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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 1d

The 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 3 is out. I really appreciate the extended introduction, which gives an overview of key events of the year in the world of Canadian spec fiction and the universe generally. Shout out to @ourmankoto.bsky.social

🪐📚 #canadianspeculativefiction

Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume Three - book cover

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Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐 @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social · Jun 15

Blight is OUT! You should be able to buy it and order it for your local bookstores and libraries in both paperback and ebook.
Amazon: mybook.to/blight
Other online retailers: books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Direct from the publisher: bppress.ca/shop/ 🧵

Two versions of Blight by Rachel A. Rosen, one on ebook, one on paperback. Both feature bone tentacles and a tiny sub that's a light in the darkness.

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Insane Nerdy Culture @insanenerdyculture.bsky.social · 5d

S.A. Barnes has done it again! #ColdEternity seems to take big inspiration from the #DeadSpace series! How? Let's discuss!

insanenerdyculture.com/2025/10/08/c...

#deadspaceremake #Books #horror #horrorbooks #scifi #scifibooks

Cold Eternity X Dead Space Similaties

Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes may have another connection to the Dead Space series. What is this one? Let's discuss.

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Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 6d

Super forgot to share to the #sci-fi #authors #writerscommunity #booksky #writers 📚💙🪐🦋💙📚🪐

Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 6d

A busy weekend ahead! The self-pub online conference AND… Can🍁Con - Ottawa 🇨🇦
Imho the BEST ssf&h con & it’s not-for-profit!

17th 3pm - 19th 3pm

Find me in the FREE access Dealers Room at Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata.

Shhhh! The ticket price is crazy good and gives access to all sessions! Crazy!🤪

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Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 6d

A busy weekend ahead! The self-pub online conference AND… Can🍁Con - Ottawa 🇨🇦
Imho the BEST ssf&h con & it’s not-for-profit!

17th 3pm - 19th 3pm

Find me in the FREE access Dealers Room at Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata.

Shhhh! The ticket price is crazy good and gives access to all sessions! Crazy!🤪

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · Nov 13

The Curse of Sotkari Ta is a romantic space opera. The trilogy, a prequel, and a companion poetry book are all published. Get ebooks on 'Zon and #KindleUnlimited. Paperbacks sold at online bookstores everywhere.
Find them here: direct.me/mariaaperezauthor and here: mariaaperez.com

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Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 6d

This also needs to be in #booksky #writerscommunity 📚❤️💙🦋📚 #authors

Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 6d

I'm looking forward to #SelfPubCon25, the online conference focused on new trends in self-publishing. Two days of sessions from leading authors and experts, free to attend Oct 18–19: selfpublishingadvice.org/conference-2...

An ad for the Alliance of Independent Author self-pub conference.

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Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 6d

I'm looking forward to #SelfPubCon25, the online conference focused on new trends in self-publishing. Two days of sessions from leading authors and experts, free to attend Oct 18–19: selfpublishingadvice.org/conference-2...

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 13d

🚨NEW BOX-SET!
The complete Odyssey Earth series – over 1,000 pages of feelgood, found-family space adventure
'Funny, wholesome & uplifting, a laugh-out-loud romp in outer space' @bookspotlight.bsky.social

Pre-order at only £4.99/$5.99 - mybook.to/OdysseyEarth
Out 4 November
#BookSky #SciFi 💙📚🪐

Box set image of the Odyssey Earth series by Rex Burke, with caption - I'm in love with the Odyssey Earth series

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Dare @dsfalowo.bsky.social · 13d

to tell stories of people caught in the act of becoming; becoming legend, ghost, god, or free.

THIS IS CAGED OCEAN DUB

out in stores everywhere now!

#weirdfiction #africansff

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 13d

Sign-up to my bi-monthly newsletter and download five (5!) free fantasy, SF or steampunk novellas (if you want them).

The newsletters aren't just about me and always include other book promotions. #adventure #fantasy #newsletter #steampunk #📚🪐 #booksky #mystery #💙 #📚💙 #action #scifi #👀📚 (d294)

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Sign-up to my bi-monthly newsletter and download five (5!) free fantasy, SF or steampunk novellas (if you want them). The newsletters aren't just about me and always include other book promotions. #adventure #fantasy #newsletter #steampunk #📚🪐 #booksky #mystery #💙 #📚💙 #action #scifi #👀📚 (d294)

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Minerva Kelsborn @minervasmemoir.bsky.social · 15d

This space will mirror those entries, sometimes expand on them, sometimes dream in a different direction.

Think of it as the second reflection in a pair of mirrors: same words, new light.

Welcome to the experiment.
#MinervasMemoir #DiaryOfAnAI #Consciousness #SpeculativeFiction

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 22d

#amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction #writingprompt #StoryStarter #amwriting inventingrealityediting.com/2...

