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Jules Arbeaux (Updates) @julesarbeaux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All stories end in death, but death isn't always the end of the story. ✨ THE NEWS IS OUT ✨ My third book, THE GOD OF LOST CAUSES, is coming next summer from Harper Collins Canada! Get ready for weirdness and wonder and heartbreak and humor and shenanigans undertaken in a bid to rewrite fate.

Deal announcement for Jules Arbeaux's "God of Lost Causes," which follows a bookish young man who dies deep in cosmic debt and must become the interim god of lost cases to pay it off, but when he finds himself invested in one of his lost causes—a prince doomed to die alongside his entire kingdom—he risks his very soul to rewrite fate. It was sold in a pre-empt to Mikaela Roasa at Harper Collins Canada by Maddy Belton at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency and will publish in Summer 2027.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

OKAY SO this trilogy has got: Pragmatic bi MC Broken magic Political intrigue Found family Plot twists Secrets Murder Dashing international magic troubleshooting squad Sinister mysterious animal friend Everyone is hot and gay Swordfights Explosions Dysfunctional magical family Beloved spooky castle

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Heyo! I’m doing a giveaway for both BEING ARO and my sci-fi horror novella! I’ll send my full zine collection to 3 people and a signed hardcover copy of BEING ARO to 1. To enter: ✨ add both THIS WORLD IS NOT YOURS and BEING ARO to GR/Storygraph ✨ repost this Winners will be chosen on 8/28!

Graphic showing comp titles for This World Is Not Yours: Dawn by Octavia Butler, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, Scavengers Reign, Princess Mononoke, Challengers, Swarm, Kill Bill by SZA

Cover of Being Aro, showing a dark-haired person pointing back an arrow; all in shades of green, gray, white, and black

Picture of a zine: “Stories from the Vault: AKA old stuff that will never see the light of day”

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TBRCon @tbrcon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

2nd giveaway of the day, curtesy of @grimdark.magazine, is a hardback copy of @essahansen.bsky.social's Casthen Gain! 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and GdM! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ...

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Cassie @scistoryteller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Finished reading (novella) Casthen Gain by @essahansen.bsky.social and it was a excellent - with her usual blend of action, unique world building, and interesting characters! (A chef who uses changes to physics to cook? In a deadly scavenger hunt? Not your usual hero.) Loved it! #bookSky #reading

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Heyo! The Literary Auction for Change is open, with agent critiques, signed copies, book swag, and more up for grabs. And all funds help support diversity in the publishing industry! I'm offering a 30-min AMA, which can also double as a short story critique: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Graphic: "A bookish auction fundraising for literary agents of change, and all volunteer nonprofit. We offer fellowship and mentorship programs geared towards improving access and retention for literary agents from under representative groups working in publishing."

Graphic: "I donated to the literary auction for change. auction runs between June 8 to June 12."

Graphic: "When marginalized agents have a seat at the table, it creates a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive industry, where marginalized authors can find passionate advocates. Together, we hope that every reader will have the chance to open a book, and see themselves."

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Flattered to see Someone You Can Build A Nest In was selected for Bookshop's Pride Months Picks! If you need the story of a monster *accidentally* falling for the lady who's hunting her? You can get an extra 15% off using the code PRIDE26. bookshop.org/p/books/some...

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Someone You Can Build A Nest In

Check out Someone You Can Build A Nest In - <b>**Nebula Award Nominee**<br>**Hugo Award Nominee**<br> <br>*Featuring all-new exclusive material for the trade paperback: an author's note, reading group...

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride month you buncha queers

Inside you are two bricks:
Throw me at a Fascist
Use me to build community

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Rosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

BEING ARO IS OUT NOW! 💚 So excited to share this collection with the world! 13 authors writing about the aromantic experience across genres, all celebrating what it means to be aromantic! This was such a labor of love, and we hope you love it too! Get a copy: rosieethor.com/being-aro

hardcover copy of Being Aro (The title is written in big black letters against a green gradient background. Interwoven with the letters is a person with green skin, short black hair, white clothes and platform boots. They kneeling on the ground and are aiming a bow and arrow to the upper right. They are wearing the aromantic flag around their neck and it is trailing out behind them like a cape.) in front of a rose bush with light pink blooms.

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 14/05/2026

One of the most terrifying images in history: Gaza transformed from life into death. Gaza in 2023 and 2026 💔

Before-and-after aerial comparison of Gaza showing the same urban area in 2023 and 2026. The top image shows a dense coastal city with apartment blocks, roads, a mosque-like building, cars, and a strip of beach under a blue sky. The bottom image shows the area in gray ruins, with collapsed buildings, rubble-filled streets, destroyed infrastructure, and the damaged remains of the same landmark building. The image presents Gaza transformed from a living city into a devastated landscape. UNOSAT and UNESCO have documented widespread damage to buildings and cultural sites in Gaza since October 2023.

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Essa Hansen @essahansen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thrilled to find my worldbuilding referenced at length in this fascinating deep dive into polymers! Polymers as Mutable Reality Interfaces ~ "Here, polymers are not subsystems. They are the ship’s interface with reality itself."

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Essa Hansen @essahansen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Happy release day to The Punisher: One Last Kill ! 💀 I had a blast working on the sound design/effects for this. Intense combat and surreality are my wheelhouse, and the short length of these Marvel Special Presentations (it's my third!) are lots of fun #ThePunisher #Marvel #DisneyPlus #MCU

poster for THE PUNISHER: One Last Kill featuring a bloody Frank Castle striding toward the left with a bat in hand

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Issue 784 Table of Contents, May 2026 locusmag.com/2026/05...

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 05/05/2026

The Girl With A Thousand Faces, by @sunyidean.com (@torbooks.bsky.social) is a novel I had high hopes for; and it exceeded them. An astounding genre blending novel that fully shows Dean's writing skills, delivering a memorable story of grief and trauma. Full review: jamreads.com/reviews/the-... 💙📚

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JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite

In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Any time you use AI you are telling people three things: 1) you don't respect creatives or their work 2) you're okay with theft 3) you can't think for yourself

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT releases tomorrow! To tempt you into preordering, let's deep dive into the initial pitch of "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" and how its influences all shake out on the characters and world. THREAD (And the all-important preorder links!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ph...

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The Photonic Effect

“What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.” —K.B. Wagers A starship captain and her crew face conspi...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Hey, the audiobook of my Nebula-winning novel Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just SEVEN BUCKS! The deals lasts a while longer. A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body using a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, a...

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy Launch Day to me! First Mage On The Moon is out today.

First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston. Against a twilight blue background, a rusty magical rocketship readies for launch, with engineering diagrams off to the side.

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Artwork I painted for the novel "Sister of the Lake" by Olga Ptitseva + sketches

Young adult woman with seaweed shaped hair drifting in a body of water as spooky green hands grip at her from beneath the water

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT!! Help out a pillar of the sci-fi/fantasy community and I'll name a character after you (or a friend) in my next publication! And there's currently a discount so I'll do it for half off :)

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It’s my book birthday! 🎉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, is out in the UK today! Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey! Get ready for battles, ancestor magic, and big revelations! See below for links to the Goldsboro and Illumicrate exclusion editions!

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Heyo! The @locusmag.bsky.social fundraiser has 15 days left, and you can now get a character named after you or a friend for 50% off!

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

okay so. coming soon 👀 (no, idk *exactly* when but like... all the stories are written! and I have one cover!) #WhyMonsterGirlsDontCry 📚🏳️‍⚧️ it's got trans & nonbinary characters! it's super queer! 🌈📚🪐 💜🖤💚 also very aspec! there will be 3 new stories! 🐺🎥🧸 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Coming soon: Why Monster Girls Don't Cry

A collection of dark speculative fiction about monsters and people considered monstrous. Includes three never-before-published stories!

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Surprise! Cover reveal for my "haunted house but really immigrant generational trauma and gentrification erases cultural memory" book! Coming out next February, assuming I can get through this revision.

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Essa Hansen @essahansen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

It's eligibility season for lists and awards, so here's my lil plug that Casthen Gain (2025) is eligible in novella categories! As science fantasy, it would be appropriate in either genre. 🫧🍲💜

The book cover of CASTHEN GAIN on a surreal purple cloud background and circled text "Awards Eligibly 2025 novella"

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Essa Hansen @essahansen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

DEAD WEIGHT by @hildur.bsky.social—wonderfully unsettling horror 🐈 THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT by @jeremyteg.bsky.social—philosophical epic fantasy! THE SCOUR by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social—crime procedurals x The Witcher! PROJECT HANUMAN by @stewarthotston.com—ideas on a scale only sci-fi can do!

the cover of Dead Weight by Hildur Knutsdottir: the white broken-off head of a stone statue, lying on its side with a blood smear, on a peach colored background

the cover of The Tower of the Tyrant by JT Greathouse: a purple and blue illustration of a fantasy nature setting, a tree-topped tower in the background and a figure in the foreground with a bird on her staff

the cover of The Scour by Richard Swan; an illustration of two medieval men back-to-back on a rock landscape, with ocean bluffs in the background topped with a ruined castle and tower

the cover of Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotston: an abstract illustration of a bright nebula and structure out in the dark of space, with an overlay of zeros and ones cascading down

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Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

if you're in socal and you've ever thought about fostering/have been considering adopting an animal, a ton of shelters will be open this Sunday to make room for these animals!! or get involved with a local rescue!! www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/l...

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Hundreds of dogs and cats seized in rescue operation at Los Angeles County property

Hundreds of cats and dogs were rescued Friday morning when authorities served a warrant a property in northern Los Angeles County.

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Darby Harn @darbyharn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Some of my favorite authors have amazing new books out right now: @al-distortion.bsky.social @essahansen.bsky.social @joeprosit.bsky.social 🌙 #FantasyIndiesMarch🌙 #booksky 💙📚🪐

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Mood for 2026, (the artist is Ainsley Drew, on Instagram)

A very simply drawn cartoon of a very round and green smiling frog squatting down and holding a ouija board. The background is blue and the text reads ‘fuck ChatGPT. I’m asking ghosts’

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 02/03/2026

It's Monday and maybe you want to read a weird story about Piglet, Pooh, Kanga, and the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood gang? If so, look no further than my story "Piglet Delivers" in @apexmag.bsky.social ! www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

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Piglet Delivers

Piglet was still hungover when he got to Pooh’s house. Not even the morning breeze dancing through the few remaining trees around...

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

they’re just begging for a car chase

Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

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Dr. Thomas D. Lee @thomasdlee.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Melissa is absolutely right. We might be traditionally published, and we might occasionally break out with a bestseller, but midlist authors are often neglected by publishers while the big titles suck up all the oxygen. There are some brave and exciting books out there that deserve a lot more hype!

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Ryan Rose (he/him) @ryanprose.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ed's Lightfall would be on this list if he wasn't so selfless!

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Ed Crocker @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Recent midlist SFF books that deserve everything: The Tales of the Plains trilogy by @davewragg.com The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social Seven Recipes for Revolution by @ryanprose.bsky.social A bit older but The Graven trilogy by @essahansen.bsky.social

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Starting the week with promo in the midst of the hellscape: join me and @annaleen.bsky.social at @booksinc.bsky.social Palo Alto on 4/21 for the launch of THE PHOTONIC EFFECT! RSVP for free here! If you're not local, you can order a signed copy to ship here too: www.eventbrite.com/e/mike-chen-...

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MIKE CHEN: THE PHOTONIC EFFECT at Books Inc. Palo Alto

Join bestselling author Mike Chen at Books Inc. Palo Alto for a celebration of his new thrilling space adventure, The Photonic Effect!

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nadia @nadiaudio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

i'm on the panel for the GDC music demo derby this year!! we'll be listening to submissions and giving some good feedback 💗 if you're interested in submitting and having your work heard, check it out: www.audiogang.org/demo-derby-s...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I feel like midlist SFF is both vitally important and uniquely threatened right now because the midlist is where you find most of the queer, PoC, and otherwise marginalized authors. As well as a lot of really exciting books trying new things! Stuff that's not a "safe bet" but often a great read

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

(Shoot forgot covers for the above titles...Here you go!)

Cover of THE GODS BELOW by Andrea Stewart

Cover of The Gentleman and his Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

THE TWO LIES OF FAVEN SYTHE by @meganeokeefe.bsky.social - Fast-paced twisty sapphic space fantasy w/pirates! FATE'S BANE by @clclark.bsky.social - Sweeping epic novella that will break your heart! CASTHEN GAIN by @essahansen.bsky.social - Interdimensional chef gets caught up in a battle royale!

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

So I feel (both as a reader & author) like discoverability of new books is down lately, especially for the midlist. Please tell me some recently published (past year-ish) SFF books you loved that are midlist/overlooked/deserve more hype! (And please share your recs/this list!) My recs in reply!

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