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Happy book birthday to us! This cursed tome hits shelves today, featuring uncanny stories by Paul Tremblay, Charlie Higson, Evelyn Hollow, Eric LaRocca, Daisy Johnson and many more. www.waterstones.com/.../dan-coxo... #horror #horrorbooks #horrorcommunity

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Dyn Hysbys @dynhysbys.bsky.social · 4h

Yesssssss! Twisted Pike by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social just dropped through my front door, perfect folk horror to get October started. #booksky #folklore #folkhorror

A copy of Twisted Pike lies on a patterned sofa cushion.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 6h

It's October 🎃 The bestest of spooky times! Check out the new Waterstones Books of the Month: some great spooky, strange and long-awaited reads, four of which I've been reading recently (no prizes for guessing which ones...) 🪐📚💙

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 6h

Oooh... Exciting news for fans of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi! #SFF 📚💙

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 9h

Enter if you dare... #HowToBuildAHauntedHouse by Caitlin Blackwell Baines is out today in paperback! A grand tour of the haunted house through art, architecture, ghost stories and more 👻 'Just the book to read over Halloween' Daily Mail profilebooks.com/work/how-to-...

The book 'How to Build a Haunted House' by Caitlin Blackwell Baines on a black background with smoke coming up from the bottom of the image and an orange spider hanging from the top of the image.

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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Deep in the Welsh mountains something ancient is waiting beneath the soil 🐏 Folklore and superstition mix into an obsessive blend that pulls a curious sheep farmer into the darkness 🌘

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A new edition of Winterset Hollow by @thisone0verhere.bsky.social is out imminently and looks right up my street from the cover art and description of "Beatrix Potter meets The Wicker Man in this wickedly disturbing slice of folk horror"! #Horrorsky 🪐📚💙

The new cover showing a charming old fashioned children's book style illustration of a clothed rabbit or hare holding a lush basket of harvested fruit and veg. three deep bloody gouges appear to tear across the page, ripping through the illustration.

A green banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 watchlist: scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

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Verity Holloway @verityholloway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have a piece in this about medieval martyrs, pub lore, and Victorian yearning. I am giving the people what they want.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy anniversary to Thunderbirds! It aired again throughout my childhood and I watched it obsessively. One of those kids who desperately wanted to make the Blue Peter DIY version of Tracy Island but my parents (probably rightly) assumed I would get distracted half way through and leave a mess...

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

. @djangowexler.bsky.social's new dystopian progression fantasy adventure 'The Only Way Out Is Up' is here! A small-time scrapper and his pet robot see a way off the scrapheap through Ascent, the ultimate fighting tournament with mind-boggling prizes. Things are about to get dangerous... 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A copy of the book face out on bookshelves. On the front is a quote from dungeon crawler carl author matt dinniman reading "one of the most imaginative and hilarious writers I've ever read"

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's today! Happy Threshing Day release! Come and get your shiny shiny dragon rider books 🐲 #Romantasy #4thWing 💙📚🪐

Photo from the Waterstones Facebook feed showing a pile of copies of the book

Photo from the Waterstones Facebook page showing an interior colour full page illustration of a green dragon

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy publication day to @toribovalino.bsky.social's The Thief and the Traitor Bride, a new standalone romantic fantasy set in the world of The Second Death of Locke, in which wine merchant/spy Nore must seek help from her estranged thief husband for a dangerous mission! #SFF #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

Copies of the book on a table in a bookshop. On the cover a character holds a dagger behind their back, wearing a white dress with long red hair plaited. The text and embellishments are in shiny gold.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September has been a GANGBUSTERS month for new fiction. So many incredible books by major authors as well as newcomers. Here are three books I absolutely adored this month. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

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My Favorite Books of September!

Hi! ICYMI I’m going to be in Australia in a week and a half. I’ll be at the Brisbane Writers Festival and the Canberra Writers Festival, and doing events in...

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In-person tickets are sold out, but you can still sign up for the livestream of this event with two of my faves: Pierce Brown - author of the brilliant Red Rising series - and the wonderful @johngwynneauthor.bsky.social on 21st Oct! www.waterstones.com/events/pierc... #SFF 💙📚🪐

A poster for the event reading livestream: pierce brown in conversation with John Gwynne from Conway hall London. Wednesday 21st October 7.30pm. see website for details

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tomorrow is the release of Rebecca Yarros' brand new Threshing Day - a collection of thirteen short stories set around the day when cadets bond with their dragons! Loads of Waterstones are doing events and early openings to celebrate: www.waterstones.com/events/celeb... #SFF 💙📚🪐 #FourthWing

A banner reading celebrate threshing day with Waterstones. Join us and fellow fans of Rebecca Yarros as we celebrate the publication of threshing day. Visit the Waterstones website for details

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good Morning Blue Sky! On my sickbed and currently reading Pretenders to The Throne by Adrian Tchaikovsky. What are you reading at the moment?

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ooh... To celebrate the release of @stephenking.bsky.social & Peter Straub's OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE, Waterstones is giving away a one-night stay at Brown’s Hotel, breakfast included, PLUS a signed copy! GB&NI, closes 5th Oct, contest details here: www.waterstones.com/win/other-wo... #SFF 💙📚🪐

A banner for the prize draw showing a proper fancy parlour, presumably at Brown's Hotel, overlaid with an image of the book cover with a "signed edition" sticker.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's my last day at the Ipswich bookshop. I'll miss my colleagues, my lovely regular customers, the bookshop I've helped look after for the last 15+ years, and the lovely morning walks down through Christchurch Park (it has the most amazing chonky old trees). But, here's to new beginnings... 🤞

A photo across grass to a bench and a stand of trees, with early morning sunlight filtering through them

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Delighted to meet @claresager.bsky.social in @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social this morning where she signed King of Ravens: a #romantasy in which a chronically ill Rhiannon makes a deal with the fae king of the underworld to save her family. Just out in paperback this month! 💙📚🪐

The author signs a copy of the book in a bookshop

A copy of the book on the shelves with a "signed by the author" sticker and a staff recommends card underneath

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Shape of Monsters by @clhellisen.com is just out! Two siblings, but only one inherits their House's wild magic... A gothic tale of dark magic, murder, demonic possession, family secrets and rivalry, where betrayals linger and power is everything. 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. The cover has the outline of a stag's head in starfield shades of purple and black, against a background fuscia red, letters embossed in gold

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Justine @justinenortonkertson.com · 25/09/2026

Less than one month till my horror novella releases! Grab a copy and tell me what you think!

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 25/09/2026

If you’ve not seen me rave about this series before 1) where have you been? 2) buy the lot and just plough through, you won’t regret it

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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Joins us, if you dare, for this perfectly spooky evening of Gothic fiction to discover three brilliantly unsettling novels that delve into the chilling mysteries of the past and the darkest corners of the psyche 🫠🏚️💀 www.waterstones.com/events/haunt...

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's a new Tolkien biography out this week: The King Under The Mountain by D. J. Taylor, which unpicks the myths that Tolkien created around himself, as well as the social, political and cultural contexts that informed his work. Looks like a must-read for fans! #LotR 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In a world where divine power bleeds into the mortal realm, those blessed with it are given a choice: Ascend through the Trials... or die trying. The Ascended is the latest by duo Bree Grenwich and Parker Lennox, and it's getting impressive reviews so far. Out today! #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

A pile of copies of the book in a bookshop

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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is auto-science-fiction a genre? In her new book, @naomialderman.bsky.social combines a reflective memoir on grief with the story of the appearance of a mysterious new species. I adore and respect the mimmoths! I’m still thinking about this brilliant, original & beautiful novel. Recommend! 💙📚🪐

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is "fantaspionage" the next big thing? Can we MAKE it the next big thing? @mcflycahill90.bsky.social (Audition for the Fox) speaks with @premeemohamed.com (Wickhills) about genre, weird cities, and who is the having the worst time in a story:

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“What Kind of Person Would a City Like Wickhills Produce?”: A Conversation With Premee Mohamed - Reactor

On crafting the perfect spy story, and building a magical city.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Emperor's Enemy is the first in a new series from Jasmine Mas (Blood of Hercules), a deadly game of cat and mouse as a fearless Knight Mage and a deadly assassin circle each other, with the fates of their realms at stake... #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

Copies of the book in a bookshop with a matching poster standee behind

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our Cut of Salt is a brand new lyrical, brutal and powerful Palestinian haunted house tale by @deenahelm.bsky.social, in which Marina confronts the chilling trauma of her country's past by returning to the home her family abandoned during the Nakba. #Horrorsky 💙📚🪐

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Grand Admiral Shaun Duke @shaunduke.net · 22/09/2026

Hey! A while back, JSTOR dropped a Speculative Fiction reading list. There are pieces on obvious things, but also some sociology/social sciences pieces about speculative thought. Lots of nifty bits here! daily.jstor.org/spec...

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Speculative Fiction: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily

Speculative fiction, from Afrofuturism to Star Wars, offers students tools and methods for analyzing social movements, power structures, and utopian thinking.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The @thebookerprizes.com shortlist has been announced this eve! It includes M. John Harrison's captivatingly strange and beautiful dystopian novel, The End of Everything, which imagines Europe after an unnamed crisis, with odd artifacts and alien creatures, and people trying to get by... 💙📚🪐

A photo from the Waterstones Facebook feed showing the six books: Elizabeth strout the things we never say. M john harrison the end of everything, Rebecca Perry may we feed the king, marlon James the disappearers. Douglas Stuart John of John. Luke kennard black bag

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have a limited number of SIGNED exclusive editions of Adalyn Grace's brand new The Wretched Divine, following a determined female knight who forges a dangerous bond with an untrustworthy demon in her quest for revenge and survival. Out today! 💙📚🪐 #Romantasy

Copies of the book in a bookshop, some turned to show off the sprayed edges

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everything in the Hollow is wonderful & perfect Nothing is going to go wrong No one is keeping secrets... except for maybe one But don't worry, it's not going to rewrite reality or alter history or anything. Probably... Stephanie Garber's Mirror of Infinite Endings is out today! #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

A pile of the exclusive edition in a bookshop

A copy of the exclusive edition with the dust jacket removed to show off the intricate pink foiled boards underneath

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 21/09/2026

It's Monday once more and today I'm reading The Wax Child by Olga Ravn What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Obviously I spent my Sunday away from working at a bookshop... unpacking my own books post house move, rearranging shelves, and trying to work out how to categorise them so they'll all fit when combined with my partner's collection. Clearly I know how to relax... #Booksky

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What's a book you love with all your goddamn heart that you believe did NOT get the love and attention it's due? I'll go first, and it's abso-LUT-ely THE CITY IN GLASS by Nghi Vo. There are moments from that book that live in my blood and wake me from the dark.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Featuring a stunning new cover to match When The Moon Hatched, spredges, gold foiled boards, gorgeous endpapers + chapter heading illustrations by the amazing @alicecaoillo.bsky.social, the deluxe edition of Sarah A. Parker's THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS is available to pre-order! #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

Photo from the Waterstones Facebook page showing the book alongside the previous when the moon hatched in the same deluxe style

Photo from the Waterstones Facebook page showing the illustrated endpapers

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you've ever had the thought "what if F1, but dragons?!" then boy do I have the book for you... Tailwind by Olivia Hayward follows Lena, first female dragon rider in the famed Volitant Dragon Races, as she fights for her place in a male-only sport. Non-stop action, betrayal & romance! #SFF 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. On the cover are two dragon riders flying through clouds. The tagline reads in a race about to make history she's flying for her life

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don't want to mention the C word yet, but this new little hardback caught my eye in Thursday's bookshop delivery: Folk Britain, A Guide for Modern Times from Hoxton Press, and I thought "that'd make a perfect little gift for fans of folk customs and traditions". #NewBooks #Folklore

A hand holds a copy of the book. Pink cover, a woodcut style image of a bearded man wearing nowt but a leaf miniskirt and leaf crown, holding a long wooden staff. A sticker says featuring over 100 weird rituals and curious customs

An image from the publisher's website showing a double spread of pages on the abbots bromley horn dance with a nice full page photo

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We've all made it to the weekend, hooray! And I've only just woken up mid-morning... Perhaps moving house, recovering from flu, starting a new job and switching back and forward between the old job and town all at the same time was a bit much.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bodies of Magic by @freyamarske.bsky.social is here! Billed as Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, it's a great new magical medical school dark academia that's already garnering a stack of great reviews. Definitely one for your TBRs! 💙📚🪐 #NewBooks

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've spoken to several people about this book already, and it's only officially published today! Happy book birthday to Massif, the new epic spacefaring take by @garthnix.bsky.social 🚀 💙📚🪐 #NewBooks

A hand holds a copy of the book massif by Garth nix in a bookshop

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

L K Steven's Turncloak is released today: three rival mages race for power, vengeance, and the fate of Atherin in the epic second instalment of the Silvercloak Saga! Don't miss the fancy #spredges edition... #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

Copies of the book in a bookshop, one turned to show off the sprayed edges

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Naomi Alderman's The Strangers is out today, and very handsome in person with green foiled details for the roots 🌱 We even have a couple of signed copies in the Ipswich branch if you're quick! #NewBooks 💙📚🪐

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DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thoughts Be Bloody, a book that'll become your next obsession, is finally here! A struggling student, a resident golden boy, and the curse that will bring them together: this queer, trans retelling is Hamlet as you’ve never read it before. buff.ly/MXRsyO5

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So, the new #bookshop I'm working in has *separate* fantasy, sci-fi and horror sections. Everywhere I've worked before has just had a big SFF section, maybe with horror on its own. As a reader of both I initially thought "No, why? What about the works that span both?"... 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A photo of bookshelves in a bookshop, variously labelled fantasy, science fiction and horror

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today is a big Pokémon card release day, which probably means customers started queuing at shops across the country over an hour ago... At least it's a beautiful morning for it! #BookshopLife

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