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Posts by Laura Cranehill

This book kicks ass and takes names. I'm going to be in conversation with @lauracranehill.bsky.social when she visits Seattle next month -- May 20, Third Place Books Ravenna. Be there!

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No Wendy you're so smart and cool!! 🫶🍄

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I am getting so excited about tonight's @powells.bsky.social event with @lauracranehill.bsky.social! Her book is so beautiful and she is so smart and cool. So glad I get to help celebrate its launch.

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Thanks so much! ♥️🍄

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Extremely excited for @lauracranehill.bsky.social on her book birthday! Check out WIFE SHAPED BODIES and tell people about it.

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The cover of WIFE SHAPED BODIES features many kinds of strangely colored and shaped fungi -- with a feminine face and hands worked into the unsettling mix.

The cover of WIFE SHAPED BODIES features many kinds of strangely colored and shaped fungi -- with a feminine face and hands worked into the unsettling mix.

Portlanders! Are you pining for a brain-melting discussion of weird and terrifying mushrooms? Then join @lauracranehill.bsky.social and I at Powell's (Burnside location) at 7 pm tomorrow to discuss her amazing debut novel, WIFE SHAPED BODIES.
www.powells.com/events/laura...

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Head over to Debutiful to read an excerpt from WIFE SHAPED BODIES by @lauracranehill.bsky.social!

WSB is available from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social now.

debutiful.net/2026/04/14/r...

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Repulsion and Beauty:  A Conversation with Laura Cranehill about “Wife Shaped Bodies” - Chicago Review of Books In Wife Shaped Bodies by Laura Cranehill, touch is restricted, bodies threaten to contaminate one another, and hybridized mushroom women sprout fungal growths that are shaved away so they appear more ...

"It doesn’t really matter what species you are—we should come together and take care of all species."

Audrey Bauman's interview with @lauracranehill.bsky.social on "Wife Shaped Bodies" (@sagapressbooks.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2026/04/14/r...

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Graphic with a cover of Wife Shaped Bodies, an amalgamation of creepy hands and fungus covering a face, and a picture of the author partially covered in hand shadows, with text: Meet Laura Cranehill on tour Wednesday April 15 7:00 pm Powell’s books with Wendy Wagner Portland OR

Graphic with a cover of Wife Shaped Bodies, an amalgamation of creepy hands and fungus covering a face, and a picture of the author partially covered in hand shadows, with text: Meet Laura Cranehill on tour Wednesday April 15 7:00 pm Powell’s books with Wendy Wagner Portland OR

Come to my Powell’s event for Wife Shaped Bodies where I will be speaking with the incredible Wendy N Wagner, April 15th 7 pm!

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Yes, your email does find me well

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I'm so ready for the subnautical

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I'm so excited for this!!

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😂😂 grammar is not my job, my job is to be fabulous thx

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What I'm Reading: Wife Shaped Bodies The March 2026 issue of Booklist has a review by me inside. As usual, this post includes my draft review and bonus content. Wife Shaped Bodi...

What I'm Reading: Wife Shaped Bodies by @lauracranehill.bsky.social. Glowing review in the @ala-booklist.bsky.social March 2026 issue:

raforall.blogspot.com/2026/03/what...

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Thank you so much! And thank you for the beautiful review!

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I am* excited lol I can’t remember grammar right now

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Aw Brandon!! Thank you!!! I’d be very excited to see you too!

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Aw Yay! Thank you Erik!

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Your 2026 Nightmare Fuel: Horror Novels You Need To Read - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website Your 2026 Nightmare Fuel: Horror Novels You Need to Read Ready to pre-order your 2026 nightmares? This is just the beginning.

The genre is mutating into its most vital, incisive form. Pre-order your nightmares here. The full list of essential reads is a revolution in dread. #Horror2026 #Books #MustRead

gnofhorror.com/your-2026-ni...

@mlfaliveno.bsky.social @lauracranehill.bsky.social @bethanycmorrow.com

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What a fantastic list! Thank you for including me

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Yikes, I guess I miss a lot when I try to stay offline 🫠

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👏👏👏

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The Most Anticipated Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2026 Here are the science fiction and fantasy books we're most excited to read in 2026.

Every author dreams of readers waiting for their work to come out! Here are some! Includes @sunyidean.com , @isabel.kim , @johnchu.bsky.social , @acwise.bsky.social , @annleckie.com
Might have to put a few of these on the tbr list.

theportalist.com/most-anticip...

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Unmissable Fantasy and SciFi of 2026! The EXTREMELY MANY SFF releases of 2026 that I consider unmissable!

The one, the only: the ✨UNMISSABLE SFF of 2026✨ list!

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aka all the fantasy and sci-fi that should definitely be on your tbr, how are these not on your tbr already??? you poor unfortunate soul, let's fix that!
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2026 is going to be such a good year 👏 so many good books to look forward to! Thanks for mentioning wife shaped bodies!

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Happy birthday!! And I’m glad you’re ok 😳

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Thanks so much for the review, Celeste!

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