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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Jul 28

Due to unforeseen personal circumstances, Midnight Meadow Submissions will remain closed until further notice.

We will not open for our October window, and likely will also be closed in April 2026 as well.

We are sorry for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience!

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Jul 11

ISO them queers who want to support a small queer indie press and get a shirt that features flowers that the queer community historically used to identify one another.

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · Jul 10

I’m not attending Worldcon this year & everything seems to be a mess but this is so mind-bendingly bad on so many levels that I think it’s worth unpacking while I’m in the no-space of airports

Screenshot of Worldcon 2025 panel description reads as follows:

Strong Woman Lead # LGBTQIA+
Culture/DEl
Room 420-422, 9-10 a.m.
Have you ever walked into a bookshop and asked for books with strong women leads?
Perhaps you've requested that love not be a major plot point? Has the staff excitedly passed you half a dozen books that, though good, have a bit of a repeating theme? Here we ask the question: Why do authors/bookshops assume the only way to have a strong woman lead is to make them gay with a woman love interest and prevent men characters from rising over the background? Isn't it possible to have a book with strong women and men characters in it and not have them fall in love?

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hi! It was so lovely meeting you 🥰 for some reason we never get our Bluesky notifications.

I hope you love the books!

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Jun 16

(We will be leaving up our posts because this event WAS good, and the runners should have some shame to look back on that they so quickly made themselves not the allies they claimed to be).

You may have seen from recent posts that Midnight Meadow attended Pack in the Readers in Greenbay, WI this weekend. No one in our staff had seen previous posts from them that would have raised red flags for us and ultimately led us to backing out. Everything we had seen from them had given us a very different view of who was running this event.

While at the event, the issues with the runner from Booked In Chaos began circulating, and we then saw screenshots of those posts. After careful consideration, we decided to tread lightly with the event, especially as the event was practically over before those began circulating in our feeds.

The event itself was inclusive, fun, and felt as if so much love and care had gone into it, that we had every intention of returning should they host the event again.

As Pack in the Readers have now released a statement of “neutrality” in this political climate, standing with the runner of Booked in Chaos, and cementing themselves as unsafe to our family, our authors. our friends, and our colleagues, that is no longer the case.

Midnight Meadow is a queer and Black-owned business. We care deeply for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we do not tolerate hatred or bigotry. We aim to only align ourselves with those who share our values.

In short, ACAB, Land Back, Free Palestine, and FDT.

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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · Jun 2

🥳 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Queer publisher @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social has their books up to half off all month! Support queer authors and our stories of overcoming obstacles!

midnightmeadowpublishing.com/bookstore/

Background is the progress pride flag.
Text: Happy Pride! Queer books on sale all June! midnightmeadowpublishing.com
Below are covers of books from Midnight Meadow Publishing.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hi! Yes, this will include the subscriptions!

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · Jun 3

THE REMARKABLE RETIREMENT OF EDNA FISHER, about an 83yo who leaves the senior home for fantastical adventure, is on sale through the queer-owned indie publisher @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social (along with the rest of their catalogue!) all this month!

#author

midnightmeadowpublishing.com/bookstore/

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 27

Follow us for more random takes 😂

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 26

That said, we’ll be doing a sale all June long for Pride Month!

And don’t forget, we are open for submissions for our Trans story anthology for June only!

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 26

It’s true that I skipped our monthly holiday sale for May. And that’s because I felt my idea of a “Mommy Issues” sale might have gone a little too far.

And there’s no joking about Memorial Day.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 20

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FIND YOUR SOULMATE ON A DATING APP!

You’re going to find your soulmate after an evil tyrant burns your village to the ground, killing most of your family and you venture across the sea in search of allies to defeat said tyrant.

📖 Design of Darkness by RD Pires

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 16

They are!

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 16

Congratulations on an amazing debut! @heyitsmichellej.bsky.social

Like always, you can still preorder The Divide that Binds Us until midnight and get all the goodies!

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 15

We also have a space pirate series 👀 the third book comes out this year, and it’s the final

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 14

I heard we were looking for audiobooks narrated by humans?

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 12

I cannot express how bittersweet it is to be finished with the final edit on one of my favorite series to date.

✅ Space travel
✅ Sappic Piracy
✅ Jane Austen Vibes
✅ Plots and twists
✅ Villains you love to hate

✅✅✅ world building

#sapphicspacepirates #spacepirates #sapphicbooks #sapphicreads

A promotional image for a sci-fi book series by Sheila Jenné. The background is a dark, starry sky with a glowing crescent shape. At the top, white text reads:
"In a world of frock coats, solar sails, and rigid class boundaries, Lucy joins the Martian Imperial Navy as a midshipman."
Below this text are the covers of two books side by side.

On the left is Black Sails to Sunward, featuring a sleek spacecraft with reflective solar sails above Earth, set against a purple starfield.

On the right is The Sea of Clouds, depicting a green-glass domed airship floating among clouds.

Both covers include the author’s name, Sheila Jenne, in ornate gold lettering. At the bottom of the image, centered white text announces:
Book 3 coming this September!

A promotional graphic for the book Black Sails to Sunward by Sheila Jenné. The image features a dramatic space-themed background with a glowing crescent and distant stars. At the top, a quote reads:
"What would I do if I had no loyalties? ... Not to Mars, not to Moira. What if it were only me?"
Below the quote is the book cover, which depicts a spacecraft with large white solar sails orbiting Earth, with a deep space background. The title "Black Sails to Sunward" is written in ornate gold lettering. At the bottom of the graphic, the text reads:
Out Now.

A promotional graphic for The Sea of Clouds by Sheila Jenné. The background features a cosmic twilight scene with soft purple and blue tones. At the top, a quote reads:
"I'm loyal to Mars," I said firmly. "Mars, the planet and people."
Below the quote is the book cover, which shows a futuristic, domed airship floating in cloudy skies. The title The Sea of Clouds is embossed in gold, with ornate corner designs. The author's name, Sheila Jenne, appears in stylized gold lettering at the bottom. Text below the cover reads:
Out Now.

Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 12

This week 🧍🏻‍♀️

Someone pinch me? @heyitsmichellej.bsky.social
pinch me! Is this a dream???

Do you want a dual ace POV about rivals who stay rivals and dragons?

Of course you do.

@midnightmeadowpublishing

Blue background with white and grey floral corners

Inside the book!
Useless deities
Shady monarchs
Hate at first sight
Ace FMC
Demi MMC
Found family

Purple dragon scale background with the cover for The Divide that Binds Us by Michelle J in the center

Book reviewer testimonial

"A mystical debut that leaves you enthralled. The Divide that Binds Us is filled with mythical creatures and a plot that will keep you up late at night, turning the page. Featuring a unique magic system, dragons, and an enemy that will bring two opposite sides together, Michelle J offers it all with an incredible touch." - Bri Eberhart, author of Strangers in Our Heads

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 10

I’m just a gal standing in front of a bluesky feed full of writers, reminding you this is a thing we are doing.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 9

“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked @heyitsmichellej.bsky.social and she said you only have 7 days left to preorder her debut fantasy novel, which comes with a bunch of fun goodies 👀

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 8

Treat yourself, but it’s a queer fantasy featuring dragons

@heyitsmichellej.bsky.social

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · May 6

A Met Gala look that could have been inspired by the first Black fantasy we’ve had the pleasure of getting to publish.

Just 10 days 🧍🏻‍♀️ #preordernow

@heyitsmichellej.bsky.social

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The Tabbs (She/Her) is back in the Query Trenches @flowersandskulls.bsky.social · May 1

For the few who remember me talking about my "Spite Novel" over on X, I have news.

@midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social now has Unlocking Astraea in their loving hands.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing @midnightmeadowpub.bsky.social · Apr 20

Put some more rainbow in your basket this weekend! 🥰

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