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Sarah Dorner @sarahdorner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If anyone is interested in a science fiction story of a Québécois family on Venus, I strongly recommend @derekkunsken.bsky.social ‘s House of Styx.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 KINDLE DEAL ENDS TONIGHT!🚨 This week, you can snap up two Solaris series starters for just £1.79 each! GORSE (Book #1 of the Eythin Legacy) by @samkhorton.bsky.social buff.ly/KdV5Fug THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN (#1 of the Quantum Evolution) by @derekkunsken.bsky.social buff.ly/OTrIRBs #booksky🩵📚️

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm almost done listening to this episode of Marvel by the Month. I own surprising number of issues from this month. The coverage of Roy Thomas' 1950s-focused What If issue brings up the complexity of the editor role and the +/- of their legacy.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The first book in my Quantum Evolution series (The Quantum Magician) is on sale this week to celebrate the launch of the 4th book (The Quantum Dawn). Check it out!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As part of a celebration of the 4th Quantum Evolution novel coming out this fall, the Kindle edition of the 1st book (The Quantum Magician) is on sale this week for £1.79! This is a steal! Check it my vision of a quantum con man set 500 years in the future!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Quantum Dawn, 4th book of my space opera series, is being published in just weeks! I'm very excited. Let me know your favourite bookstore to order it from!

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: I know what shape it is

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've been surprised that across the political spectrum of US media, the trade war is being blamed on both Canada and the US.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

FINAL DAY OF SALE! Want to get my newest novel The Quantum Dawn for 25% off? You can pre-order from B&N and get 25% off!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Same. And i had to look up mould/mold this morning.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another example: Old Fandom and investors made Homer write the Odyssey after the Iliad became an international blockbuster. Sequels have been with us forever. Also, Old Man Beowulf and the dragon feels so much like a sequel that was bundled with the first story as a marketing trick.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Want to get my newest novel The Quantum Dawn for 25% off! For today and tomorrow, you can pre-order from B&N and get 25% off!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Want to get my newest novel The Quantum Dawn for 25% off! For today and tomorrow, you can pre-order from B&N and get 25% off!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Powerful piece about the sense of betrayal that polls show most Canadians are feeling. youtu.be/p4GWL7euvqQ?...

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Why Canada's trust in the United States may not recover anytime soon | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

(One) fascinating clarification of the nuance of the creative roles and process in Star Wars. youtu.be/8Q9JZ2DYHoo?...

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Star Wars Wasn't 'Saved In The Edit'

YouTube video by Christopher Bingham

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I hadn't known I had self-identified so strongly, but I find myself (correctly) in a starter pack of writers who don't use AI. I see a lot of friends in here worth following and many writers I know of and admire, although I haven't met them yet. Check out this list! go.bsky.app/7FNCNid

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/09/2026

ANYWAY WICKHILLS IS COMING OUT TOMORROW it is an BOOKE (it is not a novella, you can read page counts, I know you can) And the LAUNCH PARTY IS ON THE 15TH so you better BE THERE OR BE A RECTANGULAR THING (also I am trying to make arrangements to livestream it, stay tuned) 🫡

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Monique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is really lovely (and it's $$$, a $20 000 prize)

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday was #NationalReadABookDay in the UK, but we'd never get through our TBR mountain like that! To help you read every day of the year, here's a selection of Solaris SFFH Series starters ft: standalones in the same universe, continuing series, & thematically linked. Which would you pick up?

Books ft:
BENEATH THE RISING by Premee Mohamed
SAVAGE COMPANY by Matt Wallace
THE POMEGRANATE GATE by Ariel Kaplan
WEAVE THE LIGHTNING by Corry L. Lee
NORTHERN WRATH by THILDE KOLD HOLDT
RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian
HER SOUL TO TAKE by Harley Laroux
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD and THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison
THE BLACK COAST by Mike Brooks
THE HOUSE OF STYX and THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN by Derek Kunsken
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee
BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse
GORSE by Sam K. Horton
IRONCLADS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
THE AMBER OWL by Juliet Marillier
MOONSTORM and NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee
WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L D Colter
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by Lorraine Wilson
QUEEN OF NONE and NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron
MICKEY7 by Edward Ashton
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF by Taran Hunt
INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
TUNE IN TOMORROW by Randee Dawn
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS by Ren Hutchings
SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C.S.E. Cooney
BLESS YOU HEART by Lindy Ryan

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This seems like not only a reasonable Canadian reaction, but one I'm hearing universally from friends and family. youtu.be/aQVphDA_hMs?...

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‘This is what happens when you stand up to a bully’: Reid on Trump targeting exchange rate

YouTube video by CTV News

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am mildly bemused to be included in a Scifi "double feature" starter pack. I don't know what double feature refers to, but it sounds cool. In any case, there are some cool scifi people in here and some of us are doubles! :) go.bsky.app/FvJuYVv

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

💲LIMTED TIME DEAL ENDS TONIGHT!💲 Calling all Australian SciFi fans! Ahead of the release of the fourth volume in @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's QUANTUM EVOLUTION series, go back to where it all began with book one - THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN! Only AU$4.59! Buy Now: geni.us/QMKD #booksky📚️🩵🪐

Against a black and gold background, an eReader with the book cover for Derek Kunsken's THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN.

White text: Amazon Australia Kindle Deal *Ends 6th September 2026. AU$ 4.59

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two more days, Australia! In honour of the release of book four (The Quantum Dawn) of my space opera series, the ebook of the first (The Quantum Magician) is on sale for AU$4.59. Quantum Magician has been described as "Ocean's Eleven in space" Check it out!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I also love to see this every few years.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 03/09/2026

*clears throat* WICKHILLS! Fun to read about, not to live in! Well I guess it depends on your neighbourhood There are some quite nice ones Anyway, just... GENERALLY more fun to read about, I'd say us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Wickhills

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here

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Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document

The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

HEY did you know i made a giant starter pack of trans and trans-inclusive comic creatives? get followin'!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem was a social activist and feminist icon who spent decades advocating for civil rights and equality. As a trailblazing journalist in the 1960s and 1970s, her work brought national attention to critical issues including gender-based workplace discrimination and abortion rights.

Black graphic with an image and quote from Gloria Steinem, who lived from 1934 until 2026. Underneath the photo it reads "The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving."

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I love this Star Trek fanfic about the Kobayashi Maru and could read it every few years.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

💲LIMTED TIME DEAL!💲 Calling all Australian SciFi fans! Ahead of the release of the fourth volume in @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's QUANTUM EVOLUTION series, go back to where it all began with book one - THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN! Only AU$4.59 for a limited time only! Buy Now: geni.us/QMKD #booksky📚️🩵🪐

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My newest novel, The Quantum Dawn, will be released in Oct/Nov and it's in great company! Check out the amazing Solaris Books on their way to bookstores this fall!

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Jack Kirby, BOTD: 1917

An image of the Watcher by Jack Kirby, and a quote from Kirby beneath it. "I had a guy die on me once, during the war, and
he looked up at me and he said, 'What the hell happened? What happened?' And here I was, just a schmo from the East Side of New York City, y'know, and how do you answer the guy? I told him,'You happened' See? And that was real. It got me to think how valuable human beings are; and at that moment I discovered my own humanity.
In that moment, I discovered everybody else's."

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@guardtheleaf.bsky.social I saw these harder number on Las Vegas tourism slump: www.8newsnow.com/news/local-n...

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And here's a starter pack if you want to find a bunch of great #Canadian #scifi, #fantasy, and #horror writers! We're published in Canadian markets, but many of us sell across the broader English language magazines and book publishers. A few are translated as well! Check it out! go.bsky.app/JYsEEhU

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And here's a starter pack if you want to find a bunch of great #Canadian #scifi, #fantasy, and #horror writers! We are published in Canadian markets, but many of us end up selling across the English language world to magazines and book publishers. A few are translated as well! Check them out!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There are a ton of amazing writers in this Starter Pack! Clarkesworld is one of the top #scifi and #fantasy magazines in the English language, and it features some of the most cutting edge stories. So check out the magazine and follow those who manage to sell to the magazine! :) go.bsky.app/CAm1qMt

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

RUN, don't walk, over to our friends @scifinow.bsky.social, who have an exclusive excerpt from @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's THE QUANTUM DAWN, the fourth instalment in the QUANTUM EVOLUTION series that began with modern SF Classic THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN! Preorder: geni.us/quantdawn

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The Quantum Dawn: Exclusive excerpt for Derek Künsken’s new Quantum Evolution novel

Read our exclusive sneak peek into Derek Künsken’s upcoming sci-fi novel The Quantum Dawn here...

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If your #audiobooks are available through #KoboPlus please reply and tell me so! Walkin’ the pupper, I go through my libro credits pretty fast, and I’m often on wait-lists at the library and so… yeah. Tell me. (Especially tell me about your queer audiobooks!) #BookSky

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I had no idea. I just bought Quebec honey yesterday because I always try to buy non-USA and ideally Canadian anyway. But key message: buy Canadian honey guys. Buy two!

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tomorrow I'll be at Fanexpo in Toronto from 2-6pm. If you're there and want to say hi come see me and my other horror writer friends. We have a table in the Book Nook so there is a place to chat and of course buy books!

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S.M. Carrière 🍁 @smcarriere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Good morning, Starlings! Here is your exclusive blog post. Reporting in with the monthly...uh... report. ko-fi.com/post/Monthly...

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Monthly Report: August 2026

S.M. Carrière added a post for monthly subscribers!

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I was just invited to speak at a doctoral level class covering speculative fiction as a way to challenge established narratives. I never thought that my work would be used at universities and, to be NOT modest for a moment, HELL YEAH. That's what I want, to provoke thought! Not be the same!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Aussie friends! For another 10 days, the ebook of my first novel "The Quantum Magician" will be on sale in Australia for AU$4.59! The pitch is hard SF "Ocean's Eleven in Space!" This is to celebrate the release of the 4th book in the series in Oct/Nov! Details below :)

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Many people don't know I also write fantasy. BCS is featuring one of my favourites: The God Thieves, a historical fantasy Cold War spy story set in 14th century Italy. You can read it for free. (I wrote a couple of novels set in this world, but I haven't cleaned them up to submit to an editor yet.)

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