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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're taping this today and I'm so excited to talk to him! One of the joys of my existence is how many of my literary heroes I've gotten to talk with, and he's definitely one.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy Caturday! Ariel (once shelter named Saturn) on the move. Ariel - moon of an outer planet, spirit of the air, earth healer - suits her better than the masculine (and saturnine) Saturn...she is a complete sweetheart, fearless, and loves wrassling with her pal, Arriken. They are inseparable.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/

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The Job by Elizabeth Bear

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Authors and narrators with books on audible: write your publishers and agents STAT on this one! Derivative uses that 'create' subsidiary material are NOT PART of your contract that authorized narration of the book's text. This is off the scale! What was audible paid by AI for this fresh ripoff?

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T. Frohock (she/her) @tfrohock.com · 02/10/2026

There is an October price drop on Where Oblivion Lives. The Los Nefilim series is near and dear to my heart, so I hope it finds a wider audience this time around. If you enjoy novels with m/m protagonists & gothic mansions set during the 1930s, this might be your October read:

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Apologists still doubt that artists and original creators are not being ripped off by the slop machine: Left image is a Maitz oil painting commissioned as an anniversary celebration for a couple as period pirates. Right hand image is a cheat using the slop machine swipe version of the same image.

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Octocon is less than 2 weeks away! Whether you're coming to Cork or joining us online, you'll get plenty of chances to hear & see our Guest of Honour @cemurphy.bsky.social talking about her writing life, her many many SFF (and mystery) books, & lots more! #Octocon2026 octocon.com/2025/10/c-e-...

An Octocon card announcing our Guest of Honour C.E. (Catie) Murphy. Catie's face appears in the centre of the card, against a purple background that has details of the Cork skyline in black at the bottom, along with a white giant robot and dragon and a green UFO. Catie is a white woman with short brown hair.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today! Come get things signed!

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Attention: I got an email today offering for sale the CONTACT INFORMATION, PHONE, ADDRESS, BUSINESS INFO - everything for the entire LIST of attendees for the 2026 World Fantasy Convention. Very ugly - did that list get hacked from the convention? I did fwd the email to writerbeware.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mortality Gauntlet. Turn Nine of the Hybrid Helix. Coming October 20. The shadow must fall. a.co/d/04bbyGiS

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Okay. Forthcoming books to want to read. @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's Flower Court. @fozmeadows.bsky.social's Godburned. @melissacaruso.bsky.social's Last Star In the Void. @stephanieburgis.bsky.social's Melting the Ice Queen. @tkingfisher.com's next several (what? she's prolific).

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello we the good people of Reactor have recently launched our OFFICIAL YOUTUBE PAGE!!! Sharing interviews, book recommendations, and more! Some delicious morsels are coming up soon, so you'll want to subscribe!! www.youtube.com/@ReactorMaga...

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Quality sci-fi/fantasy/genre book coverage + short fiction + essays + news + everything else

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I could yank every hair from my head/supporting documents for Anthropic settlement. Publishers merged; manuscripts split into two books; temporary titles changed on print books,;publishers gone defunct, merged; paper records dumped/lost: Agents died/disabled/moved/replaced/fax paper bleached. AUGH!

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Luna's vet bill is probably going to hit $1500 by next week with no plans of stopping anytime soon, so anyway, feel free to buy books lol payhip.com/kristadball

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Caturday! Arriken, all grown up, and his new little sister, with the favorite toy that has been beloved by four generations.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 25/09/2026

New #WriterBeware blog post: If you're a writer, you've probably gotten one (or more) of those AI-generated scam marketing emails or book club invites that make it seem like the sender really read your book. Here's a little peek at how it's done. writerbeware.blog/2026/09/25/h...

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How Those Personalized Generative AI Scam Emails Are Built - Writer Beware

One of the things I often hear from writers whose inboxes are crammed with incredibly personalized marketing or book club or editor impersonation emails–you know, the ones that make it seem the sender...

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Christian and Miles Cameron @phokion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Soulstealer tour!

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José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you're in Florida, don't forget that this weekend I'm one of the guests of honor at Tampa Necronomicon. Come nerd out with me!

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

People have NO idea how much the entertainment industry brings in to balance our foreign trade deficit. Books, movies, games. music - everything - puts the entertainment industry high on the list. Never yet met the government official willing to listen. Creative imagination is not frivolous!

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P.L. Stuart - Author of The DROWNED KINGDOM SAGA @plstuart-author.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Vote for your fav Self-Published Fantasy Novels on Reddit 's thread! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

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From the Fantasy community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

✨GIVEAWAY✨ for an advance copy of MONSTERA. Like and reskeet this post, then tell me how many points you have: 10- preordered Monstera 9- chose it for book club 8- added it on Goodreads or Storygraph 7- requested at the library 6- joined the preorder swag giveaway 5- added to TBR 4- heard of it

This is an image of the book Monstera against a chartreuse background with flowers. Monstera has a bloodied hand holding a gardening tool, also bloodied, amidst a handful of greenery. I really can't stress enough how much blood, hands, and plants are involved. Like, A LOT.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don't know who told this shelter brat that a flying jump with a wing over into the cat sandbox to crash land, whirling on her back to chase her tail was a cool idea...thank goodness the parasite test came out negative!

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L.L. Stephens @triempery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Triempery Revelations series is complete! Six books of fantasy on an epic scale! Curious about what lies within the pages? Here's a glimpse. Available at all Forest Path Books (paper books get the ebook included) or at all bookstores.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 18/09/2026

Baba Yaga, the plains of Wyoming, and the perils of growing up--RATTLESNAKE WIND is a Kindle Monthly Deal, $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook until 9/30. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHKVR3YR

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Janice S. Smith @janicessmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Please spread the word about Cid.❤️

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We had to say goodbye to our beloved Talisman who broke his leg in a bad jump at age 18. He would not have made the rehab, and the surgery did not favor a recovery. So hard to say goodbye. He was the BEST of cats.

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Katharine Kit Kerr @kitkerr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

About that GoFundMe, I have severe chronic arthritis. It's difficult and painful for me to get out of a regular chair, even a recliner. I'll be 82 in a month, so I'm not likely to get better or have surgery. All help much appreciated!

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Having crossed my fingers, gritted my teeth and hit 'Submit' in the Anthropic Disagreements page - it confirms I can make additional amendments - see screenshot. Why it didn't occur to someone to offer this information earlier in the process baffles me...

Screenshot of the information supplied after you have hit 'Submit' on your Anthropic Disagreements update.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hey John and Jakob @jajminton.bsky.social - this is your next forfeit for a reading bet.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 04/09/2026

Just heard this event will be live-streamed and recorded, as some people were asking. I should get more details of where to go to look for that soon. #Murderbot #booksky

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Superb series. Have you tried it yet?

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Note: cleaning up duplicates/errors in the Anthropic claims settlement: the page is Extremely fussy as to what order you do corrections, it will FREEZE. Also, HEADS UP: one publisher filed its claim and added MY AGENT and also THEIR EDITOR, who no longer works there! WTF. Not rights holders!

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

THE FLOWER COURT a sapphic romantic fantasy in which a clever young scribe infiltrates the imperial consort quarters to search for a missing noblewoman, only to find herself forced to work with the Dowager Empress’s loveliest & most condescending servant Preorder: us.macmillan.com/books/978125....

The Flower Court by Kate Elliott, cover by Raja Nandepu (design by Jess Kiley). Two women stand side by side at a tall gate that opens into garden with low hedges in the front and a gazebo in the middle distance. A strange and perhaps ominous mist swirls around their legs. They are dressed in calf length skirts, servants' garb. Both have long dark hair, pulled back, and are looking over their shoulders toward the viewer. One holds a large key.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Guardian (sequel to Verrain's story, The Gallant) is now moved on to FINAL TOUCH UP polish - the finish of the language. Next stop from here is proof reading.

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's September, and that means new books are coming soon! This month's new release post is live: ajcalvin.net/the-indie-au... #booksky #newreleases #indiebooks #fantasy #scifi #horror

The Indie Author Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror New Release List
September 2026

Featured image book covers: Sold to the Dark Vampire Prince by Kat Kinney, Astra Idari: Taker of the Dawn by Darby Harn, The Chosen One Con by Trudie Skies, Weak in the Head by Jan Miklaszewicz

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Pilar Ramírez Tello @pramireztello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For all the non-Spanish speaking authors out there - please be aware that my name, along with that of several other Spanish literary translators, is being used by one or more persons, presumably with nefarious intent.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 01/09/2026

Baba Yaga, the plains of Wyoming, and the perils of growing up--RATTLESNAKE WIND is a Kindle Monthly Deal, $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook until 9/30. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHKVR3YR

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Don Maitz @donmaitz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I recently finished "Saving Bambi", depicting a woman representing Mother Nature attempting to preserve wildlife and the vestiges of greenery from burning out of existence.

Original artwork by Don Maitz, depcited a woman and a fawn against a raging wildfire.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Everything over on my buy-direct store is 20% for another week! payhip.com/kristadball

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Also, 4/3 (for you musicians) On Thursday August 27 at 7 pm (1900) Martha Wells and I are doing an interview/signing with our editor Lee Harris at the Huntington Beach Barnes & Noble. This event is not part of LA Worldcon. Tickets required: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

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Martha Wells and Kate Elliott at Barnes & Noble - Huntington Beach!

Join us for an in-store event, Martha Wells and Kate Elliott at Barnes & Noble - Huntington Beach!, on Thursday, August 27.

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