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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

@bleakhousing.bsky.social is one of those authors that I can count on to always write something original & weird & wonderful. The Ship of Death is going to be on my top of 2026 list and will probably warrant a re-read before release date. I was IMMERSED in this story and read it in one sitting.

A photo of the book cover of THE SHIP OF DEATH by KYLE WINKLER displayed on a tablet screen

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"The book opens with Wendy teaching children at the orphanage...Soldiers are returning home broken [from WWI]. Families are falling apart. Kids are being left behind. The atmosphere is already heavy before the supernatural horror even starts creeping in." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803654...

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It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo: 9798892424448 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Peter Pan meets Stephen King's It in this twisted horror retelling of a classic childhood fairy tale set during WWI. 1914, Wendy Darling works by day as a school teacher, and by night, she assists so...

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I’m (Liz) away this week wearing my 2 hats (bookstore owner & horror lover) but the shop is open as normal thanks to the wonderful team (Carey, McKenzie, Michelle, and Sydney!).

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Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Weird time to share art, but I’m finally allowed to share the cover of my next book, THE SHIP OF DEATH, from @harpercollins.bsky.social & Avon A. (9/29/26) Expect some other posts w/ choice blurbs and preorder links! Illustration: Peter Strain/Design: Julianna Lee. Editor @peterkispert.bsky.social

A vaporous spirit floats up out of a deck of playing cards that’s also a source of water. The spirit has its hands out in supplication/invitational display. It wears a steel helmet with deer antlers coming out the sides.

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The newsletter is updated, fairly brief aside from events (both in-store & around town) & employees sharing their musings. squaremktg.com/campaigns/ep... Lots of love from all of us wherever you are (physically, mentally, emotionally).

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Bobzbay Books' BobzBlog - 1/9/26

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I am incredibly tired and everything is a lot but little joys need to be shared. Just today we’ve had an adult with their toddler, an older retiree, and now 2 people who appear to be on a first/early date all making cards to put inside Midwest Food Bank boxes. If you’re local, come hang out. ❤️

A pale yellow, pink, green, and purple themed graphic with cartoon arts and crafts materials scattered around the design. Text reads:

CARD MAKING FOR CARDS OF HOPE!

Join us in making cards for recipients of Midwest Food Bank disaster relief boxes!
We will have a card-making station with all the supplies needed to make a thoughtful card for community members.

EVERY DAY
UNTIL 1/23/26 @
BOBZBAY BOOKS!
419 N. MAIN ST. BLOOMINGTON

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A zoomed in photo of decorative paper used for greeting cards

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The Bobzbay Books staff top of the year picks are here! So so many good books this year. What are some of your favorites?

A blonde person in a pink sweater holds up a stack of books in front of their face. Books include:

- [x] Veil by Jonathan Janz (signed copies available)
- [x] One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar Al Akkad
- [x] Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
- [x] Casual by Koji A Dae
- [x] Fiend by Alma Katsu (signed copies available)
- [x] Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
- [x] I Contain Multitudes by Christopher Hawkins (signed copies available)
- [x] The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry (signed copies available)

A brown hair person in a purple jacket holds a stack of books that includes:

- [x] Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
- [x] The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt
- [x] Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
- [x] Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
- [x] Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- [x] Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn
- [x] Timbuktu by Paul Auster
- [x] Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates
- [x] One Woman Show by Christine Coulson
- [x] Beasts of Burden: Omnibus
- [x] From Hell by Alan Moore
- [x] Circles on the Water by Marge Piercy

A person with rainbow glasses and short brown hair holds a stack of books:

- [x] Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
- [x] There is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM
- [x] Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree (free pins & stickers with purchase)
- [x] What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (1 signed copy available)
- [x] The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells)
- [x] Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
- [x] Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

A person with glasses and blonde-brown hair holds a stack of books:

- [x] Sorcery & Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
- [x] A Song for You and I by K. O‘Neill
- [x] Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher
- [x] Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
- [ ] A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandana
- [x] The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson
- [x] Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
- [x] The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill
- [x] Peter Darling by Austin Chant
- [x] The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Got a bee in my bonnet to clean/organize the break room at the shop but unfortunately that bee has left the building halfway through.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I think one of the hardest things about being a career writer in traditional publishing is that writing attracts the neurodivergent brain while the variable reinforcement schedule punishes it. We are all the rat at the water bottle, waiting for the hit of cocaine. You get one win, and you need MORE.

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Our newsletter is updated, with some fun event info, deals from our affiliates @libro.fm & @bookshop.org + our holiday shopping guide. The ‘Bloomington Bubble’ might be in effect tomorrow and the snow will skip us. I sure hope so 🙃

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Bobzbay Books' BobzBlog - 11/28/25

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My favorite unflattering angle when I’m taking a photo of Chairry. When you shop with Bobzbay your money goes towards feeding this lil girl and not towards w/e stupid shit bezos is up to.

