Things are terrible so here is something that brings me joy. Doing SFF reading recommendations for TV characters is one of my favorite columns I do at Reactor. I love getting to combine my love of books, my love of TV, and my talent for tailored recommendations. Links in the thread. 1/

If you don’t derive any benefit from the act of writing, no pleasure or catharsis or satisfaction, why are you doing it? This isn’t meant to be an aggressive question, I’m not demanding an answer, but it’s a thing you may want to ask yourself. Life is short and you could do something else?

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Baby: Why is the trash can full of bread dough? Me: Oh. Oh no. Flashback to yesterday when I threw away a bag of expired frozen bread dough, not a single solitary thought in my entirely translucent head about it.

Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last. www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...

I have been cruelly tricked into reading In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan and it is TOO GOOD and all I want to do is READ and instead I have to WRITE and okay I am enjoying the writing too HOWEVER this book is such a delight and how dare life impede my enjoyment of it

If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread! Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)

The Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Kickstarter just crossed the $250k mark, which means we'll be writing a brand-new adventure site for the book! Next: at $300k, we'll add even *more* adversaries. <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...

I made a video to promote this In Defense of Romance panel I'm moderating on 11/22, 2pm, @ B&N Perimeter in ATL w/ @runwithskizzers.bsky.social @julianwinters.bsky.social @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @vanessariley.com We will have free stuff! We'll have a REC LIST & you can buy all the books!

This afternoon I'll be streaming a walk-through of the Dungeons of Drakkenheim beta campaign frame for Daggerheart and talking a bit about the project in general. 1pm EDT at twitch.tv/turbotango, then at youtube.com/@mikeunderwood tomorrow morning.

Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾 Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social

You build worlds for a living. And some dreams, you know, are literally worth more than others. I have a new story out in Clarkesworld, alongside @tadethompson.bsky.social, @izom-chisom.bsky.social, @spires.bsky.social y.social, and others! clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashing-giwa_...

The weird ads begin today. Whatever could this egg have to do with my book?📚💙💕 Maybe preorder Opus please? 🌈🚀💫 #BookSky 🌈📚 Signed copy: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb Amazon & get me a pretty banner: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus Everywhere else: books2read.com/opus

Bumping this more visibly, as due to rescheduling I have extra spots open right now!

Hey US and Canada folks! My Nebula, World Fantasy & Locus award nominated novel SHIGIDI will (finally!) be out in paperback on Nov 4. If you couldn't get the hardcover when it came out (understandably so!) here's your chance. Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!

Before you hit the costume party don't forget to hit SEND! Subs for our next unthemed issue close Friday!

Coming back from a long trip, it’s such a relief to be home, sleeping in your own bed… And then the backlog of stuff you need to catch up on wraps around you and turns you into a groaning, shambling task list mummy.

I would be more cool with losing my hands and having wings instead if I could figure out how to fly but turns out that’s harder than you might expect

do you like ebooks do you like ebooks about haunted architecture did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal? just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

ONE HOUR REMAINS IN OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN! Last chance to grab a subscription + a short story critique from the brilliant Heather Clitheroe! @lectio.bsky.social is an editor and author of fiction in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fusion Fragment, and elsewhere! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

DEAD HAND RULE is out today! As an implacable enemy skitters nearer across the stars, Tara Abernathy gathers Gods and Deathless Kings alike to join forces. Of course, there's still a little fine print to be sorted out. But surely they'll be able to come together against the darkness. Any minute now.

DEAD HAND RULE is out tomorrow! The fine folks at Nerd Daily spoke with me about this penultimate book of the Craft Sequence, and what’s to come. thenerddaily.com/max-gladston...

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, I wrote a listicle of awesome Latinx Science Fiction to read ASAP! W/ great books by @boriscrito.bsky.social @pazsays.bsky.social @valerievaldes.bsky.social @latinxfiles.bsky.social @willalex.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social benfrancisco.net/2025/10/15/1...

Listening to the Water Margin podcast and idk why but this exchange made us lose it laughing: Major: Let me get 13 pounds of lean minced pork. Butcher: Okay. M: Now 13 pounds of minced pork fat. B: …okay? M: Now 13 pounds of minced cartilage. B: Are you messing with me? M: Yeah I am! *they fight

Applications are now open for the 2026 Novel Writing Workshop with @drkarenlord.bsky.social! Read more & apply before November 13! Link in bio. #novelwritingworkshop #clarionwest www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...

Pro tip, book club spammers: if you all send me the same spam on the same day, six in a row, it’s a little more difficult for me to get duped.

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN! Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

There are just four spots left in today's seminar on creating Adversaries and Environments for Daggerheart: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

Me: Stop making squirrel memes and brush your hair Baby: Fine Me: Baby: Me: Baby: I made a cat meme too

Has anyone ever drawn a copier as a mimic? It seems like a really natural mimic form, especially since printers are already malicious creatures.

“In fog we are lost, in fire we are found” really is a hell of a motto there, Fenn Aries This has been a Blue Prince update

It's Black Speculative Fiction month! All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own. 1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a... 2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2

Fellow #Vorthos: At 2:00pm PT there is a Creative panel where you can donate to get questions answered and behind-the-scenes insight from Magic's worldbuilding and narrative designers. Support an excellent cause, hear from excellent creatives behind the game! Link: tilt.fyi/Jr23vhNVE6

So proud of my elder child doing his first robotics competition today 🦾 He learned all about performing under pressure after not sleeping enough 🥲

I know I’m following good people because so many of you are freaking out about the new Protomen album

“Varric is the Jessica Fletcher of Thedas” —me, no I still haven’t played Veilguard yet

If you're a BIPOC writer trying to find the time to finish your book or want personalised advice for tackling your writing projects, be sure to join us for the How To Finish Your Novel workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after! events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of @valerievaldes.bsky.social's Where Peace Is Lost, which I *have* but *haven't read yet*. I've given it out before, and it was well-received. The author may have done her own promotion for it. #KindleBookGiveaway

STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

Listen to the latest episode of my new @issuesinst.bsky.social podcast, NOT NOW BUT SOON, in which I talk to @thinink.bsky.social about global food systems, the authoritarian takeover of Myanmar, and other disasters. Search "The Ongoing Transformation" wherever you get your podcasts!

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Today on my blog: lists! Of books you can read, mostly romance.

Enter to win an ARC of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE in this @goodreads giveaway that's open 09/30/2025-10/14/2025! 75 winners will be chosen, so sign up and share widely! @TorDotComPub www.goodreads.com/author/show/... #giveaway #ARC #goodreads #booksky #Blackbooksky

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month reads Every time I use the word "listicle" it immediately turns me into Beavis and/or Butthead and I start chortling. For those who don't know, it's a portmanteau of list and article, and possibly it never caught on as a widespread term because of its inherent…

Hooray, A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence is out TODAY! You can snap it up in ebook or paperback now: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave Gorgeous cover design by Artscandare. ❤️🦇❤️

31 hours now...and we're 98% of the way to unlocking our International Shipping Discount - 🇨🇦$5 for Canucks, 🌏$10 off for the rest of the world outside the US! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

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Hey all! I'm finally finding some equilibrium, after months of intensive care work with my mother, and seeing daylight on several creative projects. Including: the 2025 Publishing Derby. My latest book is one of the books on this page! Can you guess which one is mine? 2025pubderby.carrd.co