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Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar

Sep
14
Two stacks of signed This Is How You Lose the Time War on a bookstore counter angled like wings behind one faced-out copy.

The first day of Autumn

is, calendrically speaking, still a week away, but today I felt it: the weather cold enough to demand a hoodie,
3 min read
Aug
18
Rough-hewn stone steps flanked by flowering raspberry shrubs and greenery, leading up to mystery.

How far can you travel into August

When I was a child, I watched with great and regular passion a show called Are You Afraid of the
4 min read
Aug
01
On the left, a modern, cartoony interpretation of a witch; on the right, a more traditional woodcut-inspired one.

Letter of News: August Star Wars Witches

Dear Friends, Happy Lammas, Merry Lughnasadh, and a fine August 1 to you all! The first day in August is
3 min read
Jul
28
Two black and white cats sleeping on a grey couch near a window full of greenery.

Letter of News: Bookstore Event + A Month's Worth of Links

Dear Friends, I sit down to write this letter, and look back through the last month for some kind of
4 min read
Jun
28
Abstract image of black ink smeared or stamped in a vague rectangle across a canvas.

A dream of a wake

4 min read
Jun
17
The river Clyde dark grey and sparkling under a mass of cloud through which sunlight pours in billowing streams.

Letter of News: Glasgow, Signed Books, Otherworldly

Dear Friends, I'm writing to you from Glasgow, Scotland, where I've been for the better part of two weeks, wrestling
4 min read
May
20
Photo of me on the left next to textbox that reads FOUR NEW BOOKS FROM AUTHOR AMAL EL-MOHTAR, above the Tor Books logo.

Letter of News: Wayward, Yellowface, and Kind of a Big Deal

Dear Friends, I promise this isn't a daily newsletter! These are merely extraordinary circumstances! I'm writing to you from Vancouver
2 min read
May
19
Meme captioned "a good book can change your life": wee men walk under a tented copy of Time War & emerge as Nicholas Wolfwood

The Twelve Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

Dear Friends, Previously, on Amal Content: A lot has happened since then. I truly struggle with how to talk about
5 min read
May
09
Screenshot of my tweet reads "I do not understand what is happening but I am incomprehensibly grateful to bigolas dickolas"

I tried to title this post for twenty minutes and failed

Dear Friends, What's this! Another newsletter, so fast on the heels of the last? Forgive me – it's time-sensitive and extraordinary.
3 min read
May
06
Cherry plum branches, their new green leaves glowing with light against a blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

Letter of News: Star Wars, New Column, Many Links

Dear Friends, I've found it so difficult to write a newsletter lately. So much has happened since last I wrote
5 min read
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