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Jenny Barber

@jenqoe.bsky.social
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Writer, anthology editor, bookaholic (she/her) Never have enough spoons. (If your knees creak, you may know me from Fox Spirit, Alchemy Press, BFS or Fantasycon.) All things me can be found at www.jennybarber.co.uk

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Mikey Slashic @mikeyslashic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A reminder for those at the back.
A redraw of the i nice panel from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, where Batman snaps a rifle in two over his knee.

He says "THIS is the weaponnof the enemy. We do not NEED it. We will not USE it."

I've replace the rifle with a plank of wood labelled "AI Slop"
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Highly informative on many aspects of recent events.
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Narnia books as Isekai Manga
1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending
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The Booooobarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Among the many things that make The Mummy (1999) so outstanding is this is the Evie/O'Connell dynamic.
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ChiYooper @chiyooper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Testing a theoretical Halloween #sweater idea on 9/15/25. #knitting #knitsky
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Ben "Random Halloween Word Generator is offline" Paddon 🎃 @benpaddon.net · 13/09/2026
An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan
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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The reason JKR is suddenly saying more and more “moderate” seeming things is not because her views are “moderate”, you daft shits. It’s because she is registering that her extremely overtly transphobic points are now making her very unpopular.
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Danie Were @danacea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thought for the day: Adulting is necessary. Growing up is optional.
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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JULY 2024🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 40 stories by @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @jelliclejay.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @elijah.mea.rs @remedy.bsky.social @spocksbrain.bsky.social @christinehanolsy.com @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
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Some Queer Short SFF - July 2026 | Charles Payseur
Well, July marked another huge month for queer spec fic, led by Baffling Magazine and a news trans SFF anthology. But even without those the
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A quick edit of tonight's beautiful lunar #eclipse.
A close-up photo of the full Moon during a 96% lunar eclipse. The top of the Moon is bright white, but most of the rest is orange to red in color.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'question' #BookQW #BookSky Dan Mackmain wants to know why he's been sent to Ireland. He's careful not to give anything away while he searches for answers. Visit Wizard's Tower Press for UK and international retailer buying links wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...
Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw.

Book extract reads: ‘Caitlin, this is my friend Daniel. He’s visiting from the UK. Can you give him a room for tonight? Maybe for a couple of days?’
‘No problem. What brings you to our little town?’ Caitlin asked brightly as she moved her computer mouse and clicked things on her screen.
I was ready for this question. I unfolded one of the leaflets that showed places of interest on a map of the area and pointed at one of the numbers in County Laois. ‘I’m interested in visiting this bog restoration project. I work in woodland management, and we’re a couple of years into regenerating a wetland. Máirtín told me about your golf course. I’m interested in rewilding projects.’
Dryads cannot lie. I can, but my mother’s blood means I’m crap at it. Dealing with Frai and Asca though, I’ve learned that making separate statements which are individually true can give the impression of an honest answer without giving anything important away.
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Juliet Kemp @julietk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's Book Quote Wednesday & this week's word is "question". Sir Cade is trying to solve a problem. #bqw books2read.com/Song-Stone-S...
Quote: “Right.” Better than fading away, I supposed. But not what I wanted. Not even slightly. “So, my next question is, how about instead of that, can we put him back into, like, a body.” I gestured up and down mine, and then, for good measure, Emar’s. “Because the stories say you lot can do that."
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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.” ~ Terry Pratchett
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Joanna Masters 🏳️‍⚧️ @joannamasters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
White text on a black background: 

Why authors want Amazon reviews

If a book gets 10 reviews the author receives a cryptic fragment of a treasure map.

If a book gets 30 reviews the Bank of England will then accept copies of the book as legal tender.

If a book gets 50 reviews Amazon sends the author a free unicorn. 

Why not help an author you love get a free unicorn by reviewing their book today!
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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 26/08/2026
Another chance to share (this time) part 2 of free-to-use picture links from the public domain👇
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More Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
Because millions of free-to-use images are just the tip of the iceberg. Following my previous essay which dispelled the tech-apologists’ claim that publicly available high resolution pictures are hard...
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Starline Hodge @starline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I drew this picture of Dolly Parton back in 2022. She was a delight. May her memory be a blessing. #copics #dollyparton #dollypartonfanart
Copic marker drawing of Dolly Parton
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
Panel one shows an eldritch god, a skeletal possum like creature with large antlers, saying "I AM AS OLD AS THE FOREST ITSELF". 
Panel two shows a stick figure saying, "But you must have been a baby at some point?"
Panel three shows the eldritch god saying "Well. Yes."
Panel four shows a tiny eldritch baby sitting on a rock, his antlers just little twigs.
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Ben Jeapes @benjeapes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is QUESTION. The press ganged Jim Hawkins is still vaguely hopeful that he has the situation in hand but falls for a very old trick. #bookqw #pirates #jimhawkins www.benjeapes.com/index.php/h-... Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...
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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today's word is BUSY. Today's #BookQW from DIRECT DESCENDANT (DAW Books, Inc. 2025) a cozy horror set in Northern Ontario where eldritch horrors are cuddly, hell hounds are more or less house trained, and macarons are half price after 4PM. AND today, August 19th, it's a $2.99 Kindle daily deal.
Cover image in lower right - a bakery, a person walking past eating a cup cake, and tentacles. Because...um, why not? Greens, yellows, and black except for the framing silver birch. 

