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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Book 🎂 @dmbeucler.bsky.social ! Very excited for this! And that cover! 🔥

Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Book Birthday to @dmbeucler.bsky.social 🥳 It is always so exciting to see your words making it out into the world! Congratulations Denise!!! 💙 #debut2025 #bloodmagic @booksfromscotland.bsky.social

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Book Birthday to @dmbeucler.bsky.social 🥳 It is always so exciting to see your words making it out into the world! Congratulations Denise!!! 💙 #debut2025 #bloodmagic @booksfromscotland.bsky.social

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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 1d

New Tolkien Society publication!

Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...

New Tolkien Society publication – <em>Númenor, The Mighty and Frail</em>

The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that Númenor, the Mighty and Frail: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2023, the twenty-fifth book in the Peter Roe series, is now available to pre-o...

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 2d

Great to see Dark Crescent on this list of Short Story Standouts on the Bookshop .org website! And in some excellent company! ✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 bookshop.org/lists/short-... @lunapress.bsky.social

Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

bookshop.org

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 3d

Less than a week to #Octocon2025 and it's still not too late to get your membership. Be sure not to miss out and book yours now!

https://2025.octocon.com/join-us/

#Octocon #Scifi #Fantasy #Fandom #Cosplay #scificonvention #readingcommunity

Image states: Time to get excited! One week to go to Octocon 2025. www.octocon.com. Image includes our Mascot, Octo the Octopus.

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 4d

Discover The Gospel of Gollum - English Edition by Ivano Sassanelli #Tolkien Artwork by Jay Johnstone. #TolkienScholarship www.lunapresspublishing.com/tolkien-sect...

Cover of the book The Gospel of Gollum by Ivano Sassanelli.

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D. M. Beucler @dmbeucler.bsky.social · 5d

My husband gave me something to deal with my stress, 3 days to go.

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 5d

The Johnny Walker’s bar! The view is stunning from up here, even with Storm Amy rocking the sky!

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 5d

It’s not my sofa 😅 Hopefully they don’t find it tomorrow in Princes Street 😂

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 5d

The storm has indeed started. Brace yourself! #Edinburgh 💙

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 5d

Pre-orders are now open for Memory and Magic, the debut novel of American author D. M. Beucler - stunning cover created by the amazing Tara Bush! Out Oct 7, 2025. www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels @dmbeucler.bsky.social @tarabush.bsky.social #romantasy #debut2025 #booksfromscotland #bloodmagic

Things About Writing as a Parent #10
By D. M. Beucler
Burnout as a parent who writes is so real.
Your time on is often almost the entirety of your waking hours.
A good writing community can help in the moments when things feel over your head.

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D. M. Beucler @dmbeucler.bsky.social · 6d

It's live! Come and listen to an excerpt of Memory and Magic, out Oct 7th from @lunapress.bsky.social

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Authors' Readings: Memory and magic - D. M. Beucler

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 7d

It's October, which I think is officially the best month to start reading Dark Crescent...omens, superstitions, hauntings, monsters, all from Scottish folklore - here's a wee sneak peak at what you'll find...👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤✨ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal @lunapress.bsky.social

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & PublishED, the U of E’s publishing society, which provides a community for aspiring publishers. There are many career paths in our industry which we will explore during the event. Tonight, 6.30pm, Lister Learning Centre 💙 linktr.ee/published.so...

Wednesday 1st October Lister Learning Centre 6.30pm. Luna Press event

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · Aug 4

Pre-orders are now open for Memory and Magic, the debut novel of American author D. M. Beucler - stunning cover created by the amazing Tara Bush! Out October 7, 2025. www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels @dmbeucler.bsky.social @tarabush.bsky.social #romantasy #debut2025 #booksfromscotland #bloodmagic

Order now!
"Austen fans rejoice! Swift and sweet, this Regency-inspired fantasy is a delightful blend of romance, mystery, and magic. Readers will love Beucler's eminently practical heroine and the world of trouble that lands on her doorstep."
-Samantha Mills, author of The Wings Upon Her Back

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 11d

If the Stars Are Lit is the debut speculative mystery by Sara K Ellis, exploring the implications of AI, memory, and loss. Cover art by Tara Bush. Order now! www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels
@skateellis.bsky.social
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"Only someone desperate or a sociopath would want one of those things, Joss thinks. It'd be like talking to yourself all day. She does that enough as it is."
If the Stars Are Lit
By Sara K Ellis

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 11d

The book is out. It was published in July. I uploaded the image from back then 🙃

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 12d

Order That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film by Payton McCarty-Simas! Explore seven decades of the cyclical rise and fall of the cinematic witch in American culture and her relationship to feminist movements over time. www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...

"Witches fall into the dead center of the girl power milieu of the mid-late '90s, encapsulating both the ways Third Wave feminist ideals were being foregrounded in pop culture and, at the same time, undercut by neoliberalism, individualism, and the hobbling forces of the now-mainstreamed conservatism of the Moral Majority."

That Very Witch
Fear, Feminism;
and the American Witch Film

By Payton McCarty-Simas

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 12d

Can't wait to see you there @lunapress.bsky.social !

#Scifi #Fantasy #Fandom #ReadingCommunity #BookSky #Octocon #Octocon2025

Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 12d

It’s almost time for @octocon.bsky.social 💚🐙🇮🇪!!!! #sffconvention #sffsky

Octocon 2025 Online guest Francesca T Barbini

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 12d

It’s almost time for @octocon.bsky.social 💚🐙🇮🇪!!!! #sffconvention #sffsky

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 13d

This review took longer than I had hoped to write. But in a good way, there was so much to digest after reading

That Very Witch: Fear, by Payton McCarty-Simas

And why it is Essential Reading for Horror Fans and Feminists Alike

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A book cover featuring a person surrounded by a circular arrangement of text. The title "That Very Witch" is prominently displayed, along with subtitles mentioning themes of fear, feminism, and the American witch film. The author's name, Payton McCarty-Simas, is also featured on the cover. The design includes elements of graphic design and cartoon styles.

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 13d

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 14d

Pre-orders are now open for Memory and Magic, the debut novel of American author D. M. Beucler - stunning cover created by the amazing Tara Bush! Out Oct 7, 2025. www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels @dmbeucler.bsky.social @tarabush.bsky.social #romantasy #debut2025 #booksfromscotland #bloodmagic

Things About Writing as a Parent #9
By D. M. Beucler
My children have always had piles of books, play swords and real armor.
Watching their creativity has inspired my
own.

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Pre-orders are now open for Memory and Magic, the debut novel of American author D. M. Beucler - stunning cover created by the amazing Tara Bush! Out Oct 7, 2025. www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels
@dmbeucler.bsky.social
@tarabush.bsky.social
#romantasy #debut2025 #booksfromscotland #bloodmagic

1 could not put Memory and Magic down when I started reading it. D. M. Beucler's debut begins with a simple, relatable problem. Paying the rent and then escalates from there into adventure, intrigue and magic. I loved every page of it."
—Mary Robinette Kowal

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 20d

New Review - a really impressive science fiction story exploring themes of identity and memory. Highly recommend if The Stars Are Lit by @skateellis.bsky.social out now via @lunapress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

If The Stars Are Lit by Sara K Ellis — Runalong The Shelves

Publisher – Luna Press Publishing Published – Out Now Price – £13.57 paperback £4.99 ebook If the Stars Are Lit is a speculative mystery exploring the implications of AI, memory, and loss. ...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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