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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My favorite customers today: *tiny girl dressed as Mothman *lady who bought a book at a different event, said it was her favorite of everything she bought there, and hunted me down today to try a different one *folk who bought my book then gave me this cool coin

a 3d-printed coin with Mothman on it and text that reads "Curiosities & Cryptids Fest Tremont, OH 10.3.2026"

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Look. LOOK. Accessibility benefits everyone, and Mari (and others) have been dealing with this sort of nonsense for far too long.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

K1's English class is reading short stories. They're the "classics", and they're all depressing. I'm trying to reassure him that not all short stories are like that. (He did Ransom of Red Chief last year so that helps.)

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This morning I saw a chicken standing in the middle of the road, looking both ways. I exclaimed "He doesn't know either!" and promptly laughed myself silly.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolutely true to life, no edits picture of me at my author table. (Courtesy of K2)

A person in a green shirt with a round face, glasses, and short brown hair stands at a table absolutely surrounded by emojis and meme pictures and text that says "Books so good, you'll burst through a window to get to them!'

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hit 1036 today for the mini #1000words this weekend. Most of it is fake scholarly quotations for the beginnings of my chapters. It still counts!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm working on stuff for "Milk and Honey, Bitter and Gall" (coming out with @ruadanbooks.bsky.social in the spring!) and you guys, I just love it so much. It's kind of awesome to re-vist a work and be like "Yeah, I did good on this one." Can't wait for people to experience it!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love my kids and am happy they are alive and enjoy raising them and today I thought "Man, I'm going to get so much done when they're all grown."

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Super jealous of everyone going to the Mothman Festival this weekend. Have a spooky good time!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Less than a hundred pages left in my Draft Zero of the unnamed WIP. This one is going to need that beta reader magic touch.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Made the mistake of checking my sales reports for the month. That's a nice big zero. 😭 It's sure good I didn't get into writing for the money. (But just in case: madmerrymeg.com/books/)

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PHANTOM MENAGERIEWerewolves, zombies, and aliens! Oh my! Not to mention sea serpents, jackalopes, rusalka, and other creatures of the fantastic.In this collection of stories, follow the trail of mo…

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don't understand how people can look at an AI-generated book cover and not make a stink face.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

K1's wardrobe is almost 100% science joke shirts. I ain't mad.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Not much writing this long weekend. Filling my bucket with laughs and games and being a human.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ahaha, I enjoyed Strange New Worlds this week.

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Matt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oh. Oh no. Is the theme song for this happily ever after project "Iris"? Oh no, I think it is. My 90s are showing. 😬 youtu.be/LkFO85mUiz8?...

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Dean Lewis - Iris (Goo Goo Dolls Live Cover)

YouTube video by Dean Lewis

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am going to see some of my oldest friends in a few days and I am *excited*. And also nervous because my brain is like "What if, after 25 years of being friends and being in communication basically every day, they have decided they actually hate me??".

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In honor of Dolly, I'm joining in with other authors and book-related businesses to donate a percentage of our proceeds to The Dollywood Foundation. You can find my books here - tinyurl.com/9xwpnjtx - or here - madmerrymeg.com. Find out more here: snowpirebooksllc.myshopify.com/pages/fundra...

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I adore my kids and I love them growing up but hoo boy, that "bigger kids bigger problems" ain't no lie. Doubly so for the ND kiddos.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Put on Muppets Treasure Island for family movie night (RIP Tim Curry) and Ks1 and 2 immediately perked up and said "This opening song is kind of a banger!" It really is.

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Tim Curry Laughing as Pirate Captain

Alt: Tim Curry Laughing as Long John Silver. Delightful.

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Get your queer space communism books from Marie!

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Toddler: I wanted the blue cup and this is red, so now the cup is on the floor

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey hi hello! This seems fun! Title: The Way We Used to Walk Genre: Light horror Word County: Around 70k? 3 Ao3 Tags: Found Family, Fluff and Angst, Relationship(s) Find it here! books2read.com/u/3LX0Z1 Why is it Awesome? It's written by two college friends about college friends (also monsters).

A moody picture of a book called "The Way We Used to Walk" by Megan Engelhardt and Mark Beall. The book is leaning against a distressed wall surrounded by old-growth vines as if it wants to be smoking and thinking about its ex, but it's promised to change its ways and is instead chewing a piece of gum and trying to think positively about the future.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

School has officially started so I'm back on that "writing in parking lots" nonsense. (I actually love it.)

A thick pink binder propped on a steering wheel is open to a typed page with a black pen hooked to the top. In the distance are a bunch of blurry cars.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Doing night prayers with the family. K3: Please let tomMario - wait, no *general giggles* K1: We pray that tomMario is better than yesterLuigi. *entire family dissolves in laughter*

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I haven't done a WIP update in awhile so! Novel that still doesn't have a name: Working through edits on 1st draft Prequel project: Progressing steadily, sitting at about 17k at the moment Random HEA: Obviously the lowest priority, working on fits and starts, only 1300ish at the moment

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I'm trying to rearrange our bathroom containers to make hygiene easier for our ND kiddos. I'll take any advice!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Meet the teacher night is bananas. Nowhere to park. Someone hit a tree. K4 hugged like four friends. K3 and I are super overstimulated.

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We're in the "getting ready for back-to-school" chaos and ugh. That's all I have to say about that.

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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

K4 found a creepy baby doll and is hiding it various places in the house to jump scare me. I'm so proud.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have loved working with Ruadan so far, so if you have a manuscript ready to go for the things they're looking for, send it in!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Took the whole fam to see the filmed Hadestown. (My kids had better film etiquette than the 20-somethings a row ahead of us.) We all very much enjoyed it and refrained from singing until the way home.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Stupid brain gave me a bite sized HEA plot today. I already have two WIPs! Now I have a third!

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I appear to have been added to some sort of list, so hello new followers! I'm a writer and I try not to be too annoying. The list looks to be self-published writers so here's my most popular short story collection, Phantom Menagerie -- creatures, cryptids, and other spookies! tinyurl.com/46frxpfp

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Phantom Menagerie

Phantom Menagerie [Engelhardt, Megan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Phantom Menagerie

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One thing you can count on in OH is the book community. A local bookstore is getting screwed by Google AI saying they're permanently closed. The support from Ohio readers & authors has been really cool to see. (If you're near Willoughby, it's The Viridian Bookshop downtown and it's worth a visit.)

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It's true what they say about cat names getting longer. One of our porch cats started out as Boxey. Now he's Boxey Boxington - of the UPPER Boxingtons.

A sleek black outdoor cat who is beautiful and he knows it, standing over a bowl of dry cat food on a faded wooden porch.

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Megan Engelhardt @madmerrymeg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Oh noooo this looks so coooool and I want it!

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