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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ICYMI, we revealed the cover for my next YA novel, THE MERMAID OF WARSAW. It will be released on June 1, 2027! 🧜🏻‍♀️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/851510...

A boy, a mermaid, and a monster on the cover of “The Mermaid of Warsaw.”

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s here! 🧜🏻‍♀️ Preorders are enormously important to authors. This book is the culmination of my work and time in Poland in many ways. At its heart, THE MERMAID OF WARSAW about how the dead are never truly gone, acts of remembrance, and justice. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/851510...

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

THE MERMAID OF WARSAW, my YA historical fantasy novel that takes place during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, is coming out on June 1, 2027! 🧜🏻‍♀️ Cover reveal on 9/25/26!

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Young King Arthur & the Round Table Knights by Cara Aisling The Ice Princess’s Fair Illusion by S.L. Dove Cooper Death’s Country by R.M. Romero Havisham by Elle Machray Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells

A graphic with the blurred image from slide 1, no details can be made out just pops of blue among a brown-gray background. At the bottom of the slide is text that reads “@rainbowcratebookbox” in white font. The slide has five book covers displayed in two rows. The top row has two covers, while the bottom row has three covers.

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It’s been a minute. I’ve had my nose to the grindstone editing my summer 2027 YA novel, THE MERMAID OF WARSAW, a dark retelling of “The Little Mermaid” set during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. And yes, the mermaid does punch a lot of Nazis…

A collage of images about a dark historical fantasy retelling of “The Little Mermaid”

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Rin [a girl with wings] ✨⁷ @wings.nu · 20/05/2026

Writing and Books is trending, so hey, I'm gonna promote the book that I am writing because I am shameless. Crescendo, an ongoing urban supernatural/unconventional romance novel. If you like the idea of learning to live with ghosts, both literally and figuratively, you just might enjoy it~

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Crescendo - a novel

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

As a long-time horror fan, ANGEL DOWN winning the Pulitzer has me so hopeful about the perception of horror as a genre changing.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/02/2026

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

Keep Minnesota Housed!
Much of the medía has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction.
Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds!
#keepMNhoused

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Author (and coauthor), first page, cover: THE TEAR COLLECTOR edition.

Author R.M. Romero and cat coauthor Robin Goodfellow

The first page of THE TEAR COLLECTOR by R.M. Romero

The cover for THE TEAR COLLECTOR by R.M. Romero

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The Hatuey Project @hatueyproject.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We are launching an emergency fund-raising effort to raise money for solar panels and storage batteries for Cuba. Can you help by donating $100 here: HatueyProject.org/donate? Read our full email here: conta.cc/3O6phKP

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I’m Jewish. I’ve been to Auschwitz seven times. I’ve been to Dachau, Treblinka, Hadamar, Majdanek, and more mass graves than I care to mention. I’ve worked with Auschwitz Survivors specifically. I’ve spoken to Polish school children about the Shoah. I know what I’m seeing.

On the left, an unknown little boy being arrested by the Nazis during the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943. On the right, a little boy named Liam Ramos being arrested by ICE in Minneapolis in 2026.

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

As soneone who loves folklore, I adore this. As someone who is writing a book in which Baba Yaga eats a lot of Nazis, I cackled.

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

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michiums @michiums.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

making a gold foil postcard print :>

two wolves in a floral background with a mockup of stars and words in “gold”, that reads be strong eat bigots

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

All of my books are on @bookshop.org! 📕 THE TEAR COLLECTOR: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST: bookshop.org/p/books/tale... DEATH’S COUNTRY: bookshop.org/p/books/deat... A WARNING ABOUT SWANS: bookshop.org/p/books/a-wa...

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A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025

Once, a dragon manifested above Untersberg Mountain in the shape of a fiery poodle. ...I have to admit, I have no idea what _that_ was all about. #MythologyMonday wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wil…

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The Wild Hunt of the Untersberg

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

THE TEAR COLLECTOR received a second 🌟 starred 🌟 review, this time from Shelf Awareness! “R.M. Romero treats middle-grade readers to a gripping novel about hope beyond the end of the world.” @shelf-awareness.com @lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social

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briar 🪬⚔️🌿🌙 @beforeviolets.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

emerging from my bluesky slumber to say i'm offering 3(!) commission slots* for 20% off if you have characters who are: -POC -visually disabled/have visual differences -visibly trans -fat/plus-sized! *prioritizing commissions with characters that fit multiple of these categories and/or are queer!

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Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I'm reading TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST by R.M. Romero ( @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social ) and I feel like I'm getting some of my childhood whimsy back...nature is healing etc etc This book is so beautiful everybody go read it right now #booksky

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Natalie Aguirre @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#Book #GiveawayAlert! Enter to win R. M. Romero's #middlegrade The Tear Collector & read her guest post about how climate impacted her story at Literary Rambles. #amreading #amwriting #kidlit #teachers #librarians tinyurl.com/4jvxbphj

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe. Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

✨ ATHLETE IS AGENDER - @bibliogato and @nicolemelleby ✨ THE TEAR COLLECTOR - @rmromeroauthor

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m honored to announce that THE TEAR COLLECTOR is one of @slj.com’s Best Middle Grade Books of 2025! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social

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Girls Running From Houses @girlfleeshouse.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

She is snow-hearted.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

In THE TEAR COLLECTOR, @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social explores memory, fear, and hope at the end of the world. Pick up this middle grade novel now, and read the author's interview about climate change anxiety and more with A Novel Mind: www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

In THE TEAR COLLECTOR (out today!), @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social explores anxiety and hope in the face of a climate apocalypse. Read the interview about this lyrical and heartfelt middle grade novel with A Novel Mind: www.anovelmind.com/post/r-m-rom...

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R.M. Romero: The Tear Collector (Climate, Mental Health)

Set after the end of the world, this darkly fantastical climate change tale explores hope, memory, and what really makes a monster.ANM: Welcome to A Novel Mind, Ms. Romero! Please introduce yourself! ...

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

THE TEAR COLLECTOR releases in less than a month! My cli-fi dystopia about hope at the end of the world received a star from PW, glowing reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, and amazing blurbs from authors like NYT bestseller Natalie Lloyd! ☔️ @lbschool.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 20 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: October-December 2025 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/20-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit

A compilation of middle grade book covers. Books featured include Busted, The Invincible List of Lani Li, Ivy and Forest Rewrite The World, Jackson Bright In The Spotlight, The Taylors, A Glimmer of Change, The Treasure of Ocean Parkway, How To Free A Jinn, Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest and At The Speed of Gus.

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Corey Frayer @csfrayer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

“This dystopian adventure delivers a balm for climate anxiety in the form of persistence and cooperation. A vivid, emotionally resonant narrative.” Kirkus had nothing but lovely things to say about THE TEAR COLLECTOR! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

✨Please share and bookmark!✨ In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS... + A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

THE MERMAID OF WARSAW, my YA historical fantasy novel (in prose!) about the Warsaw Uprising, will be published in the summer of 2027! 🧜🏻‍♀️ I’m so excited to work with Ashley Hearn and the team at Peachtree Teen again.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Link to donate: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

“The desire to forget prolongs exile and the secret of redemption is memory.” — Issac Luria (Footsteps. Ghosts.)

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Olena Shmahalo @natureintheory.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

What I've been saying.

Tumblr post by existennialmemes that says "Can't believe we're doing The great depression and nazis again. We literally did this already. I am sick of these low quality reboots no one wanted."

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

My loathing for my dead arch nemesis is so intense that I made a fictionalized version of him the villain of THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL. 🙃

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries, 2025 edition. (The first photo of me in The Hat was taken by Steven D. Reece)

Me cutting down greenery in a Jewish cemetery

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

If you preorder THE TEAR COLLECTOR, my cli-fi middle grade about hope, lies, and monsters after the end of the world, you can get 25% off now through July 11 from @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25! ☔️ @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I’m going to be volunteering in Poland from June 30th to July 19th, and then I’m off to Berlin until the 29th! ✈️ If you need to get in touch with me, please either DM or email me.

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