Did I forget to post about books I read in 2025? Yep, mostly. Here's most of the 1st quarter of the year reads, and more to come for the other 3 quarters. I hit 80 books read, not counting things I read for Fairwood Press. More specifics on my Insta and FB.

A late birthday gift from a friend. Maybe just in time for New Year's?

Birthday and Christmas gift to my self pics I forgot to post mid December! With bow, and snow.

Before You Toss That Book … www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...

Wednesday's review is a bulletin from the redoubtable @rachelcordasco.bsky.social. On K.A. Teryna's collection,Black Hole Heart, translated for @patrickswenson.bsky.social by Alex Shvartsman: "genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations."

With a lot of posts discussing year end awards, I wanted to highlight a book which seemingly has gone under the radar. Rich Larson's short story collection Changelog is a must read IMO & should be on all the year end lists. Get a copy today from @patrickswenson.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SciFisky

Almost every title on the Fairwood Press website is discounted about 10-15% or more when you order there. During December, get an ADDITIONAL 15% off ANY title! (These are limited to in stock books from Ye Ole Fairwood office, while supplies last.) Use code: FAIR15 Go to: www.fairwoodpress.com

SPACE TRUCKER JESS has traveled far in such a short time. Looks like +100s of people have it in their queue on Goodreads, and I'm looking forward to seeing Jess travel. I'm also reminding myself that the galaxy is huge, and Jess hasn't reached her destination yet. @patrickswenson.bsky.social

EPHEMERA, the 3rd volume of Jack Cady's collected short fiction, is now out. It's the 14th Fairwood edition of his work overall. Available at the fairwoodpress dot com site, or elsewhere, with these links: books2read.com/u/4AekkK

Heading back in a few hours from the writing retreat, from Loon Lake 🇨🇦 to home 🇺🇸

Heading home this afternoon from the Loon Lake Writing retreat in 🇨🇦🍁. Great time, met lots of new people, very productive writing time. I was here Monday through Thursday. I was the one American and the only guy of the bunch!

Still no power and no clue when it'll be restored. Bored outta my skull now. I read until the light was too bad, worked on novel on laptop til almost dead. Now 80% phone battery all that's left, the last charges from my power bank depleted. Car stuck in garage, can't get the door open to go anywhere

Still no power, but here's a pic of my tree yesterday in the sun before the storm hit.

Power's out, south end of Seattle, Tacoma.

Title page for @k-a-teryna.bsky.social 's BLACK HOLE HEART story collection, out today.

A great writer! I was pleased to publish her recently on StarShipSofa. Consider this a sample designed to encourage you to buy the book: www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2025/09...

Happy book birthday to @k-a-teryna.bsky.social's BLACK HOLE HEART! Translated by Alex Shvartsman, the story collection is out in the world in print and ebook.

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories — my first English collection is live and available for every good person, cat and canary on Amazon and other markets: www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Hole-H... Congrats and huge thanx to translator @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and publisher @patrickswenson.bsky.social

There's a new interview up today with CHANGELOG author Rich Larson over at @clarkesworldmagazine.com conducted by @arleysorg.bsky.social Rich talks about creative joy & nostalgia publishing collections (To date with 200+ published short stories out there!) clarkesworldmagazine.com/larson_inter...

Here's the full cover of K.A. Teryna wonderful collection BLACK HOLE HEART, translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social. Coming middle of October. Artwork and design by the author. Also, a wonderful review has posted in STRANGE HORIZONS. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

It's SH's 25th birthday! Three reviews as ever this week, with the first from @rachelcordasco.bsky.social: a short fiction collection from KA Teryna, translated Alex Shvartsman for @patrickswenson.bsky.social's Fairwood Press. "The stories in Black Hole Heart refuse to be labeled," Rachel writes.

Book 61 of 2025 Changelog by Rich Larson A must read of 2025 for SF readers! Larson drops you into a fleshed out world in a few short passages. This one should be nominated for all the year end awards! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #sciencefiction #booksreadin2025 #sf www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Thank you! It's a great one, so much fab stuff in there.

I see 3 September Fairwood covers releasing this month! Two are mentioned in the text, with a few more lists to come.

Official book birthday for Shifter and Shadow, out today from Fairwood Press!

New @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social book!

🎉BOOK RELEASE DAY FOR ONE LAST GAME 🎉 I can’t believe this dystopian book is now free into the world 🌎 NOVELLA CONTAINS 👇🏽 ♟️ lethal board games 🥘 so much food 🌱 eco friendly dystopia 🔪 overthrowing immoral governments 🩸 betrayal 🌁 the nightmare version of Karl the fog #newbook #scifibook

The post is up today on @scalzi.com's The Big Idea for @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social's new novel SHIFTER AND SHADOW. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/09/t...

Fairwood celebrates TWO book birthdays today. Happy book birthday also to @authortachan.bsky.social! Her novella ONE LAST GAME is out today.

Happy book birthday to @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social! SHIFTER AND SHADOW is out today.

Great review!

CHANGELOG by Rich Larson is featured today on The Big Idea, on @scalzi.com's WHATEVER. A VERY personal story of Rich's grandmother and the link to writing stories. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/03/t...

I really, really, really don't need another book, but this has moved to the top of my must have list!! Like a true addict, I've been watching the craving ebb & wane and waiting for when it tips over to the buying. Trying to hold out, but who am I kidding? #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #sciencefiction #sf

Join us next week with Fran Wilde & Shiva Kumar for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Wednesday, September 10th, 7pm, at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @franwilde.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to Rich Larson's new collection CHANGELOG! It ROCKS, and it's available from Fairwood Press's site, many venues online, or order at your fave store.

I had the great pleasure of visiting the @grimoakpress.bsky.social warehouse yesterday to sign 500 copies of GRIMOIRE that debuted at the Seattle Worldcon. I was lucky to be able to sign alongside @shawnspeakman.com, @katogden.bsky.social, and Megan Lindholm!

Side by side ... I sold a few books at the Fairwood Press table at Worldcon. Best sales con ever...by almost double.

And I missed the interview link with @franwilde.bsky.social earlier last week about her new collection at Paul Semel's site:

Interview with @kenscholes.bsky.social about his new collection that debuted at Worldcon is live over at Paul Semel's site.

I was soooooo busy at Worldcon in the dealer room (a GOOD thing) that I completely failed (aka had no extra brain waves or time) to post or repost here. So much great stuff. Posts now will be after the fact, but overall, it was all fabulous 👌

Fairwood Press will be in the dealer room at Worldcon. Come see us and our authors! The dealer room will be located on the 2nd floor of the convention center. We have two tables, #107-108. The 1st map represents the basic idea of where we are. The 2nd pic shows you more specifically.

First of 3 interviews appearing this week for August books is up at Paul Semel's website. Here, he talks with @bjcooper.bsky.social, whose new collection WHEN MOTHERS DREAM is out tomorrow! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

My car, packed with books, shelves, and display stuff for Worldcon! Looks like I'll have to strap @tachyonpub.bsky.social 's Jacob Weisman to the roof.

Worldcon forecast, folks. It'll be in the 90s the 1st few days, then cooling on Wednesday some, and upper 60s mid 70s and rain the rest of the con. As for now, anyway.

And also in early September, last of the 3 to show (and available early at Worldcon), here's the full cover of SHIFTER AND SHADOW by @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social

It's Saturday. You needed books. The Fabulous Publisher Babe(tm) [aka my wife] edits and publishes MCM www.mysterycrimeandmayhem.com 😍

Hey friends, need something good to read? Head over to Stone Soup! With many thanks to @sarahgailey.bsky.social, my wonderful host!

Second September book, and one of 6 books debuting at Worldcon. Here's the full cover of ONE LAST GAME by debut author @authortachan.bsky.social

Since 3 September books will be at my Worldcon table next week, and 3-4 weeks later they come out officially, I'm posting THOSE 3 full covers, too. The earliest, September 2, is CHANGELOG by the ultra cool @richlarsonwrites

If you're at Worldcon next week and want to catch some Fairwooders, come to the Fairwood table in the dealer room. I'm hosting fab authors! Look also for Carrie Vaughn, Erica L. Satifka, Naomi Kritzer, Jack Skillingstead, Daryl Gregory, Emily C. Skaftun, Jacob Weisman, David Sandner, F. & Brett Cox