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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 23h

I'm sad to see a lot of artists I know saying it's super hard to get sales. And it really is. So I wanna promote them here again.

Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.

Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 29d

I made a pack for non-US artists shops!
Let me know if you want to be added (with a shop link) or removed!

go.bsky.app/KgkXQns

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 9h

Sketching at the Avid Reader popup at the Brisbane Writers Festival at the Powerhouse

Small b&w sketches of people buying books, cameoed by swatches of bright colours

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 13h

Decided to do #inktober belatedly & am catching up; so far am happiest with the very first prompt

My fingers hold open a very small notebook. The top of the page reads “October 1: Mustache”, and below that is a drawing in black ink of a sheet-ghost holding up a costume mustache to its face, looking to the left of the frame. I think he’s really cute.

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 12h

I can now write you letters addressed as Murakami? 😇

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 19h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Susan J. Morris @susanjmorris.bsky.social · 16h

Dying to get your hands on Wayward Souls? You're in luck! There's a Goodreads Giveaway for Wayward Souls running October 9th to November 8th.

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 15h

Congrats???

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 1d

"The bog speaks to me in burps.

I stand on its edge and hold out my palm.

A plum—blood red and dewy—falls into my hand from the sky."

it's Fantasy Friday!!

read on:

The Dragon and the Bog by @translunarytree.bsky.social

psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

The Dragon and the Bog - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

A plum—blood red and dewy—falls into my hand from the sky.

psychopomp.com

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 17h

Ginger-molasses cookies complete! These are crisp on the edges, chewy in the middle, crinkly on top. I baked half of them today and put the other half of the dough into the fridge so we can have fresh baked cookies *again* later this weekend.

#photography #FoodOnFriday #cookies #FallFlavors #yum

Cooling rack with a closeup on a very large, golden brown, lightly crinkled on top cookie. Portions of several surrounding cookies are also visible.

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 17h

That can be the author photo in your next book, regardless of genre/topic 😇

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 18h

Go go go! (Good luck.) (Looks yummy.)

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 18h

It is once again time

Photo of a television screen showing the title card for OVER THE GARDEN WALL, the most perfect show to ever exist

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 1d

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4d

Did you know I wrote a book about the origins of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, console RPGs, and their rise to success in North America?

Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · Sep 11

Aidan Moher's Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is an outstanding exploration of the rise of the genre and how it's shaped popular culture.

Here's my review: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/aidan-moher-...

Review: Fight, Magic, Items by Aidan Moher

Aidan Moher's Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is an outstanding exploration of the rise of the genre and how it's shaped popu...

transfer-orbit.ghost.io

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Zachariah Claypole White @zachariahcw.bsky.social · 21h

Great book mail today!!! @undertow.bsky.social

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 20h

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 19h

This was a great episode of Ologies:
* interesting philosophical dilemmas
* smart charitable donations & @givingmultiplier.bsky.social
* Alie discovers Unitarian Universalism
* at the end, how a game (Tango) could foster collaboration & mutual respect in ppl with differing beliefs and values

Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Trolley Problem! A hot philosophical debate.

Who gets spared? Where should you donate? What is "harm?" What would a monk do? W/ Dr. Josh Greene of @givingmultiplier.bsky.social.

Also: neurodivergence & moral decisions, religion + your new fave skeleton.

www.alieward.com/ologies/trol...

Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM) with Dr. Joshua Greene — alie ward

Train tracks. Split decisions. And a philosophy humdinger worth debating. Dr. Joshua Greene is a Harvard Psychology professor, neuroscientist, and *actual* Trolleyologist. This thought experiment pop...

www.alieward.com

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 19h

Psssst, ICYMI!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 19d

Who wants preorder links?

BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/offerings-...

@mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social :
www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781968...

@goldennotebkbooks.bsky.social : goldennotebook.com/book/9781968...

@oblongbooks.bsky.social : oblongbooks.com/book/9781968043100

A poetry collection cover, featuring a woman wearing a red cloak and matching lipstick, her face obscured, her lands lifted up. There is smoke between them. The title, in an elegant gold font, is Offerings for Ordinary Gods. The author's name, Ali Trotta, is in a matching font at the bottom.

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 19h

Welcome back, good night 🥰

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 19h

This time we last year we published Amy Salley's still-sadly-relevant essay about redemption arcs in fiction and real life...

Read it here:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/the-redemption-arc

Purple background, white text, which says Why do we love redemption in a story but have no patience for it in real life? Perhaps it's because the moral universe in a story is smaller and less complex. Or perhaps we're focusing on the wrong redemption. Perhaps... the read redemption arc was the friends we made along the way. "The Redemption Arc" -- Amy Salley

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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 1d

I’m delighted to announce that I am now represented by the absolutely lovely agent Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary Agency for UK and all subsidiary rights.

For future projects, I’ll also be co-agented by the incredible Stuti Telidevara & Peter Knapp at Parker, Fine & Brower in the US.

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · 1d

a coauthored poetry collection cover reveal you say? 👀‼️✨

Meerkat Press @meerkatpress.bsky.social · 1d

We are thrilled to present the cover to anOther Nemesis, coming February 2026! This dark & thought-provoking poetry collection is co-authored by @aijiang.bsky.social , @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social , @genni.bsky.social & @cybergodwrites.bsky.social

meerkatpress.com/cover-reveal...

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 1d

@aijiang.bsky.social have a good weekend, good luck w/ the writing!

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Day 2! Find the Simon & Schuster booth (#3409) at #NYCC and whisper today's secret word for a chance at one of two copies of YEAR OF THE MER being given out today.

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charlesatan @charlesatan.bsky.social · 1d

have fun!

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