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

Indeed! I've not read any qntm other than Antimemetics, so I'd be interested to hear what they're like. Also, I like those covers for the Ray Naylers - different to the ones we have here.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 7h

Cool thread with some fantasy debuts I am noting for my tbr list. My own Crawford shortlisting (for Armed in Her Fashion/The Chatelaine) remains something of which I am very proud. It is a cool award and every year it puts at least one future favourite on my radar.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 10h

Look what arrived in today's book delivery... The industrial revolution meets necromancy and intrigue in Miles Cameron's brand new Soulstealer! 💙📚🪐 #SFF

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 10h

🎂🎉Happy paperback book birthday to RAGWORT by @samkhorton.bsky.social ! Return to the dark moors of 18th century Cornwall with the paperback edition of RAGWORT - the much-anticipated sequel to deliciously dark folkloric fantasy GORSE! Buy now: geni.us/ragwortPB

Two paperback copies of GORSE and RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton laid on a wooden slatted bench.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10h

The witch is a creature of weather. Wind-summoner. Drought-breaker. Cloud-reader. Flood-flyer. Mist-wearer. She adapts to it, she adjusts the weather to her favour. It's one of her most vital relationships. She wears it on her boots. She wears it on her skin. – #EmilyCBanting #FolkWitchFriday

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 10h

Published a week ago, but it immediately sold out and went into reprint, the edition of The Hobbit with illustrations by Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, is newly available in English and is quite striking! We've got a handful of matching pin badges left for the first few customers.. #SFF 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop, a pinkish cover with blue band along the spine, showing a figure with a shield and axe before a lake and mountain, above which flies a dragon

The book open on a black and white illustration, with a pin badge resting on top

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 14h

There's a new A.S. Byatt novella just out: Cold is a gorgeous fairytale of a frail summer-born princess who discovers her true self when she escapes into a winter night. Just out this week, it's a beautifully produced little hardback and would make a lovely gift. 💙📚🪐 #Fairytale

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 15h

"Behind every enigmatic man there is a woman with a heart full of secrets... In Your Heart a Devil beckons readers through unforgiving halls where servants whisper & shadows stir" Atmospheric gothic with a splash of Scottish folklore, by Vanessa Santos, out now from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 💙📚🪐

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 17h

Set on the Yorkshire coast against the 1970s blackouts, @amandajanemason.bsky.social's The Dark is a wonderfully creepy new folk horror full of superstition and isolation as Rosie, pregnant and newly moved to the area, tries to settle in and make a home... #Horrorsky 💙📚🪐

A quote from ally Wilkes: the dark proves Amanda mason s exceptional ability to wring every last bit of creepiness from her claustrophobic gloomy homely made unhomely folk horror settings. I couldn't put it down

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More new books! The first book in a new slow-burn dark fantasy series from A.T. Emerald, billed as "perfect for fans of Alchemised, Under the Iron Sky sees a fearless female warrior develop a dangerous bond with an enemy interrogator who captures her." 💙📚🪐

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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

IT'S ME. Returning to my beloved Luna Press, who first opened the door to publishing for me. This book is one I am so proud of, guys, it's strange & hopeful & sad, and I'm so glad it gets to live 🖤

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Aw, thanks for the recommendation in return! I'll add it to my novella collection for a rainy day :)

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've been intrigued by this one for a while. I really should give it a go, though the cover here gives a slightly different kind of vibe!

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cera @thegreatsarini.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

mrs. caliban by rachel ingalls. had to sit in silence for a while processing afterwards.

a green book cover with two large yellow-rimmed eyes and a mouth, reminiscent of a frog’s face. it reads Mrs. Cali an in white and rachel ingalls in yellow. it is described as “a perfect novel” by the new yorker.

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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Welcome to the weird and unsettling world of Ramsey Campbell. In this chilling new collection, spanning Campbell’s entire career from the mid-1970s to the present day, discover favourite tales by one of Britain’s greatest living horror writers. Out Now.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We're thrilled to see that EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE by Sarah Maria Griffin has been longlisted for the 2026 Polari Prize! So well deserved! 🎉

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Scarlet Ball by @nghivo.bsky.social is here, and there's a fancy Waterstones exclusive edition if you're quick! A world ruled by appetite and ambition, and a dark and gothic tale of an ex-courtesan looking for a new identity .. 💙📚🪐 #Horrorsky #SFF

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Kelley Armstrong @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This dive bar is finally open! Come in out of the storm and grab a hot coffee. Add a shot of booze to keep you warm. I'm sure cell service will come back on at any moment. Relax and enjoy yourself, and if you think you hear anything clawing at the windows, it's just the wind.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is one of the books I keep banging on about this year, because it's so good, so relevant to the modern world, & so unlike anything else I've read. Stunning, & very worthy of its place on the Le Guin list.

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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Now that *is* a cover! Very disturbing.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seven ballerinas compete for the role of a lifetime at Deveraux Manor, secluded amid snowy mountains, but the mounting pressure and dread may be more than natural... A new gripping haunted house horror: The Finalist, out today from @faithawrites.bsky.social! #Horrorsky 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. On the cover two hands with bright red nails seem to reach from the floorboards to grasp at a ballerina's legs

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good morning #Booksky, hope you're all having a good week so far. Some big releases this week, starting with Other Worlds Than These by @stephenking.bsky.social and Peter Straub: the epic conclusion to the Talisman trilogy, some 40 years in the making and released today! #SFF 💙📚🪐

Copies of the book piled on a table in a bookshop

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's a new @cmkosemen.bsky.social just out, and it's even more beautifully strange than his previous hit All Tomorrows. The Final Inoculation is speculative short fiction and art inspired by the myths, creatures and landscapes of the Mediterranean world - out now! 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A hand holds the book open to show a double spread of surreal alien like illustrations

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🎉DON'T MISS OUT!🎉 At 7pm on Thursday 29th October, @rainewilson.bsky.social will have a very special pre-launch event @waterstoneskdy.bsky.social. She'll be celebrating the paperback release of her @clarkeaward.bsky.social shortlisted novel - THE SALT ORACLE! #🩵📚️ Book your ticket 👉️ buff.ly/pmxLMmn

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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bluesky book people! Fantasy books to rejuvenate your love of fantasy - GO! (no DCC pls, not my bag)

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Ghostly Little Book is a handsome little hardback containing five specially commissioned spooky tales from five big names in fiction: Roddy Doyle, Olga Ravn, Eliza Clark, Tom Crewe and Helen Oyeyemi. Out now! #Horrorsky💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. On the cover is a skeletal hand

A hand holds the book ajar in a bookshop to show off the marbled endpapers

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Winterset Hollow is here, and looks like a wonderful combo of folkish whimsy and dark slasher horror... If you're looking for a very unusual tale of secrets, revenge and a bloody fight to survive, check this one out! #Horrorsky 💙📚🪐

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Paschalis Tsilias @tpaschalis.me · 04/10/2026

If you see this, recommend a short book Profession, by Isaac Asimov

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William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you see this, recommend a short book. The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

The front cover of The City in Glass by Nghi Vo, pleasingly lit with a warm glow from an offstage lamp.

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Katharine Briggs Award 2026 Shortlist: www.folklore-society.com/blog/post/th... The winner will be announced 10 Nov, after The Katharine Briggs Lecture by @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social, 18:30-20:30 @warburginstitute.bsky.social Tickets £10: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm sure it deserves a recommendation. It's a modern classic for a reason!

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ooh yes. I did watch the film but really should read the books.

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Ken Caine @gutstringtheory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know it's a graphic novel in three short volumes, but "Snowpiercer". (The screen movie was excellent, until the stupid ending. Don't even bother with the Netflix series. That said, just read the books)

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And be sure to scoot back through the quoted posts and their comments for lots of great novella and short novel recommendations 💙📚🪐

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you see this, recommend a short book Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

First time using the new oven in the new house though, so it could yet all go terribly wrong...

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As usual I bought more bananas than I was able to get through which means... it's banana bread time! This gluten free recipe always serves me well, with crushed walnuts and chocolate chips for good measure. gimmedelicious.com/the-best-eve... #GF

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The Best Ever Super Moist Gluten Free Banana Bread

This is the Best Ever Gluten Free Banana Bread recipe with a super moist and soft texture and tons of sweet banana flavor. You'll never need another recipe! Easy to make in under an hour

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 01/10/2026

Since we have crossed over into the month of thinning veils between this world and the dead, The Shape of Monsters is the perfect read for the season. It has murder, twisted magic, fucked-up deer, dead things watching from the woods, creepy gothic mansions, and licorice jellybeans

a promo pic of the novel The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen - https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cl-hellisen/the-shape-of-monsters/9781037401190

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here's a supremely satisfying stack of our 2026 Solaris hardbacks! THE LOST SPECTACULAR by Zoé Duhaime THE GODS MUST BURN @authortrmoore.bsky.social THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN by Caskey Russell THE ORB OF CAIRADO @pennyvixen.bsky.social PREACHING TO THE CHOIR @aptshadow.bsky.social #booksky🩵📚️

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good luck! Have you done it before? *So* much sitting around waiting for me the first time I was called. I got so much reading and sketching done.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Ignyte awards are being announced! Tune in to the thread ⤵️ to see which new #SFF/ speculative works gain the award for each category this year ❤️

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Looks like Waterstones have *two* events (Manchester and London) with bestselling author @garthnix.bsky.social this month, celebrating & discussing his brand new sci-fi novel, MASSIF. Check it out if you're in either area: www.waterstones.com/events/searc... 💙📚🪐 #SFF

Banner for the events, Manchester deansgate on 28th October, 6.30pm
Piccadilly London on 30th October at 6.30. see the link for tickets and details

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm about 100 pages in and a lot has happened, and it's very good so far!

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Still feeling under the weather so I turned to Silver in the Wood by @emilytesh.net from my novella collection yesterday, and it was absolutely the perfect thing to read as autumn approaches. Straight in as one of my favourite novellas so far! Greenwoods, old gods, magic, danger & consequences 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book. on the cover is a bearded male face made up of branches and leaves, with the outline of a cottage in the middle

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