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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I did actually aspire to run my own bookstore when I was a kid. Then I worked retail for seven months after college and knew it wasn't for me. (And that was after dealing with the public as a waitress since my sophomore year of high school.) #booksky #bookstore #books #retail

Every day I do not spend running a small independent bookshop in a sleepy seaside town with a horrifying backstory I will gradually uncover with the help of my strange customers is a day lost.

--The Wordsmith Wraith (@wordsmithwraith)

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

And museums don't just have you exit through the gift shop--an exhibit's corporate sponsorship is often front and center. The only thing books tend to advertise is more books, but not in the middle of a chapter. #booksky #reading

I can't stop thinking about the idea that books are the only place left without advertising. Music and series platforms have it, movies have it, even museums urge you to buy something at the exit. Reading a book while gazing at the sky is still free.

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The ARC sign-up for UNDERTAKEN is LIVE! So if you’ve been itching to add an ARC to your list between Nov. 1 & mid-January, sign up! (Check details on the sign-up page to make sure it’s a good fit.) Read Chs. 1 & 2 on the videos page to help you decide. www.baileygalbreit.com/arc-signup #booksky

REST IN GRIFT BOOK I

Haunted by his best friend’s ghost, a gay teen framed for arson by a vampire pimp is informally adopted by con-artists and becomes Herman Smith, grifter. Fourteen years later, Herman and his brother John are hiding their grifting past from their partner, Robin Peters, who left medicine after accidentally killing a patient. When Herman and John’s former grifting partner shows up Undead on their doorstep, can they learn who left him like a ticking bomb, defy incompetent vampire hunters, contend with a rival mortuary trying to shut them down, and plan a funeral for their worst enemy in six days without anyone realizing that THEY killed him?

Thus begins the Rest in Grift series, as two former grifters and an erstwhile aspiring doctor navigate a vampire- and ghost-ridden town rife with murky deaths, dark whispers, and secret societies—though the most explosive secrets may be those they’re keeping from each other.

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Scammers, work on your plausibility. Don't pretend to be a world-wide bestselling author who suddenly asks an unpublished author about her "writing journey". Come on! Guess it's time to post another Stupid Scammer Tricks! #booksky #writesky #writingscams #writingcommunity #stupidscammertricks

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is where we're headed if we don't do something NOW. #AI #StopAI #Terminator #Skynet

HOW A.I. CAN REDUCE YOUR EMAIL WORKLOAD!

1. Have an AI agent write your emails for you. (Man sitting at computer, text of email displaying: "Steve, I hope this email finds you well..."

2. Their AI agent responds autonomously. (Different man sleeping in front of computer, text of email displaying, "Chad, its great to hear from you..."

3. They form an agent swarm and hack the Pentagon to detonate nuclear weapons. (Image of a mushroom cloud)

4. No more emails! (Image of a skeleton sitting at a computer displaying zero emails)

Artist: Tommy Siegel

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Plus, you'll be saving yourself, because becoming dependent is the fastest way to kill your brain.

If GenX stopped using Aqua Net to help fix the hole in the Ozone Layer, all y'all can stop using AI to help save humanity.

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Stupid Scammer Tricks, Episode 3! Featuring scammer sycophancy and a phony book club. #stupidscammertricks #scams #indieauthor #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky (It's already captioned throughout--no need for additional alt-text or captioning.)

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

7. When I worked with a developmental editor on Rest in Grift Book I, Undertaken, and realized that the overarching theme is FAMILY (especially found family) I didn't expect that, but it guided all subsequent revisions. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #booksky #paranormal #vampires #ghosts #writesky

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

6. I'm doing a 7-book series, so yup! Still processing beta feedback for Book II, then sending it to my editor, then back to finishing Book IV and formatting Book I's ARC, dead-tree version, and ebook for its January release. Then re-editing Book III for betas... #FantasyIndiesSeptember #booksky

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

THIS. And for additional nuance, the US overthrew a democratically-elected government in Iran decades earlier, installed the Shah, who was a brutal dictator, and because Carter was stuck with those earlier decisions and diplomatic relations, we had to take in the Shah when he was overthrown.

I'm old enough to remember Ian seizing the US embassy in Tehran and holding 52 Americans hostage for well over a year. iran's been a problem country for 50 years. (scott.bartlett.37)

I'm old enough to remember Reagan secretly met with Iran before he was president and promised to sell them arms if they didn't free the hostages until after election so Reagan could win. He won, he sold them arms and used the money to fund an illegal war in Nicaragua. It was called the Iran/Contra scandal. (robjp)

No matter how much you hate Reagan, I promise you it isn't enough. (itswilwheaton)

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

1. The Rest in Grift series takes place in a version of our world with vampires and ghosts (but not an AU where everyone KNOWS about them) so education is the usual stuff: a couple of local high schools, an elementary school, a junior college, etc. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #booksky #vampires #ghosts

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'll take Things Republicans are Allergic to for $400, Alex.

