[most enticing vizier voice] my lord... this one was a World Fantasy finalist and Compton Crook winner... it's about hero worship and deprogramming from your fascist upbringing... and accepting that sometimes your gods don't love you back... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

This is such an amazing review from @ruthjoffre.bsky.social at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! "The stories in We Will Rise Again offer readers a glimpse of not just how things are now but also how they could be. They present worlds where we solve problems collectively..."

Mohamed Ahmed is back on Bluesky and he and his family could absolutely use support! You probably remember him if you've been following me for a while, he has established a small farm next to his tent in Mawasi refugee camp, and posts pictures of it regularly.

really enjoying @didichanoch.bsky.social's live reading/reviewing of WE WILL RISE AGAIN anthology!!

No donations for 9 days. Shimaa lost her husband to Israel's ongoing genocide, & was shot by an Israeli quadcopter trying to keep her little baby daughter alive. Please help them survive the winter rains, they're starving & homeless:

I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...

Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.

Might be thinking about this more than usual because of a project that will probably be announced next year, but I am ALSO thinking about the rapid invisibilization of survivors of both these things, and the fact that history has largely forgotten about encephalitis lethargica.

Reminder that you can also purchase small press books directly from the publishers' websites! support a small press instead of the 'Zon!

Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌

loving this so much, and I never get tired of listening to @rblemberg.bsky.social discuss their @tachyonpub.bsky.social novella YOKE OF STARS, which, ICYMI, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella 😎 thanks @darthj.uno for steering such an excellent conversation!

Huge congratulations to @rblemberg.bsky.social and @tachyonpub.bsky.social for winning Best Novella at the #WorldFantasyAwards2025! 🎉 A fantastical novella of language and listening between two hurt souls in the School Of Assassins! Check out the link below: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/yoke...

Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here Please share!

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still time to pre-order this anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism!

Best Novella: #WorldFantasyAwards2025 Winner: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)

YOKE OF STARS by @rblemberg.bsky.social is a World Fantasy Award winner! 💞💞💞💖💖❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

It only takes $2500 to support one of our regional desks for a month! Only $25 from 100 of our many readers would do it! Help us continue to provide this important coverage by donating whatever you can donorbox.org/donate-to-th...

waiting for the plane with @jolantru.bsky.social!

gonna see @jolantru.bsky.social tomorrow on a plane ride to Brighton!

I'm at the airport now! See you soon Kuching!

Speaking of @tachyonpub.bsky.social, we're gearing up for this MAGICAL EVENT! One of their special 30th Anniversary festivities: a reading & Q&A with some of its authors & editor @jhameia.bsky.social! All info here, but note on your calendars: OCT 2! 8-10 Eastern! www.eventbrite.com/e/tachyon-30...

one of the funnest projects I've edited so far!

The Fox is free! Today my debut, Audition For The Fox, is officially out in the world. Magic. Fables. Time travel. And the many ways even a goofball can resist oppression & fight tyranny. Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜

One Level Down has now existed in the world for 4 months! 58-year old Ella is trapped in a simulated universe, forced to act like she’s five years old. Help her escape by reading this book! @tachyonpub.bsky.social tachyonpublications.com/product/one-...

NONBINARY TRICKSTER FOX GOD IS USING TIMETRAVEL-BUT-FANTASY TO TRY OUT A FLAILY DEMIGOD &OVERTHROW FASCISTS aka I preordered @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's 🦊AUDITION FOR THE FOX🦊 directly from @tachyonpub.bsky.social and thus got my ebook a week early BRB GOT A BOOK TO DEVOUR

email I just sent to @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social who is patiently dealing with unclear proofreading edits: 1) November 2) Change 3) SORRY I THINK THAT WAS A CAT

Friends! In collaboration with @tachyonpub.bsky.social, Carlos & I are hosting one of their glorious 30th Anniversary Events on our Twitch TV channel! SAVE THE DATE: Oct 2, 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific, 6 Mountain, 7 Central). 9 writers & editor @jhameia.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.com/e/tachyon-30...

We have a schedule grid for #MYWriterFest! To register, go here: tinyurl.com/RegisterMyWr...

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. This is the first time in the 30 year history of the award that they've made an open call for awards judges. I want to see an awards panel that represents the field. forms.gle/WWsFSAZLPvqb... 1/

if you’re a writer and have an idea but you’re thinking “idk how to stretch this into a novel” and that discourages you from finishing… consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading

I found my old friend Auston Habershaw’s new book at my local library. If Wishes Were Retail is hilarious but has serious depth, too. Perfect escapist read! @aahabershaw.bsky.social @tachyonpub.bsky.social

I just got done updating the events page on my website with all my updated tour info! www.charliejaneanders.com/events There are links to RSVP for my events in: San Francisco (8/19) Portland (8/20) Chicago (8/21) Los Angeles (8/22) Seattle (8/25) Please do RSVP! It helps the bookstore prepare. <3

hey Malaysians, we're hoping to get folks who work in marine biology and conservation to submit! So if you know of a local scientist or academic or activist out there on the field who'd have something to say, please tell them to submit.

While we plan #MYWritersFest for 2025, we are also getting a headstart on our 2026 Anthology project. We are looking for creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, and flash fiction about marine conservation in Malaysia! You can check out the full submissions guidelines at tinyurl.com/MWSMarine

It's time for the Tachyon 30th Anniversary Bundle! buff.ly/YY09ZxU Get award winning fiction and support @eff.org @humblebundle.com #tachyon30 #humblebundle #eff

Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry, has been longlisted for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards. You can get it now from our PalFest Bookshelf, here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf

Congrats to @samtasticbooks.com @rblemberg.bsky.social and our fearless leader Jacob Weisman on being nominated for the prestigious #WorldFantasyAward! buff.ly/TOpBoFw @lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social

SQUEEEEEEEE CONGRATS SAM!!!!

Extremely excited to see two books I edited for @tachyonpub.bsky.social among the World Fantasy Awards finalists this year!! Congrats @rblemberg.bsky.social and @samtasticbooks.com on your nominations! Shoutout to boss Jacob who's also a finalist this year!! locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...

Aaand it's public - my Birdverse novella Yoke of Stars is a World Fantasy Award finalist! locusmag.com/2025/07/2025... Congrats to all my fellow finalists @premeemohamed.com @samtasticbooks.com @leemandelo.bsky.social @neonhemlock.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @shereereneethomas.bsky.social <3

Thanks to @mcflycahill90.bsky.social for a great booth signing at #ALAAC25!

Thank you to everyone who helped us over the $10,000 line! We're also thankful to everyone spreading the word. We're still only halfway to our base goal! If you haven't donated yet, we would very much appreciate your support. Check the link ⬇️ to see if any of this year's tiers catch your eye!

The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis. jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-ow...

I'm especially on the lookout for mystery and thriller btw!!

THERE ARE NO RIOTS Guys. I'm in LA. I'm going to a variety show tonight across town. There are not riots happening. There are peaceful protests being fired upon. Peaceful means nonviolent hut it does not mean sedate. No rioting, no looting is happening. LA is protecting neighbors.

I want to report some good news from LA: ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!!