@aspenrayne.comIf your gothic fiction preferences include haunted art, impossible sapphic longing, grief, obsession, dangerous beauty, and a house with terrible boundaries, The Colors That Haunt Us may be for you. It’s out now. aspenrayne.com/books #TheColorsThatHaunt #QueerBooks
@aspenrayne.com#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt Clara would argue. Loudly. She has little patience for anyone deciding who someone else is allowed to love or be.
Suzette would be more careful. She knows what that kind of hatred can cost, but underneath the caution is pure defiance.
@aspenrayne.comFor years, October 8 was a date I was working toward.
Then I woke up on October 9, the book was published, and I had another story to plan.
New on the blog: The Book Is Out. Now What?
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@aspenrayne.comSpoiler-free readalong check-in: where are you in Rosenfeld Manor right now? Just arriving, already suspicious of everything, making questionable decisions with Clara, or deep enough in that leaving feels unlikely? #TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #Readalong
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For Clara, I think she looks for someone who feels safe enough to be unguarded around.
She loves humor, tenderness, and the kind of intimacy built from small ordinary things: private jokes, shared meals, teasing, being known well enough that someone can call...
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This week was huge because The Colors That Haunt Us released on October 8!
Most of my energy went into that, my b-day, and getting used to the book being out in the world.
I did some planning too, but “published a book” absolutely counts as this week’s progress.
@aspenrayne.com“Yesterday I published a book” is still an extremely strange sentence.
This morning I woke up knowing The Colors That Haunt Us is actually in readers’ hands. People are opening it, meeting Clara and Suzette, and entering Rosenfeld Manor.
Still doesn’t feel real.
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I always joke that my snips are a stretch, but today it really is. She's searching through records, so one could say she's raiding the library? It's bad, I know.
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For The Colors That Haunt Us, I’d pick The Amazing Devil.
They already have two songs on the playlist, "Not Yet / Love Run (Reprise)" and "The Rockrose and the Thistle", and their whole sound fits the book almost perfectly: intimate, theatrical, romantic, eerie,...
@aspenrayne.comThank you to everyone who has followed along, shared posts, preordered, listened to me talk about haunted paintings, or simply been excited with me.
Now Clara, Suzette, and Rosenfeld Manor get to belong to readers too.
@aspenrayne.comIT’S OUT!!!
The Colors That Haunt Us is officially a real book that people can buy and read and have opinions about.
And, because apparently one major life event at a time wasn’t enough, today is also my birthday.
Happy book birthday to both of us.
@aspenrayne.comIf you like queer gothic fiction that is haunted, intimate, obsessive, and a little dangerous, The Colors That Haunt Us may be for you.
It’s a story of haunted art, impossible sapphic longing, grief, obsession, and a house that does not know when to let go.
Out Tomorrow.
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Coming out tomorrow is my first book The Colors That Haunt Us!
The Colors That Haunt Us is a queer gothic story of haunted art, impossible sapphic longing, grief, obsession, and a house that does not know how to let go.
@aspenrayne.comA little warning from Suzette as we get closer to release:
“Once you start feeling safe somewhere, it can be very easy to stop asking whether you actually are.”
The Colors That Haunt Us — October 8.
@aspenrayne.com#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt How many food items can I use to replace words that are food items I don't have in my story. I think this is the third one so far?
@aspenrayne.comFour days until Clara, Suzette, and Rosenfeld Manor officially belong to readers too.
I have been working toward this date for so long.
October 8. We’re almost there.
@aspenrayne.comAnd when your copy arrives, I would LOVE to see it!
Use #TheColorsThatHaunt when you post photos, reactions, reading updates, or anything else about the book so I can find them.
Just please keep major spoilers out of unmarked posts for other readers.
@aspenrayne.comIf you’re reading along at release, I’m hosting a StoryGraph readalong from October 8 through Halloween.
Read at your own pace, share theories, react to questionable decisions, and yell about Rosenfeld Manor with me.
@aspenrayne.comTHREE DAYS.
The Colors That Haunt Us comes out October 8, which is close enough that I’m alternating between extremely excited and staring at the calendar like it has personally done something to me.
@aspenrayne.comFinal preorder reminder!
The Colors That Haunt Us comes out October 8.
If you want queer gothic fiction with haunted art, impossible longing, grief, obsession, and a house that refuses to let go, this is your last preorder nudge.