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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 2d

We are still crowd-funding for this great anthology! There are perks at all levels. #books #horror

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 8d

Our #horror anthology OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM has reached 18% funding on Ko-fi, and we have also added prominent editor @scarlettralgee.bsky.social to the updated cover! See the roster and back this stellar book, out in June 2026: www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre... #Books #HorrorCommunity

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Ingram for featuring our @starsandsabers.bsky.social cross-genre anthology, OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS, on this great list of Short Story Standouts on @bookshop.org!
bookshop.org/lists/short-...
#books #fantasy #ScienceFiction #Horror #ShortStories #Anthology #curatedindie #ingramspark

Screenshot of a curated list called “short story standouts” by IngramSpark for bookshop.org. OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS is one of the featured titles on the list.

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, honored to find Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine on @bookshop.org's list of standout story collections! Here with @amystuber.com, @writesloud.bsky.social, @starsandsabers.bsky.social, @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, more. And 20% off for Banned Books Week!

bookshop.org/lists/short-story-standouts

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 2d

We hope you enjoy this powerful novella by @genni.bsky.social!

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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 🎃 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The first of my celebratory book orders arrived and it’s an Afrocentric sci-fi horror

The Nga’Phandileh Whisperer by @genni.bsky.social

My second @starsandsabers.bsky.social publication

#booksky
🪐📚💙
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Nga’Phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon. An African woman in an orange dress, two drums, three towering snakes and a darkly lit palace on the cover

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

Happy to see Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers (@starsandsabers.bsky.social) in this Bookshop list in the company of @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, @kristinaten.bsky.social, @angelasylvaine.bsky.social, and other wonderful collections!

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Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

bookshop.org

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for sharing Ren's great book!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4d

#TheLegendLiminal by @voidcricket is featured in Thursday's #newbooks haul on youtube!

watch: youtu.be/M1R-AjU7LZI
buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...

#booksky @starsandsabers

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to our wonderful author @pedroiniguez.bsky.social (ECHOES AND EMBERS) for winning the Elgin Award (as well a the Bram Stoker, earlier this year) for MEXICANS ON THE MOON, his poetry collection published by @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social!

Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 7d

Happy to announce that I have won the Elgin Award for Mexicans on the Moon in the full-length book category. The Elgin Award is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association's highest award for speculative poetry. Truly an honor. Much love!

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 8d

Our #horror anthology OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM has reached 18% funding on Ko-fi, and we have also added prominent editor @scarlettralgee.bsky.social to the updated cover! See the roster and back this stellar book, out in June 2026: www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre... #Books #HorrorCommunity

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social · 8d

My soft sci-fi novella, THE LEGEND LIMINAL, is out today from @starsandsabers.bsky.social! 💫

Climb into the camper van for a surreal roadtrip that slides out of time & reality. TLL is a story about grief, hope, and the shining lifeline of human connection.

🔗: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...

Ren holds up a copy of The Legend Liminal, with an empty desert highway in the background. The cover of the book features a camper van driving on a road shaped like an infinity symbol, in front of a vaporwave-style sunset.

The cover of The Legend Liminal by Ren Hutchings is superimposed on an image of an empty desert highway, surrounded by text that says:

➜ Surreal contemporary speculative novella
➜ A slip out of time & reality
➜ Friends on a fateful roadtrip
➜ An unsettling liminal world
➜ A mysterious spooky cat
➜ Messy sibling relationships
➜ Vibes: Donnie Darko meets FINNA
➜ Navigating grief & finding lifelines in one another

The cover of the book features a camper van driving on a road shaped like an infinity symbol, in front of a vaporwave-style sunset.

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 8d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social for the release of The Legend Liminal!!!! 🎉

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for championing Ren and this book, and those from all your authors!

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 8d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social’s surreal found-family road trip novella THE LEGEND LIMINAL! Out now from @starsandsabers.bsky.social! Links to buy at: starsandsabers.com/books/the-legend-liminal

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 8d

We love to hear this! Thank you.

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Shadora Nyx @ladyjedi.bsky.social · 8d

It appeared on my kobo today. Will get to it in the next couple of weeks, as I am reading The Farseer Trilogy atm. Every book I have bought from you is absolutely wonderful, both in edition and content. Love your books!

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 8d

It's alive!! Help us reach our backer goal to get this terrific #horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, out in the world June 2026!
#horrorcommunity #books #horrorbooks

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 8d

Our #horror anthology OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM has reached 18% funding on Ko-fi, and we have also added prominent editor @scarlettralgee.bsky.social to the updated cover! See the roster and back this stellar book, out in June 2026: www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre... #Books #HorrorCommunity

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 8d

Our #horror anthology OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM has reached 18% funding on Ko-fi, and we have also added prominent editor @scarlettralgee.bsky.social to the updated cover! See the roster and back this stellar book, out in June 2026: www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre... #Books #HorrorCommunity

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 9d

I loved this book. Congratulations to @voidcricket.bsky.social on its publication!

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 9d

So happy to see @voidcricket.bsky.social's THE LEGEND LIMINAL out in the world via Stars and Sabers Publishing! Can't wait for everyone to read this great novella, full of strangeness, mystery, and hope!

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book birthday to @voidcricket.bsky.social! THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease#ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 9d

San Diego! I’ll see you Saturday at Scream Diego, talking about monsters on a panel alongside some fab folks. After that, I have a book signing at which I’ll have books for sale, free swag, and handmade bookmarks. Can’t wait!
#horror #writing #screamdiego #books #booksigning

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 9d

NEW! We've added @scarlettralgee.bsky.social to the cover for OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, given her prominent role in editing our #horror anthology. Read more about the book and how to help us meet our funding goals! www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre...
#books #horrorbooks #2026books

Of Dread, Decay, and Doom – Stars and Sabers

Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a horror-themed anthology edited by Jendia Gammon, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee, featuring masters of horror fiction.

www.starsandsabers.com

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 10d

Still time to preorder THE LEGEND LIMINAL, out this Tuesday!

Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social · 10d

My surreal roadtrip novella is out soon! Enormous thanks goes out to the brilliant SFF authors who read this weird little book & gave it such heartfelt blurbs.

Please follow them & check out their books! (Tagging them below)

🧭 THE LEGEND LIMINAL is out Sep 30th from @starsandsabers.bsky.social 💫

A stack of books piled up on a wooden desk with a blue cosmic backdrop. THE LEGEND LIMINAL by Ren Hutchings is facing out. Books in the stack are: Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong, A Palace Near The Wind by Ai Jiang, The Iron Children by Rebecca Fraimow, City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn, We Who Hunt The Hollow by Kate Murray.

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