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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My sapphic Sherlock prequel is out today!! Where did Sherlock get his mommy issues? Find out as Sherlock’s mother and Mrs. Hudson solved crimes crimes, fall in love, and basically raise Sherlock 🩵🕵🏻🕵🏻 All the details at www.matteaorr.com

The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson, misbehaving ladies, young Sherlock Holmes, Missing boy mystery, Victorian historical setting, sapphic yearning

Move over Sherlock: his mother and her lady’s maid are on the case

Blue background and cover for The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In honor of International Sherlock Holmes Day, my sapphic Victorian Sherlock prequel is set to “Read Now” for the first 25 readers on NetGalley!

The last telegram of Mrs. Hudson is free to read on NetGalley for the first 25 users in honor of Sherlock Holmes Day 2026

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

ARCs are up on NetGalley US! Come for the dedication about vasectomies, stay for the most scandalous and unladylike activity—investigations Sapphic Slow Burn 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sherlock Retelling 🔍 Horseback Chases in the Rain 🐎 Flirting w/ Astronomy & Murder 🩵 🔭🔪

Blue scrollwork with blueThe Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson, now available for request on NetGalley

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

It’s Barnes and Noble pre-order sale time!!!! 🩵🩵

Barnes and Noble pre-order sale time graphic for The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson sapphic slow burn Sherlock retelling upstairs downstairs secrets horseback chases in the rain badass women flirting astronomy and murder

Barnes and noble pré-order sale information for The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

THRILLED to share! This one’s about grief (full Victorian mourning dress, anyone?) but also about joy. A precocious 7-yr-old Sherlock, enemies to lovers, four interwoven mysteries (one about vegetables), emotionally constipated banter, flirting w/science facts, horse chases, love & so much more

A Publisher’s Marketplace announcement for the book The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson by Mattea Orr. Pitched as a historical mystery set in Victorian England that reimagines Sherlock Holmes’s mother and her lady’s maid turned investigative partner

A vivid blue, teal, and pink cover for the book The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson, coming September 2026, by Mattea Orr

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

You can find your reps' contact info at 5calls.org or reps.fyi (shortcut to Common Cause). Light up the fucking lines.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Well, it's a bummer that @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social and my book of MESSED UP DEER didn't fund this time. Obviously, we're blue. But we're not giving up completely, and hope to revive the project soon when we're ready to tackle it again. Stay tuned, deers! ❤️🦌

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

👁️🦌👁️ Catch a free story by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social at the link below, and join us! 👁️🦌👁️ THE DEER DEMAND IT #horror

spooky deer art by Carly A-F with story by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor "The deer stands on the slope above me, looking down and swaying. Back and forth, back and forth. Its mouth opens wider"

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

So excited to sub to this one! And just read, tbh

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Aaaaaahhhhhh it looks like THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES is up on Netgalley?! Excuse me while I panic and hide... (But also, if you want it, go get it!)

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I saw someone say AI is useful because it generates ideas. My dude, I'm full of ideas. I have docs and docs marked under 'ideas.' I have outlines and fragments of stuff I might work on. Trunked stories galore. Even if I continue to write a novel a year for the next 40 years I won't run out of ideas.

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

When a former ghosthunter is thrust back into the orbit of her controlling sister, she must unearth the secrets left behind by their notorious forebears or repeat their family’s vicious past HILL HOUSE x THE GROWNUP x A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS #OS #AG #A #H

Nine pictures in a grid, a closeup of a woman scared and crying, many hands playing Cat’s Cradle, cobwebs draped on dead flowers, two hands in a pinky promise, a book with nature sketches and pressed flowers, mist around a gothic mansion, a silhouette of a bird in a cage, a woman in a nightdress holding a candle in front of a mirror, many ghostly hands reaching out

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Just SO excited for this anthology!

