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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 03/10/2026

Author copies of my book have arrived!! I finally got to hold it in my hands! 🎉💖

Physical copies of THE HERESY OF THIEVES!! Stacked up on a wooden shelf

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 28/09/2026

And if you play #FFXIV we will be celebrating in game on Mateus!

A poster for The Heresy of Thieves launch party on Mateus at Mist Ward 14 Plot 45 The Jeweled Cypress, Tuesday Oct. 6 from 6pm - 7pm PT. Featuring in-game cocktails! A live reading! A Q&A with the author! And prizes!

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 23/09/2026

I had the BEST TIME reading stories, hearing stories, and drinking delicious cocktails at Brooklyn Books & Booze last night! Check out all of these awesome books & authors asap

Five authors standing outside Barrow's Intense Ginger beneath the warm glow of a neon sign and café lights

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 12/09/2026

You're telling me the technology that doesn't know how many Rs are in strawberry and which assures me my book is doing great on a made up review site called 'NetGardey' is advanced enough to end humanity? Somehow, I don't believe it.

Screenshot of Google's dumbass AI summary at the top of a search results page: "Reception: Early arcs on NetGardey have earned a 4.8 out of 5 stars on average on Goodreads, with reviewers calling it an instant favorite and a debut not to be missed."

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 11/09/2026

Today is the last day to take advantage of Barnes & Noble's 25% off pre-orders sale! Get your hardcover copy of THE HERESY OF THIEVES on discount before it even hits the shelves! Then go fill out my form and claim your preorder swag! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-heresy...

Barnes & Noble pre-order sale sticker, with the cover for THE HERESY OF THIEVES. Use code PREORDER 25 for 25% off!

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 10/09/2026

AND every pre-order gets stickers, a signed bookplate, an art print, and an annotated (by me! not some rando!) chapter of the book! Fill out this form to get your swag & you'll be entered in a drawing for all kinds of cozy stuff docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 26/08/2026

Trader Joe's has a granola butter now, that is VERY similar in taste/texture to their cookie butter except it is gluten free!! It also happens to be delicious! 🍽️

A promo shot of Trader Joe's granola butter featuring a jar of the good stuff plus some of it on a spoon, with a texture and color almost identical to peanut butter, and little crunchy bits of granola scattered all over a wooden table for artistic effect

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 25/08/2026

My first novel comes out in exactly SIX WEEKS from Dark Matter Ink, and right now over on Goodreads you can enter to win a signed hardback copy! 💙📚🌈🪐 #booksky #indieauthors www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 18/08/2026

today is the day I learned about the arachnid with bunny ears, the bunny eared harvestman and no, I will not ever be the same

OK so this looks like a little yellow harvestman (daddy long legs) except FOR REAL it's got a black round head with BUNNY EARS ON IT for a body. It has two yellow false eyes and its real eyes, shiny and black, sit further down on the 'body.' It's adorable and creepy at the same time and I need to know why the fuck it evolved to have a bunny on it.

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 11/08/2026

Golden Hare by Jackrabbit Brewing in Sacramento is hands down the best beer I've ever had in my life

Two ruby-hued glasses of ale flanking a 12 ounce beer bottle of GOLDEN HARE barrel aged imperial stout, featuring a rabbit in a jaunty top hat on the label

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 09/08/2026

In Salem, Oregon, townsfolk showed up with a real guillotine to a city hearing about a potential datacenter, the AI execs ran for their lives & I'd like to see this trend continue

A hero driving a guillotine around on a bike trailer in front of Salem public library

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 08/08/2026

I saw a list going around online of underrepresented fantasy creatures in SFF these days. Manticores were on the list so for the record: YES this is a manticore on my cover & yes she's a big part of the book! YES her wings are sword blades 🗡️🗡️🗡️

The cover for THE HERESY OF THIEVES by Mia Moss featuring a manticore baring her fangs in front of a crowd of armed people. She's got white antlers, a scorpion tail, and huge pink sword wings

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 31/07/2026

Got a new whiteboard this week and I love it! So much space for brainstorming 🕷️🕷️🕷️

A whiteboard on a dark blue wall with notes for a prequel short story "500 feral fancy spiders" scrawled in black ink, alongside the name CARRADO and "just say no to hot strangers!" (he never will)

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 26/07/2026

#2026debuts authors: Women & Weapons edition! 5 debut adult fantasy novels featuring women entering their vengeance era from @jlombardi.bsky.social, @smhallow.bsky.social, @florencechien.com, @monatewari.com, and yours truly. Swipe through to see our many faces of vengeance ⚔️

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 22/07/2026

They're cold, alone, and terrified. This year, won't you give a small press debut a warm space on your shelf? Or if you can, adopt 2 or more, as small press debut books are social creatures and do better in a multi-book home. #booksky 📚💙 #indiebooks

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 18/07/2026

Pictured: my black dragon pepper plant, which I grew from seeds saved from our previous garden in Oakland in 2020 🥰🌱

Black dragon pepper plant with soft fuzzy sage green leaves and black and red peppers growing straight up

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 18/07/2026

IDK we might have grown enough peppers this year

guajillo, habanero, spicy mama, yellow jalepeno, and very red black dragon peppers (clockwise from top left)

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 16/07/2026

Got some excellent book mail today 🥂

A copy of cooking with astrology by sydney omarr and mike rou. The 60s illustration on the cover features a round table piled with food and delicacies atop a tablecloth made of an astrology map

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 07/07/2026

READERS! If you're looking for: 🌈 LGBTQ+ characters/world ⚔️ Battles, sword fights, occasional skirmishes 🍺 Questionable choices 🫂 Found family 🧚 Mythical creatures 🏰 Political intrigues 🕸️ Giant spiders Check out THE HERESY OF THIEVES! Available for pre-order: darkmattermagazine.shop/products/the...

The cover for THE HERESY OF THIEVES by Mia V. Moss featuring an enormous manticore with the fanged face of a woman, white antlers, the gold body of a dragon, a scorpion's tail, and huge pink and gold sword wings. She defiantly faces down an army of shadowy figures, at the base of a mountain leading to a citadel-like city. The caption reads: MAGIC FALLS October 6

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 06/07/2026

Marrow's preferred looks are all black

ustier dress in black hand-poured liquid silicone with hand-cut fringes layered over sheer tulle embroidered with a dusting of black sequins and padded hips. Brass earrings adorned with yellow baroque pearls. Bubble pumps in black nappa featuring an integrated latex sock and mirror leather soles.

Sheer dress scattered with black rhinestone-embroidered circles. Hand-shaped and embroidered S-shaped crin tentacles emerge from the silhouette, recalling swirling brushstrokes. Black satin sandals with a curved heel, a rhinestone charm and mirror leather soles.

Sculptural jacket in glossy black latex encrusted with hand-shaped inflatable spikes inspired by swirling brushstrokes. Matching extra-low-rise leggings leaving the midriff exposed. Bubble pumps embroidered with inflatable hand-sculpted spikes, featuring an integrated latex sock, and a sole in chrome-finished leather.

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 06/07/2026

Schiaparelli's F/W 26/27 collection is themed around THE ABYSS. Picture these as deep-dive mermaid suits and the vibe is straight out of my Electric Blue Moon lookbook 💙 Adding all of these beauties to my inspo board schiaparelli.com/en/pages/hau...

The “Walking Coral” dress features a form-fitting bustier made of coral-colored jersey, covered in coral-colored lacquered silicone and adorned with nude crin tentacles and miniature bouquets, all handcrafted and embroidered to form a cloud-like design on the back of the dress. The dress required more than 7,000 meters of crin and 9850 hours of work. Nude leather sandals with a curved heel, a rhinestone charm and matching leather soles.

Sculptural multi-colored jacket embroidered with fish scales, hand-painted ribbons and flowers and finished with a sculptural bow. The jacket required more than 11,288 flowers and 2,779 hours of work. It is worn with a bias-cut skirt in sheer pale lavender silicone and matching embroidered panties. Brass earrings adorned with pistachio baroque pearls. Nude satin sandals with a curved heel, a rhinestone charm and mirror leather soles.

Glowing dress featuring a molded bustier in white glazed porcelain-effect silicone, with a racer back and lacing details, and mirrored fringes embroidered with a white-to-mirror sfumato gradient. The fringed skirt is illuminated from within. Silver brass earrings, one depicting a seashell suspending a baroque pearl, the other inspired by a marine fossil with a central baroque pearl. Mirror leather sandals with a curved heel, a rhinestone charm and matching leather soles.

