Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff"
@authorlevai.bsky.social
She/her. PhD in Egyptology, now I write fiction. The Night Library of Sternendach is my novella in sonnets. The Glass Garden is space horror and family drama.
Will boost almost anything with a bat in it.
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Will boost almost anything with a bat in it.
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Hello to BlueSky and my new followers! Please check out my novellas:
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
Got a huge side order of sour cream with my takeout and am now searching recipes for something to do with it.
I could make paprikás, but my paprika is older than dirt. I have everything else. Grr.
I could make paprikás, but my paprika is older than dirt. I have everything else. Grr.
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Got a huge side order of sour cream with my takeout and am now searching recipes for something to do with it.
I could make paprikás, but my paprika is older than dirt. I have everything else. Grr.
I could make paprikás, but my paprika is older than dirt. I have everything else. Grr.
Just a reminder that I have a cool story, inspired by fandom and the SCA, in this anthology, which comes out in mere weeks!
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Little Red Flags: Stories of Cults, Cons, and Control
Nobody joins a cult. They find a family, a movement, a sense of meaning. And nobody falls for a con. They trust a friend, a so-called expert, an opportunity. The warning signs are easy to brush aside....
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January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Just a reminder that I have a cool story, inspired by fandom and the SCA, in this anthology, which comes out in mere weeks!
darkmattermagazine.shop/products/lit...
darkmattermagazine.shop/products/lit...
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A Tennessee library has banned a book where cartoon chickens model historical undergarments and I’m sorry, I need this on my shelves immediately and probably you do too.
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs
hannahholt.com/store/a-hist...
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs
hannahholt.com/store/a-hist...
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A Tennessee library has banned a book where cartoon chickens model historical undergarments and I’m sorry, I need this on my shelves immediately and probably you do too.
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs
hannahholt.com/store/a-hist...
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs
hannahholt.com/store/a-hist...
Anyone got a good basic online Freecell game to recommend? Mine just stopped working for some reason.
I drive a mac, I don't know if there are any to download.
I drive a mac, I don't know if there are any to download.
January 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Anyone got a good basic online Freecell game to recommend? Mine just stopped working for some reason.
I drive a mac, I don't know if there are any to download.
I drive a mac, I don't know if there are any to download.
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As Black History Month approaches, a reminder that HORROR NOIRE, the best-reviewed documentary of 2019, is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but is still not “Certified Fresh” because there are only 38 reviews (RT says limited release movies require 40). Is this the year? Will you answer the call?
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
As Black History Month approaches, a reminder that HORROR NOIRE, the best-reviewed documentary of 2019, is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but is still not “Certified Fresh” because there are only 38 reviews (RT says limited release movies require 40). Is this the year? Will you answer the call?
I would like to remind everyone that while the world may be cold, dark, and ugly, my books are none of these things and might be a good break for your brain right now.
Hello to BlueSky and my new followers! Please check out my novellas:
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I would like to remind everyone that while the world may be cold, dark, and ugly, my books are none of these things and might be a good break for your brain right now.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Intro to Jewish Thought
2. Insect and Society
3. Folk Dance (I and II!)
4. Europe in the Middle Ages
5. Women in Japanese History
1. Intro to Jewish Thought
2. Insect and Society
3. Folk Dance (I and II!)
4. Europe in the Middle Ages
5. Women in Japanese History
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Eschatology
2. Sanskrit
3. Biotech lab
4. Folklore and mythology (feat. a brilliant prof obsessed with Wicked)
5. American Novels 20th c
1. Eschatology
2. Sanskrit
3. Biotech lab
4. Folklore and mythology (feat. a brilliant prof obsessed with Wicked)
5. American Novels 20th c
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. The philosophy of time
2. The really cool history class where we looked at historical American living spaces and what the architecture/archaeology tells us al
3. History of American women
4. Baltimore History
5. World cinema
1. The philosophy of time
2. The really cool history class where we looked at historical American living spaces and what the architecture/archaeology tells us al
3. History of American women
4. Baltimore History
5. World cinema
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Intro to Jewish Thought
2. Insect and Society
3. Folk Dance (I and II!)
4. Europe in the Middle Ages
5. Women in Japanese History
1. Intro to Jewish Thought
2. Insect and Society
3. Folk Dance (I and II!)
4. Europe in the Middle Ages
5. Women in Japanese History
Me, looking for a market to take my last submission for the month. #writing
a close up of a man 's face with a crowd behind him
Alt: Gif from ARMY OF DARKNESS. Ash, a white man, is breathing heavily and says, "All right. Who wants some? Who's next? Huh?"
