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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy

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The Ace Of Knives eBook out now! https://books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives Co-editor, Caribbean Futurisms. Fiction in Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2022. #amquerying Tonya.ca

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 18d

COVER REVEAL!
My short story eBook is now out!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this is for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FSG2J6X5/

Book cover depicting a black woman, in a gark grey shirt, standing before a wheel of knives, wielding a knife herself. The book title says 'The Ace Of Knives by Tonya Liburd"

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 1d

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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 4d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 1d

CanCon's this week. It'll be 17th-19th.
I'll be wearing this T-Shirt I ordered!
See you there.

Tonya Liburd's t-shirt depicting the cover for her eBook, The Ace Of Knives.

Tonya Liburd smiling, wearing a T-shirt depicting the cover for her short story eBook, TheAce Of Knives.

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 3d

I self rejected and didn't participate. GREAT...

Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't realize DVPit was for unagented people like me, so here's me sniffling in a corner...

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder if there's a term for that...

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Comrade Bullski @comradebullski.bsky.social · 5d

TRON: ARES having an official collaboration with Grok and having AI slop on display at he events is making me never want to watch that movie. Ugh

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 5d

There's plenty of complexity to the story of Ian Roberts, the Black Iowa superintendent arrested by ICE.

But the way the @nytimes.com chose to frame this article is racist and shameful.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

www.nytimes.com

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 6d

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 6d

Let Angela tell you all about The Cold House and then pick up a copy of this creepy, chilling, twisty-turny book. ❤️👀

Angela Slatter 📚 @angelaslatter.bsky.social · 6d

Happy bookthday to The Cold House! Have a wee vid and some messy hair that'll drive my mother mad!

A twisty turny story of lies, love, isolated (second) locations, and folk horror.

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aaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 6d

will just repeat that if you straight up replaced the current Canada Council grants system with this it would fund about 1000 more artists per year for the same amount of money and immeasurably greater stability

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 6d

#buymybooks TOMORROW! THE BIG ONE. The one with exploding tentacles. Over-the-top machismo heroics vs. Lovecraftian horrors from inside the Earth. Brought to you by yours truly and @tonyanuci.bsky.social. With a cover by THE @lynnehansenart.bsky.social. Will you be ready…for THE BIG ONE?

The Big One (preorder: releases 10/7) | Anuci Press

"Daddy's coming home." That's the promise Hank, a widowed ambulance driver finishing up his shift in San Francisco, makes to his two kids who are trapped in the ruins of their destroyed apartment buil...

www.anuci-press.com

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 8d

For the evening crowd

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning.
A helpful financial tip: Halloween season is a great time to invest in real estate. Just watch out for body parts.
#PulpSabotage

a fake paperback book cover with a creepy child hovering over an old Victorian style house. The title is, "How much is it without the demon child?"

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8d

Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 8d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 9d

Also people with money & houses be like it's ok when EYE hate poor people & homeless people, just not when fascists do it.

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 9d

Abled people be like it's ok when EYE hate the disabled, just not when fascists do it.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 9d

I liked Windows 7 a lot. Windows 11 was an awful OS even before the copilot junk. Wish 7 was actually supported by MS so it wasn't a massive security nightmare. I'd totally switch back to that.

Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 10d

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.

Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.

AI is product poison.

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · Nov 29

'THE GOD OF SPITE AND VIOLENCE is a game about hyperviolence, fierce vendettas, & bisexual lighting, for fans of John Wick or Kill Bill. In it, one player--the Angel--will seek brutal vengeance against the GM--the Devil--for ruining everything they loved.'

Check it out here:
itch.io/s/138661/bra...

the words "The God of Spite and Violence" in gold blackletter font against a dark red background

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 10d

REMINDER!
Here's an eBook of a short story of mine!
Do you like Caribbean-centred, Toronto based, dark urban fantasy? This is for you!
It tackles violence, trauma, homelessness, mental illness, dysfunctional and found family, and healing!
With extras!
books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
P.S. reviews help!

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Ace Of Knives by Tonya Liburd

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 10d

I'd love for you to read my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book during the Halloween season.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

This is a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by me (Jeremy C. Shipp). The cover features a creepy old manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze. The book is against a brick wall with vines growing around and over the book.

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Ọ @loslga.bsky.social · 10d

(neo) liberalism claims a world where everyone has a chance to succeed at capitalism. In reality capitalism requires an underclass. Currently dictated by; race, gender, social compliance or education and family. The first two compound or can flip position. Liberation is impossible under capitalism.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 12d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 13d

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 13d

Happy Kickstarter Day to our friends at Otherside!! We love seeing more queer SFF in the world, and if you do too, then go support this amazing publication! 🌈🪐 (also maybe keep an eye out for a collab later this month just saying 👀👀👀)

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 13d

WE UNLOCKED OUR 50 BACKERS GOAL! First goal unlocked! Thanks to an incredibly generous anonymous donor and all of your immediate, overwhelming, and amazing support, we officially now get to add 1000 words/issue to all our Year 1 issues!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Info for our Backer Goals! 50 Backers is unlocked, with 100 and 150 backers below over a blurred version of OTHERSIDE banner art in purple, with a blurred floating fantastical head on the right.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 13d

This is tomorrow!

Why I Love Horror with Becky Spratford, S.A. Barnes, Nick Medina, James Kennedy, Ananda Lima and me!

Here are the details. Please join us.

Register at: visit.northbrook.info/event/13742346

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12d

I don't think the people expressing surprise about things the Trump administration is doing understand how absolutely fucking crazymaking each of your posts is for Black and Indigenous folks who called *all of this* and sat through people talking about "respecting norms" for years

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