allison e. crisostomo

@aecwrites.bsky.social

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filipino american writer, teacher, cyclist, photographer, flutist, cat wrangler anti-ai SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CONFIT available NOW https://books2read.com/sweetdreamsaremadeofconfit 🌈 💜🤍🖤🇵🇭 https://linktr.ee/aecrisostomo

THIS REALITY AND THE NEXT adult cozy fantasy 84,000 words
Photo depicting alphasmart neo2 on top of a bulbasaur pillow
I’m hardly in the shape to fight anything,” he protested. “I can barely walk without help!” “That’s fine, you won’t need to,” Emeric said, gesturing for him to come again. Lyric sighed and walked toward the great gaping hole. When he stepped through, he expected to appear inside of the sorcerer’s tower. Instead, he found himself inside Andres’ living room. Andres himself was naked, a towel wrapped around his waist and a hand in his damp hair. He startled when Emeric and Lyric suddenly appeared, throwing an accusatory glare at Lyric. “He brought me!” Lyric said quickly. “I didn’t ask to come, I swear. Tell him, Emeric!”
guilty looking tabby cat
Book cover image of The Chronicles of Chrestomanci volume 1; book titles: Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant
Sprigatito the tabby cat
Quoted text “You’re painting yourself as the villain and me as the hero. It’s not that kind of black and white. Lyric — what if it’s both of us?”
Text overlay “This Reality and the Next” on top of multiple photos. Left to right: Coffee and newspapers; lightning storm; a man in suspenders; breakfast of longanisa and eggs and rice; a cityscape; two knights touching helmets; hockey skates against the ice; a man posing smugly; a flowering tree
Ginger cat curled up
The text THIS REALITY AND THE NEXT overlaid on images of a hockey skate, a chef putting finishing touches on a plate, a knight, and a camera and typewriter. Background image is Manhattan.
sleepy orange kitty
Graphic of cabaret theater with text on top. MS title: STRUNG UP IN THE STUDIO. Songlist: 1. Louder than words (Tick, Tick…Boom) 2. No One Mourns the Wicked (Wicked) 3. Climbing Uphill (The Last Five Years) 4. Maybe This Time (Cabaret) 5. Tonight (West Side Story) 6. Meek Shall Inherit (Little Shop of Horrors)
Graphic with book cover “Sweet Dreams Are Made of Confit” and the text: “Don’t you have dreams, Patate?” she asked. “Yes, of course,” he said reasonably. “I dream about duck confit.”
Collage: The text Strung Up in the Studio; a busy lower east side nyc street at night; the inside of a cabaret theater; a circus performer on silks; a row of theater lights; and some lit christmas parols/stars.
Cat in an art scratcher
ginger cat sleeping
The text: Available August 28th! book cover of SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CONFIT bottom text: Preorder link in bio!
Collage with the MS title STRUNG UP IN THE STUDIO. Images: A NYC lower east side street at night; a night club performance venue; a circus performer on silks; stage lights; and Filipino Christmas light-up stars.
tabby named Sprigatito
Ebook cover for Sweet Dreams Are Made of Confit featuring a night time skyline with cats.
10-photo collage featuring a bright light, an engine, a lighthouse, agates, birch wood, a dock, a bicycle, a tall ship, weapons including a blade and kali sticks, and a crystal.
ginger cat sitting like a weirdo, all legs
6 photos: circus performers, a cabaret venue and bar, a narrow staircase, a drag queen emcee, radio city music hall at Christmas, and a breakdancer.
a bed littered with filipino-authored books
Movie poster with three images: an iridescent sailfin dragon, a campfire blazing, and a chickadee with its wings fanned out. Working title: “Bond Fallen” a story by A. E. Crisostomo
NYC street photo detailing Citibikes.
Ginger cat (Litten) cuddles
Book covers for Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala, How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith, The Chrestomanci Chronicles volume 1 by Diana Wynne Jones, Babel by R. F. Kuang, Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay, and More Than Enough by Elizabeth Wambheim
Six photos: circus duo, inside a cafe, a narrow staircase, a drag queen performing, 30 rock christmas tree, hip hop dancer