We are bejoyed to see our friends @amalelmohtar.com, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @teresempierre.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com, @kellyrobson.com, and @acwise.bsky.social among the top ten Locus Award finalists! Celebrate with your most arcane artifacts!!

I also suggest using this labeler to avoid giving substack clicks or shares bsky.app/profile/labe...

FUCKING LEAVE SUBSTACK NO SHIT THEY SUPPORT NAZIS IF YOU BIG PUBS LEFT SUBSTACK THEY WOULD HAVE LESS $$ FFS a lot of us already made the leap because we believe that fighting fascism is more important than doing the easy thing and complaining about it hey support NAZI-FREE liberatory writing:

your regular reminder to leavesubstack.com

Saw this recommended by my local comic book shop last week and picked it up on a whim, really enjoyed this first issue. Suburban horror as a Wisteria Lane HOA neighbourhood meets a granola co-op community on the other side of the tracks and discover a dead body together @sarahgailey.bsky.social

i said this about substack all the way back in 2021 and it's as true now as it was then and has always been and will always fucking be

I post link this every time a mutual try to start a substack www.patreon.com/posts/substa...

Agreed. No matter how great your writing, or how important the subject, I won't read or share Substack-hosted material.

ENDS TUES 4/14 @ 11AM PDT #FundraiserPerk We love books! Receive a signed copy of Ray Nayler's WHERE THE AXE IS BURIED as a thank you gift for your donation, +April Locus E-Issue and digital art by designer Francesca Myman. Donate at https://twp.ai/9OVEja#FundraiserPerk or through our bio!

Again, if you have a Substack, the best time to switch away was months ago -- but today's the second best time.

There's so much good stuff in the @locusmag.bsky.social Awards finalists list! Congrats to everybody!!! locusmag.com/2026/04/2026...

Eyyy! Thank you so so much to all the readers and voters -- ONE MESSAGE REMAINS is in some AMAZING company with collections this year! (Including my exceedingly brilliant agent-sibling @thomasha.bsky.social !)

Oh damn. Whoa. Thanks to the folks who enjoyed UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (collection), "Uncertain Sons" (novelette), and "In My Country" (short story). And thanks again to @undertow.bsky.social and @clarkesworldmagazine.com. Congrats to the finalists. An honor to be in your company.

So thrilled to share that alongside the one and only @maggietokudahall.bsky.social, I get to co-host this year's Locus Awards ceremony!! ...also SPREAD ME is a FINALIST for best horror!?! 😱 I am on the moon!!! Thank you!!!

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

Comic writer and author Sarah Gailey joins the Capes and Tights Podcast for Episode 277 on April 15, 2026. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled 10 comics and books by Gailey you should read.

ER premiered in 1994 & I was having a WILD time watching it for the first time until I realized HIPAA wasn't enacted until 1996

HOT DAMN

No joke these gags are my favorite. Coming up with all the different wine labels was a blast

Also I forgot to give credit to @sarahgailey.bsky.social who suggested (demanded, correctly) the ring

Want to read an excerpt from MAKE ME BETTER? Welcome to Kindred Cove, where nothing is ever lost.

“ferry to the boatless” is an exceptional phrase

A gorgeous writeup of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #1 from @thecomicon.bsky.social !! "A truly gorgeous and perfectly executed debut issue that sets the tone for the whole series instantly. Just the right dash of reality, fiction, and social commentary rolled into one delicious meal."

I don't know that I've ever seen a pope so radically reverse Catholic history, accepted theology for literally centuries, and call his predecessors corrupt and without divine mandate before. "God does not bless any conflict" is an UNBELIEVABLE rupture of theological continuity. Good for him.

Tonight!

Fantastic Five: Best comics of the week of April 8, 2026 aiptcomics.com/2026/04/10/f... @sarahgailey.bsky.social @hainingart.bsky.social @denizcamp.bsky.social @stipanmorian.bsky.social @robertkirkman.bsky.social @stephaniehans.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social @mooncalfe1.bsky.social

Read an Excerpt From Make Me Better by @sarahgailey.bsky.social ⬇️ reactormag.com/excerpts-mak...

Want to read an excerpt from MAKE ME BETTER? Welcome to Kindred Cove, where nothing is ever lost.

'Neighborhood Watch' #1 is a truly gorgeous & perfectly executed debut issue that sets the tone for the whole series instantly. From @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @hainingart.bsky.social, @sharkberri.bsky.social, & @longtalljodie.com. Check out my full thoughts: comicon.com/2026/04/08/o...

A gorgeous writeup of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #1 from @thecomicon.bsky.social !! "A truly gorgeous and perfectly executed debut issue that sets the tone for the whole series instantly. Just the right dash of reality, fiction, and social commentary rolled into one delicious meal."

No joke these gags are my favorite. Coming up with all the different wine labels was a blast

Neighborhood Watch #1 is out now! Make sure to get your copy🔥 W: @sarahgailey.bsky.social A: @hainingart.bsky.social C: @sharkberri.bsky.social L: @longtalljodie.com Editor: @peachchild.bsky.social @boom-studios.com #neighborhoodwatch #thriller #comicbook

. @backcrackah.bsky.social is all in on @sarahgailey.bsky.social's latest title, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, illustrated by @hainingart.bsky.social — first issue from @boom-studios.com is out now!

Mystery thriller Neighborhood Watch from @sarahgailey.bsky.social @hainingart.bsky.social @sharkberri.bsky.social & @longtalljodie.com is on shelves today and my video review of this exciting new series just dropped on YouTube. youtu.be/sGE0A3hRDjs

It's NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH day!! I am SO excited for y'all to meet these two neighboring communities, and learn about their secrets. Issue #1 is available wherever you get your comics!! 👩‍🎨 @hainingart.bsky.social 🎨 @sharkberri.bsky.social 🔡 @longtalljodie.com

#NCBD Quick Pick: We're excited to read this all-new, mind-bending thriller from Hugo Award–winning writer @sarahgailey.bsky.social and fan-favorite artist @hainingart.bsky.social. From @imagecomics.com #comicsky

This coming is out TODAY!!!! Go get iiiiiiit.

Neighborhood Watch is another one of those stories by Sarah Gailey where you never know what to fully expect, in such a great way. A murder mystery in the most unlikely location, beautifully brought to life by Haining. @sarahgailey.bsky.social @hainingart.bsky.social

Also today is NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #1! I'm really excited about this cracking new crime story from @sarahgailey.bsky.social with art by @hainingart.bsky.social and colors by @sharkberri.bsky.social (again). This one's got the BUZZ, baby.

we will be creatures of play until the end of time (happy apr 7 to all who celebrate)

Buy this, people! This is one good looking book! ❤️❤️❤️🙌🙌🙌

We love to see book banners eat shit electorally

I'm going on tour for the release of The Last Contract of Isako! ✈️ Come see me in Pittsburgh, NYC, St. Louis, Atlanta, Toronto, and Boston. Tickets & info here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/...

AHHH I THOUGHT IT WAS TODAY but this did make me realize that Have You Eaten? is on Hoopla!!! As are the hippo books

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

I am here for messaging that the THREAT alone - regardless of if it's carried out or walked back - should end his presidency. The die is already cast. You cannot wield the power that man has and say that kind of shit.

Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!

after a quick review of my timeline i feel the need to point to the sign

I understand that most of us don't have the means to personally stop what's happening and there are many domestic victims of the US regime, but there's something very grim and galling about seeing Americans post "we must find moments of joy" every time our government murders children.