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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 11h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

Query Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 11h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 11h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

Query Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 11h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

Query Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 11h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

Query Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 11h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 14h

This is excellent.

Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 15h

oh, bless whoever made this

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 17h

Wow! You’re super talented! I passed this along to my colleague, Karly, who’s not on BlueSky but reps author/illustrators and PBs!

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 21h

Hi! I’d love to check this out! If you think we’d be a good fit, please feel free to query me at: QueryManager.com/ErnieChiara/PitchEvent with a link to your pitch in the body of the query. Thanks!

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 3d

Not ever. Cut him.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 5d

More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/

Anthropic FAQ - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Frequently Asked Questions about the Anthropic/AI Settlement Please note that all answers are based on the settlement documents as of […]

www.sfwa.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 7d

THE DOORS OF MIDNIGHT by @rrvirdi.bsky.social is on sale this month in the UK — only 99p in eBook!

• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Doors-Midnig...

Published by @gollancz.bsky.social.
@awfulagent.bsky.social

The Doors of Midnight ebook by R.R. Virdi - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Doors of Midnight The epic Silk Road fantasy adventure" by R.R. Virdi available from Rakuten Kobo. A breathtaking Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy, an ode to the power of storytelling and an ...

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R.R. Virdi | Buy The First Binding (from TOR) @rrvirdi.bsky.social · 7d

Can I get a good signal boost on this? And I also just learned that book one is also on an apple books sale (havent' been able to check myself cuz i dont use/have ibooks???) The First Binding on ibooks (US only??)

But this is for book two in the UK.

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 7d

THE DOORS OF MIDNIGHT by @rrvirdi.bsky.social is on sale this month in the UK — only 99p in eBook!

• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Doors-Midnig...

Published by @gollancz.bsky.social.
@awfulagent.bsky.social

The Doors of Midnight ebook by R.R. Virdi - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Doors of Midnight The epic Silk Road fantasy adventure" by R.R. Virdi available from Rakuten Kobo. A breathtaking Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy, an ode to the power of storytelling and an ...

www.kobo.com

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 7d

Congratulations, Pedro!

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Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social · 8d

My soft sci-fi novella, THE LEGEND LIMINAL, is out today from @starsandsabers.bsky.social! 💫

Climb into the camper van for a surreal roadtrip that slides out of time & reality. TLL is a story about grief, hope, and the shining lifeline of human connection.

🔗: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...

Ren holds up a copy of The Legend Liminal, with an empty desert highway in the background. The cover of the book features a camper van driving on a road shaped like an infinity symbol, in front of a vaporwave-style sunset.

The cover of The Legend Liminal by Ren Hutchings is superimposed on an image of an empty desert highway, surrounded by text that says:

➜ Surreal contemporary speculative novella
➜ A slip out of time & reality
➜ Friends on a fateful roadtrip
➜ An unsettling liminal world
➜ A mysterious spooky cat
➜ Messy sibling relationships
➜ Vibes: Donnie Darko meets FINNA
➜ Navigating grief & finding lifelines in one another

The cover of the book features a camper van driving on a road shaped like an infinity symbol, in front of a vaporwave-style sunset.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social’s surreal found-family road trip novella THE LEGEND LIMINAL! Out now from @starsandsabers.bsky.social! Links to buy at: starsandsabers.com/books/the-legend-liminal

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

It’s always interesting when politicians say hate and violence have no place in this country. It was founded on those principles.

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 12d

Subtly downgrade a band

The Placebo

Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · 12d

Subtly downgrade a band

Aluminum (British pronunciation) Maiden

Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 12d

Subtly downgrade a band

Walk DMC

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 14d

Hey, that’s me. Looks like the word is out. I’m thrilled to be editing this tremendous Oz anthology alongside @jendiagammon.bsky.social at @starsandsabers.bsky.social coming May 2026!

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 14d

We are over the rainbow excited to announce that @erniechiara.com, writer and literary agent, will co-edit with Jendia Gammon the Oz anthology Omniboz: Tales from the Land of Oz, out May 2026! Read more: www.starsandsabers.com/2025/09/24/w... #oz #books #fantasy #2026books

Welcoming Ernie Chiara as Oz Anthology Co-Editor! – Stars and Sabers

Stars and Sabers Publishing announces Ernie Chiara as co-editor of Oz anthology, alongside Jendia Gammon.

www.starsandsabers.com

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 15d

Same. This is happening so much lately.

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 15d

Same.

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Marc Jacobs (he/him) @trollball.bsky.social · 17d

Finished “Under Fortunate Stars” by @voidcricket.bsky.social

Recommended!

The novel is time travel SF, in space, with aliens. And it’s a wonderfully character-driven story. Loved that.

The golden age of SF is right now.

#SF #AmReading #Books

Cover for the book “Under Fortunate Stars” by Ren Hutchings.

Tagline: two ships. One chance to save the future.

Cover has a multicolor nebula look, with two spaceships. Bonus lens flare, 😁

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 18d

Solaris Presents is back with a bang!

On 27/09 at 5pm BST join us for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes!

👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH

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