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Lazesummerstone @lazesummerstone.bsky.social · 3d

I made this for @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social book An Amateur Witches guide to Murder- debuting next week!
After reading it, I had to make this because it was so good, such a page turner, (and so cute)!
Preorder here: a.co/d/bTBj5Gb

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 7d

The wonderful indie bookstore Third Place Books is hosting, not just my launch, but my swag!!! You too can have all this crazy amazing stuff if you pre-order through them!

Get book + swag here: www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9798892...

AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE to MURDER

Preorder from THIRD PLACE BOOKS and get:
• A SIGNED COPY
• 3 MINI PRINTS
• 3 BOOKMARKS
• 1 STICKER

The book AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE to MURDER sits on a purple background. Beside it are 3 prints of the characters in the book, 3 bookmarks of the characters in the book, and a sticker of the main character. Better descriptions of those graphics on the next few pics.

3 prints close up.

Print 1: bright green background, black ooze dripping down, and it shows a goth 20-something male with hair swept to one side. His expression is smirking and he’s holding up a hand but it looks like a solid black clawed demon hand. This is Mateo, the main character who is a goth Puerto Rican brujo.

Print 2: shows the main cast of characters. Ophelia to the left with long brown hair Porsches to blond at the ends in an orange dress looking smug, Mateo in the middle in a black working goth outfit with button up and suspenders. His hand is out and black stuff is floating up. His eyes are crying black. To the right is Topher who is super pale with white messy hair and an all gray outfit. He looks worried. Behind them the shadow of a demon rise we up.

Print 3: shows all 3 characters sitting in super sharp outfits that look stylish. Ophelia in an orange flowy dress. Mateo in a button up blazer and boots, and Topher in a tee and jeans rolled up and trendy sneakers. Flowers sit behind them.

3 bookmarks of the main characters. Mateo, Ophelia, and Topher. There is matching black goo dripping from the tops of each.

Mateo sticker. It is chibi style so shirt and big head. He’s in an all black outfit with a demon hand held up with claws out.

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 7d

✨Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month and Halloween with this laugh-out-loud debut. In @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 a wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client

#latineheritagemonth

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Oh no this is so cute 😭💖

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 7d

The wonderful indie bookstore Third Place Books is hosting, not just my launch, but my swag!!! You too can have all this crazy amazing stuff if you pre-order through them!

Get book + swag here: www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9798892...

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Lazesummerstone @lazesummerstone.bsky.social · 12d

Weekend getaway with @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social and an old man doggy on Whidbey island. Definitely not enough time.

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 15d

If you're available Sept 27th at 1pm PT, check out Flights of Foundry (an online convention that's free to attend)!

I’ll be on a 'Navigating Debut Year' panel with 4 other debut authors!

It's sure to be an emotionally fraught and educational experience:

Register: flights-of-foundry.org

FLIGHTS OF FOUNDRY
FREE VIRTUAL CONVENTION

NAVIGATING DEBUT YEAR

Featuring headshots of:
COURTNEY FLOYD
ALBY C. WILLIAMS
K. VALENTIN
M. STEVENSON
CHRISTY CLIMENHAGE

Save The Date 27th of SEPTEMBER 2025
At 1:00PM PT

Register at:
flights-of-foundry.org

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 26d

These showed up on my doorstep & I’ve been freaking out! So have a glamour shot to commemorate 1 month till this bad boy’s in the world!!!

Preorder now! Coming Oct 14th from @alcovepress.bsky.social / @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

Buy here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799919...

A stack of hardcover books with a 3D-printed black demon hand holding up one of the hardcover books. There is a pink skull sitting on another stack of paperback books and the side of the books drips black goo. The book itself is purple with a cartoon drawing of a goth guy with a magic book, and from that magic book, a black dripping shadow hand emerges. The image says: 1 month till release

AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER

The Dresden Files meets the queer-chaos of
Gideon the Ninth.

Mateo Borrero has ninety-nine problems, and they all hinge on the fact that his bruja mother turned him into the vessel for an ancient evil and then bounced. He needs money for an exorcism.

Enter Topher, who's cursed, rich, (kind of cute), and too clueless to clock that Mateo's never had a client before.

-Goth x Rich Guy
-No One Knows What They're Doing
-Demon Possession as Flirting
-Monster Kisses
-Only a Little Cannibalism

PREORDER NOW! AVAILABLE OCT 14TH

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 18d

Yes lolol

K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · 26d

These showed up on my doorstep & I’ve been freaking out! So have a glamour shot to commemorate 1 month till this bad boy’s in the world!!!

Preorder now! Coming Oct 14th from @alcovepress.bsky.social / @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

Buy here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799919...

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

😭😭😭💖

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LibraryThing @librarything.com · Aug 30

"A wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client in this laugh-out-loud debut, for fans of queer romantic fantasy by T. J. Klune and Tamsyn Muir."

Enter to win a copy of @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's "An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder" from @alcovepress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 23

Any author friends going to ECCC and are interested in being on panels? I need some author pals who I can find something in common with (as writers, our books, or process) and come up with a panel topic with! Holler if you were planning to attend and are interested!

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 23

Any author friends going to ECCC and are interested in being on panels? I need some author pals who I can find something in common with (as writers, our books, or process) and come up with a panel topic with! Holler if you were planning to attend and are interested!

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 23

I’m so bad at posting here when I’m not just crying about writing but here’s a graphic I made that made me laugh!

Mateo’s search history!! Whomst amongst us hasn’t searched for if they’re doing a cannibalism!?

Preorder links: linktr.ee/kvalentinwri...

Made to look like a search history in a browser. A tiny head of a fashionable goth guy who is the main character of the book floats upper screen left.

AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE to MURDER
MATEO'S SEARCH HISTORY:
-how to
-how to exorcise a demon
-how to get money quick
-how to get rid of a bad luck curse
-how to talk to Wall Street bros
-how to get designer brands cheap Q how to tell if you're eating people
-how to stop eating people

Still made to look like a search history but it describes the book. The book sits in the bottom right corner. It’s purple with a goth guy doing magic on the cover.

An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder

The Dresden Files meets the queer-chaos of Gideon the Ninth. Join one wannabe witch as he tries to undo one clueless rich guys curse for the promise of a payday that can finally get him that exorcism he really needs. Preferably before he eats someone.

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hell yeah let’s gooooo! 👏👏👏

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

Haha!!!! That’s a fantastic one!

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 3

Today’s the last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway for a physical copy of my book!!! Link here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 3

Today’s the last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway for a physical copy of my book!!! Link here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 3

Legiiiiiiit

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wanna win a copy of AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER?

My publisher is hosting a giveaway on #goodreads now thru 8/3/25! Which means 2 more days!!!

5 physical copies are going to be given away (but only if you enter)!

Link: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

Book on top of magical looking green circles of moons and stars. Cover shows a goth guy using a magic book to summon a drippy shadow demon hand.

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

Curious how much research went into AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER?

I called this stack my “fun summer reading!” LOL

Goodreads giveaway happening now thru 8/3: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

Big stack of brujeria, witchcraft, demonology, tarot, and Puerto Rican history books.

3 books I referenced a lot:

-Truly Easy Tarot ←I have a terrible memory so kept having to triple check I was using the right card meanings.

-The Sacred Art of Brujeria ← I used this one for a good understanding of a healthy, well adjusted practitioner and how they view the work, as well as spell references.

-Espiritismo - Puerto Rican Mediumship & Magic ← This was great for history, current practices and beliefs, and information on different sorts of entities.

3 more books I referenced a lot:

-Brujeria and Curanderismo ← Great reference for the cleansing rituals I have in the book, as well as general practicing information and core ideas.

-Lemegeton - The Complete Books I-V ← This is THEE demonology grimoire. If you love somewhat archaic descriptions of a bunch of weird demons as decided by King Solomon, this is the book for you.

-Blood of Brujeria ← The subtitle is hard to see but it’s “Traditional Mexican Curses X Defense,” so this book was especially handy for the hexes in my novel, but also a wonderful reference for important entities and general practices and concepts.

The cover of AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER. Arrows come out of it. They say: SO SLOW BURN HE HAS NO IDEA IT'S HAPPENING, HE'S A TEN BUT HE MIGHT EAT YOU, ANTISOCIAL CAT X SHIVERING CHIHUAHUA DYNAMIC AT PLAY, CHAOTIC QUEER, and DEMONIC POSSESSION AS FLIRTING.

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Jul 19

They’re the best and these are so cute 😭💖

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

Curious how much research went into AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER?

I called this stack my “fun summer reading!” LOL

Goodreads giveaway happening now thru 8/3: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

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K Valentin @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social · Jul 17

There’s a Goodreads giveaway for 5 copies of AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER happening right now!!! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

A black torn paper edge background revealing a witchy assortment of candles. Words atop:

AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER

THE DRESDEN FILES MEETS THE QUEER-CHAOS OF GIDEON THE NINTH.

MATEO BORRERO HAS NINETY-NINE PROBLEMS, AND THEY ALL HINGE ON THE FACT THAT HIS BRUJA MOTHER TURNED HIM INTO THE VESSEL FOR AN ANCIENT EVIL AND THEN BOUNCED.

A HILARIOUS ADULT CONTEMPORARY FANTASY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE BORDER-LINE SCAM ARTIST OCCULTISTS, GOTHS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES, AND LOTS OF MAGIC-BASED MURDER: JOIN ONE WANNABE WITCH AS HE TRIES TO UNDO ONE CLUELESS (AND KIND OF CUTE RICH GUYS' CURSE FOR THE PROMISE OF A PAYDAY THAT CAN FINALLY GET HIM THAT EXORCISM HE REALLY NEEDS.

PREFERABLY BEFORE HE EATS SOMEONE.

ALCOVE PRESS, OCT 14TH 2025

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