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Writer of Queer, disabled femme stories and creator of Underground Bookshelf
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A spooky poem for Halloween based on the legend of New Orleans’ Casket Girls, sent by the king of France to balance the gender imbalance, they arrived ill, washed ashore in the dead of night. Stories of vampire activity quickly arose…

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Cycles of the moon with the text of The poem “The Casket Girls” overlaid atop it. They arrived in the middle of a stormy night, Their deathly pallor a ghostly sight. Carrying their caskets one by one, They entered New Orleans before the sun. The Ursuline sisters took them in, Educated them and kept them away from sin. They locked away the wooden chests In the attic where the mice made their nests. Packed with goods entitled to a wife, The caskets were meant to prepare them for life. The Ursulines prayed their health would improve With southern sun and helpings of good food. But the girls remained drawn and pale, Not a single one was hale. In the evenings, after eating little, girls would disappear, Beds left empty, they would slip out the building’s rear. By morning, they’d return with flushed cheeks, And enough blood on their dresses to cause the sisters to shriek. The holy women, concerned by their plight Opened the caskets in broad daylight. Surrounded by empty chests in utter dismay, They bowed their heads and began to pray. They sent word to the Vatican, they feared Demons had, in the new world, appeared. An emissary arrived months later, With blessed nails and a hammer. He nailed each empty casket closed To keep out the demons who, on the sisters, imposed. Over time, their numbers dwindled, But the flames of sacred duty has remained kindled. From their caskets, the Ursulines had tried to keep them away. So that with sunlight the demons would expire by day. Today, the Sisters are gone, But not every demon has moved on. Instead of outside, they are kept in Windows shuttered permanently with holly nails to hold in the sin. If ever you see a windows open, turn and run. The vampiric casket girls are out to have their fun.
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Are you signed on to sail the seas and the skies?
A gold and blue map overlaid with text: Book One of the Starling Chronicles, Airphibious by Laura M. Browne-Lambert
September 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Pol, the gruff and bitter old cook of the ship, Comeuppance.

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September 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Currently working on the sequel to this take on being marooned on Mars…

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Aftermath, book one of the stone series by Laura M. Browne-Lambert. Washed in reddish brown, a rocky landscape crosses the center of the book’s cover. An astronaut crouches down to investigate something.
September 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Shayna had agreed to join the scientific colony tasked with terraforming Mars in the hopes of offering a better life to her family who continue to suffer the aftermath of war and famine on Earth.

She did not foresee getting left behind…

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Book Cover: covered in Mars orange, is the drum image of an astronaut traversing a rocky terrain. The book is titled Aftermath: Book One of the Stone Series.
May 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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When a cursed plague befalls the Village, the Aunts fail to purge the illness. An accident leaves Kyla struggling to adapt to a new disability, she becomes the target of a witch-hunt. To survive, she must consider what it means to be a witch.

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A book cover: The title , The Wood, stands out in big block letters against a green background with a verdant tree taking up the center. Light green filigree adorns the corners.
May 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Long ago, Medj, creator of the universe, imprisoned the angry spirits of his most volatile creations within the Craven Traverse, a dangerous stretch of land, water, and sky guarded by the inhabitants of the planet, Medjem.

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A book cover: in italics, the title, Airphibious, takes up the center of the page. Above it, in smaller block letters, “book one of The Starling Chronicles.” Below it is the author’s name, “Laura M. Browne-Lambert. The text is sandwiched by icons of ship’s wheels flanked by swords. The background is made up of tan-gold and blue-green splotches that resemble continents.
May 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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This week’s resource is on comic books and graphic novels and where to find them! The full resource asks more is available at: www.underground-bookshelf.com/2220357_grap...
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December 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM