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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Look who's here! 🌀⏳ ARCs for IN VACUO are in and they are so satisfyingly chunky. @titanbooks.bsky.social has a form to fill if you wish one: bit.ly/TitanBooksARCs — or just reach out! This dark tale of mad science and witchcraft is out on February 23, 2027 and I can't wait for you to read it!

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A hand holding a copy of IN VACUO at an angle, to show the chunkiness of it.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Flew to Manchester, drove a bus to Combs, met some truly brilliant human beings that I'm happy and proud to call friends, and we wrote, had fun, scared each other, had beers, walked in the woods, invited the dark in & also helped each other keep it at bay.

Our group of eight writers in front of the idyllic background of the English countryside.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you already own the audiobook, and agree with me that they did an amazing job (wait until Michael hits Part II and the operating theatre!), consider sharing, if you can 🩷 🩷 🩷

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To celebrate one year of BLOOD in audiobook, the kind kind folks at @recordedbooks.bsky.social are offering a massive 70% discount until October 13th! This is your chance! Michael Crouch, the reader, is a dream Ambrose, you'll see, or hear, rather! 🌕 🩸 www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

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70% OFF A Blood as Bright as the Moon

Frankenstein, Germany.&#160; &#160; Ambrose, a young vampire, lives a life secreted away from the modern world with the rest of his clan, all of them under the spell of the charismatic Regin...

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy pub day, Hailey! Can't wait for this one! 💖🎉

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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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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

He was Frank of course, and Gabriel to many of us in the gaming community, and the Pennywise of my childhood nightmares, and countless others. A true icon. If I close my eyes, I see him. ❤️

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And look at that cover! I mean! It's stunning! ❤️

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There is no such thing as an AI "creator". Just sloppers.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thank you! 💙 Ambitious, too. Several thousand pages here 🍹

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Summer's here! 🏖️ For the next three weeks I plan to be on social media as little as possible (🤞🏻) so I'm leaving you all with my beautifully curated reading pile, both physical and digital, plus four novels I read in recent summers which I thought were amazing 🌊

Andrea reading a book at the Idroscalo Park in Milan.

Four novels I enjoyed in recent summers.

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Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Our first special guest post kicking off the Darker Times Subscriber Drive comes from wonderful @rachelharrison.bsky.social as she pens a wry, relatable essay about horror, anxiety, and facing down death. Read Do You Guys Ever Think About Dying? here: www.darkertimes.com/anxiety-horr...

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Do You Guys Ever Think About Dying?

Rachel Harrison on anxiety, horror, and coming to terms with her inevitable death.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

IN VACUO by @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social 🖤 A queer gothic coming of age novel about a young boy confronting the ghosts of the past and the restless, obsessive pursuit of immortality. tinyurl.com/y8bwuu65

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I agree. Hearing yourself speak the words is so important.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When it comes out in February with @titanbooks.bsky.social , it's going to be a multipurpose volume that you can read and then use to anchor a small vessel in a misty cove... which is not, I promise, just a random image ⚓ 🌁

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

That's a wrap on the second round of edits for IN VACUO. Which was already an unruly beast, and then mad editor @dancarpenter.bsky.social asked me for MORE. As a result, the manuscript grew another 1588 words, for a grand total of 160.892 words.

The cover of In Vacuo with superimposed the word count for the book, which currently stands at 160.892 words.

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Influenced by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social in Pittsburgh and part of a summery Stephen King double bill, this one + Wolves of the Calla, again to follow in Neil, @natcassidy.bsky.social & @scribeofhades.bsky.social footsteps.

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 04/07/2026

Everybody was right: Widow’s Bay ep 8 was amazing

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A terrible loss. Sending love to all those who knew and loved her.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Titan Publishing is devastated by the loss of Katharine Trowbridge (Carroll), our US Publicity Director. "A consummate professional, she coupled charm and grace with an infectious sense of humour. She will be missed terribly."—Laura Price, Editorial Director of Titan Books

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Titan Publishing Group’s Katharine Trowbridge dies aged 68

Katharine Trowbridge, known professionally as Katharine T Carroll, US publicity director for Titan Publishing Group, died on Sunday 28th June aged 68.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I love Evan so far! I think he's brilliantly written, I remember that age... and it's a nightmare!

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Loving it as well. So clever, and yet also so emotionally resonant. The scene with the Red Sox tickets unraveled me. Only two episodes to go and I'm so sad!

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Widow's Bay, Our Baggage. What an episode.

Patricia, wearing a red t-shirt, in a still from Episode 8 of Widow's Bay.

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Adam Weymouth @adamweymouth.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Get them while they're hot!

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One episode in and I'm loving it already.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

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A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family

Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"I found myself beginning to trust the supernatural as it is [...] As a tool and as a narrative force that doesn’t need to be doubted. [...] The supernatural is now the reality; the supernatural is the literary pact made with the reader." Thank god for Mariana Enriquez.

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Interview | Mariana Enríquez: Seven Questions - The London Magazine

Mariana Enríquez speaks to Konrad Muller about her fascination with cemeteries, necro-tourism, Buenos Aires as character and supernatural fiction.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Happy to hear this! Thank the gods, we're living in an era with an abundance of marvellous queer books to choose from!

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Featuring Simon Jimenez, Leon Craig, Johanna Van Veen, @sofiaajram.bsky.social, @manylittlewords.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, Tash Aw, James Baldwin, Alan Hollinghurst, Tomasz Jędrowski, @veronicarothbooks.com, @justinianhuang.bsky.social, Mariana Enriquez, Kelly Link, NK Jemisin.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

In honour of the Milan Pride tomorrow, and inspired by LEON recent post, I thought to compile, now that I've officially entered my Canva era, a list of my favourite queer reads of the last year, both in the speculative and realistic space.

A list of recent favourite queer books in the speculative space, set upon a Pride background: The Spear Cuts through Water by Simon Jimenez, The Decadence by LEON Craig, Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen, Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram, Itch by Gemma Amor, A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper.

A list of recent favourite queer books in the realistic space, set upon a Pride background: The South by Tash Aw, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jędrowski.

A list of recent favourite queer audiobooks in the speculative space, set upon a Pride background: When among Crows by Veronica Roth and The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang.

A list of all-time favourite queer books in the speculative space, set upon a Pride background: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, The Book of Love by Kelly Link and The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The world of cinema, and beyond, hasn't been the same since.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I remember seeing it for the first time and being shattered and made new. It was such a transformative hour. Among the greatest things I've ever seen, whether on TV or in a cinema.

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Tis the season! @barnesandnoble.com is running their summer pre-order sale and if you're a member (which is free) you can get my sprawling (600 pages!) queer Gothic coming of age story (with a dollop of scifi!) with 25% discount. Checkout code: PREORDER25 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-vacuo-a...

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In Vacuo

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Andrea Morstabilini @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thank you Elias! 💖 I really, really hope you'll like it!

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