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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 3d

today. My jacket has a dragon on the back.

Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 8d

this Sunday I will be at Little Ghosts Festival in Toronto talking about the specific and unseemly horror of Toronto.

bring your moms and dads or other parental guardians.

The Little Ghosts Festival Panel & Reading Schedule!

Saturday October 4:
1pm: Horror in Comic Books
2pm: Wet Screams: Horrotica & Monster Romance
3pm: Queer Fears
4pm: INHUMANITIES Book Launch & author readings

Sunday October 5:
1pm: Eco Horror & Climate Fiction
2pm: Horror on Film
3pm: Toronto is Terrifying: City as Setting
4pm: Author readings

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HWA Ontario @hwaontario.bsky.social · 15d

This weekend is the first annual Little Ghosts Fest at Little Ghost Books in Toronto hosted by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social . Two of our members will be on a panel on Saturday! @andrewawesome.bsky.social and @sillysyntax.bsky.social

www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

www.littleghostsbooks.com

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Regan McDonell @writerreganmcd.bsky.social · Aug 20

A real life interaction with one of my fellow @hwaontario.bsky.social pals! Excited to dig in to The Knave of Graves!

S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · Aug 10

I had a wonderful book launch yesterday for 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒! 📚 🎉

A huge thanks to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social for hosting me and to everyone who dropped by!

@writerreganmcd.bsky.social
@bookiiemonster.bsky.social

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HWA Ontario @hwaontario.bsky.social · Aug 22

This weekend the HWA Ontario Chapter will be at Fan Expo hosting two panels - one on Sinners and Vampires and one dedicated to Queer Fear! As well, Sephera Giron is hosting 3 writing workshops! Come check us out!

Sinners and Vampires - August 22 - 10:45am/South Building - Room 711

Queer Fear, Presnted by Sarah Laudenbach

Free Writing Workshops - Aug 22 11:15 "Write a Short Story Using Tarot Cards"; Aug 22 12:15 "So You Want to Write a Horror Story?" and Aug 23 12:30 "Write a Space Opera!" All take place in Workshop Room 2 (707). Bring a notebook and pen. Beginners to Pros. All Ages.

Queer Fear - Saturday, August 23 at 2:00 pm Theatre 6 (711)

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · Jul 26

My new dark fantasy novel 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 is now available in ebook and paperback.

If you're looking to read about graverobbing, night hags and magical palindromes, this book might be for you!

#newrelease #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #theknaveofgraves

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · Jul 26

Tune in for a panel I’ll be on 8.30pm ET, Saturday 27th September 👀‼️✨

The Pixel Project @thepixelproject.bsky.social · Jul 24

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Pixel Project will be hosting the 11th annual Fall Edition of our Read For Pixels campaign featuring 17 new and alumni Read For Pixels authors which will run throughout September 2023.

For more information, check out the full announcement here:
tinyurl.com/R4P2025Annou...

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Richard Levangie @richardlevangie.bsky.social · Jun 26

Indie bookstores in Canada are so important to the literary community in here in the true north. Help me find more to add to my starter pack!

#Books
#Booksky
#BuyCanadian
#TrueNorth

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · Jul 13

An interview! 👀🙆🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

Candace Nola @candacenola.bsky.social · Jul 13

Uncomfortably Dark presents a Special Interview with Ai Jiang!
@aijiang.bsky.social
www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/7-13-25...

7-13-25 — Special Interview with Ai Jiang

We will catch up on the 52 Recommendations next week but this week I had the absolute honor of interviewing one of my top authors to fangirl over, Ai Jiang. Not only is she already a well-known and di...

www.uncomfortablydark.com

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Monica S. Kuebler @monicaskuebler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Got to spend the afternoon writing about Elizabeth Engstrom's When Darkness Loves Us.

I must never forget how lucky I am that this is my life.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · Jul 16

Ah okay the sale just randomly finished so thank you everyone for sharing! But it's back up to close to regular price. I appreciate you all.

Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · Jul 16

With that said, if you'd like to read a book about a lesbian Trinidadian space captain dealing with an authoritarian regime in space who gets wrongfully sent to prison because DEI. I got a book for you. And hey it's only $3.99 on Kobo, in Canada(CAD) and the US(USD)

www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...

www.kobo.com

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · Jul 8

Here's a great review of my upcoming novel 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 from Steve Stred.

Check out the full review at the link!

Steve Stred @stevestred.bsky.social · Jul 8

Book Review: S.J. Shank's 'The Knave of Graves' is a tightly packed, well-paced historical novel. Jeppo is a main character you'll crave more of & Shank did a wonderful job of creating an engaging world!

stevestredauthor.ca/2025/07/08/b...

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · Jul 1

Contract signed! After 30 submissions, ya girl is finally going to have a story forthcoming in @clarkesworldmagazine.com for the first time!! 😭🙇🏻‍♀️🤍

Screenshot of the Clarkesworld submissions system showing the Closed Submissions tab

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · Jun 29

Guys my Lesbian doppelganger sex story is in this. I'm screaming because this is probably the horniest thing I've ever written and I was hiding.

Thank you for including me Ryka and Charles. 🖤🙏🏽

A lot of my fave here as well.

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · Jun 29

We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!

www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...

The cover for WE'RE HERE 2024. An earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing.

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · Jun 29

Every 18 months or so the Other Andrew Sullivan publishes something very stupid. This has happened for most of my life. He will die before me.

I am Andrew F. Sullivan. I write horror about reckonings and rot. And I have never known defeat.

So buy a book.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · Jun 27

OH GET MY BOOK CHEAP ON KOBO!

Hi Canadians, Countess is now $3.99 CAD. That is the cheapest price I've seen.

Also US friends I'm seeing that it's $3.99 USD in the US store right now too.

Nebula, Aurora and Locus nommed!

www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · Jun 27

Cover Reveal for A RIVER FROM THE SKY (the second book in the Natural Engines duology) forthcoming April 2026 with @titanbooks.bsky.social is now live with @thefantasyhive.bsky.social 👀‼️🌊🌬️⚙️

Eternally grateful to Natasha Mackenzie for once again creating such a gorgeous cover! 😭🫶🏼🔥

Cover of A RIVER FROM THE SKY featuring a being with billowing black hair in a beige robe with wind and water design elements. Koi fish, flowers, and heads float around their head.

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · Jun 25

My upcoming dark fantasy novel 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 will be released July 24.

Today I'm featuring a wonderful blurb I received from the original garden goth, Suzan Palumbo / @sillysyntax.bsky.social‬, author of Countess. 🙏

#darkfantasy #tkog

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · Jun 24

a day trip to Montreal for an event at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social with @sofiaajram.bsky.social 🥺✨‼️

and a writer’s first on the bingo sheet to have so many copies of PALACE placed on a store window display! 😭🤍🙇🏻‍♀️

Me in front of a store window display of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND

A collage of photos of me and Sofia at Joie de livres

A collage of photos including me signing copies of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND and a interior shot of Joie de livres with pink shelvings

A collage of photos of me holding a mic, signing copies of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND, and me and Sofia in conversation with Mathieu hosting

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HWA Ontario @hwaontario.bsky.social · Jun 24

After a too-long hiatus, I am resurrecting the HWA Ontario Bluesky account. Follow along for updates from our members and chapter. I've started a list of HWA Ontario members (and related accounts) (below) - if you know of any I am missing, let me know and I'll add them.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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HWA Ontario @hwaontario.bsky.social · Dec 28

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Dianthe West (she/they) @dianthewest.bsky.social · Dec 15

Three poems of mine achieved liftoff today! "Unchaste Virgin," in which I think about Vestal Virgins as a metaphor for women in work; "Salt, Caramel, Chocolate," a seasonal sestina about ghosts who haunt a chocolate library; & "Borne Upwards From the Sea," a Sapphic crime/noir recalling lost love.

Crystal Lake @crystallake.bsky.social · Dec 15

Happy book launch day to a whole bunch of awesome poets!

Grab one today: getbook.at/WhispersBeyond

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Dianthe West (she/they) @dianthewest.bsky.social · Dec 10

TAKESHI'S CAT is live today over at Third Estate Art! "... a hilarious fable about the hoops we go through for #affordablehousing. And let's be real — who among us hasn't had their life changed by a giant white cat?" www.thirdestateart.org/decap-volume...

Takeshi’s Cat by Dianthe West — THIRD ESTATE ART

www.thirdestateart.org

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · Dec 13

freshly signed batch of THE MARIGOLD at the Spacing store downtown.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Dec 14

Re-upping in case you're looking for 2 great short story collections.

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Dec 7

We published 2 collections this year, by
@tobithedreamer.bsky.social and @premeemohamed.com . The New York Times liked them both. Maybe you would, too?

Promo poster showing New York Times blurbs for "Jackal, Jackal" and "No One Will Come back for Us" with book covers and author photos.

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · Dec 14

Green Fuse Burning made the Tor.com Reviewers' Choice Best Books of 2023 list! So exciting! Thank you Alex Brown for being a champion for this "transformative Indigenous eco-horror novella"!
www.tor.com/2023/12/13/t...

Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2023

It’s been a very good year for reading. The book releases in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, young adult, and beyond took us to faraway kingdoms, beyond the stars, into haunted houses…

www.tor.com

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