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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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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE GREAT WORK by Sheldon Costa. A strange alchemical journey through the Pacific Northwest at the end of the 1890s, this is a powerful emotionally & intellectually mature novel as salamanders wander wild. Our drink is Sweet Vitriol.
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I surely will! I had the great pleasure of reading a couple chapters this weekend alongside one of our Amur tigers here in Louisville!
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about MIRAGE CITY by Lev A.C. Rosen. The latest Andy Mills queer historical mystery, this exploit is a roadtrip down to sunny sinister Los Angeles on a missing persons case. Our drink is the Bacchanal, for motorcyclists & Mattachines alike!
January 13, 2026 at 5:31 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about NO SUCH THING AS DUTY by Lara Elena Donnelly. A keenly observed historical novella bitten with the sharpest edge of the speculative, this is a tender bite of lust and bittersweet tang. Our drink is the Asset, supple, stirred, & strong.
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It's Mailbag Monday! The holiday weeks were good to me (can you tell I put nonfiction on my wishlist?) & we have some real treats to celebrate! Epic fantasy, ecology, horror & Canadiana, snakes, cats, waterways, & the places that introduce so many of us to the world of animals. What are you reading?
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It's the end of the month! This December we covered three stories on Bar Cart Bookshelf: ghosts & tales of mythic proportions, the depths of the Underworld to the far reaches of space, with plenty of adventure & a ton of heart. The perfect way to round out my year! Have YOU tried the drinks yet?
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ten highlights from my reading year! Short fiction has really dominated my mind in 2025, along with the Eternal Champion, blood-soaked operas redolent with perfume, and the Saints of Night. Plus some ecology, of course! Here's to another year of great reads!!
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Moonlight guide you! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about HADES 2. Battling through the depths of the Underworld and to the heights of Olympus, Melinoë's war against time is endlessly replayable: my most anticipated story of 2025! Our drink is the Golden Apple, strife not required.
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It’s Mailbag Monday! This week we have gothics, gays, and scholars, sword and sorcery and planet and the madness of the mind, fallen temples and magical libraries, ghosts and serpents and evil gods. Wonderful reading for my winter break! What looks good to you?
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bimonthly short story report! I had a great time with these collections & anthology as well as the online magazines Nightmare & Beneath Ceaseless Skies. It's been great reading some longer collections right through, plus getting a range of new & familiar voices in ecofiction!! Fantastic stuff!
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is this anything?
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about RED STAR HUSTLE by Sam J. Miller. A bold space opera noir exploring queer intimacy, sex work, conspiracy, & addiction. Powerful, thoughtful, & propulsive science fiction. Our drink, the Exilarch, is a mocktail for the depths of space!
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I remember being so struck by this passage, uncommon in the broader corpus of available books, that I sent it around to some friends as memorable.
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A perfect treat for my evening and for everyone on my holiday list!

Cheers!

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December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Happy #RepealDay! The end of Prohibition is one of my favorite holidays in this season of celebration, time for good company, good gifts, and good drinks! I'll be shaking up an Oregon Trail Buck from my book, COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES, this evening to celebrate!
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
How it feels reading Michael Swanwick’s new collection THE UNIVERSE BOX
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The new editions of the FULL TRILOGY by @aliettedebodard.com are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.

Check out book 1 here:

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December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Incisive, atmospheric, enchanting. These new editions of the award-winning trilogy feature bonus stories in the world of the Fallen and introductions by SFF luminaries @kateelliottsff.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social. Perfect for longtime fans of the series and new readers alike!
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
With a deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue as the various Houses strive for control of the shattered city, the DOMINION OF THE FALLEN trilogy asks 'what is the price of power and what is the price of peace?'
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Coming March 10, 2026! I am thrilled to share the covers for the rerelease of Aliette de Bodard's DOMINION OF THE FALLEN trilogy. Enter a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysm and the mysterious Houses ruling the city in this beloved series of fallen angels, devious alchemists, & Vietnamese dragons...
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske. A hauntingly balletic retelling of the Cinderella story wherein a ghostly Ella remains bound to the house in which she died. Our drink is the Lady Ember, warming for cold nights with familiar friends.
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Monthly round up! We covered four books on Bar Cart Bookshelf this November: time loops and yearning, the end of the world and the oddities of Oz, lady knights, skeleton kings, glacial dragons, witches and wit and wiles. Have you seen all this month's episodes? Have you tried the drinks?
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
He’s a pie guy
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not so smol anymore
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Timely and transcendent. I've had a marvelous time recently with ECO24, collecting some of the finest ecofiction of the last year. A chance to reflect on the anxieties of a changing world, and to consider possibilities for transformation and alternative paths. A critical collection for our time!!
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM