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Strong Women, Strange Worlds
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Our mission is to elevate the voices of women and other underrepresented gender identity authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror; to highlight stories featuring strong female and non-binary characters; and to share these stories with readers of all
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Miss a Quick Reads? Intrigued by our Holiday Extravaganza but want to know more? Curious about our committee members & authors? Follow us on YouTube! We have recordings of Quick Reads, our Extravaganza panels, and interviews with @angiechristieWN !

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December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Coming SOON! An entire day of FREE literary fun. You can even wrap presents (or...show online) while you attend. How can you possibly resist?

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Strong Women Strange Worlds HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA December 13, 2025 LIVE ON ZOOM (All times US/Canada Eastern) 10:00-10:55am MadLibs (This is your chance to participate in the creation of a new... masterpiece?) 11:00-11:55 Ghost Seance (Today's SW-SW authors channel those who came before us.) 12:00-12:55pm Speed-Date a Book (Which books will win your heart in these zany, high-speed pitches from authors?) 1:00-1:55 Holiday-Themed QuickReads (After all, QuickReads are what we do best!) 2:00-2:55 Improv Storytelling (We're just making it up as we go along.) 3:00-3:55 More MadLibs BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! Brand New Round Robin Stories by SW-SW Authors! Digital Giveaways! Unique Collection of Flash Fiction, Poetry, Art, and Recipes! Preregister now at Strong WomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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There's still time to give! SW-SW is hoping to raise $500 this month, which is 50% of our operating budget.

If you love what we do and/or want to support elevating the voices of women and nonbinary writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, please drop a few bucks in the tip jar!
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Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! We're grateful for any amount (or even a share!). If you have a few dollars looking for a worthy cause, please consider dropping it in our Ko-Fi!

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December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers
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December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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We've all done it.
Comic- 1st panel- woman reading "The best part" 2nd panel - Woman getting up"of reading two books at once:" 3rd panel- woman walking away, one book is between the pages of another book "don't need a bookmark"
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!

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Cover of the House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard: a banyan tree with grey heraldry showing Notre Dame bisected by a sword The text above reads "Enter a Ruined Paris", and below "March 10, 2026" Cover of The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard: a dragon wrapped around grey heraldry showing a crowned hawthorn tree. The background is blue with spatters of grungy black The text reads "Ruled by Fallen Angels..." and "March 10, 2026" Cover of The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard: a tiger in flames wrapped around grey heraldry showing a hawk above a tower The background is blue with spatters of grungy black The text reads "And Dragons of the depths", "March 10, 2026" Covers of all three books, The House of Shattered Wings (banyan tree and Notre Dame), The House of Binding Thorns (eastern dragon and crowned hawthorn tree), The House of Sundering Flames (tiger in flames and hawk over tower) The text reads "Read the Complete Trilogy", "Available in Ebook and Trade Paperback March 10, 2026"
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Giving Tuesday might be over, but there's no time limit on giving! We're grateful for any amount (or even a share!). If you have a few dollars looking for a worthy cause, please consider dropping it in our Ko-Fi!

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Giving Tuesday & SWSW logo
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Spooky season isn't over until we say it's over! 👻 We're raising the dead to read their stories...exclusively at our Holiday Extravaganza! Register today for a whole day of FREE literary fun!

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Strong Women Strange Worlds invites you to a Ghost Séance December 13, 11:00am (US/Ca Eastern time, Live on Zoom) In which we hear from the authors who came before... Just Part of our Year-End Extravaganza: December 13, 10am-4pm Preregister for the Party at Strong WomenStrange Worlds.weebly.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers
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December 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Giving Tuesday is today! We're grateful for any amount (or even a share!). If you have a few dollars looking for a worthy cause, please consider dropping it in our Ko-Fi!

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December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Coming SOON! An entire day of FREE literary fun. You can even wrap presents (or...shop online, if you're not at that point yet) while you attend. How can you possibly resist?

