Slightly late to the party, but it's time for @readingrogue.bsky.social's top 10 reads of 2025! #BestOf #Top10Reads #BookSky 💙📚 queensbookasylum.com/2026/02/03/a...

Hey, it's my boss!

Hey everyone, if you have the spoons/space, I'd really appreciate a signal boost/share of this: www.audible.com/pd/The-First... The First Binding is on a month long 6.99 sale (America/US audible only) right now for all of Feb. And it's my bday this month, so :) <3

Released this year just as I wished for!!

🚨COVER REVEAL!🚨 Feast your eyes on Sam Gretton's cover for THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN, the much anticipated sequel to Caskey Russell's indigenous epic fantasy - THE DOOR ON THE SEA! Out September 2026. Full reveal by @reactorsff.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3M0FgsU Buy book 1 https://geni.us/doorsea

Ok, ammending my request! Need some recommendations for artists that sell bujo (bullet journal) paraphernalia (sticker sheets, washi tape, etc) within the EU/UK OR that offer digital print sticker sheets?

With the paperback release of "Paved with Good Intentions" this year, I now have the full set ❤️ (I'll pretend I don't see the non-matching spines)

Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Happy Friday! Let's love on our creators today. Who is a Black SFF author you wish more people were screaming about? Bonus if they have new work coming out this year 🔥🔥🔥

Preordered this a bit back and think it should be on more people's radar!

What a tagline!

📣 Fantasy-Faction is looking for Contributors! 📣 We're looking for people who'd like to review books, talk about SFF news, or give insights into publishing and writing on our main site, Fantasy-Faction.com. Check the link for more info! - JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/fantasy... #booksky

my life for a re-issue of the Sevenwaters series

This is such an author power move

GNoH NEEDS YOU. Last year, certainly the first half was a washout for me, but after getting proper psychiatric help, I am back with a reviewing vengeance. And GNoH needs more reviewers. If you'd like to volunteer your services, please drop me an email (jimmcleod(at)gnofhorror.com)

One month until The Rise is out. Pre-orders up now. Any reviewers out there who'd like a copy, hit me up!

my god I love this concept so much

Keeping with traditions, we waited until January to tell you which books we enjoyed in 2025. It's time for my top 10 reads of 2025! Not a bad reading year overall. #Top10ReadsOf2025 #booksky 💙📚

oh fuck yeees

That moment in a book where you google science stuff because from the way the author wrote the worldbuilding you *know* there's a detail here that sounds so real you must research it, my god I love that

It's my #birthday! I'm running a giveaway to celebrate. Copies of A Sword of Bronze and Ashes and A Sword of Gold and Ruin, and the anthologies containing The Making of This World Ruined short stories, Fight Like a Girl 2 and Unbound 2. Share and comment for a chance to #win. #booksky #books

Got a question for fantasy readers out there, what is it you love about the "city built on the bones of a leviathan" trope?

What does volunteering as a reader for the Small Spec Book Awards mean? It means that you get to read some incredible books (FREE!) and uplift fantasy, science fiction, and horror writers from small and independent presses. Join us and do some good this new year! #SSBA #SSBA2026 #BookSky

If you are a self-published / indie SFFH writer or reviewer, I have exciting news. We’ve just soft launched our new site, BookMatch, a matchmaking site for reviewers and books. We’re currently recruiting reviewers to our community. Want to be part of it? Come sign up! bookmatch.co.uk

If your bookshelves weren’t groaning under the weight of recommendations from our Best of 2025 list, then they will be soon! Here’s what we can’t wait to read in 2026.

We do NOT have 11 pipers piping but we do have 2 of @voidcricket.bsky.social 's scifi standalones - UNDER FORTUNATE STARS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD - each with their own original songs! US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a 🌙 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙

We do NOT have 10 lords-a-leaping dancing but we DO have a full trio of @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's CEMETERIES OF AMALO trilogy following Witness for the Dead Thara Celehar! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a 💀 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙

We do NOT have 8 maids-a-milking but we do have a linguist who could probably tell us why it's 'a-milking' - Sean Wren from @taranhunt.bsky.social 's THE KYSTROM CHRONICLES! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a ☄️in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙

Sad to sit this one out but excited to see what it stands out!

