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Emily Cheeseman @emcheeseman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Commissions are OPEN! Fill out this form to submit a request: forms.gle/DFqyziLkkvHF...

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 28/09/2026

🎃👻💀🕸️🧙‍♀️🕯️ A very witchy reading THIS SUNDAY! Featuring @virginiam.bsky.social, author of A House of Perfect Safety, along with a host of other amazing authors! Check out this stellar lineup below! ⤵️

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VirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Publication date!! October 13!!

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 25/09/2026

NOVELLAS (quoted post missing alt-text. it contains cover images for A Ruin of Shadows, The Dead Withheld, We're Here anthology, Out There Screaming anthology, and an issue of FIYAH litmag)

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 25/09/2026

I loved this blurb from Francesca Forrest so much, I had to put it on the front cover! Only a few weeks left to grab the special pre-order price! dancingstarpress.com/product/a-ho...

a promo graphic for A House of Perfect Safety by Virginia M. Mohlere

the cover image of the book is on the left, featuring a young-looking woman with blue hair wearing a blue coat holding a steaming mug. She stands in front of a cottage surrounded by trees and a large garden.

On the right is a quote:
"It's said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but in A House of Perfect Safety, Virginia Mohlere uplifts and honors both. It's a tender, resolute, and moving story that speaks to both the oppressive-systems fighters and the single-starfish rescuers among us."
— Francesca Forrest, author of Lagoonfire

cover art by Dhiyanah Hassan

Available this October from Dancing Star Press

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 25/09/2026

She grabbed the diver's ankle in a burning grip that boiled the water around her hands. The diver cried out, warbled but intense, releasing what Chesirah just knew was too much valuable oxygen. Victory was yet again imminent." an author photo of L.D. Lewis is in the lower right corner.

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 25/09/2026

"They wrestled for the stone until it became clear this was more than a fight for survival. The trunk of the diver's body was thick, a mysterious bulk on her back making it hard for Chesirah to grab and restrain...

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 25/09/2026

alt text for photo above: promo image for the anthology Forged in FIYAH cover image of Forged in FIYAH in upper left corner The Fae Island Incident, 1892 by L.D. Lewis

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 25/09/2026

One of my favorite people shouting up another of my favorite people! (alt text for photo in comments)

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 21/09/2026

Making small edits to the ebook today, and re-enjoying the "why choose the bear when you can be the bear?" scene. 🐻💖

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 19/09/2026

This year, it's THE NIGHT SWEEPS THE MOUNTAINS AWAY by @tanawir.bsky.social from @dancingstarpress.com . War, sorrow, vampires, and a lyrical beauty and darkness that haunts me. dancingstarpress.com/product/the-...

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The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away | Dancing Star Press

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing! soundandcolormag.com

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Sound & Color

A digital interdisciplinary magazine of speculative fiction

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 04/09/2026

Get your sapphics in space for #SapphicSeptember and the holiday weekend!

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VirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I cried half my face off over @csecooney.bsky.social's blurb 🩷🩷

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 02/09/2026

entreating us not to walk away from suffering, but to serve to alleviate it instead—and not only that, but to end it at the source, both individually and in community, for once and for all." — C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death’s Daughter

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 02/09/2026

every step towards freedom, is an enormous victory against the powers that seek to break us. Mohlere’s magic and invention call to mind Diana Wynne Jones’s Howl’s Moving Castle, but the deep work undergirding her prose sounds an alternative to LeGuin’s "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,"

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 02/09/2026

There is such ferocity in its desire for the safety and well-being of its characters, such passionate fury at the cruelties of a world that inflicts harm on the poor, the weak, the low of status, and such profound acknowledgement of pain, that every flicker of light, every new growth,

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 02/09/2026

"When a book so singularly focused on healing meets the current tropes of SFF, it might easily be relegated to the sub-genre of “cozy fantasy.” And while A House of Perfect Safety by Virginia M. Mohlere is deeply comforting, radiant with care, I would not call it cozy.

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 02/09/2026

The gracious and wonderful @csecooney.bsky.social provided a lovely blurb for the book! An excerpt of which is in the image here, and the full text of which follows in the thread. Pre-orders are currently 30% off when you order direct from the publisher! dancingstarpress.com/product/a-ho...

Promo image for A House of Perfect Safety by Virginia M. Mohlere
Contains cover image of the book, which is of a woman with blue hair and a blue coat standing in front of a thatched cottage.
Cover Art by Dhiyanah Hassan.

text reads:
"Mohlere’s magic and invention call to mind Diana Wynne Jones’s Howl’s Moving Castle, but the deep work undergirding her prose sounds an alternative to LeGuin’s "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," entreating us not to walk away from suffering, but to serve to alleviate it instead—and not only that, but to end it at the source, both individually and in community, for once and for all."
— C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death’s Daughter

Available this October from Dancing Star Press

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 29/08/2026

where else are the BlueSky book nerds tracking their reads these days?

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 29/08/2026

any LibraryThing users? (I had QUITE a time getting Sarah's works all linked properly(?) across multiple instances of her name (Sarah Macklin + Sarah A. Macklin))

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Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 29/08/2026

if you are still using goodreads, please leave a review there! www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 29/08/2026

If you HAVEN'T read it, Bride of the River God is an all-ages fantasy with big myth feels. 👀 trifling gods 🐸 unforgettable animal characters 💗 coming of age 🧚 fairy tale vibes 🥻 author into clothing/costume and it shows dancingstarpress.com/product/brid...

cover image for Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin.
illustration is of a young black woman draped in red coral bridal beads, holding a dripping golden heart in an underwater background, a large fish behind her head.

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 29/08/2026

Hello, today I am in my feels about how few reviews my darling Bride of the River God by @killianfantasy.blacksky.app has on all the platforms. If you have read this lovely book, would you take a few minutes to write a review this weekend? Even just a few sentences would be helpful!

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Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin

Anene is chosen as her generation’s bride to the river god Nniro – but when she arrives in the wo...

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 23/08/2026

I have my physical proof in hand and she is the most beautiful thing I have ever SEEEEEEEEEEEEENNN! 😭😭😭

A paperback copy of A House of Perfect Safety by Virginia M. Mohlere on a weathered wooden surface.

Amazing cover illustration (by Dhiyanah Hassan) is of a woman with blue hair, wearing a blue coat with maroon trim. Her hands are bluish, and she is holding a cup with steam rising from it. She stands in a sort of garden with a cottage surrounded by apple trees behind her.

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Dhiyanah @bydhiyanah.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Incredibly excited for this news!! Loved working on this & the story is *amazing*. I'm so excited for its final form and these wonderful characters to reach their readers. Pre-order here: dancingstarpress.com/product/a-ho... 💙📚 #bookSky #books #SFFart

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A House of Perfect Safety | Dancing Star Press

A House of Perfect Safety, a fantasy novella by Virginia M. Mohlere, available from Dancing Star Press in paperback & ebook October 13, 2026.

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VirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

LOOK at the PERFECT cover my novella has! I am vibrating into a higher realm of being.

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 17/08/2026

Thank you! I was so blown away when I saw what they had created!

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 17/08/2026

Seriously, they brought so much of both themselves and the book to that cover image, I am going to be yelling about them FOREVER.

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 17/08/2026

Dhiyanah was an absolute DREAM to work with. If you are looking for an artist to commission for a project, I could not recommend them higher! Check out their beautiful portfolio (including a number of book covers for all you indie publishers out there)!

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Dhiyanah Hassan

Portfolio of the artist Dhiyanah Hassan showcasing a wide selection of their multi-disciplinary practice in art, illustrations, and writing.

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 17/08/2026

I have been sitting on this for SO LONG, but it is finally ready to share with the world! Look at this absolutely beautiful cover by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social! For A House of Perfect Safety by @virginiam.bsky.social, coming out this October!

Cover Reveal for A House of Perfect Safety by Virginia M. Mohlere
Cover Art by Dhiyanah Hassan

Arrow book promo image:
In the center is the cover for A House of Perfect Safety. The cover art features a woman with blue hair, wearing a blue coat, with hands that are vaguely blueish. She is standing in front of a cottage.

There are eight arrows pointing to the book that say:
- This book LOVES trees
- justice-loving introvert coded
- SO much caretaking
- body diversity
- magical, shapeshifting house
- why choose the bear when you can be the bear?
- Extremely fae shit
- this book also loves books

Available this October from Dancing Star Press!

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VirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Good thing I have one coming out in the autumn with @dancingstarpress.com, then

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 12/08/2026

Another book we have been working on for SO LONG is about to be a real book in the world! Cover reveal and pre-order links coming next week! 👀

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻💖

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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's my 50th birthday today! Wanna help me celebrate? Order one of the lovely little books I have published... AND/OR make a donation to Stand with Trans! (see below for more about each!)

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tRaum Books @traumbooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A few more days to grab some queer books on the cheap! We've got everything, from novellas taking a few hours, to reads that will take over your life~! Everything is a dollar or cheaper, or buy them all for fifteen 👀 traumbooks.itch.io

A screenshot of our Itch Io page. All of our novels and novellas and audiobooks are 1$ (or cheaper!)

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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I regret to inform you that there is a whole bunch of language in this most recent book I published. Most of it in English. Some Pashto. A sprinkling of Arabic. It couldn't be helped. I promise it's worth it all the same.

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The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away | Dancing Star Press

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 23/06/2026

Want DRM-free ebooks AND to avoid Amazon? All ebooks 50% off through the 26th at the Dancing Star Press shop with coupon code: antiprime dancingstarpress.com/shop/

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 23/06/2026

Also, she has A WHOLE ENTIRE TRILOGY OUT, that doesn't have enough reviews, but the reviews that exist are STELLAR! If comics chapbooks and a novella are too slight to get you interested, this trilogy takes on an entire empire. Get the first book here:

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The Royal Heretic | MVmedia, LLC

Bakari is the netkoleh, ruler of the Ega empire and the living embodiment of the gods. When his eldest son and heir falls ill and dies, Bakari drowns in despair. He decides that the gods are nonexiste...

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 23/06/2026

My favorite is her reimagining of the manga Food Wars, which asks the question: what if everybody was Black? The answer? Soul Food Wars! (includes the actual recipes from the plot!) Available in both physical and digital formats.

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Soul Food Wars print copy - Sarah A. Macklin's Ko-fi Shop

Lejani James is a transfer student at Angel Oak Culinary Academy, the USA's top school focusing on food from the African diaspora. He has some strong ...

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 23/06/2026

In addition to the VERY LOVELY NOVELLA she published with me, she also has comics and illustrations available in her ko-fi shop!

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Visit Sarah A. Macklin's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 23/06/2026

Apropos of nothing in particular, consider this your reminder that @killianfantasy.blacksky.app is really fucking cool.

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future buff zines @futurebuff.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

future buff, a masc x masc zine collective by @guoldu.bsky.social and @nicoledoen.bsky.social, will open it's first interest check on July 1st! follow us here and spread the word to your fellow masc sapphic lovers, writers and artists to stay up to date on info #yuri #baihe #originalzines

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