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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I loved THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by A. G. Slatter for its beautiful writing with lush vocabulary and atmosphere, plus I enjoyed looking for all the connections between the stories. I have my eye on a few, but what's a good Sourdough book to read next? #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

Cover of THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM, dark and dangerous fairy tales by World Fantasy Award Winner A. G. Slatter. It shows a fancy mirror with a sage green background with much of the cover text over it, plus a candelabra and a knife. Its edges are ornate gold with some circles containing images like a needle and thread, a crow, and a fishtail. The rest of the background is maroon.

Additional cover text: "Angela plays by her own rules. She's fantastic." - Hilarie Burton-Morgan

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring THE SLANTWISE HISTORIES; THE FIST OF MEMORY; BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE*; and THE EMPIRE BURNS AT DAWN. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... *I've read this one. It's wonderful! #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Cover of THE SLANTWISE HISTORIES: COLLECTED STORIES from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, Alix E. Harrow. It is bright orange with some birds with a variety of animal heads like a tiger, a horse, a seal, and a wolf. There's a black border with intricate designs around the edges.

Cover of THE FIST OF MEMORY by Wole Talabi, the Hugo and Nebula Award Nominated Author of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon. It shows some triangular designs in various blues against a midnight blue to blue-black background with what appears to be the curve of a planet below.

Cover Text:

"Absolutely masterful." - Annalee Newitz

"Unique." - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Cover of BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE: A NOVEL by Gracie Marsden, showing the side view of a woman with white butterfly silhouettes covering her neck and parts of her face. She is wearing a jade pendant around her neck and golden ornaments in her dark hair, and other than her clothing, jewelry, eyes, and the butterflies, the cover is shades of red and black.

Cover of THE EMPIRE BURNS AT DAWN by Fatima Al-Shemary, showing a figure standing atop a black peak with additional mountain peaks in the background in shades of brown, orange, and blue. There is a large bird of prey in flight toward the upper right corner.

Cover Text: "One daughter to rule them. One daughter to break them."

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS, THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT, A SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO DEMONOLOGY & OTHER DARK ARTS, AN AUCTION OF SOULS, and more. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Cover of AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS by Ai Jiang, Bram Stoker, Ignyte, and Nebula Award–Winning Author. It is stylistic and beautiful, but I don't really know how to adequately describe its pictures of water, buildings, and people in a short summary. The background is white with light gray swirls and the images are in blues, greens, oranges, coral, and black.

Text on the cover: "A sumptuous, dazzlingly inventive, genre-blending tale." - Fonda Lee

Cover of THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT: A NOVEL OF THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI by Helene Wecker, New York Times Bestselling Author. It's blue and gray with (presumably) an image of New York City showing a prominent skyscraper in the center. The title and border are in gold.

Cover of A SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO DEMONOLOGY & OTHER DARK ARTS by Genevieve Cogman, showing the title on a banner curving from the top to near the bottom. The banner has a small brown and white dog toward the upper left and a black and white cat in the lower right, and it is surrounded by a variety of winged animals and objects including a bat, a moth, books, leaves, potions, and a knife.

Cover of AN AUCTION OF SOULS by Amber Chen, author of OF JADE AND DRAGONS. It shows a figure wearing reds and violets standing atop a golden hill with swirling yellow, fiery looking stalks with leaf-shaped blue and gold shapes at the end in the sky. The one at the top is styled to look like an eye.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I very much enjoyed BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE by Gracie Marsden, a bittersweet novel with both darkness and light and jing. This is one of my 3 favorite 2026 releases, and the third of those that is a standalone debut novel! #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This Thursday evening, I'll be sharing fantasy book recommendations with @methelibrarian.bsky.social of the Ashland Public Library! It's a virtual event from 6:30 to 7:00 ET on August 20. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐 Register here: ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...

Graphic showing a path through a forest of trees with the figure reading a book at a table from my website in the center. The text reads as follows:

Virtual Fantasy Book Recs with Kristen of Fantasy Cafe

Quarterly on the third Thursday of the month 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Beginning February 19th

Please register: https://tinyurl.com/apl-fantasycafe-2026

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

One week from today, I'll be sharing fantasy book recommendations with @methelibrarian.bsky.social of the Ashland Public Library! It's a virtual event from 6:30 to 7:00 ET on May 21. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐 Register here: ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A RIVER FROM THE SKY author @aijiang.bsky.social wrote about how stories exploring identity and the self particularly resonate with her and shared about a few she found impactful in "A Different Kind of Comfort." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of A RIVER FROM THE SKY by Bram Stoker, Nebula and Ignyte Award-Winning Author Ai Jiang, showing a pale woman with long black hair and bright red lipstick facing the viewer. She's wearing white with tan accents and has a bright orange hat and bright orange flowers in her flowing hair. She's surrounded by blue and white waves.

Text at the bottom: "A fantastic and magical tale of survival and rebellion" - P. Djeli Clark on A PALACE NEAR THE WIND

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

DEATHBRINGER author @soniatagliareni.bsky.social discussed the power of softer female characters and Viola, the lead from her dark academia/fantasy romance novel, in "Does a Soft Female Lead Belong in SFF?” www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Deluxe limited edition cover of DEATHBRINGER by Sonia Tagliareni on a white background, showing the book's stenciled edges with the coils of a golden snake over black. The cover image shows a bronze snake entwined around a brown bird with bronze wings, fangs bared toward the back of the bird. There are red flowers here and there throughout the image, and the background is black.

Text at the top: "With an irresistible voice and a mystery that kept me second-guessing until the very end, Deathbringer is a captivating must-read! - J.R. Ward, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Photo of Sonia Tagliareni by AJ Tagliareni

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Singing Hills Cycle author @nghivo.bsky.social shared about her experience with trying Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing routine and discovering it doesn’t matter where or when she writes as long as words get on the page in "No Wrong Schedules." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE by Nghi Vo, showing two hands raised at the top and two sets of waves with whales curled in them mirroring each other at the bottom. It's mostly purple and green with a black area with the text between the top and bottom images.

Additional Cover Text:

"Hugo Award-Winning Series!"

"A remarkable accomplishment." - NPR on The Empress of Salt and Fortune

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SUBLIMATION author @isabel.kim discussed a question she was asked regarding writing a different gender and her approach to writing characters outside her comfort zone, along with examples from her science fiction novel, in "Writing the Other." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid.

Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi

Photo of Isabel J. Kim by Amanda Silberling

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

DEATHLY FATES author @tesiatsai.bsky.social wrote about how being an eldest daughter impacts the women she writes and their growth in "The Fate of the Eldest Daughter." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of DEATHLY FATES by Tesia Tsai, showing a woman in a flowing midnight blue robe with white flower outlines holding a staff in one hand. She's holding her other hand out toward a man in a dark robe, and the two are surrounded by white swirls.

Text at the top: "Rich and wholeheartedly poignant." - Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

Additional text: Bound by death. Marked by love.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN author @catamaroon.bsky.social shared about her love of the natural world and how this relates to the ideas she explores in her two latest science fiction novels in "Reclaiming space in the great outdoors." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift, author of The Coral Bones. It shows the figures of thin trees in light greens, blues, and pinks with their bases meeting a wolf in a variety of shades similar to those in the trees but slightly darker.

Cover of THE CORAL BONES by E. J. Swift, showing coral in a variety of bright colors (oranges, yellows, blues, greens, and purples) against a dark purple/black background.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Cheryl S. Ntumy discussed gods and religion in her recently rereleased fantasy novel, as well as some of the related questions she kept in mind when writing it, in "The Gods Made Me Do It: Spirituality and Autonomy in THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY, Chronicles of the Countless Clans Book One, by Cheryl S. Ntumy. It shows a woman with dark skin and hair looking back over her shoulder toward the viewer. She's holding a sword in her right hand.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE PEOPLE'S LIBRARY author @veronicaghenry.bsky.social wrote about one of the main themes from her latest novel and the importance of the number zero in shaping her concept in "The Birthplace of Consciousness." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of THE PEOPLE'S LIBRARY by Veronica G. Henry, showing a woman's face behind the large white text of the title. The image of the face is distorted in a way that shows multiple eyes, noses, and lips without making it look like more than one face. The cover is mainly blue with some lines of 1's and 0's showing up here and there.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE KILLING SPELL author @shaykauwe.bsky.social shared about what being an eldest daughter means to her and making the protagonist in her urban fantasy novel an eldest child who goes on the Heroine’s Journey in "The Kuleana of Being an Eldest Daughter." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

US cover of THE KILLING SPELL by Shay Kauwe, which shows a variety of colorful patterns arranged in curves. There are purples, blues, greens, reds, oranges, and yellows.

UK cover of THE KILLING SPELL by Shay Kauwe, showing leaves and plants in purple and aquamarine hues with a snake in similar colors curving down toward the title.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES author @samtasticbooks.com shared what she learned about writing SFF short fiction when she went from creating novel-length works to short stories in "Epic Worldbuilding in Short Fiction." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Nebula Award-Winner Samantha Mills, author of The Wings Upon Her Back. The text "Rabbit Test" is enlarged to take up most of the cover. "Rabbit" is white with a black rabbit sitting in the bottom center of "A," and "Test" is bright dark pink. The background is black.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

CRY, VOIDBRINGER author @artofelaineho.bsky.social discussed a question she explores in her dark political fantasy novel: “Why do post-colonial societies perpetuate the same crimes as their oppressors?” www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of CRY, VOIDBRINGER: A NOVEL by Elaine Ho, showing the title in large text on a white background. The "O" in "Voidbringer" is drawn to look like an eclipse.

Photo of Elaine Ho sitting at a desk, drawing

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE SALT ORACLE author @rainewilson.bsky.social discussed the difficulty of being creative lately and shared what has helped her continue to write and find light in "“Finding hope — writing in hard times, the ‘punk’, and envisioning better futures." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

Cover of THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson, which shows a stylized gold woman's head emerging from blue waves. Skeletons and fishing lines with hooks are entwined throughout the woman's long hair, which is also gold. The rest of the cover is a darker blue than the waves below, but this blue is swirling in a way that evokes waves without matching them.

Cover of WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FORESTS by Lorraine Wilson, showing green grass with blue-gray trees. There is a cat standing next to one of the trees and a couple have birds in their branches, and three bright yellow winged figures are in the air.

Text at the bottom of the image: "Heartwarming, and brimming with hope." - Lavanya Lakshminarayan, author of The Ten Percent Thief

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Psst. One of my favorite fantasy books, CASSIEL'S SERVANT, is $2.99 in ebook format right now! And I know this because apparently Jacqueline Carey shared my review of it, which just... I love these books and she's one of my absolute favorite authors. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

Screenshot of a post on Facebook by Jacqueline Carey, which says:

I meant to share this insightful review last week during the ebook sale... but as of this posting at 10am, Cassiel's Servant is still listed at $2.99!

The linked review is from fantasybookcafe.com.

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"What fantasy and science fiction has become for me is a depiction of what could be and what could have been, what never was and never will be." @aijiang.bsky.social on the works that resonate with her and why: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A RIVER FROM THE SKY author @aijiang.bsky.social shares about the stories that resonate with her in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "A Different Kind of Comfort." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

"Her strength lies in her empathy, in her readiness to help, her willingness to forgive not just others but herself." @soniatagliareni.bsky.social on Viola from her fantasy novel DEATHBRINGER and soft female leads: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

DEATHBRINGER author @soniatagliareni.bsky.social discusses the main character in her upcoming dark academia/fantasy romance novel in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "Does a Soft Female Lead Belong in SFF?" www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"Books begin and end with words on the page, and they really don’t care how they get there." A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE author @nghivo.bsky.social discusses writing routines in "No Wrong Schedules." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE author @nghivo.bsky.social discusses writing routines in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "No Wrong Schedules." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

"'Writing gender' is an interesting way to talk about 'writing the other,' which is pretty much all writing, especially fantasy and science fiction." @isabel.kim shares her thought process in "Writing the Other": www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

There's a new Women in SF&F Month guest post today! SUBLIMATION author @isabel.kim discusses creating characters, particularly those of a different gender, in “Writing the Other.” www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Two days left to enter to win one of 2 copies of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Samantha Mills! Print for US, ebook for everywhere else. Plus, you can read her essay "Epic Worldbuilding in Short Fiction." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"I write women I deeply relate to⁠—ones who really are trying their best but who too easily burn themselves out doing what they’ve been taught is the right, or only, way." @tesiatsai.bsky.social on eldest daughters: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

DEATHLY FATES author @tesiatsai.bsky.social shares about the women she writes in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, 'The Fate of the Eldest Daughter." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

"[‘What if’ scenarios] can also offer us a way to imagine more positive futures, and perhaps to bring them closer to our grasp." @catamaroon.bsky.social on reclaiming space in the great outdoors and her 2 latest novels: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES author @catamaroon.bsky.social discusses the natural world and her two latest science fiction novels in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "Reclaiming space in the great outdoors." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

THE KILLING SPELL by @shaykauwe.bsky.social is out in the US today! She wrote about the role of eldest daughters, family, community, and being drawn to the idea of the Heroine's Journey here: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"There are two more books to come, and my hope is that they inspire questions, rather than provide answers." Cheryl S. Ntumy on spirituality and autonomy in her fantasy novel THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY—out today! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

One week left to enter to win a copy of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Samantha Mills! Those from the US can win a print copy, and those outside the US can win a digital copy. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

There's a new Women in SF&F Month guest post today with "The Gods Made Me Do It: Spirituality and Autonomy in THEY MADE US BLOOD AND FURY" by Cheryl S. Ntumy (whose fantasy novel rereleases tomorrow)! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"The entire technological premise of THE PEOPLE'S LIBRARY, the possibility of storing consciousness, rests on a symbol for nothing." "The Birthplace of Consciousness" by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

THE PEOPLE'S LIBRARY author @veronicaghenry.bsky.social discusses one of the main themes in her latest novel in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "The Birthplace of Consciousness." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"It was revolutionary for me, as a young writer, to see familial relationships as the source of womens’ strength, rather than a ball-and-chain." @shaykauwe.bsky.social in "The Kuleana of Being an Eldest Daughter." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

THE KILLING SPELL author @shaykauwe.bsky.social discusses a link she shares with her novel's protagonist in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "The Kuleana of Being an Eldest Daughter." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"Short stories are a beautiful collaboration between creator and audience, in which the author has a scant number of sentences to make their case, and the reader is asked to imagine the rest." @samtasticbooks.com on short fiction: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A new week of Women in SF&F Month starts today with "Epic Worldbuilding in Short Fiction" by @samtasticbooks.com—plus a giveaway of her upcoming collection RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES (open anywhere)! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"War has spawned countless pieces of literature documenting the savagery and fruitlessness of it, and yet we never learn." CRY, VOIDBRINGER author @artofelaineho.bsky.social on the post-colonial world: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

There's a new Women in SF&F Month guest post today! CRY, VOIDBRINGER author @artofelaineho.bsky.social discusses a theme from her dark political fantasy novel, which looks at post-colonial societies and oppression. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐 www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"How do we, as authors who are trying to speak to the hard times, and envisioning change, guard the flame of our creativity when the world seeks to blow it out?" @rainewilson.bsky.social on finding hope. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐 www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Women in SF&F Month starts today with "Finding hope — writing in hard times, the ‘punk’, and envisioning better futures" by THE SALT ORACLE author @rainewilson.bsky.social! #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐 www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Later today, I'll be sharing fantasy book recommendations with @methelibrarian.bsky.social of the Ashland Public Library! It's a virtual event from 6:30 to 7:00 ET. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐 You can register here: ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

One week from today, I'll be sharing fantasy book recommendations with @methelibrarian.bsky.social of the Ashland Public Library! It's a virtual event from 6:30 to 7:00 ET on February 19. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐 Register here: ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Review of MASQUERADE by O. O. Sangoyomi with some discussion of my frustrations about its characterization and what would have made the protagonist a character I could believe in. (I really enjoyed this novel other than that!) www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/02/revi...

Cover of MASQUERADE by O. O. Sangoyomi, showing a Yorùbá woman in red and yellow facing forward, holding a yellow daffodil. An elephant stands directly behind her, trunk curling around her front. They are surrounded by yellow daffodils with two yellow elephants in each top corner.

Additional Cover Text: "Enthralled me with every twist and turn." - Jennifer Saint

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Review of MASQUERADE by O. O. Sangoyomi, a standalone historical fiction novel with speculative elements. I enjoyed the story and loved the themes and ending, but found the protagonist's characterization frustrating. #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SpecFic 📚🪐#histfic www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/02/revi...

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