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Indie press out of Detroit, Michigan ✨ dedicated to the author's authentic voice, thoughtfulness, and community - 🌈 editor @edebell.com Give us a look! atthisarts.com

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 10d

All October, Atthis Arts is celebrating Black Speculative Fiction Month, and we hope you'll join us! We're going to start with a *spark*. This one is a must-read. Go get it. Incendiary by Gerald L. Coleman.

Incendiary: Poems & Essays

Poems & Essays

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 4h

I love talking about stories.
I love talking about stories.
I love talking about stories...

Thank you SO much, fellow writers and Ban This Book Fest. I had such a good time. #BanThisBookFest #FerndaleMI #IAmFerndalePride #Detroit

Emily and three other people sitting at a table on a stage, with another author on a video screen behind.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 4h

Ban This Book Fest was so *awesome* - so so many thanks to the organizers and attendees.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 9h

Cute publishers can’t stop being cute - out on the town for #BanThisBookFest right here in #FerndaleMI!

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

Live appearance alert!! Stoked to chat with Nick this Monday - join us!

For anyone expecting a beard, you will be sadly disappointed, but I'll try to make up for it with other coolness 😂

#Booksky @atthisarts.com

Epic Realms @epicrealms.bsky.social · 12h

This Mondays podcast guest is Author, Teacher, Public Speaker, and Game Designer - Brandon Crilly. Join us LIVE and participate in the live Q&A at the end of the show, or listen to the podcast on Tuesday when it hits podcast feeds.
- @brandoncrilly.bsky.social -

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 14h

If you don't know about Jesse J. Holland, please do remedy that, because he is one of the coolest people in the world, a brilliant mind, brilliant writer, scholar, super nice person, all of it. How about starting here, with one simple question: Who is the Black Panther?

Who is the Black Panther?: A Novel of the Marvel Universe (Marvel Novels)

Amazon.com: Who is the Black Panther?: A Novel of the Marvel Universe (Marvel Novels): 9781785659478: Holland, Jesse J.: Books

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Mara @thecatfreaky.bsky.social · 1d

My sister in law just sent me a link to this and the book to show me how beautiful this is?!! (We're in Germany and I was so surprised.)

And I was able to tell her, that I backed it on kickstarter 😭
Didn't have enough money for book and shipping, but we're talking about splitting the shipping cost…

Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 5d

Looking for a gift? Perhaps to yourself? 🥰

2026 Ulla Thynell Calendar - Atthis Arts

Beautifully illustrated hanging wall calendar, designed and illustrated by Ulla Thynell. Orders will ship by early November.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 1d

aww ❤️

Let us know if we can help - we always want to get people their books. (And if you can order, let me know, I'll draw some hearts on the package. -E.)

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing our first open call for 2026 - "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" which will ask for hard SF stories with tea or coffee, stars, and gravity all playing a prominent narrative role. Info here - aanpress.com/submissions.... Important: Be sure to read the cover page to the PDF.

Cover image to the book, showing the back of an astronaut in a space suit as he steps off into a psychedelic swirl of cosmic colors and stars. The title circles around the figure.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 1d

You know GDBee - you've loved her posts, her fabulous women of the magical, mystical, and cosmos. But have you read her comics? For you and all the lovers of adventure and definitely fighting monsters, get into HoverGirls by Geneva Bowers. gdbee.store/products/hov...

HoverGirls Graphic Novel (Autographed)

240 Full color pages!!! Containing the complete adventure! Jalissa and Kim Vasquez are two cousins just trying to make it in the city of Los Aguaceros. They also happen to be monster-fighting magical ...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 2d

Interested in Ukraine in Translation?

Learn more at Chapter Ukraine:

Ukrainian literature in English translation – Chapter Ukraine

Build your own bookshelf dedicated to Ukrainian literature in English translation. | Chapter Ukraine

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 2d

Is it a fast-paced heist? Is it a vivid, sexual, unyielding exploration of love, morality, and control that leaves us begging for a sequel? One way to decide. Pick up Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi. bookshop.org/p/books/shig...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

Check out Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Winner of the Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel 2024. Nominated for the World Fantasy Award. A Washington Post top 10 best sci...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 3d

We'll be there with a table, too! Hope you'll stop by.

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 3d

Hey #Detroit area - the resistance gathers!

Festival this Saturday, downtown #FerndaleMI, 10-4, book shop, hanging out, really great panels. If you can, I hope you'll make space to join!

*Lots* of awesome authors and anti-censorship voices are coming in, I know @elizmanderson.com will be there!

Ban This Book Fest 2025 - Shuttle Bus Available, Tickets are $10 at Door, October 11th 2025 from 10am-4pm Ferndale, MI www.banthisbookfest.com

Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 3d

Our editor, Emily, has made it through a lot these past five years, and hopes you will enjoy this deeply heartfelt and personal collection of her unpublished writing during that time.

