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Rebecca Buchanan
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Tree-hugging witchy poet. Author of fairy tales, fantasy, and mystery. Books are magic, and those who burn books are never on the right side of history. Editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer.

https://eternalhauntedsummer.com
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It's here! The paperback edition of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin is now live at all major retailers, and your local indie bookstore!

Secret magic! Strange mysteries! And #sherlockholmes (playing assistant to the witch, of course). :) #booksky #witchsky #mystery

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The cover of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin by Rebecca Buchanan. A woman in a red dress weaves magic through her hands. A man stands at her back, holding a pipe. Brick buildings loom behind them.
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Only a few days to go! The paperback edition of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin will be available on 1 December. :) #mystery #gaslamp #fantasy #witch #witchsky #booksky #sherlockholmes

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The cover of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin. A caucasian woman in a red dress is weaving a magical blue light through her hands. At her back stands a caucasian man in a vest and trousers holding a smoking pipe. A Victorian era street and buildings fill the background.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Book mail! A true life #archaeology literary adventure; an #historicalromance mystery set in a creepy British country estate; a #sapphic #regency #romance with an Anne Lister-ish love interest; and a #psychic murder mystery romance set shortly after the Great War. :) #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Book mail! A how-to writing guide that looks to be eye-opening and inspiring; a #romantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast; and a #cozyfantasy with recipes! #booksky #fairytale #amwriting
The cover of Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by Henry Lien. The cover is pale brownish-yellow, like old parchment, with a flowering tree, a green tree, an asteroid, and a bird arranged around the edges. The cover of Unsightly by Jeanna Mason Stay. A large red rose fills the center and is surrounded on all sides by green leaves and vines. The cover of Cookies and Claws by Camilla Vavruch. The title is in black text in the center. It is surrounded by a wreath composed of cookies, pastries, swords, and axes.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin is now available for pre-order in paperback! Woohoo! The ebook is available at all major retailers right now, and the paperback will be out 1 December 2025. #booksky #witchsky #fantasy #occultdetective #gaslamp #sherlockholmes

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The cover of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin: Being the First Morstan and Holmes Occult Detection. A woman in red dress stands to the left, weaving bluish light through her hands. A man in a vest and holding a pipe stands to the right. Victorian-era brick buildings fill the background.
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Book mail! #booksky #urbanfantasy #fantasy #sciencefiction #romantasy
The cover of the sapphic romantasy Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray. The cover of the romantasy Seure the Tempered by Rien Gray. The cover of the sapphic romantasy Martis the Brazen by Rien Gray. The cover of the urban fantasy A Skirl of Sorcery by Helen Harper. A woman with ink hair, dressed in black pants and a black tank top, stands in an alley. Two black cats stand to either side while the city looms in the background.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Book mail! The inaugural issue of Raven Tongue appeared in my mailbox this morning. :) It looks amazing! #witchsky #wisewomen #herbalism
The cover of Raven Tongue, a sacred living magazine. A raven sits front and center, balanced on a grey tree branch. A full moon fills the background.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Oooh, now this is a cool #kickstarter! Homeward Books is hoping to fund their first book, The Witch of Prague. Magical realism, fighting authoritarianism, and unicorns! #booksky #witchsky #unicorn

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The cover of The Witch of Prague by JM Sidorova. The title is in bright green at the top. The main image is greyscale. A unicorn sits in front box a mirror on the edge of a devastated forest. Miniature tanks roll towards the unicorn, gun turrets raised to shoot.
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Book mail! The latest adventure of Lord and Lady Riven by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social. A #sapphic magical detective tale from @clpolk.blacksky.app. And a #paranormalromance between a #horror author who can see ghosts and the (wrong) actor cast to star in the film of her novel. #booksky #fantasy
The cover of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence by Stephanie Burgis. The title is in the center. The border is composed of vampiric imagery such a bats, vines, roses, and a creepy carriage. The cover of Even Though I Knew the End by C L Polk. The image is cream and gray scale. The cover is in the center foreground. Two women embrace in the background, their faces obscured by a flock of birds. The cover of Love at First Fright by Nadia el-Fassi. A woman with red hair, tattoos, and glasses sits in a fancy upholstered chair next to a pair of sunlit windows. A man with dark hair stands over her and touches her chin. A ghost dog lays at his feet.
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Well I'll be darned. My novella "Asphalt Gods" has a five start review on Goodreads. :)

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The cover of Asphalt Gods: A Walking the Worlds Adventure by Rebecca Buchanan. A brown-skinned woman stands in the middle of the cover with her back to the viewer. She is wearing a dark blue backpack. In the background are the images of different landscapes, including a jungle, a field of pink flowers, and a desert.
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Book mail! The proof copy for my next novelette has arrived. :) The digital copy is already available, and the print copy will release in December 2025! #fantasy #mystery #sherlockholmes #gaslamp #witchsky #booksky
The cover of The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin. Two figures stand back to back on a cobblestone street. The woman is Caucasian, has light brown hair, and is wearing a red dress. She is weaving magical blue vapors through her hands. The man is Caucasian, and is wearing a vest and long sleeved white shirt. He holds a pipe in one hand.
October 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Looking for something spooky to read this Halloween? Check out "Vampires Save the Night!" a brand-new anthology of short stories and poetry available in print and digital formats! #horror #fantasy #poetry #vampire

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The cover of Vampires Save the Night: Heroes, Anti-Heroes, and Not-So-Reformed Villains. The title is in the center, with Night written in bright red. The title is surrounded by vampires symbols, such as skulls, chalices, coffins, graves, bats, and more.
October 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Woohoo! My poem "A Troll's Feast" has been accepted for the upcoming issue of The Fairy Tale Magazine! Thank you to the editors, and congratulations to the other contributors. Your work is amazing! #amwriting #fairytale #folklore #fantasy
Art by John Bauer. Four curious trolls gather around a young woman. The trolls are taller than humans, with long hair and large noses, and are dressed in furs and beads. The young woman is smaller than the trolls. Her skin glows gold and she is wearing a golden crown.
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Book mail! The latest issue of Occult Detective Magazine (highly recommended to anyone with an interest in that genre); a new lady knight #romantasy; and the second book in Charlotte Bond’s epic #fantasy series starring a resurrected knight and her clever mage. Yummy! #booksky
The cover of Occult Detective Magazine #11. A woman dressed like a flapper from the 1920s is in the foreground. She is frightened and running from the undead monster in the background. The cover of The Second Death of Locke by V L Bovalino. The image is the close-up of the armored chest of a woman knight. The armor is covered in beautiful scrollwork, and a scar is just visible on the knight’s left cheek. She is holding a beautiful sword in her hands. The cover of The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond. The title is in the foreground in gold lettering. In the background stands a woman knight holding a spear. At her side stands a woman in a red dress holding a cat.
September 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Book mail! The next book in Harper’s urban fantasy The Cat Lady Chronicles; the kickstarter edition of English’s cozy-creepy fantasy, Faerie Fruit; Charlotte Bond and her lady knight/dragon adventure, The Fireborne Blade; and a wisewoman wandering the countryside in Ravenwood by Lowell. Woohoo!
The cover of The Dark Hiss of Magic by Helen Harper. A middle-aged Caucasian woman with purple hair sits in an alley. She is dressed in a black tank top and leather pants and is accompanied by several cats. The cover of Faerie Fruit by Charlotte English. The title is in gold letters in the center. It is surrounded by curling vines bearing a variety of fruits in bright pink, green, blue, and purple. The cover of The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond. A Caucasian woman with short dark hair, dressed in armor, and holding a sword stands in the foreground. In the background looms the giant head of a white dragon. The cover of Ravenwood by Nathan Lowell. The title and author name cover the bottom half. The top half depicts a figure wearing a large, floppy hat and carrying a heavy backpack. They hold a walking staff in one hand and stare down the road ahead of them as it extends into the distance. They are surrounded on both sides by wide fields of grain.
September 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Woohoo! "Autumn Tales From Cozy Vales" is now available! It features eleven seasonal tales -- including one by me! -- filled with magic, adventure, good food, and loyal friends. Perfect for curling up under your favorite blanket with a cup of hot cider.

