Hello, my wonderfully spectacular friends!

Can you believe it’s already September? Before we know it, Halloween will be here, followed immediately by Thanksgiving—or, more accurately, Thankstaking—and then Crimmus, Chanukah, and Festivus will come barreling around the corner. The calendar has apparently mistaken itself for a competitive sport, and I would like it to calm the f*ck down.

I suppose this is what my foster mom meant when she kept telling fifteen-year-old me to slow down. Granted, she usually said it while white-knuckling the dashboard and looking at me with abject horror, so she may have been referring specifically to my driving. Still: the lesson feels transferable.

So, before the calendar flings us bodily into October, here’s what I managed to do in August:

I opened an Etsy shop!

The Cabinet of Merveilles (translated to the Cabinet of Wonders) now has a proper little corner of the internet for books, stickers, and (eventually) assorted curious things. You can visit the shop here or by clicking the links above. I’ll be listing more ThanksTaking, as well as Christmas-themed stickers in the coming days.

A small preview of some of the stickers I have for sale: 

I finished The Curious Capers series!

Cora and Captain Clawhugs’ adventures are complete! You can find the series on Amazon or take a closer look inside the series. I’m also working on a companion activity book, which will be available for preorder November 13 and released February 27, 2027.

I re-released No One Came but the Ravens!

My debut psychological-horror novel has made its way back into the world in a new edition. If bleak winter isolation, a decomposing corpse, unsettling children, and an ominous number of ravens sound like your idea of a good time, you can find it here. I’ve also listed it on Etsy as a paperback horror bundle, so that in addition to the signed novel you’ll also get 6 exclusive-to-the-book stickers, and a themed bookmark.

So that’s what I was doing every day in August. Mystery solved. Apparently I wasn’t imagining the constant busyness; I was simply operating a small creative empire with the administrative staff of one mildly bewildered woman.

 Until next time,

Julie