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ahardreturn.bsky.social
What an unfortunate miss. I wanted to love “The Antidote.” It takes several incredible topics and histories and is well researched… but has some big problems.
(I elaborate in the StoryGraph review.)

⭐️⭐️/5

💙📚💬📚🖋️💬⏳
#BookSky #LitFic #AmReading #Book #Review #TDRList #BookTok
My hand holds up an eReader displaying a black and grey cover of Karen Russell’s “The Antidote.” The image on the cover is of a dilapidated little house and weathervane on a treeless expanse of prairie. Vision is obscured by a cloud of dust across the sky. I’m hiking the reader up to a library window in a city. Urban architecture and blue sky frame the ebook.
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
The Art of the #Edit✂️✨
#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers✍️
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📘
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#writersky🌠
#5amwritersclub🌄
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#LitFic🏛️
#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#funny💀
#manuscript📑
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
akma.bsky.social
Aching to read *The Qaqortoq Trials*, a future-history novel by one of bksy’s sci-fi (or good ol’ litfic) authors that narrates the cultural aftermath of a STRICTLY FICTIONAL takeover of a global megapower by a corrupt soporific sex pest and his gang of clowns backed up by cosplay Storm Troopers…
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 AM
lisettebrodey.bsky.social
BARRIE HILL REUNION 🛎

Set in 1986

Eight people. One weekend. Eight lives forever changed.

"What a terrific read. Interesting characters and plot with wonderful use of language and imagery. Felt like I was a fly on the wall watching the drama build." 🛏🚪

mybook.to/BarrieHillReunion

#LitFic 🔶 #KU
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 AM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
“ #ThePitchLife “📨📖🫠

#BlueSky🦋
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#LitFic🏛️
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#gamedev 🎮
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#comic🫟
#art🎨
#funny💀
Shakespeare’s reject pile: Not 2 Be.
January 22, 2026 at 12:28 AM
frauwise.bsky.social
"I finished it feeling moved, inspired, and grateful for the experience. A heartfelt, unforgettable read that I happily and enthusiastically recommend to everyone who loves meaningful, beautifully told stories." End/

@typeeighteenbooks.bsky.social

#KeepReading #LitFic #HistLitFic #Art #Artists
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
bluesinthebooks.bsky.social
The books that I am working through this week.

Three very different books, but you have to keep things interesting. I have been restricting my scrolling time to the weekend, and writing a lot more this year.

#booksky #reading #readinghabits #alienromance #books #fantasyreads #litfic #yafantasy
January 22, 2026 at 12:10 AM
pseudopodalex.bsky.social
So, what precisely is "speculative non-fiction" ?

Isn't that

just

fiction?

Is the the new hotness in branding? Does litfic now have to cosplay as spec fic?
January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
jmeirose.bsky.social
Available Party "Games"
Geme 4 -Ranger Press
Game 5 -Soyos / Asterism
Game 6 - Submiersible Press

#writesky #litfic #experimentalfiction #weirdfiction
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
ahardreturn.bsky.social
Car reading today.

💙📚🖋️📚💬📚⏳
#BookSky #AmReading #Books #ElifShafak #BookClub #LitFic
My left hand holds up a hardcover library book. It is “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak. The book cover is Sky blue with a cut branch of a fig tree taking up the front. Butterflies and a bird are arranged on and around it and a fig hands from the cut branch. I’m holding the book up in the drivers side corner of my truck so you see black car interior, snowy wet windows, and city buildings stretching out behind the book.
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
casella.bsky.social
Huh. Sounds like they're trying to get some more reach into "non-genre" litfic/commercial fic.
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
✍️ #Quote 💬of the #Day🌞✨
#JamesBaldwin✍️✊🏿🏳️‍🌈⚖️

#BlueSky🦋
#BookSky📚
#writingcommunity🏘️
#authors📖🗣️
#readers👀
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#WriterSky📝
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#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#indieauthor👨🏽‍💻
#writing✍️
#LitFic🏛️
#playwright🎭
#poet🕯️🌈
Quote by James Baldwin: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
The Art of the #Edit✂️✨
#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers✍️
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📘
#readingcommunity👀
#writersky🌠
#5amwritersclub🌄
#6amwritersclub🌅
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#LitFic🏛️
#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#funny💀
#manuscript📑
Comic with writer and publisher conversing: “ I read your manuscript with interest. We just to change need a couple of things. What you said and how you said it.”
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 PM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
A day in the #life… ✍️
#Tee Hee Edition👚
#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
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#authors📖
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#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
Black T-shirt with white block letters and button captioned, “Writing Mode: ON.
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
“ #ThePitchLife “📨📖🫠

#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers✍️
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
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#6amwritersclub🌅
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
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#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#comic🫟
#art🎨
#funny💀
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
A day in the #life… ✍️
( #Word Choke Edition)🥼🩺

#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📘
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#MedSky ⚕️
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
Medical assistant to physician: “ there’s an editor out here with an unsolicited manuscript lodged in his throat.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:38 AM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
#Don’tGiveUp: Lit Agent Edition
#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
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#bookchallenge📙
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#writersky🌠
#5amwritersclub🌄
#6amwritersclub🌅
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#LitFic🏛️
#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#funny💀😂
January 21, 2026 at 4:06 AM
jmeirose.bsky.social
Sample text fro, "Party"

#writesky #litfic #experimentalfiction #weirdfiction
January 21, 2026 at 3:30 AM
jmeirose.bsky.social
Overview of the ongoing "Party" project (Begun in 9/2022 and now up to 9 episodes)

Click the attachment to see the entire description.
#writesky #litfic #experimentalfiction #weirdfiction
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 AM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
The Art of the “No…”✍️✨
#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers🧱
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📘
#readingcommunity👀
#writersky🌠
#5amwritersclub🌄
#6amwritersclub🌅
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#LitFic🏛️
#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#funny💀
#manuscript📑
Writer to Office Manager: “ the publisher rejected my book. They say it has no chance of selling because it doesn’t offend anyone.”
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 AM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
“ #ThePitchLife “📨📖🫠

#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers✍️
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📘
#readingcommunity👀
#writersky🌠
#5amwritersclub🌄
#6amwritersclub🌅
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#LitFic🏛️
#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#funny💀
#amquerying🌪️
Literary agent behind his desk to author: “ I’m afraid we only accept manuscripts through an agent, except spy novels, which we only accept through a double agent.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 AM
kaygoodstadt.bsky.social
A day in the #life… ✍️

#BlueSky🦋
#writing 💻
#BookSky📚
#bookchallenge📙
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers🧱
#authors📖
#readers👀
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📘
#readingcommunity👀
#writersky🌠
#5amwritersclub🌄
#6amwritersclub🌅
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#LitFic🏛️
#SciFiSky👽
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#funny💀
#videogames🕹️
Literary agent sits behind her desk, and addresses an author: “ beautiful book. However, I’m afraid it lacks video game potential.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 AM
birdwriterwrites.bsky.social
A fairy tale retelling.

www.amazon.co.uk/Snow-Queen-S... #literature #LitFic #ya #nordic #romance #magic #Londonislovinit
January 21, 2026 at 1:40 AM
jmeirose.bsky.social
Jumgle Swamp - Ferocious Swamp Devours Back City
Audio Bookies - Terrible Novel engulfs audiobook creators

Both on Amazon from
LJMcD Communications
lachlanjmcdougall.wordpress.com

#writesky #litfic #experimentalfiction #weirdfiction
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to THE UNMAKING, an upmarket speculative novel now querying.

🧠 Are people more than memories?
🧮 Is optimization the ultimate good?
♥️ Is emotion inefficient?
⚖️ Can you come back from complicity?
#literaryagents #litfic #amquerying #upmarketfiction
An agents guide to the unmaking a 95,000 word upmarket speculative novel now querying The pitch: nova erases others’s memories to quell emotion, but her own grief unleashes a glitching stranger who remembers everything she’s erased. With the haunting erasure of the memory police, the escalating momentum and visceral action of chain gang all stars, and the corporate ritual menace of severance Apple TV + The opening: Nova once wondered if the memories she’d cut out followed her around, waiting for their moment to tear out her own. The scent of disinfectant and warm circuits permeated the room, a sickly sweetness that turned Nova’s tongue numb. She studied the monitor, reading the boy’s thoughts as she waited for it to start. A whisper of warmth brushed her shoulder. 
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM