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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!

You can request a copy here:

forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...

I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)

Get an e-ARC of SONG OF SPORES!

This is for reviewers to request a copy (epub, pdf) of the weird trans, intersex space opera book Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, Broken Eye Books (upcoming Nov 4 2025). Please do not self-reject :) I ...

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 1d

Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.

templetongate.net/house-of-ill...

Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg

Reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, films, comics and television shows

templetongate.net

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder for UK readers: the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for just 99p this month at every online retailer!

Snap it up now at
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Wooing-Witch...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
and Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wooi...

#romancelandia

An open e-reader shows the gorgeous UK cover of Wooing the Witch Queen in color on its screen. The e-reader is set on a white sheet beside a rose gold-colored tray wiht a cup of either very dark coffee or hot chocolate inside. Two ivy branches trail around the tray.

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

You might also like the amazing cover art by Galen Dara -

www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c62/So...

(this is the preorders page)

Song of Spores

Blowing minds, one book at a time. Broken Eye Books publishes the weird side of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. We love all speculative fiction, and the blurrier the boundaries, the better.

www.brokeneyebooks.com

Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

If you fill it out now, I might still see it before I log off for Sukkot! Just sent off the first one :)

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 8d

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Some Queer Short SFF - August 2025 | Charles Payseur

www.patreon.com

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 7d

STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

We Will Rise Again

From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...

www.simonandschuster.com

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!

You can request a copy here:

forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...

I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)

Get an e-ARC of SONG OF SPORES!

This is for reviewers to request a copy (epub, pdf) of the weird trans, intersex space opera book Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, Broken Eye Books (upcoming Nov 4 2025). Please do not self-reject :) I ...

forms.gle

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @sljournal for the STARRED review of Standoff, pub date tomorrow!!

"brilliantly written"
"sensitive portrayal of the reality facing innocent children and families in a war zone"
"historically accurate quotes and events interwoven"
"VERDICT Purchase for all middle grade shelves."
#Ukraine

Standoff, book two, Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy. Scholastic.

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

Huh, then not the same..... (will dm) I'm sorry you're also having this experience + Frustrating to hear there's more than one

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

I was just ghosted on a book review and now I'm wondering if it's the same venue 🙃

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 1d

We're just $36 away from our goal for the year!! Thank you so much!!!

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 2d

beestung is hoping to raise just $136 more to keep us going for another year 🖤💛

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

Okay first @mariadongwrites.bsky.social was squeeing about it and now @nickydrayden.bsky.social is squeeing about it! Clearly this is a sign!

Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 6d

I can't remember the last time I had such an adventure reading a book, and my margins are doodled with proof. Saltcrop is a rollercoaster...a wet, weird, wild ride!

If you're in Austin, come hear @yumewrites.bsky.social and I chat about her latest novel Tuesday Oct 7th at First Light Books @6pm.

Saltcrop novel by Yume Kitasei, floating in a makeshift sea with a net, baby turtle, and sea shells.

My margin reactions to Saltcrop: Heart, surprise face, gah!, broken heart, cat face, !!!, lol, badass, Ew

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

*Uncoordinated fist pump!!!!*

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much!! 🥰

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 1d

On the eve of Sukkot and the 2nd anniversary of October 7th, we pause to mourn and share in the pain of the family and friends of those murdered and taken hostage two years ago in the Hamas-led attacks, some of whom have still not returned home.

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Sukkot and Mid-Autumn Festival! Enjoy~~~

(These holidays tend to be roughly at the same time in general because both calendars are lunisolar!)

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

And here I review a poetry collection from the Faroe Islands!!!

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Bogi Takács's review of Karma Goat

This is a poetry collection by a Faroese author translated from the Faroese. I picked it up because the author wrote some lyrics for the Faroese singer-songwriter Eivør, whose music I really like - an...

www.goodreads.com

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

Have been away for the High Holidays a lot, but here is another manga review, I needed to get this off my chest lol sob

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Bogi Takács's review of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day 3

I think I didn't post about the first two volumes? This is a yuri manga about a bunch of girls who are trained to be supersoldiers at a magical academy. I really want to read more of this theme, so ev...

www.goodreads.com

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profiterole-reads @profiterole-reads.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats! I highly recommend it. <3

Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 2d

Just got notified by my publisher that Power to Yield earned out! I also got a royalties payment of about $20 😀

Thank you everyone for supporting this weird trans book!! Spreading the word about it helps:

www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c59/Po...

Power to Yield and Other Stories

Blowing minds, one book at a time. Broken Eye Books publishes the weird side of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. We love all speculative fiction, and the blurrier the boundaries, the better.

www.brokeneyebooks.com

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 2d

My insurance covered it! (I actually switched insurance companies not so long ago because I got a lot of random denials from BCBS of KS.)

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SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · Sep 2

Poster I've done for this Malmö Seriefest 2025 (which I'll also be tabling at!)

13-14th september at ridhuset folkets park malmo, from 12-18. Illustration of two demons with comics nestled in their wings, dangling down from space, picking at comic panels from an open book.

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 2d

Was just about to ask if it was her bc it sounded like her! :D

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 2d

Well got back from vacation to be laid off in a cost cutting move. So if anyone has any job leads in the content writing/editing/online teaching worlds, would be grateful

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 2d

I also haven't had a chance to post about it between the High Holidays and a lot of Dayjob Workthings, but!

There are TWO out intersex authors who won Lambdas this year, I think this has never happened before. Awesome!

@kaylaancrum.bsky.social with Icarus & Yael Van Der Wouden with Safekeep!

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