I guess a taxi ghost story is my debut into professional publishing! I hope you enjoy the notorious scandal twist and the Southeast Asian noir flavour. Read the story here! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto... (1/5)

Readers and reviewers: it's up to us to share as much about the backlist we read as the front list. Books don't have just one pub date: an old book is new to someone every day! Let's help make those kismet encounters happen.

Just booked a writing retreat, so, er, I'd love to fit in a couple more clients/workshops for fall to help offset the cost! I'm a writer, editor, & marketing coach. My sweet spot is helping authors w forthcoming titles navigate the book marketing engine + plan for launch. (pottern.com) 🧵

Commodified fantasy takes no risks - Ursula K. Le Guin

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YEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I AM SO HERE FOR THIS BOOK!

You can now request Wife Shaped Bodies on Netgalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

PLUS, Am*zon has still decided to sell our paperback for stupid cheap so if you want to have a book gift waiting for you when you return from @seattlein2025.org, now is the time to order it! #worldcon #seattleworldcon #sff #fomo

Ah, the whims of Am*zon: the pb is now... $7.54! Look, don't ask questions, just grab it while it's cheap! PLUS, the ebook is still less than $5 for a few more days! Doppelgangers, time travel, simulations, alternate realities, magical transformations, you name it! books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

Major FOMO re: #worldcon!! Half of our anthology's contributors will be there, so the ebook is more than half off! Grab a copy and say hi to @darylwriterguy.bsky.social @chriscampbell.bsky.social @fechoe.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @avani.bsky.social books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

Looking forward to this new story by @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins.

New Issue: BCS #438 out today, featuring stories of lands beyond and coming home from them and from war by @stephenrcase.bsky.social and @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins, From the Archives story by Sara Saab, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Yay! New story out by @traewrites.bsky.social.

Our little-anthology-that-could is still randomly on super-sale from Am*zon. Less than $5 for this beautiful paperback: a.co/d/0NE0fgO It's the perfect time to get your hands on these tremendous SFF stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, F.E. Choe, Shen Tao and more. #speclit #booksky

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Some of the Years Best Eco Fiction and Years Best Weird Fiction all in one place! You could spend over $50 to read these stories separately so why not spend $4.47 to read them together.

No idea why, but Am*zon put our book on deep discount! Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5! Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀

B&N is having a preorder sale for rewards and premium members, 25% off with code PREORDER25, you can get Wife Shaped Bodies (ebook, paperback, audio) and other great upcoming titles #BNPreorder

Viable Paradise alumni dinner at Readercon 2025. #Readercon #ViableParadise #VP @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @jensmind.bsky.social @chrisrose.bsky.social @daviddegraff.bsky.social @skyfyre88.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @courtney-floyd.com

I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all! If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to [email protected]

“Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, ‘6’” by F.E. Choe (Clarkesworld Magazine) “The Colonists” by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social (Trollbreath Magazine) “The Ghost Tenders of Chornobel” by Nika Murphy (Apex Magazine)

So glad to see this story will be delighting even more readers soon. I knew @traewrites.bsky.social was doing something special as soon as I read the first line.

NEW BLOG POST ALERT! 🌱🍄 Violet Lichen Books and Apex Book Company are delighted to announce the finalists for the inaugural ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! Thank you to everyone who submitted and nominated stories this year. Check the post or keep reading for the full table of contents!

My friend the INCREDIBLE @serenabellbooks.bsky.social has a book coming out 7/14 "Running Hott" and Barnes and Noble just listed it as one of the most anticipated indie July releases!!!!!! press.barnesandnoble.com/bnpress-blog...

This book and anything by @lauracranehill.bsky.social really need to be on your Read Immediately list. Laura is a genius and this book is going to rock your world.

We couldn’t be more excited to share the stunning cover for Laura Cranehill’s WIFE SHAPED BODIES! The paperback, featuring illustrated French flaps, is out in April 2026. Preorder your copy now! Cover design by Ella Laytham (IG @ellaytham) Cover illustration by Kior Ko (kior.bsky.social‬)

I pre-ordered this absolutely gorgeous book today.

I'm so blown away by the UK cover for my debut, The Poet Empress! ❤️ Thank you @gollancz.bsky.social and artist Yohey Horishita for the absolutely stunning design! #ThePoetEmpress #fantasy #booksky

My son's great great grandmother survived this march, carrying nothing to the US but harrowing stories that have become family lore. 🇦🇲 🌸

@chriscampbell.bsky.social has created the term and written a fascinating paper on Afro-comsicism. you should read it. fromearthtothestars.com/2024/05/02/a...

LAST DAY! If you feel so moved, my eligible projects (write in): NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: A SPECULATIVE ANTHOLOGY OF REINVENTION (ed. Chris Campbell, Immortal Jellyfish Press)—Best Anthology "Cryptid Car Rental" (me! Allison Pottern, Trollbreath)—Best Short Story magazine.trollbreath.com/cryptid-car-...

@jeffreynolds.bsky.social is also a lovely editor, giving SFF writers more opportunities to see their work (even the quirky stuff, like mine) out in the world!

Last day to vote in the locus awards!

Now I'mma post a lot of folks who's works you should definitely consider for @locusmag.bsky.social noms! Hat tip to editor and writer extraordinaire @chriscampbell.bsky.social who's star just keeps rising.

Once again, observers gifted and/or cursed with sapience, your patience is rewarded: part 2 of "In the Palace of Science" by @chriscampbell.bsky.social is now available for your attention!

Holy smokes, Dominick Rabrun just blew my mind. I fell so deep into the performance I heard every word like it was the first time. What a precious gift to give a writer. Thanks!!! @escapepod.org escapepod.org/2025/04/10/e...

24 excellent stories for 99 cents? Do yourself a favor and grab it before the sale ends this week!

While I've been waiting for sales data to populate, I've been making graphics and teaching myself about BookBub ads. What do you think? Which one makes you go "Ooooo, must buy!" #booksky (and if you feel so compelled: books2read.com/newyearnewyo...)

I'm so proud of our little anthology of hard science fiction and fairy tales and everything in between (also, it's somehow #23 on Amazon?!)

I didn’t think I’d wake up today and say this, but hey friends why not help me knock Kipling down this list a bit.

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU is eligible for the Best Anthology! Snag it now for only $0.99 and if you love it, consider voting for it as a write-in for the 2025 Locus Awards. And if you got a kick out of my story "Cryptid Car Rental" that's eligible for write-in too! magazine.trollbreath.com/cryptid-car-...

What a steal!

Perk up your Monday with a tales of fresh starts and new beginnings from the spec fiction realm: books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

New Year New You is eligible for the Locus Award! poll.voting.locusmag.com

Ebook flash sale! 👀

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU is the little anthology that could! Its writers have been winning accolades and the book itself has received so much love from readers and reviewers! See what all the fuss is about: the ebook is on mega sale this week at only $0.99! 🪐📚https://books2read.com/newyearnewyoustories

It’s simple: it’s anti-Black racism.

Merry endweek, sapients! This time we have for you part 1 of 2 of "In the Palace of Science", by @chriscampbell.bsky.social. An added benefit: you can sing the title to the tune of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!" 🎵🎵🎵