Bethany Crowe Powell
@bethanypowell.bsky.social
Speculative poet and YA novelist. Bookseller at Odyssey Bookshop. She/her. bethanypowell.com
What’s your hometown slop?
Sorry to expose you, Boston, but don’t pretend this isn’t real, my mom was far too enthusiastic about it
Sorry to expose you, Boston, but don’t pretend this isn’t real, my mom was far too enthusiastic about it
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What’s your hometown slop?
Sorry to expose you, Boston, but don’t pretend this isn’t real, my mom was far too enthusiastic about it
Sorry to expose you, Boston, but don’t pretend this isn’t real, my mom was far too enthusiastic about it
If you can’t make your own strength to carry on, storebought is fine
August 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you can’t make your own strength to carry on, storebought is fine
So humid my eyebags are sweating today, so I’ve gone to stea-er, utilize the public service of AC!
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So humid my eyebags are sweating today, so I’ve gone to stea-er, utilize the public service of AC!
Good morning ReaderCon! Will join you after I’m done committing crimes against coffee stirrers in pursuit of brown-bagging meals at a hotel.
#readercon2025 #readercon
#readercon2025 #readercon
July 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Good morning ReaderCon! Will join you after I’m done committing crimes against coffee stirrers in pursuit of brown-bagging meals at a hotel.
#readercon2025 #readercon
#readercon2025 #readercon
If you can’t make your own will to live*, store bought is fine
*toil
*toil
July 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you can’t make your own will to live*, store bought is fine
*toil
*toil
Finally admitting that if my 3 separate protags are interweaving in this WIP rather than each with own book, I need to write 2 more outlines 😅
May 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Finally admitting that if my 3 separate protags are interweaving in this WIP rather than each with own book, I need to write 2 more outlines 😅
One of the most exciting sights in the world
March 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One of the most exciting sights in the world
murderbot when asked it’s gender
March 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
murderbot when asked it’s gender
If you are think your TBR is bad, try working at a bookstore, too!
(Half the shelf-talkers are mine but there are half as many as I intend to write.)
(Half the shelf-talkers are mine but there are half as many as I intend to write.)
March 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you are think your TBR is bad, try working at a bookstore, too!
(Half the shelf-talkers are mine but there are half as many as I intend to write.)
(Half the shelf-talkers are mine but there are half as many as I intend to write.)
How am I supposed to get myself lunch under these conditions
February 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How am I supposed to get myself lunch under these conditions
Toronto adventures ongoing!
December 28, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Toronto adventures ongoing!
My blind date book and I went to Tatte for a late lunch and Institute for Contemporary Art before I hopped on the train to Logan
December 24, 2024 at 11:45 PM
My blind date book and I went to Tatte for a late lunch and Institute for Contemporary Art before I hopped on the train to Logan
Did an Adventure! Stopped in the Porter Square Books Seaport location, which is gorgeous, tho I didn’t take any beauty shots because I was too distracted by bookseller things.
December 24, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Did an Adventure! Stopped in the Porter Square Books Seaport location, which is gorgeous, tho I didn’t take any beauty shots because I was too distracted by bookseller things.
Today was a tizzy for variety of reasons but then I was doing a super simple paper craft with other people and felt so much better.
I was doing it to being some color into an institution but I needed the color, too
I was doing it to being some color into an institution but I needed the color, too
December 21, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Today was a tizzy for variety of reasons but then I was doing a super simple paper craft with other people and felt so much better.
I was doing it to being some color into an institution but I needed the color, too
I was doing it to being some color into an institution but I needed the color, too
I was going to bemoan I wrote it TWICE and can’t decipher but then when I looked thru the camera lens realized obviously this says “flamed custard”, duh 🫥
Yeah I had creme brûlée lately
Yeah I had creme brûlée lately
December 9, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I was going to bemoan I wrote it TWICE and can’t decipher but then when I looked thru the camera lens realized obviously this says “flamed custard”, duh 🫥
Yeah I had creme brûlée lately
Yeah I had creme brûlée lately
Always amused by the different solutions our orange comes to when the lap he wants is not empty
December 8, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Always amused by the different solutions our orange comes to when the lap he wants is not empty
post somebody you’ve been told you look like, who you definitely don’t look like
December 7, 2024 at 4:54 AM
post somebody you’ve been told you look like, who you definitely don’t look like
Holiday involved some family history moments, which was cool. The printer is my mom’s dad who I never met, and a rare image in profile where suddenly he looks like so many of his kids & grandkids.
November 30, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Holiday involved some family history moments, which was cool. The printer is my mom’s dad who I never met, and a rare image in profile where suddenly he looks like so many of his kids & grandkids.
Completion.
November 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Completion.
Achieved my dream of having only one layer of furniture against any given wall* this morning! And Catte has still chosen to be my pal…
*I had doubleparked shelving for several weeks after moving it in
*I had doubleparked shelving for several weeks after moving it in
November 24, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Achieved my dream of having only one layer of furniture against any given wall* this morning! And Catte has still chosen to be my pal…
*I had doubleparked shelving for several weeks after moving it in
*I had doubleparked shelving for several weeks after moving it in
Oh, if you test-run a pie recipe, you get a whole pie BEFORE the event! THIS ROCKS
November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Oh, if you test-run a pie recipe, you get a whole pie BEFORE the event! THIS ROCKS
The spicy water standing in for my will to live*
*work
*work
November 20, 2024 at 8:54 PM
The spicy water standing in for my will to live*
*work
*work
Writing Buddy deliberates approach
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Writing Buddy deliberates approach