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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy to be featured on the list of honorable mentions of the Dark Poets Prize 🖤🖤🖤 #darkpoetsociety #DarkPoetPrize #darkpoetry #amwriting #poetry

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Night sky always rains Neon signs burn blue, hot pink Eyes search the dashboard #scifaikusaturday #search #scifi #cyberpunk

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In the makeshift home that she had fashioned between a number of other shanties dangling from the Underside, her little sanctuary away from the tumult of Tarkar’s Bridge, Ilyna surveyed her loot. Through the gaps in the floorboards, she saw a #cloud drift underneath and pass beyond. #vss365

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The seaside offers no #reprieve. No matter what the doctors promised. Dreams crush into his sleep, violent and bloody like the churning tide of the mattanza. Torn flesh, mangled fins, the swish and crunch of harpoon strikes. Pearlescent sheen of sweat on his limbs. The air is hard to breathe #vss365

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

THE TURNING OF SALLY-MAE by Nuzo Onoh is currently 25% off in the Barnes & Noble Preorder Promotion! #BNPreorder Premium & Rewards Members can use the code PREORDER25 through to Friday, September 11. tinyurl.com/5xfvjfvn

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 10/09/2026

“The Nerd Reich” was the #1 bestseller at @bookshop.org for August. “See why people are talking about this one!” Lots more to come, folks! Thank you to all who bought and/or boosted the book. The word-of-mouth is working. Buy it here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Image of Nerd Reich book as #1 bestseller for august on Bookshop

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TITLE AND COVER REVEAL: My next novel, Painting With A Dead God's Blood, will be published on 22 June 2027. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Painting With A Dead God's Blood by Eddie Robson. The cover shows a mural of alien beings in a street in Kyoto.

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Being a Seer is a heavy burden these days. My second sight is bombarded by so many visions, so many warnings, it's become a confusing #melange of potential disasters. I can't begin to unpick all the threads to see which will lead to our doom. They won't listen anyway; they all say I'm mad. #vss365

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 29/08/2026

Today is the start of the Narratess Indie Book Sale! This weekend only, over 280 indie ebooks are on sale across a collection of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror genres at 1.99, 2.99, and FREE! indiebook.sale To celebrate, check out books from our Discord server: www.readindiefantasy.com/the-narrates...

A promo image for the Narratess Indie Book sale at indiebook.sale, featuring fantasy, sci-fi and horror this weekend, 29-31 August. The image shows book covers to various indie books as well as an illustrated picture of a dragon reading a book, design by Arden Powell.

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Bought myself a cheerful little cup (bucket?) for the start of the academic year 💪💪💪

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our final round of Flash 405 for 2026 is OPEN! We’re delighted to welcome #ExpoContributor @charlesjensen.bsky.social as our guest judge! Send him your “Quake”-themed short-form entries in any AND all genres through Sept. 5 for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake!

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Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2026: “Quake” - Exposition Review

The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges! Former contributor Charles Je...

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

An Alpine ibex perched on the roof of a chalet in the Parc de Merlet near Chamonix, France. They are famous for their extraordinary balance and often climb onto the stone chimneys of chalets in this area to lick minerals or soak up the sun. The background offers a view of the Mont Blanc massif.

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

#Disgruntled astronaut stares down at the barren,cratered moon. Whoever did the settlement value calculations was either a moron or relied too much on the latest AI, which is basically the same thing. Still, giving up is not his #style and he decides to #roll with it, literally. #vss365 #2WordPrompt

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Days amble along, warm with lazy sunlight. Sea salt and candy floss, carousel rides and fireworks. Summer rolls up the sandy beach as a tidal wave and retreats, leaving in its wake #disgruntled mollusks and squashed soda cans. #vss365

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 08/06/2026

If nobody buys your book who cares? You can write an even more stupid one after that

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Haiku for World Oceans Day

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

no worries, I say while inventing a never before heard of way to worry

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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 06 June 2026 is 🔆 ⚪️ ⚫️ 🔘 🔅 #ORB 🚀👽🛸🖊️👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts 🎨 See image alt text

On a black and star field background, a non-AI tagged Pixabay image of an android is shown. The android seems to be contemplating the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag. A blue, rectangle outline highlights the image and hashtag.

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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

My favourite kind of book post…free editor copies of the paperback edition book post! And ain’t they pretty! (Beautiful cover art by Derek Newman-Stille 😃)

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It’s always a pleasure to read at @saloneurope.bsky.social alongside so many wonderful writers 😊

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 04/06/2026

Daydreaming of it and mapping it out in your head in its entirety and then not getting to it for several years counts as writing

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 01/06/2026

Editing tip: select the whole section and delete it from existence forever. (it's going to be fine, it will creep back like weeds anyway, you can't kill this shit) ✍️

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Are you passionate about SF, fantasy, and pop culture? Our Managing Editor is looking for original essay pitches: author appreciations, scholarly analysis of all aspects of pop culture, critical and personal essays, think pieces, literary analysis and deep dives into film, television, and fiction

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Everybody talking about chickens made me look at the videos from years ago.. I had forgotten about the beautiful contented noises they make. Sigh..✨

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Dewdrops on capsule Shells, scattered beyond the dunes. Crew dead on landing #scifaikusaturday #beyond #vss365 #dewdrop

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“Mother, Take Me Home” Art by me for May’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of RESCUE! Authors, 14 days remain until submissions are due on May 21st. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

A science fiction illustration of a flying saucer style UFO highlighted by a sunny break in gloomy storm clouds. Beach and water are beneath it, and a lone distant figure standing on a sandbar spit.

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 08-MAY-26 is: Radical & Tank #Prompt

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 06/05/2026

The print it out and physically surround yourself with your bullshit method is the class I'm going to teach. And then how to make friends and recruit fresh blood to read it for you. No more isolation, no more phones. We're killing trees and our inner critic for creative writing

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I’m so excited about this! 😊😊😊

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Brooksie C. Fontaine @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's April 28, 2026, and today's #vss365 #prompt is #lightning! Inspired by the lightning bolts of Zeus, King of the Greek gods. An epic figure, Zeus presides over the sky, lightning, and thunder. He won his crown after overthrowing his father and freeing his devoured siblings!

Zeus, with long silver hair, glowing blue eyes, and a thunderbolt.

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I now know several people much younger than me who have flip phones. For reasons.

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

wind plays catch through the broken mill where ghosts hide #DailyHaikuPrompt (windmill)

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 19/04/2026

issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD including many deathy fiction and poetry INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh. check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON 💀🦴🖤

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The Deadlands - Issue 42 | Psychopomp

Includes the work of Nosawema O., |A. E. Weisgerber, Phoenix Mendoza, R.B. Lemberg, Maya Ysabel Ng, Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr., Diana Dima, and Kelsey Dean

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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Oh joy, here I am with my laptop in my favorite coffee place and two people came in and sat next to me and now they are being loudly excited about their AI slop book production 🙄 #writerslife

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Narratess @narratess.com · 11/04/2026

The Narratess Indie Sale starts today! For the next three days, 280+ books will be on sale, available for $1.99 or less. Even if you're on a budget or book buying ban, you can still grab the free ebooks (those don't count for your buying ban, because you're spending money!) indiebook.sale

Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text.

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Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror

11 - 13 April

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