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

So I desperately want this thing to fund because I will read the *shit* out of it. But also because I'm not sure where the hell else I'm going to sub the weird fucking thing that poured onto the page yesterday to try for this. Go support the hell out of this antho! Look at the anchor authors! :D

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This episode gave me goosebumps for 1 hour and 36 mins straight. I burned dinner and screamed into the wall a little bit as a treat 💀

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I’ve gotten up three times in the last half hour to get a laptop charger Battery’s at 15% and dropping, so maybe THIS time will be the one 🫠

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 26/04/2025

The answer is write more, unfortunately

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Are you even getting ready to draft a new book if you’re not making a list fantastic surnames 👀

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

okay, gonna tease y'all with ONE MORE #TheDeerIsMessedUp thing before i sleep. we're gonna have an EXCLUSIVE hardback edition ONLY for the Kickstarter. It will be limited! It will be SHINY AS HELL if you want one? (you want one) make sure you sign up to be notified on launch! tinyurl.com/2ynspd8h

promotional graphic for the exclusive Kickstarter edition of THE DEER IS MESSED UP — it shows a white deer on a green background, a third black eye in the middle of its forehead and a dagger in its chest, with a starburst image behind it; the text is in green with white outlines; the promo text reads "Kickstarter Special Edition: Hardcover, foiled, collector's edition, only available during the campaign"

cover of a special edition of THE DEER IE MESSED UP: An Anthology of Horror, edited by Theodore Hill and Merc Wolfmoor; it shows a white stag with a third black eye in its forehead, and a dagger in its chest, set against a sunburst pattern on a green background; the text is in green and white

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’ve been waiting for this book to release for ages! So excited to finally get my hands on it

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

it seems likely that trans works are gonna be heavily-suppressed over the next four years and this is one of the few sites that isn't yet playing along so: if you want to keep abreast of what trans authors are up to, follow these fine folks go.bsky.app/VaypaqC

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

bookish checkpoint!! Last 📚 Network Effect by Martha Wells - Loved! Current 📚 Some Desperate Glory- By Emily Tesh Next 📚 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I want a poster of this cover 😭

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Maybe if I lie face down all my work will do itself.

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I’m so excited to be making this move with Mara!!!

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This draft is done!!!! Spooky Gothic sisters ghost story about how terrifying love can be 👻

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

No lap? Now worries. Cleo has perfected the passive aggressive perch. It’s mostly spite and claws.

A little black cat with green eyes clings to any scrap of lap she can find

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Two and ONE HALF chapters away from finishing this draft!! It’s dark, twisty, & layered—super toxic gothic sisters separated by almost two centuries, and I love it even more than I thought I would. But I’m also ready to write something where I can make jokes again 😂

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

Two black horses draw a carriage down a snowy street in a small town

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I woke up late today, and my whole day has felt jacked as a result, but in my defense, the sun didn’t exactly wake up either

A very gray, rainy, cloudy sky and some leafless trees

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I love Murderbot so deeply 😍🦾

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 25/11/2024

I said this in a reply to someone else, but someone else needs to hear this: You are a real person doing real work to make real art. Don’t forget.

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

New readers: this is the third novel in what I call my African Immortals series. The order: -My Soul to Keep -The Living Blood (American Book Award) -Blood Colony -My Soul to Take

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Ruth Anna Evans @ruthannaevans.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I am incredibly excited to announce the open call for my upcoming childbirth horror anthology. This is a paid opportunity for very short stories. Please read the guidelines below carefully. All voices welcome. Let's create something stunning.

Open submission call for a childbirth anthology. $15/story, 500-2,500 words, story and bio to ruthannaevanshorrors@gmail.com

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

25% of kids in the US are Latinx, so here’s your Latinx KidLit starter pack and make sure to read, boost, and support Latinx stories all year long! go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz

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birukti @biruktiwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

11/11 "We're looking for you. Writing is very solitary and publishing is very frustrating, but let the hope live in you that we're looking for you. Every time we get a submission, there's hope in us that this will be the manuscript that we will fall in love with."

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

We were promised snow & but it was all soggy slush instead, so I baked a giant loaf of bread to make my own cozy

A Very Big loaf of craggy, oval-shaped Dutch oven bread sits on a cooling rack

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WritingOrrWhat @matteaorr.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

These two are finally friends 😍😍

A tabby and a black cat cozy on a bed in the sunshine

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