    I hadn't floated this theory to the rest of the Four, but they
weren't Chris. "Could be, Travis hooked up with Another Dark, shifted the balance of power, and the Dark is too busy putting down a rebellion
to stay in touch." 
    "All that since sunrise? I guess we'll find out if eldritch hordes burst forth from the cellar to destroy the earth." 
     I pointed a rolling pin at him. "You seem remarkably blasé about that possibility."
     "I'm panicking inside."
     " Join the club," I sighed.
    And that was Tuesday.
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Ben Jeapes @benjeapes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is BUSY. A group of Home Time dissidents have based themselves in the 21st century, but have vastly underestimated the abilities of their ancestors. #bookqw #timetravel www.benjeapes.com/index.php/no... Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'busy' #BookQW #BookSky Dan Mackmain can tell he's going to have his hands full any time now. He really would like to get some idea of what's going on here first. The Green Man's Debt - 10th September 2026 Pre-order links here wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...
Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw.

Book extract reads: As I drove out of the hotel car park and into the lane, I tried to work out how to bring the conversation back to wolves.
Colleen saved me the trouble. ‘Do you really think there’s an honest-to-God wolf running loose here?’
‘You’re interested in them, are you? Wolves, I mean?’ I concentrated on pulling out from the lane onto the busy main road without being T-boned by a speeding local.
‘Ever since I was a kid,’ Colleen said cheerfully. ‘There’s something about them, you know? I used to borrow my dad’s National Geographic magazines for the pictures before I could read. You wouldn’t believe the dreams I had. Later on, I learned about the Endangered Species Act. Lately I’ve been reading up on critical habitats for population recovery, not just extinction prevention. I wish I could see those trailcam photos.’
Same here, I didn’t say.
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Julie E. Czerneda @julieczerneda.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For #bookqw a return to my favourite character to write: the semi-immortal, well-intentioned, never too #busy to pay attention, can't leave a crisis alone, and give me fudge #esen @dawbooks.bsky.social
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from  August 24 to September 7!
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Please share! Poets! Uncanny Magazine will be open to poetry submissions from August 17 to August 31! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to see your submissions! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
Space Unicorn
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There is no good use of generative AI because the technology was built on theft of creative labor. If that position surprises you from an artist whose life's work was scraped and used without permission to train trillion dollar technology, educate yourself. www.michaelwhelan.com/faq/#digital...
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BOFFY @boffymufc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
ATTN: if you want to commission someone, but not entirely confident in your ability to avoid paying a slopper for genAI trash? There's a site or that. 👇
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
That’s right Space Unicorns - ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter!! So, SEAS THE DAY and check out all the amazing backer rewards still available!!! We need YOUR KELP to make Year 13 happen!!! buff.ly/nuCWVxG
Background is a photo of calm sea, green hilly land on the horizon and blue sky above - the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. In the sea photos of the head of small plastic toy horse have been edited in to look like kelpies in the sea. In the sky a digital drawing of the number 7 in black and purple with three Celtic knots inside the 7.
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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 05/08/2026
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a human-made creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
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Some Queer Short SFF - May 2026 | Charles Payseur
Pride Month might be wrapping up for many people, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop paying attention to awesome queer short SFF. Now,
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Chad 'The Spook' Jessup 🦇 @adhdev.io · 25/07/2026
Just a reminder, Johnny Depp lost in court about being a domestic spouse abuser...he won in court that his abused ex-wife can't talk about it.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 15/07/2026
HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)
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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 15/07/2026
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a human-made creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
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Tamsin Abbott @tamsintheshed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Some cooling images of water based stained glass that I have made over the years.
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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 14/07/2026
'But you served.' Be willing to help and be aware that helping often mean whatever It is, is not about you. That's how to be a good human.
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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Were I an incredibly rich author I would simply live my life in a way that meant I did not have to send legal threats to Amnesty International.
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Dr Kate Thagrinus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @katelaity.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
A free anthology from @auntyfoxspirit.bsky.social so tell her thanks! FEARLESS GENRE WARRIORS www.foxspirit.co.uk/free-fiction/
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Free Fiction -
Here at Fox Spirit Books we love stories and we figure you all love stories too.   FEARLESS GENRE WARRIORS A Fox Spirit Sampler edited by Jenny Barber full of pirates, monsters, horror and humour. Fre...
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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 22/06/2026
Big ideas, small wordcounts. Come check out my flash fiction.
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Visit Alasdair Stuart's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
Starmer saying the next PM will inherit a country that is 'fairer' than the one he inherited 2 years ago. In the one Starmer inherited, trans people could use public toilets.
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
GUYS. Does everyone know about this website? You can track sharks and turtles www.ocearch.org/tracker/
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OCEARCH Shark Tracker
OCEARCH is a data-centric organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.
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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel
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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The year is 2035. We have gone through 600 Prime Ministers since 2010. Leadership is now decided by randomly picking Facebook profiles and everyone gets a day to be in charge. Today is Gary from Portsmouth and he has just banned the letter O. The cuntry is in chas.
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Ben Jeapes @benjeapes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is NEVER. If time travellers can only take their own bodies with them, those bodies need to be as fit for purpose as possible. #bookqw #timetravel #yasf www.benjeapes.com/index.php/no... Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 10/06/2026
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a human-made creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
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