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SuperWendy @superwendy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Squeaking in during the final days of September and this month's crop of Unusual Historicals is up for your browsing pleasure at the Bat Cave. 16 titles this month wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2026/09/back... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Unusual Historicals September 2026. Graphic features book covers for By Any Means by E.M. Caro, Heartbreak for the Irish Midwife by Seána Tinley, Changing Times at Calico House by Maisie Thomas, The Cowboy's Marriage of Convenience by Elizabeth Jane Adams, The Jack of Hearts by Maddison Michaels, The Case of the Curate by Mary Lancaster, Betrothal Between Enemies by Bronwyn Scott, Maid for the Duke by Laura Martin, The Marchioness Makes a Bargain by Kirsten S. Blacketer, Secrets for a Seductress by Laura Linn, A Divorcee and her Captain by Steffy Smith, The Trick of It by Ava Devlin, The Scholar's Spy by Ava Bond, Sir Durham's Disarming Asset by Cerise Deland, A Chance of a Lifetime by Emily EK Murdoch, Lyon of Least Resistance by Emily Royal

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Silvia Moreno-García novels make me feel like I need to hurry what I’m doing to get back to the ✨chisme✨

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking

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The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrusta-tion of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water. (It didn't have to be anything scary or unpleasant, like snakes or slime, especially in a cheerful household magic tended to reflect the atmosphere of the place in which it found itself-but if you want a cup of tea, a cup of lavender-and-gold pansies or ivory thimbles is unsatisfactory. And while the pansies-put dry in a vase-would probably last a day, looking like ordinary pansies, be-fore they went greyish-dun and collapsed into magic dust, something like an ivory thimble would begin to smudge and

crumble as soon as you picked it up.) The best way to do it was to have a fairy as a member of your household, because she (it was usually a she) could lay a finger on the kettle just as it came to a boil (absentminded fairies could often be recognised by a pad of scar-tissue on the finger they favoured for kettle-cleaning) and murmur a

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

looking for a place in nyc to buy physical Japanese cds? i really want a physical copy of the new ryokushaka album 😔

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adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · 01/09/2026

happy birthday siffrin... happy birthday [spoilers]...

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SOVKA ✶ @monstersovka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🦇 international bat night 🍋

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TOUCHSTARVED @redspringstudio.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

A terrible curse binds your fate to 5 monstrous strangers. How far will you go to save yourself? 🌙 Wishlist on Steam: redspring.studio/wishlist 🌙 Play the free demo: redspring.studio/play 🌙 Join our mailing list: redspring.studio/optin #TouchstarvedGame #Coming2025

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ami 🪐 @jisungmilkshake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

and ALSO i wanna mention that often times these things seem even more scandalous bc they're associated with black culture (twerking, whining, the nails/makeup/clothes, etc) and considered in "bad taste" simply bc of that

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Anna Podedworna @akreon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So excited to share this illustration I had the pleasure of creating for Bloomberg Businessweek for the article “The Steamy, Magical and Now Very Lucrative Romantasy Business” by Hannah Miller and Madison Muller. Such a fun one to work on! Art direction by Chandra Illick.

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Ledgerbound @ledgerbound.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Save the world. Deny the claim. Maximize Shareholder value. 📈 Leave your desk behind to battle world-ending evil and pursue HR-approved romance in this fully voiced comedy tactical RPG. Ledgerbound is OUT NOW on Steam: s.team/a/3315060 Playing today? Leave us a review!

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

my kingdom for a fantasy/speculative short story magazine that i can easily find in print 😔

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Calder Moore @caldermoore.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Welcome to Magg CIty

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

had SO much fun reading The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit! I miss Romance books that feel like this 🥹

picture of the book cover of The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit on a kobo

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Neverway - COMING IN 2027! @coldbloodinc.studio · 29/07/2026

our indie game: - hand drawn by Celeste's pixel artist - music by Disasterpeace - made on our own game engine - a slow-burning horror RPG - meet (or date) 10+ charming characters - fast-paced combat - customize your playstyle with crafted items and combat abilities

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/07/2026

I had to stop and take a few minutes to doodle out a little dreamt visual of Mr Darcy.

A portrait drawing of Mr Darcy, a handsome man with a taciturn expression turned away from the viewer. He is also surrounded by hearts and such, a personal touch by the artist.

