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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 2d

WORLDS ALIGNED: WORLDS APART 2 (@elsewhen.press) by Terry Jackman is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2025

Image is of the WORLDS ALIGNED: WORLDS APART 2 by Terry Jackman book cover against a starry orange and black background, announcing it as a sci-fi semifinalist.

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 9d

HER GILDED VOICE (@elsewhen.press) by K.C. Aegis is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2025

The image is of the HER GILDED VOICE book cover against a blue and gray textured background. Image reads: Sci-fi Semifinalist HER GILDED VOICE by K. C. Aegis.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 19d

"An excellent book that will keep you wondering about life and what it means to be human." Tor by Terry Grimwood is the third novel set in the universe he created in Interference from @elsewhen.press #bfsreview britishfantasysociety.org/review/tor-b...

The cover of Tor shows to silhouettes in front of a leafless forest in the background above them is a disintegrating moon

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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 20d

Always wonderful to receive a new, and glowing, review! 🥰
📚🪐
@elsewhen.press #booksky #sciencefiction #timetravel #climatefiction #dystopianfiction

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 25d

THE HARLEQUIN: THE DRAPER’S REEL (@elsewhen.press) by J.A. Mortimore and Penelope Hill is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2025

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

A new Romantasy from @elsewhen.press Crystal Bloods by Aerin Apeltun brings a unique concept to the genre. #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/cryst...

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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · Sep 5

The summer flew past, but this was a highlight! My first library talk, here in Norwich, sharing the publishing journey for my scifi thriller, Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once. Grateful to Plumstead Road Library for having me and to everyone who came! 📚🪐
#sciencefiction #booksky @elsewhen.press

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 31

That should be published not publiched. (proofreader’s on holiday) ☹️

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 31

We are delighted to reveal the cover of Andrew Hook's new Science Fiction novel Body and Soul, which will be publiched on 10 October. Cover artwork and design by Alex Storer.
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Cover image of Body and Soul by Andrew Hook, artwork and cover design by Alex Storer. Two small silhouetted figures (one male and the other female) are in the foreground standing on grass at the edge of what is obviously the ruins of a city. Most of the buildings are in ruins and the walls are covered in greenery. Water is running through the middle of the image (from front to back) as if a river has invaded the city streets. The sky is orange with a few dark clouds, but there is a bright light in the sky which is clearly the sun emerging from behind one of the clouds. To the right the words BODY AND SOUL are written up the side of the image, as is ANDREW HOOK.

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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 31

Cover reveal! My SF novel, "Body and Soul", will be published by @elsewhen.press on the 10th October!

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · Aug 30

Always lovely to get a glowing review on Goodreads. Thanks to the brilliant David Hay who I know a little from X but who isn’t on here
@elsewhen.press
#booksky

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 29

Sorry 😞

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 28

indeed, her hair is red, unless you are only reading the text in which case it is merely read 🤔
Obviously autocorrect (sic) strikes again.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · Aug 28

if you were a Juniper / Wise Child kid, or even a L'Engle kid, this book will feel like going home. it's just--purely lovely!

Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 28

Out now, The Witch’s Journey, a dark fairytale that is also an uplifting coming-of-age story, by American author Keith Miller. He describes it as “a dark fairytale embroidered with fairytales, full of sorrows and terrors, heartbreaks and delights, chocolates and mayhem and magic.”

Cover image of The Witch’s Journey by Keith Miller. Artwork by Simon Koontz. A girl with wild read hair blowing sideways in the wind is standing in front of a river which is also being whipped up by the wind. behind, the other side of the river is a silhouette of a city. the girl has pale skin, green-blue eyes and is holding a golden key to her breast in her right hand. The key has a quatrefoil design cut out of the bow. the title is above the girl in cursive capitals in a light grey-green colour. The author’s name is at the bottom of the cover below the girl’s hand in the same typeface and colour. A quote is included on the cover in white text: “A book to savor… I adored it.” attributed to Alix E. Harrow.

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · Aug 28

Reminder to the reading public: if you report a book to Kindle for "typos" Amazon may yank it off publication completely and demand the author fixes the "typos". Even if the typos are vernacular English and YOU are the idiot who didn't check a big enough dictionary.

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · Aug 28

I'd like to give a big, sincere and wholehearted thank you to the reader who's just reported Copper Script to Amazon for errors including "reader doesn't know British English exists", "reader doesn't know the word 'insuperable'", and of course this. For a British book about two British people.

Screengrab of an error notification in which the British phrase "you berk" is flagged as an error because, apparently, it should read "jerk".

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 28

Get it now from your favourite retailer via books2read.com/TheWitchsJou...
or find out more at elsewhen.press/index.php/ca...

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Witch's Journey by Keith Miller

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 28

Out now, The Witch’s Journey, a dark fairytale that is also an uplifting coming-of-age story, by American author Keith Miller. He describes it as “a dark fairytale embroidered with fairytales, full of sorrows and terrors, heartbreaks and delights, chocolates and mayhem and magic.”

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · Aug 28

Uk peeps - worth checking this out

Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social · Aug 27

With news of a reported settlement with Anthropic I went back to check the class action form and it now allows authors outside the US to input their address, so it may be worth adding your known pirated titles (from the LibGen pirate database) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser

www.lieffcabraser.com

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 22

We are delighted to announce the publication today of The Mage Returns by P.R. Ellis. Adventures of a Gnome Book 2, the story continues after the events of An Extraordinary Tale. The Sorceress Carmine, The Red Mage, has returned to their world. What mischief does she plan this time?

Cover image of The Mage Returns: The Continuing Adventures of a Gnome by P.R.Ellis, envisaged by the author and created by Alison Buck. Against a dark night sky, with stars visible, a large image of a full moon apparently rising out of the sea dominates the cover. The foreground consists of the view from the prow of a boat, evidently headed towards the moon, with Philobrach the Gnome and Bones the skeleton standing looking at the moon, so we can only see their backs, the gnome wearing a conical red hat and a red jacket with a yellow collar; his ears are sticking out from under the hat along with a hint of grey hair and beard. Near the top of the moon is what appears to be a doorway with a figure standing in the opening, dressed in a long white gown. A ladder hangs down the front of the moon from the doorway to the surface of the sea.

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Aug 21

Is this the first sign of a zombie epidemic?

Newspaper headline reads:
New burial plots to meet rising demand

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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happy Publication day Simon Kewin and his fourth instalment of his Office of the Witchfinder General series THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH VAMPIRE! To celebrate, Simon has written a piece about the origins of his series.

Read more: tinyurl.com/4m3pz2kf

@elsewhen.press @simonkewin.co.uk

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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · Jul 25

We have partnered with @elsewhen.press to bring you a GIVEAWAY for one entire set of His Majesty’s Office of the Witchfinder General series by @simonkewin.co.uk and a bonus copy of Red Dragon by Dr Miriam Seacastle

To enter:

Follow us repost this post only.

Rules: international

Ends: 1st August

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Jul 25

The latest book in Simon Kewin’s Witchfinder series, The Order of The British Vampire, is out today.

Cover image of The Order of the British Vampire by Simon Kewin; artwork by Alison Buck. A mostly black and white image, the top third of the image being a white background with the book title in black. The bottom two thirds has a black background, with a set of vampire upper teeth forming the boundary between the black and white areas. The author’s name is in white at the bottom. The two fangs are elongated, and each has a tinge of red blood on the tip, with a drop of blood having fallen to form a dot above the letter ‘I’ in the author’s name.

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Jul 25

Simon Kewin’s Witchfinder series started with The Eye Collectors, The Seven Succubi, Head Full of Dark, and, now, The Order of The British Vampire. All available in paperback/ebook via your favourite retailers. Described by one reader as Good Omens meets Dirk Gently.
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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Jul 25

You will have learnt that the Police call in the OWG when they suspect that a case involves not just foul play but unnatural forces at play. But if you haven’t read any of the books so far, now is a good time to start, as serious events unfold.

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