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SBTB 2026 Summer Romance Bingo

Grab your TBRs and get ready for Summer Solstice on June 21!

Links: Horror, Ghostbusters, & More

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Hello and good morning! It’s a quick little post today. I’ve been having a craving for Publix’s Southern Style Potato Salad and I was able to find a dupe recipe online. Brian made it over the weekend and it’s a pretty good replacement. My only critique was just a touch more mayo and mustard as it was slightly dry for me. Do you ever get cravings for very specific brand foods or regional foods? … Sarah’s post … Continue reading Links: Horror, Ghostbusters, & More

Tarot After Dark: Dragons

Smart Bitches After Dark Tarot Smart Bitches in a blue typewriter font, and After Dark in a neon pink lettering with a massive amount of pink neon glow around it. In the lower left corner are three tarot cards, two black, and one white with blue and gold accents

This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Tarot After Dark: Dragons

The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Parody Musical

Heated Rivalry the unauthorized musical parody with the title in yellow and red, with a hockey stick woven between the letters

TL;DR: if you loved Heated Rivalry, and/or if your diaphragm is bored and you’d like to entertain it by laughing for 75 straight minutes, go and see The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Parody Musical at The Culture Club on West 27th in New York. I’ve written pretty often about how much I love affectionate satire and parody. You might have guessed from the past 21 years of our examination of romance fiction that this might be … Continue reading The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Parody Musical

Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!

HaBO: He’s a Spider Alien…Or Alien Spider

This HaBO was sent in by Nuria, who is looking for this alien romance: I’m trying to find a human-alien romance I read a few years ago. It starts from the alien’s POV but eventually alternates with the female protagonist. He’s a skilled hunter; she’s the only survivor of a crashed colony ship. Stuff I liked: where a lot of sci-fi romance tends to hand-wave the ‘sci,’ the world building and technology had a lot … Continue reading HaBO: He’s a Spider Alien…Or Alien Spider

Read Them All Now, or Wait?

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I am going to ask a most contentious question: When you encounter a series, are you inclined to read them as soon as they’re available, or do you want to wait until the series is complete to binge them?  This is contentious because it’s a case of reader preference being at great odds with How Publishing Works. Or “works.” I have to start by outlining the downside to waiting, a reader habit which I know … Continue reading Read Them All Now, or Wait?

Sunday Sale Digest!

Smart Bitches in a blue typewriter font, and After Dark lit up like hot pink neon

This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest!

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