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Marty Cahill

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USA Today Bestselling author of Audition For The Fox, out now! Repped by Hannah Bowman. Email: Martintcahill @ gmail Black & Trans Lives Matter. He/Him. Audition For The Fox Buy here: https://bit.ly/4hxjRRT https://www.martincahillwrites.com

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · Aug 25

A fox hunt is only bad when the Fox doesn't like being chased. Come catch them, and me, at the events below to celebrate the release of AUDITION FOR THE FOX! Thank you so much @astoriabookshop.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, @wordbookstores.bsky.social, @skylightbooks.bsky.social, and more!!

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 3h

::packs up excessive emotions, anxiety, depression, despair, focus issues, and all the other stuff that is making my heart feel heavy, addresses it RETURN TO SENDER::

::box arrives a few days later::

“WELL, FUDGE.”

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John R'lyeh, where dead Cthulhu waits dreaming @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 16d

*taps sign*

A sign saying "I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h

Really loved BEINGS by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social, with its intricate threading of lives and the speculative. Beautifully written and deeply perceptive! Available now! bookshop.org/p/books/bein...

Sepia-toned cover of Beings by Ilana showing a forest canopy over a small road and a car by the side of the road, with a flying saucer hovering overhead. With author text is dull gold over the saucer and the title in the middle of the cover in all caps in white and "A NOVEL" at bottom also in gold.

Below the cover is a quote from the New York Times Book Review:

"Engaging, elegant... A restrained, gentle reflection on the nature of 'truth' versus memory."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 6h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 14h

doomscroll break

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A Girl Walks Home Alone 2 @kellylink.bsky.social · 7h

y'all, this book is the one if you love magic, revolution, and words—imagine Miyazaki & Russell Hoban & the Bread and Puppet Theater all hanging out together

Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 7h

1) bookshop.org is offering free shipping today
2) The Naming Song is just out in paperback
3) bookshop.org sells many other excellent books, some with trains, some without
4) I was driving alongside a train for a minute yesterday and it was awesome
5) Thank you

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The Naming Song

Check out The Naming Song - A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro. “The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of langu...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 22h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned that the number of children in the U.S. navigating life with Long COVID exceeds that of the number of kids with asthma.

Wow.

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 19h

Big ‘ol yup over here. Every corner of tomorrow has been swarmed with some horror of today, and it does feel like you just can’t move faster than our current culture‘s ability to make worse the already awful.

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 20h

I’m very proud of the two novels I published this year. I worked hard on these books and I stayed true to my vision. That’s what matters. ❤️

Hardcover copies of At Dark, I Become Loathsome and We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

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Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hell yeah!!!

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 1d

Oh ok a bill that’ll overdraft me 50 just went through lol

Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 1d

Hi hi

ko-fi.com/weredawgz

Support Danny Lore

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Elliot Davis | TTWH Out 10/14! @moreblueberries.bsky.social · 1d

What if I told you that you can see pics of the first ever copy of A Land Once Magic by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social in this update??

We have made a really special little book for the sickos

Check it out!

A Land Once Magic - Pocket-sized Worldbuilding TTRPG Project Update: The First Ever Copy of ALOM

A BEAUTIFUL Little Book! We are so thrilled to share photos of the first ever copies of A Land Once Magic! We've received the first copies of the book and the notebook and t...

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

God, wouldn’t that be nice for once?

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · 1d

Happy Happy release day @marthawells.com !

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 1d

A new small press? iN tHiS eCoN0mY / p01i+icAL m0M3nt?!?

YES. We need new homes for new stories. Even now. Especially now.

I love and trust the people behind Homeward Books, and I hope you will join me in backing them.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

::looks at who distributes Tachyon::

Well, shit.

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

What late 2025/early 2026 books are you looking forward to?

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

would be cool if we could give indies the gift of a great sales day

I have a lot of books you can buy and get FREE SHIPPING ON FROM BOOKSHOP.ORG RN

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 1d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 1d

There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

Who am I going to see tonight at Radio City for CR??? WE'RE GOING TO A WEDDING!!!

a man sitting at a table holding a coffee mug and a tablet with the words it 's gonna be fun written below him

Alt: a man sitting at a table holding a coffee mug and a tablet with the words it 's gonna be fun written below him

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