@marlenacannon.bsky.social
Writer, artist, designer. Keeper of cats and house rabbits.
Author of "The Vanishing Castle" - released 9/23/25!
https://marlenacannon.com/links
Author of "The Vanishing Castle" - released 9/23/25!
https://marlenacannon.com/links
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Happy #ReleaseDay to The Vanishing Castle! Now available at many online book retailers. I'm so happy to send this book galloping out into the world!
#cozyfantasy #supernatural #mystery #indieauthor
#cozyfantasy #supernatural #mystery #indieauthor
2025 has been a journey full of highs and lows, and I'm thankful for the bookish community here on BlueSky.
It warms my heart to see writers cheering each other on every day.
Thank you to everyone who's reposted or replied to one of my posts.
Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy of my book!
It warms my heart to see writers cheering each other on every day.
Thank you to everyone who's reposted or replied to one of my posts.
Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy of my book!
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
2025 has been a journey full of highs and lows, and I'm thankful for the bookish community here on BlueSky.
It warms my heart to see writers cheering each other on every day.
Thank you to everyone who's reposted or replied to one of my posts.
Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy of my book!
It warms my heart to see writers cheering each other on every day.
Thank you to everyone who's reposted or replied to one of my posts.
Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy of my book!
"The Vanishing Castle" is now appearing at Bound By Books, a cozy independent bookstore with mystical vibes in downtown Grove City! It's a charming shop to browse, right across the street from the library.
#indieauthor #indiebookshop #independentbookstore #cozyfantasy #fantasybooks #shopsmall
#indieauthor #indiebookshop #independentbookstore #cozyfantasy #fantasybooks #shopsmall
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"The Vanishing Castle" is now appearing at Bound By Books, a cozy independent bookstore with mystical vibes in downtown Grove City! It's a charming shop to browse, right across the street from the library.
#indieauthor #indiebookshop #independentbookstore #cozyfantasy #fantasybooks #shopsmall
#indieauthor #indiebookshop #independentbookstore #cozyfantasy #fantasybooks #shopsmall
Happy #CentaurSunday!
Only You Can Prevent Mutant Slimes! Find out how in my latest Simarron #shortstory, featuring my safety-inspector-and-sometimes-detective #centaur.
Free on my website: marlenacannon.com/only-you-can...
Only You Can Prevent Mutant Slimes! Find out how in my latest Simarron #shortstory, featuring my safety-inspector-and-sometimes-detective #centaur.
Free on my website: marlenacannon.com/only-you-can...
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Happy #CentaurSunday!
Only You Can Prevent Mutant Slimes! Find out how in my latest Simarron #shortstory, featuring my safety-inspector-and-sometimes-detective #centaur.
Free on my website: marlenacannon.com/only-you-can...
Only You Can Prevent Mutant Slimes! Find out how in my latest Simarron #shortstory, featuring my safety-inspector-and-sometimes-detective #centaur.
Free on my website: marlenacannon.com/only-you-can...
Halloween is almost here!
In the world of "The Vanishing Castle," the dead can talk – as long as the necromancer gets a permit, of course, and consent from the deceased’s family.
In the world of "The Vanishing Castle," the dead can talk – as long as the necromancer gets a permit, of course, and consent from the deceased’s family.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Halloween is almost here!
In the world of "The Vanishing Castle," the dead can talk – as long as the necromancer gets a permit, of course, and consent from the deceased’s family.
In the world of "The Vanishing Castle," the dead can talk – as long as the necromancer gets a permit, of course, and consent from the deceased’s family.
Happy #CentaurSunday!
“The Vanishing Castle” features a #centaur as the main character! What are your favorite books with centaur heroes? Let me know and I’ll add them to my TBR.
#fantasybooks
“The Vanishing Castle” features a #centaur as the main character! What are your favorite books with centaur heroes? Let me know and I’ll add them to my TBR.
#fantasybooks
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy #CentaurSunday!
