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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · 10d

This COVER is so pretty I could just look at it for years! Give me all the lady knights, please 🥹🥹

Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 10d

✨Cover reveal!✨
I'm thrilled to present you the cover of my upcoming novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE
It will be released in April 2026 by Dark Matter Ink
Cover art by Mona Finden.

Cover of the novel Love Lethal, Death Divine showing a young female knight wielding a sword

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · 17d

Excited to announce that I'm part of @jelenawrites.bsky.social 's street team for her upcoming novel LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE which releases on April 7th, 2026 by Dark Matter Ink! Can't wait to read this one! 🗡️🪄🤍

#lovelethaldeathdivine #thediviners #2026releases #darkfantasy #slavicfolklore

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 23

Ever since 2019, the women-identifying community in this country has been suffering across class, religion, ancestry and s. orientation. No one is safe here, I've told this so many times but people keep forgetting.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hi there! Can you send me your portfolio or any example of a blog you've created? 🙏🏻 Thanks so much for showing an interest 🥰

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 22

We have been intellectually colonized, occupied and the government has adopted the Neo-n@zist policies. There's inequality, racism, homophobia in such a way that many of my friends are terrified of walking outside all alone. Greece is not only ancient myths or summer vibes.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 22

Two more femicides in Greece this week. How many more?!
We suffer and we bleed in this country because we happened to be born outside the dominant class. Please remember that Greece is not a monolith and that writing about my culture isn't only about Zeus or Pandora or Odysseus.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 21

Looking for web design services aka having my own blog re-designed! Since I come from a low-income background, any discounts are appreciated ♥️ in exchange, I could also offer some free editing (if you're a writer too!)

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 19

We might not have met from up and close but your words have always helped me a lot. Thanks for believing in me 🤍 always here if you need anything.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 19

I keep telling myself I've been there. I can get out of this again. I wrote a whole poetry book about this feeling. But sometimes, I feel so guilty for not trying enough, not being the perfect daughter, feeling just empty after meeting with them. And this shouldn't happen with families.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 19

We are not our trauma but trauma can bind us so easily if we're triggered.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 19

1Our minds can be the worst places to be in if we live with mental health conditions. As a neurodivergent person and a survivor of emotional ab#se, my mind's power to frighten me so much and even hinder me from every day life terrifies me.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 19

Worst OCD episode I've had post-COVID yesterday. My parents met my future in-laws and insulted me the first 5 minutes. Relationship fights before that point. Job crisis three days ago. I completely retreated into my mind, had an anxiety attack almost twice and cried the whole day. 💔

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats to nominees and winners 🤍🩵💕🌌

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!

Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners

The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 16, 2025 by Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World…

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 17

I miss you too! I think that it's hard for me now to keep up with all my socials but I will try to be here more because I really like this place 🤍

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 16

I have decided to spend more time here, sharing and promoting works of other writers and my own reading/writing progress! Do drop links to what short stories you've read recently or published below 👇🏻🌻

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Aug 14

"What had happened, she wasn’t sure. A big explosion. Or was it an implosion? Her father surely would have known. She wished she could ask him." 🏵️📻

New fiction today by @pedroiniguez.bsky.social: "A Final Song for the Ages"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"A Final Song for the Ages by Pedro Iniguez, Apex Magazine Issue 150"

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 16

Loved the stories included, read them in a sitting! Congrats to all ☁️🌌

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · Aug 16

The new issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge is live, issue number lucky 13 for August 2025 with 14 brand new stories

Cover of Issue 13 of Translunar Travelers Lunge for Issue 13 August 2025. People are being sucked upwards in a collapsing city. The author's names are Chidera Anikpe, Michelle Carrera, Camille Koob, Clair McNerney, Rukman Ragas, HJ Ramsey, Vijayalaxmi Samal, Abhijeet Sathe, Anita Harris Satkunananthan, Amanda Saville, Elena Sichrovsky, Dale Smith, Rose Strickman, Kay Vaindal. Edited by Bennet North, Priya Sridhar and Hannya Kay

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'm going on tour in a few weeks!

My new book Lessons in Magic and Disaster is about a young witch who teaches her mother how to do magic. It's about loss and healing, queer family and unconditional love.

Tues: Green Apple, SF
Weds: Powell's, Portland
Thurs: Women & Children First, Chicago

A graphic with a yellow stripe and lots of daisies. Plus a white trans woman with pink hair and pink sunglasses. And the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It says "JOIN CHARLIE JANE ANDERS ON TOUR"

A graphic with purple cracked earth and the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster plus a picture of a trans woman with pink hair and a black dress. Says CHARLIE JANE ANDERS launch event for Lessons in Magic and Disaster Tues August 19, 7 PM, 1231 9th Ave. (Inner Sunset) Free to Attend, Please RSVP

A pink background with pictures of Charlie Jane Anders and Kirk Read, plus the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster. The text says Charlie Jane discusses her new book Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Tues Aug 20, 7 PM, Powells Books, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton OR, with Kirk Read who is an actual mermaid

The cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster plus a picture of Charlie Jane Anders, it says Women & Children First Presents Charlie Jane Anders, Thurs 8/21 at 7 PM, 5233 N. Clark St.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Aug 15

There's something inspiring and sentimental when you read your friend's work! Don't miss out on THE CASTAWAY AND THE WITCH, a harrowing mythic fantasy inspired by Greek myth and dealing with memory, grief, love and the fights women have to give against invisible systems. ✨
@ioannapauthor.bsky.social

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · Aug 8

The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025.

Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK

"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative. Must we be only what others have foretold and experienced? Or can we make our own stories, flawed and complex as we are..."
-- Shawna Lawless, author of the critically acclaimed Gael Song series

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · Aug 9

I don't know what to tell ya, fam!

Our open submission period closes in two days. Two whole days!! (Aug 11th)

So if you got something good, get that good gotten to us while the getting is good. (This sentence somehow makes sense because English is the true horror.)

pseudopod.org/submissions/

Submissions | PseudoPod

PseudoPod is always looking for quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see...

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Jul 20

SPOTTING PIPPIN THE COSMONAUT IN MY HOMEPAGE IS WILD!! 💗 Good luck, Lyndsey! have fun with your next project!

Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · Jul 18

Now I've handed in deep sea book, may return to hijinks space opera to rewrite👀 Ft. princess on the run, MC has to rescue her in space, and she takes her cat (secretly an alien) with her...There's also an alien artefact hunter, pursuit by space pirates, a heist, & a cowboy with a talking horse...✨🚀

Art of Pippin, a red and white tabby in space

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Jul 17

Pulled my back during deadlifts because I didn't listen to my body 🫠 Have to abstain from all sorts of lifting for 10 days+then slowly re-introduce functional movements with no weights and/or bands. Second strain I get within a year of my powerlifting journey. Bummed but happy it wasn't sth worse.

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos @sophiamweaves.bsky.social · Jul 15

I've got a poetry collection about grief and death. If any of you have heard of any press calls I could send this to, let me know 👀