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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
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Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 31m

Submissions are open for one more week. Speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social · 16h

Do I see the word sequel? I see the word sequel!

I am so glad...everyone, read this book, especially if you like weird far future post apocalyptic...if you like Gene Wolfe, if you've read Michael Swanwick's Chasing the Phoenix...you want this book. Trust me.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 15h

The word sequel was indeed spoken!

Jennifer R. Povey @ninjafingers.bsky.social · 16h

Do I see the word sequel? I see the word sequel!

I am so glad...everyone, read this book, especially if you like weird far future post apocalyptic...if you like Gene Wolfe, if you've read Michael Swanwick's Chasing the Phoenix...you want this book. Trust me.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks!

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 4d

25% THERE!! 🍾🎉 That means we're only 5% away from opening to NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS for the first time EVER! Thank you all so much for your support 💜👽

🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

A cow is lifted into space by a UFO tractor beam. Two little ghost friends are following. The cow's thought bubble reads, "$5,140!"

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

The extra content will be a story set right after the events of Plague Birds and focused on Crista and Red Day. It was a follow-up story I wrote after finishing the novel.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Also, the previous cover was of the Spanish translation of Plague Birds, released as "Aves de la Peste" in Spain in 2025 by Dolmen Editorial. 3/

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Many thanks to @apexmag.bsky.social for supporting my weird story of a far-future Earth where genetically altered humans and ethereal AIs live side by side.

Crista and Red Day look forward to reminding the world why everyone fears the powerful human-AI hybrids known as plague birds. 2/

Spanish translation of Plague Birds as "Aves de la Peste," released in Spain in 2025 by Dolmen Editorial

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 1d

It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 1d

REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!

You can request a copy here:

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I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)

Get an e-ARC of SONG OF SPORES!

This is for reviewers to request a copy (epub, pdf) of the weird trans, intersex space opera book Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, Broken Eye Books (upcoming Nov 4 2025). Please do not self-reject :) I ...

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 1d

Really bad news for authors, libraries and book lovers.

Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

From the Libraries community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Libraries community

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 3d

Working on my Genre Grapevine. Aiming to publish it tomorrow or Tuesday.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“All of this feels ridiculous because that’s exactly what it is. But the larger goal is to inure you to the strangeness of it all so that when these products — be they movies, shows, or TikToks — finally come to market, your reaction is ‘Sure, why not?’”