Freya Marske
@freyamarske.bsky.social
Writer, ice skater, gin drinker. She/her 🏳️🌈. THE LAST BINDING trilogy and SWORDCROSSED out now. CINDER HOUSE out October 2025.
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Freya Marske
@freyamarske.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Coming in October 2025: CINDER HOUSE, a queer Gothic retelling of Cinderella in which our titular character is a very frustrated ghost! 🔥 Fire, skeletons, fairies, intense epistolary friendships, and lots of feelings about ballet.
Preorder US - bit.ly/CH-buyUS
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Preorder US - bit.ly/CH-buyUS
Preorder UK - bit.ly/CH-buyUK
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CINDER HOUSE by @freyamarske.bsky.social
- bi MC
- Cinderella, but our eponymous heroine is a ghost
- where the stroke of midnight forces her back to the staircase where she died
- and her bargain is to be alive again
- a retelling that tackles chronic illness, tinged with grief
- bi MC
- Cinderella, but our eponymous heroine is a ghost
- where the stroke of midnight forces her back to the staircase where she died
- and her bargain is to be alive again
- a retelling that tackles chronic illness, tinged with grief
Cinder House
Check out Cinder House - <p><b>Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske</b><b>—a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
CINDER HOUSE by @freyamarske.bsky.social
- bi MC
- Cinderella, but our eponymous heroine is a ghost
- where the stroke of midnight forces her back to the staircase where she died
- and her bargain is to be alive again
- a retelling that tackles chronic illness, tinged with grief
- bi MC
- Cinderella, but our eponymous heroine is a ghost
- where the stroke of midnight forces her back to the staircase where she died
- and her bargain is to be alive again
- a retelling that tackles chronic illness, tinged with grief
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the vast majority of authors are not rich y’all, we often work multiple jobs or rely on other people’s incomes because this industry pays us shit. i have three different contracts with three different big five publishers and i don’t make anything NEAR a living wage. but i do work seven days a week!🫠
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
the vast majority of authors are not rich y’all, we often work multiple jobs or rely on other people’s incomes because this industry pays us shit. i have three different contracts with three different big five publishers and i don’t make anything NEAR a living wage. but i do work seven days a week!🫠
sorry @ the online pole dance supplies shop now sending me hopeful marketing emails about platform heels and bodysuits: I need those soft knee pads to learn sliding moves at the ice rink. I am not your target customer.
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
sorry @ the online pole dance supplies shop now sending me hopeful marketing emails about platform heels and bodysuits: I need those soft knee pads to learn sliding moves at the ice rink. I am not your target customer.
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This essay about Cinder House is definitely the most vulnerable, personal thing I've ever written; it took me over a year to get to the point where I wanted to tell this particular story. Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for giving it a home! 🏠🔥
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booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
Housing the Heroine in “Cinder House” | BookTrib.
If you asked me today, and if you'd asked me two years ago, I'd tell you I'm very fond of my house. It's nothing special. It's a townhouse surrounded by other townhouses that look just like it, formin...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This essay about Cinder House is definitely the most vulnerable, personal thing I've ever written; it took me over a year to get to the point where I wanted to tell this particular story. Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for giving it a home! 🏠🔥
booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
This essay about Cinder House is definitely the most vulnerable, personal thing I've ever written; it took me over a year to get to the point where I wanted to tell this particular story. Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for giving it a home! 🏠🔥
booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
Housing the Heroine in “Cinder House” | BookTrib.
If you asked me today, and if you'd asked me two years ago, I'd tell you I'm very fond of my house. It's nothing special. It's a townhouse surrounded by other townhouses that look just like it, formin...
booktrib.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This essay about Cinder House is definitely the most vulnerable, personal thing I've ever written; it took me over a year to get to the point where I wanted to tell this particular story. Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for giving it a home! 🏠🔥
booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
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New blog post!
Check out my review of CINDER HOUSE, a spooky and sweet Cinderella retelling by @freyamarske.bsky.social:
www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-ci...
💙📚
Check out my review of CINDER HOUSE, a spooky and sweet Cinderella retelling by @freyamarske.bsky.social:
www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-ci...
💙📚
Review of Cinder House—A Haunting Fairy Tale - The Gothic Library
“A ghost was how a building held a grudge.” What if Cinderella was a ghost, murdered by her stepmother and only able to interact with the world outside the home she haunts for the three precious night...
www.thegothiclibrary.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New blog post!
Check out my review of CINDER HOUSE, a spooky and sweet Cinderella retelling by @freyamarske.bsky.social:
www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-ci...
💙📚
Check out my review of CINDER HOUSE, a spooky and sweet Cinderella retelling by @freyamarske.bsky.social:
www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-ci...
💙📚
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Alan and Jack from
@freyamarske.bsky.social's the last binding trilogy. I love their whole dynamic.🥰
(sorry for the repost I found a mistake 😭)
#thelastbindingtrilogy #apowerunbound
@freyamarske.bsky.social's the last binding trilogy. I love their whole dynamic.🥰
(sorry for the repost I found a mistake 😭)
#thelastbindingtrilogy #apowerunbound
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Alan and Jack from
@freyamarske.bsky.social's the last binding trilogy. I love their whole dynamic.🥰
(sorry for the repost I found a mistake 😭)
#thelastbindingtrilogy #apowerunbound
@freyamarske.bsky.social's the last binding trilogy. I love their whole dynamic.🥰
(sorry for the repost I found a mistake 😭)
#thelastbindingtrilogy #apowerunbound
my toddler clearly views my 2026 novel as her competition, as she has cunningly arranged to have a sleep regression during every single crunch deadline for it (drafting, revision, line edits) thus far.
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
my toddler clearly views my 2026 novel as her competition, as she has cunningly arranged to have a sleep regression during every single crunch deadline for it (drafting, revision, line edits) thus far.
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Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social was fantastic; a precise, innovative and perfect for a novella. Just soooo juicy I immediately went back to some part of the audiobook. And the narrator!! Anna Burnett did a fantastic job!!
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social was fantastic; a precise, innovative and perfect for a novella. Just soooo juicy I immediately went back to some part of the audiobook. And the narrator!! Anna Burnett did a fantastic job!!
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I read the new Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social
#book "Cinder House" last night. Part Cinderella retelling, part ghost story, part chronic illness analogue. Full of lush language and fraught emotion. Easily queer. Very satisfying read.
#book "Cinder House" last night. Part Cinderella retelling, part ghost story, part chronic illness analogue. Full of lush language and fraught emotion. Easily queer. Very satisfying read.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I read the new Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social
#book "Cinder House" last night. Part Cinderella retelling, part ghost story, part chronic illness analogue. Full of lush language and fraught emotion. Easily queer. Very satisfying read.
#book "Cinder House" last night. Part Cinderella retelling, part ghost story, part chronic illness analogue. Full of lush language and fraught emotion. Easily queer. Very satisfying read.
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Just finished Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social and I'm blown away by the writing - it is rich with a lush, almost desperate and sensual yearning. Incredible prose that resonated all the way to my floorboards!
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just finished Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social and I'm blown away by the writing - it is rich with a lush, almost desperate and sensual yearning. Incredible prose that resonated all the way to my floorboards!
irrational annoyance of the day: browned some butter for baking and got overvigilant about burning so didn't let it brown enough 😡
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
irrational annoyance of the day: browned some butter for baking and got overvigilant about burning so didn't let it brown enough 😡
today in spooky, chilling news: my daughter is somehow WALKING who ALLOWED THIS she is UN BÉBÉ 😱
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
today in spooky, chilling news: my daughter is somehow WALKING who ALLOWED THIS she is UN BÉBÉ 😱
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First up in the recovery read-a-thon, Cinderhouse by the amazing @freyamarske.bsky.social
A delightful novella with a fantastic twist on a classic story. I'd say I wish it was longer, but it's perfect just the way it is.
#freyamarsk #cinderella #cinderhouse
A delightful novella with a fantastic twist on a classic story. I'd say I wish it was longer, but it's perfect just the way it is.
#freyamarsk #cinderella #cinderhouse
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
First up in the recovery read-a-thon, Cinderhouse by the amazing @freyamarske.bsky.social
A delightful novella with a fantastic twist on a classic story. I'd say I wish it was longer, but it's perfect just the way it is.
#freyamarsk #cinderella #cinderhouse
A delightful novella with a fantastic twist on a classic story. I'd say I wish it was longer, but it's perfect just the way it is.
#freyamarsk #cinderella #cinderhouse
If you have followed me for more than 0.04 seconds then I have tried to convince you to read KJ's books, but just in case you're new: this is a great deal on the first book in one of her absolute best series. The level of craft!! We can only read, learn, and aspire. (And go PHWAR, HOT 🥵.)
It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
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October 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you have followed me for more than 0.04 seconds then I have tried to convince you to read KJ's books, but just in case you're new: this is a great deal on the first book in one of her absolute best series. The level of craft!! We can only read, learn, and aspire. (And go PHWAR, HOT 🥵.)
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Finally got my hands on CINDER HOUSE by my dear and obscenely talented friend @freyamarske.bsky.social and predictably gobbled it up all too quickly. The romance is complicated & Spoilers, but if you and I see eye-to-eye on matters of shipping, I think you’ll be VERY pleased 😘
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Finally got my hands on CINDER HOUSE by my dear and obscenely talented friend @freyamarske.bsky.social and predictably gobbled it up all too quickly. The romance is complicated & Spoilers, but if you and I see eye-to-eye on matters of shipping, I think you’ll be VERY pleased 😘
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Just finished @freyamarske.bsky.social ‘s Cinder House and I loved it but I’ll be over here in my feels for a while 😭❤️
A very good October read for me because ghosts but not horror, it’s an especially creative Cinderella retelling that I will certainly be reading again in the future. 💙📚🪐
A very good October read for me because ghosts but not horror, it’s an especially creative Cinderella retelling that I will certainly be reading again in the future. 💙📚🪐
October 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just finished @freyamarske.bsky.social ‘s Cinder House and I loved it but I’ll be over here in my feels for a while 😭❤️
A very good October read for me because ghosts but not horror, it’s an especially creative Cinderella retelling that I will certainly be reading again in the future. 💙📚🪐
A very good October read for me because ghosts but not horror, it’s an especially creative Cinderella retelling that I will certainly be reading again in the future. 💙📚🪐
Cinder House in the New York Times!! with ART 🔥😍😍🔥
& some other spooky romances, too; Ladies in Hating is fantastic and I will be snapping up the other two directly
& some other spooky romances, too; Ladies in Hating is fantastic and I will be snapping up the other two directly
We’ve got a seasonal #RomanceColumn for all your ghostly Halloweeny romance needs! Featuring: a haunting short take on Cinderella, a Florida town full of ghosts, a pair of Regency sapphic Gothic novelists, and a stunning romantasy with a witch and a lady knight. (Gift link)
#Romancelandia 💙📚
#Romancelandia 💙📚
Romance Novels That Are Spicy, Sweet and Flat-Out Stunning
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October 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Cinder House in the New York Times!! with ART 🔥😍😍🔥
& some other spooky romances, too; Ladies in Hating is fantastic and I will be snapping up the other two directly
& some other spooky romances, too; Ladies in Hating is fantastic and I will be snapping up the other two directly
got some good book news (of the can-only-vaguepost-as-yet sort) yesterday and am going to use it as an excuse to buy things ALL WEEK. another little pastry treat? why not. expensive gin advent calendar? YES 🍸
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
got some good book news (of the can-only-vaguepost-as-yet sort) yesterday and am going to use it as an excuse to buy things ALL WEEK. another little pastry treat? why not. expensive gin advent calendar? YES 🍸
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#Booksky Spooktacular 2025 Day 21: Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social is an enticingly gothic take on a classic fairy tale that manages to feel like a full meal in under 150 pages. Lovely prose, careful characterization, and unconventional romance await (along with haunting). Another winner.
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#Booksky Spooktacular 2025 Day 21: Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social is an enticingly gothic take on a classic fairy tale that manages to feel like a full meal in under 150 pages. Lovely prose, careful characterization, and unconventional romance await (along with haunting). Another winner.
how the everloving fuck is it late october, I don't feel like I have taken a breath since JUNE 🫠
October 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
how the everloving fuck is it late october, I don't feel like I have taken a breath since JUNE 🫠
what ho!!
MY LITTLE SPOOKY BOOK IS A BESTSELLER 👻🥳
MY LITTLE SPOOKY BOOK IS A BESTSELLER 👻🥳
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
what ho!!
MY LITTLE SPOOKY BOOK IS A BESTSELLER 👻🥳
MY LITTLE SPOOKY BOOK IS A BESTSELLER 👻🥳
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The ending of @freyamarske.bsky.social’s Cinder House has turned me absolutely feral, what a fantastic spin on a familiar story.
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The ending of @freyamarske.bsky.social’s Cinder House has turned me absolutely feral, what a fantastic spin on a familiar story.
What a wonderful and insightful review! (And yes, that yellow wallpaper...)
A Cinderella retelling, but nothing at all like you know it - Beth reviews CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske, out now from Tor:
"A Gothic fairytale triumph perfect for the haunting season."
Read more: tinyurl.com/5kr8yedw
@torbooksuk.bsky.social
@freyamarske.bsky.social
@bethanmay.bsky.social
"A Gothic fairytale triumph perfect for the haunting season."
Read more: tinyurl.com/5kr8yedw
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@freyamarske.bsky.social
@bethanmay.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What a wonderful and insightful review! (And yes, that yellow wallpaper...)
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@freyamarske.bsky.social's Cinder House is a perfect jewel of a novella and y'all need to read it. 💖
October 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@freyamarske.bsky.social's Cinder House is a perfect jewel of a novella and y'all need to read it. 💖