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January 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Me, looking for a market to take my last submission for the month. #writing
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Firebird Book Award and Independent Press Award winner.
This cinematic dark fantasy novel is brimming with twists, tension, and high stakes. Unapologetically neurodivergent. Ruthlessly anti-authoritarian. Fully unique and thought provoking.
books2read.com/u/m27rzr
This cinematic dark fantasy novel is brimming with twists, tension, and high stakes. Unapologetically neurodivergent. Ruthlessly anti-authoritarian. Fully unique and thought provoking.
books2read.com/u/m27rzr
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Firebird Book Award and Independent Press Award winner.
This cinematic dark fantasy novel is brimming with twists, tension, and high stakes. Unapologetically neurodivergent. Ruthlessly anti-authoritarian. Fully unique and thought provoking.
books2read.com/u/m27rzr
This cinematic dark fantasy novel is brimming with twists, tension, and high stakes. Unapologetically neurodivergent. Ruthlessly anti-authoritarian. Fully unique and thought provoking.
books2read.com/u/m27rzr
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Thanks, Gabino, and happy #FridayReads!
I post Bookshop links to support local bookstores nationwide. A lot of local bookstores are also fighting the good fight in places like MN, where I happened to place IN THE HOUSE OF IN BETWEEN (on Lake Superior in Grand Marais). Buy a book, fight fascism!
I post Bookshop links to support local bookstores nationwide. A lot of local bookstores are also fighting the good fight in places like MN, where I happened to place IN THE HOUSE OF IN BETWEEN (on Lake Superior in Grand Marais). Buy a book, fight fascism!
In the House of In Between
Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thanks, Gabino, and happy #FridayReads!
I post Bookshop links to support local bookstores nationwide. A lot of local bookstores are also fighting the good fight in places like MN, where I happened to place IN THE HOUSE OF IN BETWEEN (on Lake Superior in Grand Marais). Buy a book, fight fascism!
I post Bookshop links to support local bookstores nationwide. A lot of local bookstores are also fighting the good fight in places like MN, where I happened to place IN THE HOUSE OF IN BETWEEN (on Lake Superior in Grand Marais). Buy a book, fight fascism!
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Just a dark, gripping novella about the family secrets we bury, and the ones that bury us 📚 A Better Grave Than This 📚
books2read.com/ABetterGrave...
#FridayReads
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#FridayReads
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Just a dark, gripping novella about the family secrets we bury, and the ones that bury us 📚 A Better Grave Than This 📚
books2read.com/ABetterGrave...
#FridayReads
books2read.com/ABetterGrave...
#FridayReads
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Thanks, Gabino! Shamelessly plugging my newest story "Onions" out on The Brussel's Review Dark Anthology, about a prison janitor whose retirement is upended by a culinary memory.
But if that doesn't float your soap, maybe some of the other terrors by brilliant authors will! bit.ly/4rhINC2 ⤵️
But if that doesn't float your soap, maybe some of the other terrors by brilliant authors will! bit.ly/4rhINC2 ⤵️
The Brussels Review Library
We have a simple rule here at TBR: there are no forbidden words, subjects, or any form of censorship. We welcome all ideas and opinions, as long as they hold literary value. We believe in the freedom ...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Thanks, Gabino! Shamelessly plugging my newest story "Onions" out on The Brussel's Review Dark Anthology, about a prison janitor whose retirement is upended by a culinary memory.
But if that doesn't float your soap, maybe some of the other terrors by brilliant authors will! bit.ly/4rhINC2 ⤵️
But if that doesn't float your soap, maybe some of the other terrors by brilliant authors will! bit.ly/4rhINC2 ⤵️
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Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm
What if Aurora was Maleficent's daughter?
🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling
☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue
🌙 Powerful female characters
☀️ Bi/Pan women
🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation
☀️ Found families
www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D
What if Aurora was Maleficent's daughter?
🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling
☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue
🌙 Powerful female characters
☀️ Bi/Pan women
🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation
☀️ Found families
www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D
Servants of the Moon and Sun
Visit Amazon's Servants of the Moon and Sun Page and shop for all Servants of the Moon and Sun books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Servants of the Moon and Sun
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January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm
What if Aurora was Maleficent's daughter?
🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling
☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue
🌙 Powerful female characters
☀️ Bi/Pan women
🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation
☀️ Found families
www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D
What if Aurora was Maleficent's daughter?
🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling
☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue
🌙 Powerful female characters
☀️ Bi/Pan women
🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation
☀️ Found families
www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D
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Tales From Cemetery’s out now! A horror short story collection perfect for getting a little spooky!
books2read.com/u/br8AgE
My debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, is on KU too!
A little dark. A little spooky. Full of action.
books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l
books2read.com/u/br8AgE
My debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, is on KU too!
A little dark. A little spooky. Full of action.
books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Tales From Cemetery’s out now! A horror short story collection perfect for getting a little spooky!
books2read.com/u/br8AgE
My debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, is on KU too!
A little dark. A little spooky. Full of action.
books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l
books2read.com/u/br8AgE
My debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, is on KU too!
A little dark. A little spooky. Full of action.
books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l
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Thanks Gabino. I'd love people to check out my recent short story collection THE NINE O'CLOCK HORSES - where The Magnus Archives meets urban legend and suburban paranoia
The Nine O'Clock Horses & Other Stories
Urban legend, body horror and suburban paranoia collide in THE NINE O’CLOCK HORSES - a collection of short stories, novelettes and micro-fictions from the author of TRADWIFE, HUMMINGBIRD and SALTBLOOD...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Thanks Gabino. I'd love people to check out my recent short story collection THE NINE O'CLOCK HORSES - where The Magnus Archives meets urban legend and suburban paranoia
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Historic horror. Cosmic horror. Slashers. Hell, a little literary horror.
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is a terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is a terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Mad Days: Stories and Curses
Amazon.com: Mad Days: Stories and Curses eBook : Alley, Elford: Books
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January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Historic horror. Cosmic horror. Slashers. Hell, a little literary horror.
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is a terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is a terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
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When in Austin, discerning readers and writers head to @bookpeople.bsky.social
to stock up on Texas Horror.
The Hand of the Archer
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Noise Ordinance
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to stock up on Texas Horror.
The Hand of the Archer
a.co/d/1FN2itN
Noise Ordinance
a.co/d/hutoMgi
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
When in Austin, discerning readers and writers head to @bookpeople.bsky.social
to stock up on Texas Horror.
The Hand of the Archer
a.co/d/1FN2itN
Noise Ordinance
a.co/d/hutoMgi
to stock up on Texas Horror.
The Hand of the Archer
a.co/d/1FN2itN
Noise Ordinance
a.co/d/hutoMgi
Angela Mi Young Hur has a new book coming out, about fairy tales, and I've only just heard about it? I have been distracted.
Adding to my TBR now.
Adding to my TBR now.
I wrote an adult literary fantasy for my kids & all of us children of borderless fairy tales & cross-cultural myth, about preserving our stories & histories & passing them on, defying those who seek to deny, diminish or erase us.
@erewhonbooks.bsky.social @dianapho.bsky.social
@erewhonbooks.bsky.social @dianapho.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Angela Mi Young Hur has a new book coming out, about fairy tales, and I've only just heard about it? I have been distracted.
Adding to my TBR now.
Adding to my TBR now.
Listening to Elfman's BATMAN RETURNS score today. I'd love it more if he didn't just repurpose swaths of it for THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
January 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Listening to Elfman's BATMAN RETURNS score today. I'd love it more if he didn't just repurpose swaths of it for THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
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I've got a new Shadowrun novella out TODAY where I'm trying to put more punk into the cyberpunk of Shadowrun... It's called Cortex Bomb and I hope folks dig it. It's a digital only novella. Thanks, Gabino! store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/sha... or books2read.com/ShadowrunCor...
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've got a new Shadowrun novella out TODAY where I'm trying to put more punk into the cyberpunk of Shadowrun... It's called Cortex Bomb and I hope folks dig it. It's a digital only novella. Thanks, Gabino! store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/sha... or books2read.com/ShadowrunCor...
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who wants to be my 100th Goodreads review?! preferable someone who has read the book and liked it but beggars can’t be choosers. grab it here if you feel compelled. bookshop.org/p/books/what... thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🤘
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM
who wants to be my 100th Goodreads review?! preferable someone who has read the book and liked it but beggars can’t be choosers. grab it here if you feel compelled. bookshop.org/p/books/what... thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🤘
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this monster full of rain, vengeance, ghosts, santería, friendship, anticolonialism, and beings from the reef.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this monster full of rain, vengeance, ghosts, santería, friendship, anticolonialism, and beings from the reef.
(45% off!) www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
(45% off!) www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
Justice for Agent Pendrell! #XFilesRewatch
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Justice for Agent Pendrell! #XFilesRewatch