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Adria Bailton @adriabailton.com · 13/10/2026

Have you read? Fame Cycles of Pop-Gods by Cressida Roe at Translunar Travelers Lounge How easily we rise and fall under social scrutiny, especially when one is a god. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/08/15/f...

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Debut day isn’t easy for anyone, even a god. Newly minted, coin-bright, the god called Hark waits backstage. He’s about to go out to perform his first miracle, and he can hear his fans murmuring in…

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

625 New Cosy Crime Novels for Autumn! (My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com)

Title: 625 new cosy crime novels for autumn! (pick one option from each column)

Column 1: (one option) The.

Column 2: (five options) Chipping-Sodbury, Bishop's Stortford, Kirkby Stephen, Saffron Walden, Melton Mowbray.

Column 3: (five options) Retired Librarians', Parish Council,Lawn Bowlers', Pub Regulars', Women's Institute.

Column 4: (five options) Murder, Burglary, Littering, Bigamy, Poisoning.

Column 5: (five options) Investigation Society, Revenge Guild, Detection League, Punishment Club, Inspection Unit.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BOOK DAY BOOK DAY BOOK DAY THE SCARLET BALL is out today! If you like demons, debutantes, blood, glamor, beautiful things and what happens when you rip them to bits, this one's for you! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Scarlet Ball

From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo, this all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds The Gilded Age with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Tor...

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

they're up to $31,758 out of the $50,000 base goal! Let's keep the lights on at Lightspeed + Nighmare!

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is part of what I'm referring to with many people demanding stories that reassure them they're a good person. They want the moral instruction because otherwise, rather than processing the reading experience, there's a thrum of "am I bad? am I bad? what if someone finds out I'm bad?"

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stories about abuse are allowed to exist without reducing themselves to moral instruction. i think sometimes when people complain about the “romanticization” of abuse, what they're actually objecting to isn't necessarily the way abuse is being represented, but the fact that the representation doesn't provide them with constant moral reassurance. like, there is a difference between “this story frames abuse as desirable or inherently romantic” and “this story depicts abuse in an erotic/ambiguous/complicated way and doesn't repeatedly tell me that abuse is bad, therefore the depiction itself is irresponsible.”

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 17/09/2026

We've reached and then quickly surpassed 25% of our funding goal and are now closing in on $15K and 30%. 178 of you have pledged your support so far. Thanks so much to all of you for backing and spreading the word... and being a part of the LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE story. bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror

We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

contract signed! i‘ll be returning to the pages of @lightspeedmagazine.com soon with a new fantasy flash about the blurry lines between friendship, mentorship, and love, and how that messiness can be strong enough to save you (also featuring dragons!) 🐉

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 17/09/2026

Hemingway describing F Scott Fitzgerald's mouth was basically foretelling Jeremy Brett: "a delicate long-lipped Irish mouth that, on a girl, would have been the mouth of a beauty. .... The mouth worried you until you knew him and then it worried you more."

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking

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The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrusta-tion of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water. (It didn't have to be anything scary or unpleasant, like snakes or slime, especially in a cheerful household magic tended to reflect the atmosphere of the place in which it found itself-but if you want a cup of tea, a cup of lavender-and-gold pansies or ivory thimbles is unsatisfactory. And while the pansies-put dry in a vase-would probably last a day, looking like ordinary pansies, be-fore they went greyish-dun and collapsed into magic dust, something like an ivory thimble would begin to smudge and

crumble as soon as you picked it up.) The best way to do it was to have a fairy as a member of your household, because she (it was usually a she) could lay a finger on the kettle just as it came to a boil (absentminded fairies could often be recognised by a pad of scar-tissue on the finger they favoured for kettle-cleaning) and murmur a

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey, it's the @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale! My book THE UPPER TENTACLE will be out on February 9, 2027, but you can preorder it now at B&N for 25% off with code PREORDER25. Offer good 9/9-9/11!

"Get in, loser" meme from Mean Girls with Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacy Chabert sitting in a car. Meme text is "Get in, astute reader" at top and "We're going preorder shopping for The Upper Tentacle" at the bottom

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

your alt text is accurate text 😂

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Translunar Travelers Lounge exists because we want to elevate stories we enjoy and bring them to an audience. Hopefully our fame cycles are not so cruel. Could you grant our prayer by writing a review of this issue? translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/08/15/f...

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The miraculous ability and ambition to help, to grant prayers, meets the way that idols are lifted up only to be cast down. A divine look at acclaim and notoriety. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/08/15/f...

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Avery was discovered by a priest, doing selfless work. Now as Hark, a god, he's trending, every miracle closely managed. But fame is fragile, his own fans his harshest critics Fame Cycles Of Pop-Gods by @eggandcressida.bsky.social

Newly minted, coin-bright, the god called Hark waits backstage. He’s about to go out to perform his first miracle, and he can hear his fans murmuring in front of the altar. They don’t know they’re the lucky ones that’ll get a visitation to enliven the community pop-up event held to celebrate his official debut day. Dreamily, he strains to catch their words—my aircon broke, I’m a sweaty mess—my husband didn’t want me to come today, but it’s the first time I’ve had energy to leave the pod in weeks—look at how shabby the decorations are—I thought Hark would have deserved better.

The god’s fingers itch. He wants to repair the aircon and give the man strength to go out into the sun every day. That is his purpose, his calling, to fix things for people. But his priest wants a big revelation, so he can’t let anyone know he’s here yet.

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ICYMI, new story is out in the world :)

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 21/08/2026

"I hear the song / of wind and wolf / played on the organ pipe cactus / along the spines / of the white mountains" From "The Still Point," new poetry by @jemmalr.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/2B0HOkx

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ICYMI, new story is out in the world :)

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

✨✨✨COVER REVEAL✨✨✨ I'm delighted with my cover design and art by Caroline Teagle Johnson, who nailed the retro, campy vibes I requested for my debut, THE UPPER TENTACLE! TUT publishes 02 09 27 from Union Square &. Co, but preorders are available now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amand...

On a faded background of a green tentacle on a pink backdrop, the cover for THE UPPER TENTACLE shines in all its pink, green, and red glory! A green tentacle coils upward, and a silhouette of a woman dangles one-handed from its tip. Title THE UPPER TENTACLE, in red, interweaves with the upper portion of the tentacle, and the author's name, also in red, is at the bottom. "February 9, 2027" is above the cover, and "Preorders available" is below it.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Issue 15 of Translunar Travelers Lounge is live on the website with 13 brand new stories. translunartravelerslounge.com

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Translunar Travelers Lounge

a speculative fiction magazine

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Pub day!! "Fame Cycles of Pop-Gods," about fame, fan culture, and the perils of Chasing the Dream, is out today in the absolutely stacked new issue of the lovely @translunartl.bsky.social. Read here! translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/08/15/f...

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

congrats on the deal, and what a fantastic-sounding premise!

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 12/07/2026

well okay so the english won against the norwegians but in only a few days theyll have to face the french. anyway thats quite enough about September 25th 1066, lets look at some football news

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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

All right, I’ve kept quiet for a bit because of real life crap, but come on guys. Our KS is moving at a snail's pace, and we can do better. And I’m not just saying this because I’m the marketing director of @khoreo.bsky.social, or because khōréō is my ride or die fam (which they are, ALWAYS)

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I read a whole lot of short SFF, and khōréō is easily one of my favorite magazines; they publish incredible + important work. The field needs them. Please consider joining me in backing their Kickstarter + sharing the word! They still need $13,215 to meet their goal and the campaign ends July 15th.

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khōréō: Year 6

Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Yo, this is super rad and still open for submissions. Spec magazines, take a look:

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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is what novel plot revision feels like

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

IT’S ALMOST TIME!! Anathema officially opens to submissions on June 20th! ✨ We cannot wait to begin this journey after a four-year hiatus. Thank you for all of the support!! 🥹 Check our website (link in bio) for submission guidelines. We’re excited to begin reading!! 💜

ANATHEMA opens to submissions in two days! After a 4-year hiatus, Anathema is back and ready to bring you outstanding speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by queer artists of color! We are happy to announce that we OPEN to submissions from June 20th to July 20th! Mark your calendars and prepare your best work! We’re proud to announce that we pay our creators a professional SFWA rate! Thinking of submitting? Check out www.anathemamag.com/guidelines for our guidelines!

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

✨COVER REVEAL✨ for my fiction collection forthcoming April 2027 with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 👀🤍‼️ design by @alandistro.bsky.social 💫 preorder direct here— shop.shortwavepublishing.com/products/mem... 🙆🏻‍♀️

MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST cover reveal graphic featuring a young woman with short hair with a colour palette of grey, red, white, beige, pale yellow

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Delighted to announce that my k-pop-inspired story about fame, holiness, and the shoals of fandom culture, "Fame Cycles of Pop-Gods," will be forthcoming in @translunartl.bsky.social! So grateful that this story has found a home at last and with such a fun zine ;)

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

ahhhh that's so cool!!! i can't wait to read your story, there needs to be more spec fic out there about the insanity (positive?) that is the idolverse

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

the good thing about stanning groups (mis)managed by SMEnt is that you end up with a lot of creatively productive annoyance 😂

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Thank you so much, Angela!! Super excited for this one to be out in the world :)

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

happy pride month from me and my feral shape-shifting children havenspec.com/fiction/skin...

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Skin Deep, Haven Spec Magazine

"Skin Deep" by Cressida Roe

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cressida roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

happy pride month from me and my feral shape-shifting children havenspec.com/fiction/skin...

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Skin Deep, Haven Spec Magazine

"Skin Deep" by Cressida Roe

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

the everlasting won a locus award last night?? by, i assume, a series of lucky coin-flips to break the ten-way tie. what a shortlist, and what an honor 🥹 locusmag.com/2026/05/2026...

FANTASY NOVEL

WINNER: The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow (Tor; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop
The Devils, Joe Abercrombie (Tor; Gollancz) amazon / bookshop
The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK) amazon / bookshop
Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan UK) amazon / bookshop
A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop
The Raven Scholar, Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop
Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop
Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager; Harper Voyager UK) amazon / bookshop
The Incandescent, Emily Tesh (Tor; Orbit UK) amazon / bookshop
Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor) amazon / bookshop

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