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Eileen Curley Hammond @curleyhammcozy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A film #clouded her eyes. “I told you to watch what you said.” Books spewed from library shelves, and black drapes slammed shut. “Apologize!” He fell to his knees. “I’m sorry I said you gained weight.” “But you have to admit you leaped a size or two.” The house crumbled around them #vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By way of #reprieve for not dropping him from the very, very great height of the bridge, the servant swore on both his mothers’ lives, all the Patrons and even the Lord Protector himself that he would not, under any circumstances, tell anyone that Ilyna had been there. He lied, of course. #vss365

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To be an acolyte, one has to #purify one's mind. That's the first tenet: remove all wordly thoughts in order to meditate on the higher aspects of existence. Luckily for me, there's no requirement to cleanse one's soul. Mine is as stained as they come. I've found the perfect hiding place. #vss365

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Calling any and all clinicians, researchers, and academics working in gender care, paediatrics, or related fields of healthcare, medicine & science! I have an important campaign you may be able to help with, regarding 🏳️‍⚧️ healthcare 🙏🙏🙏 If you’re interested let me know & I will DM you full details

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Jenny @jennyww.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"I #reckon it'll take an hour," he said looking at her. She furrowed her brow. "Do you think it'll take longer?" She howled. Then he howled back. The werewolf potion worked faster than he had expected. #vss365 #writing #stories

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Should be reposted every month....

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ilyna didn’t thieve just for the loot. Not only to stave off #hunger, or to afford a bed for the night. She thieved because she was good at it. It was fun and exhilarating. She thieved to stick a thumb in the eye of the stuffy nobles and merchants that thought their riches made them better. #vss365

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Iacovos @iacovos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If a country isn't a state for the welfare of the people (ie a welfare state) then what is it? A fascistic oligarchy with serfs who are worked to death for a pittance or if they can't work are left to die anyway?

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hunting is far more than just feeding my #hunger; it's a #passion that fulfils my very soul. I wait in the forests, at one with nature, hidden. I have to be patient, and skilled at ambush, because my prey is skittish and runs away if they sense a threat. But humans are worth all the effort. #vss365

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Was watching a documentary last night about yet another woman killed by her partner 😢💔 At the end of the show, they provided support details for victims of domestic abuse / violence, which I fully support. But why don’t we also signpost to support for men concerned about their own behaviour? 1/

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Aeryn Rudel @aerynrudel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They called it a crime of #passion, but what I did to Mr. Monroe, who lived next door, was not an impulsive act. When I learned what he was, I started planning, and when I pounded that stake into his chest and cut off his head, it was the very definition of premeditated. #vss365 #microfiction

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Bethany Samaddar - popping in & out @blsamaddar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m pleased to share that my novel releases today. To everyone who supported me along the way, I’m grateful. I share with you my heart, in rectangular form & with the words “The Sand Diamond” written on it.🙏 US: amazon.com/dp/1509266674 UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/1509266674 Canada: amazon.ca/dp/1509266674

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Eileen Curley Hammond @curleyhammcozy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The gondola passed under the bridge where she stood, two lovers oblivious to her gaze. They had been like that once—unable to keep their hands off each other during nights full of intrigue. War heightened their sense of #passion. Life was far better before he became an accountant. #vss365

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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#vss365 #Prompt #Embark Day 7 - Lets #Embark to the world of a Young Adult The horizon calls. We leave before we know what leaving costs. A suitcase. A little courage. A great deal of uncertainty.

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Lee Zanello @lima-zulu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When it gets #stormy like this, tornado coming, we take to the root cellar. This time though, when we open the door, we find ourselves already inside. “Get in!” the other Pa yells. The other Ma and I look frightened, but not surprised. My Pa looks to Ma and says, “Oh no, not again.” #vss365

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I slammed my coffee cup on the table. As I poured in the milk, a #stormy cloud surged up through the liquid. Stirring in the sugar made the tempest grow. Outside in the street, the wind battered people and cars. Branches were ripped from trees while lightning split the sky. What had I done? #vss365

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Matriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 21/09/2026

Raise your hand if you don’t give a fuck what bathroom people use 🙋🏻‍♂️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

N.K. Jemisin is the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 3 consecutive yrs for her Broken Earth series & first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020. She was born #OTD in 1972. Happy Birthday @nkjemisin.bsky.social 🎈 #SciFi #Fantasy #BookSky

A montage portrait of science fiction author N.K. Jemisin. On the left, she appears in a close-up photo with long, dark braided hair, wearing earrings, a delicate necklace with a pendant, a deep maroon sweater, and a shimmering green scarf draped around her neck. She has a calm, confident expression and gazes directly at the camera against a softly blurred dark background. To the right are three stacked book covers of her works. Top: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth trilogy), with a dark, textured design and metallic title. Middle: The Obelisk Gate, featuring an intricate, glowing red-and-purple circular mandala-like emblem. Bottom: The Stone Sky, showing a dramatic stormy sky with a massive floating obelisk.

The overall composition highlights the author alongside prominent covers from her award-winning Broken Earth series.

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Tyn Shenton @tynshenton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The giants are in #conflict again. It's been rumbling for ten thousand years. I can see it in the cracks in the plaster on my living room walls, or the way the cliffs near my home lose inches to the sea every single year. They won't stop for us, of course. Who would ever think they should? #vss365

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 17/09/2026

In a lot of fantasy series, the main characters are the only ones who know about the supernatural because they discover a magical object or a have special powers. I think you could just have the heroes be the only ones who ever look up from their phones.

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What sustains us from the ledge, falling forward, tumbling toward, diving down, ceding cattywhomp, waving white flag? Ask me not today, ask me not #vss365 #vssdaily #poetry

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Lee Zanello @lima-zulu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It wasn’t the creatures in the woods or up in the mountains that undid us. The pests got us in the end. The rodents and insects, infesting the food supply that was meant to #sustain us through the winter. We shiver now, hungry, snowed in. Alone. Difficult decisions lie ahead. #vss365

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Her fingers ached. Being the only pianist in the orchestra was tough. But the end was nigh. The end for the jumped up assholes in the string section, that is: when she held the #sustain pedal down for thirty seconds, the inbuilt machine guns would rise up and blast them to tiny pieces. #vss365

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We weren't expecting to be posting this quite so soon... but good news: we're reopening to submissions! 🎉

WE'RE REOPENING TO SUBMISSIONS!
WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO WRITE THIS QUITE YET. BUT OWING TO A BIT OF UNEXPECTED GOOD FORTUNE - WE'RE OPENING BACK UP TO SUBMISIONS!

WE'RE LOOKING FOR QUEER HORROR NOVELS OF AT LEAST 50,000 WORDS FOR A LATE 2027 EARLY 2028 RELEASE
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IF YOU KNOW US, THEN YOU KNOW THE SORT OF THING WE LIKE, AND THE SORT OF THING WE DON'T. (IF YOU DON'T KNOW US: WORTH HAVING A QUICK READ AROUND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THE RIGHT FIT)

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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Its the ol’ smooth jazz pottery roundup ✨ All these pots currently available for purchase on my website www.roseschmits.com Free UK shipping, worldwide available

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Gene Hunt 🇨🇦🇵🇸 @avin-oops.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Middle England today

Kombucha girl meme. Positive face: concentration camps. Negative face: concentration camps near my village

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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington

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John-El @justaphillyjawn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Meanwhile, Christians want to impose their own version. It's semantics and 100% performative politics.

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Welcome to this meeting of the Happy Knitters Club. It's lovely to see so many familiar faces again. Before we share our latest creations, we'll #commence in the usual way: with a ritual human sacrifice. I'm afraid we've been unable to find a red-headed virgin, so it must be one of you." #vss365

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Lee Zanello @lima-zulu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“We’ll #commence once everyone has arrived.” Paul looked around and counted ten other chairs, all empty. He was questioning his decision to answer the ad. The speaker stood on the tiny stage in the church basement and stared at him. After a minute, Paul still alone: “Okay, let’s begin.” #vss365

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#vss365 The Great & Powerful Wizard Looks down & says #COMMENCE! I don’t know What his damage is As I hit WASH & RINSE My 1st day As his housekeeper I note This guy is dense Altho he thinks He’s ALL THAT— He’s just counterfeit WEE PRINCE I’m sick of him Already, I think & eye the fence #NoKings

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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#vss365 #Prompt #Commence Day 1 - THE FIRST BREATH 🐣 Salty air enters the lungs. The world arrives! the first light, the first sound, its first everything. Let’s begin. 😍

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you gotta buy my pots cause actually they may one day grow to be Emrakul The Promised End and destroy all of humanity thats how powerful and important they are. Every time i throw a pot i am tempting eldritch power. Invest now in pots

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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 15/09/2026

The sideshow audience ran screaming as the scarecrow entered. The #Autumnal King had risen again. Jake lit a torch. “You’re no god. You’re just dried leaves and bones.” The creature laughed. “Try it. Your tent will burn, too.” Jake nodded slowly. “I’m okay with that. I breathe fire.” #vss365

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They landed in a paradise. They could breathe without helmets, and the fresh #autumnal breeze blew golden leaves all around. But on this planet, the leaves released parasitic spores that could liquefy internal organs in minutes. They only realised that after one of the biologists exploded. #vss365

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026

So Think, Write, Edit, Romance has a lot about prose and a whole section on self-editing. In a moment of wild surmise, I asked the literal Final Boss copyeditor if he'd take a look at it. (When I said I was taking a punt on blurbs...) And he did, and this is some of what @bcdreyer.social said.

Flyer for Think Write Edit Romance. Quote: “...she offers up here the sort of expert advice on the nuts and bolts of prose, from punctuation to grammar, that makes my copyeditorial heart sing. And if that weren't enough, she does it all engagingly and wittily. I can't imagine a writer, of romance or of anything else, who won't find much that's invaluable in these pages.” --—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English and former Random House copy chief. Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Great news, Madam President. The android armies have been pushed back!" I switched to #sanguine mode and smiled. "I'm pleased to hear it." Our operation was now harder, but not impossible. We had agents at every level in the enemy government. I sent a silent message to them all: Be ready. #vss365

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/09/2026

But people need a break. People need to consume art, it's what we are as a species. And people need to create, in whatever ways. That's not a 'nice to have', it's a necessity, and grinding it out of people is criminal. Just...don't let anyone tell you you oughtn't be creating, for whatever reason.

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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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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dylan needed to figure out how that ship got through the lines, even if the brass had warned him off the investigation. It was not some #esoteric thing, not magic, not divine. It was technological, but what that technology could be eluded him and the very best minds of his crew & the navy. #vss365

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Most wizards would have you believe that magic is #esoteric: secret rites, arcane words, wands. In truth, it is much more basic. It demands the user's blood, saliva, urine, even bits of flesh. These scars are not from hard-fought supernatural battles. They are the daily toll of my craft. #vss365

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.

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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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