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Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon winner | Codexian | Archivist | Repped by Lisa Rodgers | THE WINGS UPON HER BACK, Compton Crook winner and World Fantasy finalist, out now! (she/her) www.samtasticbooks.com Newsletter at https://subscribepage.io/samtasticnews

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 2d

IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!

Sam grinning and holding up a huge board version of the Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text

Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 58m

Free shipping on Bookshop through tonight!

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The Wings Upon Her Back

Check out The Wings Upon Her Back - [STARRED REVIEW] “A triumphant debut novel.” —Booklist [STARRED REVIEW] “An absolute must-read.” —Kirkus [STARRED REV...

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 2h

free shipping on bookshop! the perfect time to get a book! and do I have one for you! weird medieval guys, gender™️, cannibalism, living beehives, illustrations, and big monster ladies

The West Passage

Check out The West Passage - THE LADIES REIGN. THE PALACE ROTS. THE BEAST RISES. Five starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, BookPage, Library Journal, and...

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · 22h

Dear [Author],
Your book [Title] is wonderful. I did not understand the play The King in Yellow until [Title] and now the way to Carcosa is clear in my mind.

[Title] deserves a wider readership. My team of 5,000 cultists can post honest reviews and raise your Cthulhu Mythos ranking, for a modest...

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Glen Engel-Cox @engel-cox.com · 22h

"Rabbit Test" is the best short story I've read this decade. I'm sure the other stories in this collection are great, too.

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 2d

IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

Thank you, Glen! 😍

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

It's only coming up under ISBN at Bookshop.org, so I'll delete and repost this when they presumably fix the incorrect URL. The ISBN is 978-1616964511 if this link goes wonky and I haven't noticed yet.
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Rabbit Test and Other Stories

Check out Rabbit Test and Other Stories - This subversive debut short-fiction collection comes from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award and Pushcart Prize...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

Preorder links!!
B&N - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rabbit-tes...
Amazon - www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Other...
My local shop, Mysterious Galaxy - www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781616...

Cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills, featuring the title in a big, bold font in white and red on black background, with outlines of a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line going through the text

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

who can say, maybe so 😎

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

This is in direct contrast to when we watched Lord of the Rings, and my 10yo sobbed at the end because "that was such a cool ring, I wish they didn't have to destroy that ring" revealing that he would have been corrupted in about 6 seconds flat

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

We watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) last night and when it got to Shredder's secret lair of child thieves, my 8yo gasped, "Why do they have cigarettes!??" So I know she will be safe from the temptation of joining the villainous Foot Clan. 😌

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

The art is by the always-fabulous Elizabeth Story at Tachyon Publications! I am eagerly awaiting a look at the interior.

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 1d

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 22h

Google thinks I'm 22 (which would mean my first pro short came out around age 14 or 15? and my 10yo child has a tragic origin story??). This is hilarious, and even if I knew how to change it, nah, I can stay a mystery 😌

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 23h

And carrots, famously named due to the presence of carotenoids--

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 23h

😭😭

Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote the introduction to this collection, after I got up off my tear-stained floor. I highly recommend you preorder it, because like its titular story everyone is going to be talking about it.

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 2d

IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 23h

Thank you!!

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 23h

Thanks Wen Wen!! :D

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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