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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Shakespeare and Sci-Fi and disability justice LFG! Welcome to the UNSQ family @marissalingen.bsky.social!

Publishers Marketplace
Deal Report
Category: Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
THAT FATAL DISCONTENT By Marissa Lingen
Imprint: Union Square & Co
August 13, 2026
Poet and short story author Marissa Lingen's THAT FATAL DISCONTENT, pitched as a Shakespearean-inspired sci-fi exploration of disability justice, rebellion, and survival aboard a generational ship as two sisters—a
"shipsider" genetically unsuited for life on the gravity-bound colony, and the ship's dazzling and ambitious new captain-lead battling factions after the death of their reckless third sister throws the ship into chaos as it hurtles toward the end of its centuries-long mission, to Ardyce Alspach at Union Square & Co, for publication in summer 2027, by Kurestin Armada at Root Literary (world).

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New deal alert! And my last young adult novel acquisition. It’s a banger! Think Widow’s Bay but with teenagers.

Publishers Marketplace
Deal Report
Category: Children's: Young Adult Fiction
BORDERLINE By Lilia Vargas Costello
Imprint: Union Square Kids
June 2, 2026
Writing prompt creator @deepwaterfiction on Tumblr Lilia Vargas Costello's
BORDERLINE, a debut pitched for fans of Stranger Things and RULES FOR VANISHING, in which a checkout clerk from Florida's weirdest convenience store, the twin brother of a missing girl, and the travelling paranormal vlogger they adopted uncover their small town's biggest conspiracy-and break reality-to save a lost friend, in an examination of bifurcated identity and alternate dimensions, to Ardyce Alspach at Union Square Kids, for publication in summer 2027, by Sidney Boker and Stephen Barbara at Inkwell Management (world English).

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Absolutely thrilled to welcome @pfracassi.bsky.social to the UNSQ family!

A publishers marketplace deal announcement for Philip Fracassi’s The Blue Butterfly plus a novella to Ardyce Alspach at Union Square & Co. brokered by Elizabeth Copps at Confluence Literary Agency.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I’ve got some novels in the works for Summer 2026! Keep an eye out for BEWARE THE JACKS (ages 8-12) by @llavoieauthor, UNNAMED BONES (ages 14 and up) by @lorasenfauthor, and GO-MAN VS. THE STAR DRAGON (ages 8-12, graphic novel) by @hamishsteele. Pro reviewers, reach out to UNSQ_publicity@hbgusa.com

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The Dresden Files. I picked up the books after I discovered the show.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

This Medusa sculpture by Luciano Garbati is my all time favorite. They had it in NYC facing the courthouse where they held the Epstein trial. I had to visit it of course.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Very serious business activities at StokerCon with my fabulous authors @adamcesare.bsky.social and @leannareneehieber.bsky.social!

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Buckle up, buttercups. @lorasenf.bsky.social is going to blow your minds with this one.

Ardyce Alspach at Union Square Kids has acquired Unnamed Bones by Bram Stoker winner Lora Senf (The Clackity). Pitched as a YA Inside Out in Hell and set on an island in the Pacific Northwest wilderness that shouldn't exist, it follows four stranded teens who can no longer trust each other or themselves as they fight to survive against an unseen enemy who isn't sharing its agenda or rules, and the broken girl whose emotions have faces and personalities, who make their way to the outside world after they discover they can escape the seedy motel she's built in her mind to lock them away. Publication is set for winter 2027; Ali Herring at Spencerhill Associates did the deal for world rights.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Really excited to see @lorasenf.bsky.social and The Losting Fountain on the Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot!

Silvery blue cover art for The Losting Fountain featuring a black ink blot moth made up of creepy things. Cover design by Melissa Farris.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Fantastic Fiction reading series at KGB Bar in Manhattan!

Ellen Datlow introduces James Patrick Kelly (2nd from right).

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Merlin and Sirius send their condolences.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Merlin says come for the sticker, stay to save democracy.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #302,175!

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh. (Click to embiggen).

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

Some spooky books for teens I’ve been working on. All coming very soon from Union Square & Co! My brilliant writers Amanda Glaze, Sarah Dvojack, Adam Cesare, and Lora Senf are looking forward to your pre-orders. ;)

A stack of advance reader copies for teens featuring The Lies of Alma Blackwell, Welcome to Fear City, Influencer, and The Losting Fountain.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

The Inside Out characters in my head:

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Did you know that this YA horror novel is ✨illustrated✨? Preorder it now. #SummerofSam #1977blackout #aghoststory #scaryaf

Welcome to Fear City book cover featuring a retro teen girl running away from the reader in fear against a dark New York City skyline.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

That can’t be real! That’s so sad. Mine photographs just fine.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Epically talented @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, Emily Wilson, and @mariadahvana.bsky.social at Cooper Union for the Books that Live discussion.

Three people on a stage with amazing lighting.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

Using an image, show a movie you are sure you have watched more than ten times.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Repost with most unhinged phone note.

I can’t stomp my foot and play guitar so I just blink one eye.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Do we do cat pics on here? Here’s a tiny glare from Merlin who is (im)patiently waiting for 7pm meal time.

Black cat with gigantic paws perched on owner’s blanket clad hip.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

Current read: Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

Book cover image of Painted Devils by Margaret Owen. The male and female characters are back to back while the scarlet goddess looms behind.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Current read: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

Book cover image for The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

Current read: Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Book cover image for Lone Women by Victor LaValle depicting a Black woman in an empty prairie with a black ominous shadow cloud form above her.

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Do the kids in your life like mysteries? I’m really excited to have worked with debut author KH Saxton on the first of a wonderful new series about middle school sleuths Alex and Asha as they tackle mysteries large and small. You can pre-order it in both hardcover and paperback! Out this September!

The hardcover and paperback editions of The A&A Detective Agency: the Fairfleet Affair.

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