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As we are coming closer to the end of @awwlitmag.bsky.social ’s kickstarter campaign, I’m excited to share a snippet in my short story INTO THE SHADOW.

If you're still looking for something to read this spooky season, we will lead you Into The Dark 🌑

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publisher’s marketplace screenshot with character art. LETTERS FROM THE LAST APOTHECARY. Imprint: Hay House. Bita Behzadi's LETTERS FROM THE LAST APOTHECARY, a romantic light fantasy that follows a willful, aspiring mage as she works with the local, uptight apothecarist to save his shop amid a wave of growing anti-magic sentiment, unaware they have already fallen in love exchanging anonymous letters, pitched as for fans of DIVINE RIVALS and EMILY WILDE, to Allison Janice at Hay House, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026 and 2027, by Allegra Martschenko at BookEnds (world).

LETTERS FROM THE LAST APOTHECARY is coming Summer 2026!
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Eternally grateful to be debuting with the lovely people at Hay House. Somehow, I now get to share my gaslamp fantasy with a side of romance with the world. Thank you 💖

i unfortunately give off trembling chihuahua energy in all professional contexts it's really something

three spider-men pointing at each other meme

finding out that everyone in the writing gc has rp'd

Buff hello kitty

coworker asked chatgpt to shorten a paragraph for her to meet a word count and it completely failed and messed up the entire paragraph so then she asked me and i got it done in under 60 seconds

i tried using chatgpt to brainstorm once and my computer EXPLODED… it just couldn’t handle the SHEER INTELLECTUAL MAGNITUDE of my MASSIVE STORYTELLING CAPABILITIES

hey guys what’s goin on over here

every year i read more in January than I do in June-August combineddddd 😭😭😭😭

LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER HORROR SHORT STORY 5K WORDS

A GRANDMOTHER, MISSING HER SON A MOTHER, KEEPING THEM TOGETHER AND A DAUGHTER, PAYING THEIR PRICE

INSPIRED BY THE THAI GHOST STORY OF THE KRASUE

quote from the short story

inspired by the thai ghost story of the krasue, LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER is a horror short story about a family desperate for what they’ve lost, and the price they’ll have to pay to get it.

#ShortPit #H #F #SUB

REAL

If you’re looking for a free way to support an author, did you know you can ask your library to stock a book you want to read that they don’t have yet? And usually it’s a very basic online form? Google your library name plus the words “request a title” or “suggest a title” to find yours.

started tawny man. fitz has returned to me. many of you should be scared.

this insane ass book’s special edition shrink wrapped like it’s explicit manga 😭😭😭 very pretty though

i managed to spoil myself for liveship traders, forget the spoiler, and then re-spoil myself again. how can i subconsciously know a spoiler and still miss all the foreshadowing.

clodhoppers

im a musical theater fan and disney adult and never got into wicked which tbh should be classified as an extreme sport

challengers trailer with s&m was kind of an all time high

art creds to @/nikespera.png on insta

EMILY WILDE x DIVINE RIVALS

In a magical Chicago, the doors of the last apothecary threaten to shutter. To save the shop, a grumpy apothecarist & his whirlwind new coworker must learn to cooperate, unaware of the many letters already connecting them. #agented

movie so bad you’re posting on bluesky

she was literally textbook groomed and he’s unwilling to frame it that way out because of her wishes but like. dude. if you can’t cover this responsibly just stfu 😭😭😭 it’s so dangerous to act like this wasn’t grooming. HES WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THIS TOO

that cormac mccarthy article going around twitter is one of the most irresponsibly and terribly written articles i’ve ever read in my entire life oh lord

i’ve been thinking about apoth’s place in publishing a lot lately and there’s so much i want to talk about but im not sure if i have the space to lol

you know what I’m gonna say about this 😔

aufidius reid first male victim of misogyny, bita behzadi first female victim of misandry. believe it.

the mmc of apoth is a little divisive as a love interest which is a shame because i gave him my two worst qualities (cumbersome name and acts like his suffering is unique and singular) so when you hate on him it’s kind of like misogyny to me personally

I’m so proud of you Halle ❤️

it’s rough out here