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Today’s the big day—my first official publication! 🎉 I’m so excited to be a part of this incredible group of Virginia authors and that I got to share my creepy, little locally inspired story. Special thanks to @jamesblakeyauthor and @catsimpson_writes for putting this together, and to @gracedunnwrites for reminding me what day it was 😅 You all are gems. Excited for this huge writing milestone and for what’s to come. ☺️ #richmondfantastic #speculativefiction #creepystories
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Birthday shenanigans 🫖🎂 #teaparty #chapter29 #april2026
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The second installment in my favorite hyperlocal short story collection is here! CHARLOTTESVILLE FANTASTIC was one of my favorite books of 2024; now editors @jamesblakeyauthor and @catsimpson_writes are back with another installment of speculative short stories - this time all set in Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Some of my favorite stories are: 🐦 “Free Birds of Singers Glen” which shows climate change through the lens of assorted fowl. 🏍️ “Fixer Upper” a story about motorcycle riding that hints at the opioid epidemic. 🧌”The Long Walk,” a short story about trolls that highlights the connection between Appalachia and Scotland There are 24 stories in this collection - including the prologue - so certainly something to interest any sci-fi or fantasy reader. Some stories appealed to me more than others, but I am so impressed with the collection as a whole. CHARLOTTESVILLE FANTASTIC has a special place in my heart, but I’ll be singing SHENANDOAH FANTASTIC’s praises from the rooftops as well. And I hear submissions are open for a Richmond-centric collection!
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Literary magic created at Sourwood Forest by the talented Catherine Simpson! Are you interested in exploring your talents this summer in art and writing in a beautiful landscape and scenery? Apply to Sourwood Forest Artist Residency. Link found in bio! #artistresidency #writersresidency #virgina #sourwoodforest
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Officially published ✅ So grateful for local bookstores and less-local friends who are willing to travel for book launches. #write #shoplocal #author #read
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📖 Currently Reading 📖 I’m reading three books simultaneously and I’m excited about all of them! 🏠 BEST OFFER WINS: BookstaSis loaned me her Book of the Month copy of this recent novel about a woman who will do anything to buy a house in the ultra competitive DC area market. 🪄 SHENANDOAH FANTASTIC: A collection of speculative short stories set in the Shenandoah Valley. From Luray to the Shakespeare Center, I adore seeing places I love in the books I read. 🌊 TORTILLA FLAT: It’s my year of Steinbeck! Gotta get this one in before I head to Monterey next week. Have you read any of these? What books are you reading right now? 🏷️ book recommendations, book reviews, read local, Bookstagram
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stuff I did this week
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It puts you on edge in all the best ways. You don’t want to miss this one. Issue 2.3: Speckled Observations by Catherine Simpson is out now! Read it on www.wallstrait.com.
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So excited for our first book reading and signing @art.hive.collective today from 1-3! Snacks and autographs will be the name of our first album AND what we have going on today. Come see! ❤️ #arthivestaunton #literature #stauntonva #readabook #locallove
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Come spend your Sunday afternoon in the eclectic artistic wonderland of the Art Hive Collective and meet the authors of three of the 20 short stories featured in an exciting new anthology 'Charlottesville Fantastic'. @jamesblakeyauthor @catsimpson_writes @nebula_writing Will be reading their stories and signing copies. Now available online at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Books-a-million
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Shouting out my favorite read of Spooky Season 2024 on this beautiful Halloween morning. 🎃 In Charlottesville Fantastic: Arcane Echoes from Virginia’s Heartland, @jamesblakeyauthor and @catsimpson_writes have collected twenty spooky, silly and uniquely Charlottesville-ian short stories from local authors. I had so much fun reading it. The number of references to @bodosbagels in these pages warmed my heart (and made me crave and egg sausage cheddar on everything wheat like none other). I can’t tell you how fun it is to read a collection of short stories where nearly every one references a place I recognize, whether it’s the popcorn stand by the Shenandoah National Park exit, late night drinking at The Whiskey Jar or a cuppa at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. The story that stands out most in my mind is “Biodynamic Aeroconducive Gels,” about a time traveler who has to create exactly the right flavor profile on a Bodo’s sandwich to get back to his time. (Note: we take our bagels very seriously here.) 🥯 I also really loved “My Housemother is a Vampire,” which tells the story of a haunted sorority house staffed by, well, a vampire. The Book That Came Back prominently features - gasps - the dense forest of Little Free Libraries in my neighborhood. The protagonist, on her way to my farmer’s market, stops at my favorite used bookstore (shout out to @daedalusbookscharlottesville) and picks up a seemingly cursed novel that keeps finding its way back to her no matter how hard she tries to dispose of it. If you love Charlottesville, you have to read this book. Do you have a favorite book set in your area?
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Still riding the high of the #CrozetBookFest this past weekend. So grateful to everyone who came out to enjoy bookish things together, and especially to @bluebirdandco @bluebirdbookseller @thebookpowersthatbe for deciding to throw a book festival and then making it happen in record time. ❤️ #BookEvents #AuthorsOfBookstagram #VirginiaEvents
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