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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · 25d

Today almost certainly has more hours in it than other days 🦴✨

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · 26d

The most magical time of the year 👻

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · 26d

Just a little mood board for no reason at all 🥹✨

Six image mood board featuring (from left to right top to bottom): A still shot of Jess and CeCe from New Girl, A beach at sunrise, a floral shop, tarot cards and incense, two pints of beer at a brewery, and a cabin in the woods.

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Aug 27

Everyone stop what you're doing and look at my friend's book!!!

Sierra Branham @sierrabranham.bsky.social · Aug 27

The cover for my debut SF sapphic romantic thriller is now out in the world!

Credit for the gorgeous artwork goes to Artem Chebokha!

LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · Aug 27

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham

Today on the site, I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham, a Sapphic Sci-Fi Thriller releasing from DAW on May 5, 2026! Here's the story: A romantic science fiction thriller in which a young woman from a dead-end…

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Aug 27

SCREAMING!!! 🌕💜

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Aug 21

We definitely missed you! But know that I pitched the heck out of TMP to everyone I talked to on Friday 🐙🩷

Now to sleep for two weeks because World Con was BONKERS.

Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · Aug 17

I didn’t make it to WorldCon this year but THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT did.

Monster thanks to my friend @maryofflowers.bsky.social for wearing this t-shirt. Also pictured: @sierrabranham.bsky.social

Two wonderful friends and talented writers! Maybe next time?

Two women with mid-length brown hair smiling for the camera. The one on the left wears a black t-shirt with a print of a book cover: red tentacles on a dark blue background with “The Midnight Project by Christy Climenhage” printed on it. The other wears a green t-shirt and brown pants with a WorldCon pass around her neck.

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Jul 9

OMG poor Vivvi. Who knew a jail cell would be a good thing though 👀

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Sam Peil 🧟 @sampeil.bsky.social · Jul 9

#unhingedpit #h #lgbtq #q

meme with white background. top text says: 21 Years Around the Sun: New Year, New Me. Image below the text is black and white disco balls with a 21 year bday cake and woman holding it in her hands and smiling

two images split below: orange jumpsuit woman behind bars, sitting on a bed in a cell; next image: group of young, fresh looking zombies with blood splatter overlay.

Text below: Not like that?

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Jun 11

Eeeek! Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉

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Sierra Branham @sierrabranham.bsky.social · Jun 10

Ahhhhhh my little story is out in Apex! If anyone has a few minutes to spare, please consider giving my flash, “Things the Older Boy Understands” a read. I’m really proud of this one ✨

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Jun 10

"They’re not brothers, and before three days ago, they weren’t friends. But now, they’re all that’s left." 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🚀

New fiction today by @sierrabranham.bsky.social: "Things the Older Boy Understands"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

A graphic featuring the text: "Things the Older Boy Understands by Sierra Branham" next to the illustration on Apex's Issue 149 cover, a queen in a black dress standing beside a black wolf in a field at dusk.

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Jun 2

Such a cool concept!!

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 21

I'm so so excited for you! 😻

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 20

What a dream 🥹

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 20

Happy release day, my brilliant friend!! 🎉🎉🎉

Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · May 20

🎉 BOOK BIRTHDAY 🎉

Today is THE DAY my debut SF thriller makes its way out in the world!

This is a dream I’ve held close to my heart for decades and I am so happy and grateful.

With a HUGE thank you to the large village of people who have made this possible.

Cover of The Midnight Project partially showing its spine. Red and pink tentacles stretch up one side on a navy blue background.

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 8

Ship captain with questionable morals? Sign me up!

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Gabi @gabiwrites.bsky.social · May 7

Caught in a maelstrom of morals, a ship captain must decide what she desires most—to resurrect her sister, or kill the boy she’s grown to care for and let her wicked heart feel again.

(This project will be ready for querying next week!)

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 7

Coming soon to query trenches near you 👀🧟‍♂️🦷

Sam Peil 🧟 @sampeil.bsky.social · May 7

My agent’s guide to THE DENTIST in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse.

#horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟💖🔪

#questpit #H #na #a #q #agentsguide

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.