A brown/gray tabby kitten looking at the camera with one eye open

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥 YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Art by @mxmorgan.com All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...

Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Reminder that we have also have fun things that aren’t books + our canned food drive is still going strong!

A hand holds up a foam koozie that says THIS IS ACTUALLY A CAN OF HEARTY DELICIOUS SOUP

A hand holds up a foam koozie that says THIS IS ACTUALLY A CAN OF HEARTY DELICIOUS SOUP with a campbells soup can sticking out the top

A graphic advertising a canned food drive

FOOD DRIVE!
Let’s fill our local food partries!
PLEASE BRING DONATIONS TO:
BOBEBAY BOOKS
419 N MAIN ST. BLOOMINGTON, IL
DONATE 3+ ITEMS OR SHOW PROOF OF $10 DONATION TO MIDWEST FOOD BANK AND PICK OUT A FREE BOOK
FROM OUR ARC LIBRARY AS A THANK YOU!
Collecting donations all November!

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Author Abby Lattanzio @authorabbylatt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The holidays are fast approaching and we all know you need some books! Both of my books can be found at @bobzbay.bsky.social (if you're out-of-state, they will ship!). Head on over and shop local! *Cat not available at Bobzbay. Please see your local shelter for cat. #cats #shoplocal 📚💙

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Cover reveal time for CROSSROADS, the incredible novella from @laurelhightower.bsky.social! This is the first cover reveal for our 2026 titles. Cover art, design, and typography by @alandistro.bsky.social CROSSROADS will be published in April 2026. shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/cros...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.

David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Everything is a lot right now, but at least we have a new bookmark of the month and isn't it perfect. 🖤Thank you Dandy Taylor for this incredible piece of art we get to hand out to everyone, go find Dandy on Patreon www.patreon.com/dandydullahans & Instagram www.instagram.com/3dullahans/

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

📚 Our newsletter is hot off the presses (hot off my fingertips?). Anyways, I have obviously used all of my brain power to get this out. ✨Read all about it: squaremktg.com/campaigns/LV...

a sign that says MOTHMAN IS REAL! (AND THESE ARE THE BOOKS ON HIS TBR) along with a book display that features the book GOTH MOTH

4 books laying flat on a graffitied bench. books are MMURDERBOT, MAL GOES TO WAR, OF MONSTERS AND MAINFRAMES, and STATION ETERNITY

a light wood bookcase with 3 shelves filled with books, there are a few books faced out so we can see their covers... those books are CAT DRAGON, TOURIST SEASON, and WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

*rubs hands together like a fly* oooo we’ve got a fun announcement in the newsletter tomorrow.

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Chuck Tingle announced their new book the day I’m wearing my Love is Real shirt, this timeline is great sometimes! Pre-order: bobzbay.square.site/product/fabb...

A person holds up copies of the books BURY YOUR GAYS, LUCKY DAY, and CAMP DAMASCUS in a way that covers their face

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Getting snail mail is fun! Send a card to a pal! Maybe you don’t need to be in constant communication with everyone all of the time. 🙃 (If you ask at checkout, we’ll even throw in a postage stamp for free - saves you a trip to the post office!)

An illustration of a tomato on a checkered background that says ITS CRAZY OUT THERE

An illustration of a rabbit playing the tuba that says TE AMO

An illustration of tiny baby things (books, rattles, plush) that says CONGRATS ON YOUR TINY NEW READING BUDDY

An illustration of two people wearing a horse costume that says YOU COMPLETE ME

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kellyrobertsonart.bsky.social @kellyrobertsonart.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Some of my new stickers you can find at @bobzbay.bsky.social this weekend 9/13 from 10am-2pm ⚡️

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Downtown Bloomington is already getting into the Halloween spirit! 👻 Pics from our bookstore, exquisite piercing, & rooted studios plant shop.

A ghost painted on the front window of a store, a neon OPEN sign is lit

A retro living room with an alphabet drawn in black paint on a bedspread hanging behind the couch.

A front window of a store, felt garland that says SPOOKY SEASON hangs in the window. There are also pumpkin and cat planters

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Sorry I’m not reading any new books right now. I’m escaping the world through nostalgia and reading all 62 of the original Goosebumps books this fall. Join me 😈

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I only have one tub of used books to price 🙌 The tub in question:

A tall stack of books in a blue plastic tub

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

squaremktg.com/campaigns/Fb... Newsletter snooze-letter*, it’s the updated BOBZBLOG. *I subscribe to many great newsletters ❤️

A hand holds up a bookmark with a hand drawn illustration of a weenie dog with a sign that says Read Banned Books

A book display featuring books titled On Property, Ripe, Everfair, and A People’s History of the United States

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The BobzBlog aka “Liz’s yapping corner + excuse to show off her cats” is updated. Go check it out :)

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Bobzbay Books' BobzBlog - 8/22/25

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/08/2025

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

A new baby has entered the Bobzbay household. Meet Chairry.

A photo of a sleeping tabby kitten on a green knitted blanket

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

📚The BobzBlog is updated, newsletter subscribers got this in their email a few moments ago but it's also here: bobzbay.square.site/s/stories/8825 Updates include: ✨New bookmark of the month from Katie Heubi 📚 Bookstore Romance Day (tomorrow!) ✨ Books staff wants you to consume (aka staff picks)

a stack of books sitting on a black A-frame sign. Books are LUCKY DAY BY CHUCK TINGLE, COMFORT ME WITH APPLES BY CATHERYNNE VALENTE, CEMETERY BOYS BY AIDEN THOMAS, AND AUTOMATIC NOODLE BY ANNALEE NEWITZ

paper wrapped books leaning on a wooden display. written on paper is BLIND DATE WITH A ROMANCE BOOK.

A yellow tray with stickers that are all romance/love themed

a hand holds up a bookmark designed by Katie Heubi, artwork depicts the Bobzbay robot stocking shelves of books

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Romance Bookstore Day is this Saturday, and we have some super fun blind dates to reveal in just a few days. 🤫 @libro.fm is celebrating (and supporting) indie bookstores with an audiobook sale for the next couple weeks, go check it out at www.libro.fm/sale?booksho...

a hand holds up a pink sticker that says I BUY MY SMUT LOCALLY, INDIE BOOKSTORES DO IT BETTER

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Today is a profit share day at the shop for LIFE Center for Independent Living (and new release Tuesday!) LIFE Center for Independent Living advances equality and integration of all persons with disabilities. (1/3)

A photo of a light brown wood bookcase inside a bookstore. We see 3 shelves full of books with books faced out. Included titles are THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, ANGEL DOWN, LOVE IS A WAR SONG, MAYRA, BEWITCHING, THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE, And THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Can I get a ✨hell yeah✨? This is my hardcover kickstarter exclusive but we’ll have paperback copies coming to the shop middle of August, featuring a story from one of our favorites @christopherhawkins.bsky.social ! Excited to see what @frombeyondpress.bsky.social brews up next.

A copy of the book RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES leaning on a wooden bench graffitied with different colored markers

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We have 22 boxes of books in the back room for 3 different events with 12 authors and WOW I am excited but also I would like it to be August so I’m not worried about this money being in limbo. 🙃

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Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Book news from me. Been a long haul to here. xo

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A close friend/customer baked 3 dozen cupcakes + 3 trays of brownies for my birthday. Come in and get some free sweets #bloomingtonnormal 💖

A Birds Eye view of a tray of vanilla cupcakes with pink/purple sprinkles. There is a handwritten sign that says “funfetti cupcakes FREE take one!”

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Two striking DC33 workers, one of whom is pregnant, were the victims of a hit-and-run last week when a drunk driver drove into their picket line. Tyree Ford, a sanitation worker and father of four, sustained serious injuries and is still in critical condition. www.gofundme.com/f/tyree-ford...

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Donate to Tyree Ford, Philadelphia’s DC33, organized by Crystal Purnell-bolden

Greetings, my name is Crystal Purnell-bolden, one of the siblings of Tyree Ford… Crystal Purnell-bolden needs your support for Tyree Ford, Philadelphia’s DC33

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

To celebrate #MarginsBookselling Month, we have an audiobook credit bundle to give away from @libro.fm, the audiobook retailer that shares profits with local bookstores (like us!) Tell us your favorite audiobook for a chance to win 3 audiobooks of your choice! We'll announce a winner on 7/15!

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It's been awhile since I've shared a cat photo. Here's Bonnie. Bonnie loves to lay like a dead bug.

a white cat laying on their back, their paws are curled up like a dead bug (the cat is not dead, she is living her best life)

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Front door to the shop isn’t opening, and this is the shirt everyone sees me wearing when they walk by 👍

Black t shirt with white text: I EAT BOOKS WHEN AUTHORS ARENT LOOKING

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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Your inner child asked me to tell you that they want to read a fantasy story and could you please just prop the book up and turn the page every few minutes?

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Pricing lots and lots of books today, trying to clear out the hallway aka long closet. I know some places are having sales this week, we aren’t ☺️ Margins are thin for indie bookstores and I’d rather pay my employees a living wage instead of go to space & having an obnoxious Venice wedding.

Stacks of books, stacks are photographed in a way so you can’t see the titles - just the bottom of the pages.

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