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Emily Paxman
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writer, artist, gardener, hugger of cats - DEATH ON THE CALDERA coming out June 17, 2025 from Titan Books!
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DEATH ON THE CALDERA is coming May 27, 2025! It's Murder on the Orient Express with witches, as the survivors of a train crash scramble to discover who among them caused the engine to explode before the saboteur can finish killing them off.

titanbooks.com/72318-death-...

#fantasy #agathachristie
Death on the Caldera
The Linde siblings—Kellen, Davina, and Morel—are anxious to return to the kingdom of Halgyr before their father dies, leaving Kellen to assume the throne as king. They book tickets on a luxury express...
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Stephen Sondheim would be so polite and kind to me, but deep down I know he would just be shaking his head at my basic bitch writing. 😭
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Okay, this but #survivor players.

Love Parvati. Pretty sure I would bore her to tears.
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:

Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?

I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Got to fill out a casting information form for Death on the Caldera's audiobook today (yes, I swear! The audiobook IS coming!) and it was incredibly fun. CANNOT WAIT to hear my characters come to life! ❤️🌋🚂
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wood. It's not particularly close in my opinion. (Which isn't to say the rest of the album is good, just that Wood is that bad)
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I went into town to swim and write today, but now my arms hurt so bad I can't keep them up at the height of the library tables 😭
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.

please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I enjoyed that tribal council more than I have 99% of New Era tribals. No forced metaphors relating to someone's occupation! No "what would be YOUR story if this is the end?" Nate and Savannah called out the actual dynamics and put people's feet to the fire. It was messy and wonderful. #survivor49
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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In the clothing industry, the term CMT stands for "cut, make, trim." It means you are paying someone to cut, make, and trim the garment. Essentially, it's your manufacturing labor cost without taking into account the cost of material.

The CMT price for making a shirt in the US is about $35.
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I really gave this the business, and so can you!

A lot of the questions are VERY "hey, person who *loves* AI, how can we, a government who *loves* AI, make sure companies who *also love* AI come to Canada to do trickledown economics?"
October 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you so much!!!! So glad you enjoyed the book!
October 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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A gem of a story, Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman is a charming whodunnit with roots in Murder on the Orient Express, from @titanbooks.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/death...
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
this was my thought, too - fabulous album about being in love
October 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
whoops everyone who followed my account over the summer for bookish related reasons is now going to find out that all I actually talk about is Survivor
September 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.

I'm talking about something very different.

Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.

Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.

But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️
September 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Here are my favourite murder mystery fantasy book recs:

The Tainted Cup by @robertjbennett.bsky.social

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social (out in October)

Death on the Caldera by @emmypax.bsky.social

The Last Vigilant by @markalatham.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Thank you so much! I needed this today, so it's hugely appreciated! :)
September 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Finished @emmypax.bsky.social Death on the Caldera the other night and absolutely loved it. The worldbuilding was so rich and the pacing had me speeding through it. Would definitely enjoy seeing more of the Linde (& extended) family in the future.
September 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I updated my newsletter! Get the deets about Worldcon, Book Tour AND a new cover!

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AUGUST: Cover Reveal + Worldcon +Book Tour = Tired
But happy! Tired and happy.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Aaaaaaaa so cool!!! My family is half German, so it's awesome to see my book in a German store!
September 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Death on the Caldera
by Emily Paxman

A blend of fantasy and Golden Age crime, set in an unforgiving landscape that steams with sulphur and bubbles with lava.
The Linde siblings—Kellen, Davina, and Morel—are anxious to return to the kingdom of Halgyr before their father dies.
September 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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"Less than a month into the district’s first school year with a new cellphone ban, JCPS has found that students are checking out library books at a record rate."

www.wave3.com/2025/09/02/s...
School cell phone ban creates surge in JCPS library visits
District leaders are calling it a culture shift within Jefferson County Public Schools.
www.wave3.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thank you so much!!!! It's great to hear from you ❤️
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Today, we're thrilled to be taking part in the cover reveal for Emily Paxman's upcoming standalone post-apocalyptic romance, ALL WE HAVE LEFT!

Cover artist: Natasha MacKenzie

Due for release 2nd June 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social

Read more: tinyurl.com/568f6ktw

@emmypax.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM