“fans of James Oswald’s writing will not be disappointed” #BookReview Broken Ghosts by J.D. Oswald jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/09/24/b... - via @jenlucas.bsky.social 💙📚

Fiend Review: Alma Katsu’s Scary Take on Greed and Family Secrets Happy Publication Day for Fiend by @almakatsu.bsky.social Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social Check out my review below. gnofhorror.com/alma-katsus-... 💙📚 @dancarpenter.bsky.social

Yeah, we quiet over here, but we love y'all. These publishing streets are rough these days. October marks Black Speculative Fiction Month, and we're thrilled to drop TWO issues on you in the coming weeks. Updates soon come. Anyway support some Black creators: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p Follow, share, BUY 🔥

Since quotes are going around from @readingtheend.bsky.social's excellent @reactorsff.bsky.social piece today, here's the full essay I wrote last month on fandom, trad publishing, IP, and navigating it all from a more personal perspective:

Monday’s review at @strangehorizons.bsky.social is from the always excellent Phoenix Scholz, on a reissue of Mapping The Interior from @tordotcom.bsky.social’s Nightfire imprint. It affords an ideal opportunity to sit with and return to a book that Phoenix “hope[s] makes you as angry as it does me.”

Hello! I wrote up a full review for @thomasha.bsky.social 's brilliant, brilliant, unnerving, haunting, and deeply empathetic horror collection, Uncertain Sons itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

yikes, my "require alt text before posting" setting had been turned off too! check on yours if you haven't lately. it's under Settings / Accessibility.

I was like "what kind of canine enrichment toy is this"

Excellent book for thr budding fantasy writers among you.

Whooooo this will be our second in-conversation conversation in two days, so now you can see why I was soliciting topics! Anyway you should come to this launch if you'll be in Ottawa Oct. 20. Premee's novella series is astonishing and will get under your skin like some kind of mind-altering fungus.

deepest of deep breaths feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.

I need to inform all Tower residents: The food is catching onto the trap. Rapture Day dinner is canceled. The food is getting too smart. 😞

And some advance Booktempting!

Hello Evening Crowd - it’s crime making time!

We are thrilled to help reveal the cover for The Lustrous Dark by Loretta Chefchaouni! A lush YA fantasy inspired by Moroccan folklore, The Lustrous Dark is for fans of haunted forests, sweet romance, and stories that are "beautiful and a little gross." reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

@bluebookballoon.bsky.social adds to my TBR.

And some advance Booktempting!

Hello Lunchtime Crowd - how about a little crime?

Last week to get your tickets at the early bird price! This is your cheapest chance to attend!

Daughters of Nicnevin, available for pre-order now: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...

It's obviously true unless something unexpected happens, but a) the incumbent government needs to actually have *delivered for its coalition* to lead a republican front b) the leader needs to be a plausible leader of it and c) they do need to actually be able to say 'Vichy was bad'.

Join me, @cgolden.bsky.social , @manylittlewords.bsky.social , @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social at Waterstones Trafalgar Square on 7th October for a discussion of all things horror! What fun we'll have! www.waterstones.com/events/new-w...

Right two days to hit a deadline on something I’m not enjoying - Womble helm lowered

it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...

Super excited for SFSF! if you're Sheffield-adjacent this Saturday, come along and see us natter on about books and nerdy things!

Excited to announce that I'm part of @jelenawrites.bsky.social 's street team for her upcoming novel LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE which releases on April 7th, 2026 by Dark Matter Ink! Can't wait to read this one! 🗡️🪄🤍 #lovelethaldeathdivine #thediviners #2026releases #darkfantasy #slavicfolklore

So happy to be part of the street team for LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE by @jelenawrites.bsky.social ❤️ One of my most anticipated books of 2026! This novel will be released on 7 April 2026 by Dark Matter Ink. #lovelethaldeathdivine #thediviners #2026releases #streetteam #darkfantasy #slavicfolklore

New review - The Bewitching, by @silviamg.bsky.social, is an excellent #spooky read out now from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social to whom thanks for copy to read and review. Witchcraft & family secrets! #BookSky 📚💙 bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

In between reviewing new books, I am making an effort to review books that "fell by the wayside" thanks to my depression over the years. Today it is The Original's Rage by @davewatkins.bsky.social The final part of his excellent werewolf trilogy. gnofhorror.com/the-original... 💙📚🩸

New Review - let’s go down many mean streets in this crime focused collection of short stories that I really enjoyed No One Hears The Last Shot by Lavie Tidhar out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

Book news - a little Booktempting for next year meet The Diviners talking about a new book from @jelenawrites.bsky.social to look out for Love Lethal, Divine Death #lovelethaldeathdivine #thediviners #2026releases #streetteam #darkfantasy #slavicfolklore www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

New Review - let’s go down many mean streets in this crime focused collection of short stories that I really enjoyed No One Hears The Last Shot by Lavie Tidhar out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

Book news - a little Booktempting for next year meet The Diviners talking about a new book from @jelenawrites.bsky.social to look out for Love Lethal, Divine Death #lovelethaldeathdivine #thediviners #2026releases #streetteam #darkfantasy #slavicfolklore www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

NEW REVIEW: Should you start a series at Book number 7? Well, I did as I delve into THE SHATTERING PEACE BY JOHN SCALZI. www.fantasybooknerd.com/2025/09/book...

🌞 Morning! 🌞 New book review today for NOT IN LOVE by Ali Hazelwood. 💙📚 I read this a while ago & forgot to post my review. 😅 aliteraryescape.com/2025/09/22/n...

Apparently it’s Hobbit day! Lily and Sara put out their look at both the hobbit and lotr podcast

New Review! In this much anticipated sequel to a Sword of Bronze and Ashes, @annasmithspark.bsky.social continues to push the boundaries with her unique and refreshing brand of fantasy ❤️ spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2025/09/23/a...

Reading this now and it is fabulous

MY 2800TH BLOG POST - THE BANE OF THE BOX SET is right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-2...

Hello evening crowd! Tonight’s review to look at who really gets the fairytale ending?

A podcast that’s swiftly becoming a favourite. Filled with great recommendations and insights into the talented host’s thoughts. Highly recommend checking out Starship Alexandria with @emmanewman.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social This episode was a cracker

A Star Wars movie trailer that really looks like a tv movie hmmm

I read The Gods' Magician by Peter W. Blaisdell. Come see what I thought of this unique take on sword and sorcery! #booksky #bookblogger

Just to be clear, this move will 100% guarantee that you won't be seeing a doctor or any other sort of by-appointment professional any time soon. Which is fine by Nob-end Nigel because that means he can rinse more money out of you for those services.

EXCESSION by Iain M. Banks hasn't been available in ebook format in the US for what seems like forever. So it was with an incredible amount of excitement that I saw it available as a digital ARC on @netgalley.bsky.social this morning. It's about time! Definitely my favorite of the Culture books.

Our supermarket brand of Camembert describes itself as "Camembert of Character" I think this one is a Troll Fighter cursed to be unable to wash their armpits

Hello Lunchtime Crowd - Can you make yourself deserve a happy ending is the interesting question for today

Haaaaah Just saw the headline of a review for The Shape of Monsters that was simply WOKE CANNIBAL EROTICA and honestly that could be panning my book, but I love it.

New Review - coming out this week is this tale that crossed myth and fairytale to give us something a bit different. I highly recommend The Castaway and The Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

New Review - coming out this week is this tale that crossed myth and fairytale to give us something a bit different. I highly recommend The Castaway and The Witch by @ioannapauthor.bsky.social thanks to @ghostorchidpress.com www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...