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Melissa Bobe

@abookbumble.bsky.social

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New York writer living in a house of cats. Author: THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN, ELECTRIC TREES, SEASON OF THE WITCH, SIBYLS & The Millennial Witch series (NASCENT WITCH + FAMILIAR TERRITORY). Scholar-gone-librarian: came for the books, stayed for the cafecito.

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If you're headed to #BookCon this coming weekend, come by the Indie Alley and say hello! I'm Booth E-8 and I'll be there both days.

Visit author Melissa Bobe at BookCon
Indie Alley (Hall 1B)
Saturday 4/18 11 AM - 7 PM
Sunday 4/19 10 AM - 5 PM
Booth E-8 (The Hive Press)
And join Melissa for an interview with EveryLibrary
Saturday at 10:30 AM Exhibitor Booth 656

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Works for me!

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Having an absolute blast at NYCC!

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It's finally here: THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN is available in paperback and ebook! Stories speculative and strange fill the pages of this collection. Get your copy and step inside the Illustrated Woman's tent for a journey you won't soon forget... www.amazon.com/Illustrated-...

THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN by Melissa Bobe
AVAILABLE NOW

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

2 weeks until THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN is available to readers! I can't believe it's almost here. Until then, here's one last glimpse inside the tent. Ebook pre-orders are available at: www.amazon.com/Illustrated-...

Take a look inside the world of THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN

The distress I felt in taking them back to the train was immeasurable. As we made our way up the stone streets, I wondered at how quickly I had come to care for these children. What had changed in my heart in mere days? They were certainly sweet girls-- easy to adore-- but who I was felt altered to my bones, as though I had shifted to accommodate something I couldn't identify. I realized, as I tried in vain to get Kya to linger awhile and push at the curfew imposed upon our beautiful day, that it must be the hazard that seemed to infuse their lives, the fear I saw in those eyes that should have known no greater sadness than the loss of a mother at an unfairly young age. -an excerpt from "Indelible"

Read more of "Indelible" and other stories from the collection 12.17.2024

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Here's another peek at THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN! It's hard to believe that we are less than a month until release day. Ebook pre-orders are still live! www.amazon.com/Illustrated-...

They totaled seven in number: three girls and four women. Luce had known from the first shift through the portal mirror that divisiveness would be only too natural to fall to. And then someone would be left behind, lost to a parallel dimension and vulnerable to the beasts that hunted them. She was stoic with the others. There was no time to exhibit anything beyond strength.

Under the facade she offered her companions, this makeshift family for which she was responsible, was a searing and constant agony she had locked down in her heart, the part of her that had closed with the sounds of her daughter's final scream. Strength was all she could know; she let it flood her, overtake her entirely, so that there was room for nothing else. Strength was the ocean around a fortress beneath which she had trapped her own pain, separate from her. She made herself this way to survive, because they needed her.
-an excerpt from "The Mirror"

Read more of "The Mirror" and other stories from the collection 12.17.2024

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Here is a first look at THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN! I can't wait for these stories to find their way to readers, and I'm excited to share a few sneak peeks beforehand. The official release date is December 17, 2024, and pre-orders for the ebook are available now: www.amazon.com/Illustrated-...

I remember all of the facts of my thirteenth summer. It was the summer that I almost lost not one, but both of my brothers for good. Instead, I made powerful enemies, engaged them in a battle of sorts, and came out the other side with victory blazing at my back.

But the sensory details are what have really stayed with me all these years, beyond the facts of those strange events: the chill I felt when I began to understand what I was up against; the sounds of the woods all around us, trees upon trees and everything alive within them; most of all, that unwavering heat, the likes of which I'd never felt before and hope to never encounter again. -an excerpt from "These Dark Deeds"

Read more of "These Dark Deeds" and other stories from the collection 12.17.2024

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

I'm so excited to announce my upcoming speculative collection THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN, coming 12/17/24. The cover is by the extremely talented Florina Aledo Perez, who brought my title character to vibrant, enchanting life. Ebook pre-orders available now: amazon.com/Illustrated-...

COME AND SEE, SEE AND DREAM, DREAM AND KNOW...

THE ILLUSTRATED WOMAN by Melissa Bobe
December 2024

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

If you're going to be at NYCC next week, come by the Writers Block and say hello! I'll be tabling under my imprint The Hive Press, and I'd be thrilled to see you there. Writers Block is adjacent to Artist Alley, and I'll be at booth WB-20 from Thursday through Sunday.

Come visit me next week at NEW YORK COMIC CON. October 17-20, 2024. Writers Block WB-20.

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

COVER REVEAL! SEQUEL ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm thrilled to be able to say that Sela and Sable are back! FAMILIAR TERRITORY lands this winter, and if you haven't read the first book in the series, well, there's no witchier time than the present! www.amazon.com/Nascent-Witc...

If you thought Sela's story was over, has this witch got news for you...
[Paperback mock-up of NASCENT WITCH, a novel by Melissa Bobe]

The magick returns winter 2025
[Paperback mock-up of FAMILIAR TERRITORY, a sequel to NASCENT WITCH by Melissa Bobe]

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

I'm very excited to be making some BIG announcements this October, just in time for the witchiest season of the year! This little author has some major things happening quite soon, so stay tuned...

This witchy season, expect some magical updates...

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

I have BIG things to reveal in this month's newsletter: an advance cover reveal, new book announcements, in-person appearances, and more! Sign up here and check your inbox on Tuesday: eepurl.com/hq0ahj

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Melissa Bobe @abookbumble.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Bemo's totally adorable!! Is she a snowshoe (I mean, when she's not off hunting lol)? Our snowshoe girl Inéz passed last year, and we adopted Anya because she reminded me so much of Inéz.

Inéz, a rescue snowshoe cat, contently posing on a bed.

Anya, another rescue snowshoe cat, controlling the AC remote on a sofa.

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