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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.
@aspenrayne.comUnsurprisingly, there's quite a few options for petal(s) in the book that talks about roses a lot.
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Please don't take this as an official "this is what Suzette looks like" I struggle to picture characters so none of my characters technically have an official "this is what they look like" but this is close enough.
This is Suzette, our favorite 1880's ghost.
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Can I just...put the whole book here? The best part about having a horror novel lol.
A little too long to share the way I normally do, so have a screenshot from the text editor.
@aspenrayne.comOne last excerpt before The Colors That Haunt Us is out in the world.
Rosenfeld Manor has always wanted people to stay. Whether that means it loves them is another question entirely.
October 8.
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Queer history shapes Suzette’s story.
Her 1890s relationship survives through letters calling her lover a “dearest friend,” records naming her a “close companion,” and places where that woman’s name was erased.
The story is about uncovering what was hidden.