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Rachael 📚 🎶
@rachaelreadswrites.bsky.social
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All things books!
Reader, Writer, Librarian, & Harpist
In my cozy fantasy/fairytale era
"too sensitive," "too direct," "too many words," "too earnest," "too much"
https://linktr.ee/rachaelreadsandwrites
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Story pitch: if Pixar produced an Addams Family spinoff starring the weird little demon cousin of Aziraphale from Good Omens.
Read if here: open.substack.com/pub/rachaelr...
#booksky #writersky #shortstory #cozyfantasy #horror #specfiction #sff
I Have One Daughter: Creepy/Cozy Fantasy Short Story
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving, to all who celebrate, from this little nerd.
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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If you're the kind of person who is sad Halloween is over, please enjoy my Pixar short-esque story of a lil' displaced demon who struggles with corporeality and maybe boundaries.
#booksky #writersky #fantasy #cozyfantasy #cozyhorror #spookyseason #specfiction #sff
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Title: I Have One Daughter: Creepy/Cozy Fantasy Short Story. Quote: "Darkness incarnate could usually tell when a seance was about to go horribly wrong. It gave her the tinglies." By Rachael Reads and Writes
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Looking for spec fiction lit magazines with submissions open NOW? Fantasy, scifi, horror, etc. Plus options for novel excerpt contests.
#writersky #specfiction #speculativefiction #sff #submissions #fantasy #scifi #horror #booksky
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November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Join our Wicked (aka, "witchy") themed writing challenge today!
#writingsky #writersky #writingchallenge #fantasy #sff #specfiction #wickedforgood
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November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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It's not too late to shop fall and Halloween in my Etsy store! www.etsy.com/shop/TheHarp...
#booksky #writersky
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Come join my "magic school" community for spec fiction writers. Which house would be yours? fantasystorywritingchallenge.substack.com
#booksky #writersky #writingchallenge #sff #speculativefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #darkacademia
September 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The virtual "magic school" I'm building for writers, with a built-in #writingchallenge, has its own House System you can choose to be sorted into. Which house do you think would be Yours? Learn more here: fantasystorywritingchallenge.substack.com
#writersky #booksky #specfic #sff #fantasy
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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First time I have ever shared someone else's Instagram post on another platform, but THIS!!! Credit to @NikitaDumpTruck on Instagram
September 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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What if your magic was still waiting? Learn more here: fantasystorywritingchallenge.substack.com
#booksky #writersky #fantasy #writingchallenge #writingcommunity
September 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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#booksky #writersky
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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What if ... there were a NEW kind of writing challenge? And you could participate FOR FREE through December by signing up here: fantasystorywritingchallenge.substack.com
#booksky #writersky #writingchallenge #fantasy
September 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Are you with us, wordwielder? Sign up here: fantasystorywritingchallenge.substack.com
#booksky #writersky #writingchallenge #magicschool #darkacademia
September 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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#booksky #writersky #fantasy #magicschool
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I'm not sure that I will ever be a true Barbie/Elle Woods girlie. But I am becoming, in my raggedy old age, increasingly unbothered by the culturally-percieved unseriousness surrounding the color pink. And it has improved my quality of life enormously.
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Realized I need to make more space in my life for non-verbal hobbies. So, while it's probably going to take a minute, because I'm not much of an artist, I'm trying to draw Château de Chambord as a mini side project this month.
My very feeble attempts at drawing Château de Chambord from a reference photo using Sakura ink pens in a red Moleskine notebook. Trust me, you're not missing much if you can't see this.
September 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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snippet of something that might turn into a poem
#writersky #booksky #poetry
August 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Promo preview of my poem "The Path of Totality." Follow the provided link to read it!
August 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Early fall means stories about magic and tea.
#writersky #booksky #fantasy #cozy
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"The Tasseographer: Cozy Flash Fiction"
August 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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What I'm currently reading. Basically Narnia for adults. But without the religious undertones. Just the /feeling/ you remember from reading it as a kid.
#booksky #writersky #fantasy
What I'm currently reading ... The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer. Highly recommend! The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer. Highly recommend!
July 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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July 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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And here's the Week 1 prompt! This prompt is OPTIONAL. Just here if you need inspiration. Use it however you like. #booksky #writersky #SummerStoryCamp500
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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FREE writing challenge starts today! Don't forget to check in here or on Substack once you've put in your daily 500 words.
#booksky #writersky #SummerStoryCamp500
July 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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This morning, I read in my hammock outside with a little bear-shaped iced coffee beside me. It was beary delicious. I love summer with my whole heart.
#booksky #coffeesky #icedcoffee #cute
June 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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FREE Summer Story Camp Challenge starting July 1, 2025. Can you write 500+ words EVERY DAY for a month straight through? #booksky #writersky #summer #SummerStoryCamp500
June 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM