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Millie Abecassis
@millieabecassis.com
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Author of SFFH · French & American · Novels & novellas at Row House, Anuci Press, Polymath Press, Shiraki Press · Rep: @ajvanbelle.bsky.social · 📍 California

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An underground lab. A dead chemist. A strange machine he tried to destroy.

🕴️ A mobster family
🔪 Everyone hates each other
⌛ A mysterious time machine
🦠 A deadly pathogen killing everyone
🚫 A claustrophobic huis-clos setting

An unhinged short story free on Kobo Plus 🖤 #BluePit 📖 #P #A #T #SF
A moodboard featuring 7 different images: a male & a female mobsters, an hourglass, a gun, a table with various instruments on it, an underground facility, and blood.
January 13, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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DONKEY SKIN x DUNE

Sianna is set to free her city from the grip of the greedy emperor, even if she must strike a deal with Elias, the king of a rival country.

That was before she fell in love with Cyrelle, the runaway princess who fled a marriage with Elias. #BluePit 📖 #P #A #F #SF #LGBT
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January 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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SNOW WHITE x BLUEBEARD

Chased by a jealous superior who wants her dead, Seer Éliane finds refuge in Lady of Clairemont's mysterious house, Sanctuary, among six women living as sisters.

When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth before she disappears too. #BluePit 📖 #A #P #F #H
Cover of THE SEVENTH SISTER by Millie Abecassis, showing a woman wearing a white dress walking toward an eerie mansion in the night. At the windows are the silhouette of six women. Above the mansion shines a crescent moon.
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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For those of you over on Instagram, I'm giving away 5 codes to get a free audiobook of A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE! Enter here: www.instagram.com/p/DSnU28vjz_...
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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"Not a real book" bonus: HOLLOW WHISPERS OF THE WIND by @florencechien.com (historical fiction), her next novel currently on submission. I had the honor to be the first person to beta read it and it is SO GOOD. I don't understand why editors aren't fighting to death for it in a ring or something.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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CHANGING PLANES by @ursulakleguin.com (science fiction, short stories): I try to read one book by Ursula sensei per year and this one did not disappoint. An amazing of collection of interconnected short stories!
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE by @jelenawrites.bsky.social (dark fantasy): I gobbled it up! It's so good.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA by @florencechien.com (political fantasy): another favorite I knew I would love before reading it, but I didn't expect to love Lucas (the protagonist) so much.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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RAGE OF THE RAVEN QUEEN by @andrewlivecchi.bsky.social (epic fantasy): a glorious sequel to SON OF THE THUNDER GODDESS. If you like epic fantasy with gripping battle scenes and a lovely cast, run to read this series!
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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TO BE TAUGHT, IF FORTUNATE by Becky Chambers (science fiction): I'm in love with Becky Chambers's novellas.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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THE FLOATING CASTLE by @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social (epic fantasy): another great surprise. I didn't know I would love it so much when I started it. My self-pub book of the year!
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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RESTAURANT KID by Rachel Phan (memoir): the best memoir I've read in a while! If you haven't read it yet, you're missing out.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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NOUS by Christelle Dabos (young adult, dystopia, fantasy): Christelle Dabos is officially my favorite contemporary author. She's so good at what she does!
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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REDUNDANCIES AND POTENTIALS by @domsdickey.bsky.social (science fiction): my book of the year. Novella writing at its best. I want to be like Dominique Dickey when I grow up.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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THE WITCH'S LENS by Luanne G. Smith (historical fantasy): the good surprise of the year, the book I had no expectation for that I ended up devouring.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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CASUAL by @kojiadae.bsky.social (science fiction, dystopia): more people need to read that book. I'm serious.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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STARLET by @dangerslater.bsky.social (horror, bizarro, humor): it was immensely fun and fucked up, exactly how I like my books.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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2025 was insanely busy but I still managed to read 60+ books. Here is my top 12! #BookSky #BookRecommandations #Fantasy #Horror #SciFi
A visual showing 12 books: - STARLET by Danger Slater - CASUAL by Koji A. Dae - THE WITCH'S LENS by Luanne G. Smith - REDUNDANCIES AND POTENTIALS by Dominique Dickey - NOUS by Christelle Dabos - RESTAURANT KID by Rachel Phan - THE FLOATING CASTLE by L.N. Holmes - TO BE TAUGHT, IF FORTUNATE by Becky Chambers - RAGE OF THE RAVEN QUEEN by Andrew LiVecchi - THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA by Florence Chien - LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE by Jelena Dunato - CHANGING PLANES by Ursula K. Le Guin
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Today is the day! The audiobook of A Legacy of Blood and Bone is now available everywhere audiobooks are sold 🙌
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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#SFFChat Q4: when the day lasts 27 hours, "noon" is at 1:30 pm! From my forthcoming novel The Color of Time.
Shortly after the clock reached one thirty—Phau’s noon—the cafeteria became alive with miners and other workers walking through the door. They came from all the corners of the galaxy, their skins ranging from the palest white to the darkest shades. What they all had in common was the greenish dust covering their clothes and hair. Some even had diazdust—as they called diastium residue—on their face and hands. A handwashing station was available to them, but they didn’t use it. Either they didn’t have time, or they had given up on safeguarding their health. After all, eating a bit of diazdust would not make a difference if they already inhaled it all day.
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Here's the beautiful art by @omenbairn.bsky.social you can get for free as art prints and bookmarks!
A painterly illustration of a white woman with brown hair tied in a bun kneeling in a prayer. A painterly illustration of a pregnant white woman with long blond hair, her hand around her belly. A painterly illustration of a white man with short white hair. He points at a teacup levitating near him.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Do you like free fancy art prints and bookmarks? Supporting indie bookstores? Historical fantasy and sapphic romance?

You can get all of that via my collaboration with Beyond Text Bookstore, my fav local indie bookstore!

Buy the ebook via Bookshop while supporting the bookstore and get freebies!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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❄️ WELCOME TO SANCTUARY ❄️

☀️ Horror fantasy
🌙 Fairytale retelling
☀️ Astral deities
🌙 Found family
☀️ Spooky & mysterious
🌙 Quick read (novella!)

Forthcoming 3/10/2025 at Anuci Press, and NOW SEEKING ARC READERS! ➡️ forms.gle/BF3zDo97tsWa...

#QuestPit #P #A #H #F #DF
A graphic showing a mock up of the book The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis and text reading "ARC SIGN UP" and labels around the books reading "horror fantasy" "fairytale retelling" "found family" "snow white" "blue beard" and "astral deities" WELCOME TO SANCTUARY Seer Éliane is destined to a brilliant future as a servant of Aurië, the Sun-God. Everything changes when the High Seer, her superior, becomes jealous of Éliane's abilities and chases her from the temple. Having no family, Éliane has no choice but to find refuge in Sanctuary, the mysterious mansion of Lady of Clairemont, alongside six women living there as sisters and refugees. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth about Sanctuary and its secretive owner before she disappears, too. A horrific retelling of Bluebeard and Snow White, The Seventh Sister is a tale about sisterhood and overcoming adversity. A mock up of the ebook and paperback versions of THE SEVENTH SISTER by Millie Abecassis with text reading "Coming .10.2026"
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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BLOOD IS LIFE. BONES ARE STRENGTH. FLESH IS CONTROL. SKIN IS DEATH.

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

Now available! A spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic. #QuestPit #P #A #F #HF #R
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November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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ARC readers wanted!

Do you like horror? Fairytale retellings? Found families? Spooky stories filled with dread and mystery?

Join my ARC team! Fill out the form at the link below ⬇️
forms.gle/BF3zDo97tsWa...

#BookSky #Horror #Fantasy #ARCReaders #Reviewers
Cover of The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis. A graphic showing a mock up of the book The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis and text reading "Coming 3.10.2026" and labels around the books reading "horror fantasy" "fairytale retelling" "found family" "snow white" "blue beard" and "astral deities" WELCOME TO SANCTUARY Seer Éliane is destined to a brilliant future as a servant of Aurië, the Sun-God. Everything changes when the High Seer, her superior, becomes jealous of Éliane's abilities and chases her from the temple. Having no family, Éliane has no choice but to find refuge in Sanctuary, the mysterious mansion of Lady of Clairemont, alongside six women living there as sisters and refugees. When the sisters begin to disappear, Éliane must find the truth about Sanctuary and its secretive owner before she disappears, too. A horrific retelling of Bluebeard and Snow White, The Seventh Sister is a tale about sisterhood and overcoming adversity.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM