Shawn Speakman
@shawnspeakman.com
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Writer. Editor. SF&F bookstore owner. Currently writing: Wyrmbane
I love the act of writing. But sometimes just sitting with my coffee and letting a story percolate until I know where its first two acts end is a better use of the caffeine. ❤️🔥🦾
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I’m pretty tired. Think I’ll go home now.
24 days ago
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Kristin Pratt
about 2 months ago
OMG this is nearly at 10x the initial goal and it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet! Congrats to
@shawnspeakman.com
and all the authors, artists and editors involved in this
#Unbroken
Kickstarter! Can’t wait to read my hardcover!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...
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Anthony Ryan
about 2 months ago
Well how about that. Congrats to Peter Orullian and
@shawnspeakman.com
!
#BookSky
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Mcbookaldson 📚🎮🏴
about 2 months ago
Can’t believe how quick it funded! Well done
@shawnspeakman.com
and all Involved! 🎉👏👏👏
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about 2 months ago
Unbroken anthology announcement video by
@shawnspeakman.com
Kickstarter coming soon. (Never could have imagined my name appearing in a line-up like this)
#BookSky
youtu.be/e3_lJbXPhcs?...
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Announcing: Unbroken edited by Peter Orullian & Shawn Speakman
YouTube video by The Grim Oak Podcast
https://youtu.be/e3_lJbXPhcs?si=IvlJGpEAebcfhX3q
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about 2 months ago
This drops next week on April 21 and I can’t wait! So amazing
#SFF
authors are contributing, it’s going to be 800+ pages of awesomeness, edited by Peter Orullian and
@shawnspeakman.com
:)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...
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Coming soon: Unbroken: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
An anthology of SF&F stories from Brandon Sanderson & Peter Orullian, Christopher Paolini, Seanan McGuire, Matt Dinniman and many more.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unbroken/unbroken-new-tales-by-masters-of-fantasy?ref=profile_saved_projects_prelaunch&category_id=Q2F0ZWdvcnktNDc=
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Kristin Pratt
about 2 months ago
I mean, this is such a stacked lineup for this
#SFF
Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...
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Wheeee!
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3 months ago
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Dr.Mark
5 months ago
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No Fascists Day is upon us. Again.
8 months ago
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Tomorrow at
@powells.bsky.social
Cedar Hills.
8 months ago
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Vehement Valeman
8 months ago
Thank you
@terrybrooks.bsky.social
and
@shawnspeakman.com
for the FB live! A gloriously bright spot in an often dark world. Don’t have Facebook so you can add at least one lurker to your numbers Shawn;) Can confirm Mick Herron’s Clown Town is amazing, you’ll love it. Looking forward to next time!
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Tynemouth Canary
9 months ago
I'm still reading James Holland's 'Together We Stand'. I'm also dipping into the first volume of 'Unfettered' (ed.
@shawnspeakman.com
). I'm really enjoying discovering some new (to me) authors in there.
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Patrick Swenson - Fairwood Press
9 months ago
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!
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Scott Edelman
10 months ago
Now that I'm home, it's time to dig into my contributors copy of Grimoire: A Grim Oak Press Anthology for Seattle WorldCon 2025. I'm told all 750 hardcovers sold by Friday, and no more will be printed. But don't worry —
@shawnspeakman.com
tells me an ebook will soon be available. So watch the skies!
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Shauna Lawless
10 months ago
WorldCon Book Haul! Assassin’s Quest
@robinhobb.bsky.social
Darkblade
@andypeloquinauthor.bsky.social
Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam City in the Dragon’s Eye
@jordanloyalshort.bsky.social
Grimoire - a collection of stories edited
@shawnspeakman.com
Crossroads of Ravens by Andrzej Sapkowski
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Voters not taking responsibility for their actions is why we are in this mess. A vote matters. A vote has consequences. Every vote matters. And not voting is not the same as voting.
10 months ago
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Hemant Nayak -Fantasy Writer, ER doc, CROW & SHADOW 3/27 Del Rey
10 months ago
Was very grateful to sit down to dinner with
@shawnspeakman.com
and
@terrybrooks.bsky.social
for dinner - thank you Shawn !!!! and
@grimoakpress.bsky.social
for a chance to listen to Terry’s wisdom and
@mattdinniman.bsky.social
was there too as a tremendous bonus !!! So much fun!
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Fantasy Book Critic
10 months ago
Whoa TIL that
@shawnspeakman.com
& the terrific
@grimoakpress.bsky.social
are giving the special edition treatment to an iconic & highly underrated
@tadwilliams.bsky.social
series. The Otherland saga is one of my alltime faves & finally it’s getting the deluxe look & feel which it richly deserves
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Christopher Golden
10 months ago
TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!
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I have returned to writing Wyrmbane, my forthcoming novella that is influenced by Thornhedge, The Last Unicorn, and The Summer War. Details on my Patreon! Join FREE now.
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Writing Update: Wyrmbane | Shawn Speakman
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11 months ago
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Some news! I'm contributing a short story to UNBROKEN, an amazing anthology forthcoming to Kickstarter September 23rd.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...
Also, I uploaded to Patreon the first 18 chapters from my forthcoming sequel to The Dark Thorn.
www.patreon.com/posts/delive...
FUN TIMES!
11 months ago
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Well well well, the hat is back, Dresden friends! Art by Chris McGrath. Publishing in January.
11 months ago
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Martha Wells
11 months ago
If you missed it, there's a new Murderbot short story at:
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Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...
https://reactormag.com/rapport-martha-wells/
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Brian Tyler Cohen
11 months ago
When you’re definitely not guilty.
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Judd Legum
11 months ago
No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence.
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Delivering the third part of a planned four. Star-crossed lovers separated by magic. Join my Patreon. Just $3/month. Getting to work on that fourth and final part. Excited to wrap this up and get back to writing Wyrmbane!
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Delivering: A Kiss Between Water and Wood - Chapters 1-3 | Shawn Speakman
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11 months ago
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A new public post with pictures available on my Patreon, featuring news about the arrival of The Preferred Dark Thorn ARCs.
www.patreon.com/posts/delive...
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Delivering: The Preferred Dark Thorn ARC (Trade Paperback) | Shawn Speakman
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11 months ago
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Delivering Chapter 2 for A Kiss Between Water and Wood. The short story will be officially published in the Grimoire anthology at Dragonsteel Nexus this December by Grim Oak Press. Chapter 3 coming later this week. Join my Patreon for just $3 for new fantasy!
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John Scalzi
11 months ago
For once, a very good headline, and of course
@paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
is not wrong here
www.cpr.org/2025/07/12/i...
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Acclaimed Colorado sci-fi author: Future stupider than I imagined
Paonia writer Paolo Bacigalupi reflects on 10 years since the publication of his climate thriller “The Water Knife.”
https://www.cpr.org/2025/07/12/interview-paolo-bacigalupi-10-years-the-water-knife-novel/
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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11 months ago
For Murderbot Day, a great interview with Alexander Skarsgård!
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Alexander Skarsgård Breaks Down the "Messy and Complicated" 'Murderbot' Finale: "I Quite Enjoyed That Murderbot Didn't End Up Having Answers"
Skarsgård also discusses Murderbot's biggest relationships, why he likes the finale's open ending, and more.
https://collider.com/murderbot-finale-alexander-skarsgard/
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I'm seeing Superman in IMAX today. It is an emotional day. When being chemo-infused for both of my cancers, I wore a Superman t-shirt every day to treatment. But it goes back farther than that. Thoughts on my Patreon.
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Life Daily: Why I Can't Wait For Superman Today | Shawn Speakman
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11 months ago
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Martha Wells
11 months ago
Remember tonight:
reactormag.com/read-a-new-m...
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Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - Reactor
The new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of Apple TV+’s Murderbot
https://reactormag.com/read-a-new-murderbot-story-for-free-right-after-the-season-finale/
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New stuff on my Patreon. 😎
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A KISS BETWEEN WATER AND WOOD | Shawn Speakman
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11 months ago
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Stupid Is versus Stupid Does.
add a skeleton here at some point
12 months ago
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Guy Gavriel Kay
12 months ago
So
@shawnspeakman.com
of
@grimoakpress.bsky.social
just wrote to say the frontispiece page of their deluxe The Darkest Road is headed my way to be signed. I used to like him. (More seriously, with Fionavar done, we’ll start thinking about what to do next. They do have their ideas.)
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Question: Is it NO KINGS? Or NO KKKINGS? Answer: Yes.
12 months ago
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Fuck, I don’t even want to visit the United States. And I live here.
12 months ago
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12 months ago
A nice interview setting up my event in Santa Cruz, Tuesday.
www.goodtimes.sc/christopher-...
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More Moore, Please | Good Times
Christopher Moore, author of Lamb and Practical Demonkeeping, reads from his latest novel, Anima Rising at the London Nelson. The story from DNA.
https://www.goodtimes.sc/christopher-moore-at-london-nelson-center/
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Bill Corbett
12 months ago
We need answers about what happened on Alderaan and assurances from the Empire that it won’t happen again.
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She goes FULL fascist here. How many Nevalnys will this administrations create, arrest, and imprison?
add a skeleton here at some point
12 months ago
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I'm shipping out books signed by
@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
and
@djangowexler.bsky.social
, and watching Gavin Newsom murder Trump's inane online babble. Fun times.
12 months ago
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I alone will make Superman a blockbuster. That’s how many times I plan on going,
@jamesgunn.bsky.social
.
12 months ago
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With all the world's bullshit, it is still lovely to have a day where I visit
@djangowexler.bsky.social
to sign books and chat, text with Matt Dinniman about the state of publishing, plan a new publishing company, and get a sketch from
@jmaddalina.bsky.social
for a secret project. Fun still exists.
12 months ago
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Writing update on this beautiful Monday morning!
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Writing Update: Sir Bevalor and the River Knight | Shawn Speakman
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12 months ago
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I need this. Now.
about 1 year ago
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