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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 15h

Cached UK/IE #KindleBookGiveaway: 5 copies of The Last Hour Between Worlds (The Echo Archives Book 1), by @melissacaruso.bsky.social, which I have and have read and did enjoy and there are sequels now. This is a #UKKindleBookGiveaway, so you MUST have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account to claim one.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

UK folks! Audible UK has the audiobook for THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS on sale this month for £3.99! It has INCREDIBLE narration by the legendary Moira Quirk!!!!!!! It also has an exhausted sapphic sword mom trapped in a murder time loop at a fancy party! www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Last-...

Audiobook cover for THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Working on an action scene and just had this thought: There should always be an answer to "What's going on in this fight scene?" that's more interesting than "These guys are trying to beat each other." It could be a character thing, a tactical thing, a stakes thing—so many possible answers!

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the things I love about writing on my back deck is that I'm sitting fairly still for a long time, and animals and birds will sometimes come very close. I can never get good pictures because if I reach for my phone they run away, but if I don't make any sudden moves we can hang out together

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lupa is pretty sure that if she sits at the table like a people she should also get a bowl of ramen like a people

In the foreground, a bowl of ramen on a table. Beyond it, a terrier mix with a black eyepatch sits in a kitchen chair at the table, gazing longingly at the ramen.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Closing in on finishing this first draft of Mysterious Unannounced WIP! Probably only about 10K words to go, but I'm going back to edit the penultimate action scene to make sure it feels sufficiently different from the final one before I write the big final confrontation.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I had the pleasure recently of reading the speculative short story collection DRYAD by Marcella Haddad! Lots of range and inventiveness, including one w/footnotes & an epistolary story. Haunting, literary-leaning, good stuff! www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/drya...

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Dryad — Marcella Haddad — Game Over Books

Buy DRYAD on Ingram Buy DRYAD at Asterism Books Dryad is a collection of short stories taking place in both our world & others, for readers who; have ever read a plaque in the...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Realizing as I look at my WIP and think about my published stuff (as well as tbh my GMing career) and yeah, I just REALLY LOVE when an unexpected character kicks open the door and you go OH SHIT (for better or worse!) 💕 I never get tired of that and never will

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

While I'm talking about how tough discoverability is for books these days...I keep hearing that people didn't realize I've got a book coming out! So yes! The third and final book of The Echo Archives, THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, is out on Nov 10! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Last Star in the Void

The brilliant conclusion to Melissa Caruso's Echo Archives trilogy; a whip-smart adventure fantasy where a detective has to solve the greatest mystery of all--her own murder. Kembral Thorne is back o...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gorgeous and incredibly exciting (secret) stuff hitting my inbox lately!!!!!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! There is absolutely nothing in the world better as an author than wonderfully talented artists making art for your stories! 🤩

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El's art 🏳️‍⚧️ comms open @eliotdrawings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A book rec a day 📚 Swords and Fire saga by Melissa Caruso ✨ So good it actually does love triangles right. #BookSky #SFF

a doodle of myself holding a nameless book giving a thumbs up. on top it says "today's rec' and shows the covers of the Swords and Fire saga by Melissa Caruso (The Tethered Mage, A Defiant Heir, An Unbound Empire)

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OH HEY I gather it's bi visibility day! Hi!!!! I'm bi & ace, and I have two fantasy series starring bi/pan protagonists. Rooks & Ruin is currently on sale and you can grab the ebooks for the whole trilogy SUPER cheap! (See quoted thread for links & more info!)

Graphic showing the covers for the 3 books in the Rooks & Ruin series (THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE QUICKSILVER COURT, and THE IVORY TOMB)

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So when I get ideas for my books while walking my dog or driving, I take a voice note on my phone so I don't forget And my phone reads back in a very calm cheerful voice all this stuff about murder and eating people and whatever Also it gets my fantasy names wrong. I have one it calls Aggravating

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

20yo me would be absolutely thrilled. I've got my 9th book coming out in a couple months, I have a dog and two cats, and I've run some well-received larps. Living the dream

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have a few of these pins from earlier sets and they are GORGEOUS

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

WHAT WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OK here is a pic of Lupa I took yesterday on our walk

A white terrier mix stands on a rocky knob with trees and sunshine in the background, staring majestically into the distance. She has just moved her head so one ear is sticking up, the sun shining pink through it.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Okay, it looks like B&N and Kobo also have the entire Rooks & Ruin trilogy on sale! The Obsidian Tower - $4.99 The Quicksilver Court - $1.99 The Ivory Tomb - $1.99 Complete trilogy - $8.97 Links in thread! Grab it if you like spooky vibes, banter, fast pacing, & big oh shit plot twists!

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Look at this judgy look Lupa is giving me because I'm reading manga instead of playing with the dog

A white terrier mix with a black eyepatch reclines on the back of a couch, giving the camera a deeply disapproving look

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

OKAY SO this trilogy has got: Pragmatic bi MC Broken magic Political intrigue Found family Plot twists Secrets Murder Dashing international magic troubleshooting squad Sinister mysterious animal friend Everyone is hot and gay Swordfights Explosions Dysfunctional magical family Beloved spooky castle

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh hey! News to me! And whoa, The Quicksilver Court is on sale for 1.99 too! Wait, and The Obsidian Tower is $4.99?! So you can get the whole trilogy for under $9!!! I am INCREDIBLY proud of this series! This is a great chance to binge it for the price of a smoothie!! www.amazon.com/dp/B0853BPJBC

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Rooks and Ruin

Visit Amazon's Rooks and Ruin Page and shop for all Rooks and Ruin books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Rooks and Ruin

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Let's go! A FEALTY OF MONSTERS and OUR CRIMSON CAGE by @ladzwriting.bsky.social THE HALLS OF THE DEAD by @smhallow.bsky.social THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS VOWSMITH by @themattlacey.bsky.social A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE by Allison Saft Anything by Ava Reid, but their adult works specifically

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lupa sitting down next to me to help me write

From my POV in a deck chair, the laptop in my lap on the left side of the screen. My dog Lupa is sitting in another deck chair pulled up next to mine, giving me the sideye over her shoulder because clearly playing with dogs would be better than writing, but she's willing to humor me and try this sitting in chairs thing

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Hannah @venneh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m almost done with this ARC, and yall, this is the good shit

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's that time! It's 25% off preorders time at Barnes & Noble!!! You know what you can preorder now? THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID! It has swordfights! Consequences! A squirrel! Bad ideas! High-stakes shopping! This time, the murder Kem must solve is her own. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-s...

Cover of THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, which includes golden chalices on a purple field full of golden stars and moons. There's a silhouette of a ragged but badass woman with a sword and good boots in front of one of the chalices.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just saw someone's Insta story saying they loved THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID and thought it might be their favorite book of the year 😭❤️😭❤️ That book gave me so much trouble and I want so much for it to be a satisfying concusion to the series. I can't even tell you how much that meant to me to see!!!!!

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Tal @taldragon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@melissacaruso.bsky.social 's The Last Hour Between Worlds is two competent women in an utterly fucked-up situation, doing competent things competently (and sapphically). A+, highly recommended! great world, fab characters! <3

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So my 22yo is REALLY into One Piece Our napkin math suggests she has talked to me about One Piece for more hours over the years than the runtime of the entire anime Lately, I've been finally reading the manga It's a TRIP seeing the designs for these characters I've been hearing about for years 😂

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Currently playing chicken with linear time to see if I can get to a key milestone in this new novel draft before I switch to getting ready to move my kid back into college Somewhere in the back of my head is the uncomfortable knowledge that linear time always wins but MAYBE I CAN BEAT IT THIS TIME

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

She's a 10 but she necromantically lobotomized herself and has a brain hemorrhage if she hears your name

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today is the last day to get the TLHBW ebook on sale for $1.99 (US)! The audiobook with Moira Quirk's amazing narration is also on sale for $4.99 on Audible! If you like a sapphic world-hopping time loop murder mystery starring an exhausted but badass new mom, go get it!

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It has just been brought to my attention that the audiobook of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS is ALSO on sale this month (at least on Audible), and I can tell you the narration by Moira Quirk is AMAAAAAAAZING! www.audible.com/pd/The-Last-...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS ebook is on sale for 1.99 this month in many places! It's fun, it's pacey and twisty, it's bonkers, and now it's cheap! Grab it before the sale ends! Amazon: www.amazon.com/Last-Hour-Be... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-h... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Graphic with the cover of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS on a background of gold clouds surrounded by these quotes:

"One heck of a page turner"
- Nicholas Eames

"What an absolute delight!"
- AliX E. Harrow

"An addictive read"
- Genevieve Cogman
"Totally unlike anything I've read betore
- Freya Marske

"I completely adored this book"
- Shannon Chakraborty

"Unmissable!"
- Andrea Stewart

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I have to describe Jaycel Morningray in an email and I am including this line: "Dashing, swaggering, always performing but also always genuine; probably the coolest and hottest person in any room, an absolute disaster"

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For me it depends on the stage of their career! Unpubbed: It's all in the edits! Rewriting isn't failure, it's leveling up! Don't fear the work Debut: Relax and enjoy the moment! Don't look at reviews or metrics, and don't exhaust yourself doing publicity Pubbed (trad): Ask. For. More. Time 🌈✨💖

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*snip snip* get off my sand 🦀 @cauthons.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

TODAY I READ: an ARC of @melissacaruso.bsky.social 's THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, the last book in THE ECHO ARCHIVES, which simultaneously asks (with equal weight in the narrative): "what if altruistic actions still have world-rending consequences" & "what do i get my girl for fantasy valentines"

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I just finished reading my e-ARC of @devafagan.bsky.social 's Harrowmark and loved it SO MUCH. Fabulously rich worldbuilding, fascinating magical mysteries, thrilling adventure, heartbreaking romance(s), and an amazing found family by the end...SO good! 😍😍😍 Do preorder: devafagan.com/harrowmark/

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Harrowmark - Deva Fagan

In a shattered, fading world, the last vestiges of a once-revered order are all that stand against the return of an insidious evil With the depth of Antonia Hodgson’s The Raven Scholar and the rugged ...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Oh hey! It looks like the absolutely gorgeous Illumicrate edition of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS is included in their summer sale! You can grab it for about $16, which is an absolute steal! us.illumicrate.com/products/the... Full box with goodies also on sale! us.illumicrate.com/products/the...

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The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso Book Only

A reality-bending murder mystery that takes place entirely during one New Year's Eve party. A compelling sapphic romance fantasy novel!

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 07/08/2026

Hours to go! Make sure to get your ballot in! Make your opinions known!!! And here's why I think you should vote for Worldbuilding for Masochists for Best Fancast: 🧵

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Finished ETERNITY IN THREE ACTS by Ann Sei Lin and oof, it was really good. Bittersweet story of two young men trying not to fall in love (and failing) as they journey to kill a dying god and time crumbles around them. Great writing, great twists, fascinating world bookshop.org/p/books/eter...

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Eternity in Three Acts

Eternity in Three Acts is an incredible adult epic fantasy debut set in an Asian-inspired world where time is collapsing. Battle, sacrifice, and peril unfold on a journey unlike any other in Ann Sei L...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Short craft thread while I’m on the train! One thing that can be tricky to balance in SFF is where you put your reveals. There’s a lot of information you have to get to the reader, from worldbuilding to backstory to plot revelations, and pacing it ask can be really hard.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I’ve got a 40 minute train ride and haven’t done a writing craft thread in way too long! Any requests?

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Excited to be the conversation partner for Taylor J. LaRue for the Boston stop on her STEELBORN book tour this Thursday Aug 6 at 7 PM! Come join us if you're in the area! www.eventbrite.com/e/steelborn-...

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Steelborn Release Bash with Taylor J. LaRue

An epic, slow burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy novel about a heroine forged in steel and rage, and a cursed immortal.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hit the inevitable point in my drafting process where I realize I'm repeating the same beats in multiple places I really wish this weren't apparently my process 😅 But now that I can see it, I can fix it, which is exciting! I love when the shape of the story starts to emerge from the clouds

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just a few days left to get the ebook of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS for 99p in the UK!

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

UK folks—still time to get THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS for 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C5D36P87/ Want an action-packed, kinda bonkers, sapphic, world-hopping time loop murder mystery story at a fancy ball starring a tired but badass new mom who has to work with her cat burglar nemesis? Here you go!

Graphic shows the book cover for THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS on a background of clouds with these quotes:
"One heck of a page turner"
- Nicholas Eames
"What an absolute delight!"
- AliX E. Harrow
"An addictive read"
- Genevieve Cogman
"Totally unlike anything I've read betore
- Freya Marske
"I completely adored this book"
- Shannon Chakraborty
"Unmissable!"
- Andrea Stewart

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I have discovered recently that a bunch of people don't know that there's a third Echo Archives book, let alone that it's publishing in November! So YES!!! It exists, it's coming out this year, it's purple! It's THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID!!!

Cover for The Last Star in the Void, which has three golden chalices connected by swirly lines on a bacckground of stars, and a figure of a woman with a sword in front of the biggest chalice

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh yay!!!! This makes me so happy!!!

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