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THE WATER OUTLAWS is out now! Queer feminist bandits rising up against a tyrannical Empire. Lots of sword fighting. "Breakneck, adrenaline-filled pace" - Booklist (starred review)

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SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out! @slhuang.com · Apr 25
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
us.macmillan.com
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May 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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johnchu.bsky.social
My novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space, has a cover!
Read about repairing physics, unreasonable parental expectations, and great Taiwanese food! Out on April 7, 2026. Pre-order now: t.co/0nz8JuNhwf
Art credits: Jacket art by Weston Wei, Jacket Design by Katie Klimowicz.
Cover of The Subtle Art of Folding Space, coming April 7, 2026 Four sets of bamboo steamers going from the top of the cover to the bottom. The top one holds steamed bao. The contents of each steamer below it get progressively more surreal. One has bao with the universe as a filling. The next steamer below it has planets. The last steamer is filled with gear works. Two hands holding red chopsticks reach for the first and third steamer. The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum. This isn't your usual jaunt through quantum physics. Ellie's universe, and this one, is falling apart. Her ailing mother is in a coma; her sister, Chris, accuses her of being insufficiently Taiwanese between assassination attempts; and a shadowy cabal of engineers is trying to hijack the skunkworks, the machinery that keeps the physics of each universe working the way it's supposed to. Daniel, Ellie's cousin, has found an illicit device in the skunkworks-one that keeps Ellie's comatose mother alive while also creating destabilizing bugs in the physics of this universe. It's not a good day. If she can confront her mother's legacy and overcome her family's generational trauma, she just might find a way to preserve the skunkworks and reconcile with her sister...but digging into her family's past is thornier than it seems, and the secrets she uncovers will force Ellie to choose between her family and the universe itself.
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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jimchines.com
Happy Independent Bookstore Day!

@bookshop.org is an easy way to order books in the U.S. through your local indie. For example...

Kitemaster: bookshop.org/p/books/kite...
Slayers of Old: bookshop.org/p/books/slay...

#booksky
Kitemaster
Check out Kitemaster - <p>Award-winning author Jim C. Hines delivers a deeply personal epic in <i>Kitemaster</i>. In this labor of love written over twenty years, Hines whisks readers away to a world ...
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April 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
It's CLICKY DUCKIES! This little rainbow duck sits on top of the best kind of clicky keyboard switch. You can tap him and pretend you're just typing away in your office!

thebrokencircle.etsy...
A rainbow colored rubber ducky sitting in some blue water in a rainbow colored bowl. If you bop the ducky on the head, it makes a clicky sound!
April 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
slhuang.com
it'll be nice if the world still exists by the time the book comes out
April 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
slhuang.com
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
us.macmillan.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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fozmeadows.bsky.social
Genuinely, I am so excited to work with Erewhon on this, and can't wait to share the finished story with you all! 😁😈
erewhonbooks.bsky.social Erewhon Books @erewhonbooks.bsky.social · Apr 10
Deal announcement for THE WEIGHT AND THE MEASURE by @fozmeadows.bsky.social, a new queer fantasy series about a pair of godtouched investigators for an organization ostensibly devoted to justice outside the law, for fans of WITCH KING and Dragon Age. ⚖️
Publishers Marketplace deal announcement reading: THE WEIGHT AND THE MEASURE by Foz Meadows. Imprint: Erewhon. Hugo Award-winning writer Foz Meadows's THE WEIGHT AND THE MEASURE, a fantasy series about a newly conscripted arbiter of justice after he is touched by the gods in a moment of trauma, and the seasoned but reserved nobleman assigned as his mentor, as an investigation into missing children leads them to confront unimaginable corruption at the heart of their city, to Viengsamai Fetters at Erewhon, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates (world).
April 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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ladyjedi.bsky.social
This week I am thoroughly enjoying "The Water Outlaws" by @slhuang.com #booksky #nebulafinalist #books #reading #slhuang #thewateroutlaws
April 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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vocesinsolito.bsky.social
¡Buenos días con un nuevo relato!

Hoy publicamos «El gato espacial de la Suzaku Maru», de S. L. Huang (@slhuang.com), una historia muy divertida sobre los quehaceres de un gato en una nave espacial.

Disponible para todos los niveles de suscripción: www.patreon.com/posts/123152...

#litesky
Cubierta con el fondo azul degradado; en el centro se ve más claro y se va oscureciendo hacia los bordes. En el centro aparece el título del relato, seguido del nombre de la autora y, en la parte inferior, el nombre de quien lo ha traducido y el logo de Voces de lo insólito. Los detalles están por los bordes de la cubierta, como en una especie de marco. Hay flores azules, con un aspecto similar a los tulipanes. Las figuras principales son dos seres azules con pinta de humanoides, pero con cascos. Encima aparecen esferas donde se ven ciudades, edificios y planetas. Todo ello está adornado con estrellas, lunas, planetas y hojas.
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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rykaaoki.bsky.social
Super cool to see that from Light From Uncommon Stars auf Deutsch is a finalist for the 2025 Kurd Laßwitz Preis! Thank you @scalzi.com letting me know, and congratulations to you, @marthawells.com, Becky Chambers, Ray Nayler, and all the finalists!
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www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de/2025/KLP_202...
March 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
Several awards are open for noms. I’d be honored if readers consider my work. My most popular stories are my AI cautionary tale, “Bright Horizons,” & my machine apocalypse story, “The Life You’ve Given Me, Rusty.” Both on the Nebula list and BSFA longlist. & here: www.pacornell.com/2024-awards-...
Headers for the Hugo awards, Nebula awards, BSFA, and Locus awards.
February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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tiltingwindward.bsky.social
My favorite of 2024's #Nebula nominees was @slhuang.com's THE WATER OUTLAWS. It was so good it made me want to read the original - which in this case is a Chinese epic from the Ming dynasty. A fantastic gender-bent retelling about love, community, and giving tyrants what they deserve. (7/13)
January 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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aliettedebodard.com
I hate doing that but with the current state of crisis (loved one in hospital + other stuff I won't go into), I'd love to have some income.
If looking for last minute Xmas presents, please consider my book? It has space jellyfish and martial arts and sapphic romance
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Navigational Entanglements
A "Best of" Pick by Lit Hub | Amazon | New Scientist!Award-winning author of The Red Scholar’s Wake Aliette de Bodard comes for your heart with a compellin...
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December 21, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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exaggerated.bsky.social
This is adorable, and you should go read it!
mercwolfmoor.bsky.social Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · Dec 22
Happy Solstice!

I'm sharing a new short story about TIME LOOPS (in a list format!) and being ace and it's free to read for everyone! 💜⏳It's lighthearted & goofy —I hope you enjoy. ^-^

"Field Notes From That Time I Accidentally Got Stuck In A Time Loop For A Week"

www.patreon.com/posts/field-...
a graphic with a dark background and white text that reads "Field Notes From That Time I Accidentally Got Stuck In A Time Loop For A Week" (the title of the story)
December 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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shinyfluffdnd.bsky.social
Morning! Finally reading The Water Outlaws @slhuang.com
Almost finished and it is incredible!
bsky.app
December 22, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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princejvstin.com
Mistyped the attribution on the second level. It was Rich Larson, not Rich Horton. Sorry about that.

Still excited I have episodes by @slhuang.com and @rachaelkjones.bsky.social in my future
princejvstin.com Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · Dec 20
Just watched the first few episodes of SECRET LEVEL. The first episode based on D&D written by @bbolander.bsky.social and the second, based on Sifu is written by @ecbatan.bsky.social !

Really enjoying the series thus far!
December 20, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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princejvstin.com
Coming in January, the re-release of @kateelliottsff.bsky.social 's BLACK WOLVES, set in her Hundred Kingdoms (Crossroads) verse
Black Wolves cover
December 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Just relaxin’.
An illustration of Hadrosaurus, created for the Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction exhibition at Newcastle Museum, Australia.
A large herbivorous dinosaur reclines on a muddy lake shore with a small infant alongside. The both dinosaurs are a pale grey/brown with darker stripes. The adult has a bright orange face and throat, with an aqua-blue crest on top of its snout.
December 21, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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chrisblake.bsky.social
Just watched this and as soon as I'm done typing I'm going to rewatch it. The animation is stunning, with fluidity like a more organic Inception meets Dr. Strange, but with an art style all its own. The story is propulsive and mindbending with a stunning character driven emotional core. Go watch!
slhuang.com SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out! @slhuang.com · Dec 19
ok I also need to add some flailing bc -- I'm only pretending to be chill, it is SO TRIPPY SEEING MY WORDS BE ALIIIIIIIVE

and they did such a brilliant job -- the animation is just, just, omggggggg *brain explodes*

Every other person who worked on this made it top-notch amazing. I feel so lucky
slhuang.com SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out! @slhuang.com · Dec 19
hey if you're on Amazon Prime, check out my episode of SECRET LEVEL!

ep14 - HONOR OF KINGS: THE WAY OF ALL THINGS
www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...
(18 min)

Anthology series so you don't need to watch any prior ones (but you should bc the ones I've seen are VERY GOOD 😆)

from the creators of LD+R!
December 20, 2024 at 1:13 AM
slhuang.com
thanks for all the art recs!! I'm getting so many it'll take me some time to go through them all, embarrassment of riches 😊
December 21, 2024 at 3:38 AM
slhuang.com
does anyone have recs of artist accounts to follow (where they post pictures of their art)? photography included!

no repost accounts or starter packs, please -- seeking people's personal recs 😊
December 21, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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suyidavies.com
So many new followers! Thanks for being here. Time for an intro post:

Hi, I'm Suyi. I write SFF & sundry + teach creative writing & literature. I've published 7 books (soon 8 🤞🏿), the latest being LOST ARK DREAMING (science fiction, 192pp, "vertical Snowpiercer in the Atlantic ocean").

Welcome!
A graphic showing the book Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. A mockup of the book stands over a transparent background with the cover art behind. The text says: "Out since May 2024 in print, ebook & audio. Off the West African coast in a post-flood world, a submerged tower hosts the last standing society. Or so it believes. The brutal class divisions of Snowpiercer meets the underwater society of Rivers Solomon’s The Deep."
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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rachaelkjones.bsky.social
Definitely don't miss out on SECRET LEVEL! It is:
a) gorgeously animated
b) an anthology series - jump around and watch episodes in any order!
c) short runtimes - episodes are between 5-20 minutes, like in Love, Death, + Robots - nice for lunch breaks!
d) written by SFF legends (plus me somehow)
slhuang.com SL Huang is finally on Bluesky. THE WATER OUTLAWS is out! @slhuang.com · Dec 20
psst did you know the new Amazon Prime series SECRET LEVEL (from the creators of Love, Death+Robots) has some v familiar sff names?

ep13 (Concord) - @rachaelkjones.bsky.social !
ep 14 (Honor of Kings) - meeee!

+ Tamsyn Muir, Brooke Bolander, Rich Larson & more!

& the animation art is TO DIE FOR 😭
December 20, 2024 at 11:16 PM
slhuang.com
psst did you know the new Amazon Prime series SECRET LEVEL (from the creators of Love, Death+Robots) has some v familiar sff names?

ep13 (Concord) - @rachaelkjones.bsky.social !
ep 14 (Honor of Kings) - meeee!

+ Tamsyn Muir, Brooke Bolander, Rich Larson & more!

& the animation art is TO DIE FOR 😭
December 20, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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cypayseur.bsky.social
Get reading, weirdos!
neonhemlock.bsky.social Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · Dec 20
50% off ebooks until 2025 at neonhemlock.com

Use code WINTER2024.
50% off ebooks until 2025 at neonhemlock.com Use code WINTER2024. on a cool black and white grid gradient thing that looks oddly menacing for something that is supposed to be triggering acts of holiday capitalism
December 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM