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Wooo! Happy book day!!

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Harper ✨️DVpit pinned @harperkinsley.bsky.social · 4h

🎼FORGET ABOUT THE BOY #DVPit #YA #LGBT #DIS The theatre kid friendship romance you didn't know you needed ft: 💜Bi fat fmc 💛grumpy aroace "love" interest 🎭Actor x Techie (Platonic) 🤌Italian American family dynamics ☕Migraine rep 💔Healing from toxic exes

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 2h

Agents, editors, please, I’m begging 😭 I need this

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 2h

22 hours remaining! Our first stretch goal adds another issue next year. Let’s read all the stories together! kck.st/4x4r1oz

headshots of Gemma Amor, Gemma Files, A.T. Greenblatt, Shane Hawk, Jordan Kurella, Arkady Martine, Sam J. Miller, Suzan Palumbo, Sarah Read, Eden Royce, A.D. Sui, Michael Wehunt, Kelsea Yu, along with the 3LBE masthead

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Nikhil Prabala @nprabala.bsky.social · 6h

Pratchett meets Frieren when an animated skeleton gains free will. He must then try to figure out the meaning of life and immortality alongside a former elven queen turned B list celebrity, a “hero influencer”, a depressed salaryman, and a LARPing chivalric knight! #Comedy #DVpit #UrbanFantasy

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Nikhil Prabala @nprabala.bsky.social · 6h

Dragon Ball Z meets Warhammer 40K when Rhys, a member of the Earthling Empire’s secret police, must prove his loyalty to the regime after his mentor tries and fails to assassinate the Emperor, forcing him to confront his own complicity with the system and its evils. #SFF #DVpit #frametale #A

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In honor of pub day and my not-so-secretly favorite character, Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit, some writer-friends (and one of their moms! and my lovely partner!) have blessed us all with these fabulous skelebuns! Art credit in alt-text + next post 🐇🦴❤️

Sketch of a rabbit hopping delightedly that says, “Oh, hurry! hurry! come quick! The Bone Brides is here!” along with 5 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles. Art by Paul Rose-Teter, TJ, Shannon English, Meg Gauck, CJ Subko, and Sasha Kielman.

4 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles. Art by Christina Ferko, Artemis Whelan, Jess Aragon, and Aowna.

5 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles. Art by Carmeline Melchior, Via Luino, M. Stevenson, Annika Barranti Klein, and Paul Rose-Teter.

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Mona Tewari @monatewari.com · 29/09/2026

Readers: Please don't be embarrassed to reach out to an author if you like their work (and review it too!) These types of things may seem small but they can make an ENORMOUS difference, especially if the author isn't a major bestseller/breakout

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THE BONE BRIDES is out TODAY! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. I have waited since I was 7 years old to be able to say... GO FIND ME IN YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! ❤️

Graphic proclaiming, “Now Available Everywhere Books are Sold!” above a copy of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. “A marvelous, metaphorical masquerade.” –Kirkus Reviews. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward. One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage. The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit. Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines. Very moody and atmospheric. The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.

Trope map graphic for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter, that includes “changeling x human romance”; “are skeleton rabbits cute?”; “mental illness rep”; “whimsical x spooky”; “a grumpy witch”; “don’t look up”; “a drowned faery realm”; and “queer girls in love.”

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

LAUNCH EVENT UPDATE! Anyone planning to join me for launch of THE BONE BRIDES at Linden Tree Books, please note that the date has changed to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, at 6pm! (Giving me a whole extra week to perfect the bone cookie recipe I want to make to bring! ☺️)

Author Event for THE BONE BRIDES: New Date: Friday, Oct. 9th, at 6pm, Linden Tree Books, Los Altos, CA

Book launch, conversation, and signing. Marley Rose-Teter in conversation with Samantha Chong

Join us on tour for THE BONE BRIDES with author Marley Rose-Teter, YA fantasy debut on sale Sept 29th

10/3 at 6pm - Linden Tree Books (Los Altos, CA): Book Launch, in conversation with Samantha Chong

10/10, 3-5pm - B&N Birdcage (Citrus Heights, CA)

10/11 at 2:30pm - The Pleasant Pheasant (Woodland, CA), in conversation with Cheri Radke

11/13 at 6pm - Fireside Books & More (Redwood City, CA), fantasy panel "Imaginary Worlds, Real Emotions" with authors Zara Marielle and Mia V. Moss

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Nikhil Prabala @nprabala.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Introducing myself! Author of a Queer Epic Fantasy Romance duology, whose audio is narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury. Currently seeking rep for this series or for my unpublished manuscripts: DBZ meets Warhammer Science Fantasy or Frieren meets Pratchett Fantasy Satire!

