SRFC on 13th January - two highly acclaimed sci-fi authors: PETER F HAMILTON! E J SWIFT! Readings, chat, Q&A, like-minded people - come along, its free! Tickets here: srfcjan2026.eventbrite.com @catamaroon.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social @arcadiabooks.bsky.social

Have you picked up a copy of WHO WILL YOU SAVE? by @garethlpowell.bsky.social yet? 🪐 An action-packed and thought-provoking collection of 32 stories ranging across the dead sands of Mars to the backstreets of Buenos Aires... 💫 https://tinyurl.com/vkud9cds

YES THIS also FOMO goes right out the window, as in, sure, I could go out to all the hot spots OR I could lie here in bed with my iPad watching @dropout.tv with at least one cat dozing alongside, hmmmm, I guess the cool kids will just have to have fun without me

Hogswatch 2025 winners are now live.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN VILE LADY VILLAINS IN THE MOST ANTICIPATED LGBTQ+ FICTION ROUNDUP BY @lgbtqreads.bsky.social 🥺🥺😭 Thank you so much for including my stabby sapphics in such wonderful company! lgbtqreads.com/2025/12/15/m...

Pisces: Are you really going to wear that? Seriously? Okay. Fine. But I'm just- I said fine. FINE. JESUS. WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT. I'M NOT YOUR MOTHER

WIZARD: i cast fireball CLERIC: i cast cure wounds ROGUE: i use sneak attack DRUID: i cast

ALSO Kobo just sent me a small amount of moneys (thank u Kobo) that will help with Christmas presents so HEY REMINDER I have a little ghost story/post-war story up there! For not very much money! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

AI’s giving big 1637 Dutch tulip fever vibes, lately.

The wizard delivered a box. "Fifty amulets per spec." "Which anyone can use to, at the cost of a drop of blood, instantly travel anywhere they can see clearly?" "So like fifty yards for anyone but the young. Quite pointless. Who will you sell these to?" "Those who buy my invention: binoculars."

I just want things to get better, for once I am so fucking tired

Chag Semeach, y’all! Behold the KRAKENORAH!

antisemitism has two settings, "shut up jews you're overreacting" and "mass murder"

5. all of the above

(i lolled)

Looking for a gift for that somebody who likes food, drink, and...nature? The hardcover, paperback, and kindle editions of Most Delicious Poison are currently <$15 (and audiobook is on Audible and narrated by me): www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-... Review: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/b...

Happy Hannukah. May it be filled with latkes, doughnuts and gelt

Right! Links to preorder, should you need them! And as the book comes out in March, if you want to give a gift for Christmas, we are also giving away FREE printable Molly files!

We wish you a Mari Christmas

‘They’re selling everything as trauma’: how our emotional pain became a product | Katherine Rowland

🎉Announcement and cover!🎉 HONEY AND HARM, coming in 2026 Happiness isn’t guaranteed after a Beauty breaks a Beast’s curse... A brutal fairy tale, for fans of Angela Carter and Tanith Lee Cover by the amazing @ardenpowell.bsky.social

Want to find some good accounts to block? Check the replies to any Jewish organization or politician talking about the Sydney mass shooting of Jews celebrating Hanukkah.

Update, Redux: This very fine gentledog is on his way to Issaquah, where he will have an acre of property to patrol like a champ. If it works out, he'll stay there ❤️ Details here - and thanks to everyone for all the help! www.cheriepriest.com/blog/a-surpr...

i see so much love for inclusive detective stories, nick & nora spouses, and solid whodunnits and yet i can get no traction for my series that is all that and more. can you PLEASE help people know about Viviana Valentine? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/GFM/a...

Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine. Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...

One of the traditions of major Jewish holidays is increasingly becoming that someone tries (and often succeeds) to massacre us. It is all too common now for a gunman to storm into a Jewish holiday celebration.

🚨ARCS ARE READY!🚨 Calling all Booksellers, librarians and reviewers, ARCs are now available to request for @shaykauwe.bsky.social 's Hawaiian Urban Fantasy! UK only, drop a 🌺 in the comments to request! Preorder https://geni.us/killingspell Request on Netgalley: https://geni.us/SolarisNG

I want Jewish people to have holidays where they are not also mourning the massacre of Jews

rare photo of @lilithsaintcrow.com in the mornings :)

For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

This. Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

any noun in the entire English language can be a British euphemism for getting drunk, you just add an adverb before and “ed” on the end

Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue: 1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims 2- see above

3- incredibly fucked up that this post is two months old and once again applicable. fuck antisemitism

OMG COME JOIN US WE JUST OPENED PAWHAMMER! twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social last one for the scoreboard!

CAT CHARITY STREAM TIME! Come join me and help raise money for Cats Protection! We're starting with TableTop Shop simulator. Let's set up a shop called... um... James Worksop Games? twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology. Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.

No one can stay on top of all the news and especially not all the publishing/book/release/released/back list/front list etc I know there are a few people who complain about using social media for crass publicity but I say: If I don't know a work exists, then I can't look for it/buy it/read it.

Pianos, silk looms, secret labor unions, and a heist! THE HELLION’S WALTZ is an 1824-set sapphic romance with hate makeouts, bisexuals up to no good, and found family taking down exploitive capitalists:

Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”

Here is a smol horned lark in the snö I would like to give this bird some hot chocolate Or a chocolate covered ant, something a bird would find cozy

We just got word from Samantha that Anime Herald Magazine #1 ships next week! Get your orders in by Sunday to ensure that your copy goes out in this first wave. Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻 Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔 Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦

Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos is now listed on Libby! Have a library card? Use the app, search the book, click “Notify Me” & your library system is anonymously notified that people want copies! It’s a great way to help the book or audiobook if you aren’t able to monetarily buy or preorder✨ #WOTCStaff

Woops, where did the time go? We're already nearing the end of the End-of-Year Indie Fantasy Mega Bundle - a chance to fill some cozy winter nights with an array of different worlds 😊 itch.io/b/3409/end-o... Who knows? You might just find your next favourite read. #indiebooks #fantasybooks

"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors. Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life. www.mygrandfatherscat.ca