Salem West

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"𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲" 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱.

Photo of a hand holding a rainbow ribbon that says, you are not alone.

Everyone struggles & none of us are perfect—you are loved & you matter.

The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is just three digits on any phone:

988

24 hours a day, every single day.

988 • 988 • 988 • 988 • 988 • 988 • 988 • 988

This is just a gentle reminder that there's no guarantee that the books we love to read won't be banned in the near or distant future.

Get involved & tell 'em where they can put their book bans!

Oh, dear god—among the words for my year of birth:

Alfredo sauce • chlamydia • hand, foot & mouth disease • yeast infection • double wide • big hair

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .

www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler

We hope you have as much fun reading as we all had pulling it together.

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

Dark ghosted image with Bywater Books and Amble Press logos—Bywater Books logo is a lighthouse turned into a creepy tree with orange eyes and mouth. Amble Press Logo has a blue-outlined bat as the cross in the middle of the A. It says Bywater Books Amble Press We Are All Stories.

The image shows book covers for the books on sale: Soul Food Stories, Tea Leaves, The Demon Equilibrium, A Long Time Dead, Consecrated Ground, Hell Bent, Ghost Trio, and In the Roses of Pieria.

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A bone-chilling flash sale of the creepy-crawliest of Bywater Books & Amble Press!

Use Coupon Code SPOOKY25 to save 25% on these eBooks—now through November 3rd!

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Three awesome & oftentimes Spooky Bywater Books authors join the Sapphic Book Review to chat about Soul Food Stories—and all things that go BUMP in the night! #Sapphic #Halloween #Delicious #GottaHaveIt

Give it a listen—it is sssssssssso worth your time!

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Soul Food Stories book cover with a young woman holding a sharp knife and licking her finger.

I'm not gonna lie—this was a dream project.

@christelco.bsky.social & I turned six sapphic writers at the top of their writing games loose & let their Halloween imaginations run wild. The result is SOUL FOOD STORIES—a little sweet & terrifying, a whole lot warm & demented.

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That you so much!

Colorful cartoon image of a human crashing out of a closet to celebrate National Coming Out Day, October 11th. Cartoon drawn by Keith Haring.

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” ―Dr. Seuss

Happy National Coming Out Day to all who celebrate.

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Anna Burke, Ann McMan, Cathy Pegau, Jenn Alexander, Virginia Black, Jacob Budenz, SD Simper . . . 👻

And giveaways to attendeessssssssss . . . 👻👻

You know you want it . . . 👻👻👻👻👻

ALA graphic showing covers of the 14 most challenged books of 2022, and declaring Let Freedom Read.

Censorship has swept the US in the past 2 years, with 6K book bans since 2021. Dozens of states have passed or debated laws that restrict the freedom to read, leaving teachers & librarians feeling pressure to limit children’s access to information. Get involved.

#LetFreedomRead and #BannedBooksWeek

White gloved hand pulling back red curtain for performance.

Can't wait until everyone gets their ZOOMIES on!

She's probably saying you need a haircut.

You really do look fetching in all those colors and fabrics . . .

A new PEN America report, “Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor,” documents a 33% increase in book bans in 2022-23 compared to 2021-22.

Books about race & LGBTQ+ identity remain the top targets.

You do realize that it's only a matter of time until they target our literature? Right?

Dr. Maya Angelou once said, “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” Every single day people are telling us who they are—and it’s time readers of all ages start believing them. 👇👇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👇👇

Read. Share. Do something. Protect our Literature.

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