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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass Pumpkin King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 19h
Check out my new book, available for preorder now!

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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 1d
Preorders are up now for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.) www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi...
Scarlet book cover with a white pentagon surrounded by question marks, and the silhouette of a trenchcoat-wearing man in the center. Title: BlankAnon, author Justin Robinson. Text to the side: It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat me first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass Pumpkin King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 1d
You know you want to read this
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 1d
Preorders are up now for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.) www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi...
Scarlet book cover with a white pentagon surrounded by question marks, and the silhouette of a trenchcoat-wearing man in the center. Title: BlankAnon, author Justin Robinson. Text to the side: It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat me first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 1d
#Booksky Today! Go visit Michael and other vendors at the always delightful Cream & Amber in Hopkins, MN from 10-2!
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 5d
#Booksky Upcoming book table! Author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social will be at @creamandamber.bsky.social‘s Fall Mini Mart in Hopkins, MN this Saturday from 10/2 with our books and his. Go say hi! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...
Fall Mini Market
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
Got a question about publishing you've always wanted answered? Well now's your chance!

#AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Manchester

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Background graphic of a printing press. Urmston Books and BFS logos on either side of the title. Three author photos beneath title plus the compass emblem for Northodox Press Text: The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books & Board Games “Paths to Publication” Keith Dickinson, Andrew Knighton, Emma Sterner-Radley, Northodox Press Wednesday 22nd October, 7pm, Urmston Books, 72 Flixton Road, M41 5AB Tickets £5 https://www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/paths-to-publication
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Nathan Long @nathanrlong.bsky.social · 1d
I blurbed this! It was good!
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 1d
Preorders are up now for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.) www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi...
Scarlet book cover with a white pentagon surrounded by question marks, and the silhouette of a trenchcoat-wearing man in the center. Title: BlankAnon, author Justin Robinson. Text to the side: It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat me first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 1d
Preorders are up now for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.) www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi...
Scarlet book cover with a white pentagon surrounded by question marks, and the silhouette of a trenchcoat-wearing man in the center. Title: BlankAnon, author Justin Robinson. Text to the side: It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat me first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 2d
#Booksky Big congratulatory 👍🏻 to author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social! He is a finalist for the Starpath Creatives contest, a semi-finalist for the Small Spec Book Awards and he’ll be selling books at @creamandamber.bsky.social’s Fall Mini Market 10/11! queenofswordspress.com/authors/mich...
Semi-finalist graphic for TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by Michael Merriam. White man with beard and graying hair holding his book and a mug with his book cover on it. Cover for LAST CAR AT ANNWN STATION by Michael Merriam.
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Queen of Grimdark @annasmithspark.bsky.social · 2d
I'll be giving a workshop @butserancientfarm.co.uk on Sat 18 October as part of #butserbookfest . I'll take people through building a rich, magical, mythic but human world for a fantasy or historical novel or short story.
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass Pumpkin King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 5d
I wrote a crime/heist novel about QAnon
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 5d
BlankAnon, the 3rd book in the Fill In the Blank series from @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social, comes out next month! Preorders will be up shortly on all the usual suspects.
Two scarlet book covers with the silhouette of a mysterious man, one for Mr Blank and one for Get Blank. Text reads: Meet Mr Blank. "Every conspiracy needs a guy like me. Every conspiracy has one — me." He's done the scut work for every conspiracy in the Information Underground, dealing with underground conspiracies, aliens, cryptids, Satanists, and pretty much anything that goes bump in the night. And when he wants to retire, well, someone frames his girlfriend for murder and tries to kill him. Again. "I really need a better career plan."
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 5d
BlankAnon, the 3rd book in the Fill In the Blank series from @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social, comes out next month! Preorders will be up shortly on all the usual suspects.
Two scarlet book covers with the silhouette of a mysterious man, one for Mr Blank and one for Get Blank. Text reads: Meet Mr Blank. "Every conspiracy needs a guy like me. Every conspiracy has one — me." He's done the scut work for every conspiracy in the Information Underground, dealing with underground conspiracies, aliens, cryptids, Satanists, and pretty much anything that goes bump in the night. And when he wants to retire, well, someone frames his girlfriend for murder and tries to kill him. Again. "I really need a better career plan."
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 8d
If you emailed us and got a weird bounceback, the problem is (or should be) fixed...
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K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 11d
I stayed up all night reading this one!
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Gold Dust Publishing @gdpub.bsky.social · 11d
Available now!

Children of Solitude by Michael G. Williams

Order signed copies directly from the publisher.

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Children of Solitude
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 11d
Yay! The book should be just out - it should be one of the first places to have it available. :-)
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · Sep 12
#Booksky Second cool book announcement for September! We’re going to be publishing a terrific mini collection of amazing author/editor Joyce Chng’s @jolantru.bsky.social fantastical sapphic pirate stories, set in an early in 2026! So excited about this! 💖
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12d
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 14d
ICYMI, tomorrow 9/28 we'll be at the Durham Geek & Grum Market (Book Nerd Edition) from 12-5 PM at the Durham Armory. There will be lots of books and book-related things!
www.geekandgrubmarket.com/event-detail...
Durham Geek and Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition) | Geek & Grub Market
Book Nerds Rejoice! Come Join us for a day of book-themed fun!
www.geekandgrubmarket.com
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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 18d
115. Grave Evidence for Viking Warrior Women

In which I discuss some part of my recent academic reading obsession: swords and sexed-female burials in the Viking world of the 8th-10th centuries CE. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so. If you enjoy these sorts of…
115. Grave Evidence for Viking Warrior Women
In which I discuss some part of my recent academic reading obsession: swords and sexed-female burials in the Viking world of the 8th-10th centuries CE. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so. If you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them.
lizbourke.wordpress.com
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 18d
Not to mention you want to read the Astreiant series!
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 24d
#Booksky Buying direct from us is a huge help to our bottom line, plus our authors get paid more! Find your favorite queer reads in ePub and Kindle (Mobi available by request) at our webstore - queenofswordspress.com/product/poin...
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 20d
Just a reminder, a week from today we'll be at Durham Geek & Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition), from 12-5 PM at the Durham Armory. Hope to see a few of you there!
www.geekandgrubmarket.com/event-detail...
Durham Geek and Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition) | Geek & Grub Market
Book Nerds Rejoice! Come Join us for a day of book-themed fun!
www.geekandgrubmarket.com
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 20d
More backlist, this time the scorching satire of @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social - Mr Blank and Get Blank.
Book 3 is coming in November!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4SLR7P...
Meet Mr Blank. "Every conspiracy needs a guy like me. Every conspiracy has one — me." He's done the scut work for every conspiracy in the Information Underground, dealing with underground conspiracies, aliens, cryptids, Satanist, and pretty much anything that goes bump in the night. And when he wants to retire, well, someone frames his girlfriend for murder and tried to kill him. Again. "I really need a better career plan." Two book covers, one for Mr Blank and one for Get Blank, both by Justin Robinson. Both are scarlet with a black silhouette of a man, one superimposed on the dot of a question mark, the other on the center of a target.
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K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 21d
Alright, commencing a week of intense work, so I should really stay off this site. Try not to burn the world down while I'm gone, and maybe buy some books. Might I suggest the first of a dark high fantasy duology (book ii about 2/3 written now) The Wolf and the Wild King www.kvj.ca/wolf.html ...
K.V. Johansen | The Wolf and the Wild King
About The Wolf and the Wild King, book one of The Forest high fantasy duology, by K.V. Johansen
www.kvj.ca
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Victor SGT. Sparty Rebella @sgtsparty.bsky.social · 23d
I picked this up the last time i saw it on my feed and it's is 100% worth the read. I really enjoyed it. My only complaint is that there isn't as sequel. #Booksky
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 25d
Foregrounding some of our excellent backlist - today, @amtuomala.bsky.social 's The Map and the Territory.
www.amazon.com/Map-Territor...
A tall black man with flowing dreads stands back to back with a shorter brown woman. The text reads: The Map and the Territory. In A.M. Tuomala's extraordinary post-apocalyptic fantasy, cartographer Rukha is trapped when an earthquake shatters her city. Then the wizard Eshu stumbles out of a mirror with hungry ghosts on his heels. Somehow, together, they must survive the end of their world. "Gripping, vivid, and magical" - Publishers Weekly
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Waverly @waverlysm.bsky.social · 23d
I got to read this in its larval form and I really do recommend it
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 25d
Foregrounding some of our excellent backlist - today, @amtuomala.bsky.social 's The Map and the Territory.
www.amazon.com/Map-Territor...
A tall black man with flowing dreads stands back to back with a shorter brown woman. The text reads: The Map and the Territory. In A.M. Tuomala's extraordinary post-apocalyptic fantasy, cartographer Rukha is trapped when an earthquake shatters her city. Then the wizard Eshu stumbles out of a mirror with hungry ghosts on his heels. Somehow, together, they must survive the end of their world. "Gripping, vivid, and magical" - Publishers Weekly
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 23d
Thread!
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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 23d
In case I haven't said it enough recently, I HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM!

The Map and the Territory is an apocalyptic picaresque about finding hope not in Saving the World but in choosing to live in it together--even when it's broken--and making it incrementally better. 🌱
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 25d
Foregrounding some of our excellent backlist - today, @amtuomala.bsky.social 's The Map and the Territory.
www.amazon.com/Map-Territor...
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🌿🌲orion 🫒🍉 @antlerlad.bsky.social · 23d
You 👆🏻 should read this book by my beloved mutual
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 25d
Foregrounding some of our excellent backlist - today, @amtuomala.bsky.social 's The Map and the Territory.
www.amazon.com/Map-Territor...
A tall black man with flowing dreads stands back to back with a shorter brown woman. The text reads: The Map and the Territory. In A.M. Tuomala's extraordinary post-apocalyptic fantasy, cartographer Rukha is trapped when an earthquake shatters her city. Then the wizard Eshu stumbles out of a mirror with hungry ghosts on his heels. Somehow, together, they must survive the end of their world. "Gripping, vivid, and magical" - Publishers Weekly
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