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 19/09/2026

It’s that time again, y’all. I’m reopening to new queries for a limited time. I’ll be looking for: 💫 Adult & YA fantasy & sci-fi 📖 Speculative upmarket & literary fiction 🔎 Select mystery & crime fiction I’m looking forward to seeing what comes my way!

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Victoria | How to Survive Debut Author Stress, out free! @shiwritesprose.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm delighted to share that my story, The Monkey King in Orbit, is finally in the world! Thanks so much to @khoreo.bsky.social for publishing it. 🙈 inspired by John Wick's the Continental hotel— 🙉 'third place's and the sacrifices needed to protect them 🙊 DIM SUM and DEFIANCE in space 🥟🛰️🚀

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Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The good news just keeps coming! Congratulations @authortachan.bsky.social

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Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

👀 I spy with my little eye @authortachan.bsky.social’s The Celestial Seas

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

IT IS OFFICIALLY BONE BRIDES MONTH, Y’ALL, and there are only 28 more sleeps before my book-baby is out in the world! Who wants to play bingo with me? ^.^

THE BONE BRIDES Bingo:

Eat a fig
kiss a girl
get lost in the woods
eye a horse suspiciously

go swimming
mourn a loved one
decorate for Halloween
befriend a rabbit

cuddle w/someone for warmth
dance to music only you hear
get creative with honey
read a fairytale

jump on a trampoline
appreciate your teeth
plant something unusual
pre-order THE BONE BRIDES!

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

my writer's downfall is my overzealous love of having characters interrupt each other's dialogue

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Q: What is the absolute, #1 best thing you can do to support an author and help their ability to publish more books? A: PREORDER THEIR BOOK! 🧵

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

‼️THIS WEEK‼️ Excited to be at LA Con and hanging with all you amazing humans. Come check out an amazing panel about Diaspora in SFF, pick up some swag at my author signing, and chat about everything and anything during a morning stroll. #worldcon #lacon

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Andrea Stewart @andreagstewart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

IT’S HEEEEEERE! It’s up on Netgalley, there’s a Goodreads giveaway running for physical copies, and the cover is officially live! Can’t wait to share this book about social media and influencers, race, parasocial relationships, and how far we’ll go to cling to what we feel we deserve.

A screenshot from People.com with the cover reveal

The cover of Someone Else’s Daughter, a teal background with yellow lettering and bloody roses and thorns

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Surprise!!! I get to write about werewolves now too!!! I so firmly believe in this book, and I'm SO thrilled to have found a home with Orange Blossom! I hope you're all ready to fall in love with a chronically ill werewolf, her nerdy best friend, and the shenanigans they get up to along the way!

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🏳️‍🌈 🍉 Chuck Hamilton (he/him/his) 🏴‍☠️ @natty4bumpo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No country that arrested librarians and booksellers was on the right side of history. But that's what's happening in Arkansas. And this is where your whole country is headed with H.R 7661 and S 4925. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social action.everylibrary.org/arkansasact372

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Arresting Librarians AND Booksellers in the United States

History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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A four-panel comic featuring a small black cat sitting in a soft, dreamy landscape beneath a blue sky. As the panels progress, the cat’s expression changes from calm to increasingly wide-eyed. The text across the panels reads: “I wish your August is full of the things that make you happy.” The final panel shows the cat with enormous, sparkling eyes, adding a sweet and hopeful feeling to the message. The artwork has a gentle, textured, hand-drawn style with pastel blue, green, and pink tones in the background.

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

THE BONE BRIDES comes out September 29th! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/marleyroseteter

"Skeletal Brides emerge from the lake, mist hanging from their bones. Their veils are cobweb, torn. Their bells, silent." --The Bone Brides

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One of the most astonishing behaviors exhibited by whales is the upright sleeping posture of sperm whales (*Physeter macrocephalus*): they stand vertically in the water in groups—resembling candles—to rest for 10 to 15 minutes. It is a majestic sight.

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

For less than 1 cup of coffee, you can support a small press debut by getting an ebook 😔

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Nola knows plenty of stories about humans in love with faeries, too. None end happily." --The Bone Brides

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

PSA from your friendly neighborhood bookseller: a lot of bookstores are currently finalizing their big Fall '26 orders, so now would be a great time to preorder any new releases coming out in September - December with them. An example from this past week:

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Psssst currently hosting a little giveaway (3 winners! International participants welcomed!) for my fast paced dystopian novella featuring eco friendly board game! ♟️ Check out my IG to enter for the chance to win a signed book and foiled print! 💫 www.instagram.com/p/Dak9moTFH7... #amreading

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What do you do when you receive a box full of beautiful ARCs from your publisher? Why, build a ziggurat for your bunny of course! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm.

An extremely handsome off-white lionhead bunny stands in front of a ziggurat built of ARCs of THE BONE BRIDES. He is flanked by his honor guard of bunny stuffed animals.

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

✨🌟✨IT'S RELEASE MONTH!✨🌟✨ My debut sci-fi romance, The Stars Will Be Our Ocean, officially releases July 14th! If you like... 🏳️‍🌈 Queer space opera 😘 Slow-burn alien/human romance 🫂 Hurt/comfort and found family Then check out my purchasing and review links at lizzieblackwood.carrd.co

Coming July 14th
Her world is dying. His world cast him out. Together, they can change a galaxy.
The Stars Will Be Our Ocean by Lizzie Blackwood

Cover:
Book cover for The Stars Will Be Our Ocean:
The title texts floats among a starry background mingling with nebulous blue gasses with the author name “Lizzie Blackwood” at the bottom. Two figures float together at the center, holding hands as though dancing and smiling at each other. The figure on the left is a sharklike humanoid with a finlike crest off the back of his head wearing complex but form-fitting armor. The figure on the right is a human woman with pale skin and short black hair wearing a back jacket, shirt, pants, and boots.

For fans of Mass Effect, A Memory Called Empire, and The Shape of Water comes a story of love between outcasts caught in the mire of intergalactic politics.

First contact with the vast spacefaring empire of the Reshketh seemed like a miraculous boon for Humanity, trapped on a dying Earth. But in pursuit of an alliance, something has gone terribly wrong, and it’s up to cultural advisor Jenna Kalandra to figure out why before it’s too late. The only problems are that she has no information, no connections, and her own Ambassador hates her just for existing.

Jenna isn’t one to give up easily, but she’ll need the help of a mischievous AI, an inventive Human tech, her no-nonsense ex-girlfriend, and one charmingly unprofessional Reshketh security guard named Tarek to survive her Ambassador’s wrath. Can these misfits find a way to save the alliance (and themselves) before prejudice dooms Humanity? And can Jenna’s friendship with the roguish Reshketh become something deeper when no one knows who to trust?

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Strange Horizons is at $21,400 out of their initial $22,000 goal to KEEP OPERATING in 2027! Help Strange Horizons keep the lights on! Share widely, share often!

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Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser

The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 02/07/2026

I do have the motherfucking time (not really, but I'm making time for it), and I'm doing it myself on my own platform (since Reactor ignored my pitch 🙃). I would have loved to be paid for the work, but at this point it's public service so I'm doing it for free 👇

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#SmallBooks

Small Press New Releases Subscribe and receive all the lists of quarterly new releases in your inbox Have an upcoming small press SFFH book? Fill out the form. For now, we only list science fiction…

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

CA Bay Area! Not feeling terribly patriotic this 4th of July weekend? Why not come to @baycon.org and celebrate the hope, power, and fun of speculative fiction with us instead! I am SO excited to be on this panel with @samjamtimtam.bsky.social, @magicrobotcarnival.com, T.A. Chan, and Cheri Radke!

Graphic promoting the panel "The Ins and Outs of Publishing with Local Debut Authors," which will be Saturday, July 4, 2026, from 3:45-5pm at BayCon 42/Westercon 78 in the Santa Clara Marriott. Panel features T.A. Chan, author of THE CELESTIAL SEAS; Samantha Chong, author of PRODIGAL TIGER; Cheri Radke, author of AN ACCIDENT OF DRAGONS; Marley Rose-Teter, author of THE BONE BRIDES; and Mia V. Moss, author of THE HERESY OF THIEVES.

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Press release: Stars and Sabers Publishing moves forward into more emphasis on horror, fantasy, thriller, and mystery works! Read the full release on our exciting push and what’s ahead: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/06/18/s... #books #horror #fantasy #thrillers #publishing

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Stars and Sabers Press Release – Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, and Mystery – Stars and Sabers

Stars and Sabers Publishing announces greater emphasis on horror, fantasy, thriller, and mystery works for forthcoming books.

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 15/06/2026

I'm putting together quarterly lists of forthcoming SFFH books published by small presses. I do my best to find the info but I can't possibly know every press or release, so I have a submission form. Please share broadly with small pubs, authors, and everyone & their dog so I don't miss a release 👇

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#SmallBooks

Small Press New Releases Starting July 2026, we will put together quarterly lists of forthcoming small press books. For now, we only list science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but hope to expand to…

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hi, new followers! Someone else did a "happy Pride, all my books are gay!" thread and now I want to do it too. First up is IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, just out this May. A sapphic cis woman and a trans space pirate team up to fight genAI, book bans, and censorship. Super queer and super fun!

Cover of Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann. The cover art features a big cartoon Jupiter with a little cartoon spaceship flying over it against a starry background. On the cartoon spaceship there is a tiny Jolly Roger.

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