Arina
@readingrogue.bsky.social
SFF book reviewer at https://queensbookasylum.com and https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com. SPFBO judge. Gobbler of space murder mysteries, morally-gray rogues and snarky AI. 🏴🇵🇹
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Feast your eyes upon our upcoming books for anticipated lists for next year! As we’re winding down from 2025, take a peek at our 2026 books to look forward to 📚💓
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Feast your eyes upon our upcoming books for anticipated lists for next year! As we’re winding down from 2025, take a peek at our 2026 books to look forward to 📚💓
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Today’s #ALUGiftNext haul bends time, space, and genre for your favourite speculative fiction reader.
Shop our spec fiction recommendations (+ more!) here: alllitup.ca/gift-their-n...
Shop our spec fiction recommendations (+ more!) here: alllitup.ca/gift-their-n...
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today’s #ALUGiftNext haul bends time, space, and genre for your favourite speculative fiction reader.
Shop our spec fiction recommendations (+ more!) here: alllitup.ca/gift-their-n...
Shop our spec fiction recommendations (+ more!) here: alllitup.ca/gift-their-n...
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📚 🐛🔫New review! 🔫🐛📚
The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social from @torbooks.bsky.social
"...not just a landmark novel of dystopian satire but one of the great speculative works of the twenty-first century."
Have I found my SFF book of the year? We'll see...
The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social from @torbooks.bsky.social
"...not just a landmark novel of dystopian satire but one of the great speculative works of the twenty-first century."
Have I found my SFF book of the year? We'll see...
REVIEW: The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
The Works of Vermin is not just a landmark novel of dystopian satire but one of the great speculative works of the twenty-first century.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📚 🐛🔫New review! 🔫🐛📚
The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social from @torbooks.bsky.social
"...not just a landmark novel of dystopian satire but one of the great speculative works of the twenty-first century."
Have I found my SFF book of the year? We'll see...
The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social from @torbooks.bsky.social
"...not just a landmark novel of dystopian satire but one of the great speculative works of the twenty-first century."
Have I found my SFF book of the year? We'll see...
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What can you expect from JITTERBUG?
A shattered solar system. A reluctant bounty hunter. A pirate queen. An unlikely attraction. All against the background of a political conspiracy to hide something vast and terrifying.
Preorder now from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers.
A shattered solar system. A reluctant bounty hunter. A pirate queen. An unlikely attraction. All against the background of a political conspiracy to hide something vast and terrifying.
Preorder now from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What can you expect from JITTERBUG?
A shattered solar system. A reluctant bounty hunter. A pirate queen. An unlikely attraction. All against the background of a political conspiracy to hide something vast and terrifying.
Preorder now from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers.
A shattered solar system. A reluctant bounty hunter. A pirate queen. An unlikely attraction. All against the background of a political conspiracy to hide something vast and terrifying.
Preorder now from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
love everything about that description!
We're excited to announce a book deal with @naomieselojor.bsky.social for her novella THE CITY OF FACTORIES, which explores the effects of colonialism on Nigeria through a steampunk setting and fractured father/son relationship.
Read more:
links.ruadanbooks.com/eselojor
#BookSky
Read more:
links.ruadanbooks.com/eselojor
#BookSky
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
love everything about that description!
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My sister has started a Patreon and I'd be delighted if people shared/check it out! She's a fantastic self-taught artist with a really creative vein! #artshare #artist #bskyart
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
Empada | Patreon
Digital art
patreon.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My sister has started a Patreon and I'd be delighted if people shared/check it out! She's a fantastic self-taught artist with a really creative vein! #artshare #artist #bskyart
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
My sister has started a Patreon and I'd be delighted if people shared/check it out! She's a fantastic self-taught artist with a really creative vein! #artshare #artist #bskyart
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
Empada | Patreon
Digital art
patreon.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My sister has started a Patreon and I'd be delighted if people shared/check it out! She's a fantastic self-taught artist with a really creative vein! #artshare #artist #bskyart
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
patreon.com/Empadadecaca
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Pledges have slowed now, but I'd really love to hit the next stretch goal of more art!
Back if you like reading queer MM stories! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Back if you like reading queer MM stories! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
The Chosen One Con
The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions from the author of ...
www.backerkit.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Pledges have slowed now, but I'd really love to hit the next stretch goal of more art!
Back if you like reading queer MM stories! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Back if you like reading queer MM stories! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Read half of them! I need to get to the other half
Never really made a stack of the books I've written. Had to grab some copies from my office at work and when I piled them up they looked so purty i just couldn't resist taking a pic!
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Read half of them! I need to get to the other half
I........ Am in love
Cover Reveal Day! I promise you that this book is amazing. And the cover absolutely does it justice. Congratulations to @danaiwrites.bsky.social! Art by Audrey Benjaminsen, publishing in April from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social 📚
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I........ Am in love
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Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
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#Booksky We would love to get some more eyeballs on our latest title, M.Christian’s gay vampires with a twist novel, RUNNING DRY. Are you a book reviewer (any platform) who enjoys queer horror? Let us help! We have eARCs!
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#Booksky We would love to get some more eyeballs on our latest title, M.Christian’s gay vampires with a twist novel, RUNNING DRY. Are you a book reviewer (any platform) who enjoys queer horror? Let us help! We have eARCs!
Already got my ticket
Hey, folks. We hope you're all recovered from WFC & had the best time.
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
Toss A Groat To Your Redcloak
YouTube video by British Fantasy Society
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Already got my ticket
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✨2025 Awards Eligiblity Post✨
if anyone needs a copy of anything for awards consideration, do reach out! 🙆🏻♀️🤍🙇🏻♀️
if anyone needs a copy of anything for awards consideration, do reach out! 🙆🏻♀️🤍🙇🏻♀️
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
✨2025 Awards Eligiblity Post✨
if anyone needs a copy of anything for awards consideration, do reach out! 🙆🏻♀️🤍🙇🏻♀️
if anyone needs a copy of anything for awards consideration, do reach out! 🙆🏻♀️🤍🙇🏻♀️
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Would anyone like to take part in a neat cover reveal on December 3rd? (Preferably US but will take UK people too)
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Would anyone like to take part in a neat cover reveal on December 3rd? (Preferably US but will take UK people too)
Rode a burst of productivity yesterday to tidy up my bookshelf. Found out:
1) Shelves are just deep enough to triple stack the good old uk paperback.
2) I now need a few raisers to actually see the books in the back.
3) I'm able to not obsess about having a system and have instead a semi-system.
1) Shelves are just deep enough to triple stack the good old uk paperback.
2) I now need a few raisers to actually see the books in the back.
3) I'm able to not obsess about having a system and have instead a semi-system.
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Rode a burst of productivity yesterday to tidy up my bookshelf. Found out:
1) Shelves are just deep enough to triple stack the good old uk paperback.
2) I now need a few raisers to actually see the books in the back.
3) I'm able to not obsess about having a system and have instead a semi-system.
1) Shelves are just deep enough to triple stack the good old uk paperback.
2) I now need a few raisers to actually see the books in the back.
3) I'm able to not obsess about having a system and have instead a semi-system.
Been buying the GoT illustrated editions because they're beautiful and affordable special editions to only now see that Feast for Crows is an AI art shitshow 🫠
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Been buying the GoT illustrated editions because they're beautiful and affordable special editions to only now see that Feast for Crows is an AI art shitshow 🫠
Reading for GdM today is The Silverblood Promise by James Logan and I'm enjoying the beginning very much
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reading for GdM today is The Silverblood Promise by James Logan and I'm enjoying the beginning very much
When you think you're about to have a crap day but then Veronica Roth has a new book
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here's the (gorgeous) cover for my next book, Seek the Traitor's Son!
Quick pitch:
It's about the daughter of a bounty hunter
the Knight sworn to protect her
...and the prophecy that ruins both of their lives.
5/12/26!
Art: @pablohurtado.bsky.social
Cover design: @katieklim.bsky.social
👀
here's the (gorgeous) cover for my next book, Seek the Traitor's Son!
Quick pitch:
It's about the daughter of a bounty hunter
the Knight sworn to protect her
...and the prophecy that ruins both of their lives.
5/12/26!
Art: @pablohurtado.bsky.social
Cover design: @katieklim.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When you think you're about to have a crap day but then Veronica Roth has a new book
This post was prompted by Brian Lee Durfee being the funniest booktuber and such a delight to watch!!
Top 3 best matketing tools for an author that will get me 100% buying their books:
1. Be nice to people
2. Be cool on youtube
3. Own a cool sword
1. Be nice to people
2. Be cool on youtube
3. Own a cool sword
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This post was prompted by Brian Lee Durfee being the funniest booktuber and such a delight to watch!!
If you're a fan of eldritch horror, there's a scene in When They Burned the Butterfly I can't get out of my head and I have fallen asleep thinking about it every day since finishing the book!!
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you're a fan of eldritch horror, there's a scene in When They Burned the Butterfly I can't get out of my head and I have fallen asleep thinking about it every day since finishing the book!!
Ohhhhhh 👀
Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you in three weeks!
Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!
More info ⬇️
Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!
More info ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ohhhhhh 👀
Top 3 best matketing tools for an author that will get me 100% buying their books:
1. Be nice to people
2. Be cool on youtube
3. Own a cool sword
1. Be nice to people
2. Be cool on youtube
3. Own a cool sword
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Top 3 best matketing tools for an author that will get me 100% buying their books:
1. Be nice to people
2. Be cool on youtube
3. Own a cool sword
1. Be nice to people
2. Be cool on youtube
3. Own a cool sword