Dark Matter Books
darkmatterbks.bsky.social
Dark Matter Books
@darkmatterbks.bsky.social
Bookstore to be in St. Paul, MN.
Our website: https://darkmatterbooks.co/
also, "plot" is for fascists
back at it again at the krispy kreme!!! here's a self-indulgent rec: UNCOMMON CHARM, a pastiche of chatty domestic tragicomedies a la PURSUIT OF LOVE.

teen socialite and shy magician uncover hidden family history, argue moral philosophy, encounter surreal magic

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December 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
back at it again at the krispy kreme!!! here's a self-indulgent rec: UNCOMMON CHARM, a pastiche of chatty domestic tragicomedies a la PURSUIT OF LOVE.

teen socialite and shy magician uncover hidden family history, argue moral philosophy, encounter surreal magic

bookshop.org/a/105152/978...
December 1, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Brainstorming store rules. Dogs strictly forbidden but birds allowed, if leashed
November 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I'm a fucking winner babey!
im sitting here trying to think of a book em's recommended to me that hasn't ended up being a complete banger, but i can't. baru, dungeon meshi, unkindness of ghosts, sodom road exit, on and on, consistent slam dunks, and this is my competition!! ugh!!
November 20, 2024 at 10:47 PM
this is Bert he does our finances and he isn't good at it
November 20, 2024 at 8:02 PM
today's recommendation: @libraryatnight.bsky.social 's DARK ARCHIVES, a history of books bound in human skin. Not a grisly wannabe-shocker catalogue but an EXTREMELY accessible work on material culture and the medicalization of race and criminality
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin a book by Megan Rosenbloom
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if y...
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November 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
we love backlist, books that play with genre conventions, and characters who constantly reassess the things they owe to others so we love Rosemary Kirstein's THE STEERSWOMAN. the "Big Twist" is that it's seemingly-fantasy then actually SF, but what *i* love about it...

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The Steerswoman a book by Rosemary Kirstein
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request it; no steerswoman may refuse a question, and no steerswoman may answer with anything but t...
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November 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
There's just two of us, we're both prior booksellers, and incorporating a business made us cringe. Right now the only labor abuses we can commit are to each other... that's Romance! I'm gonna hit Meagan with hammers
November 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM
let's go! eat it, nancy!!!
November 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM
What's up, fuckers!!! Sorry that was very rude. We're Meagan and Emily and we're starting a bookstore in east St. Paul. Hit up our landing page @ darkmatterbooks.co and sign up for the newsletter which is about how we really hate publishing
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November 14, 2024 at 12:14 AM
My other account is old enough to be invite only and I still haven't seen that hawg
November 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM