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My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here’s @hramsaroop.bsky.social on the concluding volume of Cadwell Turnbull’s Convergence Saga: “Over the course of the series, Turnbull paints a vast picture of an interconnected multiverse and the humans, monsters, and gods that live within it, highlighting the power of people coming together.”

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A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell Turnbull

The Convergence Saga as a whole grapples with existential questions for which even the gods don’t have answers.

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Nara Monteiro @notesfromnara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This issue is full of writing that made me gasp and cry and laugh and rage. I’m still stunned and grateful that my first issue of Augur got to be this intense, this sharp. It was a true pleasure to work on ❤️‍🔥

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Nara Monteiro @notesfromnara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you so much 💚 it was a pleasure to see a fantastic editor at work—Helena worked on Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack with EC Dorgan. You can it here: augursociety.org/horse-traile...

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Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack by EC Dorgan

Jamie does a double-take when the olive green SUV pulls in front of her on Highway 2—it’s been years since she’s seen another car on the road.

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Helena Ramsaroop @hramsaroop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Augur Issue 9.1 is out now! 🎉 @notesfromnara.bsky.social did such a fantastic job as Lead Editor. I loved editing for this issue and I hope you check it out!

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Helena Ramsaroop @hramsaroop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Augur Issue 9.1 is out now! 🎉 @notesfromnara.bsky.social did such a fantastic job as Lead Editor. I loved editing for this issue and I hope you check it out!

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Augur Issue 9.1 is AVAILABLE NOW! 🎉 Put on your reading socks and join us for… 💃 catharsis & courage through dance 🌿 nurturing humanity in environmental crisis 💗 love represented in intergenerational stories & so much more! + You can find 2 FREE pieces on our site! 🔗 buff.ly/bBotj6s 🧵

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sorry to reshare this again but my mother underwent another surgery last week and then we learned that chemo had decimated her red blood cells so she's in hospital again. I'm extremely sick myself, so if you can chip in anything or share, it will help us both to stay alive. 😭🧿🫶 #mutualaid

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today we're highlighting the artists working on Heavy Are The Years! The campaign is live and we want you to get a taste of how gorgeous the art in this book will be!🌟 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it affects us.

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌟 HEAVY ARE THE YEARS is now live on Kickstarter!! 🌟 This book is a Stardust Collaboration with @wildstarpress.bsky.social with a special collaboration from @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it effects us.

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's been quite a couple weeks. My levels are elevated again. I've been back & forth to clinic & my doctors getting treated & tested, & conferring with them. This is not cheap, & I have more to do. If you could help out with anything, I'd be grateful. Thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 11/09/2026

AND ALSO I had a book come out THIS VERY TUESDAY! How can that be?! Would love to see folks picking up WICKHILLS -- a ? magical Cold War fantaspionage in a magical city ? I don't know -- but, you know, without blowing your cover. Cover illo by the amazing Tom Roberts! 🤩

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Wickhills

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our friends at Room Magazine are currently fundraising in order to keep the magazine going. The fund will support the production of the journal and pay contributors and staff. You can donate, or purchase or bid on fantastic auction items here: app.galabid.com/save-room-ma...

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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Psst! The @3lobedmag.com Kickstarter is going on right now. Help a fabulous publication continue publishing dark, weird, wonderful work! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027

Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Support a queer Palestinian writer this month! Muneera and the Moon is a short story based on Palestinian folklore and features djinn and saint lore, sapphics, and more. Quite a lot for such a short piece if I do say so myself. It’s available from my website: soniasulaiman.com/product/mune...

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Muneera and the Moon

A daughter of darkness, a djinneh, pours out her soul to the moon. And the moon is listening. A Queer tale inspired by Palestinian folklore. Originally published in FIYAH: Literary Magazine of Blac…

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing! soundandcolormag.com

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Sound & Color

A digital interdisciplinary magazine of speculative fiction

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sometimes I wish the general SFFH industry at large would admit, and when I say at large I include everyone writers, publishers, and other entities, that there has been a big turn against Black and brown writers and then also within that group queer, women, disabled people

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A HUGE thank you to everyone who purchased a book from us this last month, we were able to make our largest donation yet! $92 for the Sameer Project's Food & Water Campaign!!💜 We'll be focused on the Kickstarter throughout September, so we'll stick with Sameer Project donations this month as well!

A screenshot of the receipt from The Sameer Project Food & Water campaign showing Bonedust Press donated $92 (and $3 of the optional contribution to the Chuffed hosting site) for a total of $95.

The date reads 9/23/2026, which I presume is due to being set in a UK timezone.

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s time for LITTLE GHOSTS FESTIVAL again! Free to attend! Catch 20+ vendors, 6 panels, and a Sunday night showing of indie short films all curated by the ghostly team. Grab great local art, indie horror books, VHS tapes and more! Sept 26 & 27 , 1-6pm 🖤👻 www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

Little Ghosts Festival (2)!

Saturday & Sunday Sept. 26 & 27th 1-6pm
THE TRANZAC CLUB 292 Brunswick Ave Toronto ON
Horror Vendors, Panels, Short Films
www.littleghostsbooks.com/littleghostsfest

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 11/08/2026

I've talked about the Sameer Project before—an excellent life-saving on-the-ground initiative in Gaza. Since April 2024, they've distributed nearly a quarter of a million meals alone (plus water, medical care, and shelter). But funding has dropped so much that they'll have to shut down without help.

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Food & Water x The Sameer Project

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

today’s the last day of this raffle! you still have some time to enter before i draw winners later tonight :) tally.so/r/LZOPB1

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Summer Poetry Raffle for Hamza

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Neither my physical nor mental health is great, but I'm NOT giving up. I urgently need funds for our healthcare, so please circulate/donate if you can, and if you're able to help out in any other way, pls DM. You can donate via Gpay/UPI QR code (if you're in India) or ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/architamittra

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Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Amidst all the Odyssey discourse, please consider adding THE POISON PALACE to your TBR, esp if you've been looking for fresh perspectives on ancient myth. It's a retelling of Alexander's invasion of ancient India from the POV of a poison maiden sent to kill him. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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The Poison Palace

Eka is only a child when she is taken from her mother a…

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

As part of the launch of our novella crowdfund, hype to share the cover for THESE HOLLOW BODIES by Z.K. Abraham (@pegasusunder.bsky.social)! The cover was illustrated by Anan Sonn Kaaren @acloudboiii.bsky.social 🖌️

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THESE HOLLOW BODIES by Z.K. Abraham

A Novella

Illustration of an East African woman with curly dark hair underwater, surrounded by bubbles and bursting with light, clutching at her neck.

Coming November 10th, 2026

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Friends: 3rd iteration of SalamAward workshop has been scheduled for March 2027 Elizabeth Bear and Saad Z Hussain will be traveling to Pakistan to teach students If you’d like to support the future of the field, esp for South Asian SF, here’s your chance www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

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Transform Lives for 12 Young Writers - Salam Writing Workshop by Salam Award - Indiegogo

Your contribution will be used to provide scholarships to participants and fund logistics of The Salam Workshop 2027 including travel costs for the instructors. Since 2023, we have hosted two biannual...

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Since it's Disability Pride Month, and as someone with chronic pain myself, I wanted to highlight some of the characters with disabilities from my books because having that representation is incredibly important to me. 👇🏾💙

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Helena Ramsaroop @hramsaroop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There are only a few days left to fund khōréō's Kickstarter! Both of my archaeology consultations are still available as rewards 👀⬇️

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Genevieve Clovis @cloviseditorial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hi friends! In an attempt to be better at showing up in this space, I've got a starter pack for you! Everyone in this identifies as an editor of colour. If you want to join, just let me know! #editorsky #amediting #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/FYSGqRn

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Editors of Colour

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

💥💥Last 6 DAYS of the annual Strange Horizons fund-drive!! 💥💥 Help us increase our author pay beyond professional rates for 2027: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser

The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!

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Helena Ramsaroop @hramsaroop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There are only a few days left to fund khōréō's Kickstarter! Both of my archaeology consultations are still available as rewards 👀⬇️

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

6 days left and we are 70% funded—toss a coin, spread the word, help us reach the finish line!

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We’re just over 50% funded and there’s only 9 days left to go. Help us get across the finish line and publish another year of immigrant and diaspora speculative fiction!

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 07/07/2026

Not to be all "it's my birthday, buy my books" but it is and you should. THE DEAD WITHHELD: tiny, quick read, queer, paranormal neo-noir, grumpy protag with questionable decision-making YEAR OF THE MER: big, special editions, fantasy, slow burn sapphic tragedy, grumpy protag, worse decisions

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Submissions for FIYAH #40 are OPEN! Deadline July 31. Get more info about "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars" at the link! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

Submissions Open "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars"
Deadline July 31. Image showing magical energy above a school facade and courtyard. https://fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📌 SUBS ARE OPEN this July!! Submit your fiction and poetry to @augursociety.bsky.social Issue 10 📚️ Scroll for more info! 👇️ buff.ly/AKmSaxU 🧵

A purple background with a leaf silhouette border. Within the border, the following text appears: "Augur Magazine, 2026, July 1 - July 15, submissions now open. $100 cad per poem. $0.14 cad per word (Fiction, 800+ words). $112 cad per flash fic (<800 words). augursociety.org/submissions. SCIFI. Fantasy. slipstream." Within a peach-coloured box, there is an icon of a paper plane with the text "Pass it on."

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Have you pledged to khōréō's Kickstarter? We have cool rewards for anyone who pledges, like this 1 hour consult with bioarchaeologist Helena Ramsaroop to discuss how to integrate archaeological worldbuilding effectively into your book: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 29/06/2026

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

A bouquet of flowers next to a stack of books that includes:

Audition by Pip Adam (Coffee House Press)
Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press)
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin)
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (Tor Books)
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (Tor Books)
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (DAW Books)
One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp)
Slow Gods by Claire North (Orbit)

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Hello! I am popping during my irl Pride activities to say that my Queer Caribbean novella seems to be on sale at kobo for 3.99. That's in the US and Canada in their respective currencies. A good buy at the end of Pride and Caribbean Heritage Month. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

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Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Please spread the word! I’m still open to submissions for the second volume of Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction! Professional pay rate for short stories. Deadline is the end of August. Here are the details: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

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Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions

Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 21/06/2026

Almost there!! 💞 We’re helping a student displaced from Gaza be able to eat & cover living expenses for the next month. He only has this, as systems bent on Palestinian suffering operate at a global scale. We can’t look away. Let’s do it. 322/490 by Monday. tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF

an artistic graphic titled "help survivor Ahmed get back on his feet" with the text "give: tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF, Accountability: tiny.cc/HelpAhmed." There is a black illustration of a perched laughing dove, and birds flying as a flock, decorated with paint splatters

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Health Update: I've been in agony for weeks with my back, but I'm finally making progress after a proper diagnosis & pain treatment. Second opinions are important, people. If I'd listened to the first doctor I saw, I'd be worse off. Also, trust your instincts. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

Anathema: Spec from the Margins is now OPEN for submissions from June 20th to July 20th! We’re looking for speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by queer creators of color! We pay a professional SFWA rate! Check the link in bio for submission guidelines!

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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It's June, which means we're already thinking about December. Publishing work is a trip sometimes. What does time mean anymore? LSQ submissions are open now through Aug 15th. Women-identified authors, 500–7k words, genre stuff only please. We'd love to see your work! duotrope.com/duosuma...

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Helena Ramsaroop @hramsaroop.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Posted a new book list on my blog! June is #ReadCaribbean Month and for the last few years I’ve been making these lists to celebrate books by Caribbean authors. Check out the first part of my list of 2026 new releases: helenaramsaroop.com/2026/06/13/b...

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Book List: 2026 #ReadCaribbean Releases Part 1

#ReadCaribbean was created by Cindy Allman in 2019 to encourage people to read Caribbean literature and support Caribbean authors. This initiative is important to me as an Indo-Caribbean book blogg…

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