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Waldos Akimbo @waldosakimbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

High five, day 5

L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was so excited to see @caitlinstarling.com 's new book, Milkteeth, pop up on the October ALA ALCs, and was even happier when I realized it contains the dream I have had ever since deciding to enter medical school - that a vampire would come to me asking for help understanding their own physiology.

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Waldos Akimbo @waldosakimbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's October!!! ITS OCTOBER!!! Let's get this thing started 🙌🫵☝️👉👆👈👇👏 Day 1 #Drawtober

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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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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 12/09/2026

you may think i am joking but i am not. they’re talking about AI the way protestant zealots talked about the end times. in both cases we are hearing people talk about themselves — their desires, their lust for destruction, their yearning to trample their rivals underfoot.

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Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I miss TV shows with 20+ episodes. I miss filler episodes. I miss side stories that mean nothing, and other ones that turn out to be the most brilliant storytelling you've ever seen. Perhaps I am old, but so much made now just tires me.

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just finished The Halls of the Dead by @smhallow.bsky.social and loved it! Great queer romance plus all the other things that are good - necromancy, revenge, and gore. The audiobook narrators were delightful.

A book cover for The Halls of the Dead by S.M. Hallow, featuring a skull with a golden moth that has what looks like an eye on one wing covering one eye of the skull, and a few mauve flowers in the background

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Absolutely loved The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social . Compelling characters in a sci-fi setting, gripping plot, and a whole lot to ponder about language, culture, and revolution. I read the audio version, and the narrators didn't disappoint. Can't wait for the sequel! #booksky

A book cover showing a large futuristic space ship with full cities on board, and the text "The Republic of Memory Mahmud El Sayed"

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you are in your feelings about Dolly Parton AND you love speculative fiction, you should make time for @catvalente.bsky.social's excellent "When He Calls Your Name," in the excellent @uncannymagazine.bsky.social: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...

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When He Calls Your Name - Uncanny Magazine

There’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m. came to ring my be...

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 25/08/2026

'Moss most immediately brings to mind the delicate, psychedelic folk of Vashti Bunyan or, more recently, Josephine Foster. Her voice shares a similar affinity, a slight warbling that trips along her subdued compositions.' Elanor Moss - The Knife, the Needle buff.ly/dgZh015

Elanor Moss - The Knife, the Needle album cover. Photograph of Moss' face with copper coloured hair and a red zipped up top.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 22/08/2026

james baldwin talented ruins quote send tweet

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Waldos Akimbo @waldosakimbo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Eddie blew up a whole got dang town. Or something. It's bad. It's been bad. Steve, go stop him, goddamnit. #Steddie

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 14/08/2026

it's been a minute since I had new flash fiction out—“The Age of Cancer” is up at @lightspeedmagazine.com! And if you haven't read THE TIME MACHINE by HG Wells, don't worry, the story quotes the relevant paragraph www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

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The Age of Cancer - Lightspeed Magazine

This is our struggle. We scuttle on the sand before the softly breathing salt-burdened sea with the lichen on the rocks a bright poison green and great white butterflies screaming under a red sky whil...

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Got through the horrors of physical therapy today by telling myself that if Garrodigh could do it, so can I. Highly recommend The Dragon Has Some Complaints by @wiswell.bsky.social even if you aren't going through the horrors yourself.

Book cover for The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell, with three red and yellow dragon heads and a red headed human sitting on the ground petting one of the heads

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These Exquisite Nightmares @exquisitenghtmares.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Werewolves, spider women, a plethora of Kas!Eddies, and more! Pre-order your copy of These Exquisite Nightmares now through August 31. Note: Pre-orders are for physical copies shipping to the US. Worldwide digital orders will open next month, so stay tuned. exquisitenightmares.bigcartel.com

A dark red book cover with gold details featuring dripping vines and demogorgon-like flowers. A center image is a dark, hazy forest in shades of purple. Title is "These Exquisite Nightmares"

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Due to recent reader discussions, a selection of Solaris Fantasy Books written by women that are NOT Romantasy. Not that we don't love a good romantasy too, but there are women writers in all subgenres, from dark to eco, comic to epic, indigenous dragonriders to goblin emperors, something for all!

Fantasy written by women that is NOT romantasy:

The Mirror Realm Cycle by Ariel Kaplan (THE POMEGRANATE GATE, THE REPUBLIC OF SALT and THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS)
The Hanged God trilogy by Thilde Kold Hodlt (NORTHERN WRATH, SHACKLED FATES and SLAUGHTERED GODS)
The Heartwood duology by Juliet Marillier (THE AMBER OWL and THE HIDDEN WAY)
The Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy by Karin Lowachee (THE MOUNTAIN CROWN, THE DESERT TALON, A COVENANT OF ICE)
Between Earth and Sky trilogy by Rebecca Roanhose (BLACK SUN, FEVERED STAR and MIRRORED HEAVENS)
SAINT DEATH TRILOGY by C. S. E. Cooney (SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD)
The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (THE GOBLIN EMPREROR, THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and THE ORB OF CAIRADO)
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall
CRY, VOIDBRINGER by Elaine Ho
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau
THE PERILOUS GODS trilogy by L. D. Colter (WHILE THE GODS SLEEP, WHEN THE WINDS SING and WHERE THE SHADOWS DWELL)
A THEORY OF HAUNTING by Sarah Monette
The Tuniverse by Randee Dawn (TUNE IN TOMORROW and WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM)
THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang
IF FOUND RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu

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BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

‘I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.’ ~ William S. Burroughs. This #BookWormSat wears whiskers for International Cat Day with cats, catting, cattiness and all things cattish in literature. 🐈‍⬛ Do join us.

🖼️ Bacchiacca, Portrait of a young lady holding a cat, c.1525.
The lady has red hair wrapped up in a blue scarf, she wears pearls and a yellow gown with a blue trim. She wears a green and red beaded bracelet and she holds a tabby cat in her arms. The background is a dark, olive green.

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I loved this book so much! It was a fucking delight for this perverted biology lover to read. You should read it, too.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

boy you really don’t notice how often you default to phrases like “what the hell” or “good Lord” in any time period or situation until you are writing a book where absolutely nobody would say them

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

While we’re getting ready to read YOUR amazing writing, let's get this KICKSTARTER funded! Remember, The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!!!!!

A photo of Michael Damian Thomas with text:
“And now, a few words from Uncanny's
Michael Damian Thomas!
The number one email/message query l get at Uncanny is, "When are your reopening to submissions?" NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE ME TELL YOU A DEFINITIVE HAPPY ANSWER! D Which is definitely better than, "The Kickstarter failed, so never again."
IRN'BRI
Once Uncanny Magazine reaches Fully Funded, WE WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN WE REOPEN TO SUBMISSIONS!!

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Holy smokes, Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter is 46% funded!! THE SOONER WE FUND, THE SOONER WE CAN OPEN TO STORY AND POETRY SUBMISSIONS!!! buff.ly/aHQFBkw

Uncanny Magazine Year 12 Covers by Paul Lewin, Katy Shuttleworth, and Galen Dara

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Waldos Akimbo @waldosakimbo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Boy can that Ryland talk. Simon likes to listen. #BloodyMary

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This story was such a lovely read!

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

You know what? People who don’t like kissing don’t have to watch romances. Sober realists aren’t forced to sit through SFF. Grouches can eschew comedy and squeamish people are welcome not to watch horror films. Just let things exist for their target audience.

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What a smutty delight! I've loved following along with enthusiastic young camp counselor Eddie and silver fox camp owner Steve as it posts, and was so excited to find it in its finished form in the mailbox today! Well done, @inflomora.bsky.social!

A comic book titled Camp Mirkwood with a young man and an older man on the cover, perched on top of a black cat lying down.

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This book was a goddamn delight, so weird, so enchanting, so gross, all the things I love. Amazing twist that was well executed. Great narration by Max Meyers for the audiobook, too.

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Waldos Akimbo @waldosakimbo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Did someone order a Bloody Mary? (Nobody boos, it's actually uproarious applause, thank you, thank you) #BloodyMary

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hello Saturday. #Caturday Book of Hours, Flanders c.1300. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B. 11. 22, fol.

Monk in red habit kissing a white cat, marginalia

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

what a cute lil crawler

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Saf @safk-art.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Demosteve AU: Sleep Pile This took so long 😅, Steve and the gang with 7 demopups! #StrangerThings #steveharrington #eddiemunson #billyhargrove #demopups #demogorgon

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Saf @safk-art.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I am excited to share the piece I've finished for @fablesandfreaks.bsky.social :) I'm really proud of this one 💜 This features Sea Witch Eddie (tentaEddie) and Marine Biologist Steve. Eddie leaves his mark on him to be his 😈 #steddie #mermay #eddiemunson #steveharrington #tentacles #bodyhorror

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

OOH I WAS WONDERING WHAT THEY’D WEAR

Janelle Monáe in a dress like AstroTurf entwined with circuitry

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L.M. Gauche @lmgauche.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

So perfect 😭😍😭😍 Thank you Waldo!!!

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"This was #Walpurgis Night! Walpurgis Night, when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad—when the graves were opened & the dead came forth & walked. When evil things of earth & air & water held revel." Bram Stoker "Dracula's Guest" #WyrdWednesday #bookchatweekly

Colourised woodcut illustration of a throng of demons and witches dancing and making merry together.

Source: Witches' Sabbath at the Blocksberg by Johannes Praetorius, Leipzig, 1668

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"You hear theyre using chickens as camera gimbals now?" "What?" "Chickens. Strap a camera onto their head. No shake. Chicken camera gimbals"

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

‘One need not be a Chamber—to be Haunted— One need not be a House— The Brain has Corridors—surpassing Material Place’ ~ Emily Dickinson. #BookWormSat 🖼️ The Haunted House, James Ferrier Pryde, 1866–1941.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Not that I was upset about that or cared about it at all.

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Maika (Comissions OPEN) @maikaartwork.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Please accept this bat!Eddie having some sillies with a mushroom cap hat as a token of my appreciation. He might be a bit hastily drawn, but I put all my heart into the sliver of drawing time I had today.

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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 21/04/2026

we all know I have no life, so:

WHAT IF COLUMBO COULD REGENERATE LIKE THE DOCTOR?

1st Columbo: Groucho Marx
2nd Columbo: Danny Kaye
3rd Columbo: Sid Caesar
4th Columbo: Peter Falk (obviously he's the fourth, I mean come on, both in terms of iconicism and timing)
5th Columbo: Jamie Farr
6th Columbo: Judd Hirsch
7th Columbo: Howard Hesseman
8th Columbo: Mandy Patinkin
9th Columbo: Eugene Levy
10th Columbo: Mark Ruffalo
11th Columbo: Adam Brody
12th Columbo: Jason Alexander
13th Columbo: Natasha Lyonne
14th Columbo: Mark Ruffalo again
15th Columbo: Omar Epps

NOT PICTURED: Alan Arkin ("War Columbo"), Whoopi Goldberg ("Fugitive Columbo"), Laura Linney (possible 16th Columbo), Don Adams/Warren Christopher (played first and second Columbos, respectively, in "The Five Columbos" TV special)

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Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 14/04/2026

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art of the bust of ser duncan the tall from a knight of the seven kingdoms, a man with short light hair has been severely beaten as his face is blown up and bloody. he is wearing armor and drooling blood. there is a white egg shape behind him on a green speckled background, white tect in his armor reads “get up ser”

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