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T. A. Chan

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SFF Writer ✨ ONE LAST GAME (Fall 2025) ♟️ THE CELESTIAL SEAS (Spring 2026) 🐳 Rep’d by Karly Dizon and Laurie McLean | Website: authortachan.com | Linktree: https://bit.ly/3URYAtM

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hello! Finally, an intro:

ABOUT ME
✏️ writer
🐟 obsessed w/ fish
🐕 & dogs
☕ & coffee

ONE LAST GAME (fall '25) - Adult speculative
♟️ high stakes game
🌱 eco friendly dystopia
🩸 over throwing immoral systems

THE CELESTIAL SEAS (spring '26) - YA sci fi
🐳 moby dick
✨ ...in space
🌈 & make it queer

Imani, a character from the novella One Last Game. She is a woman in her with dark brown hair in a braid, a dark green jump suit, and tool kit.

Niko, a character from the novella One Last Game. He is wearing a purple and gold track suit and has light brown hair with a serious looking face.

Ishara and the space whale from the novel, The Celestial Seas. Ishara is a girl falling through an ocean of stars. She has long black hair and is wearing a white futuristic looking space suit. The space whale has six flippers and is made of mechanical components.

The space whale from The Celestial Seas. The whale is primarily colored white and blue. It has a crown of spikes, six flippers, and a fierce looking gaze.

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

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Maria 🕵🏻‍♀️👻 @msibook.bsky.social · 1d

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING x GHOSTS

When an inquisitive 25yo secretary inherits an abandoned detective agency, she partners with the private investigator’s ghost to find her neighbor’s killer in a case that mirrors the PI’s own unsolved murder 60 years earlier.

#DVpit #A #Mys #PR #Latine #WOC

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 1d

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Laurel HV @laurelhvauthor.bsky.social · 1d

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL x EVELYN HUGO

When Alexandra, a Latina actress passing for white in 1930s Hollywood, finds her best friend murdered and the police try to pin the crime on undocumented immigrants, she takes it upon herself to root out the true killer.

#DVpit #A #Mys #HF #Thriller #R #Latine

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 6d

In case you missed it…The Celestial Seas is available to read on Netgalley and Edelweiss!

#scifibooks #amreading

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 6d

ICYMI, I have a new short story “Model Collapse” up at Reactor magazine. If you are so inclined, I’d love if you could leave a review! They really do make a difference. reactormag.com/model-collap...

Model Collapse - Reactor

A government agent and his mentee are sent into a remote town on a mysterious and dangerous project...

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 8d

I've a new short story out today! "Model Collapse" is free to read at @reactorsff.bsky.social.

Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 8d

My short story "Model Collapse" is out today at Reactor Magazine. It's a dark SF tale about a government agent and his mentee who are sent into a remote town on a mysterious and dangerous project. Edited by Ellen Datlow. Cover by Keith Negley. Link in thread.

Cover for "Model Collapse" a short story by Matthew Kressel. Two small figures climb through a tangled mazelike structure, like the distorted frame of a house. The pastel colors are bright and colorful, but the scene has an aura of darkness.

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 8d

Preorder my book, get freebies!

If you preorder A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE (release date: 10.21.2025) you'll get beautiful art prints and other freebies! Go to millieabecassis.com/preorder/ to learn more about the campaign and fill out the form.

Available worldwide! Free stuff! Beautiful art!

A collage of illustrations and text in the middle reading "preorder campaign"

A visual reading "preorder A Legacy of Blood and Bone and receive free art prints (and more) in your mailbox.

A visual reading: Go to millieabecassis.com/preoder (link in description and in author's bio) to learn more and submit your proof of purchase by October 21, 2025.

A visual showing the book cover and text reading: Coming 10.21.2025 at Brick and Bloom, an imprint of Row House Publishing + six labels around the book reading Historical Fantasy, Belle Epoque, Sapphic romance, Dangerous magic, Set in France, Politics and intrigue.

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 13d

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 13d

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

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*US entrants only

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 14d

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 14d

i literally teared up when this illustration hit my inbox yesterday 🥹🙏 this is an author's dream!!!

