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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Jun 24

It's always a good day to share what active projects you're working on with @cgossagent.bsky.social at FinePrint Lit - and today is certainly no exception to that rule! 👀

A haphazard splash of pink acrylic paint against a black background. Text in foreground that says: “Two women of different eras, connected by the art that one creates and the other restores, reach across time to save one another from falling prey to a manor destined to sink into the sea, consumed by the sands of time.”

Several vertical splashes of acrylic paint in various pink hues against a black background, working as bullet points. White lettering in front of each bullet point reads: memory scrambles, artist colony, family mystery, sand dunes, generational trauma, time slip 1899/1999, painter and restorer, the eggs are weird, mild body horror, thin places, hysteria, insomnia, tragedy, queerness.”

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 9h

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 10h

I just finished @danaiwrites.bsky.social's VILE LADY VILLAINS (out next year) and *chomps down on pillow and makes unintelligible noises*.

Thanks. That was all for today. Remember to drink water and prioritize your sleep and don't walk through doors with bloodied handles and broken keys.

Or do...

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 6d

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 6d

oooh congrats, this sounds great!

Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 8d

Super excited and still very humbled to have my uncanny valley (reprint) short story out in Dark Frequencies and be among amazing names like these! ✨

Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Out today! 101 Horror Stories: Shortwave Publishing Collected Stories Vol 1

Featuring stories from nearly 90 authors, this eBook box set contains our previous anthologies and the new anthology Dark Frequencies (stories from our magazine and chapbooks).

shortwavepublishing.com/boxset/short...

A graphic featuring the cover art of 101 Horror Stories: Shortwave Publishing Collected Stories, Vol. 1 below the text: "Out Today! 101 Horror Stories from nearly 90 Authors including Nat Cassidy, Adam Cesare, Hailey Piper, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ai Jiang, Eric LaRocca, Gabino Iglecias, Johnny Compton, Laurel Hightower, Brian Keene, Tanya Pell, Jamie Flanagan, Mae Murray, and many others..."

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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 9d

✨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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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 10d

Would you like to see the cover of my upcoming novel LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE?
I know you would.
But you'll have to wait till tomorrow 🤭

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 16d

Being on street teams really is one of my guilty pleasures as a fellow author. I really, really hope that I'll never have to entirely stop that. Really, really, really. There's nothing better than getting to formally support amazing people with amazing brains alongside other amazing people! ✨

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 25d

The first author blurbs for VILE LADY VILLAINS have come in 🥹🥹
Thank you so much to @schwartzwords.bsky.social and to Lauren Dedroog for your kind words and camaraderie!
🖤
Please go check out Leanne’s and Lauren’s books and order them if you haven’t already!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 28d

🏳️‍🌈 🔥 THE NEEDFIRE is aflame!

@mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic is roaring onto bookshelves!

Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think of the book!

Buy now geni.us/needfire

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Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social · 29d

🪐💫 AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD is out now! @solarisbooks.bsky.social

It's a standalone space opera set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars. I hope you'll love Page, Maelle, Dalya & the Storyteller!

September 9th:
📱🎧 Ebook & audiobook
📖 US/Canada paperback

September 11th:
📖 UK/Europe paperback

Ren holds up a copy of An Unbreakable World against a pink cosmic background. The book cover features a planet with an orbiting moon, seen from above through the window of a spacecraft.

A new standalone space opera set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars, available in ebook, audio & paperback. Out now from Solaris Books!

Image: A hand holds up a copy of AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD, against a pink cosmic background. The book cover features a planet with an orbiting moon, seen from above through the window of a spacecraft.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 29d

👀Fiction Highlight👀

ICYMI, the short story "Fish Upon A Star" by @arfrederiksen.bsky.social is now free to read!

The night sky is heavy with wishes—some we hope come true and some we'd rather forget—can the starfisher find yours?

Story:
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Issue:
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Image shows Saleha Chowdhury's art of a dark figure over a red background, their organs made up of strange animals. Superimposed on the image is an excerpt from issue twenty of Haven Spec Magazine, published July 2025.

Author: A. R. Frederiksen.
Title: Fish Upon A Star.

Excerpt:

Before he died, my dad fished stars for a living. Sucked them straight out of the sky with a glorified mechanical fishing rod. Of all the possessions that I inherited, the starfisher was dad's truest legacy. I picked up where he left off, expanding on his star smuggling business as he would've wanted. All I had to do was find the people who'd wished on stars when they were children and offer them one of two options: pay me to keep their star in the sky or pay me to fish it free.

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Sep 5

So, how do you put the word out there that you'd love to participate in more anthologies?

Because 👉 that's me 👈.

(and some news regarding that may already be happening next year, sooo maybe we could keep that ball rolling?)

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · Sep 4

Translunar Travelers Lounge is looking for First Readers for the upcoming submission period. If you'd like to find out more about how the magazine is put together, or just want to help out, let us know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

First reader application

Thank you for your interest in reading for Translunar Travelers Lounge. If selected, you will join our team as from the next window (starting on 15 September). Please keep in mind this is a volunteer ...

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our intro thread has been going around again, but we've been busy since March... so, it's time for a new pinned thread! We are OTHERSIDE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! We open for submissions in January 2026.

See thread for more! 🪐🗡️🌈 (1/5)

The background is art in shades of pink, purple, and orange of a lone figure with a sword standing on floating ruins. The text reads: "OTHERSIDE: Queer. Fantastic. Coming 2026. www.othersidespec.com www.patreon/com/othersidespec"

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Never underestimate the power of the action verb. I'll die on this hill, honestly.

Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 31

Me, 2 days ago: "Okay, I clearly need to do some research on topic X for my book edits and character arc."

Me, today: "Okay, I've listened to 12 hours of podcasting about topic X, so now I just need to squeeze all of this into my story without making it into an essay! Easy, pfffft!"

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's such a common thing. Struggling with it myself at the moment, even 😂

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 30

I find the overall character agency discussion so interesting, honestly, because it's also so culturally coded as well. Not to mention tied to the relevant market. There's so much nuance there, for better or worse.

Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Agency in historical fiction can be so hard to write, truly. Characters have to work within such constraints. It doesn’t mean they can’t be active, but authors have to straddle that line of honoring the period-typical level of agency while also allowing for active choices within that level. Phew.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · Aug 28

I'm really tired of the "everything should be sexy" / "nothing should be sexy" arguments about media. Some things should be sexy and other things should not be sexy and everyone needs to come to terms with the fact that not all things will please them, personally.

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sounds about right, honestly! 🫠

Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 29

I get it, but I also don't get it 😂

Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sometimes I find it funny how concerned we are with fictional characters doing things "for a reason" and "acting with motivation" when humans in reality do really dumb things all the time without knowing why. Anyway, welcome to my whatever talk, I guess.

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