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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We are thrilled to announce The Haunting of Lady Death, a deliciously dark sapphic retelling of The Phantom of the Opera from @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social! Prepare for a tale of obsession and desire February 27 with @torbooks.bsky.social and @torbooksuk.bsky.social 🎻

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Announcing The Haunting of Lady Death by Maddie Martinez - Reactor

A sapphic retelling of The Phantom of the Opera arriving February 2027

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

✨NEW BOOK NEWS✨ Excited to share my next book, THE HAUNTING OF LADY DEATH, a sapphic Phantom of the Opera retelling, for fans of Deathless and A Dowry of Blood, is coming from @torbooks.bsky.social and @torbooksuk.bsky.social in feb 2027 🥀🖤

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 10/07/2025

I’m not attending Worldcon this year & everything seems to be a mess but this is so mind-bendingly bad on so many levels that I think it’s worth unpacking while I’m in the no-space of airports

Screenshot of Worldcon 2025 panel description reads as follows:

Strong Woman Lead # LGBTQIA+
Culture/DEl
Room 420-422, 9-10 a.m.
Have you ever walked into a bookshop and asked for books with strong women leads?
Perhaps you've requested that love not be a major plot point? Has the staff excitedly passed you half a dozen books that, though good, have a bit of a repeating theme? Here we ask the question: Why do authors/bookshops assume the only way to have a strong woman lead is to make them gay with a woman love interest and prevent men characters from rising over the background? Isn't it possible to have a book with strong women and men characters in it and not have them fall in love?

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Just finished reading @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social's THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER. I enjoyed learning more about Jewish mysticism through her well-crafted fantastical novel. The sapphic romance too was *chef's kiss.* 🤎

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sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social I've been excited for this book ever since seeing the pitches online! I can't wait for this fantasy reimagining of Jewish folklore and I know the prose will be exquisite!!

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🥀 COVER REVEAL 🥀 Excited to reveal the US cover of THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, my sapphic adult fantasy inspired by Jewish mythology. It comes out Sept 9, 2025 with @torbooks.bsky.social! You can preorder now! Designer: Lesley Worrell Artist: Christin Engelberth

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

🥀 I’M GONNA BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR 🥀 An absolute dream come true to announce my debut adult fantasy, THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, a sapphic reimagining of the Jewish myth of golem, will be published by Tor Books and Tor UK in Fall 2025!

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

created an entire world for golem. now you're telling me I have to create an entire other world for my next book?!

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

thinking about my girls!!! ❄️ my sapphic reimagining of the jewish myth of golem ft jewish folklore, a cursed forest, and a sapphic monster romance, is such a perfect fall/winter read and it's my dream that one day people will be able to cozy up and read it as the weather turns! <3 art: milirine_

Artwork from golem wip. Swirling dark forest with two characters searching their way through. First character in front is my character Malka, a white woman who is scared and holding a candle up, looking it the left at someone off screen. She’s wearing traditional medieval clothing from Eastern Europe, including a pinnofore with an intricate top. In the back is Nimrah, my golem character, holding a sword with swirling long black hair

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

🥀I’m launching a newsletter! 🥀 Letters from the Alcove is my quiet corner of the internet where I’ll give occasional updates & musings on writing. I'll be drinking a warm cup of coffee or tea when writing these letters, hope you'll join me! ➡️ tinyurl.com/44dybhf2

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

I hope that one day my author brand is "weird niche historical jewish fantasy books"

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Maddie Martinez @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

hi I wrote a sapphic reimagining of the jewish myth of golem that will go on sub soon! that's all you really need to know really 💃🏽

Green-toned moodboard for golem wip with the words "I was made to destroy" on the center black square in white lettering . Imagines going from left to right:
1st row: First imge is a dark foresty scene with a woman being consoled by another. Second is an image of a forest with creepy trees. Third is a pale, not quite human face looking down.
2nd row: First image is hebrew from a medieval manuscript, second image are the words "I was made to destroy" against a black background. Third image is a sketch of the rabbi raising his hand to a golem.
3rd row: First image is a woman with curly hair, second is a picture of the famous prague clock, and third is an old house from prague

Book trope tree with a fake book cover in the center. Surrounding it on a green floral background are the tropes: jewish mythology, critique and appreciation of religion, stories within stories, historically influenced, monster love interest, sapphic slow burn romance, and forestry horror

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