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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 30m

20% off on preorders today

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 3h

you have till EOD Friday to enter the draw for a physical ARC of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA!!!

make me feel popular! get me to the top of that "Popular" tab! stroke my ego (please, there is so little ego left to stroke)!

A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 13d

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

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*US entrants only

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 4h

I would say that I wouldn't be reviewing/talking about books without them.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 8h

More moon related cover reveal action (though a different moon).

Coming on the 12th of May 2026 the new novel from Jeff Noon, award-winning author of Vurt and the Nyquist novels.

A new Noon is a cosmic event.

A cover reveal panel for Moon Over Brendle by Jeff Noon. The cover features two interlocking orange spheres on a black background, the lower one shows a pointed tower in front of an orange moon. The accompanying text reads: "Magical contemporary fantasy meets fantastical memoir in the new novel from a cult favourite author, Jeff Noon" and "12th May 2026."

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 9h

We are thrilled to announce that Titan Books will be publishing THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS by Mike Brooks! ⚔️

A brand new fantasy adventure that follows a smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts who are thrust into the destinies of empires.

Coming June 2026! 🐝

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Ryan Rose (he/him) @ryanprose.bsky.social · 22h

Itching for more SEVEN RECIPES content? Look no further than this short story from the POV of Crooked Rish on my website.

ryanroseauthor.com/crooked-rish...

Spoiler warning! This covers a major reveal near the end of Book 1.

Crooked Rish Short Story - Ryan Rose

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 9h

ICYMI, for horror people.

Jamedi @jamreads.com · 22h

The October Film Haunt by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social (pub by @stmartinspress.bsky.social) is a perfect novel for genre-loves, especially if you've been into the community and into slasher/found footage. A well paced thriller horror that is simply excellent.

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 11h

New Review - happy publication day to the excellent When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social - a science fiction novel for the 21st century that gives us hope. Run and get it I think we need this. One of the best reads of my year! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Arcadia for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and valid review Publisher – Arcadia Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £9.99 ebook   Dec...

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 12h

Also, loved how Trevor Henderson is a character in the book.

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 21h

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Titan snags ‘refreshingly original’ fantasy adventure from Mike Brooks

Titan Books has acquired a new fantasy adventure novel from The God-King Chronicles author Mike Brooks.

www.thebookseller.com

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 22h

The October Film Haunt by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social (pub by @stmartinspress.bsky.social) is a perfect novel for genre-loves, especially if you've been into the community and into slasher/found footage. A well paced thriller horror that is simply excellent.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 1d

Recently finished and really enjoyed CITY OF OTHERS by Jared Poon! A wondrous but grounded fantasy Singapore, fantastic characters, m/m romance, adventure, overworked civil servants, flawed magical coping mechanisms, saving the world while dealing with office dynamics, a ghost cat, and more!!!

My hand holding a proof of City of Others by Jared Poon

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 1d

I am always surprised by international lesbian day lol

I'm Makana! I'm a mixed race nonbinary lesbian who writes science fiction full of mixed race nonbinary lesbians! my debut cyberpunk space heist novel HAMMAJANG LUCK is out now, and it's standalone sequel THE OBAKE CODE will be out Feb 17th!

trope graphic for the obake code but oops it's all lesbians. the cover is in the center of the graphic, showing malia, a black woman in a white shirt, black pants, black boots, and her long hair in green dip-dyed locs. she is looking up at a futuristic sky, with skyscrapers with pink and purple windows and a flying car whizzing overhead. the cover is on a background of the lesbian flag in spattered paint. the arrows read "lesbians," "so many lesbians," "butch lesbians," "chapstick lesbians," "femme lesbians," "aro/ace lesbians," "lesbians of color," "indigenous lesbians," "black lesbians," "they/them lesbians," and "he/him lesbians."

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Unrelated, but it is the rerelease planned for 2026? Just to add it in the future TBR

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

Oh hey bluesky, I need to come up with comp titles for Dominion of the Fallen--they need to be available in trade paperback, published within the last 3-5 years.
Any ideas? I'm coming up blank.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Totally honest, can't wait to read it.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Mortedant's Peril is standalone or starting series?

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 1d

Excellent news mate!

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 2d

THE COLD HOUSE by @angelaslatter.bsky.social is out now! 💚

When Everly’s husband and daughter die in a car crash she finds out nothing is quite what she thought… Secrets and grief collide in this utterly compelling horror novella.

https://tinyurl.com/3zmsb6e7

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 2d

So, we have some cover reveals to catch up on this week.

First of these is @sarahjdaley.bsky.social's excellent dark fantasy crime novel, The Violently Departed, publishing on April 28th 2026.

Nuns! Investigators! Demons! Dark secrets! An unlikely friendship! A terrible murder!

A cover reveal graphic featuring the cover for The Violently Departed by Sarah J. Daley. The artwork features a human skull surrounded by red flames and red blooms.

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 2d

"Say 'Ahhhhhhhhhhggghhh'"

@tinywriterlaura.bsky.social looks at some recent examples of medical horror to investigate why the genre is especially telling in dystopian times.

The doctor will see you now...

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

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Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 2d

156.- The Scour, by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social (pub by @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social)

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 2d

ICYMI

Jamedi @jamreads.com · 2d

Starstruck, by @aimeeogdenwrites.com (pub by @psychopomp.com) is quite an outstanding piece, packed full of emotion and humanity; a short novella that gives us a memorable group of characters trying to move with their life.

Full thoughts:
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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 2d

New Review - a timely collection of unnerving tales from diners, roller skate rinks the civil war and more await in A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts And Dark Matters by @ericjguignard.bsky.social out now and highly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts And Dark Matters by Eric j Guignard — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank the author for a copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Cemetery Dance Published - Out Now Price – £15.04 paperback £3.70 ebook ...

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