Eddie really understood what I was doing with the trilogy - THANK YOU EDDIE! “The series as a whole is a fascinating exploration of colonialism, modernity, and extractivism, while never neglecting character or setting…” @solarisbooks.bsky.social

Good summary from a reliable source. #Mask #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Start the New Year with a New Fantasy Series! And here's a Solaris selection to get you going... @natania.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @mattfnwallace.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @ldcolter.com‬ and more!

ALSO everyone go read Caskey’s The Door on the Sea. I enjoyed it SO MUCH (that I blurbed it!) 🚪🌊

That's the end of 2025...and on to 2026. The perfect time to finish one book...and pick up a sequel! Ft @csecooney.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @natania.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social & more! All out now!

It’s always been difficult for my books to get through or even sometimes to find readers, so I am eternally grateful for those who do find them and advocate for them. 🙏🏼🌟

Then I found this trilogy of novellas and was fascinated by them. I wanted more, but what I got was great. Good world building that refused to hold your hand about things. And then I was like OH I DO LIKE READING and dove right into it again with joy. Automatic Noodle was a DELIGHT

Genre rules are only guidelines anyway! Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device? We've got all that and more! 1/3

Still time to enter to win the full trilogy! 🐉🐲

We do not have a three French hens, but we DO something else with wings for...a complete set of @karinlow.bsky.social 's THE CROWNS OF ISHIA novella trilogy! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a dragon 🐲 in the comments to [email protected] 6 23:59 GMT. #booksky🪐📚💙

@aptshadow.bsky.social’s Children of Time @brianstaveley.bsky.social’s Unhewn Throne @byzantienne.bsky.social’s Memory Called Empire / Desolation Called Peace @karinlow.bsky.social’s Warchild @annleckie.com’s Ancillary Justice

The holidays is the perfect time to binge a complete book series, & we're here to enable this with a selection of Solaris Books! Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social

The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone. I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series! 👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social 🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social 💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social ...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!

It's #bookqw, the word is #blue Because I love this book so very much, I'm sharing this with you! @dawbooks.bsky.social

Get the shots. Stay alive. COVID-19 mRNA vaccination linked to a 25% lower chance of death FROM ANY CAUSE. This is huge. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Going to post my short stories that’re online for new readers who’ve met my writing thru Crowns of Ishia. I posted LYCEUM before; here’s ENEMY STATE, first appeared in the antho “War Stories”. It’s about a man left behind when his love goes to war in space. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=UFe6... Excited for this classic kind of alien lore film (from Steven Spielberg no less) for reasons… 👽🛸

How about a selection of Solaris' Wintery reads? Ft. @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @emmasternerradley.bsky.social @koldholdt.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social & more! Which one will you pick up?

8. The Desert Talon by Karin Lowachee! I yelled so much about this novella trilogy early this year, and I YELL NOW AGAIN. This is the second, they're all out now, and they're an indigenous take on a western (as in cowboys, etc) story with dragons. SUCH dragons. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-desert...

I've signed onto this petition and passing word on.

Now complete: THE CROWNS OF ISHIA, @karinlow.bsky.social 's novella trilogy of indigenous dragonriders seeking to live in balance with the land, resist those that oppress them and find love and family on the frontier concludes in A COVENANT OF ICE. Buy now: geni.us/ishia

And reviews, please, even if the book isn’t new. If you loved it, write about it! Please and thank you!

Look at this big stack of (most) of the sequels that we've published in 2025! Ft @csecooney.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @natania.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social & more! Which did you enjoy/are looking forward to most?

The horror in Welcome To Derry isn’t Pennywise. 😑

A note for those submitting poetry to The Deadlands! We're open for the first three weeks of December, OR until we hit 350 subs-- whichever comes first. So GET IN THERE if you've got POEMS ABOUT DEATH (in any way, shape, or form)! psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

As we've had a lot of new followers join us recently, we thought now would be a good time to reshare our bumper Starter Pack of superb Solaris Authors! Everyone that we can find on BlueSky, all in one place, to light up your feed with feline shenanigans, strong opinions on jam & of course - BOOKS!

🚨SALE ENDS TONIGHT! Snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) https://geni.us/Solarissale And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!

Still a couole days left! 🐉

Snap up some superb indigenous fantasy series starters in our 0.99 eBook sale! Dive into @karinlow.bsky.social 's CROWNS OF ISHIA novella series (now complete!) where indigenous dragons riders struggle to protect their community & homeland in the face of a gold rush. https://geni.us/Solarissale

Don't sleep on this one!0

This book is genuinely excellent. One of my favourites or last year and it great example of the novella as an actual form rather than a cut-down novel. Absolute steal at under a buck.

Monthly round up! We covered four books on Bar Cart Bookshelf this November: time loops and yearning, the end of the world and the oddities of Oz, lady knights, skeleton kings, glacial dragons, witches and wit and wiles. Have you seen all this month's episodes? Have you tried the drinks?

Get The Mountain Crown ebook for 0.99! shop.rebellion.com/collections/...

If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!

I just wanted to say, unlike these fine writers, I’m not indigenous. My books are inspired in part by the effects of colonialism on communities worldwide. My ancestors emigrated to South America and the Caribbean mostly from Asia & South Asia. I hope my books contribute to the convo of indigeneity.

The holiday shopping onslaught is upon us, and per Transfer Orbit tradition, I've rounded up a handful of special books, items, and other stuff to consider for the nerd-inclined person in your life. You can read it here: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/nerd-holiday...

As you’re gearing up to spend the holidays with your family, members of Congress are prioritizing ways to strip protections for wolves and other endangered species. The happiest time of year for people, isn’t looking so happy for wildlife. Speak up and take action:📣 https://bit.ly/3Xmvcwz

Hear my full review of A COVENANT OF ICE by @karinlow.bsky.social (available now from @solarisbooks.bsky.social) and see how the drink is made at Bar Cart Bookshelf on YouTube. youtu.be/8nKyG0wuU60

Thank you so much for this fun and thoughtful review! Your drinks are PERFECT matches to the books 😄🐉❄️ @solarisbooks.bsky.social

A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Lowachee - queer MCs - gunslinging dragonriders - traveling to the frozen north will fix us - and if not, at least we'll have a little vengeance as a treat - 3rd in CROWNS OF ISHIA series

gotta love whatsapp is demanding i give it full access to ALL my contacts and won’t remove the inistent banner otherwise. well that banner can stay forever, i limit its access for a reason. same as with my photos.

So, um, if anyone has any pennies in the couch cushions they could send my way, my neighbor just found these in his shed. He knows I “help kittens” and well, here we are. They’re underweight and filthy, and the smallest one worries me, but we’ll get him bathed and fed and figure things out. /1

Time to take cues from Sisu on how to handle N*zis and other bad actors in the world (we know who they are). Sisufy them! m.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSt...

publicmedia.co/bridge-fund/ Be like Mr Rogers and support public media 🙏🏼 A vital resource for local, often underserved communities.

“…the ones who love and value what you are making, and the weirdoes who are just like you, the ones who maybe haven't found your work yet, but when they do, it will mean something to them. That's who you're doing this for, not the folks who only buy what the New York Times tells them to.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Interested in our novel workshop, but concerned about the financial commitment? Don't count yourself out! Thanks to generous donors, we have three full-tuition scholarships available. We're excited to see our next cohort! Applications due November 13th, 2025. www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...

Want to keep #LocusMag thriving? It can be as easy as following us on YouTube or join our Patreon! Your support helps us bring amazing SFF content to readers everywhere: linktr.ee/locusmagazine#LocusMag