Advanced Reader Copies of The People's Library are here. Let me know if you'd like one (U.S. only, please). Only a few left!

Check out this essay about Margaret Cavendish! She's one of the historical characters in The People's Library (Feb 2026)

Happy pub day to The Time Traveler's Passport, an anthology of time travel stories from me, @rfkuang.bsky.social, @olivieblake.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @pengshepherd.bsky.social and Keliane Bradley! Follow the link below to find out more and to get it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CHTQ...

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_...

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!

Ok everything in @rsagarcia.bsky.social's thread is worth checking out, but calling out The Canopy Keepers by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social specifically too. I read it recently and loved it.

Thanks for putting these lists together and for the mention.🤗

This interview w/The Nerd Daily was a fun one that got to the heart of my reasons for writing this gently creepy novella. It also includes books I'm looking forward to, including work by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and @kjcharleswriter.com thenerddaily.com/eden-royce-p...

The Canopy Keepers is on sale today!

I'm discussing my haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance, w/cohost @veronicaghenry.bsky.social author on Oct 29 for @sistahscifi.bsky.social Wine Down Wednesday. Expect Gothic magic and Southern folklore - wine optional! Join us on the edge of the veil. 👻 sistahscifi.com/pages/events

I really like the Surrey International Writer's Festival. It should be happening right now. But they canceled their event because of the workers who are fighting for a fair deal from the hotel that usually hosts the convention. It was the right thing to do, but the cost to SIWC was $$$$$. help?

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

Tomorrow is the last day to snap up this bundle of signed 1st edition novels and support @thepixelproject.bsky.social in their goal of ending domestic violence against women and girls. thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsf... #booksky

Narrowing down my 2026 planner options. Anyone using a Hobonichi Weeks with fountain pens? Do the plastic covers get dirty quickly? Bonus points for pics.

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @sansromeo.bsky.social about "Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric Seraphim," a dark and provocative story of life, consciousness, and the mind-body problem. Read the story: tinyurl.com/hu4872mv And the interview: tinyurl.com/3capy2cu

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!

Since I'm spending a lot of time doing everything except what I need to be doing, here's one thing I've been meaning to do: This is the link for my upcoming book tour for Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World. Tour starts Oct 6. us.macmillan.com/tours/martha...

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

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...

ICYMI:The People’s Library- A thought-provoking science fiction set in near-future Cleveland, follows a reluctant curator of digital human consciousness who must uncover secrets & navigate ethical quandaries when anti-AI rebels attack the futuristic library. #ThePeoplesLibrary #booksky #blackbooksky

Here it is: the cover for The People’s Library Meet Echo London, reluctant curator of The People’s Library. And her creator—me! Coming February 3, 2026 - Preorder Now!!! 🙏 🙂 #SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #VeronicaGHenry #ThePeoplesLibrary #EchoLondon

I’m so excited for this!! If it’s successful there will definitely be more to come in the future in more places! Please come out!

THE PEOPLE’S LIBRARY holds history's greatest minds, and a pretty dark secret. Echo London never asked to guard the Library or its collection. She must decide which is more important, humanity's past or its future. 2-3-2026 #SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #ThePeoplesLibrary #EchoLondon #VeronicaGHenry

Not bound by shelves or walls, but a living digital archive of human consciousness itself. #SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #ThePeoplesLibrary #EchoLondon #VeronicaGHenry Photo by Lee Soo hyun on Unsplash

In a very different, near-future Cleveland, where technology blurs the line between life and death. Mark your calendars. THE PEOPLE’S LIBRARY hits shelves on February 3, 2026. Photo by DJ Johnson on Unsplash #SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #ThePeoplesLibrary #EchoLondon

What is The People’s Library? A futuristic archive of digital human consciousness—where the greatest minds and voices of history live on. But when rebels attack, its survival—and humanity’s—hang in the balance. Full cover reveal on Friday! #CoverReveal #ThePeoplesLibrary #booksky #blackbooksky

Today is National Buy a Book Day! Will you be marking the occasion? #NationalBuyABookDay #💙📚 #Booksky

Did you know? Giant sequoias can live for over 3,000 years? But wildfires have threatened even these ancient giants. This inspired The Canopy Keepers and A Breathless Sky (my Scorched Earth Duology). What happens when the most resilient beings on Earth are pushed to the edge? #ScorchedEarthDuology

Milestone unlocked! 🥳THE CANOPY KEEPERS has officially earned out! Thanks for every page turned, every late-night binge, every review. Want t see how it all ends? Snag a copy of A BREATHLESS SKY. 🙏 Let’s keep this canopy growing. #BookAnnouncement #TheCanopyKeepers #ABreathlessSky #ScorchedEarth

It’s finally here! Thank you so much to @reactorsff.bsky.social for ushering into the world the cover for my gothic horror THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED! Welcome to Villa Sepulveda…hope you survive your stay. 11/25/25 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social. Preorder info ⬇️ reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 5/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Congrats to @edenroyce.bsky.social on her Shirley Jackson award win!! 🥳

After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world. In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

My ARC of #psychopompandcircumstance by @edenroyce.bsky.social arrived!!!! So excited to read this Southern Gothic historical fantasy from one of my favorite writers!

My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...

Here we go - July's new SFFH hardbacks to look out for this month! Titles and authors in the alt text. #scifi #fantasy #horror #NewBooks 💙📚🪐

This one is for all the 'New Yorker Risings'! The spectacular @tiawilliams.bsky.social and myself chat about the real main character in our books...New York City?⁣ ⁣

This post is a month late because *life*...but I'm thrilled to share that EVERY VERSION OF YOU is out with Verve Books in print, e-book aaaand audio!!! My tender, haunting sci-fi baby about how to stay in love after mind-uploading into virtual reality (& other things)! Buy: geni.us/everyversion

No Substack but you can read my work on my site: troylwiggins.com/afrofantasy-... Getting email set up so subscribers can get special content too.

Earning out means that you've sold enough copies of your book so that the advance your publisher gave you has been paid back. I'm soooo close. Help The Canopy Keepers earn out so I can write more books 🙏🏾

The 3rd Mossa & Pleiti book comes out TOMORROW!!!! Great reviews, editors' pick ⬇️, gaslamp mystery where the gas is piped directly from the swirling mass of Jupiter, sapphic romance, petty academia, and very ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽. You have one day left to pre-order!!!

One week and one day until this bad girl drops! *Deep time archeology *Pirates *your toxic ex shows up at your big break new job *Take your angry teenaged daughter to work (at the edge of the universe) *STEM lesbians in space! And your wife is an alien badass books2read.com/b/mBB0QZ?edi...

Did you know: General Charles Young was the 1st Black National Park Superintendent. He was tasked with managing and maintaining the park featured in my Scorched Earth Duology - Sequoia National Park. Read more here: www.nps.gov/chyo/learn/h... #TheCanopyKeepers #ABreathlessSky

Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated: gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

Posting the IMDB link with the full cast and crew. I am so proud and grateful to everyone who worked so hard on this show. www.imdb.com/title/tt3044...

Book news!! I’m thrilled to share the cover for the Slovakian, yes, Slovakian edition of The Canopy Keepers. The title translates to Guardians of the Treetops. It's out today!! #TheCanopyKeepers #abreathlesssky #clifi #Slovakia #translation

Did you know: Shelton Johnson is a ranger at Yosemite National Park. He contributed to the Ken Burns doc, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea". Also known for his advocacy of the "Buffalo Soldiers". www.nps.gov/media/video/... There's a similar ranger in #TheCanopyKeepers #ABreathlessSky

Pre-order The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery now. @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social is not only a fantastic editor, he can tell one heck of a story too.

Did you know: Cathay Williams joined the U.S. Army (1886) under the name William Cathay. She was the only female Buffalo Soldier. There's a character in my Scorched Earth duology based on her. More from the National Park Service here: www.nps.gov/people/cwill... #TheCanopyKeepers #ABreathlessSky