“The Vanishing Castle” features a #centaur as the main character! What are your favorite books with centaur heroes? Let me know and I’ll add them to my TBR.
#fantasybooks
“The Vanishing Castle” features a #centaur as the main character! What are your favorite books with centaur heroes? Let me know and I’ll add them to my TBR.
#fantasybooks
I'm re-reading "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry. 🐴 The prose is so clear and beautiful.
Why does the world of 18th century Morocco feel so real?
“I read every day and every night until these ghostly people assumed substance and began to take me into their confidence,” Henry wrote in 1969.
Why does the world of 18th century Morocco feel so real?
“I read every day and every night until these ghostly people assumed substance and began to take me into their confidence,” Henry wrote in 1969.
October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm re-reading "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry. 🐴 The prose is so clear and beautiful.
Why does the world of 18th century Morocco feel so real?
“I read every day and every night until these ghostly people assumed substance and began to take me into their confidence,” Henry wrote in 1969.
Why does the world of 18th century Morocco feel so real?
“I read every day and every night until these ghostly people assumed substance and began to take me into their confidence,” Henry wrote in 1969.
🎃 11 days until Halloween…
Want a little treat in your inbox?
If you're signed up for the free Centaur Post newsletter (link in bio), I’ll send you a short story on Halloween called “Guilty Cake.” In it, a kitchen and a confection are not quite what they seem.
Want a little treat in your inbox?
If you're signed up for the free Centaur Post newsletter (link in bio), I’ll send you a short story on Halloween called “Guilty Cake.” In it, a kitchen and a confection are not quite what they seem.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🎃 11 days until Halloween…
Want a little treat in your inbox?
If you're signed up for the free Centaur Post newsletter (link in bio), I’ll send you a short story on Halloween called “Guilty Cake.” In it, a kitchen and a confection are not quite what they seem.
Want a little treat in your inbox?
If you're signed up for the free Centaur Post newsletter (link in bio), I’ll send you a short story on Halloween called “Guilty Cake.” In it, a kitchen and a confection are not quite what they seem.
It's #WorldAllergyAwarenessDay!
I deal with multiple food allergies myself, and that personal experience helped shape the magic system in my book.
“What is food for some, may be fierce poison for others.” - Titus Lucretius Cato (98–55 BCE)
Remember: Read every label, every time 💀
I deal with multiple food allergies myself, and that personal experience helped shape the magic system in my book.
“What is food for some, may be fierce poison for others.” - Titus Lucretius Cato (98–55 BCE)
Remember: Read every label, every time 💀
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's #WorldAllergyAwarenessDay!
I deal with multiple food allergies myself, and that personal experience helped shape the magic system in my book.
“What is food for some, may be fierce poison for others.” - Titus Lucretius Cato (98–55 BCE)
Remember: Read every label, every time 💀
I deal with multiple food allergies myself, and that personal experience helped shape the magic system in my book.
“What is food for some, may be fierce poison for others.” - Titus Lucretius Cato (98–55 BCE)
Remember: Read every label, every time 💀
Happy #AdaLovelaceDay!
In the 1840's, Ada Lovelace wrote what is considered the world’s first computer algorithm.
Today, I’m just trying to write a post the algorithm gods will smile upon so I can connect with my people.
Here’s to you, Ada! And if you're listening... I could use a little help.
In the 1840's, Ada Lovelace wrote what is considered the world’s first computer algorithm.
Today, I’m just trying to write a post the algorithm gods will smile upon so I can connect with my people.
Here’s to you, Ada! And if you're listening... I could use a little help.
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy #AdaLovelaceDay!
In the 1840's, Ada Lovelace wrote what is considered the world’s first computer algorithm.
Today, I’m just trying to write a post the algorithm gods will smile upon so I can connect with my people.
Here’s to you, Ada! And if you're listening... I could use a little help.
In the 1840's, Ada Lovelace wrote what is considered the world’s first computer algorithm.
Today, I’m just trying to write a post the algorithm gods will smile upon so I can connect with my people.
