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Rascal Hartley
@rascalhartley.bsky.social
I write. Supposedly.
dear stupid penpal - out now! 🪐
This Is Why I Saved You - in the loving hands of @duckprintspress.com 🐏

unfortunatelyobsessed on AO3, 2019 Hugo award winner (iykyk), bestselling author (apparently?!)
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Unlock the secrets of a mystical tome with Codex Regenesis!🔑

An antiquarian bookseller recently vanished under strange circumstances, leaving only a copy of Codex Regenesis behind.

Available everywhere books are sold and at our link: www.chroniclebooks.com/products/cod...
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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(1/2) FLARE is a year old! Woohoo! To celebrate, we're hosting our first writing contest: Strength in Stories Writing Contest, which is FREE to enter, but winners get PAID! Subs are open NOW through March 1st! Read the guidelines here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/contests/
January 2, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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ITS THAT TIME AGAIN
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
ME?!
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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2025 Recommended Books (no order, read this year):

Dear Stupid Penpal, Rascal Hartley @rascalhartley.bsky.social

Genre-meddling epistolary fun. Slow reveal done well, engaging characters. Perfect read for a long dark night. On my "gift copies of this" list immediately.

4/?
December 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Hey, look what was in that amazing box! It's REEF MIND from @hazelzorn.bsky.social and DEAR STUPID PENPAL from @rascalhartley.bsky.social and bonus stuff and frankly I spent so much time writing the Alt-Text that I'm just gonna lie on the floor and space out for a bit. Thank you for your indulgence.
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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And if you wanna check out @rascalhartley.bsky.social’s DEAR STUPID PENPAL for yourself:
YOU SHOULD.

store.tenebrouspress.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Aaaah! I'm so glad you liked it! And please give your dog my love 🥺💛
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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Lining up projects for next year, so drop me a line if you would like to work together on something exciting!

Portfolio- carlydraws.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Solid ground beneath your feet?
That means death💀
Get to the water.

KAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.social is out in February.
Preorder here: store.tenebrouspress.com

Cover art by @kerissonlp.bsky.social
Interior art by @blackyshep.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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give the gift of a reminder of your own mortality this season! :-D
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reading The Kingkiller Chronicles. Ademic is Toki Pona and not even Rothfuss can change my mind
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🐺 A downtrodden ex-soldier.
🦭 A lost inn-owner.
❤️ Blossoming feelings.
🗡️ A dead body.
🏝️ An island, where justice is deadly.

Selkie x werewolf
Urban fantasy!

Buy direct: tinyurl.com/DPPSalt
duckprintspress.itch.io/the-salt-in-...

GR: tinyurl.com/ys57r2rm
TSG: tinyurl.com/2shv5aed

📚🌈📚💙📚🪐
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Had me in the palm of its hand every step of the way. I don’t know if I’ve been bowled over more by a book this year. Kind of mad at it TBH"

Us too, reader. Us too.

@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is leaving scars of a different sort on folks; we're here for it🖤☠️
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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CR: Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social. Pairing experimental queer space opera w/ the latest Sanguisugabogg record seems like the right thing to do. @tenebrouspress.bsky.social w/ the never ending bangers. #BookSky #SpeculativeFiction #QueerFiction #SFF #ScienceFiction
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Just read "Dear Stupid Penpal" by @rascalhartley.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social in one go.
Wonderful novella, absolutely top notch.
Finished it with a big smile on my face.
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Reading at the airport, and what a book! Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social is so good! I’m enjoying it immensely.

#booksky
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November 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Really loved this book! Stayed up too late because I had to finish it. Check out DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social!
Astronaut hates space, ship, other crew members💀

Not too fond of his assigned penpal either (at first)💀

Shit goes bananas at the edge of the universe💀

Time gets crazy💀

People die💀

Cosmic Horror💀

...Meet Cute?❤️

DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social
OUT NOW: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Bookmail today brought Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social.

The packaging from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social press is just lovely!

#booksky 💙📚🪐
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Dear Stupid Penpal, by @rascalhartley.bsky.social (pub by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social) is an excellent epistolary novel that explores the strength of bonds amid the vastness and horror of space and time.

Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/dear...

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November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Book post is the best post. The last @tenebrouspress.bsky.social release for 2025 ends with 'Dear Stupid Penpal' by @rascalhartley.bsky.social
Definitely on my Christmas break reading list.
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Astronaut hates space, ship, other crew members💀

Not too fond of his assigned penpal either (at first)💀

Shit goes bananas at the edge of the universe💀

Time gets crazy💀

People die💀

Cosmic Horror💀

...Meet Cute?❤️

DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social
OUT NOW: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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"...unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller. Readers will be on the edges of their seats."

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY

www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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WITCHKING

grotty fantasy inspired
old fantasy mags and ttrpg books

print? in my US printshop (sale on at the moment!) www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...

#art #fantasy #bsnm
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM