1st time hearing about this very cool series by Lavie. Need to check out past #Shelfies. Good to see some Lotería Karma on @marygthompson.bsky.social’s shelf. 🖤 the Bernie Wrightson sighting. Preorder Mary’s forthcoming novella PRECIOUS CHILDREN (Sept. ‘26). tachyonpublications.com/product/prec...

Includes pre-orders! Such as Precious Children, out Sept 1!

I cannot promise my readers that everything I ever write will be amazing, but I CAN promise them that everything I ever write will be something I have actually written and not, for example, a soulless pile of robot puke.

There’s a fabulous solution for this “problem,” which I explore in my forthcoming novel, Precious Children! It’s cloning rich people thousands of times! And absolutely nothing goes wrong.

Precious Children is lighting up NetGalley! Reviewers, get your copy of the best book about cloned children I’ve ever written!! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

Look at me and @darylwriterguy.bsky.social having the best covers designed by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social!! @tachyonpub.bsky.social

!!!! So well deserved!

and for 2026, look forward to books by @justinfeinstein.bsky.social @marygthompson.bsky.social and @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social that I edited! They are so so good :D

Reviewers and booksellers! Get your daily dose of clones with Precious Children, now on NetGalley and Edelweiss! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

I recently read that the government says adults shouldn't have more than 400mg of caffeine a day. Which is, uh, less than I consume. So, am I dead? Is this hell? Does that explain it?

No joke! It’s the one year anniversary of One Level Down! Keep making better universes, friends! Thank you @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

I can’t believe it’s finally happening!!!! Tysm 🥺🥺🥺🥺😫😫

Writing a synopsis. Please airdrop chocolate covered espresso beans.

One silver lining of the age of AI is it’s outing incompetent attorneys right and left. So many recent cases like this. IMO it should be one and done. Disbarred.

This isn’t getting enough attention. Bad look for @sfwa.org. And a big deal for an organization that should know better. I’ve seen the jargon about committees & board decisions & 🙄, but the correct decision is credit the visual storytellers with the script writers. NOW. Not after losing credibility.

Look at my brilliant friend @marygthompson.bsky.social ‘s creepy baby dolls! Gaze into their eyes! They will steal your sooouulll! It’s a fabulous book too! tachyonpublications.com/product/prec...

#CoverReveal #BookSky We're proud to show off @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social's creepy cover to PRECIOUS CHILDREN, the forthcoming novella by the acclaimed @marygthompson.bsky.social tachyonpublications.com/product/prec... "a gripping tale of a scary yet fascinating future" Edward M. Lerner

Excited to see the cover reveal for DCWR member Mary G. Thompson's upcoming book!

Cover reveal! PRECIOUS CHILDREN is coming Sept 1 from @tachyonpub.bsky.social! Sci-fi/horror about cloned kids, bad parents, contracts, and the near future tech dystopia—or utopia? Cover by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

Sign up and you may soon hear about my forthcoming CLONE book, Precious Children!

So disappointed to see librarians continuing to attempt to steal from authors. We wrote the thing. We own our copyright. We get to license it per whatever contract terms we agree on. Libraries are a wonderful public service—they pay for the books so people can read for free. Books aren’t just free!

Awards nominations season is coming up again?? Darn, feels like just yesterday I put up a thread about nominatable(??) works on my end. As usual I can't quality for Best Editor since I didn't edit many novels last year but I did edit some tremendous works!!

Awards consideration post! Check out my novella One Level Down, published in April, 2025, by @tachyonpub.bsky.social! Listen free on Spotify with your subscription—it’s only 3 hours long! @jenazantian.bsky.social

FF survives by the grace of its Patreon crew, so every so often I like to buy things for them! There's a giveaway on right now over at our Patreon where one lucky winner is gonna get their choice of 8 great prizes celebrating recent publications by FFers. Join up!! www.patreon.com/posts/april-...

11. "Duplicate Variation Space Psychosis" by @marygthompson.bsky.social clones / legal hearings / seeing stars / thinking about blowing the other you out the airlock / the bad batch / don't mind the intense hallucinations I'm definitely not losing it www.fusionfragment.com/issue-16/

I’ll tell you what I need to write a novel. A Word doc. That’s it. Type type type type.

And here I was thinking 1,200 copies in the first week is a fantastic number 😂

Check out some SFF novella recs, including work by FFers @jordankurella.com and @marygthompson.bsky.social!

One Level Down by Mary G. Thompson (published by Tachyon) - Science fiction about simulated worlds with a unique protagonist, a woman stuck in a child's body. What could possibly go wrong - everything has already gone wrong:

Includes @marygthompson.bsky.social's ONE LEVEL DOWN!

Snag any @tachyonpub.bsky.social book for 30% off, including The Legend of Charlie Fish and The Unkillable Frank Lightning. Go stock up!!!

Everyone appreciate how, after being made fun of for my doom-and-gloom expression in the first pic, I upped my game and acted excited!!

IT'S A #BOOKBIRTHDAY! LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY by @theodoragoss.bsky.social is now available at all finer outlets buff.ly/ZeOVp7f intro by @bluejo.bsky.social 3 #giveways @thestorygraph.com buff.ly/fAUS9Iw #goodreads buff.ly/055IqCm @fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/HhnMtbe

A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong. My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.

At World Fantasy Convention with the awesome @tachyonpub.bsky.social team!!

Nice review for One Level Down from Asimov’s! “An intriguing story, with a satisfactory kick at the conclusion.” @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social www.asimovs.com/current-issu...

One Level Down is a Spotify Editors’ Pick for October! Fantastic narration by Si Chen! Check it out! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

Tonight!!

Día de Muertos is coming soon. ‘Tis the season of THE INVISIBLE PARADE. Throughout the last week of October, I’ll be commemorating #FestWeek, including in-store appearances at Book Passage, Stacks Book Club & @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social! Tickets are limited — get ‘em NOW. 1/2 linktr.ee/johnpicacio

This Thursday Oct 16 at 7:00 EDT! Catch a free Zoom reading by me and other awesome ladies! @swsworlds.bsky.social @authorterribruce.bsky.social @julieleong.bsky.social @sandybutchers.bsky.social @jessicalucci.bsky.social

Looking forward to this one! I hear the author is quite good, right @marygthompson.bsky.social ?

One Level Down is now an audiobook published by Spotify! Also available from other audiobook retailers!! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

Coming soon...our second SPOOKY SEASON Quick Reads! Heat up some tea in your cauldron, settle down with a familiar purring in your lap, and enjoy six story snippets spanning the entire range of speculative fiction! See you there! #SWSWQR www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

TOMORROW! Tachyon 30th Anniversary shindig 12-5 PM #SanFrancisco Public Library.main branch FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! buff.ly/6Wbvy1u Readings from @joerlansdale.bsky.social and @samtasticbooks.com Food! Giveaways! Door Prizes! And other surprises! #sfpl #tachyon30

Don’t miss this awesome night of virtual readings by me and other awesome @tachyonpub.bsky.social folks! This Thursday, Oct 2, at 8:00pm Eastern!

And last up, was the first reader I met! @marygthompson.bsky.social read from the first chapter of her novella. One Level Down. Contrary to the title, her simulation SFF story lifted the evening several levels up. So, nice to meet another amazing local writer!

Tomorrow! Come see us!

Happy Labor Day! Here is a story I published in Dark Matter Magazine about a man working in an alien occupation government. All the Sludge You Want to Drink. darkmattermagazine.shop/blogs/issue-...

One Level Down has now existed in the world for 4 months! 58-year old Ella is trapped in a simulated universe, forced to act like she’s five years old. Help her escape by reading this book! @tachyonpub.bsky.social tachyonpublications.com/product/one-...

Next Saturday, September 6!! Is it September already?? Come see me and other awesome authors at Charm City Spec at the Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore!