Mr Squeak might be gone but the Mr Squeak Literary Universe continues to expand, and this makes me happy

Delighted to have a poem "The Bones of the Wawel Dragon" in the latest issue of Solstitia. You can check it out here:

The new issue of #Solstitia is out today, with short stories, art, and poetry focusing on the theme of “dragon hoards” Our supporters on Patreon get it free, but you can buy it here: fiction-fans-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sol... #booksky 💙📚

This week on the blog I had mixed reactions to No One To Hold The Distant Dead by K L Schroder www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...

Cone chat with us on January 3!

Dragonscales duology by @lrlam.bsky.social "There is where our slow burn begins, and where I began losing my heart to this story and this author." Check out Lesley's full review of this cracking duology grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/d...

My #review of @manylittlewords.bsky.social’s Itch, out now from @hodderfiction.bsky.social - this book will get under your skin! 💙📚 #BookSky bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...

#BookSky #KidLit #YoungAdult #BookBlog Guys, I have 100% confirmation that I will be publishing a contemporary low #fantasy by a well-established children's #author with a huge back catalogue of traditionally published titles. I WILL be producing an ARC Who is interested in reviewing?

Ho Ho! Ho! Today Santa Womble is back and this time enters a world of magic, quests and more. Yes with suggestion of Fantasy novels to gift you or well loved ones I suppose www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...

New episode is out! We are covering the second half of The Likeness by Tana French. We chat about doppelgängers, detectives being very bad at their jobs, Marvel movies, and some great SFF books! #booksky #podcast #reading #tanafrench

For our final episode of the year, we’re talking about NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD by K.L. Schroeder (out now from @psychopomp.com ) Listen here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod #booksky 💙📚

My good thing for the next episode we record: finally using up the jar of dried bay leaves I bought in France in 2011

NEW REVIEW: It’s been a while since I did a review so here’s one I did earlier. www.fantasybooknerd.com/2025/12/book...

In this week’s #podcast episode, we’re discussing AUDITION FOR THE FOX, Martin Cahill’s fable-esque fantasy debut. Listen here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod #booksky 💙📚

Hannah and Laura are traveling via bus to find Zeus's lightning bolt. They recruit @fictionfanspod.bsky.social to help them on their quest. It's a TV Tuesday covering the first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians!! #percyjackson #booksky linktr.ee/OwwrPod

Time for another SFINCS book review! I love being a part of this contest and learning about new authors. A Second Life Worth Living by Karen Lucia. #booksky💙📚🪐 #writingcommunity www.behindthepages.org/post/a-secon...

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher is the latest in her Sword Soldier series, and definitely the most comical of the lot. Thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social for the review copy. crooksbooks.blog/2025/12/08/w...

Made Things proves once again that @aptshadow.bsky.social is a wonderfully versatile author. A young thief has puppet friends, puppets who are living, thinking beings… Shout out to @torbooksuk.bsky.social for the review copy. Here’s the full review: fanfiaddict.com/review-made-...

Do you like to read spooky stories during winter months? Come see why you might love The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights! #booksky #bookblogger #ghoststories #scarystories #shortstories

New Review. Really interesting debut that with the epic fantasy Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Michael Anson showing how worlds and societies shape characters - highly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...

Cover Reveal - Booktempting you a brilliant trilogy coming back to you next year with gorgeous covers, plus angels, magic and Paris - it’s the Dominion of the Fallen trilogy by Aliette de Bodard coming next March www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...

I'm happy to join the Write Reads Book Tour for HomeAdrift by Soheil Mirchi. Come learn more about this unique sci-fi! @thewritereads.bsky.social #bookspotlight #booktour

As a podcast hosted by two cousins, we couldn’t resist a book about two cousins so this week we’re chatting about CITY OF ALL SEASONS by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whitely! Listen here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod #booksky 💙📚

We had such a blast recording this #NostalgiaBookClub episode with Hannah and Laura! (And I stand firm in my belief that they would have solved a lot of their issues if they had just taken the train 😂)

Finally got Solstitia acceptances sent out (yes the issue is coming out in 3 weeks 😬) and man, I wish we could afford to accept more stories because there were so many good pieces!

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

MOMENTUM. Hit it while it's hot. Let's do this! Still needed: $1955 (USD) Last donation/purchase: 10:39a EST / 17:39 SAST ($200) Grateful shout out to Joyce Chng, E.M. Anderson, Christiane Knight, and Pyro Bloodstone for the reposts. #CyberMonday #GivingTuesday #BookSky

And the sequel: I'm Sorry But Hades II Just Came Out

Oops I’ve Been Spending All My Time Recently Knitting Instead of Reading: A Fiction Fans Story

Today I’m joining the blogtour for The Wee Small hours by Rosa Temple, an engaging small-town romance featuring insomniac Annie. Thank you @annerandomthings.bsky.social for inviting me to join the tour. bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...

New Review - I had a very mixed reaction to the latest Sworn Soldier Novella What Stalks The Deep by T Kingfisher - out now www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...

On the #podcast this week, we’re reading a book that our Patreon supporters chose for us: THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar! Listen to us talk about unjust systems, degrees of betrayal, and more here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod #booksky 💙📚

Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps. gofund.me/29fd98bcc

Okay the podcast is not a career for us, it’s a hobby, but @lillyscribe.bsky.social wanted to read more books and badgered me until I agreed. Our very first planning doc was titled “You can’t escape my podcast idea”

a post about Psychopomp in 2026 please read and share thank you very much

My very first podcast review of "Echoes of the Imperium", by the loverly and thoughtful folks at Fiction Fans! I've always enjoyed listening to their takes, and this episode was no different ❤️

I have a review up for The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters. Come see what I thought of the final book in the Drowned City trilogy. @aconytebooks.bsky.social #bookblogger #ArkhamHorror #booksky

The translator should be credited in all Hugo Awards that were translated into English. Katherine Woods was the translator of the 1943 edition of The Little Prince, which won a Retro Hugo Award. She should be recognized. hugoclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/many...

This week on the podcast, we’re talking about airships, goblins, and faerie politics in ECHOES OF THE IMPERIUM by Nicholas and Olivia Atwater! Listen to our discussion here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod #booksky 💙📚

Recently, I've been seeing a lot of discourse about peoples' reading choices. Pressure to read certain things or read quickly, criticism of both engaging and not engaging critically with what you read, and do our reading choices really matter at all? What is the point of this hobby of ours? 🧵 1/5

It's here!! Episode 3 of Going Wide just dropped. I taste tested Queen of Swords Press by reading some of their novellas. #booksky #booktube #indiebooks @qospress.bsky.social

Go read these!

My review of a cozy mystery set in Vermont: Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival by Jodie Morgan for Rosie Ambers’s book review team: suelbavey.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/m...

We have a NEW SEASON EVERYONE! We are Investigating the Dublin Murder Squad with the first half of In the Woods by Tana French! It's murder mystery time!!! #booksky #mystery #DublinMurderSquad linktr.ee/OwwrPod

Some quick math tells me that should be about $4 per sold book donated, and depending on region $1 to a food bank is $7-10 worth of food. So $28-40 groceries per book sold. Not too shabby, plus you get a book (and also help feed me and contributors). Click please! ruadanbooks.com/product/120-...

This is one of my favorite indie series! I was so excited when Lyra Wolf reached out for an arc review. 😊 The Fire in the Frost is another wonderful addition to the series! #booksky💙📚🪐 #bookreview www.behindthepages.org/post/the-fir...

This week on the #podcast, we’re reading and discussing PROJECT HANUMAN, Stewart Hotston’s brilliant new #scifi novel Listen here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚

New Review -today I am on the blog tour for #ProjectHanuman an excellent space opera by Stewart Hotston with wonder, spectacle and an emotional punch that really worked for me - out now very strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...

It's a Month of Rain & Reads, and we do take a little time for reading ourselves, too. Today, we have a review of The Drowned Heir, by @authorizedmusings.bsky.social, which is also a contender in the SFINCS novella competition. www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-... #BookSky #AMoRaR #SFINCS