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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

⊹₊˚COVER REVEAL FOR MY QUEER APPALACHIAN HORROR‧˚⊹ A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns it all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#QueerPit is on July 1st!!!! Get your pitches ready! Follow @queerpit.bsky.social and check their website for more information! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

MC's review their own book: Hanza of 'Stolen Respite': I did not freak out that much, but five stars, would read the ending again. Andraia of 'The Turning': I could do without the beginning, and parts at the end. But the main character was really cool, would love to see in a detective book.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

May is #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth! Are you looking for some amazing KidLit to celebrate Jewish heritage, stories, and voices? Our wonderful friend Caroline Kusin Pritchard curated this list of 24 titles to start with!

Bright blue graphic decorated with stars, white flowers, foliage, and tiny blue Jewish stars of David around the border. At the center of the graphic is an illustration of a book with its pages splayed open, followed by title text that says, “Twenty-Four KidLit books to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month.” Below the title is a subtitle that says, “Curated by Caroline Kusin Pritchard.”

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Ukko @ukk0.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🖤💜 Happy international asexuality day! 🖤💜🐀 (oldie but goldie)

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I finally have it! The trilogy finale of Sky's End! I'm both excited and nervous to start reading, I don't want it to end! @mjgwrite.bsky.social I can't wait to see what you write next! #Booksky💙📚🪐 #YA #SFF Battle Stations! Mag boots on! This is gonna get tricky!

The book Down Fall by Marc J Gregson, which depicts two fighters with canes about to duel in an arena.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Some people, late at night and with a few too many sips, will shop and buy things they don't need. My equivalent to that is getting on my library account and signing up for too many movies.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Since the #MilanoCortina2026 Winter Games are almost officially upon us, we thought we’d share 17 diverse KidLit books all about winter sports! Hopefully these titles will inspire the next generation of diverse athletes! 🥇🥈🥉

Light blue graphic depicting illustrations of a snowy mountaintop scene. There are illustrations of young people doing winter sports all around the graphic. There is a kid skiing, a kid snowboarding, two people ice staking, and two people scaling a snowy mountainside. The graphic is titled “17 Diverse KidLit Books About Winter Sports”.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

What better way to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth than taking some time to learn about the lives of incredible Black icons and history-makers? We’ve compiled a short list of 24 nonfiction and biographical books for readers of all ages to get you started! 💛❤️💚🤎🖤

Black graphic decorated with gold, red, and green details. At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a crowd with their fists raised in the air. The people depicted are Black and brown folks. The graphic is titled “Twenty-Four Nonfiction & Biographical Books About Black Icons”.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In case there are any SFF #writers who don't already know this, Audiomachine's music is the best to write to. Leave a post if you have other recommendations. I personally prefer music without lyrics.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Everyone ready for Twelve Months? The latest edition to the #DresdenFiles comes out today! #booksky💙📚🪐

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Absolutely loved this sequel. This fantasy has everything I wanted; Hetero friendships that don't require romance, masculinity without toxicity, queer representation, and character arcs. Gave the vibes of FF9 #Booksky💙📚🪐 Thank you @axieoh.bsky.social !!

Books 'The Floating World' and 'The Demon and the Light' by Axie Oh. Both covers depict main characters Ren and Sunho. On the first they stand back to back, on the second they hold fighting stances.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This #YA #Fantasy had great characters and world building. I especially loved the dynamic between Ren and Sunho their dedication grew from trust and compassion, which is starting to feel rare in YA books. I will certainly read more by her. Set up as a duology. #Booksky 💙📚🪐

Book 'The Floating World' by Axie Oh, cover depicts two young figures standing back to back with a floating world behind them.

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#HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Let's spin visions of hope & resilience! 🌞🌱 We hope you can JOIN US Nov 9 for #Hopepit, uplifting all types of media under the big #hopepunk & #clifi ⛱️ umbrellas. Here on 🦋. #solarpunk #permaculture #hopecore #hope #WritingCommunity #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic #WriteSky #Writers #MusicSky

Flier for #Hopepit
Sunday, Nov 9
community connect Nov 5 - 8

🌞🌱 Let’s elevate hope! 🌱🌞

An inclusive community-building hype event for voices of light & vision in the darkness.

Open to creators of all media telling stories of hope, resilience, sustainability, mindfulness, climate change, & collapse navigation

#Hopepit

🌞Use the #Hopepit hashtag to share your pitches, books, videos, articles, and art

🌱We encourage the use of additional tags, like: #hopepunk, #solarpunk, #clifi, #IndigenousFuturism, etc

🌳Not sure which genre? JOIN US anyway!

🌱We 💛 resource sharing & discussion threads!

@hopepit.bsky.social

climate fiction hopecore hopepunk clifi #Climatefiction nomadpunk solarpunk #solarpunk #hopecore indigenous futurism pitch hype permaculture

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Today is the last day to apply for a 2026 WNDB Mentorship! 💻 bit.ly/2026Mentorships

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Today was a falconry class featuring owls, and I got to meet this gem of a bird.

Picture of a spectaculed owl on a handlers glove.

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Bee 🐝 has a BOOK DEAL! @beemorris.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#QueerPit #Q Alice can see ghosts... she'd really rather not 👻 🏳️‍🌈 Queer & trans rep 🧠 Autistic lead 🧽 Cleaning haunted houses 🔪 Serial killer mystery 🌊 Ghosts by the sea 🎭 Dark humour

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a close up of a cartoon character wearing glasses and a scarf .

ALT: a close up of a cartoon character wearing glasses and a scarf .

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 15/08/2025

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, ship's cook Tai is stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QueerPit #A #Q #R #SF

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 110,000 words

"Did you hear? There's a human on board."
A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling.
alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)

PITCH:
Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist.
Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway?
That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no.

PRIORITIES:
make dinner
remain cozy
haul cargo
go for drinks
pull off one last score
try not to fall in love

FIRST PAGE:

“Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.”
I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity.
“Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.”
“Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table.
It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best.
The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let themcome here.”
The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”

COMPS:
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

TROPES:
Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm
lying to themselves
non-human perspective (afraid of humans)
neurodivergent main characters
metaphorically disabled protagonist
slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship
disabilitynorm and queernorm setting
found family
lovable pet/terrifying monster

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Sophie Pinkoski @sophiemlpink.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

UMBRELLA ACADEMY x DON’T LET THE FOREST IN Notorious rockstar/bisexual disaster, Aster makes a habit of dying… a lot.The demon he sold his soul to for fame & fortune might have his answers as to why, but crashing her artists retreat to find them will shatter his every belief. #QueerPit #A #H #DF

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dandan @danielghurst.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED x HALLMARK You can take the boy out of New York...but while he’s stuck in rural PA, 16 y/o Colby will do anything to keep his Broadway dreams alive. That is, if he’s not too distracted by the cute boy from the Christmas tree farm. #queerpit #YA #RC

Photo grid: theatre seats, Christmas tree, fir trees in fog, boy dancing in silhouette, pinkie fingers interlocked, boy standing among trees in silhouette, New York City skyline, Christmas cookies, red barn

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Author Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

“The Midnight Library” + “The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window…” Zombie Bubbe’s back from the dead causing chaos to his Jewish-guilt-ridden mother. This was just ONE of Evan’s bday wishes which randomly came true. Sadly his last wish was most deadly… #QueerPit #OWN #AC #FR #SPF #A

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dandan @danielghurst.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU tells the story of shy high schooler, Theo, as he navigates the demands of the sassy ghost who's haunting him while pursuing his crush and his dream of singing on his own terms. #queerpit #YA #RC

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Sam Peil 🧟😈🤡 @sampeil.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

WALKING DEAD x LAST OF US🏳️‍🌈 Vivvi: locked alone in the library perfecting her headshots 🩸🔪 Stetson: running from far-right preppers turned zombies 🇺🇸 Dove: waking up after a medicated nap 🦷 The Dentist: roaming around town 🧟‍♀️ 🏳️‍🌈 They all want each other—but not in the same way. #queerpit #h #a

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Author A.J. Torres @ajtorresauthor.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Visiting her abuelo, 10 year old Irene finds a portal to a new world & awakens an unspeakable evil. Aided by Taíno gods, newfound magic, & her little bro, Irene must walk the path of prophecy to undo her mistake & find her way home, or risk losing her parents forever. #QueerPit #MG #F #Q #OV #LGBT

Aesthetic board for my middle grade Taíno inspired portal fantasy. The Amulet of Kakata is Percy Jackson and the Olympians meets The Chronicles of Narnia.

Aesthetic board for The Amulet of Kakata, my middle grade portal fantasy set in Puerto Rico and a fictional land inspired by Taíno culture and mythology.

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Melanie is querying @melanielocke.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x THE RAVEN SCHOLAR When seer Cass learns there’s no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear magic based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she’s the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. #queerpit #F #A #EF #UF

Title page to agent's guide. Artdeco frame, black with golden brown striped patterns. Text: an agent's guide to: You are not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke

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Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

When Leah (the pastor's daughter), goes missing, Brooke (her secret girlfriend), has to navigate their cult-like church to find her. One problem: no one remembers who Leah is. #QueerPit #lesbian #ya #thriller #querying

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Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a shapeshifting fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #QueerPit #A #FR #F

Book cover with title "The Heart Devourer's Song" and author name "L. Liu" over illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

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Kanirthi is querying 🦋 @kanirthi.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE HENNA WARS X NEVER HAVE I EVER My #agentsguide for DARED TO IGNORE YOU, a YA Contemporary featuring: 💖Sapphic enemies to lovers 🥻South Asian FMC 🦋Coming-of-age in the UK 🔪Revenge from outcast 🎤 Grammar school drama #Litagent #amquerying #ownvoices #QueerPit #Q #YA #COA

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DH Strange @dhstrange.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

HOT FUZZ x FIFTH ELEMENT w Eleanor Shellstrop (GOOD PLACE) 💖 disaster bi MC 👽 hot alien LI 🔗 forced proximity 🛏️ there’s only one (sofa) bed 🕺 disco-dancing assassins 🚀 space shenanigans 👑 secret royalty? 🎉 saving the galaxy, probably #A #SF #R #QueerPit

9 images total. Top row: image of planet Jupiter, image of alleyway with neon lighting, image of a person running at night against the back drop of a large white wall. Second row: image of a couple lying on the ground, their heads are touching and they’re both curled in the fetal position in purple lighting, image of two hands clasped against a background of blinds, image of a busy dance club with neon purple lighting. Bottom row: image of a couple walking down a wet alley with hanging lights at night, image of a M/F couple kissing, image of the Milky Way against a mountainous terrain.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Captain Hanza must keep his crew safe from monstrous waves and fabled sea creatures, but will he keep his wits when the Goddess of Love and Trickery gets involved? So This is Ever After x Song of the Abyss #QueerPit #YA #F Demi/Pan Rep, Found Family, Slow-Burn Romance, Anxiety

A mood board for the book Stolen Respite, with images of a pedicycle, pink crystals, a ship's helm, someone running, the jaw of a dunkleosteus, an island. Text reads 'I need a favor, no questions asked. Can you do that for me?'

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

#WritingCommunity Just a reminder that #QueerPit starts tomorrow! Get your posts ready, and remember to share the ones you like!

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

First he came for immigrants, now he comes for the homeless. It's not going to end there.

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Sam Riegel @samriegel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This remains hilarious to me: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

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How a Dungeons & Dragons Joke Led to a Best-Selling Romance Novel

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I'm so happy for my friend! Congratulations!

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Gideon Smith @gideonpsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Still reeling, but thrilled to share—I’ve won the 2025 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award! This story is personal, and having it find a home at @baenbooks.bsky.social means the world to me. Eternal thanks to the judges and everyone who believed in it. 🐉⚔️✨ www.baen.com/pr-2025-fant...

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Press Release - Baen Books Announces Winner of the 2025 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I enjoyed this book for demonstrating the realistic trials K-Pop stars go through. (Their training, their contracts, and the liberties they aren't allowed) A soft story of friends to something more. There's also a sequel featuring another bandmate I'll have to check out. #Booksky #YA

A book titled 'Once Upon a K-Prom' by Kat Cho, featuring two young teens holding hands on the cover.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Someone suggested I watch K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix, and all the songs have been on rotation in my head since. This is not a complaint.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth and we’re celebrating by sharing these 30 books about disability for you to read (or pre-order) this month and beyond! 🩶❤️💛🤍💙💚

Graphic with the disability pride flag as the background titled “30 Books to read for Disability Pride Month (and beyond!)” Beneath the title text is an illustration showing a crowd of people of all different races and backgrounds, some with visible disabilities and mobility aids, and others with invisible disabilities.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I read this pretty much in a day. Don't let the title fool you, this book focuses on friendships while dealing with the paranormal. I do hope @ftlukens.bsky.social considers a sequel cause I want more adventures with this gang. #Booksky💙📚🪐

Book titled 'Love at Second Sight' by F. T. Lukens, featuring two teens on the cover standing in a school hallway. One teen exhibits small werewolf traits, around them is paranormal decor.

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Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Pride isn't just a celebration, it is a Protest against stochastic terrorism, social muder and erasure. Hungarian queers have shown the way against authoritarian regimes by uniting in a big, beautiful, transgressive Fuck You against their oppressor.

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Massive Pride march in Budapest in defiance of ban

The local government's Freedom Day event ended without incidents, with no police intervention, and counter-demonstrators being kept away.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

So glad I woke up to see this. Signed. Immediately and without hesitation. ‘Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers’ To add your name, please read and sign here: lithub.com/against-ai-a...

AI may give the appearance of understanding our humanity, but the truth is, only a human being can speak to and understand another human being. Every time a prompt is entered into AI, the language that bot uses to respond was created in part through the synthesis of art that we, the undersigned, have spent our careers crafting. Taken without our consent, without payment, without even the courtesy of acknowledgment.

The purveyors of AI have stolen our work from us and from our publishers, too. The hard-working editors and copy-editors and publicists and publishers that cared for and developed and launched the books we’ve written? Their jobs are also in jeopardy, which means that book publishing as an art form—a collaborative art form, nurtured at every stage by the personal touch of a human being—is in jeopardy, too. The audiobook narrators who have breathed life into our stories have already been sidelined by cheaper, simpler AI imitators. To add insult to injury, use of AI has devastating environmental effects, using great amounts of energy and potable water. What happens next?

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

#Booksky My new current read might take me a while, but I'm excited to fall into an adventure. This will be my first time reading a book by Shannon Chakraborty, but I've only heard good things.

Novel: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty. Cover depicts a ship besieged by a kraken.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

💙 “The Devourerer” by Alison Ames 💙 “Futbolista” by Jonny Garza Villa 💙 “A World Worth Saving” by Kyle Lukeoff 💜 “We Are Villains” by Kacen Callender 💜 “The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting” by Natalie C. Parker 💜 “Queerceañera” by Alex Crespo

Graphic split into two sections, a blue section on top and a purple section on bottom. The top half is titled “Blue Books” and displays three queer books with blue covers. The titles featured are: “The Devourerer” by Alison Ames, “Futbolista” by Jonny Garza Villa, and “A World Worth Saving” by Kyle Lukeoff. The bottom half is titled “Purple Books” and displays three queer books with purple covers. The titles featured are: “We Are Villains” by Kacen Callender, “The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting” by Natalie C. Parker, and “Queerceañera” by Alex Crespo.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

#Booksky Looking for recommendations, Adult Fantasy, subplot of romance is fine, but I'm really looking for something that focuses on friendship/found family. Kudos if it has LGBT characters and no on-the-page bedroom scenes.

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

If you're working on a query letter for a sci-fi, fantasy, or horror novel and looking for comps, here's a resource for you: www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-... #Querying #Writing

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COMP-FINDER DATABASES | Allison Alexander

Databases of traditionally published debut, standalone, and first-in-series novels from the past five years.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Tomorrow is #PanVisibilityDay, and what better way to celebrate than with any of these 26 books featuring pansexual and/or panromantic characters! 🩷💛💙📖

Pink, yellow, and blue-colored graphic titled “Twenty-Six Books with Pan Characters.” Beneath the title is an illustration of a book lying on its spine with its pages open, and emerging from the pages is a small pansexual pride flag.

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