Ooh, a new novel from @franwilde.bsky.social! *happy dance*

Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation. More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.

On Sept. 15, Israeli forces fired on a clearly marked MSF water truck delivering 10,000 litres in #Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan. Destroying infrastructure while making humanitarian aid nearly impossible is not just cruel, it’s illegal.

A friend of mine co-owns this bookstore. This is not great. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

Public transit and science fiction!! You know you want it! Check out this incredible FREE event tomorrow, 9/16, in San Francisco. The good news is that this event will be livestreamed, so you can sign up to watch remotely at the link!

Had a great time at the panel Twisting History this morning on the @sfwa.bsky.social Stage at the #baltimorebookfestival with @afrostorian.bsky.social @nicolegloverauthor.bsky.social @alansmale.bsky.social & @tomdoyle.bsky.social!

It's coming!!! I've been calling this one "Narnia in space" or "the rewilding story" -- THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH is part portal fantasy, part anti-capitalist anti-colonialist ecological sci-fi, and I'm SO excited that Horned Lark is helping put it out into the world!

This is a super important election for Pennsylvania.

Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till, is running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi as a Democrat against incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. She says that Hyde-Smith's infamous remark about being "on the front row" at a public hanging helped inspire her to run.

Can't wait for this!!

What a great night at the launch of TESLA'S OPERA last week! Loved the Tesla/steampunk atmosphere at Philly's Fringe Bar. TESLA'S OPERA is now out, order online or from your fav indy bookstore!

Apropos of nothing ... both Ursula K. Le Guin & Samuel R. Delany both had ppl saying they'd "abandoned" SFF for "litfic" in the '80s just b/c they experimented with form & considered how gender, sexuality, & race informed the shape of genres & the narratives they tend to proliferate.

I'm so excited to be moderating this panel with such a fantastic group of SFF folks at the #BaltimoreBookFestival, Saturday 9/13! @tomdoyle.bsky.social @alansmale.bsky.social @afrostorian.bsky.social @nicole-glover.com

Happy Book Birthday to TESLA'S OPERA, coming out into the world today! 🎉🎉 Fun fact: on this date in 1897, Nikola Tesla filed his basic radio patents, predating Marconi's transatlantic message by 4 years. Get it now at bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, or that other place.

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚

This is a great title

ICE sneak around to side and behind peaceful protester—suddenly rush and blindside tackle him. Agents then literally drag him over the concrete by his arms and legs. Is this what we want in america? Legalized gang members?

@solarshades.club connects #climate denial to the surge of reality denial we are all experiencing. www.solarshades.club/p/how-climat...

Dammit Jim, you're right! It should have been where no HUMAN has gone before.

Planetside—love the new name!

heh heh

There are dozens of entries in the digital pages of The Histories. All are totally absolutely true and full of aliens, superheroes, strange botanists, unusual athletes, talking animals, and more! Give The Histories a read, then consider having your story told, too! #writing shaunduke.net/thehis...

Happy to be on this great starter pack of women-identifying/NB SFFH authors who've participated in the Strong Women-Strange Worlds series! Feel free to follow! go.bsky.app/RKLX9Ku

I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started. 📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.

If you're in the area, please join us for the launch party for Tesla's Opera! Tuesday Sept 2, 6-8 pm at Fringe Bar, 140 N. Columbus Blvd at Race Street in Philly. I'll be there along with contributors @merilynjj.bsky.social and Terry O'Reilly!

Update to my cancer treatment, or, The One Where the Doctors Scare Me Half to Death (but we're 95% sure I'll be OK now). Please boost and share. I'm less than $3000 from my goal now, and getting there would tremendous. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

Any @annaleen.bsky.social interview is gonna be interesting!

So grateful to Marc Seifer, author of the major Tesla biography Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla, for this generous advance praise for TESLA'S OPERA! It's coming out on September 2, but you can preorder it now from your favorite bookstore or online bookseller.

Wow. These covers are stunning!

I'm going on tour in a few weeks! My new book Lessons in Magic and Disaster is about a young witch who teaches her mother how to do magic. It's about loss and healing, queer family and unconditional love. Tues: Green Apple, SF Weds: Powell's, Portland Thurs: Women & Children First, Chicago

Tom Lehrer was part of the soundtrack of my childhood.

Thanks for the mention! There's a lot to be said about disability in science fiction and SFF fandom, and I'm glad for THE SPEED OF CLOUDS to be a small part of that conversation. miriamseidel.com/reviews-the-...

Thanks for the mention, and thanks for contributing your wonderful essay to the book!

TESLA'S OPERA is available for preorders! You can preorder now from Amazon, B&N, or bookshop.org. Coming September 2! #NikolaTesla #TeslasOpera

This whole thread. I wonder what to do when another writer posts something that is clearly, to me at least, AI art. Point out politely that it's not cool to do that? It's a fraught space.

"Pre-ordering is inherently a hopeful, forward-looking action that declares that we will survive, and there will be wonderful books for us to read when we do." My latest newsletter is about why book pre-orders help to make you more of a citizen of the book world: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

I met so many great people at @readercon.bsky.social! Thanks to the wonderful folks who organized the @psfs.bsky.social / @boskone.bsky.social dessert party, for letting me hop in with my little pre-pub book event for Tesla's Opera! It's coming out September 2 - www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...

What if Psyche was a Gen-X Malaysian transplanted from her home because of an otherworldly visitation? What if there were a race of Cupids? Read on to find out more in this mythic fantasy with cozy vibes, found family and dark academia overtones. mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p... 🧜‍♀️ 💙 📚 #BookSky

Two parents and their recently-bitten-werewolf daughter try to fit into a privileged New England society of magic aristocracy. But deadly terrors await them – ancient prophecies, remorseless magical trials, hidden conspiracies and the PTA bake sale.

Thanks for the mention! The story of Nikola Tesla and his love for a pigeon is what convinced me that only an opera could do justice to him. #NikolaTesla

Are you moved by blurbs? For me, it signals, "Oh, this author I enjoyed this book enough to put their name to it," and that's always a great vote of confidence. If you feel the same way, and you love any of the authors below, please consider preordering AUDITION FOR THE FOX! @tachyonpub.bsky.social

Today is Nikola Tesla's birthday!! And I've just received the first copies of Tesla's Opera, the new book I've been working on that comes out in September! So I'm celebrating by opening the box of books... Happy Tesla's Birthday, everybody! #NikolaTesla #TeslasOpera

May I borrow this and under what terms

I have ARCs!! Would you like one? The Drowned Man's Daughter, coming from @newestpress.bsky.social in September 2025. A heartwarming tale with almost no cannibalism! Repost this before midnight Pacific on July 3 to be entered to win a signed hardcopy. Will ship worldwide. :)

Woot!

Update on TESLA'S OPERA, the book I've been working on: new pub date is 9/2/25! We're close to getting it up for preorders, and we've got ARCs if anyone's interested in reviewing! www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper... #NikolaTesla #realnikolatesla #teslasopera

Every Book a Doorway listed We Who Hunt Alexanders on the list of books they can't wait for. "Monster sisterhood? A central mom/daughter relationship? A horror-twist on the ‘sin-eater’ concept? FLAILING WITH EMOTIONS? That all sounds amazing!" everybookadoorway.com/i-cant-wait-...

Delighted that Main Line Today is featuring The Price of Everything as their July read! mainlinetoday.com/things-to-do...

For your Canada Day reading pleasure: FF#7, with an all-Canadian TOC including @mariahaskins.com, @dereknason.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, @lectio.bsky.social, @brandoncrilly.bsky.social, @cjlavigne.com, and @mattcahill.bsky.social! www.fusionfragment.com/issue-7/

I think he's threatening to leave for Mars