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C. J. Lavigne
@cjlavigne.com
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Canadian SFF writer. Author of IN VERITAS and THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER. Short stories in On Spec, Fusion Fragment, Augur, PodCastle, and other fine publications. Rep: Arley Sorg. I like coffee and cats. www.cjlavigne.com
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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · Nov 30
Can't think of a single way in which this is about to go wrong
Photo taken from POV of person who is lying on the couch with crochet on her lap, and a fresh skein of yarn. Lurking, a very interested grey and white mantle tabby who definitely is not thinking of attack.
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It is the time of year when I need to repost this; please understand it is just how the thing works
cjlavigne.com C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 7d
Hello! Apparently it is now awards season (??!) so I hope I have done this correctly:
The cover of C. J. Lavigne's The Drowned Man's Daughter (green eyes on an ocean background), along with text that reads: "Eligible for Best Novella in fine awards everywhere -- yes that one, and also that other one. Graphic design is absolutely not my passion. Thank you for your consideration! Look at my cute cat." There is a small photo of a grey and white mantle tabby looking out at the reader; he's so adorable.
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Can Premee even call herself an author anymore? Tsk.
premeemohamed.com Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 7h
Me: Slow year
Me: Only two novellas, three novelettes, and four short stories out this year, plus a handful of essays
Me: Surely I must flagellate myself for eighty-five centuries

premeemohamed.com/eligibility-...
the covers of one message remains, the first thousand trees, the end of the world as we know it, roots of my fears, cosmic horror magazine, three-lobed burning eye, and a small illustration of a father and child in a square bottle. graphic indicates 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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authoralexharvey.bsky.social
ALLLLLLL of this. Fucking off and doing my own thing and slowly fostering a community around me of like-minded freaks and people who love books has made a world of difference for me in terms of my writing.
ladzwriting.bsky.social Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 9h
LRT I've been thinking a lot about how much my art leveled up when I finally found the artistic types I actually wanted to be in conversation with

it's an interesting contrast to when I was querying, most of the community had the same business goals (getting an agent etc) and not artistic intent
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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foxesandroses.bsky.social
Nominations are open! I would be honored if you considered my stories but especially my novelette "The Life and Times of Alavira the Great" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social written as a series of Goodreads reviews! 🙏
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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This is the second time in two days my debut novel has popped up unexpectedly -- hello baby, I still love you. <3 Look at your pretty finalist seal. Look how nice.
newestpress.bsky.social NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 1d
“Things that are and are not, she thinks, and the dog is a snake.”

In this fantastic and fantastical debut, @cjlavigne.com concocts a wondrous realm overlaying a city that brims with civic workers and pigeons.

buff.ly/kYT2wgu

#NeWestPress #ABbooks #ReadLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian
Book Cover: In Veritas by C.J. Lavigne. Profile of a black dog with feathers. Gold titles.
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Deeply pleased in an incredibly reserved Danish-American way that THE WITCH ROADS is named as one of the Best Books of 2025 by Library Journal:

www.libraryjournal.com/story/Editor...
Editors’ Picks of the Year | Best Books 2025
The LJ Book Review editors’ list of 100 Picks of the Year highlights titles we never tired of reading, rereading, talking about, or mulling over.
www.libraryjournal.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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TODAY
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d
Today is your LAST CHANCE to nominate your favorite books, movies, TV shows, book covers, and more for the Reactor poll!!! go go go go go go!!
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
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December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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ecatherine.com
Oh hey, it's me. Talking about balancing creativity while caring for a dying parent. 🖤
mariahaskins.com Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 1d
From @ecatherine.com - "Do Good Work"

"Sometimes I just want to step into the dark garage and scream until I can’t scream any more. So that’s what I do.

But how does that help the writing process, you wonder.

It doesn’t. It helps the writer."

ruadanbooks.com/do-good-work/
Do Good Work - Ruadán Books
E. Catherine Tobler When my mother discovered that I wanted to be a writer, she told a friend at work. I do not know if she told this friend out of pride or vexation, though I suspect the latter. I ha...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🚀 Members! Nominate your favourite works of the year to the BSFA Awards Longlist today!

If you're not yet a member, it takes minutes to join - just go to www.bsfa.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I'm reeling from the news that GIRL IN THE CREEK made both The Lineup's Best Horror Books of 2025 and Library Journal's Best Books 2025 lists!!!
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...
Screenshot from The Lineup, featuring a bunch of book covers and a headline reading "THE BEST HORROR BOOKS OF 2025."
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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marissavu.bsky.social
Publishers, editors, authors, send us your favorite speculative ecofiction published this year. This is going to be another bouquet of truly stellar ecofiction ✨🌿🦋
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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nominations for the Nebula Award and the BSFA are happening now, so please allow me this repost. it will be reposted again. as is the nature of the thing.
jordankurella.com Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 18d
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:

novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social

short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

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the cover of THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS is off to the left of this image. the rest of it is text on a dark blue background. it says: AWARDS ELIGIBILITY The Death of Mountains from Lethe Press ELIGIBLE FOR: the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and other novella etcetera LISTEN: if you want to think of this book during awards season? great! thank you very much! are there too many things to think about right now? of course there are. way too many things. i am making this graphic while also internally screaming and procrastinating dinner. so. i get it.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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A friend just gave me an early Christmas gift of... a custom tea blend based on my novel?? This is SO AMAZING.

From The Sunny Teacup in Edmonton; this is not promo, I just think this is lovely, so here's her Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/TheSunn...
A white bag of herbal tea blend labelled IN VERITAS. The brew contains: chicory root, lavender, clove, cardamom, lemongrass, sage, elderberry, orange peel, dandelion root, cacao nibs.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Please consider my novella if you're nominating for the Nebulas, Hugos, BSFAs, World Fantasy Awards etc.

Inspired by Sting's 'Desert Rose' & loosely based on Greek mythology, an unusual woman meets a thief while trying to steal from the same vault & her world is never the same.
press-android.bsky.social Android Press @press-android.bsky.social · 2d
For awards consideration from Android Press:
THE UNBEARABLE TASTE OF FRUIT AND WINE
by @rsagarcia.bsky.social

"Beautifully written, Intensely emotional. Powerful"
—Jodi Meadows, NYT bestselling author

Category: novella
Genre: fantasy
Published 2/14/25

www.android-press.com/product-page...
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Fourteen Not Forgotten: Geneviève Bergeron, Helene Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte.
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Kobo has named The Martian Contingency one of its "picks for the best Science Fiction books of 2025," and I'm honored and delighted to be in such stellar company. Read the full list of 10 books here: www.kobo.com/us/en/list/b...
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I finally got my 2025 eligibility post up! In terms of publishing it was a pretty good year.

In terms of life? Meh.

atgreenblatt.com/2025/12/05/2...
2025 Year End Eligibility Post
What a difficult year. We’ll leave it at that. But I wrote a TON and I am incredibly proud of what was published this year and what is going to come out next year. (Some of which I can’…
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December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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acwise.bsky.social
More updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way! I plan to keep updating through the various award nomination periods, so it's not too late.

acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
As Nebula nominations are opening up, I would like to offer my novelette, "Phantom View," which is free-to-read at Reactor! It's a story of disabilities and the supernatural that I've always wanted to write.
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 15d
"Phantom View" is a novelette about disabled caretakers, disabled parents, and ghostliness itself being a disability. It's one of my most personal stories.

You can read it for free at @reactorsff.bsky.social!
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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To my friends from LiveJournal I still think about you Wonder if you finally quit, Do you still speak to your mom? I remember when you went to Japan How you swore you'd never forgive him. I can't remember to take my meds but I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat. It's a strange intimacy, all of us unspooling across decades of internet space Like balls of yarn leaving a trail behind us of everywhere and everyone we've ever been I hope you got your houseboat. I hope you got everything. -Hayley DeRoche
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Hey Alberta! My nonfiction story collection about the North, NO SLEEP 'TIL FAIRBANKS, is back in stock at Porch Light Books in Edmonton, and *newly* in stock at Pages Books in Calgary! I am reliably informed that it makes a great gift for the lover of cold, adventure, wilderness, etc. in your life.
NO SLEEP 'TIL FAIRBANKS by Eva Holland | Porch Light Books
For the past fifteen years, Whitehorse-based journalist and author Eva Holland has been exploring and writing about the North. Travelling across the Yukon, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, and Nunav...
www.porchlightbooks.ca
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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wtalabi.bsky.social
5 Books Featuring Smaller West African Deities:
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5 Books Featuring Smaller West African Deities - Reactor
From nightmare gods to water goddesses, these deities are equally delightful, and terrifying, and crafty...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Which Canadian is getting her snacks ready now and hopes to watch her friend win TEN MILLION DOLLARS?

yes I know how Jeopardy! works

GO MARGARET
spyscribe.bsky.social Margaret Dunlap @spyscribe.bsky.social · 5d
Hey, who's that on Jeopardy! tomorrow?
A woman on the Jeopardy stage with purple hair and a space themed dress standing behind a podium with "Margaret" written on it. (It's me. The answer is me.)
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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sharangbiswas.bsky.social
It’s my birthday month, so here, check out my (debut) book, published by the awesome @neonhemlock.bsky.social

www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas — neon hemlock
Publication date: March 25, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Set in an alternate version of the British Isles where South Asian imperial interest colonized much of the globe thanks to their advanced techno...
www.neonhemlock.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM