Janny Wurts
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Fantasy author/illustrator, Wars of Light and Shadow series.
https://paravia.com/JannyWurts/
Happy New Years' reading, and I cannot wait for your next in the Drowned Kingdom Saga in April!
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I was not informed this was happening! Bargain!
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Julia Rios
about 17 hours ago
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it!
www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
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A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
https://www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-end-2025-worlds-of-possibility-volume-2/
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Subterranean Press
about 15 hours ago
Time for the last giveaway of 2025/first giveaway of 2026! The Best of
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has been selling briskly -- comment with a book you're looking forward to next year to win an ARC! Ends Jan. 5 at noon ET, open int'l. Preorder here:
subterraneanpress.com/tchaikovsky-...
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Gregory A. Wilson
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Sticking to my promise to be better about mentioning these things--the first two books of the award-winning Gray Assassin Trilogy are now available in audio, narrated by the incomparable
@trendane.bsky.social
. Please check them out, and spread the word! :D
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Martha Wells
1 day ago
The next Murderbot book, Platform Decay, is also available in the Barnes & Noble preorder sale:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platform-d...
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Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries #8)|Hardcover
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of g...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platform-decay-martha-wells/1148028623?ean=9781250827005
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Martha Wells
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The trade paper edition of Queen Demon, which will be out next September, seems to also qualify for the preorder sale, if you've been holding off waiting for a good deal on it:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queen-demo...
(It's already out in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.)
#booksky
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Queen Demon|Paperback
A USA Today Bestseller!From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen D...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queen-demon-martha-wells/1146167707?ean=9781250826930
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What a delightful surprise!
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Wars of Light and Shadow peeps, heads up!
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#349: The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts - Part 1 (The Wars of Light and Shadow #1)
YouTube video by Green Team of the Legendarium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBvn2Lhmubc
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True power of authority steers only personal choices: what services to use or support, what ethical line won't be crossed, when to participate, and how to be happy. This matters. Strength sets the example that inspires change by doing. Weakness lectures others who don't agree with an opinion.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
5 days ago
My novel NOOR was a clue in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, 😃.
#Africanfuturism
FTW. 🇳🇬
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
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New books from me from Tor UK - this starts with Children of Strife next year and will continue with some standalone books after that.
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It is on sale for this month - so is Master of Whitestorm.
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Merry Christmas Eve! And may your 2026 bring you joy, wonder, great books, and surprises that sparkle!
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Scott Edelman
12 days ago
Happy birthday to
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! Celebrate her latest spin around the run by eavesdropping on our lunch on an episode of Eating the Fantastic, during which she shares why Samuel R. Delany’s The Motion of Light in Water is "a lifesaving book" — and more.
www.scottedelman.com/2016/12/23/b...
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Kitty Chandler
12 days ago
Lighting the beacons for a friend of a friend: does anyone have connections to or information about transition care organizations and locations in Minnesota, US? Specifically for overweight people.
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What the ACTUAL hell? SFWA was founded to PROTECT writers' rights. Not to grant sanction to undermine them. Not give them over to machines. Up has become Down. This is flat INSANE.
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HAPPENING! Huge thanks to the book community! Preorder link:
www.audible.com/series/The-W...
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“A bad king revels in his importance. A good one hates his office. He spends himself into infirmity quashing deadly little plots to make power the tool of the greedy.”
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Wars of Light and Shadow/2 more volumes coming in Audio Book, Colin Mace narrating: Ships of Merior/4/5/26 and Warhost of Vastmark, 4/19/26! Preorders:
www.audible.com/series/The-W...
Perfect series starter, Curse of the Mistwraith, (already available) Ships & Warhost completes Arc II. Let's go!
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The Wars Of Light And Shadow
Listen to The Wars Of Light And Shadow audiobooks on Audible. Immerse yourself in the series as it was meant to be heard. Free trial available!
https://www.audible.com/series/The-Wars-Of-Light-And-Shadow-Audiobooks/B09RLTQWCY
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Ellen Kushner
17 days ago
OMG LOOK! All 4 Seasons of the Swordspoint Prequel *Tremontaine* Audio now available with HumbleBundle! Hours & hours (& hours) of stunning narration by 3 greats. Got a long holiday drive ahead? Let the scheming Duchess Tremontaine, keep you entertained and wide awake on the road!
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Humble Audiobook Bundle: Shadows, Stars & Screams: Epic Audiobooks & Dramas by Realm
We’ve teamed up with Realm for the latest Humble Audiobook Bundle. Chill out this winter with drama, comedy, storytelling, and more amazing shows and series!
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/shadows-stars-screams-epic-audiobooks-dramas-realm-books?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOtFdlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeI46XO6W43yyZOf6l0anTDZKfJBbwRQCV_f3YAwGtZQVlyy4ZFxwJC7ICiMk_aem_JOBz0Oh_b2lgeKaLzA3Y4Q
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Philip Chase
18 days ago
I’m already starting to feel like this read of all the published novels of Guy Gavriel Kay could be one of my favorite literary journeys!
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Livestream discussion for Grand Conspiracy, Wars of Light and Shadow vol 5 TODAY! at 1 PM ET, with Sylvia hosting at LIbrary Unbounded. Spoiler time will have warning! Join us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0R...
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Grand Conspiracy
YouTube video by Library Unbounded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0RKeRTXCQ
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue
19 days ago
What I would love more than anything for the holidays is for our two most shy mama cats to find their forever homes. Porsche, mom of the Auto Club kittens, since May this year. Shoyu, who is the mama of last year’s wonderful little grass Miso & Dashi, has been in our rescue since October *2024.*
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K Matar
23 days ago
Tempting you to grab BRIGHTWASH with some character art 👀 Both BRIGHTWASH and BRICK & BONE are part of Smashword’s huge year end sale! Come snag them both at 75% off and see what else you can find in the sale!
www.smashwords.com/sale
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Are you ready for the plunge?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjYS...
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The Wars of Light and Shadow - Trailer
YouTube video by Janny Wurts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjYSd9kTTe4
25 days ago
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Victoria Strauss
26 days ago
Here's a WGA membership scam that's going around. Fake email address, fake registration page link. Also, there's no plain WGA (it's either WGA East or WGA West); & WGA is for ppl in the movie biz, and does _not_ exist "to advocate for standout indie authors like you"
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Omar Rayyan
26 days ago
✨LAST DAY!✨ We're closing up shop tonight for our year-end break, and will re-open in January. If you wanted any Studio Rayyan goodies for gift giving, you better get gallopin'. Shop links in profile. 🐢
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Holy moly....read this! Note: with coffee or beverages NOWHERE near your keyboard. Chuck, I am ded.
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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato
about 1 year ago
I also have a patreon!
www.patreon.com/c/kristadb1
I have a lot of things already scheduled for 2025, including a new novel first draft for $3 patreons, and $5 patreons get a new world that I'm writing told through worldbuilding codices/stories (think video game codex or micro short stories).
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Get more from Krista D. Ball on Patreon
creating fiction, history tidbits, and cooking
https://www.patreon.com/c/kristadb1
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These are brilliant, topical, and unique with a lively wry humor that runs like a thread of gold throughout.
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30 days ago
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Reactor Magazine
30 days ago
Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
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Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
https://reactormag.com/cast-your-vote-for-the-best-sff-of-the-year/
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The Edinburgh Bookshop
30 days ago
Of course, we are a little biased, but we think our bookshop looks cosier than a penguin in a thermal sleeping bag. A little literary oasis of words and light, in the long winter night.
#books
#livres
#Edinburgh
#Edimbourg
#Bruntsfield
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Jeff VanderMeer
about 1 month ago
If you'd like personalized copies of the Southern Reach this holiday season and you live in the US, I've got you covered!
booksandtaps.com/shop/jeff-va...
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Elizabeth Bear
about 1 month ago
Your periodic reminder that you can order any of my in print titles, signed and personalized, from my wonderful local bookstore
@odysseybks.bsky.social
odysseybks.com/elizabeth-be...
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Elizabeth Bear Autographed Books
Request signed, personalized copies of Elizabeth Bear's recent work here! If you would like to request a title you don't see here, feel free to contact us t
https://odysseybks.com/elizabeth-bear-autographed-books
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Horned Lark Press
about 1 month ago
Tomorrow through Monday, all print books on our site will be on sale, 25-50% off! Your support of a small press that employs real folks & never uses AI for anything will not only make a great gift but give a nice middle finger to billionaires
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Kate(rpillar)
about 1 month ago
My favorite bookstore is about to level up and buy their building!!! 🤩 Go forth, and help them by buying books!
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Kobo has Master of Whitestorm e book on SALE TODAY, USA $1.99, CA $2.99. Sword and Sorcery tale of the making of a legendary hero.
about 1 month ago
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ADRIAN M. GIBSON 🍄 SFF Author & Book Designer
about 1 month ago
We’re going LIVE for the final
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episode of the year, chatting about our favorite reads with
@jajminton.bsky.social
and
@owwrpod.bsky.social
🎉 Join us LIVE on Dec. 1 at 8pm EST:
www.youtube.com/live/RBntoqs...
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Finale discussion thread for the group read of Curse of the Mistwraith is up at r/fantasy, join in and share your thoughts:
www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
about 1 month ago
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The can has officially lost. Pumpkin got cooked, scraped, and crammed through the sieve without any blowouts. We have enough for TWO YEARS!
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Didn't carve our Halloween pumpkins, and Don's decided to cook them and do PUMPKIN PIE FROM SCRATCH. My Joy of Cooking (Ancient!) tells how, but I have, (snort) canned pumpkin on the sly IN CASE. Make yer popcorn and place bets: does he survive straining the pulp or Must he be rescued by the CAN?
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Martha Wells
about 1 month ago
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025: May: "Data Ghost" in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Editors Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney It's also online at Pseudopod #995, Narrator Rae Lundberg
pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...
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PseudoPod 995: Data Ghost
When the station stats popped up on the screen, the Interface said, Anomalous. Deni batted at their ear and muttered, “No, no, quit it.” In the second cockpit seat, Winnie threw them a look. “What?”…
https://pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/pseudopod-995-data-ghost/
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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato
about 1 month ago
Also, please share
@tychebooks.bsky.social
book posts because she is one of the few Canadian small presses left AND she pays everyone on time and in full. And people are stealing my book she published. Some books:
bsky.app/profile/tych...
or
bsky.app/profile/tych...
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Victoria Strauss
about 1 month ago
New
#WriterBeware
blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup
writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
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Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press - Writer Beware
Publishers do a lot of bad things (as the archives of this blog attest), but among the most infuriating–and, often, the hardest to remedy–is the failure to pay authors the money they are due. Non-paym...
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/royalties-in-arrears-mango-publishing-blushing-books-bottlecap-press/
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Hit the halfway point on the second pass to smooth over the slash and burn edit phase of The Guardian. If you have not read the first novella/Verrain's story/The Gallant, plenty of time to catch up. I work the old fashioned way - largely hand marking over draft copy.
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L.L. Stephens
about 1 month ago
For those reading, or interested in reading, the Triempery Revelations series, here's an interview I did with P.L. Stuart. I talk about SORDANEON, and writing, and life. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAQ7...
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SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEWS #52 with LL STEPHENS
YouTube video by The Drowned Kingdom Saga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAQ7l6p5yRA
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Curse of the Mistwraith is this month's read on r/fantasy, and the midpoint discussion was posted today - hop in and share your thoughts on the thread:
www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
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From the Fantasy community on Reddit: Goodreads Book of the Month: The Curse of the Mistwraith - Midway Discussion
Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ow4f0y/goodreads_book_of_the_month_the_curse_of_the/
about 2 months ago
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Friends: that other platform has cluttered up their DMs - surest bet to reach me is my email at Paravia; I will also see messages here. If you send to me 'over there' - don't count on it.
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Thank you for the shout out - I also know what I will be looking forward to reading in 2026, and that is your next to last installment of the Drowned Kingdom Saga!
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Thank you. For the creators, for the planet, for the dreamers.
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