Hana Carolina
@hanacarolina.bsky.social
Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | 🏴 🇪🇺 | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025)
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Hana Carolina
@hanacarolina.bsky.social
· Mar 29
The Inescapable March
Title: The Inescapable MarchAuthor: Hana Carolina AVAILABLE NOWBarnes & NobleBookshopBooks & BooksAmazon.comAmazon.co.ukWaterstones Arran, a widely feared warrior-mage who can manipulate ti…
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The Inescapable March, my debut fantasy LGBTQIA+ horror-romance novella @spaceboybooks.bsky.social is out today! 🥂🎉❤️ Life long dream, truly! Wouldn't have been possible without @thisisn8.bsky.social @sebdoubinsky.bsky.social @jmoffattwrites.bsky.social So grateful 🥹
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NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Episode 18 of the Critical Friends podcast is here!
This week, Dan Hartland, Cameron Miguel, and Nick Hubble discuss fantasy and its connection to history.
"What can fantasy teach us about history writing and how can it change it?"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Episode 18 of the Critical Friends podcast is here!
This week, Dan Hartland, Cameron Miguel, and Nick Hubble discuss fantasy and its connection to history.
"What can fantasy teach us about history writing and how can it change it?"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Episode 18 of the Critical Friends podcast is here!
This week, Dan Hartland, Cameron Miguel, and Nick Hubble discuss fantasy and its connection to history.
"What can fantasy teach us about history writing and how can it change it?"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Episode 18 of the Critical Friends podcast is here!
This week, Dan Hartland, Cameron Miguel, and Nick Hubble discuss fantasy and its connection to history.
"What can fantasy teach us about history writing and how can it change it?"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
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Polyphonic Seduction by Kit Englard: Review by Alexandra Pierce locusmag.com/review/...
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Polyphonic Seduction by Kit Englard: Review by Alexandra Pierce locusmag.com/review/...
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Nileena Sunil returns to @strangehorizons.bsky.social today to review the latest from Analee Newitz, Automatic Noodle.
Nileena finds the book a little wary of depth: "Automatic Noodle fell short," she argues, "whenever it attempted to discuss real-world social issues."
Nileena finds the book a little wary of depth: "Automatic Noodle fell short," she argues, "whenever it attempted to discuss real-world social issues."
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Cozy fiction requires a delicate balance.
strangehorizons.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Nileena Sunil returns to @strangehorizons.bsky.social today to review the latest from Analee Newitz, Automatic Noodle.
Nileena finds the book a little wary of depth: "Automatic Noodle fell short," she argues, "whenever it attempted to discuss real-world social issues."
Nileena finds the book a little wary of depth: "Automatic Noodle fell short," she argues, "whenever it attempted to discuss real-world social issues."
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For the late night crowd: my paperback is on its best deal ever!
Holiday deal alert! the paperback of Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just $10 on Amazon!
In case you need a shapeshifting monster in search for love this holiday. www.amazon.com/Someone-You-...
In case you need a shapeshifting monster in search for love this holiday. www.amazon.com/Someone-You-...
Someone You Can Build A Nest In
Someone You Can Build A Nest In [Wiswell, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Someone You Can Build A Nest In
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December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
For the late night crowd: my paperback is on its best deal ever!
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Please submit your favorite SFF releases of the year if you:
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
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 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Please submit your favorite SFF releases of the year if you:
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
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Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
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The French government is considering presenting an artificial intelligence bill to parliament that would protect copyright and reward creators, while giving generative AI developers secure access to reliable data, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement 👇 #BookSky
French government considering AI bill 'to protect copyright and reward creators'
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December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The French government is considering presenting an artificial intelligence bill to parliament that would protect copyright and reward creators, while giving generative AI developers secure access to reliable data, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement 👇 #BookSky
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“It makes THE WOLD OF WHINDALE a satisfyingly complete book, equally attuned to the strengths and shortcomings of the region it inhabits; and one senses that Northalbion... may be good for a few more stories yet.” @niallharrison reviews Jacob Kerr
The Wolf of Whindale by Jacob Kerr: Review by Niall Harrison
The Wolf of Whindale, Jacob Kerr (Serpent’s Tail 978-1-80081-152-2, £16.99, 336pp, hc) October 2025. Jacob Kerr’s The Wolf of Whindale also features cultlike behaviour, and draws links between the …
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December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“It makes THE WOLD OF WHINDALE a satisfyingly complete book, equally attuned to the strengths and shortcomings of the region it inhabits; and one senses that Northalbion... may be good for a few more stories yet.” @niallharrison reviews Jacob Kerr
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The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner: Review by Gabino Iglesias locusmag.com/review/...
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner: Review by Gabino Iglesias locusmag.com/review/...
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Only four new horror releases are bringing up the end of 2025, but hey, is this not the perfect season to bleed out on a snowy sidewalk, haunted by your past?
All the New Horror Books Arriving in December 2025 - Reactor
December brings a curse than spans generations, a supernatural hiking trail, and a short-story collection that's murderous and mysterious...
reactormag.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Only four new horror releases are bringing up the end of 2025, but hey, is this not the perfect season to bleed out on a snowy sidewalk, haunted by your past?
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Today at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, that @daviddaviddavid.com on Philip Fracassi's The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.
Our senior copyeditor, @jampersand.bsky.social, declared the book one of their favourites of the year - find out why!
Our senior copyeditor, @jampersand.bsky.social, declared the book one of their favourites of the year - find out why!
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
Fracassi addresses how easy it is to think a retirement home confirms the assumed connection of ageing to tragedy.
strangehorizons.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, that @daviddaviddavid.com on Philip Fracassi's The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.
Our senior copyeditor, @jampersand.bsky.social, declared the book one of their favourites of the year - find out why!
Our senior copyeditor, @jampersand.bsky.social, declared the book one of their favourites of the year - find out why!
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It's chilly in the tower tonight, but the fires refuse to burn. The logs tell us it is out of respect for today's flash fiction; firewood is always a considerate creature.
"The Pyre" by Mathieu Parsy
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"The Pyre" by Mathieu Parsy
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December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's chilly in the tower tonight, but the fires refuse to burn. The logs tell us it is out of respect for today's flash fiction; firewood is always a considerate creature.
"The Pyre" by Mathieu Parsy
crowcrosskeys.com/2025/12/03/t...
"The Pyre" by Mathieu Parsy
crowcrosskeys.com/2025/12/03/t...
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Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! All That Is in the Earth by
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! All That Is in the Earth by
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
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You can now vote for your favourite SF&F of 2025 in the @reactorsff.bsky.social Readers' Poll
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You can now vote for your favourite SF&F of 2025 in the @reactorsff.bsky.social Readers' Poll
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"That’s kind of what modern literary criticism is: You read for complicities and you read for resistances, and you try and sort of negotiate what you can out of that." (@thehubble101.bsky.social)
🪐 NEW CRITICAL FRIENDS PODCAST!
Over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, I speak with @thehubble101.bsky.social and Cameron Miguel about fantasy and history - how are they related, and to what effects?
Cam: “I would say that history writing is kind of baked into the nature of fantasy.”
Over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, I speak with @thehubble101.bsky.social and Cameron Miguel about fantasy and history - how are they related, and to what effects?
Cam: “I would say that history writing is kind of baked into the nature of fantasy.”
Critical Friends Episode 18: On Fantasy and History
Dan Hartland is joined by Cameron Miguel and Nick Hubble to discuss fantasy and its relationship to history and history-writing.
strangehorizons.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"That’s kind of what modern literary criticism is: You read for complicities and you read for resistances, and you try and sort of negotiate what you can out of that." (@thehubble101.bsky.social)
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December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Some great recs in here! (If we do say so... but forreal, some really good reads to fit all tastes.)
It's St Andrews Day, which is also a great day to read Scottish books and authors!! Here are eleven recent-ish Scottish SFFH reads that I loved, to add to your TBR pile! 👇✨
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Some great recs in here! (If we do say so... but forreal, some really good reads to fit all tastes.)
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Yesterday was #StAndrewsDay, so, may we interest you in the works of Solaris' superb Scottish contingent?
