Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf
@eliaseells.bsky.social
Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️🌈
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Inquiries: [email protected]
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
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COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES is here!! Thank you so much to everyone who has loved this book so far and thank you to everyone who is discovering it. I am so grateful.
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
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Don’t pirate books! And if you do, stfu about it and stop pretending it’s some kind of moral or Marxist or revolutionary stance. Just be brave and own the fact that you don’t care that you are a thief who doesn’t care about artists.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Don’t pirate books! And if you do, stfu about it and stop pretending it’s some kind of moral or Marxist or revolutionary stance. Just be brave and own the fact that you don’t care that you are a thief who doesn’t care about artists.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Thank you so much for this fun and thoughtful review! Your drinks are PERFECT matches to the books 😄🐉❄️ @solarisbooks.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Lowachee. The final book in the Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy, this has even more dragons, even more madness, and even more magic than before. A queer fever dream that inspired the Suon, a perfect digestif!
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thank you so much for this fun and thoughtful review! Your drinks are PERFECT matches to the books 😄🐉❄️ @solarisbooks.bsky.social
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A perfect holiday gift for the bookworm in your life who loves books AND worms 📚🪱
Our anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION features 23 stellar tales from today's best rising stars and established voices! 🌍🪻
Get your copy here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
Our anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION features 23 stellar tales from today's best rising stars and established voices! 🌍🪻
Get your copy here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A perfect holiday gift for the bookworm in your life who loves books AND worms 📚🪱
Our anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION features 23 stellar tales from today's best rising stars and established voices! 🌍🪻
Get your copy here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
Our anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION features 23 stellar tales from today's best rising stars and established voices! 🌍🪻
Get your copy here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Lowachee. The final book in the Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy, this has even more dragons, even more madness, and even more magic than before. A queer fever dream that inspired the Suon, a perfect digestif!
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Lowachee. The final book in the Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy, this has even more dragons, even more madness, and even more magic than before. A queer fever dream that inspired the Suon, a perfect digestif!
“They don’t explain.” “They don’t explain.”
Use your fucking brain.
Use your fucking brain.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“They don’t explain.” “They don’t explain.”
Use your fucking brain.
Use your fucking brain.
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It’s Mailbag Monday! This week we have songs and stories, the travails of the Eternal Champion, and the land beyond the Witch Roads, darkness and light, beneath the earth and beyond the stars, so many favorite authors and a new voice or two. What looks good to you?
![[image desc: A stack of books on a fence post (bottom to top): THE WHITE WOLF by Michael Moorcock, THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY by Adrian Tchaikovsky, BURIED DEEP AND OTHER STORIES by Naomi Novik, THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar, ONE HUNDRED SHADOWS by Hwang Jungeun, THE NAMELESS LAND by Kate Elliott, BEARS DISCOVER FIRE AND OTHER STORIES by Terry Bisson]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreifrnc733elkkp7d2d6n44ch7nxiz5esiuyifcut67s6f7i5e7eka4@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s Mailbag Monday! This week we have songs and stories, the travails of the Eternal Champion, and the land beyond the Witch Roads, darkness and light, beneath the earth and beyond the stars, so many favorite authors and a new voice or two. What looks good to you?
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AVAILABLE NOW! I am so excited to share my debut poetry collection, Of Loss. Within its pages you'll find intimate memories, quiet observations, and, I hope, both sorrow and comfort. These poems have belonged to me for a long time, and now they belong to you too.
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Of Loss: Poetry and Flash Fiction: Tracey, Tom: 9798267597166: Amazon.com: Books
Of Loss: Poetry and Flash Fiction [Tracey, Tom] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Of Loss: Poetry and Flash Fiction
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November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
AVAILABLE NOW! I am so excited to share my debut poetry collection, Of Loss. Within its pages you'll find intimate memories, quiet observations, and, I hope, both sorrow and comfort. These poems have belonged to me for a long time, and now they belong to you too.
a.co/d/appotd3
a.co/d/appotd3
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"You and I aren't friends or allies, kid."
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"You and I aren't friends or allies, kid."
It’s Mailbag Monday! This week we have songs and stories, the travails of the Eternal Champion, and the land beyond the Witch Roads, darkness and light, beneath the earth and beyond the stars, so many favorite authors and a new voice or two. What looks good to you?
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s Mailbag Monday! This week we have songs and stories, the travails of the Eternal Champion, and the land beyond the Witch Roads, darkness and light, beneath the earth and beyond the stars, so many favorite authors and a new voice or two. What looks good to you?
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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson. An epic fantasy mystery with deliciously clever narration, keen worldbuilding, & great pacing, I FLEW through the hefty tome, utterly enchanted. Our drink, the Sol Highball, is *magnificent*.
![[image desc: a finished copy of THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson on a red brick plinth alongside a red, almost purplish, highball in a gut crystal glass]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreihlww3uvdjdb4pddrgacfeey4hlu6crxy43cebigsqllaswkfclny@jpeg)
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson. An epic fantasy mystery with deliciously clever narration, keen worldbuilding, & great pacing, I FLEW through the hefty tome, utterly enchanted. Our drink, the Sol Highball, is *magnificent*.
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Cain Ballari (THE RAVEN SCHOLAR)
April 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cain Ballari (THE RAVEN SCHOLAR)
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A bouquet of bookmail! A huge thank you to the publishers who sent these titles my way (some of which will be drinks VERY VERY SOON)! Mysteries abound, in our world and in others, intrigue, plots to bring disaster, FOOTNOTES, far-flung futures, and beastly bugbears. What looks good to you??
![[A stack of books in front of some white and yellow daffodils (bottom to top): A DROP OF CORRUPTION by Robert Jackson Bennett, THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau, THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson, DEAR LORD AKELDAMA & PARASOLVERSE EPHEMERA by Gail Carriger, THE ASH WE LEAVE BEHIND by C. Robert Cargill, THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS by Sharang Biswas, DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS by Khan Wong, CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME by Beth Cato]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreiglhowr5rvox3nvivuwnlste4ezz3xyg6muk45czdsyw3e2p2ifxu@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A bouquet of bookmail! A huge thank you to the publishers who sent these titles my way (some of which will be drinks VERY VERY SOON)! Mysteries abound, in our world and in others, intrigue, plots to bring disaster, FOOTNOTES, far-flung futures, and beastly bugbears. What looks good to you??
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Would anyone like to take part in a neat cover reveal on December 3rd? (Preferably US but will take UK people too)
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Would anyone like to take part in a neat cover reveal on December 3rd? (Preferably US but will take UK people too)
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Also, folks gotta get on board with buying a lot more books by me, cause I’m not built for this.
Commuting through rain in near total darkness; I’ve seen enough! Standard time and transit forever!!
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Also, folks gotta get on board with buying a lot more books by me, cause I’m not built for this.
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SHATTER THE SUN ed. dave ring. I'm biased cause I'm in it, but this is gonna be such a cool anthology! Not just sword and sorcery stories, but a game, poems, illustrations! The full package that not even the longest loincloth could cover!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/shatte...
www.neonhemlock.com/books/shatte...
Shatter the Sun: Queer Tales of Untold Adventure edited by dave ring (Pre-Order) — neon hemlock
Publication date: Spring 2026 Shatter the Sun: Queer Tales of Untold Adventure will be an anthology of pulp heroism in conversation with Samuel R. Delany's Nevèrÿon , Conan and Red Sonja, Imaro a...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SHATTER THE SUN ed. dave ring. I'm biased cause I'm in it, but this is gonna be such a cool anthology! Not just sword and sorcery stories, but a game, poems, illustrations! The full package that not even the longest loincloth could cover!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/shatte...
www.neonhemlock.com/books/shatte...
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Meet Phasian, the errant hero of this story, beset on all sides, in the SHATTER THE SUN anthology, out next spring:
www.neonhemlock.com/shatter-the-...
www.neonhemlock.com/shatter-the-...
shatter the sun — neon hemlock
www.neonhemlock.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Meet Phasian, the errant hero of this story, beset on all sides, in the SHATTER THE SUN anthology, out next spring:
www.neonhemlock.com/shatter-the-...
www.neonhemlock.com/shatter-the-...
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Have another drink of Green Elixir and we'll have ourselves a little mixer on Bar Cart Bookshelf! Today we're talking about WICKED by Gregory Maguire. A prickly meditation on the nature of evil, this modern classic remains immensely rewarding & a true favorite reread. A long awaited cocktail treat!
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Have another drink of Green Elixir and we'll have ourselves a little mixer on Bar Cart Bookshelf! Today we're talking about WICKED by Gregory Maguire. A prickly meditation on the nature of evil, this modern classic remains immensely rewarding & a true favorite reread. A long awaited cocktail treat!
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The worst kind of “content” is man on the street interviews. Followed by opinion columns. We should all know less about each other.
August 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The worst kind of “content” is man on the street interviews. Followed by opinion columns. We should all know less about each other.
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A great loss for our novella ecosystem. I have loved each and every Psychopomp novella that I have read and made drinks for them too. Sorry to see this end, hopeful to see it reemerge some day.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A great loss for our novella ecosystem. I have loved each and every Psychopomp novella that I have read and made drinks for them too. Sorry to see this end, hopeful to see it reemerge some day.
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These are the novellas we did drinks for in 2022! If you haven’t read EMPIRE OF THE FEAST, I think you and a lot of us horny gays on here would especially enjoy it.
September 28, 2023 at 10:03 PM
These are the novellas we did drinks for in 2022! If you haven’t read EMPIRE OF THE FEAST, I think you and a lot of us horny gays on here would especially enjoy it.
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He was so little! He was two apples tall!
Happy Caturday!! Welcome the newest member of the Bar Cart Bookshelf family: Sparrow. A feisty fella with a perfect personality, he loves hunting loose pens & settling in for a snuggle with a book. The Kitten Distribution System works in mysterious ways & I’m so grateful he’s wandered into my life.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He was so little! He was two apples tall!
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COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by @catvalente.bsky.social is an insidious domestic thriller in the vein of The Stepford Wives, with lush prose and a devastating reveal. Our drink, A Perfect Life, A Perfect Wife, is a personal favorite, a dessert cocktail with a brandy bite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSoR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSoR...
October 19, 2023 at 7:24 PM
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by @catvalente.bsky.social is an insidious domestic thriller in the vein of The Stepford Wives, with lush prose and a devastating reveal. Our drink, A Perfect Life, A Perfect Wife, is a personal favorite, a dessert cocktail with a brandy bite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSoR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSoR...