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The Lesbian Review @thelesbianreview.com · 15/12/2025

"I’m tempted to tell her that Lily Vardanian had a different opinion of me last night, but decide to keep that lovely memory to myself.” @annaptaker.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @malsportsjunkie.bsky.social buff.ly/0O9dNro

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The Lesbian Review @thelesbianreview.com · 14/12/2025

“If Abbey’s arrival is a surprise, her entrance is downright memorable. She slides past me in the doorway with the smoothness of silk sliding along a leg.” @annaptaker.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @malsportsjunkie.bsky.social buff.ly/0O9dNro

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The Lesbian Review @thelesbianreview.com · 13/12/2025

“Inside, a woman who really knows how to wear a light blue pullover sweater, slender brown skirt, and a wide leather black belt that moves around her body as if carving fine sculpture.” @annaptaker.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @malsportsjunkie.bsky.social buff.ly/0O9dNro

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🏳️‍🌈📚 She steals for art, kills for survival, and loves like it’s the last sin left. 🔪🥃 Cantor Gold doesn’t spark—she burns. Step into her world of noir, danger & desire. Available everywhere great queer books are sold! #SapphicSky #NoirFiction #QueerNoir #LGBTQFiction #CrimeFiction #QueerLit

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

That dapper criminal Cantor Gold is back! GOLD FOR THE DEAD is now available everywhere from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social. Get it in print, ebook, and audiobook from all the usual bookselling places. #CrimeFiction #Mystery #Noir #FemmeFatales #QueerFiction #NYC #1950s #Gangsters #DarkAlleys #NeonLights

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today only! MURDER AND GOLD is @bywaterbooks.bsky.social Wednesday Book Drop! Just $3.99 for the ebook! Today, Octo. 8th only! bywaterbooks.com/product/murd...

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Celebrate that dapper #outlaw Cantor Gold's next adventure, GOLD FOR THE DEAD from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social, on October 15, 7pm, at @bgsqd.bsky.social. Book signing and zesty conversation with best-selling author Felice Cohen. #CrimeFiction #Noir #LGBTQ #NYC #1950s #LesbianOutlaw #ArtThief

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Sexy, dapper outlaw Cantor Gold is back in print, ebook, and audiobook! Releasing 10/14 from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social #CrimeFiction #Mystery #LGBTQ #NYC #1950s

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Gangsters. Femme fatales. Good friends & bad bets. Cantor Gold's next sizzling adventure releases October 14th from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social Pre-order you print, ebook or audiobook today from your favorite bookseller! #Crimefiction #Noir #QueerNoir #LGBTQ+ #NewYorkCity #1950s

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

CRIME INK: ICONIC releases today! A sizzling anthology of crime fiction featuring award-winning LGBTQ+ crime fiction authors. Thrilled that my story, "Heartbreak Alley," is included in this powerful collection. Available in print & ebook. @bywaterbooks.bsky.social #CrimeFiction #QueerVoices

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

In a world of smoky back rooms, corrupt power plays, and women who love dangerously, loyalty can kill—and desire might just save you. GOLD FOR THE DEAD, Cantor Gold's latest #criminal #adventure. COMING OCTOBER 14TH—PREORDER your #PRINT or #EBOOK today! #Noir #CrimeFiction #Queer #NYC #Midcentury

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

#Pride Month may be over, but our Pride never ends, and neither does our #creativity. Pre-order CRIME INK: ICONIC, an #anthology of #mystery and #crime #fiction #stories inspired by #Queer icons, releasing September 2nd from #BywaterBooks. www.bywaterbooks.com

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Celebrate Pride with a great read, and save 25% off ALL books at the @bywaterbooks.bsky.social /Amble Press Pride sale! Just use code PRIDE2025 at checkout to get the discount. If you love award-winning #mystery fiction, click here: bywaterbooks.com?s=ann+aptake...

