candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 10hCandlemark & Gleam is now closed to submissions. Thanks to everyone who sent in a query! We're looking forward to reading them all. 000
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialTrishEM @pematson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wish I could be at Capclave for @sarahavery.bsky.social 's book party! Tales from Rugosa Coven is great! (And her WIP looks fascinating, per her latest Patreon post!) skiffyandfanty.com/blog/review-... 022
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Interested in post-apocalyptic fantasy? The Map and the Territory will take you on a journey you won't soon forget. Link to us, but available at all the usual sites. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/the-map... 088
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you're at CapClave this weekend, look for us and @sarahavery.bsky.social and Sarah's book! And if you're not there, you can find Tales From Rugosa Coven at all the usual sites. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/tales-f...candlemarkandgleam.comTales From Rugosa CovenCandlemark & Gleam is delighted to bring Sarah Avery’s 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winner back into print in a new and revised edition! These three linked novellas detailing the lives of a coven of ... 133
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just got a spam email offering to put a book of ours into a promotional opportunity - except it's not our book, and not even remotely the sort of thing we publish. (Think business self-help, not SF/F.) I'm mildly offended that the scammer didn't do more research. 011
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialQueen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#Booksky Haunts & Horrors is coming up next! Find us at @badweatherbrew.bsky.social in #StPaulMN next Sunday 10/4 1-5PM for Haunts & Horrors Book Fair! #bookfair #spookybooks 1134
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Breath & Bone is another of @kvjohansen.bsky.social 's elegant, complicated fantasies featuring characters living with the consequences of their own actions. (Link to us but available at all the usual suspects.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/breath-... 066
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Need some science fiction for the weekend? (Link to us but available everywhere.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/finders/ 013
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialQueen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#SapphicSeptember Let’s not forget our trailblazers this month, like Joanna Russ! 086
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Book 4 of Jo Graham's Calpurnian Wars came out this spring, adding another layer to the story! If you're new to the series, start with Sounding Dark (link to us, but available everywhere) and settle in for mythic space adventure. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/soundin... 010
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Historical fantasy you won't soon forget. Romance, magic, and intrigue in the Rome of the Borgias. (Link to us, but available at all the usual sources.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/a-black... 012
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialWilliam C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026We're at Greensboro Pride today with some other great vendors! Come out and get books, crafts, see the shows, and get some great food! With @heathertracyauthor.bsky.social #fantasy #sciencefiction #greensboro_nc #market #Pride 071
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Three excellent anthologies created by our editor emerita! (And if you're interested in submitting to the press, these give an excellent idea of the kinds of stories that grab us.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/to-shap... 034
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Genuinely one of the best, and most magical, and most unique, books I have ever read! 096
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026*cough* or Tolkien *cough* Yes I realise that's blasphemy, I do not care, I would take Water Horse over anything of Tolkien's in a HEARTBEAT 031
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We're open for submissions! We're particularly looking for SF this round, but are always interested in fantasy. No AI. Please see our submission page for all the details. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/about/submis...candlemarkandgleam.comSubmissionsSubmission Guidelines Candlemark & Gleam is currently open to submissions. We accept unagented submissions, but we do not accept work created using AI tools. Please see our specific requirements below. Please note! We discovered that Gmail sometimes consigns emails from… 01011
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialQueen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And she’s on an editing anthologies panel this afternoon at LA Worldcon! 083
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialrae~ @raeyn-elf47.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Easily my favorite book series. Cannot recommend it enough. 122
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialK.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I miss having Moth and Mikki and Holla-Sayan and Ahjvar and Ghu and Ivah in my head. But you can have them in yours: www.kvj.ca/series-carav... Epic fantasy. In the days of the first kings of the north, there were seven devils ...kvj.caK.V. Johansen | Gods of the Caravan RoadBooks in the epic fantasy series Gods of the Caravan Road by K.V. Johansen 023
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialGwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Happy Book Birthday @chazbrenchley.bsky.social 🥂 085
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135088680
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Here's what we're doing for the next six months — 3 books, 2 events, and we'll be open for submissions in September. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/08/24/f...candlemarkandgleam.comFall UpdateTime for a quick update of Candlemark & Gleam’s plans for the year ahead! In December, we will publish Bogi Takács’s post-climate-apocalypse novel The Word of the Ancients is Law. A diminished populat... 011
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialSarah Avery @sarahavery.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A reviewer really gets Tales from Rugosa Coven: "That’s what Avery achieves here, this beautifully homey feeling, the perfect blend of the mundane and magical. It’s what I always want Urban Fantasy to be and almost never get." 154
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Lovely review of @sarahavery.bsky.social's Tales From Rugosa Coven, plus another book for my personal to-read pile (and likely yours, too). 021
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Looking for far future science fiction filled with mysterious artifacts and queer characters? Check out Melissa Scott's Finders. (Link to Amazon, but available on all the usual sites.) www.amazon.com/Finders-Firs... 045
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialWilliam C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hi Folks! SFWA has another amazing #storybundle for #fantasy titles, and my book, Physical Magic, is included. It's a semi-finalist for both the 2025 BBNY award and the 2026 SPFBO contest! This is a great time to start your journey through the Shifting Lands, with 18 other books! 033
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialTom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026a great story this, definitely worth picking up! 034
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Are you looking for science fiction with complex societies and a deep mythic underlayer? Jo Graham's Calpurnian Wars is all that and more. (Link to Amazon, but at all the usual outlets.) www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKZ6Z2HZ 031
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialK.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Available in all the usual places from @crossroadpress.bsky.social www.kvj.ca/wolf.htmlkvj.caK.V. Johansen | The Wolf and the Wild KingAbout The Wolf and the Wild King, book one of The Forest high fantasy duology, by K.V. Johansen 023
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialK.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Breath and Bone is available in trade paperback and ebook all the usual places, from @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social www.kvj.ca/breathbone.h...kvj.caK.V. Johansen | Breath and BoneAbout Breath and Bone, by K.V. Johansen 003
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialmatthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Fantastic blog from @aknighton.bsky.social. This line is fantastic: The tech bros claiming to bring Banks and Stephenson’s visions to life can be seen as the latest variation on the followers of Nostradamus, picking out fragments of other people’s texts to justify their own plans.britishfantasysociety.orgOld Books and Bright Futures: The Quo Vadis Catalogue – The British Fantasy Society 033
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In the mood for space opera? Kelly Jennings's excellent series is available at all the usual outlets - and the third book will be out next spring! On our website, or at all the usual suspects. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/fault-l... 022
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY SIGN UP! 031
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026One week left to sign up for the giveaway for @sarahavery.bsky.social 's Tales From Rugosa Coven! 124
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We'll be opening for submissions in September! For a preview of the process and what we're looking for, see our submissions page, but right now we're particularly interested in science fiction. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/about/submis...candlemarkandgleam.comSubmissionsSubmission Guidelines Candlemark & Gleam is participating in 2026 #SmallPitch, but is otherwise closed to submissions. When we are open, we accept unagented submissions, but we do not accept work crea... 022
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialPaul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 08/08/2026The Autarch's Heir by Jo Graham The Age of Blood and Magic by Hannah Mathewson A House Between Sea and Sky by @bethcato.bsky.social Foundling Fathers by @megelison.bsky.social Amusement Park Arcana by @authorizedmusings.bsky.social 1188
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Breath and Bone by KV Johansen! www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/breath-...candlemarkandgleam.comBreath and BoneA long-retired swordswoman, saviour of godlings and killer of emperors, takes to the road again with her shapeshifting companion and the ghost of her brother… 122
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Map and the Territory by AM Tuomala! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...bookshop.orgThe Map and the TerritoryCheck out The Map and the Territory - <p>When the sky breaks apart and an earthquake shatters the seaside city of Sharis, cartographer Rukha Masreen is far from home. Caught in the city's ruins with o... 131
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Water Horse by Melissa Scott! www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/water-h...candlemarkandgleam.comWater HorseA wily, beloved ruler of a proud people faces great sacrifices to defend their land from invaders foretold to triumph. 142
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Don't miss out on @kvjohansen.bsky.social 's luminous sapphic adventure Breath and Bone - sword and sorcery at its best. (Link to Kobo, but available on all platforms.) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... 055
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Don't forget - @sarahavery.bsky.social 's award-winning fantasy Tales From Rugosa Coven is now available everywhere. A modern coven wrestles with challenges magical and mundane in a New Jersey even weirder than the one you think you know... www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/tales-f...candlemarkandgleam.comTales From Rugosa CovenCandlemark & Gleam is delighted to bring Sarah Avery’s 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winner back into print in a new and revised edition! These three linked novellas detailing the lives of a coven of ... 031
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 02/08/2026If you're looking for sapphic sword and sorcery with deep worldbuilding and adventurous godlings - and bears - check out @kvjohansen.bsky.social 's luminous Breath and Bone. (Link to our website, but it's available everywhere.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/breath-...candlemarkandgleam.comBreath and BoneA long-retired swordswoman, saviour of godlings and killer of emperors, takes to the road again with her shapeshifting companion and the ghost of her brother… 042
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialSarah Avery @sarahavery.bsky.social · 01/08/2026#books #BookSky #sff #fantasy #fiction #pagan #witch #bookawards Winner of the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, long out of print, now back! 054
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 01/08/2026ICYMI - Tales from Rugosa Coven is out now! 001
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialK.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Can't do the song and dance routine, so just a reminder, I write very good books that you may enjoy reading, and have been doing so for a very long time. Gods, journeys, wanderers,wizards, warriors, people on the edges, forests, deserts, mountains, dragons, shapeshifters, storytelles ... www.kvj.cakvj.caK.V. Johansen | The official website of author K.V. JohansenAbout the books of fantasy author and literary critic K.V. Johansen 032
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It's here! @sarahavery.bsky.social 's revised edition of Tales From Rugosa Coven is out today! Jennifer Stevenson at A Green Man Review called it "Charming, engrossing, authentic, highly recommended." (Link to us, but it's at all the usual suspects.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/tales-f...candlemarkandgleam.comTales From Rugosa CovenCandlemark & Gleam is delighted to bring Sarah Avery’s 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winner back into print in a new and revised edition! These three linked novellas detailing the lives of a coven of ... 022
Reposted by @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.socialA.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Last chance to get The Map and the Territory for 25% off in the Smashwords Summer Sale! 047
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It's the last day to get our titles on sale at Smashwords! It includes new books like The Autarch's Heir and Breath and Bone, and older titles like City of Devils, A Blackened Mirror, The Master of Samar, The Map and the Territory, and Water Horse, but it ends today. Don't miss out! 011
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Quick reminder - the Smashwords sale ends 7/31! 000
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Melissa Scott's The Master of Samar is part of the Smashwords Summer/Winter sale, along with the rest of our list. But the sale ends soon! smashwords.com/sale 074
![Book cover shows two men swimming up through an arch, surrounded by dark swirls that might be magic: The Master of Samar, by Melissa Scott. Text: Something is very wrong in seaborne Bejanth, starting with the deaths that leave Gil Irichels the last survivor of his family and strand him in the city with his lover, the feral mage Envar Cassi, and their bodyguard Arak min'Aroi. Someone is unraveling the web of curses on which the city depends, and Irichels is the only person who can stop them — if it's not already too late.
"The Master of Samar is one of [Scott's] best." - Cynthia Ward
"An immersive and enthralling read.." - Paul Weimer](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wxlvr4js5s5ik4hz7r2drkx5/bafkreigu7e6y2jsvtzpbuovszwqsq5gvmucpdv5yyapapsdehgfwn47fbe)