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C. S. E. Cooney
@csecooney.bsky.social
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World Fantasy Award-winning author of SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER & BONE SWANS. Audiobook narrator. Bandcamp: Brimstone Rhine. Repped by RHA Literary. https://linktr.ee/csecooney
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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d
Carlos Hernandez and I are running our GM-less collaborative TTRPG NEGOCIOS INFERNALES this weekend at @officialpax.bsky.social—
Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. Find us at GAMES ON DEMAND! Rooms 106 and 107, off the Arch Street entrance of Philadelphia Convention Center!
Alt text for poster: Poster graphic for NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at PAX UNPLUGGED. Black and White image of a card back: an alien on one side, a queen in renaissance-era garb on the other. The text reads Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. 2-4 players. 4 hours. Teen +. Run by the designer. “The Spanish Inquisition interrupted by aliens! Players play wizards who think they have sold their to the aliens in exchange for weird powers. They quest on behalf of Reina Resoluta to save Espada—or, depending on the luck of the draw, just to save their own skins. The core of the game is the “Deck of Destiny,” a custom deck of 70 cards that the players interpret to determine success, failures, and your fate. A GM-less, story-forward game that’s great for new role players and old hands alike.”
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
NORDIC VISION ed. by Margret Helgadottir
THE RITUAL CRIME UNIT by E. E. Richardson
THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by @snorrikristjansson.bsky.social
6/6
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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THE LIAR OF RED VALLEY @wgoodwater.bsky.social
THE VENGEANCE @emmanewman.bsky.social
SIGN HERE Claudia Lux
BENEATH THE RISING, A BROKEN DARKNESS, THE VOID ASCENDANT and THESE LIFELESS THINGS @premeemohamed.com

5/6
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE @rainewilson.bsky.social
RED RABBIT @alexgrecian.bsky.social
THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Benson
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and A THEORY OF HAUNTING Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
4/6
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
Includes:

HEARTBREAK INCORPORATED @alexdecampi.bsky.social
GOTHIKANA Runyx
BLESS YOUR HEART and ANOTHER FINE MESS - Lindy Ryan
THE HACIENDA, VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE & THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ by @isabelcanas.bsky.social
IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL & THE DEATH I GAVE HIM by @emdashliu.bsky.social
2/6
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
🚨SALE ENDS TOMORROW🚨

Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!

Shop a bumper selection of titles, exclusively on our website, DRM Free for only 0.99 each! geni.us/Solarissale

Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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Graphic with 36 Solaris titles shown as ebook covers
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD @csecooney.bsky.social
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF @taranhunt.bsky.social
WANDERERS @chuckwendig.bsky.social
SINOPHAGIA edited by @xuetingni.bsky.social
GORSE and RAGWORT @samkhorton.bsky.social
THE NEEDFIRE @mkhardywrites.com
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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gil.hova.net
Bought @csecooney.bsky.social and Carlos “Too Cool for BlueSky” Hernandez’ Negocios Infernales, which posits the scenario: what if Spanish Inquisition, but aliens! I playtested it years ago, and it was ridiculously fun.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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gil.hova.net
Bought @mythworks.bsky.social’s CBR+PNK, a streamlined cyberpunk one-shot based on Blades. Yesterday’s megagame ran that system, and I was impressed at how it handled so much with so few rules.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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gil.hova.net
Bought @stonemaiergames.com’s Rolling Realms, and an embarrassing number of expansions.

I’d love to cook up some RR cards for some of my games soon.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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gil.hova.net
Bought @cardboardedison.com’s Houdini, but didn’t get a chance to try it yet. Hopefully next week!
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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gil.hova.net
I also played @davidgordon23.bsky.social’s 2p trick-taker Pyrrhic, which I was lucky enough to suggest the name for. It’s quite good.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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gil.hova.net
Too many games played tonight to count.

@macaroobanzai.bsky.social’s This Is Not A Game About Pipes is mind bending. Played a couple of hands and loved it. Wish I could’ve scored a copy, but the line for his IGNM table snaked all the way out of his queue and around the corner.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
28/11 at 7pm GMT, join us for our next Solaris Presents event with World Fantasy Award-winner @csecooney.bsky.social & Caskey Russell as they explore the Bravery of Hope in Fantasy worlds in crisis.

Watch FREE wherever you are in the world. Live or on catch up: https://geni.us/SPCSECCK
Left to right: book cover for SAINT DEATH'S HERALD an author pic of C. S. E. Cooney an author pic of Caskey Russell book cover for THE DOOR ON THE SEA. Below, white text on red "the bravery of hope" online only Friday 28th November 7pm GMT. with C. S. E. Cooney and Caskey Russell.
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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A new friend at @officialpax.bsky.social just informed me that’s she’s read my books. “I’m having the hardest time describing it to people. It’s like if Wes Anderson wrote a book about necromancy.”
LMAO!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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For those of you NOT at @officialpax.bsky.social UNPLUGGED, you can still find our Gm-less, collaborative TTRPG about Aliens & Inquisition at @studio2publishing.bsky.social here:
studio2publishing.com/products/neg...
And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Day 2 of PAX U! Come play aliens and wizards with us at Games on Demand! Find our game NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at Booth 2951 with @studio2publishing.bsky.social!
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 3d
So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951!

We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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New blog!

csecooney.com/2025/11/21/n...
NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at PAX UNPLUGGED! (Find us at Games on Demand, Rooms 106-107)
Carlos and I are SO happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at PAX Unplugged this year at Studio2! Booth 2951! They have the NICEST, most HELPFUL staff! We love working with them! We’l…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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New newsletter!

csecooney.substack.com/p/negocios-i...
NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at PAX Unplugged!
Find us at Games on Demand, RPG rooms 106-107!
csecooney.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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gil.hova.net
This game is so good!
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 3d
So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951!

We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
csecooney.bsky.social
For those of you NOT at @officialpax.bsky.social UNPLUGGED, you can still find our Gm-less, collaborative TTRPG about Aliens & Inquisition at @studio2publishing.bsky.social here:
studio2publishing.com/products/neg...
And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
This week's Friday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, which is out now in ebook and paperback: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave

And if you haven't yet read the first novella in this cozy-spooky series, you can grab that, too: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience

#romancelandia
The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image. Above and beside the cover is this snippet of text: “Those absurd courtiers were all hoping for scandal and titillation,” Margaret said. “I was only documenting scientific facts, with accurate historical documents and explanations!” “Of course. No more than scientific facts, exact descriptions, and thorough historical context...around the intoxicating pleasures experienced with a vampiric lover’s bite. What could possibly be more high-minded and academic?” Lord Riven’s voice deepened; he shifted his grip downwards to rub both of his thumbs in maddeningly soft caresses against the soft hollows of her neck, and she arched like a cat in instinctive response, barely holding back a purr. “Believe me, I will never forget the process of assisting you in your research.” In a nighttime library lit only by candles, a determined-looking, dark-haired young woman in Edwardian dress brandishes a book to prove her argument to the tall vampire who stands before her, smiling down at her in delight. He is wearing a formal eighteenth century aristocratic outfit, and his long blond hair is tied back, eighteenth-century style. A pot of tea sits on a low table beside them.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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raenbowpunk.bsky.social
All my bookworm buddies should check this out - a book tag where we compare reading tastes!

If you DO check it out, I'd love to know your scores!

everybookadoorway.com/how-similar-...
How Similar Are Our Reading Tastes? - Every Book a Doorway
What's your score?
everybookadoorway.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
csecooney.bsky.social
So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951!

We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
Game designer C. S. E. Cooney stands near Negocios Infernales banner. Black and white banner, with line drawing of a card back: top half is an alien in Renaissance garb, bottom half is human queen in Renaissance garb. Game designer Carlos Hernandez crouches in front of Negocios Infernales banner. Black and white banner, with line drawing of a card back: top half is an alien in Renaissance garb, bottom half is human queen in Renaissance garb.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Carlos Hernandez and I are running our GM-less collaborative TTRPG NEGOCIOS INFERNALES this weekend at @officialpax.bsky.social—
Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. Find us at GAMES ON DEMAND! Rooms 106 and 107, off the Arch Street entrance of Philadelphia Convention Center!
Alt text for poster: Poster graphic for NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at PAX UNPLUGGED. Black and White image of a card back: an alien on one side, a queen in renaissance-era garb on the other. The text reads Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. 2-4 players. 4 hours. Teen +. Run by the designer. “The Spanish Inquisition interrupted by aliens! Players play wizards who think they have sold their to the aliens in exchange for weird powers. They quest on behalf of Reina Resoluta to save Espada—or, depending on the luck of the draw, just to save their own skins. The core of the game is the “Deck of Destiny,” a custom deck of 70 cards that the players interpret to determine success, failures, and your fate. A GM-less, story-forward game that’s great for new role players and old hands alike.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
csecooney.bsky.social
Carlos Hernandez and I are running our GM-less collaborative TTRPG NEGOCIOS INFERNALES this weekend at @officialpax.bsky.social—
Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. Find us at GAMES ON DEMAND! Rooms 106 and 107, off the Arch Street entrance of Philadelphia Convention Center!
Alt text for poster: Poster graphic for NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at PAX UNPLUGGED. Black and White image of a card back: an alien on one side, a queen in renaissance-era garb on the other. The text reads Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. 2-4 players. 4 hours. Teen +. Run by the designer. “The Spanish Inquisition interrupted by aliens! Players play wizards who think they have sold their to the aliens in exchange for weird powers. They quest on behalf of Reina Resoluta to save Espada—or, depending on the luck of the draw, just to save their own skins. The core of the game is the “Deck of Destiny,” a custom deck of 70 cards that the players interpret to determine success, failures, and your fate. A GM-less, story-forward game that’s great for new role players and old hands alike.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM