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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery
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Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally doesn't DM people.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
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As a side note, The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again comes highly recommended by the canine set.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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In memory of our sweet cat Stan Lee, we're running a special sale on our website this holiday season. Get 20% off the new books with promo code Catmas at checkout.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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In memory of our sweet cat Stan Lee, we're running a special sale on our website this holiday season. Get 20% off the new books with promo code Catmas at checkout.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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In memory of our sweet cat Stan Lee, we're running a special sale on our website this holiday season. Get 20% off the new books with promo code Catmas at checkout.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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In memory of our sweet cat Stan Lee, we're running a special sale on our website this holiday season. Get 20% off the new books with promo code Catmas at checkout. (Stan Lee 100% thought he was the reason for the season.)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. Pictured are some of the @heatherfowler.bsky.social books we have in stock. Heather's books are new and range in price from $14.95 to $18.
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These are some of the Heather Fowler books we have in stock. They're new and range in price from $14.95 to $18.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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We're hoping to get a new space for the bookstore so we can reopen in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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We'd really like to get a building for the bookstore so we can reopen the shop in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. Buy some books on our website now!
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November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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We'd really like to buy a building for the bookstore, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Once we buy a building for the bookstore, we'll be able to start taking used books in for store credit or cash, and people will be able to visit our shop cat. Pictured is Stan Lee, our retired shop cat who died last year.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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You can also buy books off our website. Pictured are some of the new eco-fiction books we have in stock. (Eco-fiction is a genre that focuses on environmental themes and often advocates for taking care of the earth.)
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These are some of the ecofiction books we have in stock. From top to bottom: The Tourist Trail, Balance of Fragile Things, My Days of Dark Green Euphoria, and The Crows of Beara. (We highly suggest The Crows of Beara.)
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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We have a crowdfunding campaign set up to help us buy a building for the bookstore so we can reopen the bookstore. Donate now! You can donate via card or PayPal.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Are you buying used books as gifts this Christmas? We can help with that! We're running a sale on the used books. Get 50% off the used books with promo code Matilda at checkout. Pictured are some of the used books we have in stock.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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We're offering free delivery for people in Baltimore City & County, as well as people in parts of Harford & Anne Arundel Counties. We're also offering 20% off your order if you use promo code Baltimore at checkout. Pictured are some of the new books we have in stock.
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There are stories that matter. There are stories that shape the world. There are writers who long to tell them. And, disillusioned and bereft, there is a place they go to write them. But the Library Beneath the Streets will not allow just anyone to enter its halls and learn the art. D’shall the story thief thinks he has all he needs to plunder the library for the tales that will make him famous, but there are forces at work deep in the stacks of abandoned manuscripts that will all come together at the command of the ancient and crafty Librarian. Along the way, D’shall will pick up such tales as: • The Snowflake Collector, in which a father collects the messages in snowflakes dropped by his departed child; • The Black Squirrel, a suicide note and a confession by a troubled young student influenced by forces more real yet greater than he; • The Miasmatist, which shows a whole new use for the dead; • More Full of Weeping, in which well-meaning parents imprison their daughter to prevent her from entering the place all children must inevitably go; • For Love of the Dreadful Night, which takes place in a future where the maudlin and desperate are demonized as exhibiting perverted behavior; And others. D’shall believes himself to be the cleverest story thief who ever lived, happily indifferent to the forces that shaped the Library. Its influence is subtle, its hostility opaque, and before the end of his heist, D’shall will be left in no doubt of the price of circumnavigating creativity. All that happens to him may be part of a greater machination perpetrated by the wraithlike Librarian who made this place away from the world. Or it may be a reaction, too subtle to notice, of the particular stories D’shall chooses to take and bind into a manuscript. Then again, it may only be chance, or karma, or any and every of the myriad explanations applied to the Powers That May. Do not doubt that there are such powers; and however indirectly, D’shall will earn their attention. Addie and Dorian have always been together. They're clever, beautiful--and hopelessly violent. Diagnosed with a rare psychiatric condition and accused of murder in childhood, the sisters have spent most of their lives in a locked ward under the supervision of eccentric researcher Dr. Lark. Now on the cusp of adulthood, Addie has a plan: start a new family, to replace the one she lost. Dorian struggles to quell her violent tendencies in time to help raise her sister's child. But Dr. Lark sees these patients as key to the completion of his revolutionary cure, and he will not allow Addie's absurd ideas to get in the way. As his "treatments" become increasingly bizarre, they put Addie and Dorian's safety at risk. The girls' only lifeline may be Ellie, a ward nurse with troubles of her own, who's never felt the need to protect anyone--until now. In this empathetic tale of hope, understanding, and the importance of family, young readers confront the difficult issues of poverty and the hardships of homelessness. Its inspiring young heroine is Ivy, who finds herself homeless on the streets of San Francisco when she and her father, Poppy, are evicted from their artist loft. Struggling to survive day to day, Ivy and Poppy befriend a dog who leads them to the ramshackle home of octogenarian siblings, Eugenia and Oscar Orr. This marks the start of a series of desperate and joyful adventures that blend a spoonful of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist with a dash of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City and a few pinches of the Adventures of Lassie. Ivy’s tale will appeal to young readers and adults, providing much material for discussion between generations.
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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We're offering free delivery if you live in Baltimore City or County & parts of Harford & Anne Arundel Counties. We're also offering 20% off your order w/ promo code Baltimore at checkout. Pictured are some of the fantasy novels we have in stock (which are new, not used).
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President Gerald Wellington Thorne, a bumbling, ineffective leader, wakes up one morning to discover that his mouth has disappeared. On the very same day, Larry White, a porter at Union Station, wakes up from a long night of drinking and realizes that he now has two mouths. His wife decides that this is actually a blessing in disguise, one that offers her a chance to save her husband from drink and eternal damnation. She enlists the help of her pastor, who in turn recognizes this as his once-in-a-lifetime chance to transform his run-down storefront mission into a lucrative mega-church. And while Thorne and White are assessing their respective dilemmas, Fuzzaluddin Choudry, a humble and affable immigrant butcher from Pakistan, hears the voice of God in a water spout in Washington, DC's Tidal Basin. The voice tells him that he has been chosen to save the President of the United States. What evil force is behind this madness? Will the world ever be the same? Would it be better if we had a President without a mouth? The Wizard and the White House is a delightful fantasy full of humor and imagination. Mike Maggio’s take on the clash of cultures in contemporary American life will leave you smiling… and perhaps wondering whether the foolishness we are witnessing in today’s politics could be improved only through a good dose of magic. Winter moves like a predator, taking villages one at a time, leaving the people either dead or half mad. For thousands of years, the Elementari — spirits of the elements — have slept peacefully under the watchful eye of the Terakhein, a guardian tribe that protects them. But now that the Elementari have started to awaken, the Terakhein are nowhere to be found. In Gaelastad, where the trees never die, eighteen-year-old Jonathan is haunted by dreams of a little girl: the last of the Terakhein. Fleeing from enemies across treacherous lands, Jonathan must survive and find the girl. Fortunately, help comes in the form of Bryn, a terrible fire spirit, and Morgan, the most beautiful — and deadly — of water spirits. But are they strong enough to give him the time he needs to find the missing girl and stop the tide of destruction? Becca Thornton, divorced, middle-aged and trying to embrace a quiet life, discovers that there are still plenty of surprises to be had when her menopause kicks in with bonus lycanthropy. And she’s not the only one. The seemingly peaceful and dull town of Wolf’s Point has its own all-female werewolf pack and Becca has just become its newest member. But it’s not all protecting Wolf’s Point, midnight meetings at the Women’s Club and monthly runs through the woods. There are werewolf hunters in town and now they've got Becca and the Wolf’s Point Pack in their sights. As if that wasn’t enough, Becca’s cute lesbian werewolf neighbor, Erin, is starting to haunt her dreams as well as her doorstep. What’s a newbie werewolf to do, between the hot flashes and the unexpected physical transformations? Can Becca overcome her fears and help the werewolves defeat their greatest enemy?
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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We're offering free delivery to people in Baltimore City & Baltimore County & parts of Anne Arundel & Harford County. You can also get 20% off your order with promo code Baltimore at checkout. Pictured are some of the fantasy novels we have in stock.
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Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named Grace in an alley and witnesses an assassination attempt gone wrong. Now the pair must navigate a web of treachery, beset on all sides by spies and poisoners, while a cryptic killer stalks one step behind… Christopher Evergild, like his father and his grandfathers before him, had trained all his life for one thing: to be the Royal Champion of Abernal and maintain the peace with the strength of his arm. Then the king dies at his wedding feast, and his heir is a woman exiled to a mountain keep as an infant - a woman reputed to be so hideous only trolls can bear to look at her. Plots to replace her sprout before the king's corpse is cold, but Chris's duty is clear. How is he to know doing the right thing will change his life forever? One hundred years ago, the vampire Victory retired from a centuries-long mercenary career. She settled in Limani, the independent city-state acting as a neutral zone between the British and Roman colonies on the New Continent. Twenty years ago, Victory adopted a human baby girl, who soon showed signs of magical ability. Today, Victory is a city councilwoman, balancing the human and supernatural populations within Limani. Her daughter Toria is a warrior-mage, balancing life as an apprentice mercenary with college chemistry courses. Tomorrow, the Roman Empire invades.
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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We're offering free delivery to people in Baltimore City & County, & parts of Harford & Anne Arundel Counties if you order off our website. You can also get a 20% discount if you use promo code Baltimore at checkout on our website. Here's some of the kids books in stock.
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Eleven-year-old Fern's rundown home borders a pristine forest, where her impoverished family hunts and forages for food. It's also her refuge from the crushing responsibility of caring for her wild younger brothers and PTSD-stricken stepfather. But when a fracking company rolls into town, Fern realizes that her special grove could be ripped away, and no one else seems to care. Her stepfather thinks a job with the frackers could help pull the family out of poverty. Her wealthy grandfather--who wants to take custody of Fern and her brothers--likes the business it brings to his manufacturing company. Facing adversity from all sides, can one young girl make a difference in the fate of her family and their way of life? Everyone knows how Dorothy and Toto save Oz from the Wicked Witch of West...or do they? How will Dorothy survive in a land filled with haunted bags of straw, hollow metal men and giant smelly cats? How will she fight off killer bees, mad wolves and really annoying monkeys? How will she defeat a witch with mind control and an all-seeing eye? And how will Dorothy ever find the way home? The simple truth is that she won't, at least not alone. Of course, she's not alone - she has Toto, her best friend. That is, Toto used to be her best friend. But in Oz, Dorothy spends more time talking to a cat than to her. And Toto finds new friends, too. Maybe, he should just bring his wolf friends back to Kansas instead. When Ivy Peterson sees the most extraordinary thing in her own backyard -- a fairy -- she dismisses it as another daydream, but she quickly realizes that it was, in fact, the real thing. She goes in search of the mythical creature, and accidentally falls into Zandria, a magic world that exists just outside her own. Unfortunately, she finds that she's trapped there. Someone has stolen the Talisman, a magical amulet that controls the five gates between Zandria and her own. Ivy and her new friends, the wizard Arden, his young apprentice Connor, and a pair of fairies, set off on a quest to reclaim the Talisman of Zandria.
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Hey Baltimore City and County peeps! We're offering free delivery if you order off our website. We're also offering 20% off your order with promo code Baltimore at checkout on our website. Pictured are some of the sci fi and fantasy books we have in stock.
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2046. Mutations and MIDS ravage the planet, and the need for body parts and organ transplants escalate. Corbin has created GenOrg, a farm that speed-grows in coffin-like pods thousands of human clones from stolen DNA. One problem: the clones are sentient. Their genetic memory has even given them the ability to communicate with each other. Ashar, a self-named clone, escapes GenOrg, promising to return to free the others. Running for his life, he is joined by Sara Logan, a geneticist with a guilty secret, and Pietr Ludov, a reporter seeking the ultimate story. They hatch out a plan to bring down Corbin, but it’s not enough for Ashar—he wants the clones free. Struggling with his own genetic identity, Ashar devises a plan that will unleash repercussions. In a far future, on a faraway planet, humans have become infected by the alien Wan, creatures that communicate by feeding each other poems composed of their own flesh. Obsessed alien and former human biologist Ing infects Frog, a barren slave girl, and Firdaus, deposed ruler of the human settlement, with the alien fungus. When a once-in-a-millennium Wan reproductive event threatens to destroy all human life on the planet, Frog and Firdaus must choose between transforming their loved ones into cadaverous toadstools and surviving - or watching them all die in a planetary holocaust. Unless Frog can come up with a third solution - with the help of her greatest enemy. Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named Grace in an alley and witnesses an assassination attempt gone wrong. Now the pair must navigate a web of treachery, beset on all sides by spies and poisoners, while a cryptic killer stalks one step behind…
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Hey Baltimore City and County peeps! We're offering free delivery if you order off our website. People who order off our website are also eligible to get 20% off their order if they use promo code Baltimore at checkout. Pictured are some of the new books we have in stock.
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There are stories that matter. There are stories that shape the world. There are writers who long to tell them. And, disillusioned and bereft, there is a place they go to write them. But the Library Beneath the Streets will not allow just anyone to enter its halls and learn the art. D’shall the story thief thinks he has all he needs to plunder the library for the tales that will make him famous, but there are forces at work deep in the stacks of abandoned manuscripts that will all come together at the command of the ancient and crafty Librarian. Along the way, D’shall will pick up such tales as: • The Snowflake Collector, in which a father collects the messages in snowflakes dropped by his departed child; • The Black Squirrel, a suicide note and a confession by a troubled young student influenced by forces more real yet greater than he; • The Miasmatist, which shows a whole new use for the dead; • More Full of Weeping, in which well-meaning parents imprison their daughter to prevent her from entering the place all children must inevitably go; • For Love of the Dreadful Night, which takes place in a future where the maudlin and desperate are demonized as exhibiting perverted behavior; And others. Everyone knows how Dorothy and Toto save Oz from the Wicked Witch of West...or do they? How will Dorothy survive in a land filled with haunted bags of straw, hollow metal men and giant smelly cats? How will she fight off killer bees, mad wolves and really annoying monkeys? How will she defeat a witch with mind control and an all-seeing eye? And how will Dorothy ever find the way home? The simple truth is that she won't, at least not alone. Of course, she's not alone - she has Toto, her best friend. That is, Toto used to be her best friend. But in Oz, Dorothy spends more time talking to a cat than to her. And Toto finds new friends, too. Maybe, he should just bring his wolf friends back to Kansas instead. Becca Thornton, divorced, middle-aged and trying to embrace a quiet life, discovers that there are still plenty of surprises to be had when her menopause kicks in with bonus lycanthropy. And she’s not the only one. The seemingly peaceful and dull town of Wolf’s Point has its own all-female werewolf pack and Becca has just become its newest member. But it’s not all protecting Wolf’s Point, midnight meetings at the Women’s Club and monthly runs through the woods. There are werewolf hunters in town and now they've got Becca and the Wolf’s Point Pack in their sights. As if that wasn’t enough, Becca’s cute lesbian werewolf neighbor, Erin, is starting to haunt her dreams as well as her doorstep. What’s a newbie werewolf to do, between the hot flashes and the unexpected physical transformations? Can Becca overcome her fears and help the werewolves defeat their greatest enemy?
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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We're running a special sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Library at checkout. Picture is of our sweet Stan Lee, who died last year.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout on our website. Cat picture for tax.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We're hoping to get this building across from the local library so we can reopen in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a special sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Library at checkout.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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We've been selling exclusively online for a couple of years after closing our storefront, and would love to reopen in a brick and mortar format.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Hello, Blueksy! We'd like to get this building across from our local library, then adopt a shop cat, but we need your help with that, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Library at checkout.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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We'd really like to reopen the bookstore in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a special sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Library at checkout.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM