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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 16h

Hello and happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day! We're about ready to get started with this year's winner announcement A very special thanks to our first-ever sponsors: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, @laworldcon.bsky.social , and @revmindi.bsky.social ! #2026IgnyteAwards

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Here, the Anthropocene is the final boss: one that cannot be defeated by violence—there is no combat in the game—but only by empathy." Phoenix Alexander on the new "Pokopia" game: lareviewofbooks.org/article/pokemon…

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My article on Pokopia and the climate crisis is out in LARB today! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social What do Bill, fictional inventor of the Pokémon storage system, and Joanna Russ, sf legend, have in common? lareviewofbooks.org/article/poke...

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Story day! A would-be serial killer manages his violent impulses by ‘capsizing’ himself—projecting his consciousness into a nearby object—whenever they arise. All goes well—until he encounters another man with the same ability… @nightmare-magazine.com www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/not-...

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Recorded an Eating the Fantastic lunch conversation with the always delightful @franwilde.bsky.social exactly 10 years, two months, and 30 days since we last chatted on Episode 14. What a long, strange long trip it’s been! I hope you’ll subscribe to join us once we go live. pod.link/1083737796

Fran across the table from me in front of her bento box.

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hello @laworldcon.bsky.social! Come see me in Museum Booth 4 in the Exhibit Hall, where i’ve curated a small selection of photos from LA Con ‘84!

Librarian with dark hair and a patterned
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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

GAHH!!! Very VERY excited to hear a story from @dracopoullos.bsky.social Phoenix is on the @khoreo.bsky.social website and podcast! Greek-Cypriot authors, woohooo!!!! 🩵

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Good news! “Letters from Light’s End” by @dracopoullos.bsky.social is now fully available on our website and podcast. This story was edited by @witchywonderer.bsky.social narrated by @mikecastoro.bsky.social and produced by @xjenuine.bsky.social 🚀

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Some positive publishing news to counter some of the doomerism: total book sales, and adult fiction specifically, increased in 2025. Print was 73% of market and digital audio/ebook 22%. (I guess the remaining is physical audio?) www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Publishing Sales Hit $32.5 Billion in 2025

Total estimated industry sales rose 2.5% over 2024, according to the year-end report from the AAP, and the number of books sold inched up 0.4%, to 3.15 billion units.

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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I found it to be of little use in writing anything of substance and I haven't used AI to write my stories. I've come to hate LLMs and I would never participate in a similar study today. I have been vocally against AI.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's a day of very big feelings as I learned that I'm a finalist for the World Fantasy Special Award – Non-Professional for Nightmare Magazine on the same day I announced that this is my last year as EIC at Nightmare. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

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Editorial: August 2026 - Nightmare Magazine

Gardens are pumping out the juiciest tomatoes, corn on the cob is at its peak, and every melon is bulging with sugar water. The days might be the hottest, but with fall on the horizon, the nights are ...

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Excited to share my schedule for @laworldcon.bsky.social! Looking forward to seeing folks there! Also…

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In a new podcast, the eds of "Science Fiction Studies" offer an inside look at the jrnl, discussing its place in the field & revisiting notable articles that have contributed to the study of science fiction. @dracopoullos.bsky.social @locutuspicard.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/inside-scien...

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Inside Science Fiction Studies - New Books Network

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Tomorrow I'll be at @cellardoorbooks.bsky.social with @dracopoullos.bsky.social to talk about Foundling Fathers and science fiction and America. Join us if you can: cellardoorbookstore.com/foundlingfat...

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Meg Elison in-conversation at Cellar Door!

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

So looking forward to this conversation! Come join us in Riverside!

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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

THREAD: Listen to @danaiwrites.bsky.social and to other Greek authors who continue to face unfair reactions from gatekeepers in publishing and film/tv. Instead of seeing the Anglo-washed 'Odyssey' film, buy books from Greek authors writing Greek myths! Elevate them! Here are some recs (1/15)

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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

But what might finally do me in is all these book roundup recs I see this week where readers, publishers and bookstores put out with books for people to read to “prepare”… and not a single book by a Greek author is featured among them. Sighs in Greek.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 08/07/2026

As someone who reads slush on a regular basis, I have many many thoughts on the AI-subs stories being shared right now, but one thing is for sure: I hate what AI generated stories are doing to zines and publishers and writers. It makes things harder for everyone who is doing legit work.

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m delighted to participate in the @futurescapesww.bsky.social 100-page workshop this summer, working with the amazing @niviaevans.bsky.social!!

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 07/07/2026

happy birthday to the incredible, indelible, L.D. Lewis!!!! her books are amazing, full of characters that jumpstarted me into feeling and action (myself). please buy her books!!! do you have them? leave her a birthday tip! as a constant community worker (one of the best), you WANT to do this. yep

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 30/06/2026

Today. bookshop.org/p/books/red-...

David Demchuk’s RED X, in a new 5th anniversary special edition from Hell’s Hundred / Soho Press - available June 30 from your favourite local bookstore.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Foundling Fathers lands this Tuesday from @tachyonpub.bsky.social, and my tour begins! East and West Coast dates are below, with alt text. Catch me if you can, because I'm reading from America's birthday present: the blistering satire that she deserves.

Tour flyer for author Meg Elison, pictured in the background: a fat white woman in a black lace dress, black hat, and red sunglasses. Cover of the novella: Foundling Fathers, light blue with a Polaroid frame containing an image of a white man in colonial dress and a powdered wig with white sunglasses and AirPods. Info below displayed in text:

West Coast
July 11
Alameda Public Library
Alameda Free Book Festival
11AM
July 12
SF in SF
San Francisco CA
with Sarah Gailey
3PM
July 18
Cellar Door Books
Riverside CA
with Dr. Phoenix Alexander

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

So excited to chat with Meg about ‘Foundling Fathers!’

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Book tours are mostly for big-time bestsellers, but I'm lucky enough to have friends and know booksellers in a lot of places, so I'm doing it! Here are all the places you can see me this summer, talking about Foundling Fathers:

author Meg Elison, a fat white woman with dark hair, in a red and white striped dress and red lipstick, standing against a door in the historic Red Lion Inn with floral wallpaper behind her

the cover of Foundling Fathers, depicting a white colonial-dressed man with white sunglasses, airpods, and a blue jacket inside a Polaroid frame with the title in script bellow

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Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

khōréō is simply one of the best magazines in our industry. There are only 28 Backers. If you are somebody who says they support marginalized SFF creators and posted about your sadness over Fantasy & FIYAH closing, you have this opportunity to make sure khōréō continues publishing amazing things.

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Nebulas were a kiiii! I didn’t take nearly enough pictures, but it was amazing seeing old (and new!) friends. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, to the organizers, to the wonderful Toast Master @tananarivedue.bsky.social - and to our newest Grand Master, @nkjemisin.bsky.social!

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Four khoreo magazine covers over an orange background.

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 07/06/2026

So happy for this! Totally deserved! Congratulations, @jenniferhudak.bsky.social!!!!

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Who will I see at the Nebulas this week? 🥳

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

FIYAH is going on hiatus. More here:

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 19/05/2026

The Eisner-nominated anthology with the AI story (Michael Todasco) gets pulled just as the Commonwealth Prize nominee with the possibly-AI story (Jamir Nazir) is announced

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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Pleased as punch to share the video from last week's Melinda Gebbie’s Greatest Fits event! youtu.be/UCgTOmZnLyU?... Thank you for tuning in! Captions are as accurate as possible (I edited them myself) #comics #comix #feminism #art #books

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Melinda Gebbie’s Greatest Fits: Feminism, Art & Culture in Comix

YouTube video by ucrlibrary

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A reminder that I have a collection of short stories. It received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, won the Crawford Award, and is currently a Locus Award finalist for best collection. www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a... bookshop.org/p/books/call...

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Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. In these deftly written stories of the fantastic, Christopher Caldwell unravels the complicitie...

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Thank you so much for shouting out ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ Vanessa! So many good recs here! 🙏✨

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Story sale - to *pinches self* @nightmare-magazine.com!! ‘Not Even a Fly’ follows a would-be serial killer who controls his urges by projecting his consciousness into inanimate objects. He manages to maintain an unremarkable life - until he meets another killer with a similar power 😈

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ALT: a black and white photo of a man wearing a sweater and smiling

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I've ridden a dromedary in Egypt, and it looks like I may have dodged a bullet. Seriously, this story is neat. #WhatIRead2026

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

‘A Good Year’ is such a beautiful book, and Polis Loizou is a gem of an author. Y’all want sophisticated Greek literature, rooted in myth and culture and history, by an actual Greek?? It’s here, bbs

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dave ring @davering.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I recently experienced the Lore Perfume discovery set...some nice notes here! (A small perfume review, wherein I also pair each scent to a @neonhemlock.bsky.social novella)

A box with four scents described on a green background, on a handkerchief background.

Scents: Subliminity, Somewhere but nowhere. Lovely and a little twisted. Disfruta. Says "everything is possible" on the bottom.

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Thank you so much for the shout-out, Lyndsie! @khoreo.bsky.social were so amazing to work with ❤️

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Emma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We are incredibly blessed! New Phoenix story!!

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Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This story is such a joy. Just deeply fun to read.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's the first of the month. You know what that means — a new issue of The Dark. I have a little slice of winter in this issue, alongside work from @angelaslatter.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social and Ibrahim Ojedokun. www.thedarkmagazine.com/wendigo/

Cover of The Dark #131 artwork shows hand gripping a rag doll. Text Stories by Ibrahim Ojedokun, Angela Slatter, Phoenix Alexander, Michael Kelly

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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

My demented camel cult story, Dromedary Mary, is out in this month’s The Dark magazine! The end of the world is coming. Quick! Pile your supplies on your body and shut all the doors. Be like Mary. Follow the dromedary. Everything will be alright in the end. www.thedarkmagazine.com/dromedary-ma...

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

ICYMI: I chatted with the publishers of HAGFISH, a great small press that reissues underread women authors.

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 07/08/2025

An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it. You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

Mockup of book Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident. Book One: 4/7/26. Cover by Micaela Alcaino

Flat image of a book cover: Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident

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Jason A. Bartles @jabartlesauthor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

@dracopoullos.bsky.social and me at the ICFA gala Saturday night!

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

What's a day between friends? Thanks to some unexpected travel conditions we opened yesterday to general submissions. Fortunately the portal is still open, and scheduled to stay that way until midnight EST April 15.

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