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Kristen (she/her) writes about SFF books at Fantasy Cafe, host of Women in SF&F Month in April. Vermont/Upper Valley. Likes: Myths, wordsmithery, complex characters, dark stories, Baldur's Gate 3, cats, birds.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · Apr 30
Thank you so much to all of this year's Women in SF&F Month guests!

You can find all of their essays at the link below, or you can find them in this thread.

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#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐
Women in SF&F Month 2025: Thank You and Links | Fantasy Cafe
A wrap-up post for Women in SF&F Month 2025 that includes a link to browse guest posts and a brief summary of each guest post with its link.
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My debut is officially out today!!! (I can’t believe I get to say that)

Thank you to my publishing team, my writing friends, and all the wonderful ARC readers!! Thank you for taking a chance on a debut author!!

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The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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💥 "devastating" - Rebecca Roanhorse
💥 "destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
💥 "f*king fantastic" - Samantha Mills
💥 "i AM NOT OKAY" - Mia Tsai
💥 "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
💥 "heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
💥 "brilliant" - Wole Talabi
💥 "SF at its best" - Kate Elliott
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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New guest post: "Bisexual favs: Books with great bisexual and queer rep" by @katiehal16.bsky.social—whose latest book, THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH, is out in trade paperback and ebook today!

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Guest Post by Fantasy Author Katie Hallahan | Fantasy Cafe
THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH author Katie Hallahan shares some fantasy books with great bisexual and queer representation.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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ok new pinned thingie incoming with a cover this time

upcoming book! preorders live! all the things! :)

oh and there's a goodreads giveaway happening right now, omg I am bad at this www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang Jan 16-Jan 30, 2026
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jan 16-Jan 30, 2026. Enter for a chance to win an ARC of THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS by S.L. ...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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New guest post: "Bisexual favs: Books with great bisexual and queer rep" by @katiehal16.bsky.social—whose latest book, THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH, is out in trade paperback and ebook today!

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Guest Post by Fantasy Author Katie Hallahan | Fantasy Cafe
THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH author Katie Hallahan shares some fantasy books with great bisexual and queer representation.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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My debut is coming out TOMORROW!!! :)

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BookPage starred review of The Poet Empress
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Thank you so much @seattletimes.com and Jordan Snowden for featuring my debut! The article was so well-written!

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Poetry is powerful in local author Shen Tao’s debut novel
“The Poet Empress” asks readers to sit with contradiction and to consider the cost of speaking clearly in a world determined to silence certain kinds of truth.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live!
Intergalactic Mixtape #36
Hey! This week, there’s some great essays, more best of lists, more anticipated lists, and the start of the 2026 book award season (although it’s always...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Anticipated 2026 books, including:

THE HEART OF THE NHAGA by Lee Young-do; translated by Anton Hur
SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. Kim
THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden
A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES by M. H. Ayinde

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of THE HEART OF THE NHAGA, The Bird That Drinks Tears #1, by Lee Young-Do and translated by Anton Hur. It shows a tilting turret and a bridge in the foreground with a tall man standing behind them. His back is facing front with his face turned to the side, and he has a giant sword on his back. Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid. Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi Cover of THE UNICORN HUNTERS: A NOVEL by Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE. It shows the side of a woman in a long dress standing amidst some pillars facing some plants and a unicorn leaping toward her on the right side of the cover. Cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES by M. H. Ayinde, showing a woman facing forward with a slightly taller, hooded figure behind her and the giant, bluish figure of a man wielding a weapon in each hand looming behind them. Additional Cover Text: "A relentlessly gripping, glorious epic fantasy." - Tasha Suri "A triumphant shout of a novel." - Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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There’s currently a Goodreads giveaway happening for A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy. Details on the book’s page, here (US/Canada only, I’m afraid):

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January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Anticipated 2026 books, including:

THE HEART OF THE NHAGA by Lee Young-do; translated by Anton Hur
SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. Kim
THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden
A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES by M. H. Ayinde

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of THE HEART OF THE NHAGA, The Bird That Drinks Tears #1, by Lee Young-Do and translated by Anton Hur. It shows a tilting turret and a bridge in the foreground with a tall man standing behind them. His back is facing front with his face turned to the side, and he has a giant sword on his back. Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid. Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi Cover of THE UNICORN HUNTERS: A NOVEL by Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE. It shows the side of a woman in a long dress standing amidst some pillars facing some plants and a unicorn leaping toward her on the right side of the cover. Cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES by M. H. Ayinde, showing a woman facing forward with a slightly taller, hooded figure behind her and the giant, bluish figure of a man wielding a weapon in each hand looming behind them. Additional Cover Text: "A relentlessly gripping, glorious epic fantasy." - Tasha Suri "A triumphant shout of a novel." - Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Anticipated 2026 SFF book releases, including:

ODE TO THE HALF-BROKEN by Suzanne Palmer
DEATHBRINGER by Sonia Tagliareni
THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY by Mahmud El Sayed
THE RAINSHADOW ORPHANS by Naomi Ishiguro

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of ODE TO THE HALF-BROKEN by Hugo Award-winning author Suzanne Palmer, showing a humanoid robot and robot dog walking between tall, dilapidated buildings. Cover of DEATHBRINGER: A NOVEL by Sonia Tagliareni, showing a bronze snake entwined around a brown bird with bronze wings, fangs bared toward the back of the bird. There are red flowers here and there throughout the image, and the background is black. Cover of THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY by Mahmud El Sayed, showing the different layers within a spaceship and its various cityscapes. Cover of THE RAINSHADOW ORPHANS by Naomi Ishiguro, showing blue skies and water, clouds, and three white birds with black caps on their heads in flight.
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Anticipated 2026 SFF book releases, including:

ODE TO THE HALF-BROKEN by Suzanne Palmer
DEATHBRINGER by Sonia Tagliareni
THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY by Mahmud El Sayed
THE RAINSHADOW ORPHANS by Naomi Ishiguro

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of ODE TO THE HALF-BROKEN by Hugo Award-winning author Suzanne Palmer, showing a humanoid robot and robot dog walking between tall, dilapidated buildings. Cover of DEATHBRINGER: A NOVEL by Sonia Tagliareni, showing a bronze snake entwined around a brown bird with bronze wings, fangs bared toward the back of the bird. There are red flowers here and there throughout the image, and the background is black. Cover of THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY by Mahmud El Sayed, showing the different layers within a spaceship and its various cityscapes. Cover of THE RAINSHADOW ORPHANS by Naomi Ishiguro, showing blue skies and water, clouds, and three white birds with black caps on their heads in flight.
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??

@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Anticipated 2026 speculative fiction book releases, including:

HONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell
SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON by Amal El-Mohtar
TO STEAL A THRONE by Gabi Burton
THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY by Cheryl S. Ntumi

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of HONEYSUCKLE: A NOVEL by Bar Fridman-Tell, showing a pale arm bent at the elbow emerging from stems and flowers and a couple of small birds fluttering around. The rest of the background is black. "Bloomsbury" is printed across the bottom center. Additional Cover Text: "Wholly intoxicating." - Ava Reid Cover of SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON: STORIES by New York Times Bestselling & Award-winning Author Amal El-Mohtar. It shows grass and trees with a distorted four-sided parallelogram in the front. A ginger rabbit is shown leaping on the left side of this area, following the back half of what appears to be some sort of brown canine. Cover of TO STEAL A THRONE by Gabi Burton, Internationally Bestselling Author. It shows a dark-skinned young woman wearing emerald green with a bronze crown atop her caped head looking straight ahead, proudly and defiantly, with a shadow over the top part of her face. "Bloomsbury" is at the bottom center of the image. Additional Cover Text: Her magic feeds on lies. His magic could destroy her. Cover of THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY, Chronicles of the Countless Clans Book One, by Cheryl S. Ntumy. It shows a dark-skinned woman looking back over her shoulder and down toward the long blade she's holding in her right hand.
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases, including:

THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by Kalyn Josephson
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan, showing a gray/black wolf-like creature with long antlers and glowing red eyes on a white background. Additional Cover Text: Power is a hungry beast. Quote on the Cover: "Charming, haunting, ambitious, and a great deal of fun." - T. Kingfisher Cover of GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings, showing a hand holding a sword with green and red-orange plants around them. Additional Cover Text: "Jenn Lyons just keeps getting better and better!" - Glen Cook, author of The Black Company Cover of THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by New York Times bestselling author Kalyn Josephson, showing clouds and a large building with neutral shades, light and darker blues, and pinks. Additional Cover Text: "A spellbinding reminder that wonder, once lost, can always be found again." - Adrienne Young Cover of THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki, showing a leaping samurai holding a sword. The cover is black and white with vibrant red shaped like the end of a sword going from the upper right toward the bottom left. Additional Cover Text: Honour. Sacrifice. Vengeance.
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Anticipated 2026 speculative fiction book releases, including:

HONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell
SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON by Amal El-Mohtar
TO STEAL A THRONE by Gabi Burton
THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY by Cheryl S. Ntumi