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December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers
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December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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#libraries
Dr Sara Lodge LearNonsense I was at my local library at 9.25 am today. There were 3 of us. One was, I suspect, homeless. The doors opened at 9.30, there was free tea & an inviting, half-completed jigsaw. The warm embrace of books. Smiling staff. Never underestimate libraries. They are a kind of home.
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! We're grateful for any amount (or even a share!). If you have a few dollars looking for a worthy cause, please consider dropping it in our Ko-Fi!

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SWSW logo + Giving Tuesday logo
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Sarah Kelderman, EIC, Exquisite Death Zine, interviewed me about my new poetry collections
🖤"Cancer Courts My Mother"💀 & 🧛‍♂️🦇"Vampire Verses."🪦
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Interview LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Interview with poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Spooky season isn't over until we say it's over! 👻 We're raising the dead to read their stories...exclusively at our Holiday Extravaganza! Register today for a whole day of FREE literary fun!

www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
Strong Women Strange Worlds invites you to a Ghost Séance December 13, 11:00am (US/Ca Eastern time, Live on Zoom) In which we hear from the authors who came before... Just Part of our Year-End Extravaganza: December 13, 10am-4pm Preregister for the Party at Strong WomenStrange Worlds.weebly.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers
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December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Thank yoo! ❤️
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On #GivingTuesday send some love to @swsworlds.bsky.social
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Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! We're grateful for any amount (or even a share!). If you have a few dollars looking for a worthy cause, please consider dropping it in our Ko-Fi!

t.co/8HiBde4LCv
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! We're grateful for any amount (or even a share!). If you have a few dollars looking for a worthy cause, please consider dropping it in our Ko-Fi!

t.co/8HiBde4LCv
https://ko-fi.com/strongwomenstrangeworlds?ref=onboarding_email_founderwelcome
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December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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You might have noticed we have BIG EVENT coming up. 🤩 But don't worry, our Quick Reads will return.

Normal QuickReads resume on

January 15, 8:00pm

*Note the new time!* ⏲️

#SWSWQR
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November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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It's coming! A whole Saturday of wild literary fun, presented by your favorite organization that promotes women & nonbinary speculative fiction authors! Just look at that lineup! 👀

Register below to get the FREE link!

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Strong Women Strange Worlds HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA December 13, 2025 LIVE ON ZOOM (All times US/Canada Eastern) 10:00-10:55am MadLibs (This is your chance to participate in the creation of a new... masterpiece?) 11:00-11:55 Ghost Seance (Today's SW-SW authors channel those who came before us.) 12:00-12:55pm Speed-Date a Book (Which books will win your heart in these zany, high-speed pitches from authors?) 1:00-1:55 Holiday-Themed QuickReads (After all, QuickReads are what we do best!) 2:00-2:55 Improv Storytelling (We're just making it up as we go along.) 3:00-3:55 More MadLibs BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! Brand New Round Robin Stories by SW-SW Authors! Digital Giveaways! Unique Collection of Flash Fiction, Poetry, Art, and Recipes! Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers
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November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Who are we? What do we do?

We know you like to read, but with this video, you can find out in less than a minute! ⌛️
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers
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November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Come check this out! I'll be hosting mad libs with one of my stories first thing. Fun stuff happening all day with wonderful authors and readers.
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It's coming! A whole Saturday of wild literary fun, presented by your favorite organization that promotes women & nonbinary speculative fiction authors! Just look at that lineup! 👀

Register below to get the FREE link!

www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
Strong Women Strange Worlds HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA December 13, 2025 LIVE ON ZOOM (All times US/Canada Eastern) 10:00-10:55am MadLibs (This is your chance to participate in the creation of a new... masterpiece?) 11:00-11:55 Ghost Seance (Today's SW-SW authors channel those who came before us.) 12:00-12:55pm Speed-Date a Book (Which books will win your heart in these zany, high-speed pitches from authors?) 1:00-1:55 Holiday-Themed QuickReads (After all, QuickReads are what we do best!) 2:00-2:55 Improv Storytelling (We're just making it up as we go along.) 3:00-3:55 More MadLibs BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! Brand New Round Robin Stories by SW-SW Authors! Digital Giveaways! Unique Collection of Flash Fiction, Poetry, Art, and Recipes! Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM