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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
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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.
readsludge.com
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
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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! 😊

www.candlemarkandgleam.com/cover-reveal...
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...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 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
www.youtube.com
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
If you haven’t already, take the AGO’s AI labor impact survey to make your voice heard.

Help us build a balanced future for our workforce: https://tinyurl.com/ysxevt8n
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 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?
www.poetryhugo.com
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.

britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Are you a trans writer of colour? Contribute to a new anthology of short stories dreamed up and written by trans people of colour. We will pay you a fee of £1000. Submissions are open now.

https://form.jotform.com/253423694960060

Deadline: 8 Feb, 2026

Questions? Email: [email protected]
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Hooray! Wooing the Witch Queen's UK paperback edition is out today, and it's beautiful. I'm so happy!

(And there are now a kajillion signed copies at my wonderful local Waterstones, which has been SO supportive.)

Grab your copy now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen

#romancelandia
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.

But this one hit today.

And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.

fascism wrapped in our own flag
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Bandcamp has banned AI music.

The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."

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Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.
The frigid Twin Cities temperatures will hurt the homeless; so do not gloat about the impact on ICE without also stepping up here:
If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I can write magic that feels world-reordering.
Artists, I think we're all too comfortable sharing our imposter syndrome.

I would love to see you step out of your comfort zone and confidently state what you think you're actually really good at.

No self deprecation, just what you think you're the strongest at

Is anyone brave eniough? 👀
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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i need authors and agents to be much louder with their publishers how much they hate gen ai and make it embarrassing/financially harmful for publishers to be associated with it at every level (incl marketing, publicity, and sales)
January 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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In the mood for a space opera adventure reviewers have affectionately called “tear-apart-the-empire-with-your-bare-hands wish fulfillment”?

THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*!

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January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM