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A.M. Tuomala
@amtuomala.bsky.social
Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
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Hello to anyone new! I write fantasy stories about loving broken things. My most recent book was The Map and the Territory, a post-apocalyptic picaresque about a cartographer and a wizard trying to get home in a shattered world haunted by a death goddess.
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I just found out that it’s Dragon Appreciation Day, so I had to pull together a stack quick as flame. I love dragons (I mean, who doesn’t?) & whether they’re being ridden, slain, studied, or swooned over, I’m eager to add their stories to my hoard. What are your favorite dragon books?
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Strike Fund here - if you can help, great, reposts are also great
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."

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Support Impacted Union Families! | Working Partnerships
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January 17, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I did not realize that "8 hours of sleep a day" could be a writing goal, but that is now one of my goals
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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I keep seeing it without a source link, so here it is:

January 16, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM
NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING

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January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
(Also, I know we're not supposed to cop to mercenary ambitions, but I would love to make five or six figures on a book) (Currently, hitting four is a struggle)
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I would like a Hugo or a Nebula someday; I am not greedy, I would take one or the other
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.)

Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.

Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??

sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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So excited about this cover reveal! Thank you again to @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social and @kvjohansen.bsky.social for this fantastic opportunity! It was great to work with you! 😊

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Cover Reveal – Breath and Bone
Today’s the day! We’re delighted to announce the cover art for K. V. Johansen’s forthcoming Breath and Bone, sapphic sword and sorcery with a unique voice. Johansen is known for books like The Wolf an...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This insight brought to me by: You
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Battle Beast's "King for a Day," for your listening pleasure: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lKY...
BATTLE BEAST - King For A Day (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records
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January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I need to write characters who are Worse
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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WASHINGTONIANS, ASSEMBLE
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Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I think she explicitly said something like, "I was excited about hopepunk until I realized What It Was, so instead I wrote what I originally thought it was" and frankly we should all give this approach more consideration
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The best hopepunk story I have ever read was and will continue to be Sascha Stronach's astoundingly gory "Tomorrow, Dawn," which is about brutally dismembering fascists with a shovel longtrek.xyz/2024/12/11/t...
Tomorrow, Dawn
by Sascha Stronach Terau Farm used to grow half the colony’s wheat. That’s what made it first an objective, then – as it changed hands again and again and again – a target. If it could not be held,…
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January 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Can confirm, releasing within a month AFTER a major election is also not the best timing
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The best part is, I think I gave you that feedback about three separate characters
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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"Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows" by Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I have yet to be disappointed by a Somto Ihezue story...

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows by Somto Ihezue
They put you in a room with the other girls—soon to be brides like yourself. Your aunties say it is tradition. They too were sealed in the room. So was your mother. So was her mother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Hello fellow spec poets! Its our time
I have updated the POETRY HUGO website with new interviews with Marie Brennan, winner of the first poetry Hugo! We are looking for additional coverage on this historic moment, journalists! www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?
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January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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An interview with me about the forthcoming book BREATH AND BONE (out in May from Candlemark and Gleam!) on NOAF! I talk about new characters, a new world, Rosemary Sutcliff & Arthur Ransome, but mostly Hedge and Pony, whom I think you're going to love. #CoverReveal Cover art by Laura Galli.
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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COVER REVEAL: Call Me Traitor, my sapphic Winter Soldier-esque fantasy! Beyond delighted with this stunning @eliotbaum.bsky.social art with design by Jess Kiley. Preorders gratefully welcomed if it’s your thing! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Heard about the Sauútiverse? Curious but want to sample first? Check out these free-to-read Sauútiverse stories online.
With the @sauutiverse.bsky.social about to hit Glasgow to launch the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, @genni.bsky.social whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe.

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January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM