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Cadence
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She/her 🌸 DSP, Reader, and who knows what else

📸: @cadysreads
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rokhanna.bsky.social
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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grigorylukin.bsky.social
Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

#Worldcon
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
cadences.bsky.social
Good Morning #bbsky
#bb27
Angela from BB26 staring at the HOH spy cam, which has been edited to have the live feed countdown on the screen
July 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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forgottensaves.bsky.social
WorldCon panels dropped and I guess they've decided to jump on the right wing's train of strawmen about the gay agenda? Please, if anyone in their life has encountered a bookstore giving them half a dozen sapphic recs with 'strong women leads' let me know so I can shop there
Panel Description from WorldCon 2025 Strong Woman Lead =/= LGBTQIA= Tagged Culture/DEI Room 420-422 9-10am Have you ever walked into a bookshop and asked for books with strong women leads? Perhaps you've requested that love not be a major plot point? Has the staff excitedly passed you half a dozen books that, though good, have a bit of a repeating theme? Here we ask the question: Why do authors/bookshops assume the only way to have a strong woman lead is to make them gay with a woman love interest and prevent men characters from rising over the background? Isn't it possibly to have a book with strong women and men characters in it and not have them fall in love?
July 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
cadences.bsky.social
Books + Big Brother? Perfectly fits my current obsessions 😂🥳

#bb27 #booksky #bigbrother
taranarmstrong.bsky.social Taran Armstrong @taranarmstrong.bsky.social · Jul 8
I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

I wrote a book!

About Big Brother!

It's the culmination of years of not just research, but lived experience growing up alongside this show that has meant so much to me.

You can pre-order a copy now! #RHAP #BB27
taranarmstrong.com/#behind-the-mi…
Taran Armstrong holding up a copy of his book, Behind the Mirror.
July 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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itsamia.bsky.social
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
The ConCurrent Seattle logo. A white flying saucer surrounded by white stars uses a rainbow tractor beam on a purple space unicorn with sparkles floating over the Seattle skyline; everything is on a purple background.
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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itskindofthatdeep.bsky.social
in light of certain decisions by certain book boxes
A three panel comic. A dog offers up a ball, but refuses to hand it over when someone tries to throw it for it again, captioned “Pls buy this HP fanfic reskin”, “No talk!!”, “Only buy”
April 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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bookishdi.bsky.social
Despite making a big deal about no longer including HP products in their box + banning discussion of it in their discord, yesterday @illumicrate.bsky.social announced their special edition of a reskinned "hermione is draco's sex slave" fic
April 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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spooniereads.bsky.social
well, it's official! my gender-affirming sterilization surgery is happening in 2 weeks (march 14— fingers crossed nothing comes up). i'm lucky to have insurance but it's not all covered:(
venmo: haleystrass
paypal: [email protected]
please boost if you can! US donors get free stickers:)
image of Haley (a white person with glasses and a blue mask) holding up a colorful "read queer all year" sticker. text says: "if you want to contribute, my venmo is haleystrass" "or donate via my ko-fi in bio!" "if you donate $10 or more, i'll mail you a sticker! (US only)" "lol just got the official cost of my sterilization surgery,,, $2365. surgery is in 2 weeks!"
February 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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nomonbooks.bsky.social
The lovely @amandajohnston.bsky.social of Torch Literary Arts gave me a shot last year and published this spec-fic short story, Excise.
Cw: Body horror, cannibalism.
It is now #HugoAwards season & I'd love any voters to give it a read & nom. #blackbooksky
www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-...
Friday Feature: Mon Misir
Mon Misir (she/they) is a queer Black British writer and recovering lawyer based in London, UK. They use their writing to explore facets of their experience as a black woman, with a speculative bent. ...
www.torchliteraryarts.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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feedthewriter.bsky.social
Hugo voters, I’d love it if you’d consider my short spec-fic for the short story category!

Content warnings for mild environmental and body horror.

🌱

www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...

#HugoAwards
Normal — Sans. PRESS
In this speculative story by Ceinwen Langley, what starts as a small discomfort soons sprouts branches and roots, taking over the narrator's live. But don't worry, everything is normal!
www.sanspress.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
cadences.bsky.social
💕Vibes I bring to the function💕
Jumping on the trend (and cross posting over here) because I love seeing everyone’s they’re so cute! 🥰

#booksky #📚 #vibesibringtothefunction
A collage on a purplish blue and pink background, which contains the book covers of Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, We could be Rats and The spear cuts through water. Also included are two pictures of hands with acrylic nails, a orange tinted picture of San Francisco, a picture of vinyl on a shelf, two dogs, a switch playing stardew valley, Dutch bros coffee, the SF giants logo, dippin dots, and hand sanitizer
January 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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mynameismarines.bsky.social
Thanks to Onyx Storm, “Xaden is not white” is all over my timeline, so here’s this post again:

the ambiguously described maybe man of color (and why I'm over it)

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Bindery Books | the ambiguously described maybe man of ...
And why I'm over it.
mareas.binderybooks.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
cadences.bsky.social
Late (as always) but as a nice little distraction from our current chaos, I put together a collection of my favorite reads from 2024 (to be clear these are my favorites that I read in 2024, not necessarily ones that came out in 2024!)
8 Book covers (listed below) on a vivid tie dye background of green, blue, pink and orange, with a purple title reading “Top Reads of 2024”
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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gabino.bsky.social
Since we’re talking about how much billionaires suck again, here’s a reminder that your local indie bookstore deserves your business this holiday season. They have gift cards and are happy to mail stuff out. Same goes for @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Buy books. Give books. Support bookstores.
December 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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mynameismarines.bsky.social
The first book from my imprint, THE UNMAPPING, a story about a geographical natural disaster and how humans deal with chaos, is now available to request on NetGalley! You can also request a physical ARC. PLEASE DO 💜🩷💙

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

shorturl.at/Eq0OF
The Unmapping
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:01 PM
cadences.bsky.social
A book that grapples with the morality of inflicting harm upon those who have done the same to others, particularly within the context of a character experiencing chronic pain and disability

CW: Body Horror, Violence, Gore
#booksky #hench #fiction
The paperback cover of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots- a blue background with the silhouette of a person whose shadow pictures them with a superhero cape
December 10, 2024 at 5:48 AM
cadences.bsky.social
repost w/ 5 favourite reads of this year (no particular order)

✨ The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
✨Metal From Heaven by August Clarke
✨We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
✨To Shape a Dragons Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
✨Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

#booksky
December 10, 2024 at 1:18 AM
cadences.bsky.social
Okay I get why they were crying in interviews
cadences.bsky.social Cadence @cadences.bsky.social · Nov 22
Going to see wicked tonight as someone who has never seen the play or read the book wish me luck 👀💚🩷 #wicked
November 23, 2024 at 4:13 AM
cadences.bsky.social
Going to see wicked tonight as someone who has never seen the play or read the book wish me luck 👀💚🩷 #wicked
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
cadences.bsky.social
An incomplete list of my auto-buy authors:

🩵Akwaeke Emezi
🩵Tamsyn Muir
🩵Kiley Reid
🩵Jordan Ifueko
🩵N.K. Jemisin
🩵Simon Jimenez
🩵Martha Wells
🩵Yume Kitasei

What are yours? 👀
celmcnally.bsky.social Celine 📚💛 @celmcnally.bsky.social · Nov 20
Who are your auto-buy authors?

Mine are:
✨ N.K. Jemisin
✨ R.F. Kuang
✨ Nnedi Okorafor
✨ P. Djèlí Clark
✨ Martha Wells
✨ Akwaeke Emezi
✨ Moses Ose Utomi
✨ Nghi Vo

#booksky
November 21, 2024 at 2:50 AM
cadences.bsky.social
Repost with one of your favourite reads of the year 💜 #booksky
The cover of Metal From Heaven by August Clarke, the silhouettes of four people facing away from our point of view looking towards a purple cityscape
November 20, 2024 at 11:09 PM
cadences.bsky.social
If you haven’t preordered your copy than PREORDER YOUR COPY 🥳💕
mynameismarines.bsky.social marines @mynameismarines.bsky.social · Nov 18
I got to unbox my very first copy of The Unmapping today!!!

youtu.be/YFpgEtRTj3w?...
November 18, 2024 at 11:49 PM
cadences.bsky.social
Can’t WAIT for this!
carterkalchik.bsky.social Carter Kalchik @carterkalchik.bsky.social · Nov 18
This is a bit niche, but I think Bluesky is going to be awesome for #BookNetFest. Really excited for the online/IRL convos this will enable. (cc @mynameismarines.bsky.social)

Also, this is your reminder to register/come to BNF this year! booknetfest.com/register/
Register - BookNet Fest
booknetfest.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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mynameismarines.bsky.social
If you could give any book its moment in the Bluesky, what would it be?

Me? The Spear Cuts Through Water—a breathtaking, multi-layered tale of two men, a dying god, and a fractured land told with unmatched depth and stunning originality. A love story “down to the blade-dented bone.”
Cover of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. The image depicts two figures with spears facing each other, silhouetted against a bright, ethereal green light. They’re surrounded by dark, twisting vines and lush foliage in shades of blue and teal. The title is written in large, bold white letters at the bottom, while the author’s name appears at the top.
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 PM