Here’s to you, Ada! And if you're listening... I could use a little help.
!! "A cozy shop devoted to books, community, and local voices" has just opened in my small city. I know what my weekend plans are!
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
!! "A cozy shop devoted to books, community, and local voices" has just opened in my small city. I know what my weekend plans are!
Happy October! Spooky season is here!
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy October! Spooky season is here!
I've always wanted to have tea with a faun.
Some may cringe at the practical effects in the 1988 BBC version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," but to me they're part of the whimsy.
If you could have tea with any magical creature, who would it be?
Some may cringe at the practical effects in the 1988 BBC version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," but to me they're part of the whimsy.
If you could have tea with any magical creature, who would it be?
September 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I've always wanted to have tea with a faun.
Some may cringe at the practical effects in the 1988 BBC version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," but to me they're part of the whimsy.
If you could have tea with any magical creature, who would it be?
Some may cringe at the practical effects in the 1988 BBC version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," but to me they're part of the whimsy.
If you could have tea with any magical creature, who would it be?
#Centaurs have long been a symbol of polarity. Savage vs. civilized, reason vs. intellect.
Freud saw the centaur as a model for human nature. The human half represented the conscious ego and superego. The horse half symbolized the unconscious id, with its primal drives and impulses.
#CentaurSunday
Freud saw the centaur as a model for human nature. The human half represented the conscious ego and superego. The horse half symbolized the unconscious id, with its primal drives and impulses.
#CentaurSunday
a cartoon of a centaur girl with pink hair and a red tail
Alt: Animation of a centaur from Disney's film Fantasia
media.tenor.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#Centaurs have long been a symbol of polarity. Savage vs. civilized, reason vs. intellect.
Freud saw the centaur as a model for human nature. The human half represented the conscious ego and superego. The horse half symbolized the unconscious id, with its primal drives and impulses.
#CentaurSunday
Freud saw the centaur as a model for human nature. The human half represented the conscious ego and superego. The horse half symbolized the unconscious id, with its primal drives and impulses.
#CentaurSunday
We love polarity in fiction.
There’s no better dramatization of internal conflict than Gollum arguing with himself in The Lord of the Rings. Two voices, one soul, locked in a battle for control.
I think we resonate with stories like this because we are full of contradictions ourselves.
There’s no better dramatization of internal conflict than Gollum arguing with himself in The Lord of the Rings. Two voices, one soul, locked in a battle for control.
I think we resonate with stories like this because we are full of contradictions ourselves.
a close up of a gollum from the lord of the rings with big blue eyes and a beard .
Alt: a close up of a gollum from the lord of the rings
media.tenor.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We love polarity in fiction.
There’s no better dramatization of internal conflict than Gollum arguing with himself in The Lord of the Rings. Two voices, one soul, locked in a battle for control.
I think we resonate with stories like this because we are full of contradictions ourselves.
There’s no better dramatization of internal conflict than Gollum arguing with himself in The Lord of the Rings. Two voices, one soul, locked in a battle for control.
I think we resonate with stories like this because we are full of contradictions ourselves.
The love coming in for my main character is giving me so much joy right now. I'm so glad you like my centaur detective! 🥺❤️
#CozyFantasy #IndieAuthor #FantasyMystery #CentaurDetective
#CozyFantasy #IndieAuthor #FantasyMystery #CentaurDetective
September 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The love coming in for my main character is giving me so much joy right now. I'm so glad you like my centaur detective! 🥺❤️
#CozyFantasy #IndieAuthor #FantasyMystery #CentaurDetective
#CozyFantasy #IndieAuthor #FantasyMystery #CentaurDetective
Magical safety, anyone? Looking for my readers who enjoy things off the beaten shelf!
#cozyfantasy #ghostmystery #fantasybooks #indiebooks
#cozyfantasy #ghostmystery #fantasybooks #indiebooks
September 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Magical safety, anyone? Looking for my readers who enjoy things off the beaten shelf!
#cozyfantasy #ghostmystery #fantasybooks #indiebooks
#cozyfantasy #ghostmystery #fantasybooks #indiebooks
Author achievement: I just got my first review on Amazon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you to everyone who's been cheering me on my journey to publish my first book, a funny little story about mystery, magic, and safety 🦺 ✨
Thank you to everyone who's been cheering me on my journey to publish my first book, a funny little story about mystery, magic, and safety 🦺 ✨
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Author achievement: I just got my first review on Amazon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you to everyone who's been cheering me on my journey to publish my first book, a funny little story about mystery, magic, and safety 🦺 ✨
Thank you to everyone who's been cheering me on my journey to publish my first book, a funny little story about mystery, magic, and safety 🦺 ✨
"I have always suspected that stories are alive. They seem to be conscious and purposeful." - Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"I have always suspected that stories are alive. They seem to be conscious and purposeful." - Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey
Happy #ReleaseDay to The Vanishing Castle! Now available at many online book retailers. I'm so happy to send this book galloping out into the world!
#cozyfantasy #supernatural #mystery #indieauthor
#cozyfantasy #supernatural #mystery #indieauthor
September 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy #ReleaseDay to The Vanishing Castle! Now available at many online book retailers. I'm so happy to send this book galloping out into the world!
#cozyfantasy #supernatural #mystery #indieauthor
#cozyfantasy #supernatural #mystery #indieauthor
#Centaur facts: Centaurs began to disappear from retellings of myths beginning in the 6th century CE. However, in the middle ages, centaurs began appearing in imagery in Christian churches, where they were associated with bestial desires or even the devil hunting for human souls. #centaursunday
September 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#Centaur facts: Centaurs began to disappear from retellings of myths beginning in the 6th century CE. However, in the middle ages, centaurs began appearing in imagery in Christian churches, where they were associated with bestial desires or even the devil hunting for human souls. #centaursunday
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@marlenacannon.bsky.social Cozy vibes, I imagine your city a little bit like this
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@marlenacannon.bsky.social Cozy vibes, I imagine your city a little bit like this
Reposted
The best death procrastinator alive.
My Husband's Dream Woman Will Outlive Me - Electric Literature
“3D-Printing the World and Other Dreams,” flash fiction by Nadia Born
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The best death procrastinator alive.
BREAKING: Suspicious rabbit wizard seen entering spooky mansion
Could this be a marketing stunt for The Vanishing Castle, a cozy supernatural mystery fantasy releasing 9/23? Or something more sinister?
Report your sightings below.👇
#indieauthor #fallreads #spoopy #bookstagram #bunnylife
Could this be a marketing stunt for The Vanishing Castle, a cozy supernatural mystery fantasy releasing 9/23? Or something more sinister?
Report your sightings below.👇
#indieauthor #fallreads #spoopy #bookstagram #bunnylife
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: Suspicious rabbit wizard seen entering spooky mansion
Could this be a marketing stunt for The Vanishing Castle, a cozy supernatural mystery fantasy releasing 9/23? Or something more sinister?
Report your sightings below.👇
#indieauthor #fallreads #spoopy #bookstagram #bunnylife
Could this be a marketing stunt for The Vanishing Castle, a cozy supernatural mystery fantasy releasing 9/23? Or something more sinister?
Report your sightings below.👇
#indieauthor #fallreads #spoopy #bookstagram #bunnylife
Books are magic, authors are magicians, and nobody can convince me otherwise. ✨
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Books are magic, authors are magicians, and nobody can convince me otherwise. ✨
📢 #ARC Alert for cozy #fantasy and supernatural mystery fans: "The Vanishing Castle" is now available for early review on #NetGalley! I would be so grateful to anyone who takes the time to review my book or share this post and help this #indieauthor find my readers. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📢 #ARC Alert for cozy #fantasy and supernatural mystery fans: "The Vanishing Castle" is now available for early review on #NetGalley! I would be so grateful to anyone who takes the time to review my book or share this post and help this #indieauthor find my readers. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...