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Iris Vradenberg Author
@irisvradenberg.bsky.social
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Author of SASHA THE WITCH
Writing literary fiction and fantasy
She/her

Otherwise: cats, flowers, crafting

https://irisvradenberg.com
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Great opening line for today: "It was the time of year when people leave their windows open." from @tyler-m.bsky.social 's "The Familiar Dark", an overall stunning story from the collection My Prisoner and Other Stories.

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A photograph of My Prisoner and Other Stories by Tyler McAndrew, which has a white cover and an illustration of a face being obscured by a hand.
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Recent late night wanderings in pop culture with @chloeph.bsky.social include meditations on Kirsten Dunst's career. Never too late!
a screenshot of reddit user Quantumdreamqueen listing key Kirsten Dunst movies and stating "it's not too late to become a Y2K sad girl!"
July 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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From a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I made this trip for research on my novel, Sasha the Witch. A number of art works made it into the novel, including these. On the left is "In the Loge" Mary Cassat (1878) and on the right is "Helen Spears" John Singer Sargent (1895). Both photos by me.
A photo of a painting of a woman using binoculars at a theater performance. a photo of a painting of a young girl surrounded by hydrangeas
July 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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More adventures in my cat typing: she takes over with my sequel edits.
a screenshot of a Word document which says "Chapter Two" and underneath a string of letters and several @ symbols.
April 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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anyway, my cat attempted to rename my crafts folder
A screenshot of an error message from a computer saying: "The name "]\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\U:"???" can't be used. Try using a name with fewer characters, or with no punctuation marks."
March 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Looking for a new witchy book? Then check out my low fantasy/lit fic novel SASHA THE WITCH. It's full of friendship, found family, and sadness.

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Available at major retailers, including:
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The cover of Sasha the Witch by Iris Vradenberg with the text: "A literary fiction and low fantasy story about a witch who craves connection but has difficulty sustaining it. Despite joining a coven, she struggles with her mental health. Can she save herself from spiraling out of control before outside forces and her own demons drag her down?" Text stating "If you enjoyed these books, you might enjoy Sasha the Witch" over the book covers of The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, Cackle by Rachel Harrison, and Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. The cover of Sasha the Witch by Iris Vradenberg surrounded by tropes and other aspects of the novel including Found Family, Sad Girl Lit, Mothers and Daughters, A New Witch, and Magical Contemporary World.
March 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Looking for a new witchy book to read? If you're a fan of

✨The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings
✨Cackle by Rachel Harrison
✨Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
✨White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
✨The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike

then you might like my book Sasha the Witch!

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A photo of the moon partially shrouded by clouds. Over that is the text: "Sasha the Witch by Iris Vradenberg" and a list of tropes in the book including Found Family, Complicated Female Protagonist, and A Mix of Low Fantasy and Literary Fiction.
February 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Thinking about tropes today.. if you're like me and these are some of your favorites, you might like my novel Sasha the Witch, a witchy found family book that blends literary fiction and fantasy.

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A photo of two hands clinking two milkshakes at a diner. One milkshake is labeled "Me" the other "Complicated Female Protagonists." A photo of two hands clinking two milkshakes at a diner. One milkshake is labeled "Me" the other "Found Family." A photo of two hands clinking two milkshakes at a diner. One milkshake is labeled "Me" the other "Witches and their covens." A photo of two hands clinking two milkshakes at a diner. One milkshake is labeled "Me" the other "Sad Girl Books."
February 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Day 20
The cover of Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir. The cover shows a young girl, skeleton, and dog against a space dune.
January 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Day 19
The cover of Parasol Against the Axe, by Helen Oyeyemi. The cover shows stripes of black, pink, green, and blue. There is a striped parasol in the center.
January 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Day 18
The cover of Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer. The cover is cream with a lime green flower and dragonfly.
January 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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a photo of a pink and yellow rose broken open
January 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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A photo of a pink rose petals and a pink rose that fell to the dirt a photo of a yellow and pink rose a photo of a yellow rose a photo of a pink rose
January 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Winter blooms
a photo of a yellow rose nestled in green and brown leaves. a close-up photo of a yellow and red rose bud a photo of a yellow and pink rose a photo of a partially bare tree with groups of green leaves still hanging on
January 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky

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#BookChallenge
Day 17
the cover of Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel. The cover shows a beige wall with half of a painted Tudor Rose (a red and white rose) on the bottom.
December 18, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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More from the old phone photos file. This was from a letter @chloeph.bsky.social sent me in 2020. It was in response to a letter from me, and we talked about The Talented Mr. Ripley, both the book and the movie (both so excellent)
a photo of the corner of an envelope torn off for the stamp. The stamp is an Andrew Wyeth painting of three fruits by a window.
December 18, 2024 at 3:33 AM
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The ebook of my character-driven low fantasy novel Sasha the Witch is currently free to download on KDP, and it's currently number 2 in free downloads for several categories!

I am proud of my witchy book!

www.amazon.com/Sasha-Witch-...

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A screenshot of the Best Sellers Rank from Amazon.com listing #2 in Contemporary Literary Fiction, Women's Fantasy Fiction, and Women's Literary Fiction
December 17, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky

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#BookChallenge
Day 16
The cover of The Chosen and the Beautiful, by Nghi Vo. The cover shows an Asian woman with a bob haircut, paper cut outs of leaves partially overlapping her.
December 17, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky

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#BookChallenge
Day 15
The cover of To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf. The cover shows a somewhat abstract illustration of a lighthouse against waves in red, cream, and navy
December 17, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky

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#BookChallenge
Day 14
The cover of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. The cover has a mostly black background, with the silhouette of soldiers visible at the top.
December 17, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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Another old photo from my phone. There was this lavender room on the top floor of the townhouse I used to live in. When no one was living in the room, we set up a desk there and I would go up there and write.
yellow and red tulips sit in a vase, leaning against a lavender wall.
December 15, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Going through old photos on my phone (yes my phone ran out of storage and I have to go delete some). There are snails all over my parents' apartment complex. I used to live at the same apartment with them, and I loved seeing those cute little snails around : )
a photo of a tiny snail on a sidewalk a photo of the same tiny snail, with the top of a pointer finger inserted in the shot for a size comparison. The snail is smaller.
December 15, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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trying to stay positive
baby Kermit frolics in a field of flowers with arms up and a smile on his face.
December 14, 2024 at 2:20 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky

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#BookChallenge

Day 13
The cover of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The cover shows a close up of illustrated flowers weaving through a red letter A.
December 13, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 12
The cover of Charming Billy, by Alice McDermott. The cover shows a blue rectangle and the sketched outline of a face
December 10, 2024 at 2:43 AM