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NYC! Look at this gorgeous cat! Can you help?

The revised version of EXORDIUM, Ruler of Naught, by @sherwood.bsky.social Smith and Dave Trowbridge, has arrived! #SpaceOpera #swashbuckling #SF *He wants only to rescue his father. But everyone wants a piece of him. The chase is on, across a thousand worlds.* bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

#Booksky Looking for a great queer fairy tale with an aromantic MC? Check out THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES by Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social, available direct from us, on Bella Books, Kobo, Weightless, B&N and wherever fine books are sold! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...

25% off Our Lady of Blades at Waterstones through Friday the 20th. Code: FEB26. The sisters await. www.waterstones.com/book/our-lad... #preorder #fantasy #OurLadyofBlades #limitedtime

Wondercon in Anaheim California is coming up fast. I will be there as a guest. Anyone else have Wondercon in their plans?

This video is NON-SPOILING and gives a new reader an 'overview' from mid-series - on how expectations and assumptions at the beginning get overturned. Check it out!

The last wild European bison was shot in 1927. At the time there were fewer than 60 such bison alive in zoos & private parks. Now, the great, shaggy beasts are once again roaming the Carpathian Mountains. And they're helping bring wild lands back to life. Good news story! No pay wall.

A reminder that Uncanny Magazine has a zero tolerance policy for AI/LLM use for all submissions. That includes poetry.

Hybrid Helix opening trilogy Enter The Griffin will be free next week.

Who here likes slow-paced Fantasy stories? We should be friends 😝 These are some of my favorites: youtu.be/tkchTOyCT-A #booksky 💙📚

Hey everyone, if you have the spoons/space, I'd really appreciate a signal boost/share of this: www.audible.com/pd/The-First... The First Binding is on a month long 6.99 sale (America/US audible only) right now for all of Feb. And it's my bday this month, so :) <3

Not satire cybernews.com/news/waymo-o...

New discussion just posted on Erik Goodwyn's The Imaginarium, given his professional background, the conversation took some wild turns - have fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Mb...

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this. banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

We're thrilled to announce the panel of authors who will select the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction: Nicola Griffith Mat Johnson Fonda Lee Darcie Little Badger Peter Rock Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.

If the guy who wrote the book on the body language of liars was correct, blinking was high on the list of tells. News clips are interesting in that regard.....has anyone else notice this? Once you see it, you can't stop.

Hey folks! Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.

OUT THIS MONTH! @authortrmoore.bsky.social 's fantasy debut THE GODS MUST BURN https://geni.us/godsmb Standalone genre bending spec fic from Aliya Whiteley THE MISHEARD WORLD https://geni.us/misheardwT @ldcolter.com explores perilous Mayan Gods in WHERE THE SHADOWS DWELL https://geni.us/whshadowsdw

The 2025 Locus Poll and Survey determines the Locus Awards! Voting is FREE TO ALL! Uncanny Magazine is eligible for a Locus Award in the Best Magazine or Fanzine category, and Michael Damian Thomas is eligible in the Best Editor – Pro or Fan category! VOTE FOR THE THINGS YOU LOVED! buff.ly/ui1qATs

YES! Congratulations!!!

Coming to you in March: the second two books in the Wars of LIght and Shadow series, IN AUDIOBOOK. Vol 1 is available now. The first three books are the PERFECT starter pack!

Here's a perfectly hideous but highly visible graphic announcing that the eARC for THE RILL LORD is available! This handy link is to the sign up page: forms.gle/4UXHhRom6qZW... Books (digital only) will be sent by the publisher. I tested it, so it should work. 🤞

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Treat others as you would have others treat you. Kindness is free. Love has no limits. If it took an incident against someone 'like them' to realize what countless others have suffered under oppression for centuries: let them wake up. Change requires recognition. Then acknowledgment. Then action.

ALERT FOR TWIN CITIES PROTESTERS There may be an LRAD in town, mounted in one of the ICE trucks. An LRAD is a sonic cannon, capable of 160 dB at 1 meter, which can permanently deafen you and is well past the 140 dB pain point. www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/s...

I think it's interesting that just hours ahead of @theverge.com reporting that OpenAI's president has donated $25 million to Trump that Katie Miller was over on Twitter falsely trying to clam that actually, the AI companies are biased against conservatives (the opposite of reality).

Our writers podcast takes on the most controversial subject in the writing universe: Typewriters. Actually, it's both typewriters and AI. Should we automatically slam the door on AI? We discuss and prognosticate. carsonhume.com/2026/... #writingcommunity

Today I’m helping out at my job from 20+ years ago, helping Greg & the DreamHaven crew ship books across the country to folks who inundated their webstore after seeing him on TV. Website is still down, but later try DreamHavenbooks.com for all your sci-fi, horror, fantasy, film, & comics needs!

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

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Who keeps a serious job who does not stay informed about what bears upon their professional responsibilities? "I didn't know," also does not cut it with a traffic violation. Since when have we given a free pass to "I didn't know" or "I hadn't heard about that." Call it!

Dear friends: do your research on this. Penguins, and memes, mentions of them - is not about the antarctic bird. It is a symbol - a dog whistle for boogaloo bois. Look it up.

My favourite author's debut was fabulous! Check out my quick video review of @jannywurts.bsky.social incredible standalone novel SORCERER'S LEGACY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tmA...

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

I remember when all this was green. #thethirteenthgod www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...

This is an astonishing betrayal of the entire field, and the human imagination and creatives that have enriched our ideas and broken new ground for generations. Spit back art is Not acceptable!!!!!!

Hey Artists of Bluesky! PAYING GIG: 2-4 pieces of original interior B&W/greyscale SFF art for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 4. Canadian artists strongly preferred. 🇨🇦 Any style, NO AI. Post links to portfolios below. Need artwork in May/June. Pls share WIDELY! #ArtSky #ArtistsOnBluesky #Illustration

Don't know about anyone else, but I am buying NOTHING AT ALL, that is not essential to life itself. Tariffs....not paying that toll. Not paying (swallowing the hook) for proprietary tech, no streaming, no 'services' no 'smart' anything.

Diversity is our strength. A society that cuts off differences weakens itself, freezes change, and narrows invention and choices. Personal responsibility does not cure the wealth gap, caring does. Love is the healer; fight to protect that.

I do not have gmail either! Adrian, thank you for posting this.

New #WriterBeware blog post: my annual look back at the topics the Writer Beware blog covered in 2025. Scams, of course, but also contracts, copyright, generative AI, and more. If you missed any of our posts last year, here's your chance to catch up writerbeware.blog/2026/01/16/b...

A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health. www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...

EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI

Here's the email that goes with the Amazon impersonation scam that's going around (note the fake email address--Amazon is not going to be emailing you from a Gmail address)

Happy New Years' reading, and I cannot wait for your next in the Drowned Kingdom Saga in April!

I was not informed this was happening! Bargain!

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...

Time for the last giveaway of 2025/first giveaway of 2026! The Best of @aptshadow.bsky.social 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-...

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