Steph Cherrywell
@stephcherrywell.com
They/them. Author, librarian, text game creator. UNBOXING LIBBY and THE INK WITCH are out now! Represented by @marielamba.bsky.social. See my projects at stephcherrywell.com.
This is really cool - a Pride flag made of NASA images! Created by Rachel Lense. Of course the current gag regime took it down, but it deserves to be spread far and wide!
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
This is really cool - a Pride flag made of NASA images! Created by Rachel Lense. Of course the current gag regime took it down, but it deserves to be spread far and wide!
Stop!! Hibari-Kun! came in the mail! I never expected this to come out in English. A series that - as an interview put it - was very of its time while also being radically ahead of its time. I believe you can only order it from the publisher's website, but it's worth a look!
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January 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Stop!! Hibari-Kun! came in the mail! I never expected this to come out in English. A series that - as an interview put it - was very of its time while also being radically ahead of its time. I believe you can only order it from the publisher's website, but it's worth a look!
peow.studio/shop/na
peow.studio/shop/na
Finished the beautiful Scarlet Morning by @gingerhaze.bsky.social, an amazing upper middle grade I can only describe as like One Piece crossed with the Southern Reach series. Gorgeous art, an inclusive cast, wild and intriguing worldbuilding. You gotta read this!
January 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Finished the beautiful Scarlet Morning by @gingerhaze.bsky.social, an amazing upper middle grade I can only describe as like One Piece crossed with the Southern Reach series. Gorgeous art, an inclusive cast, wild and intriguing worldbuilding. You gotta read this!
Hey, I got this one. It's weird that this changed meanings so completely. I think it might have just been convergent evolution.
January 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Hey, I got this one. It's weird that this changed meanings so completely. I think it might have just been convergent evolution.
Awesome new ink! My favorite Trek crew will live forever in my heart and also on my arm. @mikemcmahan.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Awesome new ink! My favorite Trek crew will live forever in my heart and also on my arm. @mikemcmahan.bsky.social
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If we're allowed to pitch our own, I'm putting forth Malatrice from The Ink Witch! When I saw she took up most of the cover I knew she wouldn't want it any other way.
If we're allowed to pitch our own, I'm putting forth Malatrice from The Ink Witch! When I saw she took up most of the cover I knew she wouldn't want it any other way.
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
SHARE A GREAT FEMALE VILLAIN
If we're allowed to pitch our own, I'm putting forth Malatrice from The Ink Witch! When I saw she took up most of the cover I knew she wouldn't want it any other way.
If we're allowed to pitch our own, I'm putting forth Malatrice from The Ink Witch! When I saw she took up most of the cover I knew she wouldn't want it any other way.
My books Unboxing Libby and The Ink Witch came out! I'm proud of both, but The Ink Witch in particular got a really thrilling critical reception. (If anyone here's looking for funny middle grade fantasy with a trans MC, give it a look!)
December 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My books Unboxing Libby and The Ink Witch came out! I'm proud of both, but The Ink Witch in particular got a really thrilling critical reception. (If anyone here's looking for funny middle grade fantasy with a trans MC, give it a look!)
Idea for a horror movie marathon: oops all pronouns.
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Idea for a horror movie marathon: oops all pronouns.
Is it illegal to sell sentient vegetables, or did this guy get arrested on Christmas Eve for unrelated reasons?
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Is it illegal to sell sentient vegetables, or did this guy get arrested on Christmas Eve for unrelated reasons?
Little, Brown made a graphic for me with all the honors The Ink Witch got, and it's a bunch!
Find it at your local library or bookstore or at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...!
Find it at your local library or bookstore or at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...!
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Little, Brown made a graphic for me with all the honors The Ink Witch got, and it's a bunch!
Find it at your local library or bookstore or at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...!
Find it at your local library or bookstore or at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...!
Since fonts are in the news today for incredibly stupid reasons I thought I'd mention What the Font?! A Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi Ishiya. Meet a bunch of anthropomorphized fonts! Such a fun way to learn about a fascinating subject.
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Since fonts are in the news today for incredibly stupid reasons I thought I'd mention What the Font?! A Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi Ishiya. Meet a bunch of anthropomorphized fonts! Such a fun way to learn about a fascinating subject.
Just finished: Drome by @jesselonergan.bsky.social, a gorgeously illustrated story about the early history of a new world. It's a little bit bandes desinees, but with a JH Williams III-like experimentation with panel layouts. It's incredible!
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Just finished: Drome by @jesselonergan.bsky.social, a gorgeously illustrated story about the early history of a new world. It's a little bit bandes desinees, but with a JH Williams III-like experimentation with panel layouts. It's incredible!
This arrived yesterday in time to get snow dumped on it (yay for Bookshop's thick envelopes) - The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt by @badmachinery.com and @maxsarin.bsky.social. A mystery involving feuding rival quilt shops. I just love this writer/artist combination so much!
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This arrived yesterday in time to get snow dumped on it (yay for Bookshop's thick envelopes) - The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt by @badmachinery.com and @maxsarin.bsky.social. A mystery involving feuding rival quilt shops. I just love this writer/artist combination so much!
I just finished Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and @ryanestrada.com! If you loved Banned Book Club, you should read this! (If you haven't read Banned Book Club, it'll still make sense--it's a different story with some of the same characters.)
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I just finished Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and @ryanestrada.com! If you loved Banned Book Club, you should read this! (If you haven't read Banned Book Club, it'll still make sense--it's a different story with some of the same characters.)
I just read Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social because you know I have to read anything with robots and AIs in it. A kid uses an experimental app to generate an AI friend which goes badly wrong. It's unfortunately very timely! #kid #middlegrade
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I just read Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social because you know I have to read anything with robots and AIs in it. A kid uses an experimental app to generate an AI friend which goes badly wrong. It's unfortunately very timely! #kid #middlegrade
Check it out, Unboxing Libby made it onto the Booklist Editors' Choice 2025 youth list! It's such an honor to be in such great company.
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Check it out, Unboxing Libby made it onto the Booklist Editors' Choice 2025 youth list! It's such an honor to be in such great company.
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence (okay, two, in order to make a neater cutoff!) Share yours if you want.
This is from THE INK WITCH.
This is from THE INK WITCH.
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence (okay, two, in order to make a neater cutoff!) Share yours if you want.
This is from THE INK WITCH.
This is from THE INK WITCH.
You Gotta Eat by @margareteby.bsky.social. This is amazing! A cookbook for very simple recipes that take almost no time or money but still feel like a finished meal. Everyone should just be issued this in their teens. It has opened my eyes to the possibilities of bean salad.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You Gotta Eat by @margareteby.bsky.social. This is amazing! A cookbook for very simple recipes that take almost no time or money but still feel like a finished meal. Everyone should just be issued this in their teens. It has opened my eyes to the possibilities of bean salad.
Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem by John Claude Bemis and @nicolemillo.bsky.social (middle grade graphic novel.) A wild multiverse adventure about rebel kids taking on morally compromised paladins; the art and the tech/magic mix give it a bit of a Nimona vibe. Read it!
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem by John Claude Bemis and @nicolemillo.bsky.social (middle grade graphic novel.) A wild multiverse adventure about rebel kids taking on morally compromised paladins; the art and the tech/magic mix give it a bit of a Nimona vibe. Read it!
Congrats to the DePaul University Barnes & Noble in Chicago for having the GREAT TASTE to carry books from the COOL SQUAD! @bitterkarella.bsky.social @inkybeast.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Congrats to the DePaul University Barnes & Noble in Chicago for having the GREAT TASTE to carry books from the COOL SQUAD! @bitterkarella.bsky.social @inkybeast.bsky.social
Man, just when you think Newsom couldn't be any more disappointing.
October 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Man, just when you think Newsom couldn't be any more disappointing.
Read: Flip by @ngoziu.com. A wonderful take on the Freaky Friday concept. If you loved Bunt!, you should check this one out! If you haven't read Bunt!, you should read Bunt! too, it's great.
October 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Read: Flip by @ngoziu.com. A wonderful take on the Freaky Friday concept. If you loved Bunt!, you should check this one out! If you haven't read Bunt!, you should read Bunt! too, it's great.
Read: The Woman Dies by Aoko Matsuda. Short, punchy little essays/short stories/bizarre combinations of the two. Most of them are about feminism, a lot of them are really surreal, probably more than half are both. Hard to explain, you really have to read it (it's quick.) #books #booksky
October 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM