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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · Aug 7

New pinned. Family photo of CLUB CONTANGO (mystery novel, single mum "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with gangs, clubs, and gloves off) and OTHER MINDS (technoir novellas: one for the TRON, "Infernal Affairs" and Sphere fans), pubbed by Dark Matter INK 🛒 bookshop.org, blackwells.co.uk, kinokuniya.com.sg

"Club Contango" and "Other Minds", two books by Boey, on an amp, under wooden shelves.

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 17h

This new book THE FIB, by @pedroiniguez.bsky.social, I just love so much. Pepe is relatable on many levels as he faces the consequences of one little lie loosed upon his vibrant world. Perfect for children’s gifts, libraries, schools, & anyone who needs a reminder that honesty is a better companion.

Jendia Gammon hold old is a copy of the children’s picture book THE FIB by Pedro Iniguez. The book cover is illustrated by Nathan Kwan, and it features a young boy (Pepe) pulling on the tail of a large, cartoonish monster as though trying to hold it back. The publisher is Gloo Books.

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 17h

Hello from the last stages of polishing a New Thing definitely no one asked for. The dialogue is stilted, the action is awkward and this entire system is bananas. Everything is fine, really.

Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 17h

"Interstellar Megachef", and most of @aliettedebodard.com's books!

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 17h

In-person? 😭 I hope to make it one year!

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 2d

Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 1d

Sticky has abandoned the Für Elise and is notating and playing Soda Pop. Whatever gets me my Saturday afternoon writing hour.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 2d

Yeah
Here to stay but I totally get why people would leave. Esp marginalized folks who don't get as much support (I remain convinced the industry loves its marginalized debuts but hasn't scaled up to supporting long term careers)

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 3d

RIGHT, I think I've got bibliography up to date except for some weird bugs that are with my webmaster
BTW, in case you missed it, I've got two free stories:
-Angsty f/f Annatar/Celebrimbor
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
-Death, grief, letting go and dragons: frictionlit.org/descendant/?...

The Breaker of Mountains and Rivers - Uncanny Magazine

Content note: torture Imawane has lost track of time, hanging in the chains—everything contracting to the pain in her legs, the pull of the chains on her wrists, the broken ribs, the breath that rat...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 4d

Keeping.

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 4d

If you want a sample of what the Deadlands can bring YOU, please read my short story "doorbell dot mov" that they published just last year!

psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 6d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 7d

If you're in Asia, CLUB CONTANGO is 10pct off at Kinokuniya this week!

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 6d

Oh hey please subscribe
I talk about writing, media, tea and various other things catching my fancy
(and to everyone who remained subscribed while it lay fallow, thank you SO MUCH).

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 6d

Quick reminder I'm slowly restarting my patreon and you can subscribe here for recipes, excerpts, and nerdy deep dives
www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...

Also my newsletter is here if you'd rather
www.aliettedebodard.com/newsletter

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 7d

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 7d

If you're in Asia, CLUB CONTANGO is 10pct off at Kinokuniya this week!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 7d

October is #FAHM. There’s tons to say about being Filipino, America, and the countries’ shared history than could fit here, so I wrote about it for my newsletter dropping later this week

Sign up now if you haven’t yet. And till 10/13, new subscribers get a chance to win THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED 🔗⬇️

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 8d

Gotta catch em all 🧻🧻⚡️

A claw machine lit in purple, blue, and pink, stocked with toilet paper

Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 9d

Happy mid-autumn! 🌕🥮

Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 9d

And this one.

White pagoda at night, lit with purple, orange, and pink lights. Sticky walks by with a lantern.

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Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 9d

The only two pictures from mid autumn festival at the Chinese Gardens at Jurong Lake this year because it was the literal picture of 人山人海 (i.e: it was crowded af)

Giant lanterns of Chang'Er and lotuses across a lotus pond, with lit pagodas and pavillions, by might.

Giant lanterns (Tang Shen amd Sun Wu Kong) from the back, kid in the shadows

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 10d

OMG "Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances" got listed by Sherry Thomas! °_°
(big fan of the Charlotte Holmes book here)
crimereads.com/on-writing-c...

On Writing Contemporary Mysteries vs. Historical Ones

I’ve been writing mysteries for about ten years. In my Victorian-set Lady Sherlock books, I always try for some measure of diversity, whether it is the titular Lady Sherlock’s neurodivergence, her …

crimereads.com

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, ta) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 10d

Excellent story inspired by Chinese lunar mythology, Chang'E Persists by Joseph Brant, published in SFRA Review's Spring issue. It's the perfect #SFF read this time of the year, this year, when we have Mid-Autumn Festival and (Western) spooky season so close together. sfrareview.org/2025/01/27/c...

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 10d

Tomorrow!! I'm so excited to be in conversation with André Darlington about his newest book: BOOZE AND VINYL COUNTRY. Join us at Whirling Tiger here in Louisville on Saturday, October 4th, at 5:30 for a spirited discussion on great tunes and delicious drinks. Hope to see y'all there!!

[image desc: COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES by Elias Eells and BOOZE AND VINYL COUNTRY by André Darlington on a coffee table awash with sun.]

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · 12d

I'm curious. What are some recent science fiction books you've read that explore what you consider to be big, wild and even trippy ideas?

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