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An Imprint of Nicole Frail Books, LLC.
Publisher: @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social
Books by You & You & You
Because We're Stronger & Better Together
Multiple POVs & Voices in Every Book
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Three weeks till submissions are due! If you'd like to learn more about Coffee Inclusive, which will benefit from the proceeds of the anthology created from this contest, visit: coffeeinclusive.org
nicolefrailedits.bsky.social Nicole Frail, Book Editor @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social · 17d
About three weeks left to submit to my next short story contest! Visit www.nicolefrailbooks.com/coffeeshopcontest for full prompt, rules, and FAQs!

#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #amwriting #shortstorycontest
Regional Short Story Contest. Coffee is our love language. Story should feature coffee in some form or can take place in a coffee-related space. Open to writers from: PA, DE, MD, NJ & NY Word Count: 3k to 8k Target audience: age 18+ What we’re looking for: Contemporary romance, ranging from sweet/closed door to open and slightly steamy. Light fantasy/a touch of magic will be considered. Submissions due: Dec 6, 2025 Proceeds benefit Coffee Inclusive in Pittston, PA [Coffee Inclusive logo] [And You Press logo] Visit nicolefrailbooks.com/coffeeshopcontest
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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November 7, 2024: Our first release! How time flies. We're now gearing up for our EIGHTH anthology and accepting stories for our NINTH!!

Happy book-iversary to the ATSD crew!

#shortstories #booksky #amreading #indiepress
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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THE GIFT EXCHANGE: A YOUNG ADULT HOLIDAY ANTHOLOGY is now available!

⛄10 stories
🌟First loves/crushes
❄️Sibling stories
🎁Found family
⛄Wholesome/"clean"
🌟Inclusive

Grab it in PB and EB today for your favorite teen reader or your reader who loves #yafiction!

#ireadya #romancelandia #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN!🎃

Are you reading any stories from NOT AS IT SEEMS: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY today? We have:

🧛‍♂️Vampires
👻Ghosts/Spirits
😈Monsters
🌙Bumps in the night
💀 We even have a skeleton tucked in there for you. (Have you found it?)

QOTD: What are your Halloween plans?

#booksky #amreading
cover of Not As It Seems: A Gothic Anthology with a HAPPY HALLOWEEN sign and some pumpkins and spooky trees in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Coffee Inclusive: Changing Lives With Every Cup

&You Press: Books By You & You & You -- Because We're Better Together

Can't think of a better pairing. 🧡☕
nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social Nicole Frail Books, LLC @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social · Oct 20
Teaming up with local small business, Coffee Inclusive, for our next anthology! If you're in PA, NJ, NY, MD, or DE, visit www.nicolefrailbooks.com/coffeeshopco... for the details and to learn more about Coffee Inclusive and their mission.

#shopsmall #indiepress #shortstorycontest
Regional Short Story Contest. Coffee is our love language. Proceeds benefit Coffee Inclusive in Pittston, PA. Submissions due: Dec 6, 2025. Coffee Inclusive logo: Changing lives with Every Cup. And You Anthologies logo.
October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Happy to announce the story selections for our adult contemporary Christmas anthology! Congrats to all!

Release day is November 12! Be part of our cover reveal and release day blast or to receive an ARC. bio.site/nicolefrailbooks

#booksky #shortstories #christmas #writingcommunity #indiepress
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Happy to announce the story selections for our very first YA anthology! Congrats to all!

Release day is November 5! Sign-up to be part of our cover reveal and release day blast, or receive an ARC. bio.site/nicolefrailbooks

#booksky #ireadya #romancelandia #writingcommunity #indiepress
October 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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All &You Anthologies are on sale today! Grab them while you can! 78 stories for under $10!

#booksky #readersky #romancelandia #gothicfiction #writersky #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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October Events! If you're in northeastern PA or the surroundings areas, I hope to talk books with you this month!

#indiepub #indiepress #smallpress #bookcommunity #bookeditor #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky #nepa #smallbusiness
📆Where will Nicole Frail Edits & Nicole Frail Books be in October? On Saturday, stop by the Valley Community Library for their first Fall Fair at the Library! to shop local vendors and meet local authors and publishers. Entry is $5. The next meeting of MAMA'S BOOKed: NEPA Moms Book Club will be Monday, September 6, at Long Live Playtime , and we're currently reading Weyward by Emilia Hart. If you're local and want to join, message me and I'll invite you to our FB group! Then there's our monthly networking meeting for (the organization formerly known as) Wilkes-Barre Women's Organization for Networking at Rodano's on Public Square. All are welcome! If you want to shop local but can't make it out to any of the markets in-person, join our Harvest & Holiday Virtual Event (Facebook Group), presented by Carly's Creative and Supportive Small Business Community, between October 10 and 12. My offerings will go live at 3:30 on the 10th. And finally, we'll be at 2nd Annual Forty Fort Fall Fest on the 11th! Last year was fantastic, and I'm looking forward to seeing what this year brings. Hoping to chat with many of you about what you're reading and writing this month! ✌️💜📖
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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✨September Events with @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social ✨

#booksky #authorsky #writersky #amreading #indiepublisher #smallpress #pennsylvania #nepa
Nicole Frail Edits and Nicole Frail Books September Events September 8 - Book Club at Long Live Playtime, 6 pm to 7pm September 13 - Luzerne Fall Pumpkin Festival, Main Street in Luzerne, 10 am to 6 pm September 14 - Book-Themed Craft Market, AlleyCrafts in Kingston, 10 am to 3 pm September 17 - Takeover of the Facebook Group "The Book Haven Tribe," starts at 10:30 am All times EST. Need a speaker, presenter, vendor, bookish guest or friend? Reach out! nicole@nicolefrailedits.com or nicole@nicolefrailbooks.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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New Release!

Not As It Seems: A Gothic Anthology

Ft. short stories by @coralaineauthor.bsky.social @jesseferreras.bsky.social @roxannemwerner.bsky.social @onthewritelines.bsky.social @shmonstermaker.bsky.social @sarahbjorkauthor.bsky.social & more!

Edited by @courtneyumphress.bsky.social
Now Available! Not As It Seems [cover] on black background. And You Press anthologies logo.
September 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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🖤 Tomorrow . . . 🖤

NOT AS IT SEEMS: A Gothic Anthology

Edited & Arranged by @courtneyumphress.bsky.social

The sixth book in the &You Anthologies series.

Get your ebook for a special preorder price of $2.99 USD tonight! Paperbacks will be available this week, as well.
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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✨Two Days Left to Enter!! Submissions due Saturday!!

With the publication of our upcoming NOT AS IT SEEMS: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY, we will have released 66 short stories via 6 anthologies since Nov 2024. Can't wait to add to those numbers with these holiday anthos!

#shortstorycontest #writersky
Home for the Holidays submissions due in 2 days. andyoupress.com. Row of homes with snow and trees. The Gift Exchange submissions due in 2 days. andyoupress.com. young adult burst. Two women exchange a gift.
August 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Two *different* short story contests, *same* submission date: August 16.

Visit www.andyoupress.com for the prompts, rules, and FAQs.

Winners will be published in &YouPress's seventh and eighth anthologies.

#shortstorycontest #holidays2025 #authorsky #writersky #booksky
ad for short story contest by And You Press, an imprint of Nicole Frail Books, LLC. Reads: Home for the Holidays submissions due in 5 days (August 16). www.andyoupress.com Image shows a small yellow house with a wreath above the door and two trees out front. ad for short story contest by And You Press, an imprint of Nicole Frail Books, LLC. Reads: The Gift Exchange (for YA readers) submissions due in 5 days (August 16). www.andyoupress.com. Image shows two people balancing multiple presents and dressed for winter.
August 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Trying to get back to active again on here with @attic-ebooks.bsky.social and @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social! Slowly but surely.

What have we got coming up?

Our gothic anthology, Not As It Seems, releases September 2, and two holiday contests are closing soon!
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August 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Happy Pub Day to myself and all the authors of Just One… A Summer Romance Anthology! Forced proximity is the name of the game in this hot summer escape 😍🫶🏻🌴

☀️Ebook just $1.99 ☀️

#readersky #authorsky #romancereads #summerreading

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June 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Coming 9/2!!! Not As It Seems: A Gothic Anthology featuring my short story, Duskwood Hollow 🏚️

Preorder link in my bio 🫶🏻

#booksky #writersky #authorsky #spookyreads #fallbooks #kindle

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August 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Check out this gorgeous cover for "Not As it Seems: A Gothic Anthology"! Out September 2 from @andyoupress.bsky.social, you can now pre-order at the link in my bio. This anthology features my short story, "Marin."
August 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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I spy some And You Anthologies on that shelf!

#nicolefrailbooks #indiepub #indiepress #booksky #shortstories #writingcommunity
attic-ebooks.bsky.social Attic Ebooks @attic-ebooks.bsky.social · Apr 21
Spent some time today setting up our shelf at The Makers Marketplace at 900, a shop that features items by Northeastern PA creatives. Some signed copies of J.E. Smith's novella and a few anthologies are available!

#booksky #nepa #romancelandia #nicolefrailbooks #readersky
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April 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Get your stories in by Saturday! Questions? Ask them here or DM @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social.

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#shortstorycontest #anthologies #booksky #writesky #summerreads
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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FOUR DATES LEFT TO ENTER!! Get those stories in!

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andyoupress.bsky.social And You Press @andyoupress.bsky.social · Mar 20
One month left to enter your short story for consideration in our summer anthology! This collection plays on the "just one bed" trope with a spin. 😊

Find the prompt, rules, FAQ, and more at www.andyoupress.com.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky #authorsky #shortstories #booksky
April 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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A little less than 2 weeks left to enter your short story into our summer contest! Winners will be published in the fifth anthology to be released from And You Press.

FAQs and full prompt available on www.andyoupress.com, but leave questions below if you've got them!

#amwriting #writingcontest
Two weeks left to submit your short story for consideration in Just One... an And You Anthology celebrating a beloved trope with a sweet, summery twist. Submissions due April 19, 2025. Image shows summery imagery: sun, palm tree leaves, ice cream, flip-flops, flowers, sea shells. Story ideas may be one kiss, one bed, one tent, one touch, one horse, one drink, one secret, one umbrella. Visit andyoupress.com to submit.
April 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Friends: Updated FAQs are live on our website for the Short Story Contests, reflecting some recent questions about the financial side of winning the contests/inclusion in the anthologies.

Find those answers here: www.nicolefrailbooks.com/contest-faqs

#authorsky #writersky #writingcontests
Contest FAQs — Nicole Frail Books
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March 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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And You Press announces a Victorian Gothic-themed short story contest! Winners to be published in an anthology this Fall.

Those not selected will receive feedback from editor Courtney Umphress.

Visit www.andyoupress.com for the prompt, rules & FAQs.
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And You Anthologies. Short Story Contest. Escape into the dark, mysterious world of gothic literature, where nothing is as it seems. Submission deadline: June 20, 2025.
March 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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One month left to enter your short story for consideration in our summer anthology! This collection plays on the "just one bed" trope with a spin. 😊

Find the prompt, rules, FAQ, and more at www.andyoupress.com.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky #authorsky #shortstories #booksky
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM