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One week from NOW! You can see Can*Con Vice Admiral @brandoncrilly.bsky.social and Certified Brilliant @thescreambean.bsky.social at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social discussing found family, their rad new books, and what else? WHO KNOWS? YOU MUST COME AND FIND OUT!

Over 60% in the first day or so is awesome, but I would love to see this orchestrated audiobook break the finish line ribbon, please. (Selfish reasons: I want to listen to it SO MUCH.) #BookSky #Audiobook

Breaking the social media avoidance to signal boost Sienna Tristen's Kickstarter for an *orchestrated audiobook* of the first Heretic's Guide to Homecoming novel! I've heard a sample (you can too, below) and trust me, if you like audiobooks, you need this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

If you’re thinking, hey, I deserve a treat, you’re right! Maybe you want to read about a dog who deserves treats too, and you want it for cheap because dang, this economy. So grab HOUNDED for $2 in Ebook while it’s on sale! All platforms in the US. Now. About that ice cream sandwich.

Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.

Reminder.

Oh hello, I am in this 🫣

When my stepmother was dying, I learned that priests could administer Last Rites several times. I think about that a lot when I’m naming files FinalFINAL4 and ReallyFinal5b-FINAL.

I love David’s words. If you want some seriously creepy stuff, check out his books!

Most relatable interview ever.

No thoughts. Just hay.

An alert yet squishy Guimauve.

There's only 5 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we just unlocked our 80% goal! 🎉 @lesleyconner.bsky.social will host a LIVE READING of "The Monster Fucker Club" by @avgreenewrites.bsky.social! Keep weird, wonderful fiction alive and donate TODAY 👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

This is your last chance to grab 50+ books at a discount! Fill up your ereader with DRM free books to get you through the dark days of winter. Megabundle: riyati.ink/acepride2025 Bundle 1: riyati.ink/ace2025-1 Bundle 2: riyati.ink/ace2025-2

Only 180 days left to preorder THE MANY! (OK, so it doesn't sound that urgent, but subtract sleep, work, meals, appointments, doomscrolling, there's really like 5 minutes left if you think about it.) #SuperEarlyPreordersSavePrematureKittens neuvel.net/books/the-ma...

I was going to wait till Monday to post but I guess there's no time like the present...

Go get it! I'm Table of Contents mates with a lot of incredible writers.

Yo I had some unexpected travel expenses at Cancon so please buy mine and @llewellynrose.bsky.social's comics!! there's selkies! there's devils! there's gay stuff! ko-fi.com/A200K80/shop

Ontario peeps: Starting Monday, you can get your Covid booster for free. Just sign up at your local pharmacy—I made my appointment online, super easy. Protect yourself and your peeps from a virus that causes long-term damage to your system every time you get it! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, DANG IT

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: an anthology of haunting tales from Canada is out today 🎉 You can read my northern Ontario climate horror story, "The Fish of Cart Lake" (along with other great stories). 🐟 👻

RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY! #BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐

We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! 🥰 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

End of con. In front of Ottawa Stray Cats Rescue booth. A woman stands there shifting stuff on the table, wearing cat ears and a name badge with the name "DeeCatLover," decorated with a giant cat sticker. I looked her straight in the eye and asked her: "So, what brings you to Can*Con?"

I was so focused on Can*Con that I forgot to scream about my new book! The final novella in my TOP DREK series is out! If you love my chaos and glitter ways, you will absolutely love Top Drek. Please grab a copy and enjoy the fun (and tears. But also fun!)! books2read.com/ShadowrunNeverEnough

OKAY PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE DRILL: HIT THAT FOLLOW BUTTON This is a Canadian small press, with a Canadian editor, so LET'S GET THOSE CANADIAN CLICKS (worldwide clicks also appreciated and loved equally, but I can't bully you in the same manner as I can Canadians) www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Oreo in his new house excuse while I melt

The decision to move the con was not made lightly, and one that honestly made me nervous. I am thrilled and relieved that the community enjoyed our new potentially haunted/hellmouth/omg-are-those-people-on-meat-hooks location. Warms the cockles of my heart. 💖

It was one of my favourite launches ever. Maybe my favourite ever!! Certainly the one I cried at the most. 😭😆💖

I don’t quite know how to capture my feelings about #CanCon2025. Gratitude, joy, relief, hope, fatigue, glitter(!), love, the magnitude of something freed from the past and sparkling brighter toward the future. Thank you all for coming. For caring. For being kind. 💖💖💖 Now to sleep. 😴

Last morning of Can*Con 2025. 💖💖

What's better than one author launching a book. FOUR authors. In a little bit I'll be on stage with @mariebilodeau.bsky.social @thescreambean.bsky.social & @lydiamhawke.bsky.social celebrating our completed series at Can*Con. 7 pm in Mulligan!

Monique is insightful and kind and an amazing moderator and panelist! Her panels are definitely worth checking out! 💖

It is #CanCon2025 Eve, which means leaving out a plate of cookies in case @derekkunsken.bsky.social visits in the night and getting ready to hang stockings on @brandoncrilly.bsky.social! We are so looking forward to seeing you this weekend! A few last minute reminders!

I slept on a pull out couch last night and can still move today! I am 47 years old! I will now accept my middle-aged superhero card ty.

If you’re looking for Cait in the dealers’ room (which you should be!), find her near the TARDIS! And tickets are available at the door for anyone wanting to check out the full con. First time since 2019! 💖🎉

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Release day for Castoff!! Three years in the making, we return to a fractured world for the conclusion of the Aspects of Aelda duology. Available wherever you get your books! www.atthisarts.com/p... #Booksky #newrelease @atthisarts.com

We are getting close to @canconsffh.bsky.social and I am taking a moment to say that I have the best crew anyone could ever ask for. Ever. Lemme go on for a bit. You need to know how amazing they are, and they deserve it to be seen.

So many fun things!!!! 💖💖💖

I swear I also do useful stuff for Can*Con, but right now I need you all to know that I just ordered a distressing amount of glow sticks and I think I may be peaking as Glitter Chair. ✨

Oreo is holding my foot. Cancel all my appointments. Tell everyone I simply cannot make any of the things. If this is to be my fate then I shall embrace it.

Exhausted blep.

LOOK AT THE ADORABLE SHINY COFFEE STICKERS omg (If you got the caffeine pass for @canconsffh.bsky.social, you are about to get a glow up. 💖☕️✨)

So excited for people to read my northern Ontario ghost/climate horror story in Ghost to Ghost to Ghost! You can pre-order the ebook now 👇

HWA members and other awards readers: just a reminder that The Butcher’s Daughter is eligible for a number of awards and nominations this year, including for the Stokers. If you’ve read it and enjoyed it, please consider adding it to your lists! horror.org/awards/curre...

Coming up in 30 minutes. Get a taste of some of the offerings in the queer speculative fiction world. www.rainbowspacemagi...

TriCon will be at @canconsffh.bsky.social! Look for our Executive Chair, @charlotteashley.bsky.social, in Ottawa the weekend of October 17-19 2025. She'll have TriCon swag & all the answers you could want about Kjipuktuk's newest literary event! Come say hi and introduce yourself! 💙📚🔱

Two weeks and counting!!