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alright it's over the line, it is live. Still plenty of slots though, if you want to apply. go.bsky.app/PhVMreq

yeah fuck it I'm doing a second trans sf/f writers' starter pack. been meaning to for a minute. @orionstarbeard.bsky.social you're in it. I need six more minimum before it'll let me take it live. Is there anybody who isn't in the first starter pack who wants to hop into this one?

My book MAKER OF GODS (YA/crossover Fantasy - MacMillan - 9781250888266 ) comes out December 6th! Available on Edelweiss: www.edelweiss.plus#sku=12508882...

PSA from your friendly neighborhood bookseller: a lot of bookstores are currently finalizing their big Fall '26 orders, so now would be a great time to preorder any new releases coming out in September - December with them. An example from this past week:

NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...

GUYS - I’ve just realised what Farage is going to do… The thing is he now has NO WAY to proceed which doesn’t humiliate him. If he wins, he is, as Rachel Reeves put it, The Man Who Spent His Summer Arguing With A Bin. If he bails, he’s The Man Who Fled From A Bin. And if he LOSES…

I'm not going to answer all 3 of the #BluePitHype questions today because I feel I can get quite hype enough with this one. I wanted to write a Bi4Bi couple as under-represented romantic leads. I also wanted them to be different "flavors" of bisexual as well, and to see myself represented 🏳️‍🌈

I love when the agony and doubt of editing gives way and you suddenly realise what the hell the novel IS, underneath all the words you've already written.

the shelves in this photo are now SO full thanks to maris's donation!! if you're in NYC and want to donate books, hit me up. we redistribute everything FOR FREE to neighbors via astoria food pantry, book fairs, schools, community events, etc (also hmu if you want to collab on a free book fair!)

As promised to link to my first actual Hookland book. It is only small, but covers a lot of the ghost soil. If enough of you buy it and like it there will be a Volume Two. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123 It will also be available in an actual bookshop soon.

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Absolutely!! Silly of me not to have included that in the first place! Preorders, NetGalley, and everything else can be found here: linktr.ee/marleyrosete...

Out *slightly* ahead of Fall (08/18), but screw it: The River Devours the Moon is up for pre-order from: www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/the-r... huldrahouse.itch.io/the-river-de... A WLW Toronto-centric ghost story/crime/horror novella, for fans of Sara Gran's Come Closer, and Talk to Me and Shikoku.

SEASON OF THE SERPENT is the final novel in The Nameless Republic trilogy (2021-2026). It's the punchiest, twistiest, riskiest, most gut-punching, wide-ranging, experimental--& therefore the most "Suyi Book"--of the 3 so far. Out next month (Aug 18), with notes on events & book swag coming soon.

If *A spooky yet cozy fantasy (Studio Ghibli x Guillermo del Toro) *A main character dealing with depression amidst toxic positivity culture *Sapphic rep for teens (NOT a coming out story) *A skeleton bunny companion sound up your alley, might I humbly suggest THE BONE BRIDES, out 9/29?

Go on then www.routledge.com/Translating-...

Just a little reminder that this (sexy, gay) book comes out in October/is available for preorder 🥺👉👈. bookshop.org/p/books/agap...

Oh go on then, if we must 😉 Sniff: A History of Smells, out 8th September yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Map of the System of Human Knowledge, fully redesigned by @incastellated.bsky.social, now available for preorder asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

I still feel weird about this but Nino said it was fine, so here you go! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827832...

My first (and probably only) short story collection comes out on September 8: www.harpercollins.com/products/bla...

Your regular reminder that 10 Things I Hate About Zombies (by me, as Hazel Graves, Avon/Harper) is out on 15 Sep! It's a gloriously fun romcom about a smoothie shop owner and a mushroom farmer who accidentally unleash a zombie apocalypse upon Portland!

Just a li'l reminder that NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US drops in paperback Aug. 25. Just $19.95!

Hey! My story, "The Orchard-Bay" is in @inkedingraypress.bsky.social's Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds, coming out September 29th :-) You can pre-order it now. www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...

authors you should absolutely quote post this with your fall releases, I am finding out about so many cool titles that I hadn't heard about

And if THREE people, can you imagine, THREE people walking in, singing a bar of "I'd like to preorder this book" and walking out, they may think it's a movement. And that's what it is, a preordering books so your local bookstore buys them for stock movement.

This thread was my exact experience as a buyer for an indie bookstore as well. One preorder was "huh, interesting." Two preorders meant I was definitely going to order it in for general stock, possibly enough to put on the front table or to have faced out on the shelf.

Nino speaks the truth! Preorder @beckbook.com now!!! beckbook.com

Hey! That's me! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

PSA from your friendly neighborhood bookseller: a lot of bookstores are currently finalizing their big Fall '26 orders, so now would be a great time to preorder any new releases coming out in September - December with them. An example from this past week:

A tree fall on the home and car of a family on our street during the storm last Saturday. They're lovely people and are a big part of one of the best bakeries in town! Please consider joining me and the many other who are supporting them: www.gofundme.com/f/support-yo...

Like, just one of all the godawful bullshit that is happening in the world and especially the US right now, yes, but: this truly malicious, toxic, and downright brutal vision of masculinity that a lot of older AND younger men are embodying is going to literally get people killed.

I think any dude who runs for office of any kind needs to be able to produce receipts that he has at some point apologized for SOMEthing in his life and did so sincerely.

Hi. So your boy needs a kidney & I’m officially on the #transplant list. Please share this as it would mean a lot to me to get a living donor.

Unboxing my new Fantasy novel the only way I know how: WITH A SWORD.

TONIGHT! Join us with Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, 7pm, at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @rebelsam94.bsky.social @victormanibo.com @datlow.bsky.social

So I couldn't find the original thread, and therefore have written my own analysis and put it on my website (to avoid censorship for bluntly discussing sexual content). There's also an indecent amount of food metaphors. Enjoy? www.riengray.com/blog/the-perpetual-disappointment-of-if-only-eroticism

As a reminder, I'm available for freelance work in the TTRPG & IP spaces! Some properties I've worked on: *Batman: The Blind Cut *Critical Role, short story for Vox Machina, narrative for Armory of Heroes & Evening Nip cocktail book *TTRPG design for NDA'd stuff Please reach out if interested!

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

it was as if the sin was questioning white innocence, the same quality extended to an imaginary version of a majority white working class

I do hope people can reckon with the moral and political failure here: years into resurgent white supremacism, some people tried to paint concerns re: a senate candidate’s claimed innocence about the nazi symbol tattooed on his chest as somehow worse than the candidate’s own claims of innocence

Every cent above our base goal will go directly towards this. So if we make $25K, we’ll raise pay rates to 9c/word. At $30K, we’ll be able to pay writers 10c/word. To help us get there: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Meta contaminated Cheyenne Wyoming’s wastewater supply with a bacteria with a 31% mortality rate DEATH TO AI

Hii good morning/afternoon for all awesome folks reading this thread and helping me boost my crowd! 😊 You know the drill, right? 1 like = 1 fact ab LGBTQIA+ rights in Brazil. I'm doing this to help my mom survive cancer and you can read more about it here: ko-fi.com/haileykaas #mutualaid #LGBTQIA+

Meta is a staunchly anti-art, anti-artist company and has been showing you this for years with basically every product decision it has made with Instagram, and yet so many professional creative industries continue to rely on it. Spread the word on their latest attack on artists ⬇️

Not to be all "it's my birthday, buy my books" but it is and you should. THE DEAD WITHHELD: tiny, quick read, queer, paranormal neo-noir, grumpy protag with questionable decision-making YEAR OF THE MER: big, special editions, fantasy, slow burn sapphic tragedy, grumpy protag, worse decisions

@okosunreads.bsky.social was in a serious accident with her family a short while ago. She and her family are lucky to be alive. But they'll need help during their recovery. If you want to help out, you can contribute to this Go Fund Me. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

YAY. Congrats!

sorry for doing the twitter screenshot thing here but man this sucks