost-...
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Day 26 of 31! 🌴 "The Colony of Lost Souls" by Kelsey James - What would you do if your sister disappeared and then two years later asked for your help from inside a cult? #SpookyReads #BookSky www.amazon.com/Colony-Lost-...
Today's my day! Day 25 of 31! 👹 "In the Garden of Monsters" is a wild retelling of Hades and Persephone set in a post-war stone garden in Italy. The eBook is on SALE $1.99 Oct 25-27 ONLY! #SpookyReads geni.us/InTheGardenO...
October 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today's my day! Day 25 of 31! 👹 "In the Garden of Monsters" is a wild retelling of Hades and Persephone set in a post-war stone garden in Italy. The eBook is on SALE $1.99 Oct 25-27 ONLY! #SpookyReads geni.us/InTheGardenO...
IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS my wild, spooky Hades & Persephone retelling, is on sale for $1.99 for four days only! It's gothic, ghosty👻 , and set in a real stone garden in Italy. 👹 geni.us/ITGOMebook #BookSky #BookDeal #spookybooks #myth
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
IN THE GARDEN OF MONSTERS my wild, spooky Hades & Persephone retelling, is on sale for $1.99 for four days only! It's gothic, ghosty👻 , and set in a real stone garden in Italy. 👹 geni.us/ITGOMebook #BookSky #BookDeal #spookybooks #myth
Day 24 of 31! 💄 "Pretty/Ugly" by @jenniferannegordon.bsky.social - A lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. When lives end in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to live again. #SpookyReads #BookSky tinyurl.com/PrettyUglyBook
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Day 24 of 31! 💄 "Pretty/Ugly" by @jenniferannegordon.bsky.social - A lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. When lives end in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to live again. #SpookyReads #BookSky tinyurl.com/PrettyUglyBook
Day 23 of 31! 🧟"24/7 Demon Mart: Books 1-3 Omnibus" by @dmguay.bsky.social - Evil Dead 2 meets Clerks! When your job is stocking beer but the beer cave is the gate to hell. #SpookyReads #BookSky amzn.to/3KbglBD
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Day 23 of 31! 🧟"24/7 Demon Mart: Books 1-3 Omnibus" by @dmguay.bsky.social - Evil Dead 2 meets Clerks! When your job is stocking beer but the beer cave is the gate to hell. #SpookyReads #BookSky amzn.to/3KbglBD
Day 22 of 31! 📖 "Return to Wyldcliffe Heights" by @carolgoodman.bsky.social - Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale. Losing yourself in a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out. #SpookyReads #Booksky www.oblongbooks.com/book/9780063...
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Day 22 of 31! 📖 "Return to Wyldcliffe Heights" by @carolgoodman.bsky.social - Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale. Losing yourself in a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out. #SpookyReads #Booksky www.oblongbooks.com/book/9780063...
Sigh sigh sigh. Not great news for authors if readers can't afford to buy #books. bookriot.com/were-in-a-bo...
We're in a Book Affordability Crisis
The death of the mass market paperback means the cheapest book options are now 50% more expensive. Welcome to the book affordability crisis.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Sigh sigh sigh. Not great news for authors if readers can't afford to buy #books. bookriot.com/were-in-a-bo...
Day 21 of 31! 🐝 "Witches of Honeysuckle House" by @lizparkerwrites.bsky.social launches TODAY! Think Practical Magic but if the house was alive. Sisterhood, family curses, and magic. #SpookyReads www.lizparkerwrites.com/witches-of-h...
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Day 21 of 31! 🐝 "Witches of Honeysuckle House" by @lizparkerwrites.bsky.social launches TODAY! Think Practical Magic but if the house was alive. Sisterhood, family curses, and magic. #SpookyReads www.lizparkerwrites.com/witches-of-h...
Day 20 of 31! ⚱️"The Witches of Santo Stefano" by Wendy Webb - A journalist uncovers the haunting secret history of her own ancestors in bewitching Italy. #SpookyReads www.amazon.com/Witches-Sant...
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Day 20 of 31! ⚱️"The Witches of Santo Stefano" by Wendy Webb - A journalist uncovers the haunting secret history of her own ancestors in bewitching Italy. #SpookyReads www.amazon.com/Witches-Sant...
Day 19 of 31! 🏰 "The Curse of Penryth Hall" by @jesslarmstrong.bsky.social - Some curses aren't meant to be broken #SpookyReads #Booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Day 19 of 31! 🏰 "The Curse of Penryth Hall" by @jesslarmstrong.bsky.social - Some curses aren't meant to be broken #SpookyReads #Booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...