Join us at Confluence SFF Con July 24-26 here in Pittsburgh. We'll be sharing a table to help a friend out and we'll have all our new books, as well as the rest of our current catalog, but this time in more of Kowloon Walled City vertical orientation. Find us in our usual spot.

Here is the full cover layout and cropped front cover without the watermarked image. "Are You Everything Alright", soon to be a KS campaign (August?) and then an OC (September?) along with "Endings". Think it is time and these two books will pair well together for curious authors and readers.

Wonder if Bella Chacha's name will enter the anti AI parlance like Quisling, Ponzi, and Benedict Arnold.

On the virtual boards this morning - playing with cover designs for a future anthology idea, sparked yesterday by a quote (and by some spam @scottedelman.bsky.social received). Folds into the idea for an apocalypse/dystopia anthology but only for the evil people. The rest of us make a better place.

Quick, someone give me $4000 for a very prescient anthology so AaN can publish it.

“Modern society is progressing towards nothing worth arriving at.” Now that is a thought to mull over.

#MakeItWidelyKnownWednesday: A signal boost thread highlighting a few of our quirky projects that need a wider reach: "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" - 4 provocative Future History/Hard SF stories that share a common opening - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

🌿 The first installment of Liken to Lichen! 🌿 I did a thing. abigail-kemske.beehiiv.com/p/the-first-...

Amazing how one woman and her AI submission slop has done so much damage inside indie presses in a relatively short number of months. Luckily her reputation came to light before we considered one of the three subs she sent under different aliases to a single OC.

Wow now this is news!

For the evening crowd. Help give us a reason to visit the post office tomorrow.

Inquiring minds hope the newsletter will answer the question of did she poke the cool thing in the woods with a stick?

An interview conducted by Maria Simbra about my publishing work and cover design thoughts. (And yes I look quite old) app.screencastify.com/watch/hHxOUE...

A new "Tea or Coffee, Stars and Gravity" review, this time highlighting @crossingwinter.bsky.social @roxanellanque.bsky.social and Meg Candelaria (Buy a copy here - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...)

#MakeItWidelyKnownWednesday: A signal boost thread highlighting a few of our quirky projects that need a wider reach: "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" - 4 provocative Future History/Hard SF stories that share a common opening - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

Today's task with my game designer hat on - work on a solo journaling RPG for my favorite local game store's holiday giveaway game. First time trying to create one of these.

AaN is creating #MakeItWidelyKnownWednesday with a reminder to visit our catalog of books written by human authors who put their heart, talent, and brilliancy into their stories - aanpress.com/aanorder.html #sff #booksky #sf #fantasy

While we're talking about AI submitter Bella Chacha, mention should be made of another of her possible aliases to alert everyone out there - she is most likely also "Ferdinand Ugochukwu"

Just made my first story sub in a while so now enjoying some Tea and Coffee, Stars and Gravity from @aanpress.bsky.social featuring among others the talented @singingtotigers.bsky.social. Chartrulean mug provided by the great minds at @packhowl.bsky.social

Welcome new community followers. Browse our catalog of books here: aanpress.com/aanorder.html. We might have your next favorite TBR book.

Lemon Jelly Press has accepted my submitted poem for their "Sea Pamphlet". Nice thing to wake up to.

Trunk full of free range, 100% natural speculative fiction with no artificial fillers right here.

Holiday edition of the Swissvale Farm Market. Join AaN at the CLASS bldg between 9a-12p today 7/4. Between Swissvale and Regent Square. #pittsburgh #booksky #sff #fantasy

Wearing my game designer's hat to say my solo game of romance between the wars "Pulp Romance" and its second expansion has 2 days left on KS. You are able to get the base game as well as the 1st expansion as well, though that option is limited - www.kickstarter.com/projects/194... #boardgame

Loving the Tales Unearthed episodes of @aanpress.bsky.social's Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity authors reading their stories? Come and join @jessicapixie.bsky.social and I for the reading of my story, “Black Hole Song.” Tales Unearthed: bit.ly/TalesUnearthed Jessica Pixie: bit.ly/JessicaPixie

@leootherland.bsky.social always writes with a certain baroque melancholy for me, will he read in the same way? Find out at the link below and buy the book (aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...)

Alas, no @specawards.bsky.social semi-finalist for AaN this year. Best of luck to all.

I've finally got most of my ebook backlist up on the full array of non-Amazon places! And it's just in time for the Smashwords Summer Sale!

I've FINALLY set up a newsletter. First one will go out sometime in July. 🫣 Sign up here: abigail-kemske.beehiiv.com ✍️ Will include publication updates, things I've enjoyed, cool things I saw in the woods near my home & more. 🌳 Inspired by my friend @erikgrove.com I too made a logo. 💖

The rain ended up not stopping you. Thanks to all who came out. AaN will be back there Saturday 7/4. And then the first Saturday of August.

⭐ICYMI⭐ Something for you to listen to this weekend.

I made my first video. It's rough, I know. But I made it. I used an old audio file of me reading Robert Desnos' "I've Dreamed of You so Much", made some captions, added a photo of the poet. And here you go.

Good morning, My books are out in the wild at the swissvale farmers market 🤍🤍🕯️

Don’t let the rain stop you from visiting AaN at the Swissvale Farm Market at the CLASS Building in Regent Square 9a-12p today #pittsburgh #booksky

With an author I have had the pleasure of publishing, celebrating her own first book of poetry under her own Tiny Bat Press imprint, here is a 28-29 year throwback to my very first two self published AaN books.

I know some of you will understand why these images are so thrilling. Since I was a child the spines of books lined up was a magical event. Now some of them are mine. I want to gaze at them forever like a weirdo.

Hi everyone, my books are here and they are so pretty, and I have finally figured out media mail shipping so they are more affordable. So, here is the link for more magic. www.jessicapixie.com/product-page...

Time to celebrate jessicapixie’s first poetry chapbook. Wish her well with it.

Small independent press books bought from real people, by browsing at small, local independent bookshops. Cover artwork by human artists. Written by human writers. All in it together.

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

I've been kicking around a future anth. title based on a spam text @scottedelman.bsky.social rec'vd - "Are You Everything Alright" - to match it to a theme & I found one - Apocalypse stories but ones where the good & kind win & it is only an apocalypse for the evil, horrible people of the world.

Guess what?? I did my FIRST podcast interview recently and now you can listen to it on @jessicapixie.bsky.social Substack! On this episode I also read my story “Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth.” Tell me I did alright. 😅

Enjoy @abigailkemske.bsky.social reading her short story in the recent anthology Tea or Coffee, Stars and Gravity published by @aanpress.bsky.social Next up, @leootherland.bsky.social 🤍 open.substack.com/pub/jessicap...

It's @abigailkemske.bsky.social time to join @jessicapixie.bsky.social for a beverage of her choice, & the reading of her story from "Tea or Coffee, Stars, & Gravity" Listen over on Tales Unearthed - jessicapixietales.substack.com/p/abigail-ke... (Books available here - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...)

I've read a few Air and Nothingness anthologies now, and I have enjoyed them all!

Oil pastel drawings on pigmented paper have been added to the AaN Press Artworks site - aanpress.com/artworks/

Soon to be added to the artwork shop section of AaN (aanpress.com/artworks/) - oil pastel on pigmented paper

Picard management tip: Become a symbol of stability for your crew. This takes time, but then they'll move mountains for you.

Current community ratings on Goodreads for “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity”

Have you ever thought about succession plans for the continuation of your independent small press imprint if something should happen to the founders?