Emily Tesh
@emilytesh.net
Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
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Emily Tesh
@emilytesh.net
· May 13
THE INCANDESCENT is a book about money and education and status symbols, about loving your career, about demons, about magic, about fantasy school - but most of all about how 'school' is always a kind of fantasy. Available now!
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“Fierce, emotional, queer, and powered by love and splendid, simmering anger. I loved every moment.“
…is what I said about this one, and I stand by it.
…is what I said about this one, and I stand by it.
The cover of this is now up and 1. she is sexy looking and 2. "ultimate weapon meets complete disaster" is such a tagline.
( @hawkwinglb.bsky.social I assume you've already seen but if not...)
( @hawkwinglb.bsky.social I assume you've already seen but if not...)
Call Me Traitor
torpublishinggroup.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Fierce, emotional, queer, and powered by love and splendid, simmering anger. I loved every moment.“
…is what I said about this one, and I stand by it.
…is what I said about this one, and I stand by it.
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one of the issues has some poems and riddles etc sent in by authors instead of children (some of them with notes from their kids) and there’s one by Diana Wayne Jones!
January 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
one of the issues has some poems and riddles etc sent in by authors instead of children (some of them with notes from their kids) and there’s one by Diana Wayne Jones!
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Some Desperate Glory has been a topic of conversation between my partner and me for months now, definitely one of my favourite books of 2025! It's not much but I have a few extra drawings I hadn't posted, in case it might help your days a little
January 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Some Desperate Glory has been a topic of conversation between my partner and me for months now, definitely one of my favourite books of 2025! It's not much but I have a few extra drawings I hadn't posted, in case it might help your days a little
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Thucydides did not write the Melian Dialogue for people to forget Athens lost the Peloponnesian War.
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Thucydides did not write the Melian Dialogue for people to forget Athens lost the Peloponnesian War.
sometimes I want to think about the things in my life that make me really really happy
for example, I have this incredible artist's Some Desperate Glory art set as my desktop background
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for example, I have this incredible artist's Some Desperate Glory art set as my desktop background
www.tumblr.com/lhoandbehold...
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💬 0 🔁 45 ❤️ 92 · This book has really been rattling around in my brain for a while now huh
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January 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
sometimes I want to think about the things in my life that make me really really happy
for example, I have this incredible artist's Some Desperate Glory art set as my desktop background
www.tumblr.com/lhoandbehold...
for example, I have this incredible artist's Some Desperate Glory art set as my desktop background
www.tumblr.com/lhoandbehold...
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Cat is out of the bag! Tor declined my suggestion to include in the blurb "sapphic Winter Soldier, but wizards"; however this is in fact the only accurate way to describe this book torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
Call Me Traitor
torpublishinggroup.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Cat is out of the bag! Tor declined my suggestion to include in the blurb "sapphic Winter Soldier, but wizards"; however this is in fact the only accurate way to describe this book torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
I am so tempted to post excerpts from the groupchat of me reading this book for the first time because ohhhhh my god.
Right. I have at least ONE THING to look forward to in the second half of this year (I heard @everinamaxwell.bsky.social mention this last year at Eastercon and I was sold even then):
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
Call Me Traitor
torpublishinggroup.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I am so tempted to post excerpts from the groupchat of me reading this book for the first time because ohhhhh my god.
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New Everina Maxwell! Yay!!!!!
Right. I have at least ONE THING to look forward to in the second half of this year (I heard @everinamaxwell.bsky.social mention this last year at Eastercon and I was sold even then):
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
Call Me Traitor
torpublishinggroup.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
New Everina Maxwell! Yay!!!!!
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Right. I have at least ONE THING to look forward to in the second half of this year (I heard @everinamaxwell.bsky.social mention this last year at Eastercon and I was sold even then):
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
Call Me Traitor
torpublishinggroup.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Right. I have at least ONE THING to look forward to in the second half of this year (I heard @everinamaxwell.bsky.social mention this last year at Eastercon and I was sold even then):
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
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it's twelfth night, time to celebrate by finding a loyal sea captain to save you from drowning and fall hopelessly in love with you, then abandon him to rot in jail so you can marry your sister's star-crossed girlfriend
January 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
it's twelfth night, time to celebrate by finding a loyal sea captain to save you from drowning and fall hopelessly in love with you, then abandon him to rot in jail so you can marry your sister's star-crossed girlfriend
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10% of profits from this special edition will be donated to Mermaids, a charity that works to support trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people in the UK. I'm very happy and excited about this one!
Introducing our latest special edition - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh! 🖊️🐦🔥🗡️
Head to our Instagram or website for all the details! Pre-orders are open now 💛
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Head to our Instagram or website for all the details! Pre-orders are open now 💛
litpinsandco.com/collections/...
September 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
10% of profits from this special edition will be donated to Mermaids, a charity that works to support trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people in the UK. I'm very happy and excited about this one!
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Happy New Year! just a quick note that we're taking a little holiday break, so our Sudden Wild Magic episode will drop on the 17th. see you then!
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Happy New Year! just a quick note that we're taking a little holiday break, so our Sudden Wild Magic episode will drop on the 17th. see you then!
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novel: u gotta accept that sometimes u need to kill people
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
novel: u gotta accept that sometimes u need to kill people
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
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Very much all of this.
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
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January 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Very much all of this.
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho.
As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense
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Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
My favourite graffiti I’ve seen in ages.
December 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My favourite graffiti I’ve seen in ages.
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“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?
I was uncertain about how much to say about this in public, but I do have a small platform here and on this occasion I guess I’ll stand on it.
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I was uncertain about how much to say about this in public, but I do have a small platform here and on this occasion I guess I’ll stand on it.
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Already seeing some... interesting... takes about the Odyssey film, and a lot of stuff crystallising around "historical accuracy". And while some of the points I've seen raised are entirely valid (the trousers, choice of actors), for a lot of them... well.
December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Already seeing some... interesting... takes about the Odyssey film, and a lot of stuff crystallising around "historical accuracy". And while some of the points I've seen raised are entirely valid (the trousers, choice of actors), for a lot of them... well.
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There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
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Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
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This week we're talking about Diana Wynne Jones' most classically horror book yet, in which she tackles her ultimate fear: nice little old ladies. MUCH to unpack in this one
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Black Maria by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
What's the good of being civilized? That's what I want to know. It just means other people can break the rules and you can't.
The gender dictatorship, the horror of conformity, the limits of word p...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This week we're talking about Diana Wynne Jones' most classically horror book yet, in which she tackles her ultimate fear: nice little old ladies. MUCH to unpack in this one
zencastr.com/z/BitLmcRH
zencastr.com/z/BitLmcRH
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Why I Love The Incandescent by Emily Tesh, written by @fouroffivewits.pizza
Joshua explains why @emilytesh.net's The Incandescent, published by @torbooks.bsky.social, is his favorite book of 2025.
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Joshua explains why @emilytesh.net's The Incandescent, published by @torbooks.bsky.social, is his favorite book of 2025.
geeklyinc.com/why-i-love-t...
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Why I Love The Incandescent by Emily Tesh, written by @fouroffivewits.pizza
Joshua explains why @emilytesh.net's The Incandescent, published by @torbooks.bsky.social, is his favorite book of 2025.
geeklyinc.com/why-i-love-t...
Joshua explains why @emilytesh.net's The Incandescent, published by @torbooks.bsky.social, is his favorite book of 2025.
geeklyinc.com/why-i-love-t...
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Here it is! The magical medical school book I've been talking about for years! 🫀✨💀📙
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
We are THRILLED to announce @freyamarske.bsky.social's Bodies of Magic, a new medical dark academia featuring mages and murder coming September 16, 2026 from Tor Books!
Announcing Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske - Reactor
A dark academia fantasy arriving September 2026
reactormag.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here it is! The magical medical school book I've been talking about for years! 🫀✨💀📙
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
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Oh boy do we have #UKSFFBookBargains today.
Daily deals has ten Diana Wynne Jones ebooks reduced to 99p for one day only.
That's the three Howl books plus six Chrestomanci novels and a short fiction collection
HT @emilytesh.net
Links follow in 🧵
Daily deals has ten Diana Wynne Jones ebooks reduced to 99p for one day only.
That's the three Howl books plus six Chrestomanci novels and a short fiction collection
HT @emilytesh.net
Links follow in 🧵
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Online shopping for Kindle Daily Deals from a great selection at Kindle Store Store.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Oh boy do we have #UKSFFBookBargains today.
Daily deals has ten Diana Wynne Jones ebooks reduced to 99p for one day only.
That's the three Howl books plus six Chrestomanci novels and a short fiction collection
HT @emilytesh.net
Links follow in 🧵
Daily deals has ten Diana Wynne Jones ebooks reduced to 99p for one day only.
That's the three Howl books plus six Chrestomanci novels and a short fiction collection
HT @emilytesh.net
Links follow in 🧵