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👑TOO SWEET TO BE THE VILLAIN
✝️DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR
🏰NOT GOOD PEOPLE
🔥IF YOU SEE ME
🎭HUSH, DEAR SISTER
🪞ONE LITTLE WORD
🤍Jesus•Wife•Mom

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This collection is by far the most proud I’ve been of anything I’ve written. This is not something I ever thought I’d do either… 🍓👑

Too Sweet To Be The Villain is a collection of gothic fairy tales, dark fables, and feminine
psychological folklore that are part fictional drama and part personal trauma.

Audra McElyea marries thriller plot twists with potent yet poetic storytelling in a haunting collection full of allegories, mythic archetypes, gothic symbolism, fairy tale inversions, and satire.

Themes of sweetness masking danger, predators in plain sight, performance culture, trauma turned into mythology, societal blindness, resilience, spiritual warfare, and loss of innocence weave throughout the collection.

The result is a series of mythological psychological thrillers in verse form that will make you feel seen, disturbed, and awakened.

Out 9/22/26

#TooSweetToBeTheVillain
#AudraMcElyea
#fairytale
#thriller
#poetry by @audramcelyeaauthor

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I am shook! 🤯 I was checking out the Indies Today awards this afternoon and saw that Not Good People won Best Thriller 2026!

I legit had no idea I won (my announcement email must have gone to my spam)

I am so so happy about this award because this book has my whole heart! I keep telling you all how much this story means to me and I am so ecstatic that it resonated with Indies Today. Thank-you so so so much! 🥹

#IndiesToday #NotGoodPeople #books #booktok #bookstagram by @audramcelyeaauthor

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6 months ago

Lines from #TooSweetTooBeTheVillain

🍓👑🗡️ out 9/22/26

Too Sweet To Be The Villain is a collection of gothic fairy tales, dark fables, and feminine psychological folklore that are part fictional drama and part personal trauma.

Audra McElyea marries thriller plot twists with potent yet poetic storytelling in a haunting collection full of allegories, mythic archetypes, gothic symbolism, fairy tale inversions, and satire.

Themes of sweetness masking danger, predators in plain sight, performance culture, trauma turned into mythology, societal blindness, resilience, spiritual warfare, and loss of innocence weave throughout the collection.

The result is a series of mythological, psychological thrillers in verse form that will make you feel seen, disturbed, and awakened.

#folklore #poetry #poemoftheday #swiftie by @audramcelyeaauthor

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Lines from #TooSweetTooBeTheVillain

🍓👑🗡️ out 9/22/26

Too Sweet To Be The Villain is a collection of gothic fairy tales, dark fables, and feminine psychological folklore that are part fictional drama and part personal trauma.

Audra McElyea marries thriller plot twists with potent yet poetic storytelling in a haunting collection full of allegories, mythic archetypes, gothic symbolism, fairy tale inversions, and satire.

Themes of sweetness masking danger, predators in plain sight, performance culture, trauma turned into mythology, societal blindness, resilience, spiritual warfare, and loss of innocence weave throughout the collection.

The result is a series of mythological, psychological thrillers in verse form that will make you feel seen, disturbed, and awakened.

#thriller #poetry #wimbledon #swiftie by @audramcelyeaauthor

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Lines from #TooSweetTooBeTheVillain

🍓👑🗡️ out 9/22/26

Too Sweet To Be The Villain is a collection of gothic fairy tales, dark fables, and feminine psychological folklore that are part fictional drama and part personal trauma.

Audra McElyea marries thriller plot twists with potent yet poetic storytelling in a haunting collection full of allegories, mythic archetypes, gothic symbolism, fairy tale inversions, and satire.

Themes of sweetness masking danger, predators in plain sight, performance culture, trauma turned into mythology, societal blindness, resilience, spiritual warfare, and loss of innocence weave throughout the collection.

The result is a series of mythological, psychological thrillers in verse form that will make you feel seen, disturbed, and awakened.

#thriller #poetry #poemoftheday #swiftie by @audramcelyeaauthor

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25 days ago

Look who you can add to your “want to read” list on Goodreads 🍓👑🐦‍⬛🗡️

#TooSweetToBeTheVillain

I’d love to know, who are some of your favorite musical storytellers? by @audramcelyeaauthor

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🏕️ by @audramcelyeaauthor

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The 50 stories in #TooSweetToBeTheVillain all have accompanying artwork I’ve done for each, so here’s a sneak peek of a few of them… 🎭🎨🖌️🖼️

#Booktok #poetry #art #folklore by @audramcelyeaauthor

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If You See Me 🔥

#bookstagram #booktok #thriller #books by @audramcelyeaauthor

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2 months ago

📖🔪🫠🏰

What’s your favorite ensemble thriller?

#notgoodpeople #bookstagram #booktok #thriller #bookrecommendations by @audramcelyeaauthor

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2 months ago

The most fun I’ve ever had is with this next surprise project I’ve been working on … 👑🍓

9/22/26 by @audramcelyeaauthor

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This sweet child is a big girl now 🥹🥹🥹

Love you so much sweet, beautiful girl! Congratulations 👩🏼‍🎓

@addieodell18 ❤️🤍❤️🤍 by @audramcelyeaauthor

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