I'm curious. What's a traditionally published debut book you're excited about for 2026 written by an author of color? Let's create a lovely list! 💙📚

Indie publishers, ICYMI, #SmallPitch comes back this month for another pitching session! There's still time to sign up. In particular, we need more #kidlit publishers 👀

@teffeau.bsky.social 's Accelerated Growth Environment cover reveal is coming soon, but first, we asked Lauren a few questions so you can get to know her a little bit better. To read the questions and her answers check out Lauren's author page at www.shirakipress.com/lauren-c-tef...

We're excited to ring in the new year by announcing the sale of LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW by @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social, a cosy folklore fantasy about working with—not against—the natural and paranormal world. Coming fall 2026!

Happy New Year #WritingCommunity friends! January means a new year and also a #SmallPitch session. As a reminder, you can find all info about the event on our website ⬇️ If there's a question not answered in our guidelines or FAQ, feel free to ask by commenting on this post.

Before we open the Small Spec Book Awards Nominations Form tonight at midnight, we’d like to discuss all the changes we are making to the awards in 2026. You can find all of these changes reflected in updates on our webpage. You can also find them here. 🧵👇 #SSBA #SSBA2026

I've been living under a rock for the past ten days (aka being on vacation and binge playing Hades 2) so I completely missed @myleejmiller.bsky.social's glowing review of my novella The Seventh Sister posted on SFF Insiders. Thanks again Mylee 💙

2025 was insanely busy but I still managed to read 60+ books. Here is my top 12! #BookSky #BookRecommandations #Fantasy #Horror #SciFi

Hi! There are a TON of signed copies of THE KING MUST DIE and THIS WORLD IS NOT YOURS at Books Inc. in Palo Alto! What are they about, you ask? TKMD is about a reluctant rebel who teams up with a necromancer to save her friends, and TWINY is about a doomed colonization project on a sentient planet.

For those of you over on Instagram, I'm giving away 5 codes to get a free audiobook of A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE! Enter here: www.instagram.com/p/DSnU28vjz_...

“Write to the market.” You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.

Absolutely! "CASUAL" dives deep into the human condition in a dystopian setting. As Philip K. Dick said, “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” 🪐📚 #Sc

2025 was insanely busy but I still managed to read 60+ books. Here is my top 12! #BookSky #BookRecommandations #Fantasy #Horror #SciFi

AMERICA! "Nine Goblins" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today! (possibly also for Nook and Apple Books)

Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Casual by @kojiadae.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Technically sci-fi but a STUNNING parable about class and bodily autonomy featuring a woman forced to choose between her unborn child and the gaming app that controls her mental health

Heyo! Want a signed copy of The King Must Die? There are a bunch at Fireside Books & More, Redwood City's new indie bookstore! You can visit in person (highly recommend--it's lovely) or shoot them an email: orders[at]firesiderwc.com firesiderwc.com

My ambitious 2026 TBR has evolved into "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"; and it's time for the first part (I would say there are a few more). First part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog: jamreads.com/articles/a-j... 💙📚

We've been running a bit quiet lately because we've been heads-down producing our first slate of books, which are coming along great. We're excited to start sharing more soon! In the meantime, here's our latest: www.shirakipress.com/fine-tuning-...

Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

Indie publishers, small press owners: if you're interested in taking part in #SmallPitch, please fill out the form below! In July, authors pitched almost 1,000 books across genres and audiences. This is your chance to find your next acquisitions 👀 All info on our website (link in bio!) 🌊

Now that we’ve announced the ✨winners✨ of the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards, @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social & @millieabecassis.com are starting to plan for 2026. Do you want to join us in celebrating small & indie press writers? Why not join our team at the @specawards.bsky.social? 💙 #SSBA #SSBA2026

New review!!

And here's my review of Millie Abecassis's tight fairytale retelling of Little Red Riding Hood! This was the last of my officially-assigned #SFINCS books for Round 1, but I have a few more I plan to read & score (I'll do my best to review). beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie... #SFINCS3

Louder for those in the back! If you liked one of my books, leaving a review online is the best thing you can do to support my writing (besides recommending the book to your buddies!). It doesn't have to be long: short and sweet is perfect. A simple "I liked it!" is better than ✨ no review ✨

Reviews are the lifeblood of indie authors. In the last few years, reviews have trickled to a near standstill, which creates a conundrum: need readers to get reviews, but need reviews to get readers. If you take the time to write even a single sentence review, YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOU I LOVE YOU

SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊 This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike. Check our website for more details ⬇️

Today is the day! The audiobook of A Legacy of Blood and Bone is now available everywhere audiobooks are sold 🙌

Congratulations to all the winners, finalists, semifinalists, and nominees for participating in this year's @specawards.bsky.social! Huge thank to @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social for bringing me on the adventure and giving me the opportunity to contribute. I can't wait to see next year's nominees 👀

Congratulations to the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards winners! ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social) ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press) ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social) #SSBA #SSBA2025

My sincerest gratitude to everyone who participated in the @specawards.bsky.social this year! The small and indie press community is amazing. 💙✨ A special, gigantic thank you to my friend and SSBA cofounder, @millieabecassis.com who worked tirelessly to help me pull this off. You’re incredible! 💙💜💚

The winner in the sci-fi category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)! #SSBA #SSBA2025

The winner in the fantasy category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social)! #SSBA #SSBA2025

The winner in the horror category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)! #SSBA #SSBA2025

BEHOLD! Here's the fabulous cover of Being Aro, a multi-genre anthology of aromantic fiction edited by @rosieethor.bsky.social and @madelinetheauthor.bsky.social. Sam Prentice-Jones was the illustrator, and Rosie Stewart was the designer!

Heyo! There are several signed copies of The King Must Die at Noe Valley Books in SF and Walden Pond Books in Oakland! You can stop by in person or order online: ✨ noevalleybooks.com/list/kemi-as... ✨ www.waldenpondbooks.com

ARC sign-ups for Love Lethal, Death Divine are still open. If you want a dark fantasy love story, star-crossed lovers, Slavic gods and an unbearable amount of yearning, check it out forms.gle/PQcNtU243DaV...

psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨ #thecelestialseas #scifibooks

It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤

#SFFChat Q4: when the day lasts 27 hours, "noon" is at 1:30 pm! From my forthcoming novel The Color of Time.

#SFFChat Q3: Aaah great question! In the sci-fi novella I just finished drafting, aliens adopted the same duration for a second than what humans use because it works well for the planet they've invaded (not Earth, but a similar planet) but they have a centovigesimal (base 120) system!

#SFFChat Q2: By default, no 😅 but it's sometimes important for the timeline of events, so I'll go back to scenes to ensure I've taken it into account.

#SFFChat Q1: In my forthcoming novel The Color of Time, a day on the planet Phau is 27 hours! And yes, time has a color. Not literally, but symbolically 👀

Hey #SFFChat, I'm Millie, author of SFFH living in usually sunny but now rainy California! My favorite time of the day is probably dinnertime 🍽️

Je suis à 75% de "A Legacy of Blood and Bone" par @millieabecassis.com et j'ai à la fois : envie de le terminer, pas envie de le terminer, et envie d'en apprendre encore beaucoup plus sur cet univers et ses personnages !

Another commission, this one for @lness.bsky.social for her website! I'm a bug enthusiast so it was great fun to draw all the colourful bugs and portray them in a positive light.

You can win a copy of my sci-fi mystery novella by participating in today's challenge! Share an indie sci-fi book you loved and maybe you'll win another one that's definitely out of this world 💎🐋🏙️

It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and somehow it's not actually raining. To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone. www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter... #BookSky #AMoRaR