White Text says:

AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO THE DENTST
By Sami Peil
82k Words
ADULT/NA HORROR

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.
White text says:

THE DENTIST
Sami Peil @sampeil

THE COMPS
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the Z
word
Image of cover of season one
THE LAST
OF Us show

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Three bi disasters confront their (previously) hot dentist and far-right extremist zombies at the end of the world.
• Love triangle
• Survival shenanigans
• Headshots
• Hookups
• Busted bunker

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.
White text says:

THE DENTIST
Sami Peil @sampeil

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FROM THE JOURNAL OF STETSON
JOHN MATTHEWS

April 27, 2025 Donner party @ Black Hile bunkers, current population 24ich.
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Reader Comments
"Love this description. Impeccable delivery, so cinematic*
"Obsessed"
I'm hooked. so hooked on this book. I need it on my shelf."
"OMINOUS"
"VICERAL"
"I literally cackled"
"I was not prepared
"Sharp, shocking, love it"
"Seriously this is so fucking cinematic wth"
"I love him"
"IF YOU EVER CHANGE THIS FIRST LINE I WILL FIGHT YOU"

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.
White text says:

THE DENTIST
Sami Peil @sampeil
The Pitch
Stetson was built for survival. After two decades of blending in with the straight boys and enduring his father's relentless prepper training, he's better prepared than most when the ENVI-24 pandemic becomes the zombie apocalypse in a matter of months. Stetson saves the only other survivor at his parents bunker settlement-a tween girl with a mouth full of braces, a judgy attitude, and a Bible. In a desperate search for community to help raise Harper, he makes his way to Queen City, killing zombies and dodging a zealous preacher bent on collecting women and children for his compound.
Meanwhile, the dentist ambles across Queen City with a group of zombies eager for fresh flesh.
While raiding his dentist's abandoned office for supplies, Stetson encounters Dove. She looks so good that she might just be a trap set by the Preacher, so Stotson zip-ties her first and asks questions later. All that might even be fine with Dove if it weren't for the fact that she's got Vivvi, her OG apocalypse protector back at their functioning community. If Stetson wants to join them and have help raising Harper, he'll have to prove his zombie-killing worth and move past that whole handcuffing thing. Oh, and also avoid getting exterminated as a threat to the Preacher's regime and the dentist's growing horde.

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 7

The way that the Preacher and real people become as scary as the damn zombies

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · May 7

So chaotic, much whiplash 🦷

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · Feb 6

Here are the tropes of my cosy fantasy novella, LET ME BE YOUR VILLAIN
3 days until chapter 1 goes live!

Add to your reading list on Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/1515096044?u...

#wattpad #onc2025 #opennovellacontest2025 #wattpadnovella #cozyfantasy #grumpysunshine #villainstories

The tropes:
Grumpy ghost librarian
Sunshine villain protagonist
MM romance
Asshole hero antagonist
Cozy fantasy
Magic library
Book characters escaping to the real world

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Feb 14

YOU DID IT YOU DID IT YOU DID IT!!!! 🎉🫶🏽✨

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Chloe | Writer, Journalist ✨✒️ @wordsbychloe.bsky.social · Feb 14

✨NEWS✨

I'm SO excited to announce that I'm now represented by Maria Whelan of Inkwell Management!! I was beyond blown away by Maria's vision for my weird, gothic ode to libraries, ill-fated love, disability & sapphic women & I can't wait to see what this next chapter holds 📚🥀

Two photos of a typewriter and a red rose with a graphic of a white piece of paper reading:

Now represented by Maria Whelan of Inkwell Management. For the Library of Lost Shadows by Chloe Johnson

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Feb 8

Preordered and so stoked!!

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Feb 6

JUST LOOK at my brilliant friend's book!! And then when you're clamoring to read it, you can take advantage of the Barnes & Noble 25% off preorder deal 👀👀👀👀🐙

Christy Climenhage @cclim.bsky.social · Feb 5

If you are taking advantage of Barnes & Noble’s preorder sale, you might like to consider my book, THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT.

There is science! Friendship! Billionaires! Oh, and Tentacles!

(Or you could order through your local independent bookstore)

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-midnig...

The Midnight Project|Paperback

When enigmatic billionaire Burton Sykes walks into Re-Gene-eration, a bespoke reproduction assistance clinic run by Raina and Cedric, two disgraced genetic engineers struggling to get by, they know th...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Mary Katherine Blowers @maryofflowers.bsky.social · Feb 6

Counting down until my preorder arrives!

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