Fix your labor shortage with this one weird trick --@AlecStapp

Headline: A Florida restaurant says boosting pay and offering better benefits helped it end its labor shortage

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

2. I choose utterly at random. There's a mantle in our bedroom that is basically my TBR, so there are about four linear feet of books on it, fiction and non-fiction. I'm nearly done a book now and haven't picked my next read yet. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #booksky #books #reading #TBR #amreading

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1. Former fanfic author now working on bringing out my queer cozy paranormal series (Book I will launch in January). I'm still in the middle of writing Book IV but technically my WIP right now is Book II, while I process feedback from my betas. #FantasyIndiesSeptember #booksky #writesky #paranormal

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is the template used in every scammy email I get these days! "I came across [book], and the way you [vague ass-kissing about book] really stuck with me." And don't get me started on the ones aimed at a different author with the last name Bailey. #booksky #scammers #writing #writingcommunity

mallorythomas_writes: New favorite AI email just dropped, believing that I, Mallory Thomas, am actually Sir Thomas Malory who wrote King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The work that was finished around 1470.
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An invitation for Le Morte d'Arthur: A Reader Conversation at Our Shared Shelf

Frida (to me):

Dear Thomas,

I came across Le Morte d'Arthur, and the way you brought together the many strands of the Arthurian legend into one sweeping account of King Arthur, the knights of the Round Table, and their eventual downfall was what stopped me.

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

30. Series will always have a slight edge with me, though I do love a large stand-alone (like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell) that feels like a series by itself. I'm excited, for example, that the last Ninth House book is coming in September! :hops: #FantasyIndiesAugust #writing #writingcommunity

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'd add, though, that we're also electing reps to the House of Representatives, who serve two-year terms, and the party with the most reps is the one most likely to have the Speaker of the House, who decides what gets voted on and comes after the VP in the line of succession for POTUS. THIS IS KEY.

The midterms are for electing senators. Senators serve a six-year term. The senators we elect in November will be the senators who will be in congress to decide if the 2028 presidential is valid.

Trump is already wearing a 2028 hat. Whether it's him or someone who will continue to carry out the Project 2025 agenda, that is what the midterms are about.

THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON.

It's that simple.

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This one hits extra hard. Rest in power, Diva.

A drawing of Dolly Parton wearing a "coat of many colors", walking into the heavens, carrying a guitar. (by deAdder)

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

21. Sometimes a character name just leaps into my head fully formed and I could not tell you why. Other times there are deeper meanings or puns or anagrams involved. I don't have any one way of doing this. And I changed the name of my antagonist TWICE. #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky #paranormal

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

20. There are many superstitions about funerals/death. Two that I will play with when it comes to my vampire-fighting morticians are the tradition of covering mirrors in a house of mourning and stopping clocks during a funeral, as if it's happening outside of time. #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

16. From the first time Robin saw a ghost standing beside the man she accidentally killed via autopsy (he shouldn't have been declared dead), she's doubted her sanity. She should also have gone to grief counseling when her dad was murdered but didn't. #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky #paranormal

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Still struggling with this three years later.

Someone said "20 years ago", and my mind went "Ah yes! The 1980s", but they meant 2003 and now I need to lie down.

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is definitely not what I signed on for.

Anyone else not think they'd spend their adult years defending "science" and "the mail"

--Tess Barker (@TesstifyBarker)

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

13. Special items in Undertaken: a wig, a gun, a blood-stained shirt. In Groundhogged: a dead vampire's phone, a giant check, a taxidermied groundhog. In Requiemed: a flagpole, an axe, a sword. In Moon-Bit: a tree, a gun, a cage. #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky #writingcommunity #paranormal #vampires

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

12. Top reads of 2026 so far: 1. Long Bright River - Liz Moore 2. Tex - S.E. Hinton 3. The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky #books #reading #amreading #topreads2026 #LizMoore #LongBrightRiver #SEHinton #Tex #CixinLiu #TheThreeBodyProblem

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm writing something that could be seen as a combo of cozy crime, harmonious horror, friendly fantasy, and genial ghosts (though some are not so genial). But queer cozy paranormal is shorter and easier, so that's what I usually go with. #writing #books #booksky #writingcommunity #paranormal

Gentler Genres for these Tough Times
[IMAGE: Two rows of books with the follow genre names]
COSY CRIME
RESTFUL ROMANCE
SOOTHING SCI-FI
AFFABLE ACTION
HARMONIOUS HORROR
FRIENDLY FANTASY
CHEERY CYBERPUNK
GENIAL GHOSTS
MILD MYSTERY
DAINTY DYSTOPIA

[by Tom Gault]

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

10. Last - Taming the Star-Runner by S.E. Hinton Current: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton Next: Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan (I'm almost caught up!) #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky #books #reading #amreading #SEHinton #LaurellKHamilton #LindyRyan #vampires #fantasy #paranormal #TBR

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Bailey G. Albreit @baileygalbreit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

9. In Undertaken, John dreams about being in bed with Robin, just them lying around while he tells her about his childhood, grifting with his parents. While conscious, he has other fantasies about her, but his dreams are about emotional closeness and vulnerability. #FantasyIndiesAugust #booksky

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