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of HONEYSUCKLE: A NOVEL by Bar Fridman-Tell, showing a pale arm bent at the elbow emerging from stems and flowers and a couple of small birds fluttering around. The rest of the background is black. "Bloomsbury" is printed across the bottom center. Additional Cover Text: "Wholly intoxicating." - Ava Reid Cover of SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON: STORIES by New York Times Bestselling & Award-winning Author Amal El-Mohtar. It shows grass and trees with a distorted four-sided parallelogram in the front. A ginger rabbit is shown leaping on the left side of this area, following the back half of what appears to be some sort of brown canine. Cover of TO STEAL A THRONE by Gabi Burton, Internationally Bestselling Author. It shows a dark-skinned young woman wearing emerald green with a bronze crown atop her caped head looking straight ahead, proudly and defiantly, with a shadow over the top part of her face. "Bloomsbury" is at the bottom center of the image. Additional Cover Text: Her magic feeds on lies. His magic could destroy her. Cover of THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY, Chronicles of the Countless Clans Book One, by Cheryl S. Ntumy. It shows a dark-skinned woman looking back over her shoulder and down toward the long blade she's holding in her right hand.
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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The moment you've all been waiting for...

Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social's 30 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS for 2026!!! Selecting the science fiction, fantasy, and horror reads from the first half of the year you can't miss:
30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor
And other SFF book highlights for the new year!
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January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Of course I found news about what is probably now my most anticipated book of 2026 the day after posting my list: THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT by Helene Wecker is coming out September 16! I loved THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI and THE HIDDEN PALACE.

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The Gates of Midnight
"Wecker is a marvelous storyteller.”—USA Today“An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle.”— En...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases, including:

THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by Kalyn Josephson
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan, showing a gray/black wolf-like creature with long antlers and glowing red eyes on a white background. Additional Cover Text: Power is a hungry beast. Quote on the Cover: "Charming, haunting, ambitious, and a great deal of fun." - T. Kingfisher Cover of GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings, showing a hand holding a sword with green and red-orange plants around them. Additional Cover Text: "Jenn Lyons just keeps getting better and better!" - Glen Cook, author of The Black Company Cover of THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by New York Times bestselling author Kalyn Josephson, showing clouds and a large building with neutral shades, light and darker blues, and pinks. Additional Cover Text: "A spellbinding reminder that wonder, once lost, can always be found again." - Adrienne Young Cover of THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki, showing a leaping samurai holding a sword. The cover is black and white with vibrant red shaped like the end of a sword going from the upper right toward the bottom left. Additional Cover Text: Honour. Sacrifice. Vengeance.
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases, such as:

THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao (epic fantasy, "if poems could kill")

TO RIDE A RISING STORM by Moniquill Blackgoose (alternative historical setting, dragons)

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao, which is mostly red and orange with a curving white ribbon over a pagoda. The top is black with large red flowers to the left and right and the bottom is covered in flames. Additional Cover Text: Love is a weapon. Cover of TO RIDE A RISING STORM by Moniquill Blackgoose, the Second Book of Nampeshiweisit, showing a circle in the center with a top-down view of two dragon silhouettes on opposite sides of the circle. One dragon is dark aquamarine and the other is white, and the circle also includes two light blue flowers with bright yellow leaves. The rest of the cover is midnight blue with the outlines of trees in the darkest shade at the bottom of the image.
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases is up, featuring 18 fantasy and science fiction books scheduled for release this year!

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases | Fantasy Cafe
Fantasy Cafe's most anticipated fantasy and science fiction books coming in 2026, including epic fantasy and other speculative fiction genres.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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I set a goal for 2026 to talk about my Patreon once a quarter because I am a seasonal worker and supplement from my writing/technical skills where I can! If you've ever enjoyed my work, you can support me over there. :) The feed itself is announcement-only, linking to my (many...too many?) projects.
Get more from heyheyrenay on Patreon
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January 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases, such as:

THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao (epic fantasy, "if poems could kill")

TO RIDE A RISING STORM by Moniquill Blackgoose (alternative historical setting, dragons)

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Cover of THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao, which is mostly red and orange with a curving white ribbon over a pagoda. The top is black with large red flowers to the left and right and the bottom is covered in flames. Additional Cover Text: Love is a weapon. Cover of TO RIDE A RISING STORM by Moniquill Blackgoose, the Second Book of Nampeshiweisit, showing a circle in the center with a top-down view of two dragon silhouettes on opposite sides of the circle. One dragon is dark aquamarine and the other is white, and the circle also includes two light blue flowers with bright yellow leaves. The rest of the cover is midnight blue with the outlines of trees in the darkest shade at the bottom of the image.
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases is up, featuring 18 fantasy and science fiction books scheduled for release this year!

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases | Fantasy Cafe
Fantasy Cafe's most anticipated fantasy and science fiction books coming in 2026, including epic fantasy and other speculative fiction genres.
www.fantasybookcafe.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM