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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · 10d

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only) @brandoncrilly.bsky.social · 10d

And these? These are all BOOKS.

CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com.

Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!

A stack of five brown cardboard boxes, topped by two books on display. Books are titled Catalyst and Castoff.

Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · 10d

HI CATALYST AND CASTOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · 17d

a couple of anime characters standing next to each other with their mouths open . one of the characters has the number 5 on his shirt .

ALT: a couple of anime characters standing next to each other with their mouths open . one of the characters has the number 5 on his shirt .

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · 17d

this is great, kate! (please ☺️) put me in, coach!

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · 19d

hi all! i rarely come to this part of town but wanted to visit and invite you to a virtual fireside tomorrow (on ONE MORNING SUN's book birthday!! 🎂🎈🦎

9/23, 7-8pm EST with MJ Anthony and Matteo L. Cerilli! readings! chatter! Q&A! gay shit!!!!!

register here to get tickets: tinyurl.com/mvxxj27

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · 22d

so late, but love this 😍

Little Libraries @littlelibraries.bsky.social · Aug 20

I left behind an indie YA novel, Avi Silver’s Two Dark Moons. It’s a great fantasy coming of age story. I hope that a young person picks it up and it inspires them. Either way, I wanted to spread it around so more people read it and it doesn’t gather dust on my shelf.

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A book with a a black cover, a starry sky above green fronds.

TWO DARK MOONS
AVI SILVER

Sohmeng Par is sick of being treated like a child.

Ever since a tragic accident brought her mountain community's coming-of-age ritual to a halt, she's caused nothing but trouble in her impatience to become an adult. But when she finally has the chance to prove herself, she's thrown from her life in the mountains and into the terror of the jungle below.

Cornered by a colony of reptilian predators known as the saoni, Sohmeng is rescued by Hei, an eccentric exile with no shortage of secrets. As likely to bite Sohmeng as they are to cook her breakfast, this stranger and their family of lizards are like nothing she's ever seen.
If she wants to survive, she must find a way to adapt to the vibrant, deadly world of the rainforest and the creatures that inhabit it— including Hei themself. But Sohmeng has secret: her own, and sharing them could mean losing everything a second time.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · Aug 14

And the first book sold out at #Worldcon is Pluralities by @thescreambean.bsky.social - some of our other stories are selling out fast so head over to table 408 if there’s something you’re looking for!

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · Jul 2

Putting on my Publisher hat, I have an announcement:

Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK!

It’s not open yet. But while we wait…

AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.

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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · Jul 1

I HAVE WANTED TO YELL ABOUT THIS SINCE DAY ONE (but my brain has not been great lately) BUT I JUST LEARNED I HAVE TWO DAYS AND EIGHT HOURS LEFT SO HERE WE GO IT IS GO TIME.

StoryBundle @storybundle.bsky.social · Jun 5

Come celebrate Pride with us with our 2025 Pride Bundle, curated as always by Catherine Lundoff and Melissa Scott! storybundle.com/pride

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · Jul 1

Get on board!! I'll need more people screaming with me I'm sure

Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jul 1

📣SOHMENG HAS OPINIONS AND I BET YOU DO TOO 📣

itching to get your claws on a copy of ONE MORNING SUN before september 23rd? eager to tell the world how you feel about it? fill out the google form below to request a digital ARC!!!! 🦎📖‼️

ARC REQUEST: tinyurl.com/4me9wjvz

The cover of One Morning Sun on a pink background. A header says "Call for Advance Readers!!" Followed by this text: Looking for an ARC of One Morning Sun before it’s out September 23rd? Post an honest review on your... Blog, Podcast, Social media, Goodreads, The StoryGraph, YouTube channel, Anywhere else! Request an ARC with the Google Form attached to this post!

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jul 1

📣SOHMENG HAS OPINIONS AND I BET YOU DO TOO 📣

itching to get your claws on a copy of ONE MORNING SUN before september 23rd? eager to tell the world how you feel about it? fill out the google form below to request a digital ARC!!!! 🦎📖‼️

ARC REQUEST: tinyurl.com/4me9wjvz

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jul 1

!!!!!

Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · Jul 1

psst, hey you, fellow author on itchio 👀

I put together three little guides to help you navigate some of itchio's features.

I have one on collections, one on coop bundles, and one that's general tips & tricks.

Just free sharing of shit I learned <3

claudiearseneault.itch.io/itchio-for-a...

Itchio for Authors Guides by Claudie Arseneault

A collection of guides for writers with books to sell

claudiearseneault.itch.io

Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 26

gold embossed might bring it over the EDGE but yes I am so pleased!!! 🥰

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · Jun 26

Well this was an excellent thing to wake up to! Let's keep the momentum going and get this funded so I can bring you the conclusion to my queer firebending dragon rider series. Save my mental health and back it now 😂 🌈📚 #booksky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/vri...

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

thank you!! 😍

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

um hello look how awesome YOU are!!!!!!!

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

the colors are so friendly 😭❤️

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · Jun 25

Oh my GOD it's so pretty and so soft !!

Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

it is officially here!!! 😍 the cover reveal for ONE MORNING SUN, the final book in the Sãoni Cycle!

please go take a look and yell with me about how cute my little guys are as they enjoy the sunrise together 🥰 @haleyrose.bsky.social has made magic yet again!!!!

thank you LGBTQ Reads for sharing ❤️!

LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · Jun 25

Exclusive Cover Reveal: One Morning Sun by Avi Silver

Today on the site, I'm delighted to welcome back Avi Silver to reveal the cover of One Morning Sun, the final book in the polyamorous and aroace YA fantasy Sãoni Cycle trilogy, releasing September 23, 2025! Here's the story: Sohmeng Parminhal…

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

evan may has TAGGED me and so I am IT and by IT we mean a PROUD LIL QUEER GREMLIN

Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · Jun 12

Tagging a queer artist every day this month and today I'm going with @thescreambean.bsky.social - I don't know Avi as well as I would like but I deeply admire his writing and the enthusiasm of their being.

Reading Pluralities was something else.

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

omg thank you evan!!!! <3

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Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social · Jun 25

it is officially here!!! 😍 the cover reveal for ONE MORNING SUN, the final book in the Sãoni Cycle!

please go take a look and yell with me about how cute my little guys are as they enjoy the sunrise together 🥰 @haleyrose.bsky.social has made magic yet again!!!!

thank you LGBTQ Reads for sharing ❤️!

LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · Jun 25

Exclusive Cover Reveal: One Morning Sun by Avi Silver

Today on the site, I'm delighted to welcome back Avi Silver to reveal the cover of One Morning Sun, the final book in the polyamorous and aroace YA fantasy Sãoni Cycle trilogy, releasing September 23, 2025! Here's the story: Sohmeng Parminhal…

Exclusive Cover Reveal: One Morning Sun by Avi Silver

Today on the site, I'm delighted to welcome back Avi Silver to reveal the cover of One Morning Sun, the final book in the polyamorous and aroace YA fantasy Sãoni Cycle trilogy, releasing September 23, 2025! Here's the story: Sohmeng Parminhal is ready to face the unknown. The mountain community of Ateng is safe at last, but Sohmeng and her partners have a new challenge ahead: defending Gãepongwei from the invading Qiao Sidhur Empire.

lgbtqreads.com

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Apr 22

ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Apr 21

Deep in my heart I do not believe that Jurassic Park would pose substantially different or more challenging security issues than any well stocked zoo.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Mar 25

I know you've tried everything, but have you tried just actually writing it?

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · Mar 24

Just a reminder that anyone can nominate books for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Only a week left to do so -- nominations close at midnight Pacific on March 31.

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

www.ursulakleguin.com

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · Mar 23

As a reminder, @utopiascifi.bsky.social is open right now for our Disability Pride issue until April 1st!! Please send me your poems to read! I'm specifically looking for ones centering disabled rather than caregiving or other experiences. Would love to read your poetic utopias!!

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