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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026

The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible

Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm writing profiles for characters from POSTHUMAN. Starting with villains, naturally: www.evanjpeterson.com/news-blog/be... Also added two previously published stories set in the same world. Scroll down after link: www.evanjpeterson.com/posthuman #comics #mcu #gaymer #xmen @choiceofgames.com

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Begin with the Villains — Evan J. Peterson, Author

The BrainSkull would like to have a word with you about posthuman supremacy.

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

WOO! @choiceofgames.com chose Krzysztof Bieniawski's banner art for POSTHUMAN as lead image for #Pride2026! Now live in the app store & CoG app. And not just me; @nassos.bsky.social 's #pride month interview is now up. They're @clarionwest.bsky.social family. #posthuman #superheroes #lgbtq

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Meet Basilica. She's not like other v̶i̶l̶l̶a̶i̶n̶s̶ heroes. 1/ Basilica is your teammate in my new interactive novel/text RPG, POSTHUMAN: Guardians vs PSION from @choiceofgames.com You can meet (or date) Bas & choose from 20+ powers when you play POSTHUMAN. #videogames #rpg #posthuman #comics #superhero

A woman made of stone holds up a heavy chunk of debris. The text reads: "Meet Basilica. She's not like other villains heroes." The word villains is struck out.

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Meet Pi. She's not like other heroes. 1/ Pi is your teammate in my new interactive novel/text RPG, POSTHUMAN: Guardians vs PSION from @choiceofgames.com You can meet (or date) Pi & choose from 20+ super powers when you play POSTHUMAN. #videogames #rpg #posthuman #comics #superhero #xmen #muslimhero

An olive-skinned female comic book hero in a blue and red costume stands in front of a colorful nebula space background. She has a black scarf covering her hair, and she holds a holographic page of data. The caption reads, "Meet Pi. She's not like other heroes."

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It's here! POSTHUMAN: Guardians vs PSION is my new release from @choiceofgames.com. It took several years to write & it's twice as long as Drag Star! Would you play/read/experience this interactive work of fiction? Play here www.choiceofgames.com/posthuman Art: @rabidblackdog Editor: Mary Duffy

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Posthuman: Guardians Vs PSION

Choose from 20+ distinct superpowers! Lead your team of superheroes to the moon and beyond, and stop the evil PSION—unless, of course, you join them.

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Melody E. McIntyre @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My final post in my series highlighting the SSBA 2025 Finalists and winners! Today, I am ending with the winner in the Fantasy category - Evan J. Peterson. @specawards.bsky.social @evanjpeterson.bsky.social www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2026/03/evan...

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Evan J. Peterson - Better Living Through Alchemy - SSBA Fantasy Winner

For my final post featuring the 2025 SSBA Artists, I present Evan J. Peterson, the winner of the Fantasy category. Spoiler alert for the upc...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We have the data. My longest columns have more readers, who read longer, and who share them the most.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

me: you think somewhere there's a taxidermist who uses a stuffed pig as a piggy bank? wife: we don't actually have to talk about every thought you have

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

More glimpses into the new project, releasing in April. Meet Saturn. They're not like other heroes? Villains? Heroes. #superhero #interactivefiction #rpg #comics #nonbinary

A light-skinned, nonbinary comic book hero in a black and pink jacket and blue jeans hovers above a glowing pink portal. Their left hand also glows with pink energy. Their hair is also black and pink. The caption reads, "Meet Saturn. They're not like other heroes villains heroes," with the first "heroes" and "villains" struck-through as though it's uncertain which they are.

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I don't think you're ready for my next big project. Watch this account for news leading up to an April release. #superhero #fiction #rpg #interactivenovel

A Black, female comic book hero in a red and gold costume stands in front of a black and purple space background. Her hands are taped up for hand-to-hand combat. The caption reads, "Meet Vogue. She's not like other heroes."

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This was such a great interview! You can watch the replay now!

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

ALMOST TIME! I'll be interviewed live at 1pm Pacific today, discussing my Small Spec Book Award-winning noir fantasy novel, BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY. Sign up at this link to be notified when we're going live. Thanks to the SSBA voters, to my publisher Broken Eye Books, and to Indiosyncrasy!

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The SSBA winner in fantasy, @evanjpeterson.bsky.social, will be live with Saffron Asteria today at 3pm CST on BOOKED! Come join the conversation! www.youtube.com/live/ZeAtXMA... #SSBA #SSBA2025

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BOOKED with Author Evan J. Peterson

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Dirk @dirkmyers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Loved this one! Occult noir weirdness in an almost-too-familiar Seattle. Endearing, weird, and well worth the trip. The monsters are, as advertised, incidental. @slgable.bsky.social @evanjpeterson.bsky.social

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Leo Astrum @leoastrum.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Wrote a quick blog post highlighting some of my favourite books from the @specawards.bsky.social! Feat. four very good independently published fantasy books from four very different fantasy subgenres. leoastrum.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/s...

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Small Speculative Book Awards Highlights

I read a bunch of books for the Small Speculative Book Awards this year, and I wanted to highlight a few of my absolute favourites now that the competition is over! There were a lot of books nomina…

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Now that we’ve announced the ✨winners✨ of the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards, @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social & @millieabecassis.com are starting to plan for 2026. Do you want to join us in celebrating small & indie press writers? Why not join our team at the @specawards.bsky.social? 💙 #SSBA #SSBA2026

SSBA 2026 Edition: Volunteer for the SSBA! We need readers of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and/or Horror. We need influencers such as reviewers, podcasters, and other bookish content creators. Fill out the application form(s) at our link in bio.

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I enjoyed this strange little book.

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Do you like to read sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror? Do you want to volunteer to support authors published with small and indie presses? Apply to the SSBA today! We need a lot more volunteers if we are going to make the 2026 awards season work, so please share this post!

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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

How cool! Got interviewed by L.N. Holmes about my weird mushroom book You Will Speak for the Dead (Stelliform Press). We talk about hoarding, fungus, death, and lighter-stealing ferrets, so give it a look! lnholmeswriter.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/a... @stelliformpress

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A Chat with R.A. Busby, the 2025 SSBA Winner in Horror

L. N. Holmes: Thanks for agreeing to this interview, R. A. You Will Speak for the Dead is mushroom horror meets body horror. It’s also so much more than that. After reading the acknowledgements in …

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Bookish Collaborations interviews the SSBA finalists, including @evanjpeterson.bsky.social for Better Living Through Alchemy. (Which won, in case you missed the news!) Go check 'em out! armedwithabook.com/2025-ssba-fa...

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2025 SSBA Fantasy Finalists & Winner - Armed with A Book

December 1 marked the announcement of the finalists and winners for the inaugural Small Spec Book Awards. Learn about the best in Fantasy.

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Another interview from SSBA Founder @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social, this time with SSBA 2025 Fantasy Winner @evanjpeterson.bsky.social. Read about gangster-scientists amassing occult knowledge, the smell of lies, and folklore versus fakelore. lnholmeswriter.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/a...

The image is of the Better Living Through Alchemy cover, which shows symbols from science, alchemy, and occult practices. The book is by Evan J. Peterson.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Latest editorial is up at Nightmare: "We might be out of spooky season, but December is the time when our thoughts are often in communication with legends & lore." www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

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Editorial: December 2025 - Nightmare Magazine

Maybe it’s the long dark nights stirring up the imagination, or maybe it’s the strange light you get when sunshine glints off the snow: We might be out of spooky season, but December is the time when ...

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Yas! Better Living Through Alchemy has won the Small Spec Book Award. Now time to take drugs and be gods in the monster-infested streets of Seattle. (Congrats, @evanjpeterson.bsky.social!)

Cover image for novel Better Living Through Alchemy. Features a strange amalgam of a man, styled as Vitruvian Man with alchemical symbols surrounding.

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards winners! ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social) ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press) ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social) #SSBA #SSBA2025

Fantasy winner: ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social)

Horror winner: ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)

Sci-Fi winner: ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I won? I WON!!! Immense gratitude to the Small Spec Awards and to my editor/publisher, Scott Gable at Broken Eye Books. I'm glad you like it Weird, cuz I've only just begun. Sequel in progress! @slgable.bsky.social

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kaitlyn @kiixlyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

i took tylenol while i was autistic and now my son is pregnant

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 25/09/2025

This has been such a wild year, most of us barely remember half of what's happened. Like it was just a few months ago the script for an unmade fourth Nolan Batman movie leaked called The Dark Knight Fucks. And nobody even talks about it now.

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Today's example of whyte G3n0c1dE: the pumpkin spice cold brew i got at trader joes's is unsweetened. It's just like nutmeg in black coffee. They want to erase our culture.

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

At @hplff.bsky.social this week in PDX? Check us out: SUN 9/21 Sonder Bar, 41 Ave 2PM Readings with Francis Pai Ippolito Cody Goodfellow 3PM Queering Lovecraft @casskhaw.bsky.social, DB Spitzer, @theoddra.bsky.social 4PM Reanimate THIS: Reclaiming the Mythos Khaw, Ippolito, @andrewsfuller.com

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Exciting news from recent weeks, @evanjpeterson.bsky.social's Better Living Through Alchemy novel is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards in Fantasy. Also, @andrewpennromine.bsky.social's The Mosquito Fleet is a semifinalist for Sci-Fi (but no graphic for that yet).

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Huge thanks to @specawards.bsky.social for advancing my novel to their semifinalist pool! Congrats to all the authors!

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Evan J Peterson, Haute Monster @evanjpeterson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Announced: my novel, BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY, is one of five finalists for the Endeavor Award for SFF! I am over the moon. Congrats to all finalists, & we'll know the winner in October at OryCon! Thanks again to Jim Kling and the judges and Scott Gable at Broken Eye Books. lnkd.in/gzDezSaq

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Dawn R. Schuldenfrei (she/they) @wesdirk57.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Had a great time at Worldcon. For anyone who attended the Cosmic Horror panel on Sunday, if you're curious about the SCP stories I mentioned, here's a link to get started: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics... #WorldCon #CosmicHorror #SCP

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Antimemetics Division Hub - SCP Foundation

The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

This weekend, I got a short story rejection, an essay acceptance, and a speaking invitation all within 12 hours of each other. This is a business that keeps you on your toes -- so never give up!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18/08/2025

You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’ You don’t ‘run the gambit.’ gamut = entire range or series gauntlet = severe trial Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.

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