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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Somehow I'd never heard the song "Wichita Lineman" before, and now it's stuck in my head. But I love what its writer, Jimmy Webb, said about composing it:

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James W. Lackie - Dark fantasy Author @jameswlackie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mercutio, by @kateheartfield.com, is so wonderfully weird! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The book somehow manages to effortlessly weave historical events and some of the world's best, most magical stories into something beautiful and terrifying but strangely plausible. I am so happy that I picked this one up! 📚🙂

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s the day! FORGED IN FIYAH, edited by @davaun.bsky.social is out now! This anthology features an absolutely stellar lineup of Black SFF authors, and it is such an honour to appear among them. 🥹

A stack of hardback copies of FORGED IN FIYAH

Modupe holding up a copy of FORGED IN FIYAH

The ToC for FORGED IN FIYAH, featuring stories by: Maurice Broaddus, MH Ayinde, Tonja K Johnson, C.L. Clark, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, WC Dunlap, Veronica G. Henry, Sheree Renée Thomas, Tonya R. Moore, Brent Lambert, Tobi Ogundiran, Tade Thompson, Nelson Rolon, Eden Royce, Eboni Dunbar-Scott, Yvette Ndlovu, Emmalia Harrington, and LD
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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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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026

bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Okay, here's my hot take: I've tried watching two separate highly rated Breaking Bad episodes and I found them histrionic and morally obvious. (A stuffed animal in the swimming pool? Really?). I'm not sure what you all see in it. I love Mad Men, though, and someday I want to watch The Wire.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Note: NYC residents only. Also, they really mean _never_, apparently. I haven't checked out the form yet but I've been to the opera, including the Metropolitan, and from what people are saying, that would disqualify me even though it was like 35 years ago. Still a great thing! Go!

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Booksky Shoutout to our multi-talented authors! Here’s Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social talking about her screenplay for her novel OBVIOUSLY, ALIENS - m.youtube.com/watch?v=GYjo...

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"Obviously, Aliens" Screenplay Interview with Jennie Goloboy

YouTube video by Mikel Fair

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Aliens are captivating, but Semiosis is a first-contact story that skips aliens entirely and gives us a stranger complication.

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8 Most Underrated Hard Sci-Fi Books, Ranked from Must-Read to Absolute Masterpiece

These smart books are seriously underrated.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 11/09/2026

The ebook of Mercutio is on sale in the US and Canada for $0.99, at all retailers, I think. Not sure how long that will be the case. It's a strange medieval prequel to Romeo & Juliet with bad fairies, Umberto Eco meets Susanna Clarke, going for a song at the moment www.kateheartfield.com/mercutio/

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Mercutio

Coming soon from HarperVoyager UK. May 7, 2026: UK hardcover edition and ebook. Worldwide audiobook. August 18, 2026: Canada paperback, hardcover and ebook. June 2027: US paperback edition (this will ...

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 04/09/2026

I made myself some bookmarks because I have a bunch of events and signings coming up, and they came out nice! Half my books on one side, half on the other. If I forgot a book or something, don't tell me.

Two bookmarks showing reverse sides. Five book covers on each side. The Swordmaster, The Magus Comspiracy, The Resurrection Plot, Alice Payne Arrives, Alice Payne Rides. The Chatelaine, The Embroidered Book, The Valkyrie, The Tapestry of Time, Mercutio.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 02/09/2026

hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...

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An Intermission - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Hello friends.

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Queries that I'm interested in right now: 1. Stories about relationships. Friendship or romance, don't care. 2. Sci-fi, especially optimistic sci-fi. Can you send me something about a non-dystopic future? Please?

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Some thoughts on queries I tend to reject (and note, these are all very personal biases): 1. Stories set in the afterlife. I find it's very hard to determine what the stakes are. 2. Stories about royalty. 3. Stories about assassins. 4. Stories set in grad school. (more to come, I'm sure)

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 02/09/2026

HEAD IN A BAG

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Rosemary Jones @rosemaryjones.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have read this (I have sources). It’s a fantastic mix of swashbuckling and vampires. Also a head in a bag.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 02/09/2026

It's September, which means I have a new novel out this month! As early as Sept. 8 or as late as Sept. 22, depending on country and format (it's in ebook, paperback and audio read by Maria Nicola Johnson). The court of Catherine de' Medici, with ... vampires (I am making the spooky hands).

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The Swordmaster

Coming September 2026 (the exactly dates within that month vary slightly by country.) 304 pages. Published by Rebellion, in ebook, paperback and audiobook narrated by Maria Nicola Johnson. This is th...

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Zack Filipovich for MN Auditor @zackformn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Join us at the Minnesota State Fair at the WCCO State Auditor debate! Date: September 6th Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: WCCO Radio booth (1710 Carne’s Ave.) What to do: Cheer Zack on and show your support for the only accountant and local-government champion running for Minnesota State Auditor.

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The empathy here, wow, "no matter how complex your world may be just know you are very special." RIP Dolly.

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#Booksky We 💖 this review from @greeniezona.bsky.social! Obviously Aliens by Jennie Goloboy! A COMPLETELY bonkers romp with aliens & body-sharing & the grumpy man is soft for the sunshine man & heists & hit men & excessive numbers of rock star love children & road trips! books2read.com/u/b6vpBA

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When will I close again? When I can't keep up with my inbox.

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've just opened to new queries! I'm particularly looking for sff novels that focus on relationships, not just on lone heroes. No YA, please.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The whole story about Ken Paxton, the stolen Mont Blanc pen, and a courthouse videotape, is just one wonderful detail after another. Here you go:

Related Texas comptroller-elect shuffles personnel, promises accurate state revenue estimate

AUSTIN - In the great pen caper, Texas' incoming Attorney General Ken Paxton drew a Blanc. It happened last year at a Collin County courthouse, where lawyer Joe Joplin rushed through the security stop, needing to get to a hearing. A few hours later, he realized he'd left a tray of three pens at the metal detector. One was a gift from his wife — a $1,000 Montblanc. Mon Dieu. "It came back like a Kodak moment. I knew I'd put it in a separate bin and that second plate didn't come out," Joplin recalled in a recent interview. He rushed to the security entrance and the pen was gone. Joplin talked to the sheriff's deputies, who told him that shortly after Joplin went through, another man picked up a tray of pens on top of the machine. Joplin said he's not into fancy pens, but it had sentimental value. He asked about security cameras and whether he might view the tape. The deputies were unable to help. Joplin, frustrated and a bit frightened of telling his wife, wrote to an old friend, "just to vent." The boyhood pal was Collin County Sheriff Terry Box. In an Aug. 14, 2013, email, Joplin recounted the details. "The loss of my pen is my responsibility," he wrote, but he also thought a lost and found procedure might be instituted.

Box is a sheriff who likes to see lost items returned. He ordered up the videotape. On the security video, the sheriff said he saw several people go through the machine after Joplin. And then he recognized the guy who picked up the pens — state Sen. Ken Paxton of McKinney. "It looked like he took a pen and put it in his pocket out of the tray," Box said. He asked a deputy to call Paxton and see whether he had it. He looked. He did. A day or so later, Paxton gave the pricey rollerball pen to a deputy to return to Joplin, the sheriff said. Paxton spokesman Anthony Holm called it a simple mistake. "Fifteen months ago a pen or pens was shuffled between two attorneys in a courthouse. This is far from newsworthy, as the pen was returned when the error was realized," Holm said. Joplin said he — and his wife — welcomed it back. "I don't want to cause anyone any harm. I was very grateful," he said. He declined to speculate on what might have happened. "You can surmise that," Joplin said.

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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

FYI I don't have a TikTok account. If you interacted with someone there, it's not me.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today is my North American release day! 🎉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, is out now in the USA and Canada from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social Thank you so much to everyone who has shown love for this series - it honestly means the world to me!

Modupe holding up a copy of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES.

Several copies of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES.on a bookshelf

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Book 2 of @mhayinde.bsky.social's Invoker series, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, was just released in the US! If you want to learn more about the series, check out Modupe on the New Books Network, newbooksnetwork.com/a-song-of-le...

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M. H. Ayinde, "A Song of Legends Lost" (Saga Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#Booksky We love this review so much! Obviously Aliens by Jennie Goloboy! A COMPLETELY bonkers romp with aliens & body-sharing & the grumpy man is soft for the sunshine man & heists & hit men & excessive numbers of rock star love children & road trips! queenofswordspress.com/product/obvi...

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Check it out, Nosy Crow is hiring an English to English translator! www.publishersmarketplace.com/jobs/view.cg... (Yes, it actually makes sense)

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 07/08/2026

For the later crew, hey hey, it's my Romeo and Juliet "what if they lived, got older, and had to deal with consequences" book, SOUR GIRL, sold to @teetate.bsky.social at City Owl Press, with biiig thanks to @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social and Willie the Shake. 🍋🔪🍋🔪🍋🔪🍋🔪🍋🔪🍋

Publishers Marketplace announcement for Sour Girl a book forthcoming from City Owl press. Hugo nominated e Catherine tobler's Sour Girl about star-crossed lovers a woman who can turn her hands into knives and a man who is part Minotaur haunted by the damage their illicit Romance did to their families who are brought together by a mysterious murder.

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 07/08/2026

She's here and she's sour about it... A book about grief and love and tearing your world up. Huge thanks to @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social and Tee Tate. 🌟🥂✨️🔪🥳

Publishers Marketplace novel sale announcement for the book Sour Girl by E Catherine tobler.

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Check out this song. I kind of love it, but it's also got some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard, in the last stanza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8sS... Straight from romantic to the ick, right there.

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1971 - Seatrain - London song

YouTube video by Jose Carlos Bernardes

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This review!!! 🥹🥹🥹 I am feeling many feelings! Thank you @raenbowpunk.bsky.social

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy There Will Come Soft Rains day! Sometimes it's good to remember the disasters that didn't happen, because a lot of effort went into making sure they didn't happen.

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

No, and I won't put my hand in my garbage disposal and turn it on either

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It’s weird but after one year DON’T TRUST FISH has finally made it on to the NY Times list at #5. Three cheers to my partner in crime @unshavedmouse.bsky.social for writing a classic of a manuscript that I had the wonderful honor of illustrating. I’m just along for the glorious ride ❤️

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I really want to know who this happened to, and if it's someone I know...

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 21/07/2026

This is an anthology of linked novellas from 2016. Always glad when people pick it up -- I am fond of my own novella in it (a story stolen from Ovid) and the other writers', all brilliant in varied ways.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The word is getting out! Check out this wonderful review of the "Forged in FIYAH" anthology from Booklist 🙌🏿 We release September 29. Every preorder supports this amazing squad of Black speculative fiction authors. Please share our project with a reader who loves science fiction, fantasy, and horror!

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Nicole Glover @nicole-glover.com · 11/07/2026

I’m at the Columbus Book Festival this weekend and it looks like it’s going to be an amazing time with something for every reader! www.columbusbookfestival.org

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 09/07/2026

Uhhhhhh I guess this is public? 😭🚂🐙 In development at Bardel, The Kraken Sea.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 07/07/2026

It's possible that I am actually ill because I just went into a huge fugue state and came up with a premise for a series of Regency romances with dinosaurs.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 03/07/2026

Thanks for all the conversation is response to this post. I write in many registers for many audiences, including at my day job, but if you ever want to read a book that is me just using the words I want to use, it's Mercutio. If you like that sort of thing.

Chapter 1: What fray was here?
Steady, now. A line of men on horseback stretches across the dry valley. Mail reflects a grey sky. Pennants hang limp. The horses in their bright caparisons are patient.
Mercutio, with his borrowed helm under his arm, wants to get on with things. His horse, too, is borrowed. Unbedecked, because Mercutio is not worth the money. The mail is borrowed, and the sword, and the surcoat with his father’s family arms. The minimum required for a citizen soldier of Florence. All of it provided begrudgingly by his uncle, who could not fail to equip the prodigal nephew who arrived on his doorstep three months ago and declared himself ready to restore his parents’ honour.
By which Mercutio meant: fortune.
To fight, his uncle asked?
By which he meant: to die.
In this summer of the year 1289, Florence is at war, as usual. Locked in a constant struggle of raids and sieges against the towns and families who support the Holy Roman Empire’s claims in Italy. The Republic of Florence says it does not need an emperor, and neither does Siena, or Lucca, or any of the other towns whose men are on God’s side of the field today.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 02/07/2026

Tonight! With @leeharris.net, @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social, and Jay Gallentine. #CVG2026

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