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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS
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VILE LADY VILLAINS (UK: Penguin Michael Joseph, April 2026/ US: Union Square & Co, May 2026) ✨Rep: Lauren Bieker✨Editor: khōréō ✨Assistant Lit. Agent: Tobias Literary Agency✨she/they🏳️‍🌈🇬🇷 lnk.bio/danaiwrites
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · Jun 12
VILE LADY VILLAINS is coming to the US and Canada!
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I can’t begin to tell you how deeply grateful and excited I am that my sapphic, Gothic, Greek myth meets Shakespeare horromantasy will be published in the US and Canada by the fantastic team over at Union Square & Co!
A screenshot of Publishers Marketplace featuring the sale of Danai’s book, Vile Lady Villains, to Union Square & Co for publication in summer 2026. The screenshot is adorned with character art of the book’s MCs, done by Marina Charalambides
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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 16h
The audio version of “The Traveling Mountain” by @dianadima.com is live! This story was edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social. The audio was narrated by @darthj.uno and produced by Jenelle DeCosta. Listen to the full audio story or read it on our website: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 19h
Make that $224 away from nonfiction and 5 backers from our final backer goal! We are SO CLOSE! Thank you!!!
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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 1d
We’re $436 away from unlocking nonfiction! That means we’ll open to submissions of everything from moving personal essays to excavations of queer SFF history to incisive literary criticism.

PLUS we’re only 8 backers from our final backer goal—help us get there!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 1d
We’re $436 away from unlocking nonfiction! That means we’ll open to submissions of everything from moving personal essays to excavations of queer SFF history to incisive literary criticism.

PLUS we’re only 8 backers from our final backer goal—help us get there!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 5d
Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...
Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin
Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!
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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 1d
Gahhh!!! The more teasers and excerpts we get from @danaiwrites.bsky.social for her forthcoming "Vile Lady Villains" debut novel, the more I'm like ... "More, please!" 💜💜💜
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d
One of my favorite pages
from VILE LADY VILLAINS

02 April 2026 (UK), 12 May 2026 (US)
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d
One of my favorite pages
from VILE LADY VILLAINS

02 April 2026 (UK), 12 May 2026 (US)
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social !
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to all the winners!
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION
2025 Winner Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works - THYME TRAVELLERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by Sonia Sulaiman
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d
Oh, hello
"2025 Winners Announcement" with Ignyte Awards logo overlayed on artwork by Nilah Magruder featuring a young Black knight in profile, kneeling with gloved hands on the hilt of a sword surrounded by orange flames. An eclipsing sun is in the background, giving the character a purple halo.
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2d
Today is National Coming Out Day!

It's also Freedom to Read Day, aka the last day of Banned Books Week.

This feels right — because the main reason they try to ban books is to keep people from dreaming they could ever come out.

My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...
They Want To Ban Books To Keep Us From Coming Out
Quick housekeeping! I’m doing a flurry of events once again: Tuesday I’ll be in the Koret Auditorium at the SF Public Library talking about banned books for...
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 3d
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 3d
They say they want new things in fantasy, then authors from marginalized groups do new things, but they don't like that, they want the new thing to be like the old thing except new.

What they really want is a book to rewind time and make them young again, something no book or anything else can do.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 3d
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 4d
Eh, it’s okay, I’m used to it at this point… but thank you 💜
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 4d
At least she gives me writing material
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I’m sorry 😂
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 4d
I’m seeing this trend where authors post 1-star reviews of their books and it’s usually fictional reviews from the POVs of their characters, and it looks so much fun that I almost consider trying it…

But then I remember that if I want a 1-star review of anything I do, I can just call my Mother.
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 4d
Would love to work with you on your poems!

Would also love OTHERSIDE to reach their stretch goals so they can publish some fantastic new nonfiction too!
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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 4d
We have some lovely rewards for you over on Kickstarter! Snag a subscription + poetry critique from the wonderful @angelaliu.bsky.social! Angela is a Nebula, Hugo, Astounding, Locus, AND Ignyte finalist—as well as a Rhysling Award recipient! And also the best.

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Info on Angela Liu's poetry critique! Text says: LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER poetry critique by ANGELA LIU Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and Ignyte finalist! Rhysling Award recipient! work in Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, elsewhere! Otherside logo is at the bottom over blurred purple OTHERSIDE website banner art.
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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 4d
The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is currently sitting at $6,717 of our $20K goal! That means we're a third of the way to funding four issues of Apex for next year! Can we hit 50% before the end of the week? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 4d
For people who love weird short stories—Did you know the incredible Lackington's archive is still online? You should read it now while we still have an internet lackingtons.com
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 4d
In which @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social had incredibly kind words for VILE LADY VILLAINS! One of the most bizarre, brilliant experiences of this whole thing so far has been getting amazing authors to somehow agree to read my book, and many of them seeming to enjoy it
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Go buy Behooved if you haven’t!
Early praise for Danai’s book: "I was enthralled from the first lush sentence to the final page. Blending familiar stories into new and wondrous forms, Vile Lady Villains is a powerful sapphic love story—and also an action-packed romp that theater nerds will find an utter delight. With spellbinding prose and deftly written, deeply compelling characters, this is a love letter to the classics that finally gives two of literature’s most notorious queens the stories they deserve." -M. Stevenson, author of Behooved
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 5d
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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 5d
I just finished @danaiwrites.bsky.social's VILE LADY VILLAINS (out next year) and *chomps down on pillow and makes unintelligible noises*.

Thanks. That was all for today. Remember to drink water and prioritize your sleep and don't walk through doors with bloodied handles and broken keys.

Or do...
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 6d
Happy book birthday!
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