Athena Andreadis, PhD
@athenahelivoy.bsky.social
Research scientist, molecular brain function. To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of StarTrek, Reckless (https://www.starshipreckless.com), Candlemark & Gleam emerita. Creator, shaper, book devourer, feral loner, astrogator.
Happy winter solstice, friends!
By snow’s down, the birds amassed will sing
Like children for their sire to walk abroad!
But what I love is the gray stubborn hawk
Who floats alone beyond the frozen vines.
-- from Winter’s Margin by Mary Oliver
By snow’s down, the birds amassed will sing
Like children for their sire to walk abroad!
But what I love is the gray stubborn hawk
Who floats alone beyond the frozen vines.
-- from Winter’s Margin by Mary Oliver
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy winter solstice, friends!
By snow’s down, the birds amassed will sing
Like children for their sire to walk abroad!
But what I love is the gray stubborn hawk
Who floats alone beyond the frozen vines.
-- from Winter’s Margin by Mary Oliver
By snow’s down, the birds amassed will sing
Like children for their sire to walk abroad!
But what I love is the gray stubborn hawk
Who floats alone beyond the frozen vines.
-- from Winter’s Margin by Mary Oliver
Thrilled and moved about this -- I couldn't have left it in any hands that are more loving and capable.
So. I have acquired a small press...
(Seriously, I'm tremendously excited and honored to take over here!)
(Seriously, I'm tremendously excited and honored to take over here!)
Exciting news! Author Melissa Scott is taking over from Athena Andreadis as publisher and editor of Candlemark & Gleam. Athena will be greatly missed, but Melissa intends to carry on her commitment to publishing innovative SF/F.
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March 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thrilled and moved about this -- I couldn't have left it in any hands that are more loving and capable.
Reposted by Athena Andreadis, PhD
Earlier this week I finally picked up the trade paperbacks of these for myself, after reading them as ARCs originally (and making sure I got them in on the shelves at the off-farm-job for patrons). Very beautiful books as well as a highly engaging historical fantasy.
Cover reveal: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham, next in the Borgia Sibyl historical fantasy series; the Persephone myth transposed to Borgia Rome. The stunning cover is by Alexael. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/01/14/c... Launches June 10! @jograhamwrites.bsky.social @alexaelartworks.bsky.social
Cover Reveal: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham
I first became aware of Jo Graham when I read Black Ships, an absorbing take on the Aenead with a young sibyl as its narrator. Since then, Jo has gone on to create thirty speculative fiction novels (i...
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November 29, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Earlier this week I finally picked up the trade paperbacks of these for myself, after reading them as ARCs originally (and making sure I got them in on the shelves at the off-farm-job for patrons). Very beautiful books as well as a highly engaging historical fantasy.
Ready to welcome POTUS Harris!
July 22, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Ready to welcome POTUS Harris!
Reposted by Athena Andreadis, PhD
Well, this is a lovely thing! And in such good company, too.
Congrats to @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social @blueterraplane.bsky.social and everyone on the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award Shortlist
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2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award Shortlist
The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation revealed the shortlist for the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy on June 17. The six fina…
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June 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Well, this is a lovely thing! And in such good company, too.
Launch! Jo Graham's fascinating #historical #fantasy The Borgia Dove, sequel to acclaimed Blackened Mirror, unfolding in dangerous, glittering Renaissance Rome; great reviews & stunning cover by @alexaelartworks.bsky.social. candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/06/10/r...
@jograhamwrites.bsky.social #books
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Release: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham
Pealing bells and sacred mystery incantations for Jo Graham’s historical fantasy The Borgia Dove which takes to the skies today like a flight of its namesakes! The Borgia Dove is the second in the ser...
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June 10, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Launch! Jo Graham's fascinating #historical #fantasy The Borgia Dove, sequel to acclaimed Blackened Mirror, unfolding in dangerous, glittering Renaissance Rome; great reviews & stunning cover by @alexaelartworks.bsky.social. candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/06/10/r...
@jograhamwrites.bsky.social #books
@jograhamwrites.bsky.social #books
Giveway of Jo Graham's fascinating #historical #fantasy The Borgia Dove, sequel to her acclaimed Blackened Mirror, unfolding in dangerous, glittering Renaissance Rome. Digital pre-orders are live; launches June 10. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/05/21/g... #myth @JoGrahamWrites @AlexaelArtworks
Giveaway: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham
On Jun 10, 2024, Candlemark & Gleam will release Jo Graham’s riveting historical fantasy The Borgia Dove (second in the series Memoirs of the Borgia Sibyl after A Blackened Mirror): Giulia Farnese is ...
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May 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Giveway of Jo Graham's fascinating #historical #fantasy The Borgia Dove, sequel to her acclaimed Blackened Mirror, unfolding in dangerous, glittering Renaissance Rome. Digital pre-orders are live; launches June 10. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/05/21/g... #myth @JoGrahamWrites @AlexaelArtworks
Release day! Today we celebrate the launch of Moonlight Special by Justin Robinson: the 6th entry to his highly acclaimed sui-generis neo-noir pulp monsterverse series, City of Devils! www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/03/11/r... @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Release Day: Moonlight Special by Justin Robinson
Here’s to the lift-off into a full-moon night-sky of Moonlight Special, the youngest but equally bold and assured sibling to Justin Robinson’s sui generis neo-noir pulp monsterverse series: City of De...
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March 11, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Release day! Today we celebrate the launch of Moonlight Special by Justin Robinson: the 6th entry to his highly acclaimed sui-generis neo-noir pulp monsterverse series, City of Devils! www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/03/11/r... @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
SFF pioneer Melissa Scott is a GOH at the Cleveland Concoction! Melissa has honored my press Candlemark w/ 4 books so far: Finders & Fallen (space operas in a unique world), Water Horse & Master of Samar (sui generis fantasies). www.clevelandconcoction.org/melissascott... @blueterraplane.bsky.social
Author Guest - Melissa Scott
Author, Guest, Melissa Scott, Author Guest, Literary Guest, Convention, Cleveland, ConCoction, Concoction, Cleveland ConCoction, Cleveland Convention, Convention Guest, Cleveland ConCoction 2024 Conve...
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March 6, 2024 at 4:20 PM
SFF pioneer Melissa Scott is a GOH at the Cleveland Concoction! Melissa has honored my press Candlemark w/ 4 books so far: Finders & Fallen (space operas in a unique world), Water Horse & Master of Samar (sui generis fantasies). www.clevelandconcoction.org/melissascott... @blueterraplane.bsky.social
Seven days left to the digital giveaway of Justin Robinson's Moonlight Special, the 6th entry in his unique, highly acclaimed neo-noir monsterverse. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/02/18/g... Launches March 11! @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Giveaway: Moonlight Special by Justin Robinson
On March 11, 2024, Candlemark & Gleam will unleash Moonlight Special, the sixth installment of Justin Robinson’s neo-noir alt-history in which humans have become a downtrodden minority in a world of p...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com
March 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Seven days left to the digital giveaway of Justin Robinson's Moonlight Special, the 6th entry in his unique, highly acclaimed neo-noir monsterverse. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/02/18/g... Launches March 11! @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Just a reminder that this year I'm eligible for the Hugo award for editor, long form. An emotional and ethical dilemma, given the current context.
February 26, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Just a reminder that this year I'm eligible for the Hugo award for editor, long form. An emotional and ethical dilemma, given the current context.
A thorough & historically-literate analysis of the WorldCon 2023 Hugopocalypse by Simon McNeil, simonmcneil.com/2024/02/23/t... @simonm223.bsky.social
This is just getting absurd: Hugo 2023 fallout
Where do I even start? A brief chronology: On January 21 Ada Palmer published a blog post on the topic of self-censorship. This became relevant to subsequent discourse. On February 7, File 770 and Jas...
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February 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
A thorough & historically-literate analysis of the WorldCon 2023 Hugopocalypse by Simon McNeil, simonmcneil.com/2024/02/23/t... @simonm223.bsky.social
Digital giveaway: Justin Robinson’s Moonlight Special, the 6th entry in his unique City of Devils neo-noir pulp monsterverse, following an LA policeman who happens to be a wolfman. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/02/18/g... Ebook pre-orders are live; launches March 11. @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Giveaway: Moonlight Special by Justin Robinson
On March 11, 2024, Candlemark & Gleam will unleash Moonlight Special, the sixth installment of Justin Robinson’s neo-noir alt-history in which humans have become a downtrodden minority in a world of p...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com
February 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Digital giveaway: Justin Robinson’s Moonlight Special, the 6th entry in his unique City of Devils neo-noir pulp monsterverse, following an LA policeman who happens to be a wolfman. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/02/18/g... Ebook pre-orders are live; launches March 11. @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
This year I'm eligible for the Hugo Award: editor, long form. I'm also known for strong views & being a non-joiner. I wonder if I'll be preemptively disqualified ("frequently done" per Dave McCarty, casting doubt on years of Hugos); it wouldn't make ripples, though my tiny press casts a long shadow.
February 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
This year I'm eligible for the Hugo Award: editor, long form. I'm also known for strong views & being a non-joiner. I wonder if I'll be preemptively disqualified ("frequently done" per Dave McCarty, casting doubt on years of Hugos); it wouldn't make ripples, though my tiny press casts a long shadow.
Summarizing the appalling self-own/debacle of the Hugo admins: self-importance, sense of entitlement, total ignorance about the focus topic (Nepal, Tibet, what's the diff!), self-censorship partly as virtue signaling. The Hugos may never recover but they're also unlikely to reform. @princejvstin.com
February 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Summarizing the appalling self-own/debacle of the Hugo admins: self-importance, sense of entitlement, total ignorance about the focus topic (Nepal, Tibet, what's the diff!), self-censorship partly as virtue signaling. The Hugos may never recover but they're also unlikely to reform. @princejvstin.com
Welcome to newcomers! Bsky is one of the harbors for my 2 catamarans: Starship Reckless, where I write essays on science, SFF, space exploration, languages, culture; and Candlemark & Gleam, a tiny indie press with a long shadow, a formidable talent lineup & vast dreams of shaping the dark.
February 12, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Welcome to newcomers! Bsky is one of the harbors for my 2 catamarans: Starship Reckless, where I write essays on science, SFF, space exploration, languages, culture; and Candlemark & Gleam, a tiny indie press with a long shadow, a formidable talent lineup & vast dreams of shaping the dark.
A propos of the Grammy awards, 3 car songs are lodestars for me: Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road, Marc Cohn's Silver Thunderbird...and Tracy Chapman's Fast Car.
February 7, 2024 at 1:22 AM
A propos of the Grammy awards, 3 car songs are lodestars for me: Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road, Marc Cohn's Silver Thunderbird...and Tracy Chapman's Fast Car.
Hugo Awards nominations re-opened today. A reminder that this year I'm eligible for the Hugo for editor, long form; check www.candlemarkandgleam.com. If a Worldcon member & you deem me worthy of this award, please consider nominating me &/or voting for me. Many thanks in advance!
February 6, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Hugo Awards nominations re-opened today. A reminder that this year I'm eligible for the Hugo for editor, long form; check www.candlemarkandgleam.com. If a Worldcon member & you deem me worthy of this award, please consider nominating me &/or voting for me. Many thanks in advance!
I'm in the minority who liked TrueDetective S2 & never watched S1 b/c I cannot stomach either McConaughey or Harrelson. S4, The Night Country, looks like a direct descendant of The Thing. Verdict so far: the 2 protagonists are terrific, the location atmospheric, the gore excessive.
February 2, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I'm in the minority who liked TrueDetective S2 & never watched S1 b/c I cannot stomach either McConaughey or Harrelson. S4, The Night Country, looks like a direct descendant of The Thing. Verdict so far: the 2 protagonists are terrific, the location atmospheric, the gore excessive.
Happy Imbolc/Brigid's Day! With 3 poems to celebrate the moment of midwinter. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Three Poems for Brigid: Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Paula Meehan and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe
The trio of Irish poets celebrate St Brigid as triple goddess of poetry, healing and craftwork
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February 1, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Happy Imbolc/Brigid's Day! With 3 poems to celebrate the moment of midwinter. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
A quick note: this year I'm eligible for the Hugo for editor, long form. If any of you are Worldcon members & if you deem me worthy of this award, please consider nominating me and/or voting for me. I'll send reminders when the nomination window opens. Many thanks in advance!
January 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
A quick note: this year I'm eligible for the Hugo for editor, long form. If any of you are Worldcon members & if you deem me worthy of this award, please consider nominating me and/or voting for me. I'll send reminders when the nomination window opens. Many thanks in advance!
Worldcon '23: people/works declared Hugo-ineligible w/o explanation or informing those affected, post-explained as obeying local laws. Those who raised this as a concern at the venue bids were dismissed as racists. PRC is a human rights worst-case; its bid should have been rejected or have provisos.
January 22, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Worldcon '23: people/works declared Hugo-ineligible w/o explanation or informing those affected, post-explained as obeying local laws. Those who raised this as a concern at the venue bids were dismissed as racists. PRC is a human rights worst-case; its bid should have been rejected or have provisos.
Wonderful review of Jo Graham's swashbuckling, mythic space opera Fortune's Favor, unfolding on a double-sun planet w/ Hellenistic cultures, in Interzone #297. interzone.press/iz-297/ Thank you, Gareth & Kelly! @jograhamwrites.bsky.social @eilidheln.bsky.social @interzone.press @delagar.bsky.social
INTERZONE #297
In IZ 297: stories by Daniel Bennett, Cécile Cristofari, Rachael Cupp, Jennifer R. Donohue, Paul E. Franz, Ivy Grimes, Dante Luiz, Tim Major, and James Sallis; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick Lowe, ...
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January 16, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Wonderful review of Jo Graham's swashbuckling, mythic space opera Fortune's Favor, unfolding on a double-sun planet w/ Hellenistic cultures, in Interzone #297. interzone.press/iz-297/ Thank you, Gareth & Kelly! @jograhamwrites.bsky.social @eilidheln.bsky.social @interzone.press @delagar.bsky.social
Cover reveal: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham, next in the Borgia Sibyl historical fantasy series; the Persephone myth transposed to Borgia Rome. The stunning cover is by Alexael. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/01/14/c... Launches June 10! @jograhamwrites.bsky.social @alexaelartworks.bsky.social
Cover Reveal: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham
I first became aware of Jo Graham when I read Black Ships, an absorbing take on the Aenead with a young sibyl as its narrator. Since then, Jo has gone on to create thirty speculative fiction novels (i...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com
January 15, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Cover reveal: The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham, next in the Borgia Sibyl historical fantasy series; the Persephone myth transposed to Borgia Rome. The stunning cover is by Alexael. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2024/01/14/c... Launches June 10! @jograhamwrites.bsky.social @alexaelartworks.bsky.social