Stargate is coming back?! www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11... “It is not a reboot,” Gero said. “It is a brand new chapter. It’s its own unique chapter in the Stargate universe.”

#Booksky We’re doing our first ever ebook set and it’s up for preorder now! Get a great deal on the entire Astreiant Series for some great gay fantasy reading to end the year! Releases 12/15 and preorders are up at our site, Smashwords and beyond - queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...

#Booksky Also on sale via Ingram’s new direct sale option in the U.S. and U.K. - A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social! Gay gaslamp mysteries with magic-using detectives, for the win! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

#Booksky A brief thread of current book sales! Trying out this new direct sale Ingram thing in the U.S. and U.K. - looking for great gay gaslamp mystery/fantasies? DEATH BY SILVER by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social is on sale until 11/1! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

The bees have discovered Brutalism

The Silmarillion, but in a spectacularly unlikely to be approved by the Tolkien Estate way. Less "EPIC TRAGEDY SET TO THUNDEROUS HEROIC MUSIC" and more "garbage elves (and humans) achieve occasional moments of redeeming grace in between being messy bitches who love drama and do a lot of crimes."

ICYMI, my latest review is of BLOOD OF THE BULL by Jo Graham, from @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social www.nerds-feather.com/2025/07/book...

Today is the release day for Jo Graham's marvelous The Blood of the Bull, the third in her series based on the magical life of Giulia Farnese, mistress of one pope, sister of another, and trusted advisor to both. Available on all the usual suspects! www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/07/07/r...

Last day for preorders of Jo Graham's The Blood of the Bull! Tomorrow is the release day! www.amazon.com/Blood-Bull-M...

Lovely new review for Jo Graham's The Blood of the Bull on Skiffy and Fanty! skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...

On @skiffyandfanty.com blog, @pematson.bsky.social reviews BLOOD OF THE BULL from Jo Graham and @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social press skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...

The cat has ambitions.

Ian McKellen's spoken-word bit of Invisible Light (Scissor Sisters, Glastonbury) ok all the things, right, but also REALLY USEFUL in teaching about what many think of as 'Shakespearean' delivery (really a very specific elocution training path) and popular music.

Four of our novels - Jo Graham's A Blackened Mirror, Kelly Jennings's Fault Lines, Justin Robinson's City of Devils, and Melissa Scott's The Master of Samar - are on sale through June 30 for 0.99 USD each at Amazon, Nook, and Kobo! Links below. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/06/24/w...

Drunk gods ride home #587 (subgroup: winged gods) 🪽 At the British Museum.

Holy *shit* folks. Run, don't walk to buy this SFF pride bundle. Even by the high stds of years past this is a great one. 2 Melissa Scott Astreaint books, plus an excellent space opera from her! Ginn Hale series starter! Brilliant standalones from Brent Lambert & A M Tuomala! Bogi Takacs! & more!

#Booksky It’s HERE! This year’s Pride StoryBundle is up! Get 14 great queer reads at the $25 level, support queer authors and support Rainbow Railroad at the same time! Books by Seth Hadon, Melissa Scott, Brent Lambert and more! Get yours today! storybundle.com/pride

Happy Pride! Check out the Pride StoryBundle put together by Catherine Lundoff and @blueterraplane.bsky.social, that I, as well as many amazing others including Melissa Scott and @bogiperson.bsky.social, are part of... storybundle.com/pride Part of the proceeds go to Rainbow Railroad!

I recently bought @blueterraplane.bsky.social 's Roads of Heaven trilogy and it's the best $6 I've ever spent. How have I never read her before???? If you like space operas and interesting world building and strong female characters you will love it. www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/...

Thread: Fellow floorplan enthusiasts, it's time to talk about one of my favorite books: Apartment Houses of the Metropolis (1908) by the G.C. Hesselgren Publishing Co.! This booklet contains floorplans of many high-end and medium-end apartment homes in turn-of-the-century NYC, plus annual rents!

30% tariff for the Elven-kings under the sky, 70% tariff for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, 90% tariff for Mortal Men doomed to die, 100% tariff for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

#Booksky Very excited to announce that our publisher, author and editor Catherine Lundoff, is one of the recipients of the Alice B. Awards for 2025! These are juried reader awards, given to writers of sapphic fiction and plays for body of work/service to the community. 🎉🎉🎉 www.alicebawards.org

Congrats to Pope Christopher Pike. (We could probably do worse.)

The category is: making an entrance.

Just finished the first one, onto the second. If you are interested in these or any of the other great books @qospress.bsky.social has to offer, check them out!

#Booksky We just got accepted for the first Twin Cities Book Hop! Look for us at the Book Fair at the Open Book in Minneapolis from 10-11:30 on 5/3, then go check out the participating bookstores and the book club event! facebook.com/events/s/spr...

Extremely happy to announce that my Map of the Realm of Númenór is now available in print only at: www.inprnt.com/gallery/arto... as part of #NúmenorDay and they just so happen to be having a 40% off sitewide sale! [Now with working link!]

“Out of the High Bright” by @amygriswold.bsky.social (Winter ‘25) is “a yearning, beautiful look at love and mourning, with a few surprises, and Griswold does a great job defying expectations and pro­viding one heck of a reading experience.” 🦑🤩

#Booksky New review for POINT OF HEARTS (Astreiant #6) by Melissa Scott!

RANDOM TARIFF ENCOUNTER TABLE (D8) 1 - 25% 2 - 34% 3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens) 4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off 5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres 6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C 7 - 25% (28% for elves) 8 - Roll again combine both results

Exciting news! Author Melissa Scott is taking over from Athena Andreadis as publisher and editor of Candlemark & Gleam. Athena will be greatly missed, but Melissa intends to carry on her commitment to publishing innovative SF/F. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/03/31/n...

Post a warning.

Sometimes things persist unexpectedly. Here's last year's kale, left to overwinter in the garden, coming back for spring. 🌱

#Booksky Did you know that author Melissa Scott created tea blends for POINT OF HEARTS (forthcoming 3/20!) and POINT OF SIGHS (on sale at our website now!)? Read the Astreiant Series, one of the best gay fantasies series in the field and drink delicious tea! www.adagio.com/signature_bl...

A story for those who have at least one teammate in these hard times, and maybe a story for those still finding theirs, from @samtasticbooks.com in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/10-v...

The turkey vulture that hangs out at the dump would really like a bin for MEAT. Please separate out MEAT. He will recycle. This is unfeasible for reasons of health, safety, and not attracting an army of vultures to live among the trash, and yet he makes it seem so reasonable. (MEAT BIN MEAT BIN.)

Tagging authors @blueterraplane.bsky.social, @amygriswold.bsky.social, @katsudon.bsky.social, @ajfitzwater.bsky.social, @mmerriam.bsky.social, @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social, @deeholloway.bsky.social and @heatherrosejones.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Dive deep into dark waters and emerge "Out of the High Bright" in @amygriswold.bsky.social's new story. kaleidotrope.net/winter-2025/...

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JANUARY 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up ~30 stories by @jelliclejay.bsky.social @amygriswold.bsky.social @ideofmarch.bsky.social @marissalingen.bsky.social @bpladek.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @srinivassimo.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social & more! www.patreon.com/posts/123315...

Navigating passport & federal ID policies can be especially stressful for trans, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, & intersex people. Join us for Know Your Rights: Passports on 2/26 at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT to unpack the latest. *Recording available after broadcast* RSVP: tinyurl.com/ur4ayw7r

Watching the red-shouldered hawk hunting in the snow. Not sure any small tasty animals are planning to emerge from burrows or nests while the snow falls, but she's still hopeful.

This story!! The perspective, the cultural details, the ~vibe (don't wanna spoil it so I'm not specific but just imagine me yelling excitedly as I push this story at you) I've been thinking about it for days! @amygriswold.bsky.social @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/winter-2025/...

I had so much fun playing this one, it's fantastic!

If instead of caverns and dragons you want your interactive fiction with: Madcap theatrical misadventures Thoughts on how to make art that matters in dark times The chance to exit, pursued by a bear Try this one from my backlist: www.choiceofgames.com/plays-the-th... #interactivefiction

The first ad for Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926

AAAAAH there is a new Astreiant novel coming out from @blueterraplane.bsky.social ! How did I not know? I absolutely love this series--mystery/fantasy/smidge of romance in matriarchal-medieval city.

Don't want to buy #ebooks from a billionaire? Try buying them from a thousandaire... the one who wrote them. 😄 Pre-holiday sale prices are back, as I figure people can really use them around now. (Offer not valid in UK due to Brexit: sorry, GB friends.) dduane.link/EBDBundles #booksky

today is Candlemas, a cross-quarter day, and an old novella of mine, Quarter Days, begins on Candlemas 1919 and moves through the year's quarter days, as some people learn to live now the war is over (plus there's magic, loving friendship & a public inquiry) giganotosaurus.org/2015/12/01/q...

#Booksky Sapphic book reader? Want to get your books on a sapphic-owned indie platform? You can find a selection of our titles at our storefront at @bellabooks.bsky.social distro! www.bellabooks.com/category/pub...