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kami @karekareo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

it's my birthday today!! 🥳 As a treat, I'd appreciate if you shared the lil original animated short I'm directing (and maybe consider supporting?)! It's about a ghostpup and a witch! 👻 #art #animation #original

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BookDeals @bookdeals.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan $0.99 Genres: YA, Fantasy, Thriller #books #booksky #ad amzn.to/4fqEy4F m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81i...

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Spanish sailors, lost princesses, Goblin Markets, and "that's no island" . . . @adventitiouswords.bsky.social has published "Non Plus Ultra," a prequel novelette to THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN, coming out from @orbitbooks.bsky.social next month! www.adventitious.net/stories/non-...

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Non Plus Ultra by M.A. Carrick

1492. A ship sails through the Pillars of Hercules into the Sea Beyond. Novella by M.A. Carrick. Read the prequel of The Eye of Leviathan.

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

T&F is such a delight to read! And I would love for them to be able to get in print 😭

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

reading a review of a romance book in which the two main characters are textually expressing wishes to be together less than half way through AND where the only conflict is external and dispelled in the blurb as “slow burn” and I just—what are we doing here fam

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Neverway - COMING IN 2027! @coldbloodinc.studio · 10/04/2026

Neverway’s free prologue is OUT now on Steam. play it. break it. be honest.

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

just finished @coldbloodinc.studio’s NEVERWAY prologue and it was incredible omg the graphics, the characters, the atmosphere!! stunning, can’t wait for October 😌

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

once again thinking of Jack Wolfe’s Orpheus and losing my mind i fear 😔

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Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My sweet old man cat's end-of-life bills put a pretty big dent in my bank account, so I've added a bunch of art from Little Thieves to my INPRNT gallery. If you've been hankering for color versions of the book illustrations, or missed out on preorder incentives, now is a GREAT time to get prints!

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Collections curated by Margaret Owen

Collections curated by Margaret Owen.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Miyaneko, a white cat whose ears make an “M”, is the mascot for Miyazaki City. His special skills are dancing and overreacting.

A white cat mascot with a red and blue-striped torso and yellow headgear with an “M” on it shrugs on a stage.

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

this was such a lovely interview, I love this game 😭

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Richard Thomas Davis (American, born 1947) Cold Front, 1974 Acrylic on panel 44 × 48 inches Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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ionomycin @ionomycin.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

My favorite pieces from 2024

a piece posted quite recently, two characters standing in ruins by the water, looking at a gigantic creature in the distance

a piece from this summer, a character draped in dark, leaking black, standing at a door ready to go in

a piece from last january, based on the nordic saint lucia tradition. a girl with candles on her head riding a white mooselike creature

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SOVKA ✶ @monstersovka.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

to contemplate from the inside ✶

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein was so fucking beautiful, truly every shot and every gesture just breathed with humanity, I loved it @realgdt.bsky.social

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Approximately THREE HUNDRED (300)! new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror young adult books came out this year. Thankfully, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social is here to tell us the top 30!

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Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2025 - Reactor

Check out 30 of the best young adult titles of the year

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M.A. Carrick (Marie Brennan + Alyc Helms) @macarrick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

For years we've had a widget on our website where you can lay out a pattern reading for yourself -- but great news! Now it has the pretty, pretty art by @blueludebar.com, @aliellkok.bsky.social, and @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social! www.macarrick.com/pattern/

The back of a card from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, showing a golden spindle, shuttle, and shears linked by violet thread twining into a ribbon. These overlie a subtle labyrinth background and are surrounded by an intricate frame of ribbons and cord.

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

these cards are so beautiful and lux, I love them 🥹

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Mathieu Bablet @mathieubablet.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Plus que quelques heures pour ce procurer le print du palais des bains version nuit, en collaboration avec @geek-art.bsky.social ! www.liberdistri.com/fr/tirages-d...

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adriana @adrianawrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

✨ Happy release day to WITCHLIGHT by Susan Dennard ✨ and happy don’t bother me to everyone else until I finish this book thanks 😌

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Thanks for the kind words! Have some screens without video compression:

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Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

And it’s not because it’s unrealistic for some people to feel immediate attraction! It’s because the *audience* isn’t feeling it. They aren’t sold on these characters yet, and they don’t see what is driving the attraction. Physical good looks doesn’t cut it in shows where *everyone* is hot.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 09/08/2025

Happy Bookstore Romance Day! Treat yourself to a romance book (or five, no one’s judging here) and show your indie bookstores (especially ones that specialize in romance) some love! 💕🥰

A light purple background, complete with illustrated bookstore buildings, and large text in dark purple that reads, “Happy Bookstore Romance Day!”

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