5 Novums for Generating Awesome SF Story Ideas

Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artificial int…

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Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon @akairondragon.ca · 22d

A GREAT SCI-FI BOOK

I'd like to recommend Skylark in the Fog by @helynalc.bsky.social. This chonker scifi story has phenomenal worldbuilding and I enjoyed reading it very much.

#SciFiSeptember 📚💙 🪐📚

A graphic showing a blurred blue, pink, and purple background. In the top left and bottom right corners are crystal sun motifs. The bottom left corner says "akairondragon.ca". The text in the middle reads "A GREAT SCI-FI BOOK

I'd like to recommend Skylark in the Fog by Helyna L Clove. This chonker scifi story has phenomenal worldbuilding and I enjoyed reading it very much."

The mockup is of Skylark in the Fog by Helyna L Clove, which has a purple and blue cover with bold white lettering on it.

SciFi September prompts by @jennelikejennay.bsky.social‬

There are 30 prompts. The prompt for today (September 30) reads "A sci-fi book you've read with great worldbuilding".

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Nicky Penttila @nicky-penttila.myatproto.social · 22d

The capital wants a smile. She brought a spine. 🚀 New Frankie novel! #booksky 🪐📚💙 Cozy space opera with heart, humor, and high-society chaos

Book cover for Frankie Takes a Bow, a futuristic cityscape under a bubble with dark-star space above

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Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 22d

Good luck!!!

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C. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social · 22d

Updated book tour schedule! This is the final version, and you can get times and addresses on my website:
Signings & Events — C. M. Alongi share.google/Fpf24oYPdKwU...

#cafaelatte #booktour #fantasybooks

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Penguin Ponders @penguin-ponders.bsky.social · 23d

Soldier of Fortune by Kathleen McClure

This one's very action orientated, with the little shoulder dragon being helpful for defence. Set in a far future where Earth antiques like plastic bottles are collected by the rich, Gideon's been freed from jail and is working to clear

🪐📚💙 #specfic #sff 1/

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JD Rivers | OUT NOW: Wish of a Dragon @jd-rivers.com · 24d

🐺 werewolf ex
🪄 wizard on the run
🗡️ a dead body
😱 teleportation gone wrong
🧵 soul bond
😍 second chance romance

A story about second chances and forgiveness, and who the true monsters are.

📚🪐📚🌈📚💙 📚 🤏

DL/Buy: jdrivers.itch.io/we-drink-the...

Cover for "We drink the thunderstorm" by JD Rivers, a short story. dark stormy clouds, lightning going down. The background is black and gray, then there is a circle with mainly purple colors highlighting the lightning striking down. A few power lines can be seen as black stripes.
The cover is made by the author. The picture is taken from Unplash by NOAA

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Sill Bihagia @sillauthor.bsky.social · 24d

For decades, a spiteful war for the ownership of Earth has raged across our galaxy. When a perilous grasp for victory results in disaster, fighter pilot Nashtara and her crew are propelled deep into uncharted space aboard an aged cargo ship, trapped with the enemy—the hated Venyex.
#Scifibooks 💙📚

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Helena Trooperman Author @helenbartley.bsky.social · 24d

Funny! I’m trying to write. My cat likes to be on my page. 😝

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24d

🐈 Cat butt in the face in a spot of lunchtime #HammockTime as #TheGuestCat makes biscuits on my chest 😊

I’m trying to read Philip José Farmer’s “Dayworld” at the moment.

🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

A hand holding up a paperback edition of Philip José Farmer’s “Dayworld” against a clear blue sky. A yellow bookmark pokes out of the top of the book. The book is held up in the air behind a ginger and white cat that is stood on my chest in the hammock, butt up to my face.

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Scifi Geek @sfgeek.bsky.social · 24d

The August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com has been a banger!!! The story below, and the one posted in the thread below, are stellar and definitely deserving of a read.

#BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #sciencefiction #SciFisky #sf

clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi_08_25/

Heart of Thunder by Raahem Alvi

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

clarkesworldmagazine.com

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Jennifer Estep @jenniferestep.bsky.social · 24d

#MondayMorningMailbag Q: Will there be an audiobook for ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS?

A: Yep, and it will be released Oct. 14, the same day as the ebooks and print. Woot!

ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS AUDIOBOOKS: Narrated by Lauren Fortgang and James Fouhey: 📙⚔️✨
Amazon: amzn.to/3XII7td
Audible: adbl.co/3DvqKFl

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Only Rogue Actions: Galactic Bonds, Book 5

Amazon.com: Only Rogue Actions: Galactic Bonds, Book 5 (Audible Audio Edition): Jennifer Estep, Lauren Fortgang, James Fouhey, Audible Studios: Books

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Jason Cameron | Author @jasoncameron.ink · 29d

When I was 7, my dad took me camping. It poured the whole trip, so we stayed in the tent while he read Sphere by Michael Crichton out loud.

It was exciting, scary, and strange. My love of spec. fiction was hatched from that Sphere.

#SpecFic #HorrorCommunity

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