Big thanks to everyone who joined me this year on A Meal of Thorns, and to everyone who listened along and supported us! Feeling like a thread as we leave 2025 behind us: a chance to boost these again. Great guests & great books—take a look, and take a listen wherever you find your podcasts!

What's a 2026 release you're excited for? Authors, what are you releasing in 2026?

We do not have a three French hens, but we DO something else with wings for...a complete set of @karinlow.bsky.social 's THE CROWNS OF ISHIA novella trilogy! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a dragon 🐲 in the comments to [email protected] 6 23:59 GMT. #booksky🪐📚💙

Seeing as it's our 7th day of giveaways, we can't pass up the opportunity to do a bundle of all four of #mickey7 author @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's currently relased paperbacks! Open to UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a in the comments to enter! Ends 6th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT. 🪐📚💙

The #SPFBO Champions' League has reached its conclusion! Our champion of champions for the decade of contests is.... #SPFBOCL

Got to share my favorite 2025 release with the team

Hey #booksky, check out the r/Fantasy holiday megasale on this weekend! 📚 650+ books from over 300 authors 🔥 All $0.99 USD (or local equivalent) or FREE! 🌎 Many books discounted everywhere, worldwide ❤️ Every sale/download benefits @marycariola.bsky.social 🔗 megasale.yrliu.com Looking for recs? 👇

We do not have a pair of turtledoves, but we do have a pair of books we know you're going love - a duo of hardbacks from @samkhorton.bsky.social 's EYTHIN LEGACY - GORSE & RAGWORT! Open to UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a flower 🏵️ in the comments to enter! Ends 6th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT

Who would make a good #SPFBO judge/team -- preferably someone likely to want to do it 😀

The paragraph about TV Tropes is spot on. I can't bear that approach to criticism where the main aim seems to be asserting superiority to the work. People who'll identify an influence and be like "Ah, rumbled!" episodes.ghost.io/art-criticis...

Hey wonderful fantasy indie authors. I've been doing cover illustrations for awhile now for some great writers and have a couple of spots free for January. Check out my work and give me a shout if you'd like to work together on something: www.theillustrationshack.com

THE COOKOUT: speculative fiction from the African diaspora, launches February 1! Our top pledge gets you copies of the anthology, a ticket to the online launch party, a digital recipe book, and more. Launch notification at www.kickstarter.com/projects/and... @tco-anthology.bsky.social

Already looking forward to 2027!

Doing some research for a book challenge and was wondering, do you consider the illustrator of a graphic novel one of the authors of the novel? Or are those two separate designations (illustrator/author)?

Easiest purchase of the year!

I have... Surrendered to the kindle girlie trend and honestly? I really fucking like it, I don't care

Please help spread the word! My kids' Scouts group have two giveaways running with Crowdfunder, one for tickets to see the #Scarlets, the second for tickets to see #SwanseaCity - neither have any entries yet! Please share and help us get them going! Links in attached posts:

Are you looking for a stack of genre-convention defying Premee-ium speculative fiction? Look no further! Come get @premeemohamed.com 's military Pteranodons, REALLY messed up co-dependent friendships, searingly prescient examinations of war and pacifism, eldritch cosmic horrors and SO much more!

And that's the last of the SFBO Champions League reviews for team QBA! I'll be sad to leave the judges for next year's competition but I'll still be keeping an eye on it and will continue seeing it thrive!

With our 10th review out in the wild, it's time to say goodbye to SPFBO. The Champions' League was fun, and I can't wait for the results! Until then, you can find our final list and every review we posted in the past few months on this page: queensbookasylum.com/2025/05/30/s... 1/4