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Appreciating all things bookish in science fiction, fantasy & horror.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
This is a piece of classic writing advice that I have begun to seriously turn on

Don’t kill your darlings. Love and nurture your darlings. Write for your darlings. Recognize when one of them may not be right for the story and gently remove them, but for the most part: fucking INDULGE your darlings
emilystjams.bsky.social Emily "Christmas" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 17d
You don't have to kill ALL your darlings, okay?
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Stunning book mail today. So delighted to see a Shimmer story collected in here. 🖤 @stelliform.press @rebeccacampbell.bsky.social
The Other Shore, by Rebecca Campbell from Stelliform Press. A matte black book cover with a skeletal rabbit diving into skeletal grass and mushrooms.
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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scifiscavenger.bsky.social
I have finished this. A man touched by the dark of arcspace is witness to a double supernova & its lightspeed wave of destruction. Worlds die, populations are evacuated or oppressed, interventions are contemplated. The SLOW have...other plans. Lots to like. 👍🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #spaceopera #nowreading
Slow Gods by Claire North.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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putriprihatini.bsky.social
I like Jan Pospíšil's unique interpretation of the Corsairs of Umbar's helmets. Visual-wise, I think they are closer to Tolkien's drawing of Númenórean helmet (setting aside the practicality and personal taste). I also saw the crown of Roger Garland's Ulmo in them.

#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
Sketches of nine corsairs of Umbars wearing various helmets inspired by marine animals, such as seashells and fish. There is also a sword with decorative hilt shaped like the open mouth of a fish. A drawing of Tolkien's Numenorean helmet. It has an extended metal visor in the front shaped like a tongue and curved shape on top and a curled shape behind, similar to shrimp. The helmet has scaled design in colors like orange, white, moss green, and dark blue. There are ridges on top. A painting of Ulmo, Lord of Waters, by Roger Garland. It depicts a sea deity in the form of a giant man with long, white beard formed by sea foam. His body is green and scaled, and his crown is made of the formation of seashells. He emerges from the waves. There is a small image of a man with armor standing on the beach facing him.
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
sffhbooks.bsky.social
Free SFFH stories for September!

books.bookfunnel.com/horrorreader...
The Fiction Giveaway Extravaganza! (September)
Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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20 spectacular space operas including Hugo Award winning stories by Michael Swanwick and Peter Watts.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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We've made it to another Friday, and here is a new set of books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound. What here is piquing your interest?
The Graceview Patient, Caitlin Starling; Punctilious Punctuation, Ian Randal Strock; Artificial Wisdom, Thomas R. Weaver; The Ballad of Jayce, Lluew Grey; Thesaurum Intra, Grizzly Bear Otterman; Song of Spores, Bogi Takacs; Trail of Shadows, Mike Allen; Memory and Magic, D.M. Beuchler; Journey, Phillips/Yanovsky; Portraits of Decay, J.R. Blanes; Starstruck, Aimee Ogden; Summer in the House of the Departed, Josh Rountree; The Ink Witch, Steph Cherrywell; What Happens in Hello Jack/ Wreckage, Peter Straub; Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance, Jane Harrington; The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin
September 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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“Five Things You Can See” by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social from @strangehorizons.bsky.social, “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by @effies.bsky.social from @diabolicalplots.com, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social -
Strange Horizons, Diabolical Plots and Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Reviews by Charles Payseur
Strange Horizons 5/5/25, 5/12/25 Diabolical Plots 5/25 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/29/25, 6/12/25 The May 5 Strange Horizons opens strongly with Adam Ford’s “The Strangers Came”, a narra­tive poem ab…
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September 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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drspookyer.bsky.social
Big fan of this chalk drawing I saw today on my run
Chalk drawing
September 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Please share this far and wide! We need your support this week to continue publishing a pro paying magazine of horror fantasy dark science weird speculative fiction. With six days left, join our parade of 96 backers so far! kck.st/4mIkEm1
A procession of strange creatures marches against a colorful background along with the 3LBE icon and details from cover graphics.
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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“Nothing is yet in its true form.”

- C.S. Lewis
September 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
This week, on HEAT DEATH! @wnwagner.bsky.social traces the ghosts that lurk all around us -- plastic lawns, vanished cherry trees, and transformed creeks. It's a lovely, moody piece and I'm super proud to run it.
Cherry-Scented Ghosts
What does it mean for a lawn – or a landscape – to be haunted? Novelist Wendy Wagner explains.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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⚔️ NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS: FINAL REVEAL🏔
@draq.bsky.social brings us this new adventure of The Snow Leopard, with a cover by @vor-bokor.bsky.social, and interior illustration by @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social!

Learn more & sign up for the crowdfund here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Book cover for THE HUNT OF A THOUSAND LEAGUES, showing many and varied killers drawn looming over Orhan the Snow Leopard like mountains.
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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patricksamphire.bsky.social
If you're into epic fantasy, there's a fantastic bundle on itch.io of 22 books for just $20, including my first two Mennik Thorn novels. This is an enormous saving!

Particularly check out books by Bjørn Larssen and Ashley Capes.

itch.io/b/3251/an-ep...
Promotional graphic showing the silhouette of a dragon's head and neck along with 22 tiny book covers. Text reads, itch.io. Epic fantasy bundle. 22 books for $20. September 4th - 8th.
September 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Fascinating (and spot on) little essay on Service Model and how it relates to the real world.
weknow0.bsky.social Nick Foster @weknow0.bsky.social · Sep 3
My take on @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Service Model. So what should be the goal? Because the reason Service Model will stay with me for some time to come is that it shows us what happens if we don’t have one weknow0.co.uk/?p=2573
If we don’t have a goal, the means take over – We Know Zero
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September 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
Find out what happens when time simply...stops in TEMPORALLY DEACTIVATED, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social!

B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/temporally...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy #scifi #sciencefiction
August 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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⚔️ NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS: REVEAL #3🤼
Oh yes! We're bringing you a fun blend of barbarism and bodyslams by @breadsonja.bsky.social, featuring cover art by John Golden and interior art by @samjroyale.bsky.social!

Learn more & sign up for the crowdfund here www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Cover art for a new book called "SUPLEX & SORCERY" by June Orchid Parker, "A New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novella". A buff, red-haired barbarian wrestler woman is perched on the shoulders of a goopy, green skeleton and clearly about to finish pounding his skull in. He does not look happy, nor does the sorcerer in the background who is clearly controlling him. The crowd watches on...
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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mommunism.bsky.social
Just write sci fi man
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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mangiotto.bsky.social
Talent isn't rare. Throw an apple & you hit someone with talent. Perseverance? rare. Work ethic? exceedingly rare; the willingness to grind. Being able to endure the scorn, rejection & privation a life in the arts dooms you to in the United States is unicorn-scarce. But talent? Talent is everywhere.
August 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Birds are dinosaurs
August 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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"A kind of SF detective story, starring the curious combination of three scientists, a cop, and a pair of friendly killer whales." I wrote about Cachlot (1980), one of my favourite Alan Dean Foster novels so far, in 2022.
August 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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This bundle sounds amazing! 📚✨ I love discovering new reads, especially at such a great price! Happy reading, everyone! 🌟 #SFF #BookLovers #ReadingJoy
bjornlarssen.com Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · Aug 10
A new First in Series itch-io bundle by the magical
@ormakal.bsky.social is here!

itch.io/b/3216/start...

Featuring ‘Children’ and 30 more books at $1 per book. It should satisfy your reading needs for the foreseeable future (once you’re done with your Epic Beloved SFF Sale books) :)
A collage of book covers with the text: “Get 31 books at $31, start a new adventure! Itch.io bundle for first in series books. August 8, 2025.”
August 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM