Spirits Abroad by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, & I defy anybody not to love it. I don't usually like short stories, & only picked it up bc the shop didn't have anything else of hers (dammit, I like bookshops), & now I'm so glad I did! I mean, look at this exchange between two ghost in 'Balik Kampung':

VERVAIN HOLLOW by Catriona Silvey is out June- Its a delightfully twisting slice of Gothic Americana anchored by exquisitely drawn characters and relationships. Deftly drawn, horribly spooky. I read it entirely after dark, and I recommend you do the same... catrionasilvey.com/vh.html

Looking forward to this, taking place next month!

Here’s the cover for my upcoming new book, A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts! More information at www.panmacmillan.com/authors/gene...

Where are UK people getting their US import books? I just finished an arc of The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social and now I immediately need to preorder a physical copy for a friend

Fresh updates! Check out the news page and main page on my website. karenlord.wordpress.com/news/

for those who could click through but would prefer not to:

I want to introduce everyone to a really good, but underread science fiction novel instead: Geoffrey Ryman's THE CHILD GARDEN

Popping up from the void to say, I'm starting an independent writing workshop! Do have a look, and share with anyone you think might be interested. samit.substack.com/p/writing-wo...

Took a break from life this weekend to read Behind Frenemy Lines by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. I wasn't sure what to expect because I discovered Cho through her SFF & rarely read romance, but I LOVED it. This book is so delightful! If you read romance at all, you need to read it. #Books #AmReading 📚📖

Katherine Blake's novel The Interior Life where a woman has two lives, an everyday deal with the kids, husband, PTA, etc. and then an amazing secondary world fantasy that she slips in and out of. And @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out it's (amazingly) available free here: www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

Getting started wrapping Xmas presents today and so

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

Episode 11 - Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social Bestselling author Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social breaks down how Cho creates compelling conflict without killing anyone! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6xV0... 💙📚

This is such a fun little novella and might have been the first romance I ever read? A great start, tbh, if unflattering for some of its successors. Check it ouuuut

You can pre-order a print edition of Jade Yeo with a glorious new cover now! Check out the link for details ⬇️

Happy Deepavali! My 3yo came home from nursery brimming with excitement: "We light candles to help Sita and Rama get home. The bad guy has loads of heads."

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Sally Rooney writes contemporary romance

If you've ever wanted a version of JADE YEO that you could hold and dogear and put on your shelf, this is your chance! I've seen the new cover and it's going to be SUCH a cute book, please support Homeward Books so they can publish it ✨

OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549

Oh my interview with Tatler Asia is out, cool!! Thanks @gavingrant.bsky.social 😊

Hooray! My new tea & vampires novella (set at a most unusual inn in the Black Forest) is out NOW on my Patreon: patreon.com/stephanieburgis Subscribe at the Dragon Ruler level to grab it now, or preorder it for $2.99/£2.49 to get it on Sept 29th: books2read.com/stephanieburgis #romancelandia

Ooh, guess what arrived while we were gone? Shiny, beautiful copies of the French edition of Scales and Sensibility (Dragons & Sentiments)!!! Aren't they gorgeous? Look at that foil! 😍 And thanks so much, again, to @tansyrr.bsky.social & @zenaldehyde.bsky.social for the blurbs, now in French! :)

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

The Kickstarter for @spires.bsky.social's SF novella ELLIPSES is live! If you like exoplanet exploration, first contact and microbiology in addition to friendships, love and ship AIs, this one's for you. Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

If you missed any of this year's #BookstoreRomanceDay virtual programming, or if you just want to watch your favorite panels again, everything has been uploaded to the BRD YouTube channel for you to watch at any time. You can also catch events from previous years! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

ICYMI, my Harwood Spellbook series of frothy feminist romantasy novellas (+ 1 short novel) is now available as an ebook boxset. All of my patrons at the $5/month level or higher can grab it now: patreon.com/stephanieburgis & everyone else can grab it here: books2read.com/harwood-box #romancelandia

Start tomorrow off with a David Bowie earworm & authors #AveryKeelan, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, @cynthiatimoti.bsky.social, & @vikeeland.bsky.social with moderator Becca Oman of Island Books as they talk all things Modern Love. 8/10 at 10 AM Eastern on Zoom. Register here: bit.ly/4ffrmxe

#BookstoreRomanceDay is THIS WEEKEND! Have you claimed your spots for the great line up of virtual events? www.eventbrite.com/cc/bookstore...

Start your Sunday off with a David Bowie earworm & authors #AveryKeelan, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, @cynthiatimoti.bsky.social, & @vikeeland.bsky.social with moderator Becca Oman of Island Books as they talk all things Modern Love. 8/10 at 10 AM Eastern on Zoom. Register here: bit.ly/4ffrmxe

AND tonight is the very last chance to scoop up the audiobooks of Claws & Contrivances and Good Neighbors (along with several other awesome audiobooks) for just $4.99 apiece, no matter where in the world you are! Find them all: books.bookfunnel.com/buydirectaud... #romancelandia

For only one week, the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale at every US online bookstore - and at least some Canadian ones, too! - for just $2.99. Snap it up now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #romancelandia

Stumbled across this interview I did when promoting The Blue, Beautiful World a couple of years ago. Still stand by my choices! fivebooks.com/best-books/g...

two of my fave authors, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social and @freyamarske.bsky.social were on the Lithub podcast a little bit ago to chat about their work as SFF and romance authors, and the slipperiness of genre boundaries.

stealing time to read @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's Behind Frenemy Lines on my lunch break, I am startled by the sudden appearance of our regular volunteer to demand the book's title: "I can't remember the last time anything I read has made me smile as much as you're smiling right now!"

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Keep forgetting to mention this. B&N's preorder sale runs until tomorrow. 25% off preorders with code PREORDER25. Preorder _The Subtle Art of Folding Space_ now! (Weird physics! Family drama! Delicious food!) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-subtle...

Feels like a good time to remind the SF community that this is coming in December and you can order it now!

It's time for another B&N preorder sale! Preorder Enchanting the Fae Queen from today through Friday for 25% off with the code PREORDER25: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting... #romancelandia

I recently finished reading Black Water Sister by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, who has such an uncanny gift for place and voice. I loved her Sorcerer to the Crown books and Black Water Sister is as vivid while being completely different. This is a book about the boxes we put ourselves in out of fear.

Behind Frenemy Lines by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social is an ABSOLUTE BANGER and I cannot rec it highly enough Loved both MCs to bits, but - in a first for me in an m/f romance - I think I maybe loved the male MC just a tiny smidge more than the female MC?? Mind blown. Didn't know that was possible

Out in the UK today!! 🎉🎉

Having the *best* time this week reading Spirits Abroad by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social – basically perfect summer reading, little bites of prosaic magical exotic ordinary delight. Full of sentences I want to read out to anyone who'll listen (so, mostly the cat).

happy belated pub day to @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's BEHIND FRENEMY LINES which was so good I lost an entire afternoon of work after treating myself to "just a chapter" at lunch

Out in the US now and UK from tomorrow! I'll pop order links below ⬇️ I loved writing this legal romcom about two very different people who find a friend (and love) where they least expect it, I hope it offers refuge/escape to anyone who needs it 💕

1. Spirits Abroad by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social A fantastically magical collection of spec fic that's got something for every reader. So many of the stories here encapsulate a whole word within a few pages, offering inspiration & entertainment at the same time. It's just a gorgeous #SFF collection.