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Neon Hemlock

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World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Managing Editor: dave ring.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 13d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 16h

ooh

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 1d

This project just went live. I'm very excited to see what comes out of this group of fine individuals 🐌 📖 🦀

Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 4d

Heyoooo the Kickstarter for the Homeward Books book starts NEXT WEEK: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Coming soon: 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.

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 1d

If you don't want a coin, or any cool signed books, but still want to support @thedeadlands.com, the best way to do that is through our Patreon. Let's keep this skeleton crew running.

www.patreon.com/the_deadlands

Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon

a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death

www.patreon.com

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 1d

I’m part of a trio of cool writers doing readings at hivemindbookstore.bsky.social in Brooklyn tomorrow evening!

A poster for the event featuring a smiling Sharang. Tuesday, October 7, 7:00 PM. FREE. Hive Mind Books. 219 Irving Ave, Bushwick.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Today is my favorite person @brentclambert.bsky.social 's birthday! The SFF field is better for his part in it as a writer, a reader, a friend and cheerleader and my life is brighter for sharing his light. If you have not let it bless you just yet, pick up and devour his A Necessary Chaos today.

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert — neon hemlock

This title was published October 3rd, 2023. An 8” x 5” novella. 145 pages. In a world of magical empires and the anarchists that would tear them down, A Necessary Chaos follows two mages, Althus a...

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Dr. U. Whitcher (U. is for Bear) @yarntheory.bsky.social · 1d

Come talk to us about Burning Bright, whether my take on the tiny ending mystery makes sense, and why cyberpunk/space opera fusions are best!

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 2d

For Episode 34, @yarntheory.bsky.social joins to talk about structure, art & endings, relationships, and much more in Melissa Scott's 1993 cyberpunk space-Venice thriller BURNING BRIGHT:
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A Meal of Thorns 34 – BURNING BRIGHT with Ursula Whitcher

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Ursula WhitcherTitle: Burning Bright by Melissa ScottHost: Jake Case…

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S.M. Mack (Smack) @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social · Aug 24

As promised to @sharangbiswas.bsky.social: the painted edges of his novella The Iron Below Remembers! It's a little worse for wear from two cross country trips, but still pretty.

Alt history, academia meets superheroes, and queer af. Definitely recommend this one. (From @neonhemlock.bsky.social)

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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · Aug 22

I finished reading THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social two weeks ago & I am still a bit dazzled by its originality. We talk about writing the weird books that AI could never possibly produce and this will be my first example from now on.

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The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas — neon hemlock

Publication date: March 25, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Set in an alternate version of the British Isles where South Asian imperial interest colonized much of the globe thanks to their advanced techno...

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Meagan @artbymeagantrott.bsky.social · 3d

) The Crawling Moon short horror anthology from Neon Hemlock Press.

This is probably my number one favorite horror anthology I've read (and I read a lot of those). While it doesn't bill itself as queer erotic horror that's def an element in a lot of the stories.

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The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread — neon hemlock

Publication date: July 30, 2024. The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread is an anthology of gothic depravity, horror & perversion. It contains queer horrors both psychological and ...

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 13d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 5d

Are there any cool nonprofit-y publishing grants that you've heard of lately? We now have the means to apply for such through a nonprofit sponsor, but the grants I have in mind open up in early 2026.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 6d

yup.

feels very like people don’t know that they too could have all … 📚 🗑️ 💀 this 🦝 🗑️ 📚 …. if they had less impulse control

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 6d

have you tried reading while sitting? that's still my fav. also while lying down.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 7d

I think some of the programs have an AI capacity that can read a text, but don’t necessarily send it anywhere. But obviously with something like Adobe it’s hard to trust that it doesn’t go anywhere.

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 9d

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 9d

Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of Skin Thief: Stories! I'm very proud of this book. I put it together during the darkest period of my adult life. I felt very alone and friendless when I sent it out into the world and it brought me so much love in return. Thank you to everyone who's read it. 🖤

My hand holding a copy of Skin Thief: Stories.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 9d

It’ll be back up soon, and is available directly in meantime ✨

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 10d

SHAKING EMPIRE OF THE FEAST IN ALL YOUR FACES SO YOU READ IT (yes it made me feral)

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 11d

🔮 www.neonhemlock.com/books ✨

Ten book covers at Neon Hemlock! Ona psychedelic background.

Stone and Steel
The Dead Withheld
And This Is How to Stay Alive
Empire of the Feast
A Necessary Chaos
Loving Safoa
Call & Response
The Cosmic Color
Off-Time Jive
Redundancies and Potentials

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Katie C @spiffykt.bsky.social · 16d

Last night I finished North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher and I can’t recommend it enough. Lovely storytelling and some of the best worldbuilding I’ve come across in a while. Also, to sweeten the deal, almost every last character is gay 🌈

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 10d

and i swear to the fkng heavens if any of you are like "oh but it's just so hard to find sff/h by black writers or for a black audience, spec fic is dominated by white men" im gonna come to your house and physically shake you. neither of those things are true.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 11d

(If we can try to support living authors, that would be especially neat btw)

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 11d

Black Speculative Fiction Month starts next week. Read/reserve/rec/preorder/buy accordingly

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds so good

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 10d

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 10d

*points*

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 11d

🔮 www.neonhemlock.com/books ✨

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 10d

I was lucky enough to read an ARC of this. It is stunning. I said STUNNING. I highly recommend it. I think more people should be shouting about Christopher's work. If you are into collections that smack you with how good they are then hi. Do not miss this one. Sincerely.

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 10d

On the advent of Black Speculative Fiction Month *and* Black History Month in the UK, I’d like to remind you that my very Bjack, very queer collection of short stories publishes on October 14! You can pre-order here: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 10d

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