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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!!

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P. H. Low (THESE DEATHLESS SHORES) @ph-low.com · 1d

this YA horror antho is out today ~ incl. my literally hostile architecture novellette and 12 other amazing stories featuring disabled protagonists!

(it's also @bookshop.org anti-prime day! free shipping!)

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These Bodies Ain’t Broken

Check out These Bodies Ain’t Broken - A monstrous transformation within your own body. A sacrificial imprisonment. A fight to the death against an ancient evil. These stories showca...

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, in a first for me, my story "Painted Surfaces" has been translated into Estonian: algernon.ee/jutt/varvitu...

Big thanks to Kristjan Sander who translated and the Estonian spec fic scene!

Värvitud pinnad | Algernon

algernon.ee

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday Misty!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 6d

The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai is fascinating look at archival work through a speculative lens.
reactormag.com/book-review-...

Records and Romance in The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai - Reactor

Science fiction and fantasy, dystopian and romance, slice-of-life and adventure blend in Mia Tsai's sophomore novel.

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 4d

Feeling spicy this morning and might actually send a newsletter in uh ... let's not talk about it.

If you'd like it, you can sign up here! guanun.com

Guan

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 5d

good news everybody, there's a new Sarah Pauling story out in the world to read

🌈Sarah Pauling @sarahpauling.bsky.social · 5d

My story is free to read today!! meet Gracie, a very responsible camper. please help Gracie save a terrible terrible child

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 5d

Free Fiction Friday with
“Gracie and Leelanau Save the Worst Boy at Camp One-Pine”
by Sarah Pauling
magazine.trollbreath.com/gracie-and-l...

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 6d

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

Welcome to the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
You could get a payment from the $1.5 billion Settlement.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 6d

Psst @choiceofgames.bsky.social games are in the Steam Autumn Sale! Mine, in which you teach magic in secret at a liberal arts college and certainly don’t summon potentially world-ending entities, is less than $6! That’s $0.000012 a word! store.steampowered.com/app/1766340/...

Save 34% on Professor of Magical Studies on Steam

Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by...

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 7d

Writer PSA: as submitting to best of year awards and anthologies season rolls around, it's a great time to take any stories you've published this year and save a clean document of the published text, without any editorial comment.

I often forget, but it will come in handy more than you think.

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 7d

Everybody look!
My debut novelette is out, thanks to @psychopomp.com!
🖤💀🌹🧟🌹💀🖤

Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 9d

"This is the story of what would not be left behind."

we are so excited to share our final novelette of 2025!!

Garden of the Bloodpotter by @babblewocky.bsky.social

and hey, if you want a free ebook of the novelette, drop your email after the story 🖤✨

psychopomp.com/garden-of-th...

Garden of the Bloodpotter - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The latest novelette by Erin Brown: Garden of the Bloodpotter, published by Psychopomp, read it for FREE.

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 8d

You can read the story @flashfictiononline.bsky.social here!

The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or The Grandchild’s First Dragon

Thirty years after the War of Broken Crowns and the fall of the White-Gold King: Sun-Li had a new adversary to face.“So what do you like to do?” he asked his granddaughter, Antha.Antha had been rid…

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 8d

I missed this very sweet review of my story when it came out: "If you need something beautiful to make you feel a bit better about the world, read this."

😭 Thank you Sara!

Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 16d

REVIEW: “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon” by Guan Un

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REVIEW: “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon” by Guan Un

Review of Guan Un, “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon,” Flash Fiction Online 144 (September 2025): 13-16 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sa…

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 16d

REVIEW: “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon” by Guan Un

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REVIEW: “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon” by Guan Un

Review of Guan Un, “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon,” Flash Fiction Online 144 (September 2025): 13-16 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sa…

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 8d

oh no, i'm so sorry. sending so much <3

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats ash!

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Misty Granade @misty.granades.com · 9d

I finished my blog post for this next week. This last week was a banger so it’s always hard to follow up on something that’s so good. But I did try!! It drops Tuesday so if you haven’t read this week’s pep talk or if you need to read it again, it’s here: misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

This one's for you, Bestie - Misty Granade

Where I encourage you to make things joyfully and be your own biggest cheerleader. Do you need a pep talk this week? This is it.

misty.granades.com

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 11d

are you in a Pratchett again?

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 11d

This always makes me laugh a bit m.youtube.com/watch?v=13wE...

Whose Line is it Anyway? Wrong Name - Irish Drinking Song.

YouTube video by TheBestOfComedy

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 12d

She really is the coolest.

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 23d

Issue 5.3 is out now! ❤️‍🔥 A special themed issue on Symbiosis—close relationships between species. The stories creatively explore their own take on this theme. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com

This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡

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Yume Kitasei @yumewrites.bsky.social · 12d

I’m so excited for this!! If it’s successful there will definitely be more to come in the future in more places! Please come out!

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 12d

Traveling SF/F Book Festival Announced locusmag.com/2025/09...

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 13d

I’m reading from my PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE tomorrow and donated exclusives to the fundraiser supporting @thepixelproject.bsky.social's mission to stop violence against women & girls.

Join me! 9/26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK.

thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsf...

#booksky #Blackbooksky

Stack of my 1st edition hardcover middle-grade novels ROOT MAGIC, CONJURE ISLAND, THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE that are up for purchase as a set for The Pixel Project's fundraiser.
Friday, September 26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK.
Three colorful pens are in the pic but not part of the fundraiser.

ARC of my upcoming adult novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE as well as the letter paper and envelopes I will use if you buy the handwritten letter from the main character as part of the fundraiser for The Pixel Project. Friday, September 26 at 9:30 am EST/2:30 pm UK.

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