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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 15h

THANK YOU! Wahoo!

C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a pic of @tinaconnolly.bsky.social and @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social at @convergencecon.bsky.social last July, after performing a review of songs from not-yet-complete "Devil and Lady Midnight" musical theatre podcast.

Left to right: C. S. E. Cooney, holding an iPad with a sticker that reads "No More Tyrants" and wearing a pair of devil ears. Dr. Mary C. Crowell, wearing an apron and a pair of cat ears, playing a keyboard. Tina Connolly, playing a green ukulele on a rainbow strap. The picture was taken after a concert they did at Convergence 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota: the first time they played music from "The Devil and Lady Midnight" for the public.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 1d

My co-creators, @tinaconnolly.bsky.social & @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social & I, all realized that as of today, we have COMPLETED 1st drafts of ALL 6 EPISODES of our MUSICAL THEATRE podcast! Next step: revise & polish "THE DEVIL AND LADY MIDNIGHT." Have a table table read, maybe. After that...?

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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social · 21d

I'm SUPER EXCITED to have a new flash story forthcoming in UFO 10! I love these funny collections and they are well worth pre-ordering via the Kickstarter!!

Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social · 22d

UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 10 - an anthology of humorous SF/F just launched on kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...

Unidentified Funny Objects 10

After a three-year hiatus, a new volume of this iconic anthology series of humorous science fiction & fantasy is finally in the works!

www.kickstarter.com

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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social · Feb 25

I've been working on my comics newsletter! If you like random weekly comics about pilling your children or the recurring Mr Darcy head in pride and prejudice, I have just the thing for you!

backstage-with-tina-connolly.ghost.io

backstage with tina connolly

in which we chat about art, life, and pie

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon!

Rob Cameron @brklyndragon.bsky.social · 3d

@bsfwriters.bsky.social hosts its final WDS of the series: DEATH REIMAGINED w/ @plaguedr-richards.bsky.social @smartinez-conde.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social and @csecooney.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/1712374200...
#Halloween #stories #brooklyn

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Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) is sleepy @thisjulieday.bsky.social · 2d

Just over 3 months ago Storyteller was published and interest is still going strong.
It’s has been featured on a curated list of indie publishers on Bookshop dot org!
You can check out the list here: bookshop.org/lists/short-...

Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

bookshop.org

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 3d

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! This makes me so happy!!!!!!

C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

new book who dis?
rebellionpublishing.com/solaris-comp...
tee hee! GUESS WHAT I'M WRITING TODAY!

Solaris completes the set with Saint Death's Doorway from C. S. E. Cooney! | Rebellion Publishing

It's the news that fans have been clamouring for...Solaris is delighted to be completing the series that began with World Fantasy Award-Winner Saint Death's Daughter, as C. S. E. Cooney draws Lanie's ...

rebellionpublishing.com

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 3d

O HAPPY DAY! It's so much FUN to write right now!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 3d

Posting to listen to later:
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
One of the best books I ever narrated, the hardest and most important, was called _23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement_by Keramet Reiter. There’s so much to know. So much to work for and against.

Undercounted: The hidden deaths in America’s jails

According to a federal database of in-custody deaths obtained by The Marshall Project, nearly 4,000 people died in jails over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023.

www.wbur.org

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Fancy a chance to win some FREE Books? We've teamed up with @thestorygraph.com to give away copies of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites.com and GORSE by @samkhorton.bsky.social !

Closes 18th October '25.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Wonderful to see THE HACIENDA on this Goodreads round up of Ten Years of Horror Hits!

You can grab all of @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's standalone horror novels from Solaris in the UK. THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is out next week!

Preorder geni.us/palbad
Buy THE HACIENDA geni.us/OmXinM

Ten Years of Horror Hits to Read This October

Halloween is, of course, the traditional season for scary stories. But for those of us weirdly dedicated to the genre, it’s a year-round endeavor....

www.goodreads.com

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for all your starry wishes!!!!

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 3d

BRB MUST GO THANK ALL THE STARS I WISHED ON FOR THIS!!!

C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

new book who dis?
rebellionpublishing.com/solaris-comp...
tee hee! GUESS WHAT I'M WRITING TODAY!

Solaris completes the set with Saint Death's Doorway from C. S. E. Cooney! | Rebellion Publishing

It's the news that fans have been clamouring for...Solaris is delighted to be completing the series that began with World Fantasy Award-Winner Saint Death's Daughter, as C. S. E. Cooney draws Lanie's ...

rebellionpublishing.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

It's time to complete the trilogy! We've snapped up @csecooney.bsky.social 's third instalment in the World Fantasy Award-winning SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER series: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY.

Spring 2027. Lanie Stones will be back.

Learn More bit.ly/4nCm2HR

Against a black starred background, two blue interconnected circles. In the larger one, white text "ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT. C.S.E. Cooney #3 Saint Death's Daughter: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY. Spring 2027. In the smaller circle, an author portrait of Claire

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

ME TOO!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

EEEEE!!!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

GOT IT IN TWO WORDS!

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 17d

Celebratory slice of New Book pie, arranged just so for the socials.

I gotta say, today's been a good day.

The book AMNANDI SAILS stands at attention behind a large slice of lemon meringue pie sitting on a foam-blue plastic saucer with a silver fork perfectly nearby.

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Rosa Sparks @ NYCC @rosasparks.bsky.social · 4d

Black Speculative Fiction Month. Day 4. Breath, Warmth & Dream by Zig Zag Zig Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs

Breath, Warmth & Dream by Zig Zag Zig Claybourne book

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

Oh! YAY! GO OTTAWA GO!
We get @willalex.bsky.social in NYC soon! Carlos Hernandez and I will be hosting him! And they’ll be doing EVENTS! With @booksofwonder.bsky.social, and @kewandwillow.bsky.social, and the Brooklyn Public Library!

Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 4d

Ottawa! We’re privileged to have @willalex.bsky.social among us! He’s at Perfect Books signing his adult debut SUNWARD until 3PM! Swing by & say hello!

Will Alexander, a bearded man with glasses and wearing a black flat cap and a dark plum coloured button-down, sits at a table in a bookstore peeking mischievously over copies of his new book SUNWARD.

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Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚) @mythicdelirium.bsky.social · 4d

...four days...

Thrilled that horror author Pete Rawlik picked up the connection between my novel TRAIL OF SHADOWS & Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John stories!

Pre-order now from @slgable.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/SpiderBookor...

Are you a @netgalley.bsky.social reviewer? bit.ly/SpiderNetgal...

“Mike Allen’s Trail of Shadows, set in the communities that dot the Appalachian Trail, is interlaced with strands of folk horror, high fantasy, and the just plain weird, that coalesce into a singular and fascinating milieu. Reminiscent of Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John stories, this pivotal novel firmly establishes Allen’s launching pad for future literary endeavors that readers of Weird Fiction, YA Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction in general are sure to devour.”
(Pete Rawlik, author of Reanimatrix)

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

ME TOO ME TOO!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

YES INDEED!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

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