That's one day of the membership drive in the books, and already we're 13% of the way towards our goal! Thank you to all our new members! Remember to join us for our Kick-Off panel today at 3pm CDT.

The SLF’s membership drive is growing close! To kick off the next month of content, we’ll be hosting a kickoff panel on July 11th from 3-4:30pm CDT. Members of our wonderful staff will be there to talk about the opportunities that the SLF offers. We look forward to seeing you all there!

BLAST OFF! The SLF Membership Drive Begins! What can you do to help? Well, become a member, of course. Our goal is to reach 100 new members after 30 days. But what are the benefits of becoming an SLF member? Stay tuned to find out.

I’ve got a paper in this!!! 🤖🦾 please check it out!!!!

That @alexyquest.bsky.social is back at SH today, reading a volume of Rebecca Roanhorse's short fiction. "The throughline of these stories is not simply the representation of Indigenous and Black characters, but rather themes of fraught identity."

Thanks for the shoutout!! ❤️ I had a great time working on this audiobook. I recommend it often!

Back the campaign and you can preorder it, along with the rest of the series! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

COVER REVEAL! 🦀🦌The third and FINAL book of The Bastion Cycle comes out with @wctracy.bsky.social this November!

fun fact, EMPRESS is now available to illinois residents through biblioboard 😍 yay libraries!!!! library.biblioboard.com/content/4dde...

Proud to be the 100th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 1!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Day Five "Empress of Dust" by Alex Kingsley #booksky #pridemonth @alexyquest.bsky.social

Favorite moments include: - escaping to the woods w/ @stefenahhh.bsky.social & @traewrites.bsky.social - talking science w/ @alexyquest.bsky.social & everyone on the hard science fiction panel & after - parking lot wisdom from @jordankurella.com - @shingai-be-like.bsky.social showing up at the end

My first panel at the #Nebulas2026 is tomorrow June 4th, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Panel 1-5 (O’Hare II) – Building Emotional Resonance with Hard Science and Facts, with: William Ledbetter @williamledbetter.bsky.social Alexis Westmore @alexiswestmore.bsky.social & Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social

Comment on this month’s podcast from a guest on last month’s, noting the layered exchanges between the two. This is the aim! Note last month’s other guest, @alexyquest.bsky.social, is in this Month’s episode itself, with some specially recorded audio following up on the discussion around debuts.

ive got 99 problems and they’re all related to chronic illness

I did my author interview with @wctracy.bsky.social and you can see it here (IF you follow the project 👀 Only then can you hear my secret wisdom) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Looking for 8 new #queer #fantasy and #sciencefiction books? It's Space Wizard's 5th anniversary, and this campaign will be a big one! Make sure to sign up for out launch party to see interviews with the authors! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

“just ask ChatGPT” first of all no but second of all I couldn’t even if I wanted to because they BANNED GOBLINS. now I can’t even think about AI without invoking an arcane warding spell

NEW PODCAST ALERT This week's episode of our Critical Friends podcast features Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social and Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social alongside Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social discussing reviews of debut books and authors. Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

This most recent ep is specifically about reviewing debut books, and whether this tonal line is placed differently there. @alexyquest.bsky.social: We want to say something that is useful and productive for the readers and for the writer while not saying, you know, “Here’s what needs to change.”

🗣️ NEW CRITICAL FRIENDS PODCAST! This month, @hanacarolina.bsky.social and @alexyquest.bsky.social talk to me about reviewing debuts: are there extra responsibilities a critic has to new writers, and if so what are they? Hana and Alex also recently wrote debuts of their own, so it's a rich chat.

listen, if you're going to run an ai book promotion scam, at least get creative with it. you don't have to poorly summarize my own book at me. i know what happens. i wrote it. and honestly i wouldn't hire you to promote it even if this WASN'T a scam because you made it sound fucking boring

i just backed it!!! im so excited about this hehehe i love it when my friends do cool stuff

IVE WAITED YEARS FOR THIS!!!!!

just overheard someone on the bus explaining pinky and the brain to her friend and the friend asked, “are the lovers?” i love that that’s the first question

Friday's review at @strangehouse.bsky.social is from @alexyquest.bsky.social, who writes about Allee Mead's Isaac (out via @wctracy.bsky.social's Space Wizard Science Fantasy). AI, robots, romance: "Despite its brevity," says Alex, "Isaac manages to add another layer of narrative to all this."

YIPPEE!!!!! 🦀

Wednesday’s review is from @alexyquest.bsky.social, on AD Sui’s The Iron Garden Sutra (@erewhonbooks.bsky.social), which “manages to weave poignant relationships and psychological realism into a gripping thriller.” Some proper genre-mashing here.

Proud to be the 21st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Lesbians in Space Comes to Audiobook!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Oh hey I have a story in here :) ☄️🛰️🚀

was thinking about this bit today. can’t believe this special came out a decade ago and the zombification of media has only gotten worse. what are we DOING youtu.be/Dg-f9OCn7Cc?...

Some titles from @wctracy.bsky.social for your Nebula and Hugo consideration 👀...

If you’re at @capriconsfcon.bsky.social , you can get my books in the dealers room!

Oh wow!!! My incredible spouse who’s running for office is on BlueSky!!!!

First review in @strangehorizons.bsky.social ! This time my FULL review (as opposed to my lil blurb) of WE WILL RISE AGAIN edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Second review of the week is the first for @strangehorizons.bsky.social by @alexyquest.bsky.social. We Will Rise Again is "a thought-provoking, polyphonic collage which manages to engage authentically with nuanced issues, leaving the reader feeling optimistic and empowered." On "visionary fiction":

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Interview with @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social about the @specawards.bsky.social ! lnholmeswriter.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/a...

Only a few more days to vote for EMPRESS OF DUST for Best New Book by a Chicagoan in the Chicago Reader! chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...

New interview in Mixed Media Magazine about @specawards.bsky.social ! mixedmediamagazine.news.blog/2025/12/27/i...

The award for "Turning the Frogs Gay" goes to "Empress of Dust" by Alex Kingsley! @alexyquest.bsky.social

Thanks @armedwithabook.bsky.social for featuring EMPRESS OF DUST in your @specawards.bsky.social post! armedwithabook.com/2025-ssba-sc...

I wrote about WE WILL RISE AGAIN, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social , for @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org 's 2025 Notable Books! ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/12/22/a...

Okay it's award eligibility time! If you're a voter in any of these, please consider some of these things I've written this year. More info on each in 🧵

Another lovely interview with @alexyquest.bsky.social, this time with @marybuchanan.bsky.social over on the Her Ghosts blog. Read their conversation about representation, vulnerability, and mutual aid as treatment for mental health crises.

Thanks for your review of EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social, @margaretadelle.bsky.social!

My friend Riley is getting top surgery and I’m so excited for them!! They need help covering rent while they recover. If you’re able, please donate what you can! gofund.me/55bfaf936

I got to chat with @indiosyncrasy.bsky.social about sci-fi and disability and transgender crabs during my interview about the @specawards.bsky.social 🙈 open.spotify.com/episode/3Jsf...

This interview between the @specawards.bsky.social winner in science fiction, @alexyquest.bsky.social, & SSBA influencer & BOOKED podcast creator/host, Saffron Asteria, is fantastic! Listen to their conversation about giant crabs, shower writing, alternative D&D, & more! youtu.be/OpdsOSMyYHs?...

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