Quiet, Quirky, Queer — and now on #NetGalley.

Sexy Garlic

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 3d

Interested to take a journey away, through, and back again, now with cosmic lines of peace around your soul? Please, let go of the weight, just for a while, and let yourself experience Everything Endless by Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge.

Everything Endless

A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. …

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 4d

Thank you for the two donations this morning - they bumped our percentage. With visibility and momentum we could get these two translations funded before Zukiswa is back online. (She is reported to be out of IOF imprisonment and heading home.) #BookSky #Translation

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 4d

You may be familiar with Ring Shout or A Master of Djinn. Yet, if you haven't traveled with Abeni and her companions, please treat yourself! The exploration of secrets, the power of opening ourselves to others - knowing the true monster is weak - if we sing together. Abeni's Song by P. Djèlí Clark.

Abeni's Song

Check out Abeni's Song - IN DARKNESS, A SONG CAN LEAD THE WAY. BEWARE WHICH ONE YOU LISTEN TO. Abeni's Song by award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark is the enchanting beginni...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 5d

I am proud to present to you - the cover to my December release, a collection of short stories I'm deeply proud of: Sexy Garlic

(want an ARC? lemme know)

Photograph of bulbs and cloves of garlic spread over a red cloth. Text: Sexy Garlic, E.D.E. Bell

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 5d

Some people can’t be corporate captured. quoted over off-white bar. Image shows surreal depiction of a repetitive interior. Ex Partum by emma burnett, sci-fi novella, coming June 2026, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 5d

Looking for a gift? Perhaps to yourself? 🥰

2026 Ulla Thynell Calendar - Atthis Arts

Beautifully illustrated hanging wall calendar, designed and illustrated by Ulla Thynell. Orders will ship by early November.

www.atthisarts.com

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · 6d

I was in the UAE with Zuks just a few months ago, talking, laughing, reading. She's such a force of life and creativity. Her abduction, like so much else, is heartbreaking.
"South African writer & activist Zukiswa Wanner Among Those Detained on Gaza-Bound Flotilla" brittlepaper.com/2025/10/brea...

Breaking: Zukiswa Wanner Among South Africans Detained on Gaza-Bound Flotilla

South African author and editor Zukiswa Wanner is among several South Africans detained after the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza on October 2. In a statement, the So...

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Snowy Wings Publishing @snowywingspublishing.com · 5d

We Are Stronger Than Censorship program partner AmazeWorks is creating a free discussion guide for some really amazing titles, and Fire Heart by Joyce Ch'ng is one of those titles!

Download the discussion guide here: www.wearestrongertha...

#WeAreStrongerThanCensorship #BannedBooksWeek

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 5d

Epic fantasy saga lovers, we have a delight for your immersion. A man who desires his right to rule tries to revive a lost kingdom. An exploration of power, racism, and truth - dive into the Drowned Kingdom Saga with the first book, A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart.

A Drowned Kingdom

Check out A Drowned Kingdom - Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmerin...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 6d

L has long been a spirit and force channeling the waves of genre, and now you can pre-order her deep, emotional retelling of The Little Mermaid in Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis. When's it your turn? Now. bookshop.org/p/books/year...

Year of the Mer

Check out Year of the Mer - A dark, bloody epic fantasy reimagining of The Little Mermaid that goes far beyond the fairy tale to explore family legacy, war, and what we will sacrifice for ve...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 7d

Zukiswa Wanner is among them. A writer, an editor, a translator, a small press publisher.

Where are the writers speaking her name?

We see you, Zukiswa. We are with you. We will stay with you.

Where is this from our industry?

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.

Greta Thunberg mistreated by Israeli forces in detention, activists say

Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 7d

Oh, this is wonderful to see! Jennifer Lee Rossman is one of the best writers and editors out there. Insta-buy for us.

From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 7d

Pre-orders are open for Jennifer Lee Rossman's ALLOSAURUS IN WONDERLAND! Reserve your copy for two bucks off from our website.

frombeyondpress.com/product/allo...

Welcome to Avalonia!
There is a universe just beside our own, a waystation for people and animals who stumble out of their own timeline. Some are trapped there, others choose to stay, but each and every one of them has a part to play in its future. From cowgirls riding dinosaurs to medieval espionage plots, D.B. Cooper to Amelia Earhart, these interconnected stories weave the tapestry of Avalonia. So what are you waiting for? Adventure awaits just beyond that portal . . .

Cover art by Thea Oatman

December 16, 2025
Pre-order at frombeyondpress.com
Image shows the book cover, which depicts an androgynous person riding a dinosaur and waving a sword.

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