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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 8h

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We're gonna break 50k this weekend, I can taste it

She only spoke for a second before handing the receiver back. The clerk hung up and they exchanged a few more gestures and words before she turned around.
It was her, all right. Same eyes, same face shape, same lips, same hair. Heather Dean, in the flesh. What was she doing here? Who had she called?
But I knew both of those answers already, didn’t I?
Her gaze tracked idly across the lobby, past the glass doors. Then back to them. No, she shouldn’t be able to see me, even with her enhanced vision. It was full night outside and she stood in a brightly lit interior. Yet I swear those eyes snagged on me through the doors, through the darkness, and across the parking lot.
Then, worse: a knowing smile. Like a handshake, there and gone in the same breadth of time. Like we were on the same side and she hadn’t just been fucking up my life for the past week.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 8h

feed me your booooooooooks

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Aug 1

I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 15h

Woo! May the side effects pass quickly <3

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 19h

I'm beginning to think I'm only going to be able to sleep past 4am again when I finish this WIP 😭

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

I managed 4 pitches and that's about all I can do these days 😅

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

Good luck!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

#Sirens26 is a community of dreamers, of scholars, of truth-tellers, of revolutionaries, of readers of progressive speculative literature. The cornerstone of our programming is our brilliant faculty who are all of the above. Please join us in celebrating our second round of faculty announcements:

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

Bookshop is doing free shipping through today and if you haven't yet, might I suggest
Some
Queer
Books

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · Jun 2

🏳️‍🌈 Hello it is PRIDE my lovelies 🏳️‍🌈
...and I am a queer little gremlin who writes and recs queer sff books.
You can get my queer assassins saving the day trilogy at anywhere wot sells books:
🔗 us.macmillan.com/series/chron...

All three covers of the Chronicles of Ghadid trilogy, the first with an ace flag background, the second with a lesbian flag, and the third with a pan flag

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

Every once in a while I suddenly remember I was published by Tor and that does help, a little

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

I'm not saying I've got Lists of Queer Adult SFF for Bookshop's free shipping days, but
bookshop.org/shop/queerad...

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 1d

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

bookshop.org

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

I'm not *trying* to make #4amWritersClub a thing, I just for some reason keep being awake and ready to write at this unnatural hour.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

Time to start a 2026 Queer Adult SFF list, huh

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 2d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

Physical books never die nor need recharging, which is one of the reasons I've largely moved on from eBooks
Also I don't travel nearly as much as I used to.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

Oh noooo, I think my eReader (Nook) finally died. T_T
It's only... *does the math* No that can't be right. Ten years old???

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 2d

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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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

I'm sorry, man. Cancer is some really awful shit.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

Sweet! *adds to the 2025 list*

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, if you're in the US, you can order from @bookshop.org with free shipping today and tomorrow! Find all of my books there: bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Bookshop.org US

bookshop.org

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

I know you're very excited about this topic but consider:
How will arguing with a stranger who is very much not going to be persuaded going to improve your life today?

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

Birds Aren't Real. 🤷‍♀️

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

I would've finished this WIP in like two weeks if I didn't have a dayjob
...yeah that kind of makes the case for the dayjob doesn't it 😅

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

If that's too many books for you (or too overwhelming), feel free to ask me for a rec. Just tell me
A) Your last fave read
B) Your current craving
C) Any big 'no's

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 2d

I'm not saying I've got Lists of Queer Adult SFF for Bookshop's free shipping days, but
bookshop.org/shop/queerad...

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 2d

prologue and first chapter are up now! meet the protagonist of my epic fantasy: the saddest grad student on earth 😂

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Calling all lady knights, anxious historians, and those doomed by the narrative...

Reactor is THRILLED to be hosting a serialization of The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social!! Join us every Tuesday through October 28th for an extended preview, starting today!

reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: Prologue and Chapter 1 - Reactor

The lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent through time to ensure she plays her part…

reactormag.com

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