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Nick Walker

@dr-nicky.bsky.social

Panel from the latest Weird Luck webcomic update, which happens to be the very first page of Volume Two!

Second page coming this week (9pm Pacific Time Wednesday)!

#webcomics #comics #indiecomics #urbanfantasy #fantasy #scifi #oc #espionage #crime #monsters #aliens #interdimensional

weirdluck.net

Panel from the first page of Volume 2 of the Weird Luck webcomic: close-up of Agent Sojac, looking surprised and confounded, thinking, "What the––". Art by Mike Bennewitz.

January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM

Rakesh Khanna

@blaftrakesh.bsky.social

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction is 1 year old today!

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Vintage scifi, crime, horror, supernatural-slasher-thriller, and bar dancer revenge fantasy fiction selected and translated by @vishwambhari.bsky.social

January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM

leylinesandlore.bsky.social

@leylinesandlore.bsky.social

A whole city of gargoyles! What's that like do you think? #PalladiumBooks #Rifts #Fantasy #Horror #SciFi #PostApocalypse #Atlantis #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying

January 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM

Paul Ferguson

@paulfson.bsky.social

I appreciate the sentiment, but this AI bollocks that combines sub scifi/fantasy with cod dark 'ethnic' folk really annoys me. This is actually the world culture the Trump regime is trying to sell us, an AI fantasy land of mediocrity

January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM

𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔶🧚🏻‍♀️

@littledignity.bsky.social

Book #7 📚💙

Golden Son 🎇

by Pierce Brown

#booksky #bookish #scifi #fantasy #currentlyreading

a thread 👇

January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Sara Blake

@sarablake.bsky.social

Want some free books that are NOT poisoned? Check out this bundle from Liminal Fiction! FOUR free books (including one of mine!)

#FreeBooks #SciFI #Fantasy #BookSky

January 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM

Sarah McKenzie

@sarahdraws8.bsky.social

Are you still open to adding artists to this new pack? (If you're not, that is totally fine as well. I'll understand 👍)

If you are, though, I would be honored if you chose to add me. Here is some of my art; it is mostly fantasy, especially creature designs.

But again, it's totally up to you. 🙂

Creature Concept: Northern Dragon

A white dragon sits up on a snowy tundra plain. Black rocks litter the ground, and grey clouds cover the skies, which are grey with blizzard clouds. Beneath the dragon's front claw is a human skull.

The dragon has folded pterodactyl-like wings with hairy claws for fingers. Its back legs are also fluffy, and look much like the talons of a snowy owl. 3 horns grow from the dragon's head; 2 short ones from the back, and 1 longer, forked one from the center. The tail ends in a triangular barb made from the same material as the horns, and sensory bristles stick out from the length of the tail like whiskers. Similar whiskers, only shorter, are found on the cheeks and the tips of the ears.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

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Creature Concept: Starlight Dragon (gold version)

Concept art of a gold-scaled dragon in flight, facing left relative to the POV. Its horns are curved and black, but short in length, and its eyes are deep purple.

Viking-style rune scars are engraved on its knuckles, wings, and tail. Similar runes also make up the fading edges of its magical glowing wings and fins, which are pale cyan in color.

Thin tendrils, the same color as the dragon's scales, sprout from multiple regions of its body, including the top of the head, chin, neck, elbows, tail, shoulders, and wing tips. Each tendril is tipped with a small jewel-like orb that matches the cyan wings in color. These also glow with a slight bioluminescence.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

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Creature Concept: Baldhart the Black Flame (fire dragon)

A black dragon with a dull red head, neck, and chest faces left. It stands on a bluish mirror-like surface that is lit up with streaks of blue light.

Its wings are a purplish tag color, and huge compared with the rest of its body. Its tail is also elongate, and is patterned with rows of spiky barbs that can also be found on its neck.

3 pairs of horns grow from its head, two on the top, and one that curves around like a tusk on the back of its jaw. A short beard of black fur grows from the bottom of its head, longest under the tip of the chin.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

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Creature Concept: The Executrix (Gorgon-Lamia Gynoid)

A thin, robotic woman with a giant khopesh in one hand and a smoking rocket launcher in the other slithers in front of a black background on her snake-like lower body of metal plates. Her mouth is open in a scream, and black oil is sloshing out of it while neon magenta flames streak from her eyes, which are weeping tears of similar oil.

Her entire head is medusa-like, and her scalp is ringed by mechanical snakes whose heads all point in the direction her khopesh is raised. Their mouths are opened to reveal firing gun barrels mounted in their throats.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

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January 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM

Dreamy Lizy

@xdreamyworldx.bsky.social

I have heard of it. I try to avoid those books as I enjoy deep fantasy scifi with psychological characters. I recommend The Timeless Fate Series by iLana Markarov or The Water Walls. Those are my favorites

January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM

Alison loves stories

@ohdiglib.bsky.social

Ok but how do you feel about fantasy. One of my FAVES is P Djeli Clark’s Master of Djinn. Not exactly a series but a number of novellas expand the world.

Also what about SciFi? Mur Lafferty’s Midsolar Murders are fantastic fun.

Perhaps not pulpy enough but maybe you’ll be surprised 😉

January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM

Allison Mulder

@amulderwrites.bsky.social

Also delighted by the genre spread of my current / upcoming 2026 releases.

Jan: SECOND-WORLD FANTASY
Feb: SCIFI / DYSTOPIAN
March: ~GHOST~
May: HORROR (leaning COZY HORROR)

A nice RANGE sprawling across the coming year. 😤 Gotta Completionist this and get some mysteries or weird westerns in the mix

January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM

Stefan Angelina McElvain

@stefanangelinam.bsky.social

Be my #book Valentine 💕
Get the Man in!
Fancy #adult erotic action-adventure?
#paranormal #Romance #fantasy #scifi
Thought provoking series, stories & quickies
Anything goes!
Plot twists
Expect the Unexpected even porn
Visit amazon.com/stores/autho...
Enjoy #BooksWorthReading

January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM

Stefan Angelina McElvain

@stefanangelinam.bsky.social

Be my #book Valentine 💕
Get the Man in!
Fancy #adult erotic action-adventure?
#paranormal #Romance #fantasy #scifi
Thought provoking series, stories & quickies
Anything goes!
Plot twists
Expect the Unexpected even porn
Visit amazon.com/stores/autho...
Enjoy #BooksWorthReading #bookSky

January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM

Stefan Angelina McElvain

@stefanangelinam.bsky.social

Be my #book Valentine 💕
Get the Man in!
Fancy #adult erotic action-adventure?
#paranormal #Romance #fantasy #scifi
Thought provoking series, stories & quickies
Anything goes!
Plot twists
Expect the Unexpected even porn
Visit amazon.com/stores/autho...
Enjoy #BooksWorthReading #readerSky