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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · Aug 23

Death Valley Blooms by S.M. Mack. pubbed by @neonhemlock.bsky.social

it’s a novella, but packs so much of an emotional punch, it had me sitting at my computer, staring into middle space for a good hour

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

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Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

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Joshua Justice // Ghost Tropic @ghosttropic.org · 14d

This collection of interconnected short stories by @yarntheory.bsky.social is nominated for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize (for good reason). The final story is easily my favorite. Highly recommended!

Hand holding a book by Ursula Whitcher called North Contient Ribbon. The cover depicts a sprawling green landscape with an elevated railway leading to a tower. There’s a lake next to it and some white birds. In the bottom center is someone in a green cloak with their back turned.

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 3d

In our latest critical book-club, we talk about Melissa Scott's BURNING BRIGHT (@torbooks.bsky.social), a queer cyberpunk/space opera about political machinations and online role-playing games, with author Ursula Whitcher!

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 4d

For Episode 34, @yarntheory.bsky.social joins to talk about structure, art & endings, relationships, and much more in Melissa Scott's 1993 cyberpunk space-Venice thriller BURNING BRIGHT:
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A Meal of Thorns 34 – BURNING BRIGHT with Ursula Whitcher

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Ursula WhitcherTitle: Burning Bright by Melissa ScottHost: Jake Case…

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

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Dr. U. Whitcher (U. is for Bear) @yarntheory.bsky.social · 20h

THIS.

Eden Robins @edenrobins.bsky.social · 20h

It remains an absolute thrill to be short-listed for this award. I'm making my way through the whole list and these books are IN-CRE-DI-BL-E

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 20h

🌟 Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 🌟 Remember You Will Die traces the lives of artists, activists, scientists, and more as they intersect with the existence of a yearning AI. Eden Robins weaves a polyphonic narrative that is intergenerational, art-filled, and subversive.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 21h

i know right?? can't stop staring at them

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 21h

Fancy version only available directly through us: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 21h

peep also the sprayed edges

CALL AND RESPONSE book cover has a mostly orange marble-y texture; the sprayed edges are mostly teal with orange marble-y accents.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 21h

well @seraph76.bsky.social’s books got here and they look pretty sweet

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 1d

ooh yes, we're open in six days for novellas 📚

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 1d

Am I doing a reading or conjuring up a ball of hallowed energies?

Thanks to @syr.bsky.social for inviting me to read from THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS at hivemindbookstore.bsky.social last night!

Sharang standing in front of an audience doing a reading in a bookstore. The lamp next to him is creating a dramatic lens flare.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2d

ooh

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 3d

This project just went live. I'm very excited to see what comes out of this group of fine individuals 🐌 📖 🦀

Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 6d

Heyoooo the Kickstarter for the Homeward Books book starts NEXT WEEK: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Coming soon: Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 3d

If you don't want a coin, or any cool signed books, but still want to support @thedeadlands.com, the best way to do that is through our Patreon. Let's keep this skeleton crew running.

www.patreon.com/the_deadlands

Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon

a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death

www.patreon.com

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 3d

I’m part of a trio of cool writers doing readings at hivemindbookstore.bsky.social in Brooklyn tomorrow evening!

A poster for the event featuring a smiling Sharang. Tuesday, October 7, 7:00 PM. FREE. Hive Mind Books. 219 Irving Ave, Bushwick.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 3d

Today is my favorite person @brentclambert.bsky.social 's birthday! The SFF field is better for his part in it as a writer, a reader, a friend and cheerleader and my life is brighter for sharing his light. If you have not let it bless you just yet, pick up and devour his A Necessary Chaos today.

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert — neon hemlock

This title was published October 3rd, 2023. An 8” x 5” novella. 145 pages. In a world of magical empires and the anarchists that would tear them down, A Necessary Chaos follows two mages, Althus a...

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Dr. U. Whitcher (U. is for Bear) @yarntheory.bsky.social · 3d

Come talk to us about Burning Bright, whether my take on the tiny ending mystery makes sense, and why cyberpunk/space opera fusions are best!

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 4d

For Episode 34, @yarntheory.bsky.social joins to talk about structure, art & endings, relationships, and much more in Melissa Scott's 1993 cyberpunk space-Venice thriller BURNING BRIGHT:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/06/a...

A Meal of Thorns 34 – BURNING BRIGHT with Ursula Whitcher

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Ursula WhitcherTitle: Burning Bright by Melissa ScottHost: Jake Case…

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

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S.M. Mack (Smack) @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social · Aug 24

As promised to @sharangbiswas.bsky.social: the painted edges of his novella The Iron Below Remembers! It's a little worse for wear from two cross country trips, but still pretty.

Alt history, academia meets superheroes, and queer af. Definitely recommend this one. (From @neonhemlock.bsky.social)

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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · Aug 22

I finished reading THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social two weeks ago & I am still a bit dazzled by its originality. We talk about writing the weird books that AI could never possibly produce and this will be my first example from now on.

www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...

The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas — neon hemlock

Publication date: March 25, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Set in an alternate version of the British Isles where South Asian imperial interest colonized much of the globe thanks to their advanced techno...

www.neonhemlock.com

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Meagan @artbymeagantrott.bsky.social · 5d

) The Crawling Moon short horror anthology from Neon Hemlock Press.

This is probably my number one favorite horror anthology I've read (and I read a lot of those). While it doesn't bill itself as queer erotic horror that's def an element in a lot of the stories.

www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...

The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread — neon hemlock

Publication date: July 30, 2024. The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread is an anthology of gothic depravity, horror & perversion. It contains queer horrors both psychological and ...

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 15d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 7d

Are there any cool nonprofit-y publishing grants that you've heard of lately? We now have the means to apply for such through a nonprofit sponsor, but the grants I have in mind open up in early 2026.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 8d

yup.

feels very like people don’t know that they too could have all … 📚 🗑️ 💀 this 🦝 🗑️ 📚 …. if they had less impulse control

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 8d

have you tried reading while sitting? that's still my fav. also while lying down.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 9d

I think some of the programs have an AI capacity that can read a text, but don’t necessarily send it anywhere. But obviously with something like Adobe it’s hard to trust that it doesn’t go anywhere.

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 11d

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.

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