Open sharp-shouldered tailored jacket in nude lacquered silicone. Low-rise bias-cut pants entirely embroidered with sea sponges dipped in wax and encrusted with diamonds, baroque pearls and gold in shades of corals. Earrings in gold brass shaped like sponges and adorned with rhinestones and baroque pearls. Bijou belt in gold brass composed of metallic sea sponges adorned with rhinestones and baroque pearls. Nude satin sandals with a curved heel, a rhinestone bijou and mirror leather soles.

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 28/06/2026

It's almost the end of June, #BookSky, and you know what that means... Time for some debut books featuring GAY WRATH

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 27/06/2026

Widow's Bay has altered my brain forever lol

Mayor Mamdani in NYC jumping gleefully into the pool to kick off NYC's summer swim season

Mayor Loftis of Widow's Bay, waving to the tourist crowds as he splashes into the bay to kick off swim season for the town

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 25/06/2026

It's cover reveal time for THE HERESY OF THIEVES!! 💙🪐📚

The glorious cover art for The Heresy of Thieves by Katerina Belikova featuring a badass fucking manticore with PINK SWORD WINGS

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 17/06/2026

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it)

Gadget (tricolor aussiedoodle) upside-down and grinning

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 15/06/2026

Authors, cut down on the AI spam marketing in your inbox with this one easy trick

Screenshot from my website that reads:
For inquiries & correspondence, please write to:

Mia V. Moss
1388 Haight St. #412
San Francisco, CA 94117

You can also follow me on Bluesky

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 20/05/2026

There is nothing so enchanting as a slice of burnt honey medovik

A tall multi-layered cake made of honey cream and honey cake alternating layers, dusted on all sides and the top with cake crumbs, with a big chunk taken out of it to show off all those thin delicate layers of delight

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 20/05/2026

'Vengeance in Our Hearts, Death in Our Hands, what's THAT?' I hear you asking. Why, that's an hour of queer fantasy as myself, @jlombardi.bsky.social, and @smhallow.bsky.social read from our debut novels! Join us for a spot of necromancy, magic weapons & thiefly mishaps! 💙📚

A purple poster for Vengeance in Our Hearts, Death in Our Hands an online readings panel, featuring S.M. Hallow reading from THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, Justine Lombardi reading from NO MAN'S DAUGHTER, and Mia V. Moss reading from THE HERESY OF THIEVES. Wiscon, online zoom room 5, Saturday May 23 4:00pm - 5:15pm CST

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 20/05/2026

💙📚 Hope to see lots of you at @wiscon.bsky.social this weekend #booksky! Here's my schedule:

A colorful graphic that displays Mia Moss' WisCon schedule. Wiscon runs from May 21-25 entirely online at wiscon.net and costs just $25 to join! Mia's schedule is as follows:

Spiritual Diversity in Speculative Fiction
Online Zoom Room 1, Friday 2:30 PM–3:45 PM CST

Gender Diversity in D&D
Online Zoom Room 4, Saturday 10:30 AM–11:45 AM CST

Vengeance in Our Hearts, Death in Our Hands
Online Zoom Room 5, Saturday 4:00 PM–5:15 PM CST

Worldbuilding Through Food and Fashion
Online Zoom Room 1, Saturday 8:30 PM–9:45 PM CST

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 17/05/2026

Made biscuits and gravy for brunch Been so long that I couldn't find my good biscuit cutter so I did them square-style with my dough knife

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 16/05/2026

Post a meme made by you I made this when my players asked me how much spell components cost at their ivy league rich kids Strixhaven University student store

Lucille from Arrested Development saying "I mean, it's one spell component Michael. What could it cost? 10 dollars?"

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 30/04/2026

Drove out into the Mojave, tuned in to Radio Wasteland, and wrote a newsletter stardustnews.magicrobotcarnival.com/stardust-dis...

The author with curly pink hair, a goatlike nose, purple glitter horns, in front of a news van that says SPACE GOATS GALACTIC NEWS NETWORK

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 08/04/2026

Happy book day to @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app! It's even more beautiful in person 😍

The gorgeous hardback cover for LD Lewis' Year of the Mer

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 31/03/2026

I don't think I've ever heard a driver say "do you know what I wish they'd stop putting in cars? An instrument panel right in front of me. They should move it far to the right, over by the passenger." AND YET.