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World's leading SFF book community! Posts by 🏹 @kitvaria.bsky.social & 🐉 @jennieivins.bsky.social. Lover of books. Hater of trolls. No AI. Probably not a real dragon. ;) fantasy-faction.com

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HL Tinsley @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social · 4h
Not often I'm lost for words (as many will attest) but this review has definitely hit me in the feels. Now if you'll excuse me, there's something in my eye...😭
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 8h
Today our judges review @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social's The Hallows, finalist for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! - JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/spfbo-f... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #SPFBO #SPFBOreviews #noir #urbanfantasy #gaslamp (cc: @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social)
The book cover sits at the center of the image. It shows a gothic window with pale yellow glass rimmed with white flowers, leaves, claws, branches, and strange hair? flower petal? crab-like monsters. Standing in front of the window is the silhouette of a man in a fedora. Towards the bottom right of the cover is the logo for this year's SPFBO Finalists. The background image is a close up of a sepia toned dogwood flower's center.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just had an argument about this in our FB group this morning. It makes me crazy that people will just assume AI on vibes alone. It's like, "Dude you are not an expert. If you didn't do anything but glance at the image, don't be calling people out for AI!" - JI 😑
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Like the play or the Robert Chambers anthology? Cause one of those was probably a good choice to pass on. o.0 - JI 🐉
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You are allowed to be upset, and we are upset right along side you. ~hugs~ - JI 🐉
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New author alert! Well old author alert. Possibly new to you author alert? What I'm saying is going follow Saladin Ahmed. - JI 🐉 XD
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Welcome back! I'm cancer free and our Fantasy-Faction FB group has over 325K members! - Jennie Ivins 🐉
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UK readers! The Dragon Has Some Complaints is just 99p on Bookshop this weekend! The story of a curmudgeonly dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Maybe he'll get a little revenge! But he's in for some surprises...
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The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author
In this heartfelt and humorous fantasy, a dragon whose three heads bear rather . . . different personalities finds family in the most unexpected of places.From the Nebula-winning author of Someone You...
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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Next week, @travisbaldree.bsky.social will be having an event at @townhallseattle.bsky.social! townhallseattle.org/event/travis... Wednesday, October 7th @ 7:30pm PDT A ticketed event, but it includes a copy of the LEGENDS & LATTES Graphic Novel adaptation!
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Travis Baldree | Town Hall Seattle
New York Times–bestselling author Travis Baldree shares the new full-color graphic novel adaptation of Legends & Lattes, which brings the high fantasy and low stakes of this beloved story to vibrant l...
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SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥 The SFF Addicts crew is super excited to help reveal the stunning final cover for @llmacrae.bsky.social’s upcoming novel, FAITHLESS GODS, the first book in a new epic fantasy series, Memories of Fire! Coming Q4 2026. Art by Andrew Makeski. Design by @claymorecovers.bsky.social.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today @summerhanford.bsky.social reviews Sarah Hawley's Servant of Earth! - JI 🐉 "The various peoples, the politics, the physical locations, all rendered beautifully and seamlessly. Servant of Earth is a masterclass in worldbuilding." fantasy-faction.com/2026/servant... #booksky 💙📚🪐🌶️
The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows a white woman with flowing auburn hair, in a green velvet dress with a red underlining. It is tied at the waist with a golden rope that floats off to the right and left of her. In front of the woman is a highly carved sword with a ruby on its pommel. Around the edge is a gold Art Nouveau frame covered in vines and flowers, and decorated with a carved woman's face at the bottom and six gem stones on the corners and the top. The background of the image is the close up photo of a bush with dark green leaves.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Remember before GenAI when we would fall for photoshopped images or art would look weirdly proportioned cause the artist was still working on their craft? Those things still happen. Wonky art does not = GenAI. And to be clear photoshop and amateur art still greater than GenAI. GenAI art sucks. -JI🐉
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today Christopher Keene gives new readers a new way into Malazan! - JI 🐉 "I’m tempted to defy all common sense and recommendation rules and suggest a reading order that does not align with its release order. For newer readers...start at book two." fantasy-faction.com/2026/why-mal... #booksky 💙📚🪐
The image shows a bulletin board with the first four books of Malazan Book of the Fallen (Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, and House of Chains) pinned to it with pushpins. Above the last three books are red arrows pointing from each one to the book to its left. Below the books is a larger red arrow pointing from the first book to the last. Below that are three pieces of paper pinned to the board. On the left is a piece of lined paper with a handwritten note that reads: Suggested reading order?? On the right is torn piece of parchment that reads: Why Malazan is So Hard to Recommend, A Fantasy-Faction Article. Between the parchment and the books above it is a torn circular piece of white paper with three question marks written in black marker.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Worldcons strive to be inclusive and accessible. Accessibility is shaped by the venues we use, the ways we use them and the things our members tell us they need. Our host city, Brisbane, is implementing A City for Everyone: Inclusive Brisbane Plan, 2019-2029 It's a downloadable pdf. #Aussiecon5
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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 29/09/2026
Friday at 7pm central, live on Twitch, we talk to Shane Hawk! Join us! twitch.tv/alphabetst...
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HELLO, GOOD MORNING, please buy and review my books because this dude needs kibble -->
This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. Here he's stretching out, and giving that little tongue pokey-outey business.This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. In this photo, he's just snoozling real damn hard. It's hard to be a pro-level snoozer like this.This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. In this photo he's under the dining room chairs/table with an elk antler bone. This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. In this photo he's having a good laugh, just a hearty canine guffaw. That or he's yawning. I choose to believe in mirth for dogs. Why do you hate mirth and dogs. Believe in dog mirth. You monster.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was going to say, "Oh, that's easy!" Then I thought about it. There were waaay too many good movies that came out in '99 to pick even a top 5! - JI🐉
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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why indie/self-pub authors need copyeditors or proofreaders, nth in a series: "beleaguer the fact"
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're officially in the countdown to Fantasycon 2026: just 10 days until we meet in Glasgow! Tickets are still available for both individual days & the whole weekend. Full programme (including the British Fantasy Awards!) & ticket details are on our website: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...
A graphic advertises 10 days until Fantasycon 2026, to be held from 9-11 October in Glasgow. It's illustrated with tentacles and parchment paper
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can now buy my final Lychford book, Last One Out in Lychford, direct from the publisher, @bluefoxbooks.bsky.social ! bluefoxbookstore.com/product/last...
Cover of Last One Out in Lychford.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today we are excited to reveal the cover for @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social's new novel! @kitvaria.bsky.social introduces us to A Healer’s Guide to Adventuring, coming soon from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social! - JI 🐉 Cover art by Jenny Zemanek. fantasy-faction.com/2026/a-heale... #booksky 💙📚🪐
A piece of white paper has been ripped on a slight diagonal to reveal a portion of the book cover beneath it. The cover is mint green with white text and features illustrations of white and yellow daisies, purple lavender, a crescent moon, and a red dragon's tail.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some of the best comic art ever! - JI🐉
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 26/09/2026
It's #podcast time, y'all! Marshmallows, hungry beds, and 80s families, oh my! @shaunduke.net @princejvstin.com + @bethcato.bsky.social join forces to talk about 1985’s The Stuff! skiffyandfanty.com/p... Thanks for listening!
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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you're in the UK (or some parts of continental Europe!), you can snap up the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen on sale for 99p - but only for 4 more days! Grab it now: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... #romancelandia
In the centre of this image is the beautiful British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustration shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sangu Mandanna reads: ‘Warm and lovely’
Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: Only 99p this September!
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Colleen McMillan reviews A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even & Though I Am an Inept Villainess! - JI 🐉 "[They] appeal to the josei and shojo readers who are looking for something similar to isekai that don’t shove female characters to the sidelines." fantasy-faction.com/2026/livid-l... #anime
The two posters sit in the center of the image. The first is for Livid Lady's Guide. It shows a young woman with long silver hair in a white dress suit holding an open book in her right hand while a flat, glowing blue magical circle is balanced in her left. The poster is cut down the middle with everything on the left being sunny and bright and everything on the right being dark and cool. On the left are three women in a library with lilies and marigolds at the bottom. On the right are a woman, a person with short hair, and a little kid with dark purple roses at the bottom. The second poster is for Inept Villainess. It shows two young women, both have long dark hair, and are wearing traditional Chinese robes. The one in the foreground is happy and in the middle of a spin. She is wearing a black and red outfit with a golden comb decorated with red tassels. The woman in the back is looking calmly to the left and is wearing a white and gold outfit with two yellow lotus flowers in her hair. Magical golden butterflies fly across the scene and a shooting star is pictured in the top right corner. The background of the image is an abstract bokeh photo in a gradient of yellow, blue, and red. At the top of the image is "Livid Ladies & Inept Villainesses" and at the bottom "A Fantasy-Faction Anime Review".
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Jennie Ivins @jennieivins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I figured out a work around. These are the steps to make sure they can't use your likeness (as far as I have figured out). Meta Accounts Center > Ad Preferences > Manage info > Other settings > Social interactions Make sure each account is set to Only Me. Thread with pics incoming:
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Attention Science Lovers!! #Drexel University is planning on closing the oldest natural history museum in the Americas as of Sept 30th, which is next Wednesday! Please sign this petition to let them know the Academy of Natural Sciences of #Philadelphia needs to stay open!! - JI 🐉 💙📚🪐 #science
Save the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum of Philadelphia! QR code 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxyfBfCrbDw QR code 2: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-keep-the-academy-of-natural-sciences-open-to-the-public
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews Deck Matthews's Dust of the Darkness! - JI 🐉 "Exciting, sharp, and with just enough new magic and mystery to keep me hooked...[a] fast-paced adventure that feels much larger than its word count." fantasy-faction.com/2025/dust-of... #booksky 💙📚🪐
The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows a greenish-gray stone surface cut with crude spiral or moon patterns. In the center of the cover is a spread out pile of black ash or dust. There are two clear spots at the center where you can see through to the stone below. These spots are shaped like eyes and they have wispy plumes of smoke rising from them. The background of the image is a green stone with natural patterning that looks a lot like spirals.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
D:
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Spongebob Buried: Nope!
Alt: Spongebob Buried: Nope!
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One week today! If you're thinking of coming, please get your ticket early. Bookshops have minimum numbers, so we really need your early support. Thanks. tinyurl.com/fpbfswhisp
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Super Relaxed Fantasy Club @srfantasyclub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sarah Maria Griffin sarah maria griff and Miles Cameron @phokion.bsky.social - chatting and answering your questions at SRFC on Tuesday 13th October - reserve your space now! october2026srfc.even...
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FANTASY AUTHORS READINGS AND q&a

Visiting from Ireland! SARAH MARIA GRIFFIN

Visiting from Canada! MILES CAMERON

6:30PM, Tuesday 13th October
Star of Kings, near Kings Cross, London
Free!
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Something of a large reveal! deadline.com/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Serkis To Narrate Sci-Fi Adaptation Of 'The Odyssey'
Andy Serkis To Narrate Adrian Tchaikovsky's Sci-Fi Adaptation Of 'The Odyssey' For Audible
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thats so cool! Congrats! - JI 🐉
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New article series alert! Thanks to @karinjr.bsky.social, who chatted with BFS Horizon Editor @robincmduncan.bsky.social to find out more about what he’s looking for in submissions, and to get his take on the landscape for short fiction now. britishfantasysociety.org/ready-for-su...
A text-heavy graphic gives the name of the article series, Get Ready for Submission, plus features images of Karin J Robinson and Robin CM Duncan. An illustration of a telescope sits above Robin's photo.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Batman The Animated Series: Lightning Strike
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cool! - JI🐉
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Murderbot: All Systems Red, the graphic novel, will also have an introduction from David Dastmalchian! Sign up to be notified of the Kickstarter launch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today Tom Joyce reviews @itsaaronnhall.bsky.social's The Legend of Uh! - JI 🐉 "Hall’s sharp observational humour, clever wordplay, and willingness to lean into the bizarre bring to mind the late Terry Pratchett [and] Douglas Adams." fantasy-faction.com/2026/the-leg... #booksky 💙📚🪐
The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows a cartoon illustration of a green field with a forest behind it on the right and snowcapped mountains behind it on the left. Large puffy clouds float in a sky that fades from purple to orange at the horizon. In the clouds a wyvern's silhouette can be seen. Standing in the field, and taking up most of the image, is the word "UH" made to look like it's carved from a rust colored gem. Above it floats a cream colored banner with the words "The Legend Of" written in slate blue. Sitting at the foot of the UH is an open treasure chest filled with gold and a pink bikini top. The background of the image is a sunset sky in the same colors as the sky on the cover.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ooo! There's a video game one too! I _know_ I'm missing something important in this one. - JI 🐉 #my9games #videogames
My 9 Games: Minecraft, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy Tactics, Stardew Valley, Planescape: Torment, Adventure, Animal Crossing, Tetris, Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be A Hero (Quest for Glory I).
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know I'm missing something important, but these are the ones that came to mind first. - JI 🐉 #my9animes #anime #aminesky
My 9 Animes: Spirited Away, Trigun, Soul Eater, Cowboy Bebop, Transformers (original TV show), Unico in the Island of Magic, Nutcracker Fantasy, Hellsing, The Big O.
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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great news: @michaeljbooks.bsky.social has acquired two new dark academia novels by @catelyn-writes.bsky.social! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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PMJ buys two dark academia fantasies from Catelyn Wilson
The first book, What the Earth Devours, will publish in 2027 with a following standalone fantasy publishing in 2028; the 'gothic romantasies' blend mystery, romance, and darkness
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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lovely people, in this Era of Endless Slop... If you're posting art, be it something you like or maybe you're wishing everyone a happy whatever, please name the artist. Thx.
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol Kids are the best. ‐ JI🐉
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mine bought them every year for like 5 years. I'm glad they grew out of it. - JI🐉
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I pulled a back muscle two weeks ago and it is _still_ overstrung. Hopefully yours will feel better sooner. - JI 🐉 ~hugs~
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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social's novella, A Study in Sirens! - JI 🐉 "Sometimes you just want a quick escape into a world you already love, and that is exactly what this novella delivers." fantasy-faction.com/2025/a-study... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #historicalfantasy
The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows an antique black and white photo of a female opera singer from the Victorian era. She is dressed in armor, including a helmet with a feather, a spear in her right hand, and a round shield in her left. The bottom half of the photo is covered with a magenta pink splash of paint. The background of the image is a watercolor wash in the same pink color.
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