Angélique Jamail

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You're seeing it first tonight! Welcome to my cover reveal for STRAY, which comes out this May from @mementoviverepress.bsky.social!! Houston book launch at @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social on Saturday, May 2nd, at 4:00 p.m. Put it on your calendar now, and stay tuned for more details!!

Monday Earworm: Michael Jackson Every time I lament that a young person I care about has fallen into a scrolling habit and can’t get away from TikTok, I remember that I was part of the MTV generation and used to give my own…

Short film earworm. sapphostorque.com/2026/02/23/m...

Monday Earworm: Stevie Wonder So when this song came out I was in 4th or 5th grade. My godmother is hugely a fan of Stevie Wonder, and I remember that his records were always front and center by her stereo. She isn’t a lo…

An earworm especially for my aunt, but I hope you all enjoy it, too! sapphostorque.com/2026/02/16/m...

Monday Earworm: Anita Baker Anita Baker reportedly topped the list of Whitney Houston’s favorites, and she won the amusing accolade of being the most played background music back when telephone party/chat lines were pop…

Something mellow and delightful for your Monday Earworm. sapphostorque.com/2026/02/09/m...

Monday Earworm: Sade Welcome to February! I hope you enjoy an extraordinary love, whatever that looks like for you.

A little Sade for the kickoff of the February earworms. sapphostorque.com/2026/02/02/m...

Wrapped In Darkness — A Review Over the holidays I found out one of my cousins has an Etsy shop called Wrapped In Darkness. Friends, her stuff is fabulous. If you like the Gothic, if you like your macabre with a soupçon of humor…

For all your Gothic Glam wrapping and home decor and journaling needs... sapphostorque.com/2026/01/30/w...

Monday Earworm: Raye Okay, first of all, there’s some serious winter weather out there, and I hope you’re staying safe and warm and have everything you need. Second, the news out there SUCKS. And in an effo…

Today's a two-fer because we need it twice. sapphostorque.com/2026/01/26/m...

Top 25 Posts of 2025 I thought it might be interesting to see what the top performing posts here on the blog were for last year, and nice round numbers being what they are, we’re going to look at the Top 25 Posts…

The Top 25 Posts of 2025 over on Sappho's Torque. Lots of #poetry! sapphostorque.com/2026/01/24/t...

Monday Earworm: The Church One of my favorite quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Remembering that on a daily basis sometimes sustai…

I hope you've had a good day. sapphostorque.com/2026/01/19/m...

Monday Earworm: Depeche Mode It might be hard to remember that Depeche Mode used to be just a bunch of boys. This will help you remember it, though. Also, David Gahan’s foundational dance movements haven’t changed …

Sharing a very vintage performance by Depeche Mode on the blog tonight for your Monday Earworm. Enjoy! sapphostorque.com/2026/01/12/m...

Interview with A.C. Bauer, Author of WILDFORGED Hello! One of the books I read last year was Wildforged, a very entertaining novelette written by A.C. Bauer, another one of the Memento Vivere Press authors. I’ve got a little interview with…

One of the books I read last year, plus an interview with the author. sapphostorque.com/2026/01/10/i...

Monday Earworm: Taylor Swift I hope your holidays were wonderful and that the turn of your year was a good one. We’re back in Ordinary Time* now. Let’s celebrate the return of Monday Earworms with a song that has b…

Welcome the triumphant return of Monday Earworms! sapphostorque.com/2026/01/05/m...

And yes, I know the word is "kerfuffle," but considering imaginary cats are involved, I went with the fluffier option.

My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…

Important post by @chuckwendig.bsky.social about a little of the aftermath of that SFWA - AI kerfluffle. (It's less about the to-do and more about the whole AI thang.) Highly worth a read, and if you're as exhausted by this nonsense as I am, you'll feel seen. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

Holidays: The Struggle Is Real Sometimes. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/22/1...

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 8 Today is the Winter Solstice, an important and sacred holiday for a lot of people. If you’re celebrating in any capacity, Happy Yule! And if your plans for today or tonight were significantly…

Happy Yule! :) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/21/1...

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 7 This might be my favorite Pentatonix video I’ve seen. There are cute puppies at the end! And zero smarmy facial expressions, yay!

I love this one. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/21/1...

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 6 I love this fun little bop!

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Another one for you! sapphostorque.com/2025/12/20/1...

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 4 The word taqsim (pronounced “tahk-seem”) refers, sometimes, to a meditative or contemplative type of Middle Eastern dance. It’s lovely and introspective and can be soothing. It wo…

Some ballet for you. With some commentary, but only a little. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/20/1...

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 2 Tonight is actually a two-fer, because I’m highlighting the update of a fun holiday song and including the older version. Why? Because the older version by The Andrews Sisters has such sublim…

A two-fer on the holiday music, plus some gift ideas for writers (and readers)! sapphostorque.com/2025/12/15/1...

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) — Day 1 Here we are again! Welcome to this year’s much better playlist of holiday music than broadcast radio will give us. As is my usual custom when I have too much on my to-do list — and holy…

12 Days of Christmas Music We Can Totally Stan(d) begins tonight! Your holiday playlist has arrived. You're welcome. ;) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/14/1...

Monday Earworm: R.E.M. R.E.M. remains one of the few bands I was really, really disappointed to see break up. I think some part of me still wishes they might do a reunion tour or something. Their music is just so much fu…

How about some bouncy R.E.M. for your Monday evening, and the last Monday Earworm of this year? sapphostorque.com/2025/12/08/m...

Another Gratitude Round-Up Hello! Here is my (belated, sorry) last gratitude roundup for this year’s 30 Days of Gratitude in November. I have had a lot to be thankful for thee last several weeks. In no particular order…

The last gratitude round-up of the season. sapphostorque.com/2025/12/02/a...

Go ahead, try NOT to dance. :) sapphostorque.com/2025/12/01/m...

Happy Small Business Saturday! You know yesterday was Black Friday in the U.S., right? I’m guessing you’ve been getting emails from literally every place you’ve ever done business online right now. Have you als…

Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday! Are you avoiding contributing to late-stage capitalism? Let me help you with that. ;) sapphostorque.com/2025/11/29/h...

My Story in Synkroniciti Magazine Here’s something I’m grateful for today: I had a short story published recently. The title is “A Tree Falls in a Subdivision,” and as it’s one of the more slipstream t…

A delightful blurb about my latest short story published in Synkroniciti: sapphostorque.com/2025/11/26/m...