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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

As a result of recent disqualifications in the horror category for the 2026 SSBA competition, we have updated our slides to include our new semifinalists. Congratulations to all the semifinalists, and we wish you good luck in the final round of the competition!

Image shows all 10 fantasy books honored as semifinalists in the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards.

Image shows all 10 horror books honored as semifinalists in the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards.

Image shows all 10 science fiction books honored as semifinalists in the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards.

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Congratulations to @llmadridwrites.bsky.social! Her book MY LIPS, HER VOICE, published by Creature Publishing, is a semifinalist in the horror category for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards. #SSBA #SSBA2026

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's time to announce the semifinalists for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards! Huge thanks to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close. Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Semifinalists for FANTASY:

BALLAD OF RIVER BONES
BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST
CASTOFF
DEEPEST CANYON
ECHOES OF THE ETHERSTONE
FALLEN DESTINY
HUNTING STATIC
SMALL MAGICS FOR THE TRAVELING WIZARD
THE ICE MOVES FOR NO ONE
THE WITCH'S JOURNEY

Semifinalists for HORROR:

JK-LOL
MY LIPS, HER VOICE
PUPPET'S BANQUET
REEF MIND
RUNNING DRY
SATANIC STATIC
SONG DOG
THE BIG ONE
THE RESTLESS FEW
WE LIKE IT CHERRY

Semifinalists for SCI-FI:

AS A KANG SHOULD BE
BONNIE AND GUY
CASUAL
CERULEAN SKY
CHIPPED
DEAR STUPID PENPAL
IT'S YOU, ISN'T IT?
ROSE-COLOURED CROSSHAIRS
STATION IN THE SKY
TOMORROW WAS BEAUTIFUL ONCE

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I’m going to be at @sunnysbooktruck.bsky.social to chat with CJ Alberts 7/30 at 6:00pm! I’m can’t wait to check out the Yuma book scene. This is a free event, but please RSVP to help with the headcount. Since I love collecting ghost stories and lore, what spooky stuff should I know about Yuma?

Cover of the book My Lips, Her Voice and photo of LL Madrid.

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Kim Novak - The Reading Rx @cfpharmd.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My Lips, Her Voice by L. L. Madrid is a #YA murder mystery with a supernatural spin perfect for #PrideMonth. And check out that absolutely gorgeous cover! 😍 #SSBA2026 #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 @specawards.bsky.social @llmadridwrites.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of My Lips, Her Voice by L. L. Madrid. Ripped picture portions showing a desert landscape, an owl, a girl’s eyes, a girl’s arm, an eyeless face, cacti, and a girl’s lower face.

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

You can hear a previously unreleased interview with @llmadridwrites.bsky.social for free now on the Folklore Podcast Patreon page. LL discusses her book My Lips, Her Voice, which was published in October of 2025. You can read the full blurb on Patreon. Just visit patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Check it outtttt! Also, I'm probably judging in thissss. Give me your books to read. D: D:

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Natalie Aguirre @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

#Book #GiveawayAlert! Read my interview with @llmadridwrites.bsky.social & enter my contest for a chance to win her #youngadult My Lips, Her Voice at Literary Rambles. #amreading #amwriting #kidlit #teachers #librarians tinyurl.com/39ftrpzc

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

My Lips, Her Voice is nominated for a Stackie—Stacks Book Club's inaugural book awards for Tucson! I'm honored to be included. If you’re a Tucson reader, I’d be delighted to have your vote for Best Local Author. Thank you for supporting me and my little desert gothic. stacksbookclub.com/stacksies

Graphic that has a curtain backdrop and the book cover for My Lips, Her Voice. The picture says: Vote My Lips, Her Voice for Best Local Author. SBC 2025 Stacksies Tucson's best in Book Awards

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Don’t miss local author @llmadridwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming “cozy horror” book, coming just in time for spooky season—recommended!Preorder here: bookshop.org/a/106297/978...

Image of the cover of the book “my Lips, Her Voice” by LL Madrid, overlain on an image of a spooky, misty forest.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

You can win a free print copy of My Lips, Her Voice on goodreads! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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My Lips, Her Voice

Copper City’s bloody history is steeped in ghost storie…

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Tara Ariano @taraariano.com · 22/07/2025

How can I be expected to work under these conditions???

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AmEricaNo @theamericano.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Day 12 (of my most anticipated sapphic books): My Lips, Her Voice is a sapphic horror novel about a teenager possessed by her recently diseased sister—who is lurking under her skin, hellbent on vengeance and desperate to rekindle things with her former girlfriend. 🌈📚

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 02/07/2025

I really wanted to post this last week, but the black dog bit down hard on my leg. Maryneal 1962 by @abigailtaylor.bsky.social is a tremendous novel. Powerful, moving, and highly addictive. gnofhorror.com/maryneal-196... 💙📚 🩸📚 ‪@wildinkpublishing.bsky.social‬

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Maryneal 1962, Small-Town Secrets And Terror

Abigail F Taylor's first novel, Maryneal 1962, is a powerful mixture of supernatural horror, personal coming-of-age narrative, and sharp social critique. Set

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Just three months until I’m a published author!

3 months until My Lips, Her Voice
10.14.25

Graphic with My Lips, Her Voice book.
Swiggly arrows point to the following phrases:
Generational Trauma and Curses
Multi POV
Braided Timelines
Desert Gothic
Sapphic
Vengeful Spirits
Out 10.14

Copper City’s bloody history is steeped in ghost stories and whispers of serial killers, but three girls have caught the attention of something far more sinister.

A grandmother tormented by visions tried to warn the town, but no one listened. Now, a haunted inheritance has passed to her granddaughters, Audrey and Mara. When Mara’s body is discovered in the old mine, Audrey fears her grandmother’s premonition is manifesting.

The nightmare begins as Mara’s spirit returns—lurking under Audrey’s skin, hellbent on vengeance and desperate to rekindle things with her former girlfriend, Zadie. Willing to hijack Audrey’s body to get what she wants, Mara drags them both into a deadly pursuit.

When another girl in town goes missing, Audrey, Mara, and Zadie know the killer has struck again. In a fight to solve Mara’s death and uncover the mystery of disappearances in Copper City, the girls soon find themselves at war with each other. How do you survive long enough to hunt a murderer on the loose if the person inside you might kill you first?

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Drinking my coffee black makes me feel like a true grown up. I need to buy creamer.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Republicans keep saying the “genuinely disabled” don’t have to worry about losing Medicaid. All disabilities are genuine. You also need healthcare to get a diagnosis. To get the paperwork done. To “prove it”. They’re ensuring people get trapped in red tape loopholes so they can’t get care.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 03/07/2025

And trust me, if you see an artist posting about stuff they sell, they are not doing so lightly or flippantly. Every act of self-promotion is like pulling out a tooth for us; every “buy my work” post takes a bit of our soul. I promise we are already in an appropriate amount of agony for These Times.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 01/07/2025

“What would a world radically shaped by disabled knowledge, culture, love, and connection be like?” – Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha These 2025 debuts will help you start answering that question! Join us as we celebrate Disability Pride! #2025Debuts #DisabilityPride #BookSky #BookRecs

15 books with the Disability Pride Flag in the background and the caption: 2025 debuts to read & preorder for Disability Pride.

A. Zaykova, GALAXY GRIFTER. Symbols denote: Physical Disabilities,Neurodiversity rep, Multiple Disabled Characters
Alby C. Williams, WHERE THERE BE MONSTERS. Symbols denote: Neurodiversity, Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities rep, Neurodivergent MC, Multiple Disabled Characters,
Amy DeBellis, ALL OUR TOMORROWS. Physical Disabilities, Neurodiversity rep
Brittney Arena, A DANCE OF LIES. Physical Disabilities, Neurodiversity rep
Courtney Floyd, HIGHER MAGIC. Physical Disabilities, Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities, Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities rep, Neurodivergent MC, Multiple Disabled Characters
Emily Zipps, ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH. Physical Disabilities, Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities rep
Erica Rose Eberhart, THE ELDER TREE TRILOGY. Neurodiversity, Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities rep, Neurodivergent MC, Multiple Disabled Characters
Eshani Surya, RAVISHING. Physical Disabilities, Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities rep, Disabled MC, Multiple Disabled Characters
Georgina Frankie, THE CHEMISTRY TEST. Physical Disabilities, Neurodiversity, Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities, Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities rep, Neurodivergent MC, Multiple Disabled Characters
Kalla Harris, THE GROUND THAT DEVOURS US. Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities rep
M. Stevenson, BEHOOVED. Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities rep, Disabled MC
Michelle J, THE DIVIDE THAT BINDS US. Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities, Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities rep
Rachael A. Edwards, A FATE UNWOVEN. Invisible & Undiagnosed Disabilities, Neurodiversity rep
Samantha Joyce, NOT TODAY, SATAN. Neurodiversity, Physical Disabilities rep
Saratoga Schaefer, SERIAL KILLER SUPPORT GROUP. Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities, Neurodiversity rep.

Each book is also marked by a smiley face to indicate that the author is disabled and/or neurodivergent.

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 30/06/2025

BRIGHT CITY, SHATTERED is out TODAY! 🏙 Isolated city 💠 Magitech 📼 Retrofuturism 🔎 Mystery 🐋 Murderous whales 🧑🏻 Jaded butch questioning her life choices Grab it everywhere books are sold: millieabecassis.com/buy-bright-c...

A visual showing the ebook and paperback version of Bright City, Shattered over a background of large purple leaves, and text reading "Out today, Available everywhere books are sold"

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

It warms my cold lil horror heart to know I can still scare my CP after a decade of swapping pages. 🖤

Text messages that read: Dude Imma need to touch grass that’s some creepy shit you wrote

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Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

NO KINGS 🇺🇸

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On my morning walk. Should I be concerned that vultures are circling me?🤔

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Are you a reader who loves atmospheric, cozy horror? Do you like exclusive content? Do you want early access to MY LIPS, HER VOICE, and other perks? If so, go to my linktree and sign up for my street team!

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Y.M. Resnik @ymresnik.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride! Check out these 2025 debut novels with sapphic rep. Want to help a debut? Repost this, follow and interact, add to goodreads and review, request on netgalley and upvote/review, request from library, review on major retailers, preorder//order. Books listed in alt text and comments.

ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH by @ emilyzipps
HER FAKE WEDDING DATE IN SICILY by @authorjennylane
TARNISHED by @ericaroseberhart
THE BELLES by @lndhop
THE ELYSIUM HEIST by @ymresnik
THE FACELESS THINGS WE ADORE by @stopithester
THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER by @maddiesmartinez
THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites

ALL (DEAD) GIRLS LIE @piperlwhite
BEA MULLINS TAKES A SHOT by @authoremilydeibert
HOLLOW by @taylorlgrothe
IT’S A LOVE/SKATE RELATIONSHIP by @carlijcorson
MY LIPS HER VOICE by @llmadridwrites
PRIDE OR DIE by @clmontblanc
PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER by @isabellekellywrites
THE LIBRARY OF LOST GIRLS by @kristenpips

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Living with a teenager is like having an insult comic as a roommate.

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

My little niece is very impressed that my cats “like to play hide and seek.”

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

My kid called my outfit “funeral glam”. I *think* that’s a compliment.

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My Lips, Her Voice is available to request on Net Galley! Meaning…people are actually going to read my book. 🫣 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..

Alt: a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Happy Independent Bookstore day! 📚 The excuse to go to cute stores and buy books makes this my favorite holiday.

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

If you’re interested in getting MY LIPS, HER VOICE it’s 25% off at B&N until 4/25! 👀

Barnes and Noble preorder sale featuring the book My Lips, Her Voice!

My Lips, Her Voice

Copper City’s bloody history is steeped in ghost stories and whispers of serial killers, but three girls have caught the attention of something far more sinister.

A grandmother tormented by visions tried to warn the town, but no one listened. Now, a haunted inheritance has passed to her granddaughters, Audrey and Mara. When Mara’s body is discovered in the old mine, Audrey fears her grandmother’s premonition is manifesting.

The nightmare begins as Mara’s spirit returns—lurking under Audrey’s skin, hellbent on vengeance and desperate to rekindle things with her former girlfriend, Zadie. Willing to hijack Audrey’s body to get what she wants, Mara drags them both into a deadly pursuit.

When another girl in town goes missing, Audrey, Mara, and Zadie know the killer has struck again. In a fight to solve Mara's death and uncover the mystery of disappearances in Copper City, the girls soon find themselves at war with each other. How do you survive long enough to hunt a murderer on the loose if the person inside you might kill you first?

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L.L. Madrid @llmadridwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

We’re halfway to spooky season—time to treat your TBR! This curated list of 2025 debut authors brings all the chills, from middle grade speculative to YA horror to adult fantasy. Ghosts, chatty ancestors, specters, monsters, and the spirit of Halloween itself haunt these pages. 👻