If I recall correctly, Randall Flagg, the dark man, quotes it too.

There has been a lot of talk on authors being prophetic lately. I think it’s more that we are observant. 

If you need a timely story—it opens with with Black Tuesday, the start of the Great Depression—that ends with HEA for a woman who was abused, maligned and forgotten, I got you. It’ll soothe ya.

Bonus: set in Appalachia without classist tropes 🖤

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The real-life inspiration for heroine Toni Sclafani in Doomed Girls of Jefferson - my Nonna, Anita Licata Lawson! 🖤

My personal fave is any portrait of James I/VI in those billowing, puffy bloomers that made him look like a rich, swaddled manbaby. The Stuarts were all such dorks. I’m obsessed with them.

Athens, GA release party with books & music from Fleet Machine & Cicada Rhythm on Feb. 4! All benefitting Nuçi’s Space! Don’t miss it! 🎡⚪️

For those local, I’ve got a signing event next month!

Thanks for the blurb, @laurenemilywrites.bsky.social! Doomed Girls of Jefferson is out 1/29!

Out January 2025! An homage to the 80s trashy thriller, Satanic Panic meets Dixie Mafia and alllllll the southern gothic vibes 🍑🖤

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