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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If Flights of Foundry means something to you, if you've gotten something out of it - whether that's inspiration for a project or a friendship or good memories or the comfort of knowing someone out there is designing events like this... Put some money in, please. flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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Donate – Flights of Foundry

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

You guys!!!! @viableparadise.bsky.social 2023 alum and my dear friend @sciencegeekmel.bsky.social has sold this amazing, heart wrenching dystopian book about a world where women are controlled and one struggles against the rules men have made for her. Keep an eye out for this one!

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

VP is a life changing experience. Let's get Logan there!

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Parker M. O'Neill @parkeriswriting.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A few days late here, but I’m really, really excited to share that I’ll be attending @viableparadise.bsky.social this fall!

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Samantha Wren @samwren.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Very excited to share that I've been accepted to this year's @viableparadise.bsky.social cohort! I can't wait to spend a week learning from some of my favorite authors and making new friends in the SFF community 💖

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This post from @reasie.bsky.social on getting on panels was great! I've used some of these tricks myself and they work! www.marievibbert.com/how-to-get-o...

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How to Get On Panels at Conventions – Marie Vibbert, author

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have honestly never heard a better summary of VP.

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Viable Paradise @viableparadise.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Notifications have been sent out. If you applied this year and have not heard from us, first check your spam filter. If that doesn’t help, please contact us here or at the contact at viableparadise.com email.

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

When I first started writing, I attended classes & writing conferences, trying to find resources to get better at my craft. But most conferences focused on literary fiction and memoir, and very few had instructors who could tell me how to work and write in genre fiction.

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Story Island - BARN

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Also today is the first day of my new strategy: sharing my Uber location with the person most likely to start a true crime podcast to investigate if I disappear. @emilysmileywrites.bsky.social

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Thanks Stokercon for a weekend of immaculate vibes 🖤🫀 I had an absolute blast with old friends @brigittewinter.bsky.social @lauracranehill.bsky.social @emilysmileywrites.bsky.social and @erikgrove.com, but the best part was meeting so many new people. By far the most fun I've ever had at a con!

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A true gold mine of information!

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Surprised and pleased to see my little sapphic lady knights story featured in Reactor's Short Fiction Spotlight. Never expected to see my name sharing a list with Stephen Graham Jones! 💀

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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: March 2026 - Reactor

This month's stories focus on unstoppable disasters and satisfying revenge...

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Well this was an absolutely delightful read this morning! www.strangepilgrims.com/p/two-cather...

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Two Catherines by Caroline Beuley

"The beast was her gift." | Short Story #2

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We are delighted to share the cover for F. A. Davidson's debut YA fantasy Flickerstate!! Norah Sullivan must use her power over probability to compete in the Academy of Navigation's trials and save her father...we predict a high chance of release on July 28, 2026 from Sourcebooks Fire 🎲

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Revealing Flickerstate by F. A. Davidson - Reactor

A new YA fantasy arriving in July 2026!

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Add. To. Your. TBR. NOW. I got to read the opening pages of this in draft form and was already hooked. Also look at that gorgeous cover!

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I read an early draft of Flickerstate and I cannot reiterate enough how good this book is. reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

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Revealing Flickerstate by F. A. Davidson - Reactor

A new YA fantasy arriving in July 2026!

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Everyone stop what you're doing and go read this good for her, unhinged feminist rage story by @apottern.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social It is 🔥 havenspec.com/fiction/boot...

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Bootcut, Haven Spec Magazine

"Bootcut" by Allison Pottern

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Congratulations to @clpolk.com on the new book, and also congratulations on getting a cover reveal in gd COSMOPOLITAN of all places, holy shit! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...

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Exclusive: C.L. Polk Announces New Dreamy Fantasy Book ‘The Feywild Job’ and It's Cover Reveal is Stunning

No better way to get cozy than this swoony romantasy.

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

So excited to announce my motherhood horror story "Hollow Pines" will be published by 34 Orchard in November of this year!

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Wow I would do unholy things to summon myself to the island for this crew. If you're looking to level up your writing game, meet the best friends of your writing life, shed happy tears, not sleep much, and learn from these absolute badass instructors apply to VP! You won't regret it.

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Catherine Castellani @ccastellani.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

New year, new awards, new cover!

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Shen Tao @dragons.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

They are giving away 50 copies of my debut, The Poet Empress, on goodreads! I hope you'll enter 🥰 #booksky #ThePoetEmpress

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5! books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

"Celebrating sucess with a $4.99 book sale, this weekend only!" across the top in a blue banner. Below is an image of the new cover of New Year, New You on a black tablet: the letter of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other tory elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "us". Next to the book is a large, shiny badge that reads "Runner-up in the 2025 Annual Indie Author Project Contest" with "2025 Runner-up Science Fiction" below. Finally, in a rainbow banner across the bottom reads "Plus a swanky new cover!"

Across the top: New Cover, Same Cutting-Edge Speculative Fiction. Below is a mock-up of the book New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention in which the letters of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other story elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "u". Next to the book are endorsement quotes:

"I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafts." —Myna Chang, Microverse

"Nuanced..." —Locus Magazine

"Intense and beguiling..." — Sherwood Smith

"Complex and experimental..." — SF Book Reviews

"Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted..." — Naseem Jamnia

In the bottom right corner, is a peel-away corner that reveals the words "$4.99 ebook sale! This weekend only!"

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I'm so excited that @viableparadise.bsky.social 2023's anthology baby was awarded runner up from the Indie Author Project! Now we have a shiny badge for the cover!

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The Luddites weren't anti-progress. They weren't anti-technology. They were pro worker rights. And it's convenient for the tech barons (in any age) to make us believe those are the same thing.

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Janet knows what’s up

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Alec @alecjmarsh.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Scotland, 1925: A gentleman thief, a lonely demon hunter and a married sorceress embark on a glittering heist to destroy the English occult. Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance. Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm #dvpit #a #f #queer

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 07/09/2025

Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.

A signed, annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC propped up against a stack of other copies of HIGHER MAGIC with some moon- and magic-themed stickers.

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Allison is one of the most insightful critique partners and has a wealth of knowledge to share about book marketing!

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I have a new book out today! It's a Sapphic steampunk western adventure about the dashing Karen Memery riding to the rescue as Annie Oakley's stunt double in a beleaguered early movie!

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I finished the first draft of my WIP right before WorldCon and it got me thinking about the parallels with my other hobby: sewing. Check out 4 things I've learned from sewing and applied to drafting a novel. open.substack.com/pub/crkellog...

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What Sewing Can Teach Us About Drafting Novels

I always get the bug for drafting in the summer.

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

YEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I AM SO HERE FOR THIS BOOK!

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Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Major FOMO re: #worldcon!! Half of our anthology's contributors will be there, so the ebook is more than half off! Grab a copy and say hi to @darylwriterguy.bsky.social @chriscampbell.bsky.social @fechoe.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @avani.bsky.social books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

The words $2.99 Worldcon Ebook Sale" above the image of the top half of a tablet displaying the cover for "New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention" all against a purple background. So wish I could be there but say hi to my friends for me.

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

"How do I make these words work?" I ask, for the fifth time this morning.

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

can cats get assimilated

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Summer: produce is fresh and my desire to turn on the stove is at an all-time low. Enter: Salad Nicoise. open.substack.com/pub/crkellog...

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Salad Nicoise

For when you're drafting too hard to really "cook"

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Today's drafting lunch: literally toasted white bread and this Genova tuna packed in lemon herb olive oil. She's perfect.

Can of Genova Yellowfin Tuna Lemon and Herbs de Provence

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

One of the many problems with a blanket buyout is that the people most likely to take them were senior employees with a lot of experience who had already vested in their pensions. Add in being overworked in a high stress job, and you've got a lot of vacancies in difficult, specialized areas.

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Congratulations 🪼 and WELCOME 🪼 to the 🪼 new members of 🪼 the 🪼 family 🪼

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Elsie Raymond @elsieraymond.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I cannot even tell you how good Flickerstate is - I feel so privileged to have gotten to read an early draft. Watch out for F.A. Davidson, she is going to blow your mind. Our @viableparadise.bsky.social class strikes again!

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