Our Kickstarter for the Twinned trilogy by Tris Lawrence has under 48 hours left! We just hit our first stretch goal, at $3,000! Our next is a thousand bucks away - it's a stretch (ha!), but not out of reach if y'all help spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚 🧵 (1/2)

Happy book birthday to this excellent fantasy anthology I recommend all the time for its rich exploration of stories by disabled authors!

It is getting harder to see it these days, but I always hold on to this quote from Samwise in LOTR: "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for."

Commit to the Kick is the first book of the Twinned trilogy. The whole trilogy is funding NOW on Kickstarter! CHECK IT OUT: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... (Kickstarter campaigns ends Jan 28 2026.) 🌈📚 📚💙

Unlock the secrets of a mystical tome with Codex Regenesis!🔑 An antiquarian bookseller recently vanished under strange circumstances, leaving only a copy of Codex Regenesis behind. Available everywhere books are sold and at our link: www.chroniclebooks.com/products/cod...

(1/2) FLARE is a year old! Woohoo! To celebrate, we're hosting our first writing contest: Strength in Stories Writing Contest, which is FREE to enter, but winners get PAID! Subs are open NOW through March 1st! Read the guidelines here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/contests/

ITS THAT TIME AGAIN

ME?!

2025 Recommended Books (no order, read this year): Dear Stupid Penpal, Rascal Hartley @rascalhartley.bsky.social Genre-meddling epistolary fun. Slow reveal done well, engaging characters. Perfect read for a long dark night. On my "gift copies of this" list immediately. 4/?

Hey, look what was in that amazing box! It's REEF MIND from @hazelzorn.bsky.social and DEAR STUPID PENPAL from @rascalhartley.bsky.social and bonus stuff and frankly I spent so much time writing the Alt-Text that I'm just gonna lie on the floor and space out for a bit. Thank you for your indulgence.

And if you wanna check out @rascalhartley.bsky.social’s DEAR STUPID PENPAL for yourself: YOU SHOULD. store.tenebrouspress.com

Aaaah! I'm so glad you liked it! And please give your dog my love 🥺💛

Lining up projects for next year, so drop me a line if you would like to work together on something exciting! Portfolio- carlydraws.com

Solid ground beneath your feet? That means death💀 Get to the water. KAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.social is out in February. Preorder here: store.tenebrouspress.com Cover art by @kerissonlp.bsky.social Interior art by @blackyshep.bsky.social

give the gift of a reminder of your own mortality this season! :-D

Reading The Kingkiller Chronicles. Ademic is Toki Pona and not even Rothfuss can change my mind

🐺 A downtrodden ex-soldier. 🦭 A lost inn-owner. ❤️ Blossoming feelings. 🗡️ A dead body. 🏝️ An island, where justice is deadly. Selkie x werewolf Urban fantasy! Buy direct: tinyurl.com/DPPSalt duckprintspress.itch.io/the-salt-in-... GR: tinyurl.com/ys57r2rm TSG: tinyurl.com/2shv5aed 📚🌈📚💙📚🪐

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Had me in the palm of its hand every step of the way. I don’t know if I’ve been bowled over more by a book this year. Kind of mad at it TBH" Us too, reader. Us too. @rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is leaving scars of a different sort on folks; we're here for it🖤☠️

@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @hazelzorn.bsky.social 👀💛 lithub.com/100-notable-...

CR: Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social. Pairing experimental queer space opera w/ the latest Sanguisugabogg record seems like the right thing to do. @tenebrouspress.bsky.social w/ the never ending bangers. #BookSky #SpeculativeFiction #QueerFiction #SFF #ScienceFiction

Just read "Dear Stupid Penpal" by @rascalhartley.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social in one go. Wonderful novella, absolutely top notch. Finished it with a big smile on my face.

Reading at the airport, and what a book! Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social is so good! I’m enjoying it immensely. #booksky 📚🩵

Really loved this book! Stayed up too late because I had to finish it. Check out DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social!

Bookmail today brought Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social. The packaging from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social press is just lovely! #booksky 💙📚🪐

Dear Stupid Penpal, by @rascalhartley.bsky.social (pub by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social) is an excellent epistolary novel that explores the strength of bonds amid the vastness and horror of space and time. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/dear... 💙📚

Book post is the best post. The last @tenebrouspress.bsky.social release for 2025 ends with 'Dear Stupid Penpal' by @rascalhartley.bsky.social Definitely on my Christmas break reading list.

Astronaut hates space, ship, other crew members💀 Not too fond of his assigned penpal either (at first)💀 Shit goes bananas at the edge of the universe💀 Time gets crazy💀 People die💀 Cosmic Horror💀 ...Meet Cute?❤️ DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social OUT NOW: store.tenebrouspress.com

"...unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller. Readers will be on the edges of their seats." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186

WITCHKING grotty fantasy inspired old fantasy mags and ttrpg books print? in my US printshop (sale on at the moment!) www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl... #art #fantasy #bsnm

Crowdfunding to fund our next erotic anthology, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, is live on Kickstarter! 16 queer monsterfucking stories, gorgeous merch, and a steaming hot collection you won't want to miss. Check out our campaign today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚

In my new interview with author Rascal Hartley about their dramatic / romantic #ScienceFiction #CosmicHorror with a little #fantasy epistolary novella "Dear Stupid Penpal," they explain how it started out as "What We Do In The Shadows" fan fiction. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀

I always love these interviews; I end up learning things about the books we put out that I feel like I shoulda known already😂 @paulsemel.bsky.social has an excellent interview up with @rascalhartley.bsky.social talking about the origins of DEAR STUPID PENPAL & more! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

Excuse me, it is the release day for DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social, put forth by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, & I really think y'all should all know that. Esp. since you can buy the ebook directly from them for $3.99. It is that easy to have this queer sci-horror in your life.

📖🎉 Happy 11/11 Release Day to Dear Stupid Penpal ✍🏼 by @rascalhartley.bsky.social - the first book I’ve written a blurb for 🖤 ✨A joyously weird tale of unexpected genre mashups, overwhelming odds, quotable lines, and queer romance that even the most jaded cynic can't help but get swept up in.✨

Can't tell you what it means to see so many of our usual readers taking a chance & getting swept up in the cosmic beauty of @rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL today. Some days we need to sit in all our feels. If you're up for it, this is one rewarding ride: store.tenebrouspress.com

Happy release day ! Go peep my review of @rascalhartley.bsky.social s truly phenomenal book from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social . Then go buy a copy. And one for your local library.

Happy book release day! 🌟⭐️

We're celebrating International Games Weeks with queer games! SO MANY queer games! Visit our blog to see this list in text format and get links on where you can get these video games, ttrpgs, and one (1) card game: duckprintspress.com/2025/11/07/i...

DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social is out tomorrow, & today I wanna showcase some of the details of @carlydraws.bsky.social's gorgeous cover, because sometimes the eye doesn't catch those things against a black sky. Order your copy here: store.tenebrouspress.com

I loved this so much and I wholeheartedly agree, it is a book that transforms you. I read it months ago and still think of it all the time. Absolutely beautiful and weird and excellent.

After returning from Adabel, Onder is lost. But when a new path opens for him, he is hesitant to walk it. With the future of the tribe on the line, will he be able to secure his own freedom or bow to pressure? 📚🪐📚💙📚🌈📚🤏 Companion to "The Edge of a World" DL/Buy: jdrivers.itch.io/the-path-the...

Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.

Hails to The Line-Up! They agree that @rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is a must-read. This unique blend of sci-fi, cosmic horror, buddy comedy & romance is one of the best things you'll read all...ever. Out next Tuesday, order now here: store.tenebrouspress.com

From today's newsletter: "Not as many people will read DEAR STUPID PENPAL as *should*. But the ones who do? Get ready to hear them talking about it a whole lot, for a long time to come. This book changes people. It changed me." Preorder @rascalhartley.bsky.social's debut: store.tenebrouspress.com

I like to think that, every few books, we yeet a new one into existence that catches even our core audience off guard; the ones who put their full faith in us, knowing that the ride will at least be memorable. @rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is one. I'm dying to see yr reactions🖤☠️

I'm at it again with the book reviews. Check out my adoring rambles about Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social, published by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social: www.leootherland.com/post/dear-st...

Test pressing looks damn gorgeous. @rascalhartley.bsky.social’s genre-blurring Cosmic Sci-Horror Queer Romance epistolary novel DEAR STUPID PENPAL is out in less than two weeks! Preorder it here: store.tenebrouspress.com

"A joyously weird tale...that even the most jaded cynic can't help but get swept up in" - @ideofmarch.bsky.social Thrilling Sci-Fi, Cosmic Horror, & Love that spans light years🚀💀 @rascalhartley.bsky.social's brilliant DEAR STUPID PENPAL launches November 11: store.tenebrouspress.com

Our 35th(?!) book is out next month. Here’s the full cover wrap for @rascalhartley.bsky.social’s DEAR STUPID PENPAL, featuring stellar art by @carlydraws.bsky.social Cosmic Horror x Queer Romance in an entirely epistolary story. You gotta read it to believe it🖤☠️ Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com

Hate when I have two ideas for a scene and one is obviously better but the other has a very funny joke. Like how am I meant to choose in these conditions