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VILE LADY VILLAINS (UK: Penguin Michael Joseph, April 2026/ US: Union Square & Co, May 2026) ✨Rep: Lauren Bieker✨Editor: khōréō ✨Assistant Lit. Agent: Tobias Literary Agency✨she/they🏳️‍🌈🇬🇷 lnk.bio/danaiwrites

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · Jun 12

VILE LADY VILLAINS is coming to the US and Canada!
🥀🖤🗡️
I can’t begin to tell you how deeply grateful and excited I am that my sapphic, Gothic, Greek myth meets Shakespeare horromantasy will be published in the US and Canada by the fantastic team over at Union Square & Co!

A screenshot of Publishers Marketplace featuring the sale of Danai’s book, Vile Lady Villains, to Union Square & Co for publication in summer 2026. The screenshot is adorned with character art of the book’s MCs, done by Marina Charalambides

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 18h

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 21h

They say they want new things in fantasy, then authors from marginalized groups do new things, but they don't like that, they want the new thing to be like the old thing except new.

What they really want is a book to rewind time and make them young again, something no book or anything else can do.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 23h

I don’t care if Monday’s dead
Tuesday’s dead and Wednesday’s dead
Thursday, I don’t care it’s dead
it’s Friday, BUY A COIN

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Eh, it’s okay, I’m used to it at this point… but thank you 💜

Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d

At least she gives me writing material

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry 😂

Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I’m seeing this trend where authors post 1-star reviews of their books and it’s usually fictional reviews from the POVs of their characters, and it looks so much fun that I almost consider trying it…

But then I remember that if I want a 1-star review of anything I do, I can just call my Mother.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 1d

Would love to work with you on your poems!

Would also love OTHERSIDE to reach their stretch goals so they can publish some fantastic new nonfiction too!

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 1d

We have some lovely rewards for you over on Kickstarter! Snag a subscription + poetry critique from the wonderful @angelaliu.bsky.social! Angela is a Nebula, Hugo, Astounding, Locus, AND Ignyte finalist—as well as a Rhysling Award recipient! And also the best.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 1d

The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is currently sitting at $6,717 of our $20K goal! That means we're a third of the way to funding four issues of Apex for next year! Can we hit 50% before the end of the week? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 2d

For people who love weird short stories—Did you know the incredible Lackington's archive is still online? You should read it now while we still have an internet lackingtons.com

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d

In which @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social had incredibly kind words for VILE LADY VILLAINS! One of the most bizarre, brilliant experiences of this whole thing so far has been getting amazing authors to somehow agree to read my book, and many of them seeming to enjoy it
🥺
Go buy Behooved if you haven’t!

Early praise for Danai’s book:

"I was enthralled from the first lush sentence to the final page. Blending familiar stories into new and wondrous forms, Vile Lady Villains is a powerful sapphic love story—and also an action-packed romp that theater nerds will find an utter delight. With spellbinding prose and deftly written, deeply compelling characters, this is a love letter to the classics that finally gives two of literature’s most notorious queens the stories they deserve."

-M. Stevenson, author of Behooved

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d

…😅😅😅

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 3d

I just finished @danaiwrites.bsky.social's VILE LADY VILLAINS (out next year) and *chomps down on pillow and makes unintelligible noises*.

Thanks. That was all for today. Remember to drink water and prioritize your sleep and don't walk through doors with bloodied handles and broken keys.

Or do...

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Happy book birthday!

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 3d

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

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P. H. Low (THESE DEATHLESS SHORES) @ph-low.com · 3d

this YA horror antho is out today ~ incl. my literally hostile architecture novellette and 12 other amazing stories featuring disabled protagonists!

(it's also @bookshop.org anti-prime day! free shipping!)

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These Bodies Ain’t Broken

Check out These Bodies Ain’t Broken - A monstrous transformation within your own body. A sacrificial imprisonment. A fight to the death against an ancient evil. These stories showca...

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Oooh that’s interesting! We only do supervised free range nowadays to keep predators away but I’d never thought of a whistle before!

Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 5d

The smell is truly so strong!

Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Things I could have spent the rest of my life not knowing, if I didn’t have pet chickens:

Dehydrated mealworms have a strong, very nutty and sweet smell, like roasted caramel of horrors.

You’re welcome.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 6d

This year we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yes!! So deserved. Coming out in the UK from @solarisbooks.bsky.social later this month ❤️❤️❤️

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 6d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 6d

My debut novel ROOT MAGIC is a great intro for both kids & adults to Hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture, full of historical events, folklore, & rootwork.

If you're looking for a book about making a way when there’s no way, I hope you'll get a copy!

www.harpercollins.com/products/roo...

#booksky 📚

The cover of ROOT MAGIC on a light and dark green background, strewn with foliage. Young Black twins (boy and girl) stand back to back in the middle of a marsh of blue, yellow and green mist lined with trees and reeds. She is holding a book, and her doll is peeking out of the pocket of her blue dress. He is wearing dark blue overalls and holding a bottle of magic potion and had a mojo bag around his neck.

Text reads: "A must-read, sure to leave readers wishing for more after the final page." -Booklist (starred review)
Root Magic A Walter Award Honor Book Eden Royce
"Black Girl Magic has never been more powerful" - Ronald L. Smith, author of Hoodoo

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 6d

We're $301 from our reprints stretch goal! If we hit that, every issue will include a reprint of a queer story no longer available online. Help us archive queer stories and support queer creators in a time of censorship!

Learn more about our plans here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Wonderful to see THE HACIENDA on this Goodreads round up of Ten Years of Horror Hits!

You can grab all of @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's standalone horror novels from Solaris in the UK. THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is out next week!

Preorder geni.us/palbad
Buy THE HACIENDA geni.us/OmXinM

Ten Years of Horror Hits to Read This October

Halloween is, of course, the traditional season for scary stories. But for those of us weirdly dedicated to the genre, it’s a year-round endeavor....

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Aww thank you!

“…that bloody nightmare of a woman prowls behind me like a trapped she-lion, promising to carve me a new spine with her claws if I don’t fix this now.”

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