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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's the book birthday of Halls of The Dead by @smhallow.bsky.social and I am so hype to read this one. 😍 Necromancy? Gothic vibes? Queer? SOLD. #booksky

Photo of a book surrounded by candles and bottles. The book is titled The Halls of the Deed, by S.M. Hallow. The cover features a skull and a moth, with the moth's wing in front at the eye spot looks like the eye of the skull.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have watched this movie an embarrassing number of times.

Movie poster for the film Beautiful Creatures, with an ensemble cast group in front of old iron gates.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today's the last day for the Barnes & Noble pre-order sale to get The Thorns We Wear Inside! A sapphic, gothic fairy tale of a witch and a vampire trying to escape a cursed castle, while their two parasitic demons will stop at nothing to keep them apart. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-thorns...

A green graphic of a book featuring the title "The Thorns We Wear Inside" with the author name "Amy Avery". The cover is black with red roses and gold thorns, and two gray figures of women reaching for each other.

Text on the graphic reads:

Barnes & Noble pre-order sale

Discounts starting at 25% off for B&N premium and reward members.

With code PREORDER25

Some exclusions may apply.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Difficult choice. There are a few I could choose, but I love this one front to back. Muse: Absolution

Album cover. In the upper left corner is text reading Muse: Absolution. A photo from above of a man standing on concrete and looking up. Around him are scattered shadows of human figures.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Meet Mir and Raye, the witch and vampire from my dark, queer gothic fairy tale THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE. Book coming November 2026. averyames.com/the-thorns-w...

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Quiet Reading Day at the local cider brewery! Only about 60 pages left in this book and it's so good. 😍 Perfect gothic ominous vibes.

A photo of a tray with four small cider samples. Beneath them are the names "blackberry", "lem-laid", "hibby lime", and "muscat de bernay".

Next to them is a library copy of the book "A Dark and Wild Wood" by Sarah Nicole Lemon. The cover is black and features n illustration of a dark-haired woman in a draped white gown holding a lantern.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🌈 Book scavenger hunt, Pride Edition! ❤️ Red: Carmilla 🧡 Orange: A Long Time Dead 💛 Yellow: Kushiel's Mercy 💚 Green: Direct Descendant 💙 Blue: Voyage of the Damned 💜 Purple: Tales From the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness

A row of books on a shelf. In order from left to right, they are:

The Vampyre/Carmilla combined edition, by John Polidori and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

A Long Time Dead, by Samara Breger

Kushiel's Mercy, by Jacqueline Carey

Direct Descendant, by Tanya Huff

Voyage of the Damned, by Frances White

Tales From the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness, by Tanith Lee

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

A graphic with the text "Zoobilee Zoo" at the top and a group photo of actors in animal face paint and costumes, similar to the style of the stage musical Cats, but with different types of animals.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

These are my 5-star reads for the year so far:

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So looks like I need to read some more backlist in the second half of the year 😅 Very frontlist-heavy so far.

Two charts with the header "Total Books Read: 34"

The top chart is "Publication Date" and time from 2019 through 2026, with the majority of books in 2024 through 2026.

The bottom chart is Star Rating, with the most ratings 3-star through 4-star.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Went to a local Pride Bash Party today and had a blast!

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

My local indie bookstore had a sidewalk sale today and I snagged a few new reads 👀 The Wolf and the Woodsman is already a fave, but I didn't have this beautiful edition. The other three are new reads that caught my eye. #fantasybooks #bookhaul #booksky

A stack of book spines. From top to bottom, they read:

The Sleepless, Jen Williams
Upon A Starlit Tide, Kell Woods
The House Saphir, Marissa Meyer
The Wolf and the Woodsman, Ava Reid

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This pride month, if you're looking for an atmospheric fantasy read with lyrical prose and haunting fall vibes, check out THE LONGEST AUTUMN. Featuring a queer-positive society, a bi and polyamorous MC, and her allosexual but aro BFF. Find out more here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A wooden table featuring four book editions. Three of them have the title "The Longest Autumn" by Amy Avery. The fourth French title is "L'Automne Sans Fin".

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The new, rebooted "...and it's writing" podcast is right around the corner! Our first episode drops on Monday, where I chat with @monatewari.com about the ups and downs of your publishing debut year. Check out the links at anditswriting.com to subscribe on your service of choice!

Text on a tan background. The top reads "...and it's writing." with proofreading markup in red.

Below that in red handwritten font, it reads "An irreverent podcast on writing craft"

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente Twice, because I initially bought the standard paperback and then later a special limited edition.

A hand holding up a hardcover book. The title at the top reads Deathless and the author at the bottom is Catherynne M. Valente, both in gold foil. It shows a stylized illustration of a man and woman embracing, both with dark hair. She wears an elaborate crown. Behind them you can see a skyline of classic Russian architecture.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Started painting book edges again! A creepy forest design to match the cover of THEY FEAR NOT MEN IN THE WOODS by @gretchenmcneil.bsky.social

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The newest member of my little cactus family!

A hand holding a small plant pot with black and white zigzag stripes. In the pot is a tiny round cactus with long brown spines.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This morning's reading (and my reading buddy who is not very helpful). HOW TO FAKE IT IN SOCIETY by @kjcharleswriter.com - it's so utterly charming and I'm loving it so far 😍

A photo of a hand holding up a book cover. The cover is a light turquoise and features two illustrated men in regency clothing standing back to back. The title "How to Fake It in Society" is large in white text, and the author's name "KJ Charles" appears at the bottom.

Behind the book, a tuxedo cat takes up most of the lap of the person holding up the book.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My sapphic gothic horror vampire romance is coming out November 10th. Dark fairytale vibes. A witch and a vampire are trapped in an eerie cursed castle. They grow closer fighting to break the curse, but they are each bonded to a parasitic demon who will stop at nothing to keep them apart.

Book cover. Text reads "The Thorns We Wear Inside" and the author is Amy Avery. A red rose sits in the center surrounded by golden thorns. In gray, two women reach for each other, not quite touching.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

For every book I write, I get another tattoo. Here's my latest one for my sapphic gothic romantasy, THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE, coming November 10th. The flowers each represent one of the main characters, and the thorns and book are self-explanatory. It turned out so beautiful!

Photo of an upper arm with a new tattoo. A red rose and purple nightshade blossoms frame a brown book wrapped in thorns.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Good morning Womble! I just finished a horror novella this morning, Morsel by Carter Keane, and enjoyed it. A good fast-paced read.

Photo of a library book. The cover features an animal skull and flowers on a black background. The book is Morsel by Carter Keane.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

May reads! It was a great reading month overall, although it was all over the board on genre 😅

A collage of book covers on a pink background. Books are:

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Geisbrecht
The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang
The (Very Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish
Tales of a Monstrous Heart by Jennifer Delaney
The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
Fate's Bane by CL Clark
Morsel by Carter Keane

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I turned in my line edits! 🥳 A little celebration with a non-alcoholic coconut daiquiri, a sheet mask, and sending off one of my fave shows of the past few years.

A photo of a table with a cocktail glass filled with a white drink with a pick cocktail umbrella. A package of a vitamin c sheet mask rests next to it. In the background, a tv shows the landing page for the final episode of the tv show Hacks.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What happens when you hit your local indie bookstore, the used bookshop, and the library all in one morning. 😅

A stack of eight books, including vintage mass market fantasy paperbacks, two recent novellas, two recent fantasy novels, and a couple of cookbooks.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Good morning Womble! I'm just starting The Fervor by Alma Katsu for the local indie bookstore's book club!

Photo of a hand holding a paperback book. The cover is hot pink. It shows a woman in a long coat facing away from the viewer and looking at a guards' watchtower, with a barbed fence behind her.

The title "The Fervor" appears at the top, while the bottom says "Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Deep".

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

My haul from the #indiebookstoreday bookstore crawl! (The newspaper-wrapped ones are a win from the prize wheel and a bonus one for making a purchase)

A selection of books and other items on a wooden table. They include the following books:

Big Machine by Victor Lavalle
Hollow by Celina Myers
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Dark Forgetting by Kristien Ciccarelli

Also shown are two issues of The New Avengers, a pin that says "shelf love", a sticker that says "I love my indie bookstore", a set of lavender DnD dice, and two books wrapped in newspaper.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

It's #indiebookstoreday today! Go check out what your local indie(s) are doing to celebrate! Some stores have a @libro.fm golden ticket worth some audiobooks if you find it 👀 (And while you're there, perhaps you might pre-order a particular sapphic gothic fantasy, THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE 😉)

A graphic of an open book against a light blue background, with the text "It's Independent Bookstore Day! Support your favorite rockstar bookstore!"

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Good morning! I need to pick my next book today but I just finished As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel and it blew me away. Just scratched all my particular book itches. A sapphic dark fantasy about a Faustian deal and a cat-and-mouse game spanning multiple lifetimes.

A hand holding up a library book. The title of surrounded by an embroidery pattern of roses and leaves on a black background, with the text in gold in the center. The title reads "As Many Souls as Stars" and the author is listed as Natasha Siegel at the top.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

For more info, check it out here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827291...

A render of the book "The Thorns We Wear Inside", on a brown patterned background. The book features a red bloodied rose and thorns, lingering over a pair of gray figures of women reaching toward each other but not quite touching.

Below the book is the text "November 2026 from DAW Books"

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Meet Mir and Raye from my upcoming sapphic, gothic fantasy THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE. 👀 Coming in November from @dawbooks.bsky.social For fans of For the Wolf and Nettle & Bone comes a dark, romantic fantasy about a witch, a monster, & the two demons who’ll stop at nothing to keep them apart.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Just finished this one and wow. Definitely an early candidate for fave read of the year. I'm always here for Carmilla retellings and this is an excellent one. Bloody, menacingly seductive, and filled with rage, this one will stick with me.

A photo of the book Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, resting on a wooden table. The cover features the title and author name in lime green, with an antique-looking painting of a woman in a white dress lying on a bed, her upper half hanging partway off the bed.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hard to believe this innocent-looking creature is the tyrant who runs the house.

A tuxedo cat curled up on a beige carpeted floor, lying on a yellow triangular cat toy with feathers.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

It's B&N preorder sale time!! A sapphic gothic horror romance fairytale with vampires, cursed castles, and two women haunted by literal parasitic demons who are drawn to each other despite their monstrous natures. THE THORNS WE WEAR INSIDE has it all. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-thorns...

A graphic on a green background. Barnes & Noble Preorder Sale appears at the top.

A black book cover with the text "The Thorns We Wear Inside, cover to be revealed" is on the right.

On the left is the text: "discounts starting at 25% off for B&N premium and reward members. With code PREORDER25. Some exclusions may apply."

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Reintroduction post! I'm Amy, a SFF author who occasionally dabbles with horror elements. - Fave author is Robin Hobb - Fan of rpg video games, especially the Dragon Age series - I love writing messy, complicated relationships - Graphic designer/prepress by trade - Bossed around by a tuxedo cat

Portrait photo of Amy, a woman with pink hair and bright pink hair and pink lipstick, smiling at the camera.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I will say that #dragonage #veilguard came in a very close second, but it took longer to fully download. 😅 As a longtime Dragon Age nerd, I'm both excited and nervous about what Veilguard might do to me lol.

Dragon Age Veilguard promo art with a purple background and a collection of characters forming the shape of a dragon behind the main character, Rook.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Whenever people ask me "what game did you play first when you finally got a PS5"? I will forever have to answer with a cheeky monster dating sim mashed up with a metroidvania. #romancelvania

A video game cover in an anime/dating sim style. Dracula holding a sword stands in front with pale skin and a dramatic long coat and with a gothic castle in the background

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

When your writing friends send you memes relating to your work on sub 😂

An illustration of a weird geometric mess of oval loops with the caption "Behold, the horror behind your comprehension".

Then a cartoon image of a person staring wordlessly.

Then the same image of the geometric mass with the text "why aren't you trembling with fear?"

The final panel is the same emotionless person but with the caption "Smash."

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Also listen, what I lack in actual sewing/tailoring ability, I make up in weirdly obsessive detail like a hand-smocked "dragon scale" pattern on Mae's dress, or the literal magnetic swords that attach/detach from Isabela's corset, or hand-painting "fingerprint" designs on my own Orb of Destruction

Amy displaying the swords that attach to her Isabela corset using magnets, photo in mirror from the back

In-progress photo of a blue satin fabric being hand-smocked into a dragon scale pattern

Photo if an olive green orb, about 4-5 inches in diameter. A raised "finger print" pattern is painted onto the surface using puff paint

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Also hello fellow #dragonage nerds! I still lack the hardware to run Veilguard (😭) but have been an OG Dragon Age fan since Origins. I was also a cosplayer for about a decade.

Any as Isabela from Dragon Age, in cosplay.

Amy as Maevaris Tilanu from Dragon Age, in cosplay. A woman with short blonde hair and a black dress with blue and silver trim.

Amy as The Architect from Dragon Age, in cosplay. A lavender demonic costume with black and purple elements, with a tall black headpiece.

Amy as a Qunari Inquisitor from Dragon Age, in cosplay. Gray skin, black horns, and white wig with formal red jacket and a white daisy flower crown.

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Bonus: Anime (aka,"I Said I Was Old") (aka2: "A penchant for ridiculously shoujo and also niche stuff like Hiiro No Kakera that wasn't even worth listing bc no one else watched it")

Sailor Moon
Fushigi Yuugi
Uta no Prince Sama
Akatsuki No Yona (Yona of the Dawn)
Fruits Basket (2001)

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hello new followers! Re-intro! Assuming you came from a starter pack - hello! - I'm an author & will post writing/bookish things - Also will post random stuff - Queer & AudHD - On the cusp of Gen X & Millennial, please be patient with me as needed - Love music, esp synthpop - New-ish plant parent

Photo of Amy, a white woman with a pink bob wearing a pink floral top

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Amy Avery / Avery Ames @averyamesauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A delightful and chaotic slushie (non-alcoholic for all ages!) smoothie inspired by the adorable middle-grade novel ACCIDENTAL DEMONS by @clarewonders.bsky.social (Recipe in comments)

A photo of the physical book of Accidental Demons by Clare Edge, next to an orange smoothie I'm a glass with gold stars, topped with a cherry and with a purple silly straw

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