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The folks @marinerbooks.bsky.social, an imprint of @harpercollins.bsky.social, created this great graphic for this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense anthology, releasing in October. Thrilled that my story, NEON WOMEN, was selected for this year's edition! #crimefiction #mystery #suspense

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Crime fiction is drama, passion, stories of life and death, justice or the lack of it. And in these stories, crime fiction is gloriously Queer! Crime Ink: Iconic — Where Queer Icons Meet Killer Stories Preorder: bywaterbooks.com/product/crim... or bit.ly/4cH27CL #CrimeInkIconic #QueerCrimeFiction

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I'm posting this photo I took when in #Paris last year because it's a happy memory, and these days we all need happy memories. #CafeLeSarahBernhardt

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Today's the final day of the Crime Writers auction! ALL proceeds go to the Transgender Law Center to help in their fight to protect Trans rights. Go to 32auctions.com/writers4transrights to register and bid. In the spirit of that dapper outlaw, Cantor Gold, place your bids today!

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

It's Trans Visibility Day! Perfect day to bid on an item in the #CrimeWriters for #Trans #Rights auction! Go to 32auctions.com/writers4transrights to register and bid. ALL proceeds go to the @TransgenderLawCenter. Trans rights are Human Rights!

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Support #Trans #Rights and get cool stuff, too! The #Crime #Writers #auction to support the #TransGenderLawCenter starts tomorrow, March 26th at 9am! Autographed #books! #GiftCertificates! #GoodieBags for #foodies! And other cool stuff. Check it out at: 32auctions.com/writers4transrights

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Who better than #Crime #Writers know about #justice or the lack of it? #Crimewriters4TransRights are standing up for justice with an auction of over 140 items, all proceeds to the Transgender Law Center. Bidding starts 3/26. Check it out! #TransLawCenter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TLCAuction

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Save the date! Saturday, April 5th, hear zesty crime and mystery stories read by the #MWA-NY chapter's finest...and me! So heads up, all you #NYC area #crime #fiction junkies. Join us at the 58th Street Library, 127 East 58th Street, on the fabulous island of Manhattan, Saturday, April 5th.

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We can all use a little love these days. @bywaterbooks.bsky.social & Amble Press are showing the love with 25% off all print & ebooks through 2/21!

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A bit of New York’s geometry of night.

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Cover reveal for the next Cantor Gold book, GOLD FOR THE DEAD, designed by @annmcman.bsky.social releasing in 2025 from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social . Cantor confronts the question: how far will she go to get justice for a friend? All the way, baby. All. The. Way. #Crimefiction #Mystery #Noir #NYC

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Good morning from snowy New York!

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My sweet evening in New York, my hometown.

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

The American roadside diner. Its neon sign lures with the promise of simple food, strong coffee...and danger. My story, DESTINY ROAD, is among the great lineup in SCATTERED, SMOTHERED COVERED & CHUNKED, edited by Michael Bracken. Pre-order the ebook on Amazon now. bit.ly/4eW7vBQ

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Like to read? Like to save money? Go to www.BywaterBooks.com and do both! Save 25% at checkout with code LABOROFLOVE25!

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

There's still time for hot savings at the Bywater Books/Amble Press Summer Sale! Now through July 8th, save 20% on all print and ebooks! Use code SPARKLE20 at checkout and save 20%! @bywaterbooks.bsky.social #QueerLit #LGBTQ #SapphicFiction #GayFiction

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

It's Pride Month...and Hot Summer Sale time at Bywater Books and Amble Press! Save 20% on print and ebooks. Use code SPARKLE20 at checkout at www.bywaterbooks.com

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

A sweet memory of when I was in Paris last autumn (and all the memories are sweet).

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

Celebrate @bywaterbooks.bsky.social 20th birthday with a 20% off sale now through June 2nd! Use code 20424 for 20% off ALL books! Here's the link: loom.ly/dwqYCA4

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

We're oh, so very proud of all our @goldencrownls.bsky.social Goldie Award Finalists! 🤩🎊🤩🎊🤩🎊🤩 To celebrate, all eBooks of our Goldie Finalists are on sale now through April 29 for 20% off. Exclusively at loom.ly/8i_mw_U No code needed. Congrats to all the finalists! #Awards #sale

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Ann Aptaker @annaptaker.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

Celebrate International Trans Visibility Day!

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