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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I need more people to be talking about THE WORKS OF VERMIN by @hironennes.bsky.social. I think about that book all the time.

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

GUESS WHAT!!! @strongbranchpro.bsky.social is hosting a speculative short play reading series at @goblinmkt.bsky.social! Requirements: must be speculative (SFF/horror/magical realism/slipstream), must be 10 min Script form: forms.gle/rRQZmTh5R5hC... Actor form: forms.gle/YyPyQ37cGyU4...

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

CONGRATS HH!!!! So well deserved!!!

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

CALL FOR READERS! The Deep Dish reading series is BACK for the Fall, starting Oct 1. Wanna read with us? Sign up to join our list: forms.gle/MqU6uCUbf6ob...

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

STAFF FEATURE: Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a writer, game designer, and playwright. They are a co-founder of the new media company Strong Branch Productions & author of Empress of Dust, Relic of Haven, and works appearing in publications such as Strange Horizons, Translunar Travelers Lounge & more.

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 02/08/2026

Reading the earliest chapter 5 ideas when I made it up in like 2016

flowery: ralsei, is something wrong?
ralsei: no.
flowery: plants have a special power. they can tell when people are upset.
ralsei: you're just looking at my face.
flowery: yes. that's my power. giving a ****.

ralsei: let's do the puzzle!
flowery: (yawn) finished...
ralsei: bad guys aren't supposed to do their own puzzles!!!

asgore holds up flowery and flowery puts his arms out like in titantic

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What is the role of an artist amidst turmoil? If you've been asking yourself this question, join us for our virtual panel: Challenges of Being an Artist in Difficult Times, Saturday July 25 3PM CDT. Link to join: us06web.zoom.us/j/83650201648

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CJ Beshara @cjbeshara.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

LUCIANUS is nearly here! every time I make one of these posts I try to think of something more clever to say other than “this shit slaps” but today…today I’m just gonna say THIS SHIT SLAPS! 📚💙📚🪐 get it here: mybook.to/lucianus

The cover of LUCIANUS on a purple nighttime landscape with various blurbs written around it. “D&D inspired magic!” “A feared wizard brought back to life for one more task!” “Allies to enemies to…friends? Maybe more?” “A modern take on a classic fantasy adventure!” “Queernormative worldbuilding!” “Character-driven narration!” “It’s not REALLY about defeating the big bad…”

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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.

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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!

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Speculative Literature Foundation @speclit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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.

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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."

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River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse

Sociopolitical SF is at its strongest when it is not a cut-and-dry allegory.

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

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

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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

Cover of PROMISE OF MANIFEST, featuring a giant two headed deer caught in ropes attached to helicopter. Someone hangs off a rope ladder. There is a city in the background up against a sunset.

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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

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BiblioBoard Library

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Panel 1-5 (O’Hare II) – Building Emotional Resonance with Hard Science and Facts

With William Ledbetter, T.K. Rex, Alexis Westmore, and Alex Kingsley.
For many spec fic writers, connecting with readers on an emotional level is a challenge. We’re caught up in the whiz-bang story lines of our fiction, and often don’t give enough thought to the emotional resonance our work could have with our readers. But what if you could use hard science and facts to create that connection with your readers? Our panel of experienced SFF authors explores how.

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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.

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Critical Friends Episode 24: On Oeuvres

Kate Macdonald and Duncan Lawie join Dan Hartland to tackle the question of the back catalog.

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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

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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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...

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Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 1! Launch Party

Get excited about Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 1! on BackerKit - come join!

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

“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

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

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...

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The Strange Horizons SF/F Criticism Podcast

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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.”

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Critical Friends Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts

In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Hana Carolina and Alex Kingsley join Dan Hartland to think about reviewing debut books and writers. Is there an extr…

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🗣️ 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.

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Critical Friends Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

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

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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."

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Isaac by Allee Mead

Isaac is a hidden gem of a novella.

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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.

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The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui

The Iron Garden Sutra is a religious and existential exploration wrapped in a sci-fi murder mystery

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

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

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

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?...

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The End of Culture (Celebrity Lip-Syncing) - Bo Burnham

YouTube video by BurnhamCLIPS

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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

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Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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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We Will Rise Again edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older

We Will Rise Again manages to hold many apparent contradictions within its pages.

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