Our newsletter next week is going to be full of...well...news! We're revealing the NEXT anthology! We're revealing the cover artist! We'll add in whatever news we can finalise by then :) Sign up if you want it allll... scyllapublishing.com/newsletter

There's something eye-opening about Isekai/Portal Fantasy becoming this juggernaut of a genre over the last decade and how it's essentially commentary about the shittiness of our world, driving folks to fantasize about leaving it behind for another one entirely.

VIBE!

We've signed an Australian cover artist for our anthology, enlisted several Aussie editors to help with production, and we'll be contacting accepted authors from now until the first week of April. This has been a HUGE past 7 days. Can't wait to tell you all more! #queerwriters #sapphic

"She’s been trying to get out of villainy to open a food truck with her twin brother" is a blurb line for the ages. SOLD! (Love your ice hockey stuff too BTW @kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social - just saying.)

100 backers! We're going to sound like a broken record at some point, but thank you for believing in this book as much as we do 💜 This book started as something we wanted to make for our community, and that community is something that we are incredibly grateful for 💚

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction Finalists Cont’d: Two Truths and a Lie by @bettermyths.bsky.social Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon. #Lammys2026

The 2026 finalists in LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Beings by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Blood on Her Tongue by @johannavanveen @sbkslibrary @poisonedpenpress Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho. #Lammys2026

Shout out to LAMMY nominees for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction! Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social, Johanna Van Veen, Elaine Ho @artofelaineho.bsky.social, Cory O'Brien @bettermyths.bsky.social, Seth Haddon @sethhaddon.bsky.social lambdaliterary.org/2026/03/anno...

Community announcement. We have a newsletter! scyllapublishing.com/newsletter We just signed up the designer for the first Scylla anthology cover, and wow you are all in for a treat as we begin the reveals.

We really shouldn't have to bloody do this but INDIE AUTHORS, opt out of Ingram selling your books to AI companies: www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-... #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity #BookSky #SelfPublishing #IngramSpark #Ingram

I have stopped feeling sad and stressed that my TBR is too big and started feeling blessed that I can't possibly read all the cool sapphic specfic I have available to me and must choose... It's a glorious and unexpected predicament.

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

Congrats to ALL the finalists, what an amazing freaking line-up, but because we're all about the Sapphic rep, special YEEHAH to @emilytesh.net for "The Incandescent".

I would trust her with my life.

Discover an amazing anthology of #sapphic relationships in #space! It's like peanut butter and chocolate for #sapphics in Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before! #sciencefiction #anthology www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...

If you’re eligible then please nominate - it counts! Especially if we want to ensure more queer writing gets award attention too.

We are Scylla Publishing-emerging Sapphic specfic #indiepress from Australia launching our first anthology “Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose”. Subs just closed, we’re funded! Pub in Sept 26. Also open for novels and novellas. www.scyllapublishing.com/author-submi...

A bunch of the stories in our special edition are queer 💜 bsky.app/profile/indi...

The heroic @ellatholmes.bsky.social and @kateorman.bsky.social have read more than 200 stories. It’s epic. It’s fantastic. It’s inspiring! I think you guys need a hug, and a nap.

@phenomenapress.bsky.social need your love and help and in return you'll get an awesome book or other goodies! Sounds like a bargain to me. I've bought my copy. #queerwriters www.kickstarter.com/projects/meg...

It's that time! Vote in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

Also, The Collected Hulderotica Year One pre-orders are on sale ($3.95 USD/$5.25 CAD). The book's out 03/17. 160k of deeply queer (trans, pan, poly, etc.) romance/erotica+ in the vein of Lost Girl/Sanctuary/Supernatural. www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/pre-o... huldrahouse.itch.io/the-collecte...

Does everyone look at gorgeous artwork and go "I want to read the book that tells THAT story?" I bet we do.

All declines for the anthology are out now EXCEPT for stories received in the last 2 days of the call. If you haven't heard from us and your story was submitted more than a couple of days ago, you're in our round two.

Submissions are now CLOSED for the first Scylla Publishing anthology :) We are humbled (and a tiny bit scared) that there were 211 submissions for this book, and we have some work ahead!! Thank you to everyone who submitted, talked about, promoted or did anything to help this process!

Small reminder that we have ONE MORE DAY of subs on our first anthology, and that we are in Australia so Feb 28th comes faster… 😂😂

This thread is both amazing, and dangerous (to your TBR pile!) #booksky

This is just Duosuma warning folks we are closing subs in three days! (Exciting!)

Add “contemporary fantasy” to that list too.

We are so excited about things heating up over at Scylla! Authors, anthologies, writing, marketing, oh my! Can’t wait to tell you all what’s happening. ❤️🎉

NOW LIVE! Pledge on Kickstarter now to get your copy of our very special, fifth-anniversary, hardback edition of Indie Bites! www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Spent the day being inspired by the Aussie talent on display at Melbourne Bookfair and met the delightful @amiekaufman.bsky.social and @firecatz.bsky.social - meeting Isobelle Carmody was all my childhood introverted bookworm dreams come true. Bought too many books I’m now lugging back to Sydney.

Umm…sold!

Are you an editor with a great idea for a Sapphic anthology? We are open for submissions for anthologies until the end of March 2026. www.scyllapublishing.com/author-submi...

Such an awesome achievement for such a cool thing. Backed!

Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners. It’s Black! It’s queer! It’s Here! Now available! www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Well, we are in the final days! If you're still polishing up a story for the anthology now's the time :) #queerwriters #writingsky www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...

Lil before-bed request to check out my fashion + space opera anthology!! Would be really grateful for folks to back it. We are 8 days away from wrrapping up and have $4k to go.

There’s a lot here to address. I’m allowed to like sex without wanting to publish sheer erotica. We don’t do hard scifi and high fantasy because those ARE genres trad pubs get behind so well represented. We don’t do romantasy for same reason. Trans women ARE women I don’t need to call it out.

I’m excited to announce that ARIA UNSUNG, my book with mech-driving witches who use resonance magic with crystal technology, has been acquired by @inkedingraypress.bsky.social for publication in the Spring of 2027! Check out the blog announcement: inkedingray.com/aj-super-and...

Hey queer editors! An editor friend of mine is wanting to pass along a sensitivity read project. Are there any transwomen here who offer sensitivity read services or who just want to take this on? Lmk so I can forward your info!

Can someone point me in the direction of a recommendation of Sapphic Military SciFi? Does it exist? Thanking along the lines of Tanya Huff’s Valor series but sapphic. I’m Indie, Self Pub, Trad, don’t care. Recs?

I'm a backer! What about you? It's just like pre-ordering a book.

Urgent job for this week: read “She is Here” from @nicolaz.bsky.social! Our lesbian SFWA Grand Master in the new Outspoken Authors series. She is here, and I am seated. #booksky

It's that time of year again! The Locus Awards are looming in the distance, but you need to choose your champions! Voting is now open for all, give your favorite authors and works the voice they deserve! Vote now at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio.

She was sent to decide Earth’s fate. She stayed for a bookseller. Free review copies of WHEN STARS FALL are live on BookSirens! A Sapphic superhero romance featuring: ✨ Grumpy x Sunshine ✨ Secret identities ✨ Night-powered heroes Get yours: booksirens.com/book/WS4MDNQ... #BookSky #SapphicRomance

Dystopia has a kind of weird function in the world now. I know a lot of folks are bingeing romance and cozy (or cozy romance!) as a buffer against the world and I get it. I'm finding myself drawn to dystopia instead, because we need stories of hope against adversity too now, more than ever. #booksky

Anthology update! - Still accepting subs. All the rejections for stories received up until last Friday are out, so if you've heard nothing from us, your story is in our "Consideration" folder. We are piling up stories we love there, and will hash it out when subs close.

I mean, kudos to you @erkeel.bsky.social :) As far as concepts go that's *chefs kiss*