Jehan Vakharia (does everything) @jehandoeseverythin.bsky.social · 14d

"Meditation at the Northern Temple"

This illustration is the first part of a series I'm working on to celebrate "The Iron Garden Sutra", an upcoming work of science fiction by A. D. Sui.

TYSM @thesuiway.bsky.social for sending me an ARC!

Pre-order now from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social

A monk in white robes bathed in pure pearlescent light from a doorless opening. An incense stick burns what looks like a real ribbon weaving about in the air. Geometric swirls are turbulently spinning across the page, filling up the temple

A quote from the book:

Machinations far greater than his life were playing in the universe. The directive had been placed before his eyes, and it was his duty to carry it out.
He would miss the temple, like he always did, but not for a long while, and by then a new adventure would be sure to dim the homesickness.
Smoothing out his white robe and trousers, Iris rose. The warm, cream marble beneath his bare feet flushed peach against the rays of the rising sun. A stifling day it would be when the sun hit its zenith, but he would be long gone before midday. A ribbon of saffron smoke wove towards the domed ceiling from the single stick of incense, keeping time of Iris’s sitting. He bowed deeply to excuse himself.
No time to waste.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 24d

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 27d

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Adria Bailton @adriabailton.com · 27d

Fellow 2026 small press debut has a cover! Child of the Dragon is coming in March 2026. You'll have time to read it before my debut comes out! Pre-order now. Look at that fantastic cover!
Find them at @ashintheashes.bsky.social and @inkedingraypress.bsky.social

Cover Reveal, March 10, 2026, Pre-order open from Inked in Gray Add Now on Goodreads and StoryGraph with a book cover. A dragon hovers above a woman in a building with the title Child of the Dragon and author Ashley N.Y. Sheelsey

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · 29d

At @scalzi.com 's Whatever blog, @authortachan.bsky.social has a guest post on One Last Game

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The Big Idea: T. A. Chan

All is fair in love and war. But what if instead of a bloody battle, wars were games to be played? Author T. A. Chan brings us a near future world in which violent wars are a thing of the past, and…

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Patrick Swenson - Fairwood Press @patrickswenson.bsky.social · Sep 9

I see 3 September Fairwood covers releasing this month! Two are mentioned in the text, with a few more lists to come.

Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · Sep 9

It's a little late, but here's the first (of three!) book lists for the month of September. There are a ton of books hitting stores this month: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/science-fict...

13 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read September 2025

Title Wave!

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Patrick Swenson - Fairwood Press @patrickswenson.bsky.social · Sep 9

Fairwood celebrates TWO book birthdays today.

Happy book birthday also to @authortachan.bsky.social! Her novella ONE LAST GAME is out today.

Front cover of ONE LAST GAME by T.A. Chan

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Sep 9

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎉BOOK RELEASE DAY FOR ONE LAST GAME 🎉

I can’t believe this dystopian book is now free into the world 🌎

NOVELLA CONTAINS 👇🏽
♟️ lethal board games
🥘 so much food
🌱 eco friendly dystopia
🔪 overthrowing immoral governments
🩸 betrayal
🌁 the nightmare version of Karl the fog

#newbook #scifibook

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Adria Bailton @adriabailton.com · Sep 9

It's publication day for T.A. Chan's One Last Game!

I very much enjoyed Niko and Imani's story of playing games that dictate the lives and deaths of large groups of people.

Be sure to check out @authortachan.bsky.social profile and get yourself a copy of One Last Game!

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · Sep 9

So many amazing titles in September!! 🥳

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · Sep 9

It's a little late, but here's the first (of three!) book lists for the month of September. There are a ton of books hitting stores this month: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/science-fict...

13 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read September 2025

Title Wave!

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · Sep 9

Authors include @matociquala.bsky.social, @authortachan.bsky.social, @paulcornell.bsky.social, @voidcricket.bsky.social, @kosokojackson.bsky.social, @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social, @scalzi.com, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social and more: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/science-fict...

13 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read September 2025

Title Wave!

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