#Booksky Pretty sure we’re not getting Raptured, so here‘s a fun update instead: we’ll be doing a cover reveal on Friday for RUNNING DRY by M.Christian! Gay vampires with a twist! Preorders coming this week too!

Is today our lucky day? Fingers crossed for a comprehensive Rapturing!

I always love space werewolves. :D reactormag.com/werewolves-i...

BIG excitement! Just got a small biz mentor through the local fancy biz school (free program) and just wrapped our first meeting. Lots of thoughts. And homework. 🤓

Just a reminder, a week from today we'll be at Durham Geek & Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition), from 12-5 PM at the Durham Armory. Hope to see a few of you there! www.geekandgrubmarket.com/event-detail...

#Booksky We will be in the Dealer’s Room at #FlightsofFoundry, but not in 2026. Sales tanked for us in ‘24 and, despite years of support & participation, we’re running into challenges w/ programming. Use coupon code FoF25 for 10% off ebooks 9/26-9/29 while you can! queenofswordspress.com

#Booksky Did you know we have fun “extras” that our authors have created for their books? Buy a print copy of THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES by Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social from our website and get a coloring book that Heather created too! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...

New Lesbian HIstoric Motif Podcast: An interview with Karli Wurzelbacher, curator of an exhibit at the Heckscher Museum about their upcoming exhibit of the work of 19th century American lesbian sculptor Emma Stebbins. alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...

#Booksky New interview with publisher Catherine Lundoff at VoyageMinnesota! voyageminnesota.com/interview/li...

Foregrounding some of our excellent backlist - today, @amtuomala.bsky.social 's The Map and the Territory. www.amazon.com/Map-Territor...

For one day - Queer Your eReader! Grab some books from multiple genres - Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Mystery/Thriller! divinationhollow.com/queer-your-e...

Granted, "the 22nd night of September" doesn't have the same ring to it as the Earth, Wind & Fire line, but I'm sure @parkeriswriting.bsky.social and I will make it one to remember! If you're around the 607, come by Liquid State at 7 pm!

#Booksky 1/n You may have noticed that we’re doing a bunch of in person events (3 Prides this month alone) and you know what? Rain and all, they’ve been terrific! Nice conversations, seeing some returning customers, meeting new folks, getting the word out about our books - all terrific.

#Booksky Moving kinda slow, but prepping for preorders today for our new release, RUNNING DRY by @mchristian.bsky.social. A different take on gay vampires, coming out just before Halloween! It will also feature the most glorious Kanaxa cover. ❤️

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

"Titania Dances" earrings: because soft purple and lavender and tiny Czech glass flowers that I have been saving for a long time www.etsy.com/listing/4333...

BOOK RELEASE THREAD! This soup was new. Spicy and sweet. Full of dried beef. Not one of Leena’s usual. “What’d Amnandi do to get Leena to try this recipe?” “She asked.” “Ha!” Skye raised her mug of wine. “To our young, who change worlds with a simple *please*.”

#Booksky If you like the Astreiant Series by Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett, you might like the Lynes & Mathey books by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold too! Gay romantic mysteries that blend fantasy and brilliant award-winning writing! Available everywhere! books2read.com/ap/81ezPv/Me...

Today’s the day! Come check out St. Cloud MN Pride!

The countdown to release day begins. New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st. mybook.to/Harrowfield

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Thank you for the reskeets, lovely people! 💖

#Booksky #FridayReads #SapphicSeptember looking for great queer books this weekend? We got you covered! Available direct from us and anywhere that you buy books (can also be requested at your library)! queenofswordspress.com

#Booksky New interview with publisher Catherine Lundoff at VoyageMinnesota! voyageminnesota.com/interview/li...

Tomorrow! Come see us if you‘re in or around #StCloudMN!

We're running a sale on the website. Get 50% off the used books with promo code Matilda at checkout. Pictured are some of the used books we have in stock. carpelibrumbaltimore.com/collections/...

#Booksky If you like the Astreiant Series by Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett, you might like the Lynes & Mathey books by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold too! Gay romantic mysteries that blend fantasy and brilliant award-winning writing! Available everywhere! books2read.com/ap/81ezPv/Me...

#Minneapolis One of our former interns is kicking butt! Annie and her siblings’ band, Loki’s Folly, is featured in Spin Magazine! www.spin.com/2025/09/loki...

This terrific reissue just went on sale worldwide this week, Brian Moore's award-winning classic of magical realism, THE GREAT VICTORIAN COLLECTION. If you trust our taste in books and haven't read this one, give it a shot. It's excellent. www.valancourtbooks.com/the-great-vi...

#Protip 1. We’re never going to hire you to make AI covers. Not happening. If I wanted that, I can absolutely promise that I could figure how to do it myself. We work with human artists who do their own work. 2. This goes double for authors. Human writers, human-composed stories. That’s our jam.

And here are over 500 shops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, magazines, and RPGs you can actually own, keep, and read on your favourite device. Spend your money at these places instead!

So! I am apparently doing a reading from Stone Heart (and 1-2 flash/short stories) at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on Sep 24th from 6:30-7:45pm! Come listen to me be a hot mess & say silly things in response to serious questions about my work, because I am an anxiety muffin. Hope to see you!

#Booksky Happy Bisexual Awareness Week! Check out some of our titles with bi protagonists! queenofswordspress.com

Context free quote! True for so many of us…

#Booksky Getting so close to a cover reveal of M.Christian’s RUNNING DRY! This is going be one of Kanaxa’s terrific designs and I’m very excited about it! In the meantime, stay tuned for gay vampire preorders!

#Booksky Buying direct from us is a huge help to our bottom line, plus our authors get paid more! Find your favorite queer reads in ePub and Kindle (Mobi available by request) at our webstore - queenofswordspress.com/product/poin...

And this one as well. bsky.app/profile/sage...

We're going to be at the Geek and Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition) Sun. Sept. 28, 12PM - 5PM at the Durham Armory in Durham NC! Come see us there! www.geekandgrubmarket.com/event-detail...

In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective. reactormag.com/exploring-ge...

#Booksky Sapphic September is on and you can find some of our titles at Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social! Get some cool reads by Heather Rose Jones, Dee Holloway, Catherine Lundoff and Emily L. Byrne from an online store that celebrates sapphic fiction! www.bellabooks.com/category/pub...

Quick reminder that our publisher is “between jobs” right now and that her Patreon supporters get first dibs on cover reveals, excerpts, news and more! www.patreon.com/CLundoff

#Booksky Next book table! Look for us at St. Cloud Pride in the Park in St. Cloud, MN this Saturday 9/20 from 11-4! We’ll be there with books and great deals and glad to be back at one of favorite Prides! stcpride.org/stcloud-prid...

Missed the livestream? Have no fear, you can check out the recording here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

We're hoping to buy a building for the bookstore, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

Call to action for Alabama! Leave a public comment on a truly terrible proposal that would ban "positive descriptions" of trans people in libraries. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...

Asking for an author’s book at a library is a wonderful thing to do. The library buys the book, maybe even multiple copies, which really does help authors. A simple request can spread a lot of good around. Also I just love libraries and I’m always happy when someone checks out one of my books. 📚

Brooklyn Park, MN Vote🗳️ 🔵 Sept 16, 2025 For •Xp Lee Democrat /won 🔵DFL primary Www.MNvotes.gov 👇 Has Where/When to cast your ballot To fill Speaker Melissa Hortman’s vacant seat

#Booksky Happy Bisexual Awareness Week! Check out some of our titles with bi protagonists! queenofswordspress.com

And we're back.

#Booksky Congratulations, Will! 🎉🎉🎉