@mkhardywrites.com 's https://geni.us/needfire
@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/homesick
@rainewilson.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/saltorac & https://geni.us/weallghostsPB
@mkhardywrites.com 's https://geni.us/needfire
@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/homesick
@rainewilson.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/saltorac & https://geni.us/weallghostsPB
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yesterday was #StAndrewsDay, so, may we interest you in the works of Solaris' superb Scottish contingent?
@mkhardywrites.com 's https://geni.us/needfire
@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/homesick
@rainewilson.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/saltorac & https://geni.us/weallghostsPB
@mkhardywrites.com 's https://geni.us/needfire
@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/homesick
@rainewilson.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/saltorac & https://geni.us/weallghostsPB
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🪐 NEW CRITICAL FRIENDS PODCAST!
Over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, I speak with @thehubble101.bsky.social and Cameron Miguel about fantasy and history - how are they related, and to what effects?
Cam: “I would say that history writing is kind of baked into the nature of fantasy.”
Over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, I speak with @thehubble101.bsky.social and Cameron Miguel about fantasy and history - how are they related, and to what effects?
Cam: “I would say that history writing is kind of baked into the nature of fantasy.”
Critical Friends Episode 18: On Fantasy and History
Dan Hartland is joined by Cameron Miguel and Nick Hubble to discuss fantasy and its relationship to history and history-writing.
strangehorizons.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🪐 NEW CRITICAL FRIENDS PODCAST!
Over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, I speak with @thehubble101.bsky.social and Cameron Miguel about fantasy and history - how are they related, and to what effects?
Cam: “I would say that history writing is kind of baked into the nature of fantasy.”
Over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, I speak with @thehubble101.bsky.social and Cameron Miguel about fantasy and history - how are they related, and to what effects?
Cam: “I would say that history writing is kind of baked into the nature of fantasy.”
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
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November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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It's St Andrews Day, which is also a great day to read Scottish books and authors!! Here are eleven recent-ish Scottish SFFH reads that I loved, to add to your TBR pile! 👇✨
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's St Andrews Day, which is also a great day to read Scottish books and authors!! Here are eleven recent-ish Scottish SFFH reads that I loved, to add to your TBR pile! 👇✨
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A wee sneak peek at Tair House of my Scottish gothic horror novella...👀👇
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A wee sneak peek at Tair House of my Scottish gothic horror novella...👀👇
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The reviews are in!
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
reviewed by Nick Hubble
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#speculativefiction #fantasy #bookreviews
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
reviewed by Nick Hubble
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#speculativefiction #fantasy #bookreviews
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The reviews are in!
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
reviewed by Nick Hubble
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#speculativefiction #fantasy #bookreviews
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
reviewed by Nick Hubble
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#speculativefiction #fantasy #bookreviews
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After a violent incident at work, Tamsin makes a fresh start in a cottage far from her old life. But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall between her & a total stranger.
Preorder: geni.us/homesick
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/3mdv69dp
Storygraph: tinyurl.com/6j5n5xyx
Preorder: geni.us/homesick
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/3mdv69dp
Storygraph: tinyurl.com/6j5n5xyx
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
After a violent incident at work, Tamsin makes a fresh start in a cottage far from her old life. But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall between her & a total stranger.
Preorder: geni.us/homesick
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/3mdv69dp
Storygraph: tinyurl.com/6j5n5xyx
Preorder: geni.us/homesick
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/3mdv69dp
Storygraph: tinyurl.com/6j5n5xyx
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The week in reviews ends at SH with @ajodasso.bsky.social on Talamasca: The Secret Order, AMC's latest offering in the Immortal Universe franchise:
"AMC has proved itself unafraid to take risks at the intersection of horror and speculative fiction. This daring has brought spectacular payoffs."
"AMC has proved itself unafraid to take risks at the intersection of horror and speculative fiction. This daring has brought spectacular payoffs."
Talamasca: The Secret Order
This season's most significant departure from the novels occurs in the Order’s actions and motivations.
strangehorizons.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The week in reviews ends at SH with @ajodasso.bsky.social on Talamasca: The Secret Order, AMC's latest offering in the Immortal Universe franchise:
"AMC has proved itself unafraid to take risks at the intersection of horror and speculative fiction. This daring has brought spectacular payoffs."
"AMC has proved itself unafraid to take risks at the intersection of horror and speculative fiction. This daring has brought spectacular payoffs."