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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pls read my books - they take place in my homeland, Texas, where they are challenged & it makes me sad for Lipan readers who want to see characters like them.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good news: @sfwa.bsky.social's Recommended Reading List once again lives! The general public and SFWA members can sort the list to see what SF/F novels, stories, poems, comics, scripts and games are receiving the most love and attention from the org's writers. 1/ www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...

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Genre Grapevine: Good News as the SFWA Recommend Reading List Returns | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine

When Professor Farnsworth in Futurama says "Good news everyone!" it's rarely good news for his Planet Express crew. But in this case, the ne

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 04/10/2026

I'd like to once again remind you for #BannedBooksWeek that Huckleberry Finn and Animal Farm don't need you to go out of your way to read them. Instead, support a book, and author, who a ban can actually hurt.

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Next week” is now this week, btw! I’m just a few days out from releasing “Whales” to read for free!

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can finally share the cover for THE WORST MONK IN OMNU, out next May from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!

Cover art for THE WORST MONK IN OMNU by Marie Brennan. In a nighttime landscape, an Asian-looking monk is silhouetted against a glowing waterfall plunging down the mountainside.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hello and happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day! We're about ready to get started with this year's winner announcement A very special thanks to our first-ever sponsors: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, @laworldcon.bsky.social , and @revmindi.bsky.social ! #2026IgnyteAwards

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reminder of the existence of my newsletter! Next week, I’m planning to send out a soon-out-of-exclusivity-but-currently-paywalled story of mine I love, “On the Autonomy of Whales.” Sign up to my newsletter and be among the first to read the story for free! buttondown.com/amandahelms

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Speculations & Oddities

A roughly monthly newsletter for keeping up with speculative fiction writer Amanda Helms (publications, appearances, etc.) and the other occasional odd thought.

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AJ @ajknights.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Curious as to whether anyone has figured out to only read the italicised sections... for the 'sekrit.' Is that why some reviewers hate it? But thats why I love it...its layers baby. Everything she writes is layered but this one is the first one thats just flat out a message hidden in the text.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I can't believe I have to keep doing this, but time to tap the sign again. Emily Bell, who also edits Atthis Arts under the name E.D.E. Bell, is still harassing me and others. Read my original report for details. New details in following thread. 1/ www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...

Emily Bell, who also edits Atthis Arts under the name E.D.E. Bell, is still harassing Jason Sanford. Read Jason's original report for more details. https://www.patreon.com/jasonsanford/posts/genre-grapevine-161758874

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 28/09/2026

Promised a friend I'd post about my books more, so here goes! First up, my Nebula Award finalist book about a girl who's half star and half human and gets caught up in the politics of the starry court, STAR DAUGHTER! It's really good, and you should try it. www.harpercollins.com/products/sta...

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Star Daughter

*Chosen as a 2020 Kids’ Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist* “Shveta Thakrar's prose is as bea...

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Davey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My cozy mystery Cheddar Luck Next Time is on sale in the UK & US through October 4th! 1.99 for Amazon ebook. Autistic (like me) lead character! Oodles of cheese! Chonky orange cat! Sequel out in February! amzn.to/3ZlFfnR [promo link]

A green book cover is bold against a red background. Amazon Kindle deal for Cheddar Luck Next Time $1.99 limited time offer: 28 September- 4 October 2026.

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My contributor copy of the FORGED IN FIYAH anthology from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social is here! Edited by the super-talented @davaun.bsky.social this beauty hits shelves tomorrow, and you can delve into these incredible tales of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, perfect for Black Spec Fic Month in October.

Cover of Forged in Fiyah Celebrating ten years of Black Speculative Fiction, done in hues of purple, green, and blue. Two elegantly dressed magicians stand in a forest around an anvil, holding hammers, about to strike a glowing chalice.

Back cover of Forged in Fiyah listing all contributors names: M.H Ayinde, Maurice Broaddus, C.L. Clark, Eboni Dunbar, WC Dunlap, Emmalia Harrington, Veronica G. Henry, Tonja K. Johnson, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Tonya R. Moore, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Tobi Ogundiran, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Nelson Rolon, Eden Royce, Sheree Renee Thomas, Tade Thompson

Beginning of story "All That Remains" by Eden Royce (me!) starting with the quote "The most marvellous thing to watch is the death of a person." -Pauline E. Hopkins, Of One Blood, or, The Hidden Self

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know I haven't updated in a while. There's been a lot going on. - My calcium levels are still worrying. - My eye scans aren't good. - I have to get a CT scan soon. I need help to pay for everything to be done privately. Any amount would be helpful. Thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been quiet about this one until I had some definite news, but this book is available now!! It's a book that's both taken a long time to come to fruition and a whirlwind of a rush at the same time. Published by Island of Wak-Wak, the same as my poetry chapbook from two years ago.

cover art, text reads "Daniel Ausema, The Fall of the City of Bells"; images from the public domain shows monks pulling the ropes on a line of bells in an old building

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

as a bookstore owner, we cannot do the work or offer the benefits which public libraries do—fund libraries and everyone, including bookstores, will thrive

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TIL my book is now on NetGalley! Persons so inclined who have an account may now request my weirdo cosmic horror murder mystery corporate satire debut (and also give the glorious cover an upvote if you like it!) www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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The Upper Tentacle

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The Upper Tentacle

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As a reminder, Democrats picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018, while losing two seats in the Senate. We should see a bigger pickup in both chambers this time, to put it mildly. But do not get cocky and coast here. Run through the tape.

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Caroline Cormack @bookclubdropout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you’ve been working on a short story about the dead or the undead (or both!), then I’ve got some great news for you. #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Lisa G @woenellie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Keep it going, people! If your vote wasn’t valuable, they wouldn’t be trying to take it away. 💪

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 22/09/2026

ICYMI: Coming this April from Hachette's new novella imprint, Union Station - SHOUTING DISTANCE, which you can read more about and maaaybe click through for a preorder (if you are so inclined) 👇👇👇 www.cheriepriest.com/blog/coming-...

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Shouting Distance: Coming This April — The Haunt*

As some of you no doubt saw on the ol’ socials: I’ve got something new coming out in April, from Hachette’s new novella imprint Union Station! Shouting Distance is… well, let’s call it a weird sout...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com

Esteemed Editors and Publishers,

I am now taking submissions of original 2026 short fiction projects — magazines, anthologies, single-author collections — for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 3. (Publishing Sept. 2027). Vol. 1 is a World fantasy Award Finalist.

I am seeking material first published this year, in 2026. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2026 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2026.

Stories should be between 500 and 17,499 words. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text.

Publishers and editors are encouraged to send electronic or digital copies, via the email address below. (I am not accepting hard copy submissions.) ePubs are preferred, but I will also accept text files (Word), Mobi, or PDF. Please do not cherry-pick selections. Send the entire book, journal, or magazine to:

bestspecfic@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and kind consideration.

Warm Wishes,

Michael
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Michael Kelly / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
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Undertow Publications
https://undertowpublications.com/

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There's so much LABOR happening behind the scenes of FIYAH that goes unrecognized. It's an honor to make space for and share work from the staff who've allowed us to publish Black SFF over these past ten years. Thank you, @emmaliawrites.bsky.social!

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 21/09/2026

folks writing about books: please confirm the actual publications of an author before referencing them! just had a trade review reference an AI slop book that’s been attached without permission to my name on some retail sites. so. that’s a great thing to wake up to.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was writer in residence at my local library this year. I got a message once from someone saying she had read my book through her library and then went out and bought 2 copies for the academic institution she works for. Libraries pay for books an introduce people to reading which helps writers.

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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

25 Days until Early Voting starts on Oct. 14th. Register to vote: vote.org

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Excited for this window and anybody who may submit! Let the rot (word?) spread!! 🥀🪱

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

some news!

Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report, Sons of Nod by Thomas Ha Imprint: Tordotcom, Imprint: Tordotcom. Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Thomas Ha's SONS OF NOD, a novella about a group of boys laboring to build machinery for a reckless corporation on a strange and desolate island, to Avery Davis at Tordotcom, with Ann VanderMeer editing, for publication in fall 2027, by Michael Curry at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).

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Anita 🧜🏽‍♀️🏴‍☠️🪐 @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you’re looking for a thick fantasy novel with 40-50 something magical (mostly Asian) women protagonists getting things done, check Watermyth out!

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Jules Arbeaux (Updates) @julesarbeaux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All stories end in death, but death isn't always the end of the story. ✨ THE NEWS IS OUT ✨ My third book, THE GOD OF LOST CAUSES, is coming next summer from Harper Collins Canada! Get ready for weirdness and wonder and heartbreak and humor and shenanigans undertaken in a bid to rewrite fate.

Deal announcement for Jules Arbeaux's "God of Lost Causes," which follows a bookish young man who dies deep in cosmic debt and must become the interim god of lost cases to pay it off, but when he finds himself invested in one of his lost causes—a prince doomed to die alongside his entire kingdom—he risks his very soul to rewrite fate. It was sold in a pre-empt to Mikaela Roasa at Harper Collins Canada by Maddy Belton at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency and will publish in Summer 2027.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This reminds me of Comedy Central wanting MST3K to have a “plot arc”

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

💚 thank you, Catherine! 🥹

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Tochi Onyebuchi @tochitruestory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ALEXA PLAY DUALITY BY SLIPKNOT TOCHI'S GOT A NEW NOVEL COMING AND IT'S ABOUT GUERRILLA MOVEMENTS AND HEAVY METAL

Deal announcement for the novel KILL YOUR MASTERS by Tochi Onyebuchi

"Author of RIOT BABY and RACEBOOK Tochi Onyebuchi's KILL YOUR MASTERS, told in the style of an oral history chronicling the unlikely dawn of a heavy metal movement in the Coup Belt of West Africa where postcolonial instability, a corrupt mining operation, and encroaching extremism collide in a decades-spanning political epic, to Mo Crist at Bloomsbury, in a six-figure deal, at auction, by Joanna Volpe and Jordan Hill at New Leaf Literary & Media (NA).

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It took four reporters at the Financial Times to put this Trump campaign press release together and none of them could bother to note that this proposal is wildly illegal.

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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

everyone should read Countess, it is the real deal.

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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

hi yes I'm SO excited that my trans giant robot flash fic is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com. please enjoy "The Chrysalis of Moth One" 💜 this one is a bit Pacific Rim drift compatibility but make it angry and defiantly trans. I'm so proud of this one ✨ www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

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The Chrysalis of Moth One - Lightspeed Magazine

They didn’t want either of us to live this long. Sucks for them—we’re good at living in spite. We’re good at surviving, at fighting, at never stopping. Today is the last day we exist in spite of Comma...

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