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Marley Rose-Teter

@marleyroseteter.bsky.social
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YA fantasy author of THE BONE BRIDES (Sept 29, 2026, Page Street). Theatre director. Occasional anime panelist. Once jammed a knife into my leg while carving a pumpkin. Queerer and queerer. She/her. Rep: Hannah Andrade linktr.ee/marleyroseteter

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm starting one day behind, heh. Today's candy comes from Poland and is described as a "brittle sugared crust wrapped around a tender, chewy center." SO isn't a fan ("Too sweet for me," he says), but I like the milky, toffee-like taste.
Close up on day one from the advent calendar.  A red and yellow striped house with peaks and gables.  I can already tell that I'm going to wish I knew anything at all about architecture while writing these alt-texts.Krowka candy; yellow text on a black and white wrapper
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As a happy pub day gift, my incredible CP, Anna Priemaza, gave me this Halloween advent calendar. Shall I share with you as we wend our way through crunchy leaves and pumpkin patches toward the best night of the year?
Box labeled "Trick or Treat Across the World!"   30 days of treats from Universal Yums candy & chocolate advent calendar.Opened box shows 30 houses of different international styles, labeled with numbers.  Very cute.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Do you know this bun? If you do....then you know where you can get signed copies of THE BONE BRIDES because he guards the first bookstore where I ever signed books!
Photograph of a stone rabbit with a purple ribbon tied around his neck being used as a doorstop to hold open the door to a bookstore.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This one's easy because my debut novel just came out yesterday ^.~ THE BONE BRIDES is a Sapphic YA portal fantasy with vibes of Hayao Miyazaki x Guillermo del Toro, about a girl who must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm.
Graphic proclaiming, “Now Available Everywhere Books are Sold!” above a copy of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter.  “A marvelous, metaphorical masquerade.” –Kirkus Reviews.  The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward.  One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage.  The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal.  In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit.  Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines.  Very moody and atmospheric.  The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.Trope map graphic for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter, that includes “changeling x human romance”; “are skeleton rabbits cute?”; “mental illness rep”; “whimsical x spooky”; “a grumpy witch”; “don’t look up”; “a drowned faery realm”; and “queer girls in love.”
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eeeeeeee!!!!
Screenshot from The Lavender Bookshop's IG, captioned, "Happy New Book Day, featuring some VERY highly anticipated new releases!!"  Among the 8 books featured is THE BONE BRIDES.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In honor of pub day and my not-so-secretly favorite character, Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit, some writer-friends (and one of their moms! and my lovely partner!) have blessed us all with these fabulous skelebuns! Art credit in alt-text + next post 🐇🦴❤️
Sketch of a rabbit hopping delightedly that says, “Oh, hurry! hurry! come quick!  The Bone Brides is here!” along with 5 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles.  Art by Paul Rose-Teter, TJ, Shannon English, Meg Gauck, CJ Subko, and Sasha Kielman.4 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles.  Art by Christina Ferko, Artemis Whelan, Jess Aragon, and Aowna.5 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles.  Art by Carmeline Melchior, Via Luino, M. Stevenson, Annika Barranti Klein, and Paul Rose-Teter.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE BONE BRIDES is out TODAY! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. I have waited since I was 7 years old to be able to say... GO FIND ME IN YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! ❤️
Graphic proclaiming, “Now Available Everywhere Books are Sold!” above a copy of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter.  “A marvelous, metaphorical masquerade.” –Kirkus Reviews.  The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward.  One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage.  The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal.  In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit.  Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines.  Very moody and atmospheric.  The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.Trope map graphic for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter, that includes “changeling x human romance”; “are skeleton rabbits cute?”; “mental illness rep”; “whimsical x spooky”; “a grumpy witch”; “don’t look up”; “a drowned faery realm”; and “queer girls in love.”
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seems a good opportunity to remind everyone that if you preorder from Linden Tree Books, you'll also get an exclusive holographic sticker of Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit and a beautiful art print by @greyscalefish of the book's faery dance scene! www.lindentreebooks.com/the-bone-bri...
Graphic sharing that if you preorder from Linden Tree Books, you'll receive:
1. A signed copy of THE BONE BRIDES, featuring sprayed edges
2. An exclusive holographic Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit sticker
3. An art print from artist @greyscalefishGraphic with a closer look at the exclusive sticker and character art for THE BONE BRIDES that you'll receive if you preorder by 9/28 from Linden Tree Books.  A holographic sticker of a rabbit who is also a skeleton and a gorgeous swirling scene of a dark faery dance.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is the last day that you can preorder THE BONE BRIDES. Because tomorrow it will no longer be “pre” anything. Tomorrow, the book will out in the world. Tomorrow, the book will be.... (I was going to follow this up with some emoji, but I am feeling TOO MANY THINGS in TOO HUGE A WAY to pick!)
THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward.  One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage.  The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal.  In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit.  Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines.  Very moody and atmospheric.  The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Feel the same way about my bun ;P
An extremely handsome off-white lionhead bunny stands in front of a ziggurat built of ARCs of THE BONE BRIDES.  He is flanked by his honor guard of bunny stuffed animals.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I missed #InternationalRabbitDay??? (Featuring perfect prince Lysander and Hippo, our sweet departed dumbass, whom we miss every day.)
An extremely handsome off-white lionhead bunny stands in front of a ziggurat built of ARCs of THE BONE BRIDES.  He is flanked by his honor guard of bunny stuffed animals.Two bunnies lie next to each other.  The one closer to the camera (who has head-tilt) is yawning....which looks rather like a ferocious yawp.Butt-shot of two bunnies, fluffy thumpies on display.A white bunny lounges majestically along the top/back of a red couch.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ta-da!
Trope map for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter, which includes: queer girls in love; changeling x human romance; are skeleton rabbits cute?; mental illness rep; whimsical x spooky; a grumpy witch; don't look up; a drowned faery realm
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
THE BONE BRIDES comes out NEXT TUESDAY (eep!), September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter
Graphic that shows the dedication page of THE BONE BRIDES.  The dedication reads, "For the sad girls."  The graphic says, "This is the dedication for THE BONE BRIDES.  I see you.  You can be sad and still be loveable and loved."
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LAUNCH EVENT UPDATE! Anyone planning to join me for launch of THE BONE BRIDES at Linden Tree Books, please note that the date has changed to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, at 6pm! (Giving me a whole extra week to perfect the bone cookie recipe I want to make to bring! ☺️)
Author Event for THE BONE BRIDES: New Date: Friday, Oct. 9th, at 6pm, Linden Tree Books, Los Altos, CA

Book launch, conversation, and signing.  Marley Rose-Teter in conversation with Samantha ChongJoin us on tour for THE BONE BRIDES with author Marley Rose-Teter, YA fantasy debut on sale Sept 29th

10/3 at 6pm - Linden Tree Books (Los Altos, CA): Book Launch, in conversation with Samantha Chong

10/10, 3-5pm - B&N Birdcage (Citrus Heights, CA)

10/11 at 2:30pm - The Pleasant Pheasant (Woodland, CA), in conversation with Cheri Radke

11/13 at 6pm - Fireside Books & More (Redwood City, CA), fantasy panel "Imaginary Worlds, Real Emotions" with authors Zara Marielle and Mia V. Moss
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Guess what's currently #5 on Amazon for lesbian YA and #99 for mental health YA??? (THE BONE BRIDES. It's THE BONE BRIDES. Eep!)
Screenshot showing that THE BONE BRIDES is ranked #5 in "Lesbian Fiction for Young Adults" and #99 in "Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Depression & Mental Health (Books)"
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
THE BONE BRIDES comes out in just over a week! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links (including Linden Tree Books for goodies!) here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter
Graphic sharing that if you preorder from Linden Tree Books, you'll receive:
1. A signed copy of THE BONE BRIDES, featuring sprayed edges
2. An exclusive holographic Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit sticker
3. An art print from artist @greyscalefishGraphic with a closer look at the exclusive sticker and character art for THE BONE BRIDES that you'll receive if you preorder by 9/28 from Linden Tree Books.  A holographic sticker of a rabbit who is also a skeleton and a gorgeous swirling scene of a dark faery dance."To save her changeling girlfriend, she must enter the faery realm..."  Cover of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter.  The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward.  One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage.  The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal.  In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit.  Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines.  Very moody and atmospheric.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Visited by a raccoon friend!
Red-painted wooden plank with clear raccoon paw prints left behind in sawdust.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Folks in the California Bay and Sacramento areas: Want to hear about faery changelings and mental health in fantasy? Want to ask me all your burning questions about skeleton rabbits and ghost bees? I'd love to see you!
Join us on tour for THE BONE BRIDES with author Marley Rose-Teter, YA fantasy debut on sale Sept 29th

10/3 at 6pm - Linden Tree Books (Los Altos, CA): Book Launch, in conversation with Samantha Chong

10/10, 3-5pm - B&N Birdcage (Citrus Heights, CA)

10/11 at 2:30pm - The Pleasant Pheasant (Woodland, CA), in conversation with Cheri Radke

11/13 at 6pm - Fireside Books & More (Redwood City, CA), fantasy panel "Imaginary Worlds, Real Emotions" with authors Zara Marielle and Mia V. Moss
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yesterday was SO's and my anniversary. We had vegan sushi and discovered a tree asking people to write down "something good that happened today." It was like a Tanabata tree, but instead of what people wanted, it was full of what they were grateful to have. So many wonderful things! ❤️❤️❤️
Four platters of vegan sushi that is just as fancy, artistic, colorful, and creative as the specialty fish rolls.Photo of pieces of paper hung from a tree.  Close-up on mine: "Anniversary dinner with my amazing husband... beautiful, clever toddler at home... and my debut novel comes out in two weeks! <3 <3 <3"
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Listen to @noirbettie.bsky.social! If cozy, whimsical enchantment that is also spooky, chilling, WEIRD sounds up your alley, THE BONE BRIDES comes out in just under two weeks! Oh, and it's gay. cozywhimsicalspookyweirdGAY!
Screenshot from Discord.  Annika Barranti Klein says, "i'm reading marley's book and i have never read a book that is quite so exactly like its comps (miyazaki x del toro)"
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Want a print of this slippery, spooky, swirling faery dance, plus a holographic skeleton-bun sticker? (Of course you do!) Pre-order THE BONE BRIDES from Linden Tree Books by 9/28! www.lindentreebooks.com/the-bone-bri...
Graphic with a closer look at the exclusive sticker and character art for THE BONE BRIDES that you'll receive if you preorder by 9/28 from Linden Tree Books.  A holographic sticker of a rabbit who is also a skeleton and a gorgeous swirling scene of a dark faery dance.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Here's the full piece by @greyscalefish (IG)!
Bird's eye view of two figures (one in white, one in dripping honey) at the center of a swirling dance.  Some of the dancing figures appear to be skeletons.  Lots of purples, blues, mossy greens.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Absolutely obsessed with this piece of art by @greyscalefish (IG)! They perfectly captured the beauty and skeletal weirdness of THE BONE BRIDES's faery dance scene (one of my favorite scenes in the book!), as well as Nola's and Lumi's hesitant tension within it.
Bird's eye view of two figures (one in white, one in dripping honey) at the center of a swirling dance.  Some of the dancing figures appear to be skeletons.  Lots of purples, blues, mossy greens.  Text over the image reads, "It can't be that easy.  If Lumi's skin pulled on and off like a costume piece, Nola's would've seen by now.  Nola, when she kissed the place between Lumi's thighs, would have -known-."
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Third pepper harvest! Featuring infernos, aleppos, shishitos, serranos, scotch bonnets, and loads of rajahs!
Photograph of a big pile of peppers of various shapes and sizes (mostly red, though there are three yellow scotch bonnets in the center) on a wooden table.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
THE BONE BRIDES comes out September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter
"What are trade review outlets saying about THE BONE BRIDES...?""A marvelous, metaphorical masquerade."  --Kirkus"[A] fascinating exploration of grief [...] equal parts gritty adventure and sweeping love story."  --Publishers Weekly"Readers who love eerie fantasy, lush imagery, and queer romance will enjoy this book."  --School Library Journal
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Rediscovered my high school "senior will" and...wow, I really WAS an insufferable teen, wasn't I?
Photograph of a page from my high school senior magazine of "senior wills," all written in a dense kind of highly abbreviated code (because we had limited space)....except for mine, circled, which reads, "I dislike the cryptography required to decipher senior wills, so simply leave: latchkeys and love to the cast of Present Laughter; luck to the CWIIs; blood, sweat, and tears to the IIIs; and my undying adoration to all who call the Little Theatre home."
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy challah-days!
Photo of a freshly baked round loaf of challah still sitting on the baking sheet.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here it is!
A short-ish paneled dress made from teal Wishbone bedsheets, with a matching cropped tee over it (made from the pillowcase that came with the set).A short-ish paneled dress made from teal Wishbone bedsheets (matching tee removed).
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And just a wee reminder (as though it's not already in your feed 25 million times today) that today is the last day of B&N's semi-annual preorder sale! Get 25% off your preorder of THE BONE BRIDES, and it'll show up in your mailbox in a mere 2.5 weeks---just in time for spooky season!
Graphic advertising the Barnes & Noble 25% off preorders sale, using code PREORDER25, 9/9-9/11 only.  "Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm."  Cover of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter.  The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward.  One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage.  The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal.  In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit.  Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines.  Very moody and atmospheric.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
THE BONE BRIDES comes out September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter
"Lumi glides her hands along Nola's waist, and Nola wishes the touch would illuminate her the way it does bone. She wants to be a firefly who rises and falls in the darkness. Held by Lumi, she wants to swell into an aurora borealis." --THE BONE BRIDES
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How freaking cool is this?? Hosted by Seven Trees, part of the San Jose Public Library system. My wee one's too young, but I wanted to spread the word---and I hope they do it annually!
Event info for "1K Books Book Buddy Mailbox," hosted throughout September.  Description: "Bring stories to life with the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Book Buddies Mailbox!  Kids 2-5 can write or draw to a favorite storybook character and drop it off at the library.  They'll get a personalized letter back---encouraging their love of reading.  Free.  No registration required."
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Come for the weird whimsy. Stay for the body horror.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Happy B&N Preorder Sale to all who celebrate!! This will be your LAST CHANCE to get 25% off THE BONE BRIDES---and you'll barely have to wait for it, since it comes out at the end of the month! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-b...
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've been on this road a long time...
Stationery paper and star stickers over a green background.  Text: "My whole life, there've only ever been two things I've wanted to be..."1. a faery

Scrapbook style page includes a photo of a messy-haired girl in a pink faery costume, holding a watering can ("garden faery, age 5"), a young woman in a white dress and faery wings ("age 19"), and a doodle ("drawn by a friend, age 15") that includes "Marley is a fairy! or a ghost"2. a writer

Scrapbook style page includes a photo of a little girl sitting at a desk and holding up a writing utensil ("age 5"), cramped little kid writing ("diary entry, age 7, declaring plans to publish a book"), and a cut out from a black and white senior magazine ("voted 'most likely to be the next great author' in high school")"Guess I'll settle for being a writer of faery books" (smiley face)

Shows cover of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter, and a photo of the author holding three ARCs, labeled "a debut novelist!"
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am OBSESSED with this board book (THE HOUSE WITH NOBODY IN IT, by Jon Klassen), which never once acknowledges its ghost.
A house shaped board book.  Text reads, "There is nobody in this house.  There used to be somebody.  But there is nobody now.  Let's go look inside."  Cut aways for a door and window.A house shaped board book.  Text reads, "This room has a chair in it.  Let's go into the next room."  Cut aways for door and window.A house shaped board book.  Text reads, "There is a small stool on the floor in this room. And a lamp.  Let's go into the next room."  There is, indeed, a stool and a lamp....but also an unacknowledged ghost!A house shaped board book.  Text reads, "This is the last room.  It only has some boots in it.  Let's go back outside."  Ghost can still be seen through the cut away for the door.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Looks like, yup, I sound like exactly where I'm from ;P (So why it is that people have always asked me if I'm from England/Scotland/Germany, I haven't the faintest.)
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Let's take a closer look at that art... @greyscalefish (IG) truly captured the swirling, slippery, spooky vibe of THE BONE BRIDES's faery dance, and I love it so much! (Also, can I just say how cool it is to have gotten to commission a teen artist??)
Bird's eye view of two figures (one in white, one in dripping honey) at the center of a swirling dance.  Some of the dancing figures appear to be skeletons.  Lots of purples, blues, mossy greens.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
PREORDER GOODIES ALERT! Preorder THE BONE BRIDES from Linden Tree Books and get an exclusive holographic sticker of my not-so-secretly favorite character, Jeffrey the rabbit, and a beautiful art print by @greyscalefish of the book's faery dance scene! www.lindentreebooks.com/the-bone-bri...
Graphic sharing that if you preorder from Linden Tree Books, you'll receive:
1. A signed copy of THE BONE BRIDES, featuring sprayed edges
2. An exclusive holographic Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit sticker
3. An art print from artist @greyscalefishGraphic with a closer look at the exclusive sticker and character art for THE BONE BRIDES that you'll receive if you preorder by 9/28 from Linden Tree Books.  A holographic sticker of a rabbit who is also a skeleton and a gorgeous swirling scene of a dark faery dance.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Favorite spam email yet! Not only is Reese Witherspoon reaching out to me, but she has a question about a specific chapter! I wonder what it is? Surely, something incredibly insightful.
An email from "Reese Witherspoon" with the subject line "Quick question regarding Chapter 3 in The Bone Brides"
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Second pepper harvest! Featuring aleppos, serranos, a few tiny habaneros, one lone scotch bonnnet, plus more infernos and a bunch more ghosties!
A big pile of peppers (mostly red, though some are green, yellow, and/or orange).
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
IT IS OFFICIALLY BONE BRIDES MONTH, Y’ALL, and there are only 28 more sleeps before my book-baby is out in the world! Who wants to play bingo with me? ^.^
THE BONE BRIDES Bingo:

Eat a fig
kiss a girl
get lost in the woods
eye a horse suspiciously

go swimming
mourn a loved one
decorate for Halloween
befriend a rabbit

cuddle w/someone for warmth
dance to music only you hear
get creative with honey
read a fairytale

jump on a trampoline
appreciate your teeth
plant something unusual
pre-order THE BONE BRIDES!
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My @laworldcon.bsky.social at a glance: Panels as a panelist: 6 Panels in the audience: 10 Friends seen & hugged & made: SO MANY! Favorite funny auto-caption: "Sapphic yearning" = "Sapphic urinating" An unexpected recurring panel theme: strange and unsettling animal facts... What a blast!
Selfie: a smiling white woman with blonde hair (me!) holds up her Worldcon badge for the camera.  Palm trees in the background.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Oh my god, the early-aughts BODY GLITTER! When I was in 6th/7th grade, my friends and I all read this series with the most GLITTER MAKE-UPED covers ever, and now I'm just....picturing this bizarre mash-up of those covers and the lady's regency outfit XD
Cover of GODDESS OF THE NIGHT (Daughters of the Moon #1), by Lynne Ewing.  A girl wears a blue sequined strapless dress and an intense amount of blue/silver body glitter.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
THE BONE BRIDES comes out September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter
"What are GoodReads reviewers saying about THE BONE BRIDES...?" Graphic includes two illustrated girls holding hands while standing face-forward.  One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage.  The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. “The Bone Brides was so weird and sad and kind of adorable?? [...] Also, I would die for the skeleton rabbit.”  Graphic is of a skeleton rabbit.“There’s a quiet, folkloric ache at the heart of Bone Brides — the kind of sapphic, myth touched storytelling that feels both tender and haunting.” Graphic is of a human hand holding a skeletal one.“The world building is exquisitely spooky and whimsical. [..] But what got me by the neck is how much I felt for the characters.”  Graphic is of a bunny.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The glamorous life.
A white woman with long blonde hair (me) lies on the ground.  Next to her head, a baby sits cross-legged.  He is cropped from view but is reaching into the shot to pull at the woman's nose.  There is also a board book leaning against her head.
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A fun little game! We showed our loved ones each other's book covers, titles removed...and had them guess what the titles were, based on cover image alone! 😂 Featuring @viathewordwitch.bsky.social @kargyres.bsky.social @ryantpozzi.bsky.social @reenamccarty.bsky.social @gwenythreitz.bsky.social
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mailing out the first book (ARC) I ever signed! 😭
Title page of an ARC of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter.  Book has been signed and says, "For Katherine," alongside a hotot bunny sticker.  The corner of the book has been nibbled and is labeled, "Love, Lysander."Side-angle close up of the bunny-chewed book corner labeled, "Love, Lysander."
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hot pink CD with a silver (CD-colored) image of Sailor Moon.  Jewel case for "Sailor Moon: Songs from the Hit TV Series."
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Positively CACKLING at this review of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
3-star review entitled "Paintings are not age-proper and colors are dull": Although this book is so very famous as the few first books for babies and toddlers, the paintings are not well designed for this age range AT ALL. The colors of paintings are opaque and dull , never appropriate for a little kid !
Some of the drawings and coloring hardly resemble the real object.
As an example, look at the so-called "beautiful" butterfly in the last page, it hardly catches their eyes or teaches them the shape and colors of a butterfly. Or the ice cream cone is almost a monochrome dirty brown-orange shape whereas they could have used two distinctive bright colors for the cone and the ice-cream scoop. How about the first page where there is an small whitish circle sitting in the middle if a dirty greenish background with such a huge dull moon!?!

On the positive side, the idea of cascade pages for what the caterpillar ate each day of the week, makes it easy and attractive for babies to turn the short pages over and follow the story and the holes in the food especially makes it even more touch-curious for young kids.
And the story line can activate baby's brain about food and eating, however ,
I still can not understand why to teach words such as Caterpillar, cocoons, pickles and salami to a young baby as one of his first books?!
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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
THE BONE BRIDES comes out September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter
"The last time Lumi's mother tried to kill her, Lumi was seventeen years old and in love with a girl she'd met nine months earlier on a trampoline in the woods." --THE BONE BRIDES
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