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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · 2d

Hard copy of my first international sale. Thanks #sciencefictionworld!

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 13d

My first collection, UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, @undertow.bsky.social is now available. Kind words for it by Kelly Link, Brian Evenson, Jeff Ford, Premee Mohamed, John Wiswell, and more.

Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.

undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...
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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories — Undertow Publications

Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tøpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · 22d

Happy Birthday 🎉🎂🎁

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · Sep 11

Fantastic!!

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Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social · Sep 7

I guess a taxi ghost story is my debut into professional publishing!

I hope you enjoy the notorious scandal twist and the Southeast Asian noir flavour.

Read the story here!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...
(1/5)

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Sep 9

Readers and reviewers: it's up to us to share as much about the backlist we read as the front list. Books don't have just one pub date: an old book is new to someone every day! Let's help make those kismet encounters happen.

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just booked a writing retreat, so, er, I'd love to fit in a couple more clients/workshops for fall to help offset the cost!

I'm a writer, editor, & marketing coach. My sweet spot is helping authors w forthcoming titles navigate the book marketing engine + plan for launch. (pottern.com) 🧵

"Writing and Marketing consults with Allison Pottern Hoch. You've spent years crafting your book to get it out into the world — and I've spent 20+ years helping authors develop and market theirs. Now let me help you! Does publishing or marketing overwhelm you?
Are you a debut author with book launch jitters?
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Do you need help getting your speculative fiction novel over the finish line?
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Book a consult today: pottern.com/book-a-session"

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Loot the Body @lootthebody.bsky.social · Aug 31

Commodified fantasy takes no risks - Ursula K. Le Guin

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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · Aug 29

How it's going:

Progress report, 1933-45 vs 2025-29. September 2025.
Table comparing persecution by category of badge in German 3rd Reich prisoner identification system to current treatment of corresponding group in USA, Sept. 2025. It's not going well for "Wrong kind of foreigner" (blue triangle badge).

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · Aug 25

do yourself a favor and continue down the thread and read the horrodelighitfying alt text

tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · Aug 22

my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)

a green square that says "fast food meals. new phenomenon burger taste. $19.90. order via seamless" and in the corner is a non-euclidean cluster of chicken finger.

a very normal 5-star review that says "I would be lost without restaurant. I would like to personally thank you for your outstanding product." - Nina Margaret, CEO apple.

another normal review that says "without food, we would have gone bankrupt by now. thanks food! the service was excellent." John Doe, manager.

an AI image of a pastrami sandwich. not to overuse the word non-euclidean but what else can I say to describe these layers of meat? this one also has some kind of yellow sauce leaking out of the bottom, and another yellow sauce being sensuously drizzled on top. in the lower right corner are baffling tubes that sort of look like if roasted carrots fucked a soft pretzel.

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C.R. Kellogg @crkellogg.bsky.social · Aug 15

YEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I AM SO HERE FOR THIS BOOK!

Saga Press Books @sagapressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @macey.bsky.social 's BLOOD OF QUEENS, a gothic historical fantasy featuring Tudor-inspired court intrigue, necromancy, and an audacious heist. For fans of M. A. Carrick’s The Mask of Mirrors and Holly Race's Six Wild Crowns, this hits shelves Spring ’27!

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Laura Cranehill @lauracranehill.bsky.social · Aug 17

You can now request Wife Shaped Bodies on Netgalley!

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Wife Shaped Bodies

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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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 13

PLUS, Am*zon has still decided to sell our paperback for stupid cheap so if you want to have a book gift waiting for you when you return from @seattlein2025.org, now is the time to order it!

#worldcon #seattleworldcon #sff #fomo

Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our little-anthology-that-could is still randomly on super-sale from Am*zon. Less than $5 for this beautiful paperback: a.co/d/0NE0fgO

It's the perfect time to get your hands on these tremendous SFF stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, F.E. Choe, Shen Tao and more.

#speclit #booksky

A pink and purple paperback copy of New Year, New You: A speculative Anthology of Reinvention displayed against a backdrop of pink, purple, and silver mardi gras beads, with a $5 sticking out like a bookmark because this awesome anthology is currently on sale for less that $5 on Amazon. WHAT? Go buy it now!

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ah, the whims of Am*zon: the pb is now... $7.54! Look, don't ask questions, just grab it while it's cheap!

PLUS, the ebook is still less than $5 for a few more days!

Doppelgangers, time travel, simulations, alternate realities, magical transformations, you name it!

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our little-anthology-that-could is still randomly on super-sale from Am*zon. Less than $5 for this beautiful paperback: a.co/d/0NE0fgO

It's the perfect time to get your hands on these tremendous SFF stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, F.E. Choe, Shen Tao and more.

#speclit #booksky

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 13

Major FOMO re: #worldcon!! Half of our anthology's contributors will be there, so the ebook is more than half off!

Grab a copy and say hi to @darylwriterguy.bsky.social @chriscampbell.bsky.social @fechoe.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @avani.bsky.social
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The words $2.99 Worldcon Ebook Sale" above the image of the top half of a tablet displaying the cover for "New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention" all against a purple background. So wish I could be there but say hi to my friends for me.

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Looking forward to this new story by @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

New Issue: BCS #438 out today, featuring stories of lands beyond and coming home from them and from war by @stephenrcase.bsky.social and @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins, From the Archives story by Sara Saab, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #438 by Scott Andrews

The Brittle Terrain by Stephen Case. The Forgotten by Trae Hawkins.

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

New Issue: BCS #438 out today, featuring stories of lands beyond and coming home from them and from war by @stephenrcase.bsky.social and @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins, From the Archives story by Sara Saab, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #438 by Scott Andrews

The Brittle Terrain by Stephen Case. The Forgotten by Trae Hawkins.

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

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Catherine Castellani @ccastellani.bsky.social · Aug 7

Yay! New story out by @traewrites.bsky.social.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

New Issue: BCS #438 out today, featuring stories of lands beyond and coming home from them and from war by @stephenrcase.bsky.social and @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins, From the Archives story by Sara Saab, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #438 by Scott Andrews

The Brittle Terrain by Stephen Case. The Forgotten by Trae Hawkins.

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our little-anthology-that-could is still randomly on super-sale from Am*zon. Less than $5 for this beautiful paperback: a.co/d/0NE0fgO

It's the perfect time to get your hands on these tremendous SFF stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, F.E. Choe, Shen Tao and more.

#speclit #booksky

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C.R. Kellogg @crkellogg.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · Aug 4

Some of the Years Best Eco Fiction and Years Best Weird Fiction all in one place!

You could spend over $50 to read these stories separately so why not spend $4.47 to read them together.

Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 4

No idea why, but Am*zon put our book on deep discount!

Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5!

Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · Aug 4

No idea why, but Am*zon put our book on deep discount!

Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5!

Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · Aug 4

Woot!!! Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈

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Laura Cranehill @lauracranehill.bsky.social · Jul 8

B&N is having a preorder sale for rewards and premium members, 25% off with code PREORDER25, you can get Wife Shaped Bodies (ebook, paperback, audio) and other great upcoming titles
#BNPreorder

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · Jul 19

Viable Paradise alumni dinner at Readercon 2025.

#Readercon
#ViableParadise
#VP

@jenniferhudak.bsky.social @jensmind.bsky.social @chrisrose.bsky.social @daviddegraff.bsky.social @skyfyre88.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @courtney-floyd.com

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