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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW!
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Trans Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (queernorm Persian-inspired slice-of-life novella; finalist for IAFA Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy awards) & THE GLADE (queer bipoc+ MG mushroom horror). Newsletter at NaseemWrites.Kit.Com/join
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 22d
DID YOU KNOW I WROTE A SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE AND WE ARE NOW IN SPOOKY SEASON
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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · Sep 10
🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
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A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 10d
It's Black Speculative Fiction month!

All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.

1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...

2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 9h
FUCKING EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 14h
the number of times I've seen an adult book on a YA genre award nomination list has truly boggled my mind. looking at you, to shape a dragon's breath!!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 14h
Ooh!! Paige has been lovely every time I've met them, thanks for putting this back on my radar!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 14h
yay!!! ty!!!!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 14h
Stay strong, city of my birth!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 14h
I desperately need this book rn! Preordering ❤️❤️❤️
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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15h
Sama'a has a chance to move her children back into a real home after long, difficult weeks of living in a tent. Please give what you can to help.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3
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Ahmeed @ahmed8875.bsky.social · 1d
am Ahmed from Gaza. I have 4 children. I was shot while searching for food. I have infected wounds in my stomach and back. We have been displaced for the tenth time. Now we are in Khan Yunis without shelter. Help me with my treatment and food for my children.💔😣
Help us please🙏🏻

gofund.me/d792e3ab6
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 15h
I have never in my life wanted to be a New Yorker, but dammit, Zohran Mamdani is the closest I've ever come. This actually brought tears to my eyes. I hope so desperately that the system doesn't corrupt him like it has other progressives.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 1d
I'm going to be singing this song with these new lyrics all day. Not only did I get a mushroom coin but @sillysyntax.bsky.social's novella mwahahahahaha
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d
I don’t care if Monday’s dead
Tuesday’s dead and Wednesday’s dead
Thursday, I don’t care it’s dead
it’s Friday, BUY A COIN

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1 41 Write your reply ‪The Deadlands‬ ‪@thedeadlands.com‬ · 1d that is all BREAKING NEWS announced for the 1st time. doing cool shit isn't cheap! GOOD ARTISTS NEEDTA GET PAID can you dig it? (6ft down if you know what we mean) help us pay good artists that wanna get paid to do cool shit: in return for your support you get A COIN FOR THE FERRYMAN 👇 link Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground psychopomp.com 7 The Deadlands ‪@thedeadlands.com‬ Home Explore Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Saved Profile Settings New Post Search Following Discover Popular With Friends More feeds Trending Cam Skattebo Gaza Ceasefire Letitia James NYCC 2023 Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.” Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 1d
they'll be books written by women of color and QTPOC 🙃
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
This is VERY GOOD advice. I HUGELY REGRET that I didn't do this for all the stuff I published with Bitch Media. Those were some of my best pieces. Alas!!
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2d
periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
It has been utterly baffling to me to watch the Pritzker worship, as if that name isn't on a gazillion academic buildings/programs. Say it with me: BILLIONAIRES AREN'T OUR FRIENDS
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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 4d
I was Pritzker’s biggest fanboy, so I realize it’s hard to accept his betrayal. It was hard for me, but I saw it with my own eyes.
Please stop gaslighting me about Pritzker. You weren’t there. I was. These are Pritzker’s brown shirts, working fist-in-glove with ICE/CBP.
Pritzker’s brown shirts attacking protesters. Pritzker’s brown shirts. Dude in military gear is also Pritzker’s. Note the Illinois State Police patch on the dude in military gear.
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
I have been so baffled watching all the Pritzker worship, as if his family hasn't named a gazillion academic buildings and/or programs. Like. Billionaires are not our friends!!! I thought maybe I was missing something since I no longer live in the state, but nope, apparently not
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
it is my BIGGEST PET PEEVE that dark academia doesn't actually have anything to do with academia. I just ordered it and can't wait to read!!
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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6
We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...
Mutual Aid flyer
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
the book is Horror on the Brain by Austin Lim! I'm psyched to pick this one up. Literally two out of three of my favorite subjects (the third being colonialism)

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Horror...
Horror on the Brain
A fascinating exploration of the science and psychology behind fear, madness, and the haunting stories that linger in our mindsScientists throughou...
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
I was flipping through my alma mater alumni mag and saw a face, paused, and went, WAIT A MINUTE THAT GUY WAS MY TA! And that's how I learned my old TA wrote a book about neuroscience and speculative fiction, and also how I confirmed that he still reads my newsletter, over a decade later 🥹
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
it was a blast!! hope everything is okay on your end <3
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 2d
omg hsdaflasfhdkdfhalskjfkdsh I'm so glad you enjoyed!!!!! 😭😭😭😭
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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 4d
Boosting this - it's so good! Naseem rocks!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 22d
DID YOU KNOW I WROTE A SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE AND WE ARE NOW IN SPOOKY SEASON
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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · Sep 10
🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and...
#BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 2d
Comprehensive analysis of this complex story. I’m so grateful for the stellar reporting on this from local journalists at The TriiBE & elsewhere who will not let this be buried. Support local journalism!
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 3d
NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

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South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d
did you know THE DEADLANDS is doing a fundraiser

raising FUNDS to keep publishing GOOD STUFF (about death)??

please by a coin and help FUNGUS we mean FUND US

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A meme image based on Nickelback’s “Look at this photograph” scene. The lead singer is holding up a framed picture, but instead of a photo, the frame shows a custom coin design featuring a skull with mushrooms, plants, and the words “Admit One.” Below the image, the meme text says: “look at this coin” with the word “coin” in red replacing “photograph.”
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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 2d
this is so good. throw em some bones if you can. (the goal is to buy street vendors out of their merch so they can still support themselves but not have to be out on the streets where they’re vulnerable.)
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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6
We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...
Mutual Aid flyer
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