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I've heard great things about The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, and I can't wait to meet the woman depicted in this cover illustration!

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I learned about Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors (edited by @anniecarlauthor.bsky.social) during the recent @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social online con. I attended a couple of great panels about disability including @ravenoak.bsky.social, who appears in the anthology.

Paperback of Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors

Edited by Annie Carl

Foreword by Nicola Griffith

Cover blurb by Keith Rosson, author of Fever House: "Like disability itself, these stories are a myriad of things: rich, nuanced, furious, complicated, joyous, determined. They are wild howls of imagination that simultaneously manage to showcase a vast spectrum of true, lived experience. Let Soul Jar be an arrow sent out into the world."

The cover text appears on top of a dreamy background image that includes a woman's face surrounded by floating hair (as if she's in water or zero gravity), the top of an open bottle, and the head of something like a lizard.

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I also ordered The Department of What it (Really) Means to be Human by @darusha.ca some time ago, but the book has been out of stock until a recent distribution change. An "optimistic near-future literary SF mystery" sounds great to me!

Paperback book: The Department of What it (Really) Means to be Human by M. Darusha Wehm. The cover is pale gray with yellow text and a design of scattered circles that appear to be pills.

I pre-ordered Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin (edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social) more than a year ago, thinking it was about to be published. After some confusion about why the order hadn't shipped, I noticed the 2026 release date. But now that's finally now!

Hardcover of Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin

Edited by Jonathan Strahan

Author list on the cover: Alaya Dawn Johnson, Charlie Jane Anders, Ai Jiang, Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss, & many more

The cover design involves circles and clockwork gears. The central circle contains the title information, on a black field. Circles around the edges are windows opening up onto lush landscapes.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 01/10/2026

A thread about a whole batch of recent book purchases that I'll get around to reading just as soon as I get through all the other new books I have lined up to read!

Five books arranged on a patterned rug. (More cover details appear in the following posts in the thread.)

Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Jonathan Strahan

The Department of What it (Really) Means to be Human by M. Darusha Wehm

Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors, edited by Annie Carl

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw

Living By Fiction by Annie Dillard

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I just received my copy last week after having an earlier order canceled. Looking forward to reading!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 28/09/2026

12 years of @worstbestsellers.bsky.social, and there are still funny and insightful things to say about the unceasing firehose of bad books. Happy birthday, WBS!

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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San Francisco! Tuesday 10/6! Start the season right at my book launch for A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on the park. I'll be talking to @olivasthewriter.bsky.social about tentacles, slime molds, and ancient Pompeii! Come say hi! It's free! greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-1...

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9th Ave: Annalee Newitz with M.M. Olivas

Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy birthday, Jeanne Villepreux-Power! This octopus scientist and aquarium inventor was born #OTD September 25th, 1794! However, many lovely tributes were posted yesterday, because her birthday has often been erroneously published as September 24th. Why? Let's geek out about calendars...

A grayscale digital drawing of Jeanne Villepreux-Power, slightly more than a bust--head, shoulders, crossed arms. She is smiling contentedly and perhaps a little smugly. In a stylized circle around her are all the animals she studied: snail, marten, butterfly, turtle, sea star, and of course the octopuses--common octopus and argonaut, both male and female. It was drawn by me (Danna Staaf).

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 25/09/2026

As I got deeper into Exit Party, it turns out the story has unexpected overlaps with Wickhills by @premeemohamed.com, which I read just before. I love those chance bits of reading synchronicity!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 25/09/2026

#FridayReads I'm getting close to the end of Exit Party by @emilymandel.bsky.social, and I don't want it to be over! This story of alternate USes and doubled characters is so compelling and strange and wonderful.

Book cover of Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel (bestselling author of Station Eleven). The cover illustration is split into a top half and an upside-down bottom half, in different color palettes. The top is a cityscape of Los Angeles, with palm trees and skyscrapers, in blues and greens. The bottom is an upside-down Paris, with Eiffel Tower, in oranges and reds.

Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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TIL my book is now on NetGalley! Persons so inclined who have an account may now request my weirdo cosmic horror murder mystery corporate satire debut (and also give the glorious cover an upvote if you like it!) www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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The Upper Tentacle

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 24/09/2026

Virtual event with @rykaaoki.bsky.social tonight! Giving me another opportunity to recommend the wonderful Light From Uncommon Stars!

Destination: Toast! @destinationtoast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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I have been given a ✨🎁 gift link 🎁✨ to share with y'all -- read my article free for one week! But also support Fansplaining if you can, because they do great fandom journalism (like publishing me obvs 💅), and it's a bad economy for such things right now. fansplaining.com/crunching-th...

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Crunching the Fandom Numbers

In 2013, curiosity about Johnlock fic led me to pull my first fandom stats. Today, the world of fandom data analysis is thriving.

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S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So uh. I just announced my new book and it’s my first narrative book in 13 years and it turns out that a medium number of people… had no idea I was trans? Anyway, whether or not this is new news to you, you should celebrate my birthday by pre-ordering one: arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-...

Cover of The Fresh End of a Long Thread, a book by S Bear Bergman. The cover is red, blue, and pink with a motif of a string running in and out of doors and windows, connecting them.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It me! If you enjoyed some of my disability panels at FoF, may I also recommend my latest essay: "Here and Happy" where I talk about the need for disabled characters (and people) to take up joyous space in our stories and lives.

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FULL FOP MODE 🦋🪭🫦 @momebie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Guys! I made a book! Check it out maybe??? It was my birthday recently! It’s bi visibility week! These poems are so bisexual!!! (Ebook and Ingram Spark expansion coming soon.)

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 21/09/2026

I did indeed catch up later, and it was a great panel! Thanks!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 20/09/2026

Enjoying @aardwyrm.bsky.social's livestreamed revision notes on the Project Hail Mary movie.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 20/09/2026

Sorry I missed it, but glad I can catch the recording!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 20/09/2026

Great panel! Thanks to all of you!

Ryka Aoki @rykaaoki.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Hey, everyone! Come by, come by! Times listed are in Pacific time, so I should be there with no complications, and I hope good folks like you will be, too. Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Pacific Location: Online mountainview.libcal.com/event/17274404

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Author Talk with Ryka Aoki

Registration is required. Sign up below to receive the Zoom information on the morning of the event. Join award-winning author Ryka Aoki for a virtual conversation about her...

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 19/09/2026

You and @softfutures.bsky.social reported simultaneous matching cat breakthroughs! bsky.app/profile/soft...

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 19/09/2026

You and @sarahgailey.bsky.social reported simultaneous matching cat breakthroughs! bsky.app/profile/sara...

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 19/09/2026

#FridayReads Just finished reading Wickhills, and it was a wild and exciting adventure!

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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Check out the Flights of Foundry program! flights-of-foundry.o...

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 16/09/2026

v excited for another opportunity to bully more people into buying/reading AN ARMY OF LOVERS CANNOT FAIL (ft. queer lineages and ongoing enactments of friendship networks as an organizing principle of one’s life) fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/an-arm...

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An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail | Fitzcarraldo Editions

A friendship is a filiation we choose. It holds love and laughter; it can extend our sense of the possible. Moved to honour a form of relation often subordinated to romantic and familial ties, and to ...

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 15/09/2026

Also out today: The final book in the wonderful Golem and Jinni trilogy!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 14/09/2026

I'm excited for the Flights of Foundry online con next weekend, and especially excited by the news that I'll be able to replay the sessions I can't attend live!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 11/09/2026

#FridayReads Enjoying the exciting and delightful Wickhills by @premeemohamed.com! There's a spy agency, a smuggled defector bringing dangerous news, and neighborhoods overrun with columns and glass churches that sprout up like weeds. And now I must return to reading and find out what else!

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You can *already* pre-order my next novel, Good Things Are Coming Your Way! And if you pre-order from @barnesandnoble.com in the next couple days and use the code PREORDER25, you can get a 25 percent discount! (Must be a B&N Member.) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/good-thing...

The London skyline under a dark cloudy sky

A magical social worker
A time traveling vampire
with all of time at stake, they FALL IN LOVE

pre-order Good Things Are Coming Your Way from Barnes & Noble using the code PREORDER25 and get 25 percent off

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Exciting news! “And Loki in His Prison” is up for pre-order!!! There is a 25% off sale through Barnes & Noble for both hardcover and e-book during W 9/9-F 9/11. Order your copy here. buff.ly/ry0xKYk

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I suppose I could also include my VERY BEAUTIFUL COVER. In addition to my stirring contribution to graphic design quoted below.

The cover of Beth March Returns from the Dead features a woman's face covered by the silhouettes of flowers.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Do you like ordering things I've written at a steep discount? Bookbub has the ebook of Woodworking available for just $1.99! It's a real honor to be featured by them in this fashion, and I hope you will check the book out! www.bookbub.com/books/woodwo...

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Woodworking by Emily St. James is only $1.99 - BookBub

Highly anticipated by the Los Angeles Times, Kirkus Reviews, and many others, this bighearted and hilarious 2025 release is a must-read (Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures)! In a s...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

And now ... it's the official (!) trailer for A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD, which @chanda.blacksky.app called "a magnificent work of cosmic imagination." Please pre-order! Every little bit helps. The book drops on 10/6. youtu.be/BoTU03qQxKM?...

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Trailer: A Wall Is Also a Road, by Annalee Newitz

YouTube video by Annalee Newitz

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 09/09/2026

How did I miss the news that a third Golem and Jinni book from Helene Wecker is coming next week?!? The Gates of Midnight, out September 15. Can't wait!

Book cover of The Gates of Midnight by Helene Wecker, a novel of The Golem and the Jinni. The illustration shows the Empire State Building under construction.

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For your consideration this #sapphicseptember, my hopepunk ecothriller Accelerated Growth Environment from @shirakipress.com

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 07/09/2026

The Hilarious World of Depression is back! Even though I can only say I've listened to a handful of episodes in the past, hearing the theme song got me emotional. Welcome back!

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 07/09/2026

What a beautiful day for a birthday! Enjoy!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 07/09/2026

I finally went to preorder Wickhills a few days ago... and discovered I already had a preorder set up!

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 06/09/2026

Don't want to confuse the various powders you might deploy against your enemies!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 06/09/2026

I watched videos, and it still took me some rows and errors to get the hang of it. But now that I have this pattern down, it's coming along easily!

Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

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I wasn't going to do a #SapphicSeptember rec post because I always feel like I don't read enough sapphic books, but then when I started to pull a pile of recs, it got big pretty fast.

A large stack of books on a wooden deck.

The books, from top to bottom:
A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen
My Lesbian Novel by Renee Gladman
Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin
Women by Chloe Caldwell
La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
Dd's Umbrella by Hwang Jungeun
The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Fair Play by Tove Jansson
Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin
Little Nothing by Dee Holloway
Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise
The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling
The Seep by Chana Porter
A Wolf Steps in Blood by Tamara Jerée
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
The Girls by John Bowen
Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris
Estro Junkies by Talia Bhatt & Beth Leigh-Ann
Locas by Jaime Hernandez

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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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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 06/09/2026

#ShowMeYourKnits Loving this pattern for the beautiful and cozy Brioche Panes Blanket by Katy Hoyng! Mine is going to have 4 panes with 4 different contrast yarns.

A partially knitted blanket made with different purple yarns. The design has a dark purple border around panes (one and a half so far) with stripes of different contrasting yarns.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com · 05/09/2026

Incredible! Happy early birthday!