Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf

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Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️‍🌈 Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/eliaseells

THE LIES OF THE AJUNGO, THE TRUTH OF THE ALEKE, THE MEMORY OF THE OGISI by Moses Ose Utomi stacked on a wooden desk
THE MEMORY OF THE OGISI by Moses Ose Utomi on a wooden desk
THE TRUTH OF THE ALEKE by Moses Ose Utomi on a wooden desk
THE LIES OF THE AJUNGO by Moses Ose Utomi on a wooden desk
THE LIES OF THE AJUNGO, THE TRUTH OF THE ALEKE, THE MEMORY OF THE OGISI by Moses Ose Utomi spread on a wooden desk
Looks like Mai Tai's back on the menu, boys.
Hoping open a copy of SHATTER THE SUN ed. dave ring to “The Peacock Wizard and the Serpent Queen” by Elias Eells
A pin oak tree and a cell tower against a clear blue sky
Selfie in the golden light beneath a pin oak
A hardcover copy of DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan on a bookcase with several works of ancient history. Alongside the book is a drink with a beeswax colored drink capped by a bright white foam.
The Peacock Wizard and the Cave of the Serpent Queen by Elias Eells
A paperback of THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson alongside a bruise-dark purple red drink in a low glass with a salted rom. White hydrangeas bloom in the background.
A butterfly flitting from flower to flower in the garden.
[A stack of books on a fence post in golden dawn light (bottom to top): BLACKTAIL by Scott Hawkins, THOUGHTS BE BLOODY by Auden Patrick, HYPERION by Dan Simmons, SPIDERLIGHT by Adrian Tchaikovsky, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST by Nghi Vo, PSYCHOPOMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE by Eden Royce, THE SCARLET BALL by Nghi Vo, THE TOMB OF THE CORPSE KING AND OTHER STORIES by Anthony Ryan, FIND ME WHERE IT ENDS by Cassandra Khaw, THE KILLING OF A CHESTNUT TREE by Oliver K. Langmead.]
A bartender spraying flame over two shot glasses topped with orange slices. Was the drink balanced? Of course not. Was it always delicious? You bet!
An advance review copy of THE FAREWITCH OF FOXE HOLLER by Ellen Pauley Goff nestled amid garden marigolds alongside a tarnished icy julep cup garnished with fresh basil and thyme.
Grinning selfie soaked to the skin in blue linen after being caught in a summer downpour
A hardcover of EVOCATION by S.T. Gibson on a bookshelf of occult texts alongside a dark drink in a cut glass highball glass.
Fields and clouds and bright blue sky of a Kentucky July
Auto text keyboard suggesting that after “Also, the” should follow “slutty homosexuals”
[Image desc: A stack of books (bottom to top): WHAT KIND OF MOTHER by Clay McLeod Chapman, THE FISHERMAN by John Langan, THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey, SUMMER SONS by Lee Mandelo, WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, THE OFF-SEASON ed. Marissa Van Uden, RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark, WILD SPACES by S.L. Coney, THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor Lavalle, SUMMER IN THE HOUSE OF THE DEPARTED by Josh Reynolds, THE DEAD WITHHELD by L.D. Lewis]
Cake with frosting decoration reading “Happy Birthday George Homer”
A hardcover of THE TAPESTRY OF FATE alongside a reddish drink in a pearl diver glass. Book and drink are nestled in lush summer greenery.
The world of heterosexual is a sick and boring life.
A stack of books on a redbud stump (bottom to top): BOYS, BEASTS, AND MEN by Sam J. Miller, CALL AND RESPONSE by Christopher Caldwell, I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED ed. Trip Galey, Robert Berg, and C.L. McCartney, NORTH CONTINENT RIBBON by Ursula Whitcher, WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2021 ed. L.D. Lewis and Charles Payseur, AMPLITUDES ed. Lee Mandelo, WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2023 ed. Darcie Little Badger and Charles Payseur
A copy of SHATTER THE SUN ed. dave ring at golden hour. A prism flashes rainbows on the wall behind. The anthology sits alongside a stack of classic Sword & Sorcery tales (bottom to top): ELRIC OF MELNIBONÉ by Michael Moorcock, THE COMING OF CONAN by Robert E. Howard, NEVERYÓNA by Samuel Delany, IN THE LAND OF TIME AND OTHER FANTASY TALES by Lord Dunsany, THE DARK EIDOLON AND OTHER FANTASIES by Clark Ashton Smith, JIREL OF JOIRY by C.L. Moore
A copy of FOUNDLING FATHERS by Meg Elison alongside an ochre colored drink in a small stemmed glass.
A book stack (bottom to top): THE LOOM TREE by Angel Mi Young Hur, PASHA THE STORM by Lin Codega, BETWEEN TWO FIRES by Christopher Buehlman, RABBIT TEST by Samantha Mills, YEAR’S BEST CANADIAN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 2 ed. Stephen Kotowych, SHADOW AND CLAW by Gene Wolfe, PAN by Francesco Dimitri trans. Sophia McDougall, THE FELICITY COMPLEX by August Clarke
A stack of books (bottom to top): THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez, THE TRAVELER by Joseph Eckert, THE RUIN OF KINGS by Jenn Lyons, NAVOLA by Paolo Bacigalupi, KALYNA THE SOOTHSAYER by Elijah Kinch Spector, DAY BOY by Trent Jamieson, THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera, DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan, THE MONSTER OF ELENDHAVEN by Jennifer Giesbrecht, THE SECOND SIGHT OF ZACHARY CLOUDESLEY by Sean Lusk, LAST FIRST SNOW by Max Gladstone
A stack of books on a green granite countertop (bottom to top): THE DAWNHOUNDS by Sascha Stronach, HEXARCHATE STORIES by Yoon Ha Lee, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by A.D. Sui, KEY LIME SKY by Al Hess, THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE by John Chu, CITY OF OTHERS by Jared Poon, METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke
KILL ALL WIZARDS by Jedediah Berry alongside a reddish green slushy drink in a lowball glass.
WE’RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2022 ed. Naomi Kanakia and Charles Payseur. The cover depicts a rope bound masculine figure in white briefs. He is being climbed by several smaller nude figures.
The cover for SHATTER THE SUN, edited by dave ring. A red and blue tinted palette centered round a toned beefcake warrior surrounded by weathered bluessteel wielding muscular hotties.
Bounding fawn in my yard
A stack of books (bottom to top): THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY, THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE, OLD MOON QUARTERLY VOL. 6, BURIED DEEP AND OTHER STORIES by Naomi Novik
A stack of books burnished in golden hour light (bottom to top): THE BOOK OF LOVE by Kelly Link, THE MONSTER BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson, THE PHILOSOPHER'S FLIGHT by Tom Miller, A DROP OF CORRUPTION by Robert Jackson Bennet, THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez, EVOCATION by S.T. Gibson, WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER by Ed McDonald
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ONE FOR THE DRAFTS FOLDER
An advance reader copy THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO alongside a red drink in a coupe glass on a table top.
THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE on a green cotton blanket.
Selfie in a green and white floral shirt.
A stack of books held up before early summer flowers (top to bottom): AMBERLOUGH by Lara Elena Donnelly, IDOLFIRE by Grace Curtis, THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera, THE WEST PASSAGE by Jared Pechaček, KALYNA THE SOOTHSAYER by Elijah Kinch Spector, HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD by Shelley Parker-Chan, THE SLEEPLESS by Victor Manibo
Lee Mandelo and Elias Eells in conversation on AMPLITUDES: STORIES OF QUEER AND TRANS FUTURITY 6/4/25
TALES OF NEVÈRŸON by Samuel Delany alongside a deep red drink with a salt-crusted rim in front of bright garden greenery.
[A stack of books before a fallen trunk of Eastern Redbud, a hollow in the tree shaped to suggest a dragon’s eye (bottom to top): THE SHIPWRIGHT AND THE SHROUDWEAVER by Rafael Torrubia, THE TRAVELER by Joseph Eckert, THE TAPESTRY OF FATE by Shannon Chakraborty, THE LAST SHIELD by Cameron Johnston, FOUNDLING FATHERS by Meg Elison, WE’RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) series ed. Charles Payseur ]
A pair of skull shaped drink dispensers in Goodwill. It’s all very Gideon the Ninth.
A quick circular tour of my home library
A hardcover copy of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee on a limestone hearth alongside a rust pink drink in an old fashioned glass.
A review copy of THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY on a wooden table in front of library bookshelves.
Big beefy bunny outside my Living room window.
[Image desc: THE MYSTERY OF THE BITTEN PEACH by Cecilia Tan alongside a pale yellow amber drink in a cut crystal glass on a garden table flanked by yellow coreopsis flowers.]
[Image desc: a hardcover copy of THE NAMELESS LAND by Kate Elliott alongside a reddish blush drink in a low glass with a large ice cube.]
[A stack of books on a brick plinth at golden hour (bottom to top): THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee, INNAMORATA by Ava Reid, THE OAK AND THE LARCH by Sophie Pinkham, THE STORY OF BIRDS by Steve Brusatte, WHAT WE ARE SEEKING by Cameron Reed, AUNT TIGRESS by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin, CALL ME TRAITOR by Everina Maxwell, THE MYSTERY OF THE BITTEN PEACH by Cecilia Tan, THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho]
“If the Gothic tradition of fear teaches us that the ruins of the past haunt the present, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon offers the inverse: a present so forcefully flattened, so aggressively 'fun,' that it has exorcised history entirely, leaving us trapped in a sterile, eternal loop of viral games and celebrity lip-syncing while the world slides into climate collapse and fascist politics. — Jon Greenaway for Current Affairs magazine
[A stack of books in front of bright pink peonies (bottom to top): THE MEMORY OF SOULS by Jenn Lyons, THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI by Shannon Chakraborty, DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY by Rosalie M. Lin, THE WEST PASSAGE by Jared Pechaček WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, CLUB CONTANGO by Eliane Boey, THE FIFTH SEASON N.K. Jemisin, WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen Yi-Lee, THE KEEPER’S SIX by Kate Elliott, DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS by S.M. Mack, A SEASON OF MONSTROUS CONCEPTIONS by Lina Rather]
[Image desc: A hardcover of CABARET IN FLAMES by Hache Pueyo alongside a hot pink drink in a cut crystal glass in the garden in front of a bruise red-purple iris.]
A stack of books on a fence post (bottom to top): STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow, COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES by Elias Eells, WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo, THE FAREWITCH OF FOXE HOLLER by Ellen Pauley Goff, THE FRAME UP by Gwenda Bond, BEARS DISCOVER FIRE AND OTHER STORIES by Terry Bisson, THESE PRISONING HILLS by Christopher Rowe
[A julep in a tarnished cup alongside a copy of COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES by Elias Eells in front of deep purple irises]
AN ACCIDENT OF DRAGONS by Cheri Radke On a brick path alongside a red drink in a tall glass and spring flowers.
HOUSE, BODY, BIRD by Bernie Jean Schiebeling alongside a reddish drink garnished with a cocktail cherry on a wooden table in front of a lilac shrub.
[A stack of books amid garden irises (top to bottom): TALES FROM THE TERRITORY by Travis Baldree, PRECIOUS CHILDREN by Mary G. Thompson, THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS by John Wiswell, MULTITUDE by Marie Vibbert, TALES OF NEVÈRŸON by Samuel R. Delany, NEVERYÓNA by Samuel R. Delany, FLIGHT FROM NEVÈRŸON by Samuel R. Delany, RETURN TO NEVÈRŸON by Samuel R. Delany]