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The cover of Autumn Tales From Cozy Vales. The cover is dark orange, with corner frames of white leaves. At the top and bottom are acorns framed by pale orange leaves. In the bottom center is a white circle that frames a cornucopia filled with autumn fruits, including a large pumpkin.
September 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Book mail! The new goodies are a dated but still interesting #litstudies #mythology text; a #feminist #witchy revenge tale from Ava Morgyn (take the content warning seriously); and a yummy #romantasy from @stephanieburgis.bsky.social. #booksky #witchsky
The cover of The Hero by Lord Raglan. A knight in full armor and a red cloak stands with one foot braced on a stone. He is holding a crown over his own head. The cover of The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn. In the background stands a mysterious cottage with glowing windows. The cottage is framed in the foreground by various poisonous plants and mushrooms. The cover of A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis. At the top stands a black metal gate. At the bottom is the silhouette of a bat. The images are framed by branches with red flowers and berries.
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Book mail! This time, my mailbox was filled with an #urbanfantasy, a brainy #scifi #murder #mystery with a protagonist who can body hop, and an #occult history/theology text (so much research fun!). #booksky #witchsky
The cover of Waifs and Strays by Helen Harper. A middle aged woman with purple pink hair sits on an outdoor staircase. Several cats sit around her. The cover of Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite. A person with their brown hair in a bun sits in an upholstered chair with their back to the viewer. In front of them hover shelves of books against a starscape, while more books flutter around. The cover of Baphomet: History, Ritual, and Magic of the World’s Most Famous Occult Icon by Michael Osiris Snuffin. The figure of a goat headed being with goat legs and human breasts sits in the middle of the cover. There is a crescent moon to their upper right and lower left, and a pentacle is drawn on their forehead.
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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It's here! "Vampires Save the Night: Heroes, Anti-Heroes, and Not-So-Reformed Villains" is now live at all major retailers in print and digital formats! Thank you to the talented contributors who made this anthology possible. :) #booksky #vampire #horror #fantasy #poetry

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The cover of Vampires Save the Night: Heroes, Anti-Heroes, and Not-So-Reformed Villains. The text is in the center, with the word Day scratched out and replaced by the word Night in bold red. The text is framed by vampiric symbols such as bats, stakes, chalices, cemeteries, and castles.
August 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Book mail! The newest Ruby Vaughn #occult #mystery from Jess Armstrong (the sequel to last year’s The Curse of Penryth Hall); and an #lgtbqia+ #romantasy adventure that I backed on #kickstarter.

No, I do not have a book problem. #booksky
The cover of The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong. The text is superimposed over the image of a candelabra. In the background stands a mysterious manor house under a dark blue sky. The cover of Fractured Magic by E. M. Rowene. In the upper background looms the head of a man who dark hair, looking pensive, while dark green and black mist swirls around him. In the bottom foreground stands another man with blond hair, wearing a suit and holding a lantern.
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Book mail! I backed the #kickstarter for the relaunch of Tales From the Magician’s Skull, and it is beautiful! Check it out if you like #fantasy, #swordandsorcery, and #horror. Great stories and great illustrations. (Candy for scale.) #booksky
The cover of Tales From the Magician’s Skull #13. In the background looms a massive skeleton. A giant sword pierces its chest. A horse of strange creatures with spikes and glowing eyes are crawling down the sword towards the party of magical adventurers in the foreground, who have drawn swords and created spells to defend themselves.
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Book mail! Thank you to @dansauer.bsky.social at Jackanapes Press and the immensely talented @adambolivar.bsky.social for this edition of Told by Firelight in Timbered Halls. Highly recommend this collection to anyone interested in #myth, #legend, and #alliterative #poetry. #thor, #loki, #norse
August 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Book mail! A couple of #queer #fantasy books (one anthology, one stand-alone); a #psychic #mystery with a hefty dose of humor and #romance; and a #regency mystery/adventure starring two daring sisters (I adored the first book). #booksky

What? You think someone can have too many books? pfft
The cover of Silk and Steel, a collection of queer fantasy and romantasy. A brown skinned person with long white hair, wearing a pink dress, stands in the foreground. Behind them is a pale skinned person with short back hair, wearing a classic military uniform. They both have a hand wrapped around the hilt of the same sword. The cover of The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by CM Waggoner. The title is in the center. The border is composed of little images of spiders, pistols, cups of tea, parrots, watches, and magical potions. At the top stand two women in silhouette, one in a long dress, the other in trousers and a coat. The cover of The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score. The cover is primarily bright yellow, with a blue cityscape along the bottom. Three cards featuring the sun, moon, and a star are scattered across the cover. The cover of The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman. Two women in fancy hats and flowing dresses in different shades of red, pink, and purple sit in a carriage. The title is superimposed across the carriage in fancy script.
August 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Book mail! A new release all about #fairytales, #womenshistory, and so much more! Can’t wait to dive in. :) #booksky #witchsky
The cover of Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance. The title is in large gold letters in the center. The surrounding border is made up of tree branches, leaves, thread, a spindle, and arrows. In the bottom corners are the busts of two magical beings with blue skin and golden hair.
August 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM