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Rhian

@hedgetornado.bsky.social

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Fantasy writer of short stories and mid-sized witches. Slush reader for Apex magazine. ADHDelightful. Website: www.rhianbowley.com Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/4713517

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 03/10/2026

Started to reply to some conversations and add to some discourse and realized I had nothing really new to add and got no demonstrable joy or entertainment at thought of doing so, so I'm off to read some books 😆

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's time! The @apexmag.bsky.social 2027 Kickstarter is live! Help us fund another year of strange, shocking, beautiful, and surreal speculative fiction! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve to treat yourself to a day of exploring bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, museums, cafés, and bakeries.

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Cait Gordon ♿️ @caitgauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A6: Hot Wings and Sauciness! Starring Colleen O’Donnell, an autistic, disabled, and sweary electromech tech in her 50s! The entire book is from her POV! books2read.com/hot-wings-and-sauciness #WeeknightWriters

Squiggly promo, featuring this list of what’s in the book:

- over-fifty romance
- hot space captain
- secret adventure
- MEET AWKWARD!
- frenemies to snack lovers to real lovers
- lotsa LOLS!
- disabled and autistic FMC!
- imperfect love triangle or disconnected parallelogram?

Book cover description: Brown background with coloured smoke. A white man with silver hair who is wearing a flight suit with wings on the shoulders is trying not to laugh at a woman with short grey hair who is sitting, looking bored, and wearing a chicken costume. On the table is a sign that reads: All you can eat at Coq of the walk! Behind her are three beautiful women who are dressed like models, standing at another table that has a large wings basket on it.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

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Rhian @hedgetornado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes, a cozy, forest-based fantasy mystery with a reluctant new witch, an ancient, magical tree and a tiny local train-station. Just need this fatigue to pass & let me finish 😴🧙🚂🌲🪾✨ #SpoonieAuthChat!

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Rhian @hedgetornado.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

adding to my TBR is a comforting, cosy task (so long as I ignore my bank balance) - so many good reads ahead!

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This weekend, a brand new class, looking at a specific aspect of theme: using it in description. Plenty of full and partial scholarships available. #booksky www.patreon.com/catrambo/pos...

September 27, 2026 1-3 PM eastern Establishing, Underscoring, and Utilizing Theme in Description with Cat Rambo catrambo.com

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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So, a lot of the things people are really into about the convention this year - the instant replay videos, the agenda in your own time zone - cost money to make happen. Free to attend does not mean free to put on. Donate so we can keep doing awesome things! flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Let's talk $$$ We spent 3x on the convention this year. Last year's convention raised more than $17k. This year? We're sitting at $13.5k. That sounds like a lot, but friends, we TRIPLED how much we spent on the event. And we've made a LOT less. Help us out? flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit to our collaborative flash fiction contest with @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! 💧🚰 The Apex theme for September is DRIP/DRIPPING. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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Dripping Water Faucet

Alt: An animation of a dripping water faucet.

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Rhian @hedgetornado.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Flights of Foundry is such a fun, important spec fic convention -and it's this weekend! The online format helps more of us access it, and I learn something new from the panels every year. Here’s a starter pack of just some of the fab attendees for 2026 - see you there! go.bsky.app/EggLXgV

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Rhian @hedgetornado.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ooh, a simmering cauldron of witchy books to wind my way through! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...

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A Coven of Beloved, New, and Upcoming Witch Books

Readers dig witches. There’s just no two ways around it. Every year, authors and publishers deliver witchy stories across all genres—horror, romanc...

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