#Spooky Books

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halloween plushies.

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🐈‍⬛ Queer Witchlit for Sapphic September

✨ Witch please (add these witch reads to your TBR, perfect for spooky season preparation and Sapphic September)!

🧹 The Dark Tide - Alicia Jasinska 🧹 Coven - Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton 🧹 Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🧹 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 🧹 Runaways - Rainbow Rowell 🧹 Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft - Various

✨ Summer of Salt - Katrina Leno ✨ Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu ✨ The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea - Maggie Tokuda-Hall ✨ All the Bad Apples - Moïra Fowley-Doyle ✨ The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow ✨ Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson

🐈‍⬛ This Spells Disaster - Tori Anne Martin 🐈‍⬛ Sweet & Bitter Magic - Adrienne Tooley 🐈‍⬛ Edie in Between - Laura Sibson 🐈‍⬛ Witches of Ashes and Ruin - E. Latimer 🐈‍⬛ Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova 🐈‍⬛ When We Were Magic - Sarah Gailey

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"Things are so much sweeter when they have an ending; things are so much more painful when they can be ripped away."

Official character art by Little Chmura for the new Masters of Death (2023) by Olivie Blake. Published by Tor Books.

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more newly acquired second-hand books, including my dream copy of Dracula 🍂 // all photos are mine 🌙

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If only Book Babe Designs didn't put out such perfect merch, I wouldn't buy so much of it 👻

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Books, but make it goth. 💀

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Fanart of Brazilian novel Renascimento Sombrio, by Piter Salvatore.

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Some spooky and mysterious book recs for spooky season?

You can look for “October reads,” “spooky reads,” or “horror” on my blog to find more, but here are some recs off the top of my head that I think are especially good for autumn:

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

The Whistling by Rebecca Netley

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel

The Seance by John Harwood

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

Slewfoot by Brom

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

I tend to like gothic horror for this season, so that’s what most of these are, but if you’re looking for anything specific, let me know!

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Welcome to my new hyperfixation. The Babylove trilogy by I. S Belle. It's a companion novella trilogy to Zombabe. It's a queer horror set in the early 2000s in a small Maine town called Bulldeen. This specific trilogy is a wlw romance centering a goth named Frankie Tanner and a cheerleader named Ivy Wexler. It's spooky dealing with resurrection, gore.

This resonated so much with me, especially Sugarsnap, which centers a lot on the reality so many queer people face with being in the closet unable to partake in school dances with their crushes/partners. They're short but so brilliantly executed and I am alone in this fandom. So here I am, recommending.

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🎃📚👻 Get ready to dive into the spookiest reads of the season! Here are some fang-tastic Halloween book recommendations to send chills down your spine and add a little magic to your All Hallow's Eve. 🦇✨

"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson: This classic haunted house tale is perfect for those who love a good scare.

"Coraline" by Neil Gaiman: Follow Coraline into a parallel world with eerie button-eyed parents, a black cat, and a spine-tingling adventure.

"Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Dive into this gothic horror novel set in 1950s Mexico with a heroine determined to uncover the terrifying secrets of the haunted mansion.

"The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury: This heartwarming tale takes you on a journey through time and space to discover the origins of Halloween.

"The Witches" by Roald Dahl: A wickedly funny story about real witches with a plan to rid the world of children. Who will stop them?

"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman: Follow the adventures of a young boy raised by ghosts in a graveyard. It's a perfect blend of eerie and heartwarming.

"Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman: Witches, spells, and a little dash of romance—perfect for a bewitching Halloween.

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury: This creepy carnival tale is full of nostalgia and spine-tingling suspense.

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halloween costume ideas #1 (lowkey on a budget)

* is it too early to post halloween stuff? probably. do i care? no

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4 Spooky Books for October

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

This was suggested to me by a friend last year and it was so addicting to read. Jake Livingston is like any other teen who is trying to survive high school, survive having a crush on the handsome new student, and dealing with his family life- oh, and he can see ghosts.

2. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Edgar Allan Poe fans unite! T. Kingfisher has written an expert retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher with a killer twist. Also, she gives us a character who uses neopronouns, which was very nice!

3. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

If you can find the edition illustrated by Gris Grimly, I highly recommend his drawings, but if not, another is fine. The Halloween Tree is such a classic! It speaks to the autumnal joys and youthfulness surrounding Halloween as we travel through space and time with a group of young boys.

4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The atmosphere of this book is so eerie and gives you the chills. Two sisters who have come from money live alone outside a town and there is always tension between them and the townspeople, which is only aggravated by the arrival of someone new.

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"August [...] the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time." –Sylvia Plath 🍂 // all photos are mine 🌙

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🦇 Book Recommendations for Your Fall TBR

✨ Good afternoon, witches! Most of us are organizing our fall TBRs with witch lit, horror stories, cozy mysteries, and everything in between. Looking for a few recommendations? Save this post and add a few of these amazing books to your TBR!

🦇 Spookily Yours - Jennifer Chipman @jennchipmanauthor 👻 My Roommate is a Vampire - Jenna Levine @jennalevinewrites 🐈‍⬛ Hex and the City - Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor ✨ Hex Appeal - Kate Johnson

🦇 You, Again - Kate Goldbeck @kategoldbeck 👻 When in Rome - Sarah Adams @authorsarahadams 🐈‍⬛ The Pumpkin Spice Cafe - Laurie Gilmore @lauriegilmore_author ✨ A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon - Sarah Hawley @mssarahhawley

🦇 Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper @lanalyte 👻 Not the Witch You Wed (Supernatural Singles series) - April Asher @novelsbyapril 🐈‍⬛ The Ex Hex - Erin Sterling @erinsterlingbooks ✨ The Kiss Curse - Erin Sterling

🦇 Big Bad - Lily Anderson @mslilyanderson 👻 Bloody Fool for Love - William Ritter 🐈‍⬛ The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl @hartlsonia ✨ With Love, From Cold World - Alicia Thompson @aliciabooks