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Lyndsay Ely

@lyndsayely.bsky.social

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Author! THE LOST RELIQUARY, 2025 from Saga Press. Also GUNSLINGER GIRL & books for Overwatch, FNAF, and yes, Skibidi 🚽 . Aspiring Bond villain.♠️❤️ Bar witch. She/her/Mx. Rep by Laura Zats.

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · Feb 6

THE LOST RELIQUARY, coming October 21, 2025 from Saga Press.

Available for pre-order at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

(Every pre-order is a super appreciated pre-order 💜, but especially those that support indie bookstores!)

Cover of The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely. A warrior woman wielding two sickles surrounded by smoke and skulls.

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Valorie Bridges Fant * Author of * Go Back to Your Country * @vrfant1.bsky.social · 3d

This morning, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”
“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause. thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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Capitol Hill Books @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Do you unexpectedly have the day off? Consider spending it here.

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 6d

A witchy tea shop & dry bar in Salem, Ma? Yes please!

I just backed Midnight Teas(e) Brick & Mortar Shop on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/mid...

Midnight Teas(e) Brick & Mortar Shop

Help bring a gothic tea room and dry nightlife space to Salem, MA.

www.kickstarter.com

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, whatcha all up to on October 21st? Wanna come hang out at Trident Booksellers and Café? Do some bookish stuff?

Promo image for a book event on October 21, 2025 at Trident Books in Boston, celebrating the publication of The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sorry why did no one inform me authors could do condiment-based collaborations?

(And what book do I have to write to get Maille mustard to work with me?!!)

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 7d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 8d

a skull blowing bubble gum with the words happy october

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 9d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14d

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 16d

"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."

@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):

reactormag.com/with-the-ser...

With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor

Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.

reactormag.com

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 15d

This is heartbreaking and also infuriating. Bluestockings was absolutely the sort of space every community needs—restrooms (for all!), cafe, free Covid tests, contraceptives, community space, and, of course, books. An absolute loss.

Gothamist @gothamist.com · 16d

LES bookstore Bluestockings, which served Narcan and radical reads, shutting down https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/les-bookstore-bluestockings-which-served-narcan-and-radical-reads-shutting-down

LES bookstore Bluestockings, which served Narcan and radical reads, shutting down

A chalkboard in front of Bluestockings Cooperative in 2024. The owners say mounting financial troubles and a lack of consensus on next steps prompted the closure. [ more › ]

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 16d

Finally, some good news! @writerlyme.bsky.social this is BEAUTIFUL!!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 16d

We are thrilled to help reveal the cover for The Lustrous Dark by Loretta Chefchaouni!

A lush YA fantasy inspired by Moroccan folklore, The Lustrous Dark is for fans of haunted forests, sweet romance, and stories that are "beautiful and a little gross."

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Revealing The Lustrous Dark by Loretta Chefchaouni - Reactor

A sweeping YA fantasy inspired by a Moroccan folktale, arriving May 2026

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 18d

It’s oddly depressing to watch superhero movies when you’re living in a timeline where the villains never get held accountable.

a cartoon of superman laying on the ground with a red cape

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 22d

a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .

Alt: a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 22d

Just over one month until THE LOST RELIQUARY comes out! 😱 But you can read an excerpt *right now* over at @reactormag

(Ps. Thanks, Reactor!)

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22d

"Every divine execution begins pretty much the same: with me, bored and sweaty, staring down at the worn patch that sits before the altar of Tempestra-Innara..."

We're excited to share an excerpt from @lyndsayely.bsky.social's The Lost Reliquary!

reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

Read an Excerpt From The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely - Reactor

A divinely blessed warrior bound to the last living goddess plots deicide to win her freedom.

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · 23d

Pssst…. anyone want a book?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Nell Scovell @nellscovell.bsky.social · 29d

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'

Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.

www.pbs.org

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · Sep 8

the fact that they’re going with an attempted denial rather than “oh, it was just a silly joke, you have TDS, grow up you hysterical lib”

goes to show how bad they know this is

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Sep 8

The signature truthers are already out in force

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · Sep 9

I just backed Returned - Part One & Two of Four on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

Returned - Part One & Two of Four

A Continuing Medieval Horror Family Drama graphic novel from Jason Strutz

www.kickstarter.com

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Applications Open for Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship

Applications open September 1 for the seventh annual Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists, which was created in

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am calling on Hachette to take the comma from Little, Brown and donate it to Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · Aug 4

*whispers* now do the Hot Mustard flavor @doritos.com

www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/f...

Doritos thinks this flavor is its next ‘Cool Ranch’ | CNN Business

In 1986, Doritos released “Cool Ranch” chips, which has since became one of the brand’s most popular flavors ever created, selling tens of millions of bags and spawning spinoffs from taco shells to po...

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jul 31

If we really want to settle on other worlds and turn humanity into a spacefaring society, we need to spend at least as much on poets as we do on physicists.

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Lyndsay Ely @lyndsayely.bsky.social · Jul 30

*gets sudden urge to reread The Mayfair Witches series*