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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1h

Bookshop's free shipping sale ends today! Support indie bookstores and get cool books.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Bookshop has free shipping today and tomorrow! It's a great time to pick up my latest, Wearing The Lion! (But only if you want to see Heracles adopting every monster in Ancient Greece.)

Wearing the Lion

Check out Wearing the Lion - <b>"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. <i>Wearing the Lion</i> establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantas...

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 23h

The Deadlands fundraiser is live! Get your 2026 coin, signed books, and other goodies, including a signed copy of my novella, FROM THESE DARK ABODES.

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 1d

Come help us fund year six of The Deadlands--paying for stories, poems, essays, and staff! Your mushroom coin enters you in spooky giveaways throughout 2026. We can't do this without you!

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Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 23h

The Deadlands fundraiser is live! Get your 2026 coin, signed books, and other goodies, including a signed copy of my novella, FROM THESE DARK ABODES.

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 1d

Kate that story is SO GOOD!

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Kate McIntyre @katemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

So honored to be featured on this amazing list!

Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 5d

A new addition to my newsletter! Where I talk about forgetting, upcoming publications, and short fic recs with amazing work by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @catvalente.bsky.social, @katemcintyre.bsky.social, @noirbettie.bsky.social, and @babblewocky.bsky.social.

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On Forgetting

The Long Haul The audacity of needing to write newsletters in order to have a newsletter! It’s been a while, friends! Let’s see if I can get back in the...

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 2d

reminder that you can be the gentlest, kindest person--you can dedicate your life to protecting the planet!--and still keep a little list of people you fucking hate. it's okay to be angry! anger is a symptom of giving a shit!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing!

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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 2d

So thrilled to be invited to speak at Wholehearted Writers Week! You'll finally learn how I keep my chaos demons in check. Just kidding! You'll learn the EXACT opposite, and I can't wait 😈

Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 6d

We're so excited to have emelkrishnan.bsky.social join us!

M. L. Krishnan has been awarded Fellowships & Residencies from Tin House, MacDowell, the Carnegie Corporation, Millay Arts, and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her work has appeared in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.

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Annika Boo-ranti Klein @noirbettie.bsky.social · 2d

guys, if this one goes belly-up i don’t think i can do this again. please subscribe to my newsletter if you want to stay in touch. (i’m not flouncing, just reading the temperature in alarm.)

Annika Obscura

Have you ever joked "I'd subscribe to your newsletter"? Well, I have great news. This is it! I miss blogging. Subscribe if you want to hear my thoughts on writing, editing, and publishing, but also po...

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 4d

Okay so we've had trans rights but what about TRANS WRONGS???

Murder! Blood magic! Kissing! Monsters!

Cover for Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright, The Sunday Times bestseller. Black cover, with a scowling long-haired woman in a Gothic style red and gold headdress and brocade sleeves like wings against a background of red and white roses. Her hands are tipped in gold claws and she holds a long dagger. Blurbs from Melissa Caruso — “Dark, dangerous, and entrancing” — and Sara Hashem — “A decadent story that won’t let you go.”

Cover for LORD OF RUIN by K. M. Enright. Black cover, with a dark haired Filipino man in a Gothic style embodied suit jacket in shades of blue and gold. Black wings with a similar gold embroidered design stretch behind him against a background of blue with white flowers. His hands are tipped in black talons and he holds a bright red anatomical heart. Blurb from Thea Guanzon — ”K. M. Enright is definitely one to watch.”

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely seeing my coastal vampire novel ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT appear with other fine horrors on BookRiot's "15 Queer Books on My Halloween Month TBR" 🫀

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15 Queer Books on My Halloween Month TBR

Here are 15 of the seasonal queer reads on my October TBR, from sapphic gothics to trans horror to an asexual haunted house romance and more.

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much, Daniel!

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 4d

Great list as usual, and so thrilled to see my brilliant co-editor, @katemcintyre.bsky.social included!

Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 5d

A new addition to my newsletter! Where I talk about forgetting, upcoming publications, and short fic recs with amazing work by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @catvalente.bsky.social, @katemcintyre.bsky.social, @noirbettie.bsky.social, and @babblewocky.bsky.social.

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On Forgetting

The Long Haul The audacity of needing to write newsletters in order to have a newsletter! It’s been a while, friends! Let’s see if I can get back in the...

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI I finally dove back into my newsletter, in which I talk about my novella's birthday, @psychopomp.com awesomeness, and some most excellent short fiction recommendations.

Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 5d

A new addition to my newsletter! Where I talk about forgetting, upcoming publications, and short fic recs with amazing work by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @catvalente.bsky.social, @katemcintyre.bsky.social, @noirbettie.bsky.social, and @babblewocky.bsky.social.

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On Forgetting

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 7d

OMG, this post. So many beloved favorites in here, and many also new-to-me that I'm lining up to read and fall in love with. SH has meant the world to me, and I'm so glad they're still here, making our SFF community richer, more inclusive, better, and weirder every year.

Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 8d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 5d

Stop trying to make Tilly Norwood happen. OOooooOOO a fake actress WOOOOWWWW. This is the blandest fucking most boring thing ever.

AND offensive. Real life women are earth shakingly fascinating, beautiful, smart and funny.

I get it. The world hates women and wants them subjugated. BUT I DON'T.

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 5d

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.