Rachel Cantor
@rachelcantor.bsky.social
Author of the adult literary novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Now writing speculative MG/YA. Flailing but I mean well. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
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Rachel Cantor
@rachelcantor.bsky.social
· Nov 13
New here! I'm the author of three novels--Half-Life of a Stolen Sister, Good on Paper, and A Highly Unlikely Scenario--all a little weird. Now writing spec fic for kids. Twitter was fun Back in the Day; not so much now. Looking to connect w/serious writers & readers. Go Pats, Celts, Sox, Liberty!
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Thrilled to share extracts from my novel The Orange Notebooks @pressassembly.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com introduced by @rachelcantor.bsky.social 🙏
"Moving & masterful, this book, at its heart, is about love..& how we manage when that love is lost."
electricliterature.com/the-orange-n...
"Moving & masterful, this book, at its heart, is about love..& how we manage when that love is lost."
electricliterature.com/the-orange-n...
Telling My Lost Child the Story of His Life - Electric Literature
An excerpt from THE ORANGE NOTEBOOKS by Susanna Crossman, recommended by Rachel Cantor
electricliterature.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thrilled to share extracts from my novel The Orange Notebooks @pressassembly.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com introduced by @rachelcantor.bsky.social 🙏
"Moving & masterful, this book, at its heart, is about love..& how we manage when that love is lost."
electricliterature.com/the-orange-n...
"Moving & masterful, this book, at its heart, is about love..& how we manage when that love is lost."
electricliterature.com/the-orange-n...
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You need an anemone cleanse
July 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
You need an anemone cleanse
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yeah fuck yeah let’s do some more ENTITY-HAUNTED TOYS let’s gooooo
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
yeah fuck yeah let’s do some more ENTITY-HAUNTED TOYS let’s gooooo
Can I have a lasagna, please
July 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Can I have a lasagna, please
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"This book, at its heart, is about love—for those who know us well, for those we hold most dear & how we manage when that love is lost.” @rachelcantor.bsky.social
The Orange Notebooks out now @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social (UK) & 01/09 @pressassembly.bsky.social (Nth America).
The Orange Notebooks out now @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social (UK) & 01/09 @pressassembly.bsky.social (Nth America).
I feel very lucky to have read such brilliant books on holiday. HUGE thanks & praise for:
#DirtyLinen by @martindoyle.bsky.social
#TheSecretKeeper by Kate Morton
#TheAccidentalImmigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social
#TheOrangeNotebooks by @susannacrossman.bsky.social
#books #booksky 👏☀️📚☀️👏
#DirtyLinen by @martindoyle.bsky.social
#TheSecretKeeper by Kate Morton
#TheAccidentalImmigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social
#TheOrangeNotebooks by @susannacrossman.bsky.social
#books #booksky 👏☀️📚☀️👏
July 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"This book, at its heart, is about love—for those who know us well, for those we hold most dear & how we manage when that love is lost.” @rachelcantor.bsky.social
The Orange Notebooks out now @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social (UK) & 01/09 @pressassembly.bsky.social (Nth America).
The Orange Notebooks out now @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social (UK) & 01/09 @pressassembly.bsky.social (Nth America).
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Staring at the fleur-de-lis on the wall with nothing else to do....
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Carmina Regia: Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou; c. 1335 CE; f.10v
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Carmina Regia: Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou; c. 1335 CE; f.10v
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Staring at the fleur-de-lis on the wall with nothing else to do....
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Carmina Regia: Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou; c. 1335 CE; f.10v
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Carmina Regia: Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou; c. 1335 CE; f.10v
Sometimes you're working, working, working (i.e., writing, writing, writing), unsure if this new stuff you're doing is even the slightest bit okay, and a writer friend messages to say he's in love with your work-in-progress, and everything is okay (again).
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sometimes you're working, working, working (i.e., writing, writing, writing), unsure if this new stuff you're doing is even the slightest bit okay, and a writer friend messages to say he's in love with your work-in-progress, and everything is okay (again).
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Hello #booksky! @algonquinbooks.bsky.social is running a #goodreads promotion for the next two weeks where you can win a free copy of the hardback of my memoir SHE'S UNDER HERE. If you use the platform, can't hurt to enter, right?
tinyurl.com/y2v57vbw
tinyurl.com/y2v57vbw
She's Under Here
“Once upon a time, I disappeared.” So begins Karen Palm…
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July 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hello #booksky! @algonquinbooks.bsky.social is running a #goodreads promotion for the next two weeks where you can win a free copy of the hardback of my memoir SHE'S UNDER HERE. If you use the platform, can't hurt to enter, right?
tinyurl.com/y2v57vbw
tinyurl.com/y2v57vbw
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This generative fiction intensive will delve into crafting fantastical, haunted, or just simply strange settings that stem from the world around us and the world of untapped ideas inside your own mind. Participants should come ready to write!
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/summ...
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/summ...
July 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This generative fiction intensive will delve into crafting fantastical, haunted, or just simply strange settings that stem from the world around us and the world of untapped ideas inside your own mind. Participants should come ready to write!
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/summ...
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/summ...
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Iranian women eating and sitting on a Persian carpet.
Photo by Invsout
Photo by Invsout
June 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Iranian women eating and sitting on a Persian carpet.
Photo by Invsout
Photo by Invsout
I bumped into Bill Murray coming out of a restroom at a Paris restaurant!
Not sure this counts but I sat next to Sam Neill on a flight to Sydney and he gave me recommendations of what to do/see in the city and drew me a little map. He also told me about his pigs
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I bumped into Bill Murray coming out of a restroom at a Paris restaurant!
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Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.
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The spiders are back at @mcsweeneys.net! Must be all this rain we’ve been having.
WE ARE THE SPIDERS OF THIS HOUSE
OUR ANCESTORS COLONIZED THE BASEMENT
POOR CHOICE OF WORDS—NOBODY LIKES A COLONIZER
THESE DAYS
WE’VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE JAZZ AGE
THREE HUNDRED GENERATIONS, GIVE OR TAKE
YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS
WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO WIN?
OUR ANCESTORS COLONIZED THE BASEMENT
POOR CHOICE OF WORDS—NOBODY LIKES A COLONIZER
THESE DAYS
WE’VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE JAZZ AGE
THREE HUNDRED GENERATIONS, GIVE OR TAKE
YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS
WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO WIN?
We Are the Spiders of This House
WE ARE THE SPIDERS OF THIS HOUSE SHOUTING OUR MANIFESTO AS BEST WE CAN WITHOUT VOCAL CORDS BUT ONLY YOUR CATS CAN HEAR US THEY ARE LAZY, OVERFED WE...
buff.ly
June 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The spiders are back at @mcsweeneys.net! Must be all this rain we’ve been having.
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I am just so incredibly honored by this! Click the gift link to see what @charliejane.bsky.social said about WAKE THE WILD CREATURES in the Washington Post! 😭😭😭
We are seriously blessed with some amazing sff books lately. I just reviewed four brand new titles that take place in worlds that are utterly irresistible.
wapo.st/4mrm0lQ
Authors are:
@novarensuma.bsky.social
Neon Yang
@emilytesh.net
Sayaka Murata
wapo.st/4mrm0lQ
Authors are:
@novarensuma.bsky.social
Neon Yang
@emilytesh.net
Sayaka Murata
These books prove worldbuilding is vital to sci-fi and fantasy
New books by Nova Ren Suma, Neon Yang, Emily Tesh and Sayaka Murata revel in the ways that speculative fiction rewrites reality.
wapo.st
May 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am just so incredibly honored by this! Click the gift link to see what @charliejane.bsky.social said about WAKE THE WILD CREATURES in the Washington Post! 😭😭😭
Josh Hart was assessed a postgame Flopping fine of $2,000 for this gem in yesterday's game. How that wasn't called a flopping tech in the moment is beyond me.
February 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Beautiful! I was able to order cookies from a trans girl and have them delivered to a "local hero." I don't know who that will be but I trust the Girl Scouts to get it right.
The Girl Scouts are one of the best organizations around because of how they celebrate diversity. Why not order your delicious cookies from a trans girlscout to show your support? Thanks to @davidkidd and his wife for this list.
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Beautiful! I was able to order cookies from a trans girl and have them delivered to a "local hero." I don't know who that will be but I trust the Girl Scouts to get it right.
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The Girl Scouts are one of the best organizations around because of how they celebrate diversity. Why not order your delicious cookies from a trans girlscout to show your support? Thanks to @davidkidd and his wife for this list.
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Girl Scouts are one of the best organizations around because of how they celebrate diversity. Why not order your delicious cookies from a trans girlscout to show your support? Thanks to @davidkidd and his wife for this list.
I'm told* I have to reread my first draft. (*I told myself.) I'm very afraid.
February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm told* I have to reread my first draft. (*I told myself.) I'm very afraid.
Will someone just bring me some chocolate please
December 14, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Will someone just bring me some chocolate please
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last book/article?
Pow pow pow pow I got you now all of you are dead!
Pow pow pow pow I got you now all of you are dead!
They found meaning in concert hall gossip, in private listening, and through real and fictional musical encounters that transformed their sonic experiences, personal sensations, and spoken and unspoken questions, and allowed them to begin to imagine musical pasts that might otherwise remain hidden.
December 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last book/article?
Pow pow pow pow I got you now all of you are dead!
Pow pow pow pow I got you now all of you are dead!
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The best thing you will read today.
(source: trust me, bro)
(source: trust me, bro)
Can always count on @jamesdator.bsky.social to treat these topics with the seriousness and scientific rigor they deserve
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How many championships WOULD the Bulls have won with Elon Musk? A scientific investigation
Scottie Pippen thinks Elon would have helped the Bulls, but would he?!
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December 3, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The best thing you will read today.
(source: trust me, bro)
(source: trust me, bro)
