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Alex Kingsley
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writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | ✍️ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal, Ancillary Review of Books | Rep: Sara Megibow
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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · Jun 3
COVER REVEAL 🦀🪼! So excited to share the cover for RELIC OF HAVEN, the sequel to EMPRESS OF DUST. You can claim a copy RIGHT NOW by supporting @wctracy.bsky.social 's BackerKit!

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I was so excited to find out that EMPRESS OF DUST is nominated for Best New Novel by a Chicagoan in the Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago poll!

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Best of Chicago 2025 - Chicago Reader
It's time for the Best of Chicago 2025! The ballot will be open for voting December 1 through December 31, 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, and especially to @alexyquest.bsky.social!
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 8d
Congratulations to the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards winners!
✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social)
✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)
✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)

#SSBA #SSBA2025
Fantasy winner: ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social) Horror winner: ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press) Sci-Fi winner: ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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YIPPEE YIPPEE YIPPEE!!!!
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 8d
Congratulations to the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards winners!
✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social)
✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)
✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)

#SSBA #SSBA2025
Fantasy winner: ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social) Horror winner: ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press) Sci-Fi winner: ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)
December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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😱😱😱
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 8d
The winner in the sci-fi category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)!

#SSBA #SSBA2025
Sci-fi winner: EMPRESS OF DUST by Alex Kingsley. The image is of the EMPRESS OF DUST book cover against a space background.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Wrote this article about @undertale.com for @interstellarflight.bsky.social ! It had been running around in my brain for so long that I had no choice but to put it into words.
magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/dreamers-dem...
Dreamers, Demons, and a Damn Good Slice of Pie
How Undertale & Deltarune Embody the Lynchian Narrative Tradition
magazine.interstellarflightpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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We've got a new show! Grace and @alexyquest.bsky.social discuss the intersections of romance and sci-fi in our new podcast, Queer Eye for the Sci-Fi! Cover art by @penofsteele.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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bishoparrow.bsky.social
This is why it's important for you to remove source identifiers from links!!
A PSA telling you to remove everything that follows a question mark in a link due to it being used to track who you share things with. Common trackers are ?utm_source and ?si . This is the best I can do with my dyslexia trying to transcribe this, I'm sorry.
September 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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EMPRESS OF DUST (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) by @alexyquest.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2025
Image is of the EMPRESS OF DUST book cover against an orange sunset colored background. Image reads: Sci-Fi Semifinalist EMPRESS OF DUST by Alex Kingsley.
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Crab party for the release of Relic of Haven by @alexyquest.bsky.social! 🦀🎉
Author Alex Kingsley wearing a crab claw headband and gesturing towards their books, Creatures of Ruin, Relic of Haven, and Empress of Dust
September 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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my husband said “I don’t really understand things, it turns out.” I asked him what he meant and he just said, “Sabrina carpenter.”
September 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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TODAY IS THE DAY!!!! Book #2 of The Bastion Cycle, Relic of Haven, is OUT NOW from Space Wizard!!!!
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/relic-o...
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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If you weren't at @alexyquest.bsky.social's last book launch, you missed this! 🦀 Celebrate the release of their new book, Relic of Haven, with us this Saturday at 6pm!
A person in a makeshift crab costume with author Alex Kingsley
September 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I HAVE NEWS: I am now represented by Sara Megibow at Megibow Literary Agency! 🎉✍️
September 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Monthly newsletter is out!! open.substack.com/pub/alexking...
September 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
Very cool list, & big congrats to ARB contributors @alexyquest.bsky.social & @inkstainedwreck.ca!
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · Sep 1
It is time to announce the semifinalists for the Small Spec Book Awards.

Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.

Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
A graphic of the fantasy semifinalists: 1. BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by Evan J. Peterson (Broken Eye Books) 2. CURSED UNDER LONDON by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Farrago Books) 3. GHOST APPARENT by Jelena Dunato (Ghost Orchid Press) 4. TALIO'S CODEX by J. Alexander Cohen (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 5. THE EXTRAVAGANZA ETERNIA by Kristin Osani (Ghost Orchid Press) 6. THE HARLEQUIN: THE DRAPER’S REEL by J.A. Mortimore and Penelope Hill (Elsewhen Press) 7. THE JAGUAR MASK by Michael J. DeLuca (Stelliform Press) 8. THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING by Sam Flynn (Timber Ghost Press) 9. THE WITCH AND THE OSTRICH (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 10. TREE GODS by R. Lee Fryar (Midnight Meadow Publishing) Horror semifinalists: 1. A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE by Carson Winter (Tenebrous Press) 2. BEAR SEASON by Gemma Fairclough (Wild Hunt Books) 3. BENOTHINGED by Alvar Theo (Haunt Publishing) 4. CHURCH OF SKATAN by Damian Casey (Mad Axe Media) 5. FROM THE BELLY by Emmett Nahil (Tenebrous Press) 6. RESISTERS by Chris Campeau (Anuci Press) 7. SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by M.M. Olivas (Lanternfish Press) 8. TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by Michael Merriam (Queen of Swords Press) 9. THE SCIENTIST, THE SPACEMAN, AND THE STARS BETWEEN THEM by A.L. Davidson (Timber Ghost Press) 10. YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by R.A. Busby (Stelliform Press) Semifinalists for science fiction: 1. A TRUTH BEYOND FULL by Rosie Oliver (Elsewhen Press) 2. EMPRESS OF DUST by Alex Kingsley (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 3. HER GILDED VOICE by K.C. Aegis (Elsewhen Press) 4. MOON DUST IN MY HAIRNET by JR Creaden (Mythic Roads Press) 5. MORE BUGS by Em Reed (Knight Errant Press) 6. THE MOSQUITO FLEET by Andrew Penn Romine (Broken Eye Books) 7. THE RIGEL REDEMPTION by Robin C. M. Duncan (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 8. THE SEA OF CLOUDS by Sheila Jenné (Midnight Meadow Publishing) 9. THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS by Ben Berman Ghan (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers) 10. WORLDS ALIGNED: WORLDS APART 2 by Terry Jackman (Elsewhen Press)
September 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Semifinalists for SCI-FI

A TRUTH BEYOND FULL by Rosie Oliver at @elsewhen.press
EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social at @wctracy.bsky.social
HER GILDED VOICE by @kcaegis.bsky.social at @knighterrantpress.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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So many great books here, and I'm so excited that FOUR Space Wizard books are semifinalists! Congrats to
@jalexandercohen.com for Talio's Codex
@jawerner.bsky.social for The Witch and the Ostrich
@alexyquest.bsky.social for Empress of Dust
@robincmduncan.bsky.social for The Rigel Redemption
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · Sep 1
It is time to announce the semifinalists for the Small Spec Book Awards.

Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.

Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
A graphic of the fantasy semifinalists: 1. BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by Evan J. Peterson (Broken Eye Books) 2. CURSED UNDER LONDON by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Farrago Books) 3. GHOST APPARENT by Jelena Dunato (Ghost Orchid Press) 4. TALIO'S CODEX by J. Alexander Cohen (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 5. THE EXTRAVAGANZA ETERNIA by Kristin Osani (Ghost Orchid Press) 6. THE HARLEQUIN: THE DRAPER’S REEL by J.A. Mortimore and Penelope Hill (Elsewhen Press) 7. THE JAGUAR MASK by Michael J. DeLuca (Stelliform Press) 8. THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING by Sam Flynn (Timber Ghost Press) 9. THE WITCH AND THE OSTRICH (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 10. TREE GODS by R. Lee Fryar (Midnight Meadow Publishing) Horror semifinalists: 1. A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE by Carson Winter (Tenebrous Press) 2. BEAR SEASON by Gemma Fairclough (Wild Hunt Books) 3. BENOTHINGED by Alvar Theo (Haunt Publishing) 4. CHURCH OF SKATAN by Damian Casey (Mad Axe Media) 5. FROM THE BELLY by Emmett Nahil (Tenebrous Press) 6. RESISTERS by Chris Campeau (Anuci Press) 7. SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by M.M. Olivas (Lanternfish Press) 8. TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by Michael Merriam (Queen of Swords Press) 9. THE SCIENTIST, THE SPACEMAN, AND THE STARS BETWEEN THEM by A.L. Davidson (Timber Ghost Press) 10. YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by R.A. Busby (Stelliform Press) Semifinalists for science fiction: 1. A TRUTH BEYOND FULL by Rosie Oliver (Elsewhen Press) 2. EMPRESS OF DUST by Alex Kingsley (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 3. HER GILDED VOICE by K.C. Aegis (Elsewhen Press) 4. MOON DUST IN MY HAIRNET by JR Creaden (Mythic Roads Press) 5. MORE BUGS by Em Reed (Knight Errant Press) 6. THE MOSQUITO FLEET by Andrew Penn Romine (Broken Eye Books) 7. THE RIGEL REDEMPTION by Robin C. M. Duncan (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 8. THE SEA OF CLOUDS by Sheila Jenné (Midnight Meadow Publishing) 9. THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS by Ben Berman Ghan (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers) 10. WORLDS ALIGNED: WORLDS APART 2 by Terry Jackman (Elsewhen Press)
September 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Bout to delta some runes m.twitch.tv/alexyquest42...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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September 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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I loved this thoughtful, deep exploration of Lessons in Magic and Disaster! @alexyquest.bsky.social rules 😻🥰💘
August 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Here's to the Freaks & Perverts: @alexyquest.bsky.social reviews Charlie Jane Anders' LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER, out now from @torbooks.bsky.social!

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Here’s to the Freaks and Perverts: Review of Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster
Alex Kingsley Under Review:Lessons in Magic and Disaster. Charlie Jane Anders. Tor Books, August 2025. Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders is a grounded fantasy story that uses the…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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streaming #deltarune if anyone wants to vibe!! 🩷💙💚

m.twitch.tv/alexyquest42...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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August 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
alexyquest.bsky.social
Highlights from @seattlein2025.org !! 🧵I was so busy at #WorldCon I didn’t actually take a ton of pics but here are some of my favorite things I did. Starting out with my academic talk! So many people showed up to hear me talk about robots!!!
August 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"When Everything Has Rights" panel at #Worldcon = my kind of thing! #decolonial #RightsOfNature and touching on what if AI has rights.

Excellent panelists include @annaleen.bsky.social @alexyquest.bsky.social Clara Ward @avani.bsky.social

#Nature #personhood #SpecLit #WritingCommunity #SFF
August 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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A new name for the live transcribers that most of the @seattlein2025.org panel rooms have, courtesy of @alexyquest.bsky.social
The reverse teleprompter
August 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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beckcentric.bsky.social
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Authors:
Are you attending Worldcon Seattle?
Don't miss
Audiobooks 101:
Streaming; Virtual
Room 443-444, Thu. 1:30–2:30 p.m PDT
Rebecca H. Lee (M), @alexyquest.bsky.social , Gabrielle de Cuir, Kim Iverson Headlee, @shiromispeaks.com @stefansecho.bsky.social

seattlein2025.org
Worldcon 2025 Seattle Aug 13-17 Audiobooks 101: A How-To for Indie Authors and Rights Holders Streaming; Virtual Room 443-444, Thu. 1:30–2:30 p.m (PDT) Rebecca H. Lee (M), Alex Kingsley, Gabrielle de Cuir, Kim Iverson Headlee, Shiromi Arserio, Stefan Rudnicki https://seattlein2025.org/
August 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM