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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social, you’re a damn fine actor, but more than that, you’re a light to the world. Hope your birthday was spectacular!

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Tachyon publishes some great books. Currently they are on sale.

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Hey @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, you were freaking awesome as the Major in #TheLongWalk. I knew you would be, but you exceeded my (high) expectations. It’s fun to play the bad guy, isn’t it? (I got to do it on stage in high school.)

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It’s going to be a weird Wednesday! Story Hour welcomes Debbie Urbanski back to weird us out in the very best ways! Christopher Tradowsky makes his debut with his own kinds of weird. Come see July 9 at 7:00 PDT! #Booksky @debbieurbanski.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Color Polaroid photo in landscape view. It shows author Debbie Urbanski, a fair-skinned woman with sleek ash-blonde hair worn in what might technically be a bob? And might just reach her shoulders? Lens flare makes it hard to tell. She is in three-quarters view, with the camera shooting upward from below. She is standing inside, perhaps in a house; there’s a white-painted doorframe behind her, but it’s hard to see much else because of the angle. She wears a collared denim shirt and large, roundish cat-eye glasses. Her expression serious, she regards something at her eye level that we can’t see.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of author Christopher Tradowsky, a fair skinned man with straight blond hair worn at collar length, a graying blond beard and goatee, and thick blond eyebrows. He stands before a background of leafed-out green trees and buildings with low stone arches. He wears a collared seersucker shirt with thin horizontal stripes. Shoulders squared forward, he looks straight into the camera with a serious smile.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Add an issue of Locus to your bookmail! Receive a full-color print copy of Locus Magazine every month jam packed with recommended reading, short story and novel reviews, exclusive interviews, and book stats for writers and readers alike! subscribers.locusmag...

USPS mail envelope with 3 locus magazines sitting on top. The magazine on top has the headline: "Catherynne M. Valente, Get to the Future"

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Story Hour is always awesome. This week’s episode looks to be particularly awesome!

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Story Hour is very proud to start June with stories from the benevolent Ben Francisco and the stupendous Suzan Palumbo. Guest hosting by the magnificent Meg Elison! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Booksky @benfrancisco.bsky.social @sillysyntax.bsky.social @megelison.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Waist-up color photo of writer Ben Francisco, a Latinx person with dark hair worn short, dark eyes, and perfectly arched eyebrows. They wear a dark brown turtleneck, a long scarf patterned in swirls of bright, warm colors, and gold stud earrings. They stand in front of a bookcase full of speculative fiction titles and smile warmly into the camera.

Color close-up of Suzan Palumbo, a Trini woman with dark hair worn in a short asymmetrical bob and tipped with purple. She wears heavy black eyeliner, a black shirt with a collar, and a dark gray necktie. She looks to the side with a serious expression.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Please take a look at the Locus Gofundme. You'll be helping an essential publication, plus you can grab some amazing perks.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

For our $45k stretch goal, we have an Act of Whimsy from author CSE Cooney, who will dress up as a book! Wait, what? No really, she'll dress up as JUST LIKE HOME by Sarah Gailey. Help us get to that goal and you can nab a super reward too! igg.me/at/locusmag2025

Book Cover: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Awesome magazine for those who like science fiction & fantasy novels and stories. It’s got reviews, author interviews, & publishing news.

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If you like multiverse novels, this great one is on sale for $5.99 on all ebook platforms today in the US. Transmentation | Transience by the author collective Darkly Lem, which includes @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, who created the shared world setting. More about the book at www.darklylem.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Story Hour moves to YouTube this week, but we still have awesome guests. Like Effie Seiberg, who’s read for us many times—and Erin Roberts, making her Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! The things that matter stay the same. @effies.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Effie Seiberg, a fair-skinned woman with pink cheeks and curly black hair parted on one side and worn at shoulder length. She wears glasses with violet frames, large dangly earrings, and a light blue collarless knit shirt. She sits in what looks like an office chair with a black leather back in front of what might be a glass window in geometric shapes. She smiles broadly at the camera.

Head-and-shoulders color photo studio portrait of writer Erin Roberts, a Black woman with brown skin and black braids worn in a high ponytail that cascades to one side of her face. She wears cat-eye glasses with red frames, slender dangly earrings, and a brown-and-blue print dress or blouse in a simple repeating floral pattern. She stands before an olive-green background and holds a pen to an open notebook, looking directly into the camera and smiling warmly.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

For the last 2 years, we ran HUGE Indiegogo campaigns w/oodles of rewards, but it took way too much time away & the mag suffered. Now we are trying an end-of-year giving campaign & we hope you will still choose to support LOCUS with a donation today. 🚀 tinyurl.com/locusdon...

LOCUS: THE GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S IMAGINATION

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Why aren’t people calling it the eXodus?

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

On this day in 1960, a six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in Louisiana. A mob protested her. This is not ancient history. Ruby bridges is 70 now.

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DeborahJRoss @deborahjross.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

BOOK RELEASE! Traumatized by psychic warfare as a child, a young woman with extraordinary psychic talents negotiates a treacherous path to peace Kindle buff.ly/4cfj5Xm ePub buff.ly/3XiCZwA Also in hardcover buff.ly/48QprMG; Ingram 978-1-938185-83-0

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Amazon.com: Arilinn (Darkover) eBook : Bradley, Marion Zimmer, Ross, Deborah J.: Kindle Store

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 11/10/2024

Audible subscribers: I just discovered that my odd-couple alien detective book The Qubit Zirconium is included in the Plus catalogue for the next few weeks, so grab it for free if fun science fantasy hijinks are your jam!

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The Qubit Zirconium

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Alien detectives stumble across a mystery that could tear apart their patchwork planet, the Crucible, in this riotous science fantasy novel from the smash h...

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

A new issue of F&SF is out, and it starts with @rajeevwriter.bsky.social’s moving story “What It Means to Drift,” set in a future version of Hyderabad…

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Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

In like seven minutes!

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Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

👀 📢 SALE! This time Hild, for $1.99 on all US and Canadian platforms. I've no idea when it started and no idea how long it will last. #medievalsky More about the book here: nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/26/h...

Cover of a novel, HILD by Nicola Griffith, announcing it's ono sale for $1.99

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Rewards are going fast! We have a ton of one-off items -- personalized books, author chats, crits & more -- so go look regularly in case that perfect perk show up! Or the just-right birthday present for the SFF fan in your life. Thanks for your support! igg.me/at/locusmag2024

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

RIP Vernor Vinge. I only met him a couple of times, but he was delightful.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

We're offering immortality. Live FOREVER by having your names used in a story by Nebula nominees @wtalabi.bsky.social and @aijiang.bsky.social. They have offered to pen characters named after you or a loved one in their upcoming short stories. igg.me/at/locusmag2024

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Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Chilling Effect is apparently on sale right now for $1.99! Not sure how long it will last, but if you don't have it yet, now's the time. Various buy links here: candleinsunshine.com/books/chilli...

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CHILLING EFFECT (Book 1) Finalist for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award! 2020 International Latino Book Awards Best Novel – Fantasy/Sci-Fi Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra …

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

ZOOMAPALOOZA TIME! Half off ALL our virtual coffee meetings with our SFF luminaries, for 2 DAYS ONLY. Talk to your favorite writers, ask them for industry and writerly advice, have them regale you with excellent stories. Let's go! igg.me/at/locusmag2024

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Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2024

Celebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Daylight saving stole an hour from you, so have an hour of stories on us! This Story Hour, we welcome back the marvelous M. Shaw, and Corey Farrenkopf makes his Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Authors #StoryHour2020 @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Author M. Shaw, a person with medium-toned skin, dark eyes, and dark hair pulled back. They wear a sleeveless white shirt with a front-laced closure and a stud earring that looks like jade.

Writer Corey Farrenkopf, a man with fair skin, brown eyes, and dark brown hair worn short and off the forehead. He wears a green plaid shirt.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

When @sgj.bsky.social says "This is the novel I’ve been waiting for" then we pay attention. In our opinion, @tananarivedue.bsky.social's The Reformatory is, quite simply, "a riveting masterpiece" and we have just two copies available, signed and personalized. igg.me/at/locusmag2024

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

I noticed the various ebook versions of this fine collection are 1.99 US today. You could do far worse…

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

For those who nominate for awards in the SF/F field, please consider these 2023 works: “High Noon on Proxima Centauri b” (novelette), published in the anthology High Noon on Proxima B from @baenbooks.bsky.social “Battlesuit” (short story), published in the anthology Many Worlds from Radix Media

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

If you would like a signed (by me, not everyone) copy of @datlow.bsky.social's CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS, buy at this link and tell me you did and I'll ship it out this afternoon. www.booksinc.net/aff/nick.mam...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

This bookmark art I created for the much-missed The Stars Our Destination bookstore in Chicago features a cat based on my onetime cat Gwydion, also much-missed. #InternationalCatDay

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Cliff Winnig @cliffwinnig.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Hello world. 🎼“I've seen blue skies….”🎶

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