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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

At my table this past Saturday for the Mississauga Literary Festival 2026. My first time as an exhibitor at any con/festival. Met some very cool people and made some wonderful connections. #mississaugalitfest

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'll be at the Mississauga Literary Festival this Saturday reading an excerpt from "Code Switching," part of my short story collection If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes. #mississaugalitfest2026

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 28/07/2026

This story scared me in ways I’d never been spooked before!

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Malon Edwards! @malonlouis.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story When You Stalk, I Sideslip. Congratulations Malon Edwards! Background is royal blue with white dots and decorated with scotch bonnet peppers.

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

When I was younger, for a very brief moment I wanted to be a lexicographer. But then I decided I liked reading dictionaries and encyclopedias more. I'm still falling down the rabbit hole of @korystamper.bsky.social website and she makes lexicography cool. And funny. And entertaining.

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

"Whatever you’re expecting, it’s not that. This collection is intense and vivid, both in terms of tone and content. I won’t spoil the premise, but the cyberpunk aesthetics are hella cool."

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

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a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out

ALT: a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 17/12/2024

👀 😜🧜🏽‍♀️🐙

YEAR OF THE MER
By L.D. Lewis
Imprint: Titan Books
Lambda Literary program director and FIYAH magazine cofounder L.D. Lewis's YEAR OF THE MER, to George Sandison at Titan Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Michael Nardullo at Simon & Schuster.
Translation & Film/TV: jen@azantianlitagency.com

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Part 2 of my novelette Code Switching is live on Escape Pod, hosted by Valerie Valdes & narrated by Dominick Rabrun, C.S.E. Cooney and Laurice White: Jean-Michel is given a life-saving, no strings attached offer but war breaks out between the Sovereign State of Chicago & the State of Illinois.

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Escape Pod 967: Code Switching (Part 2 of 4)

Continued from Part 1) [JEAN-MICHEL] JEAN-MICHEL FEAT. KINSLEY CHASE Lòske jounalis sa yo gade m— Hold up. Let me say that again. I’ll wait. Y’all go grab y’alls paper an’ pen.

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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

For FREE! @ellethevillain.bsky.social is an incredible writer and deserves all the eyes on her work.

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Part 1 of my novelette, Code Switching, is live on Escape Pod, hosted by Valerie Valdes and narrated by Dominick Rabrun (award winning Haitian-American multimedia artist and voice actor specializing in short fiction).

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Escape Pod 966: Code Switching (Part 1 of 4)

INTRO: ALL I’M EVER GON’ DO IS STAY BLACK AND DIE JEAN-MICHEL FEAT. KINSLEY CHASE Kinsley Chase sits on manman mwen plastic-covered couch. The InTell HumbleBrag subprogram Stanford Sutton Industries…

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Melissa @mhudson-illustration.com · 27/04/2024

Originally posted by a friend, @kitkerr.bsky.social but I thought I'd signal boost for anyone interested. :) #grant #speculativefiction #writers #writing speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/slf...

Flyer from the Speculative Literature foundation for an open call for submissions by mature writers at least fifty years of age, the deadline to enter is May 31st, 2024.
Included link for more info is:
bit.ly/olderwritersgrant

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 23/01/2024

Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.

ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com

Home, The Ignyte Awards

WELCOME TO THE IGNYTE AWARDS The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and...

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 14/10/2023

New column up, covering Malon Edwards’ IF WISHES WERE OBFUSCATION CODES, Melinda Taub’s THE SCANDALOUS CONFESSIONS OF LYDIA BENNET, WITCH, and Karen Lord’s THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Gift link below!

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P.O.V.: You’re a Jane Austen Character in an Alternate Universe

Three new books by Malon Edwards, Melinda Taub and Karen Lord.

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

As always, props to @talkwordy.bsky.social for believing in me and my writing and asking me to do the collection.

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Amal El-Mohtar's review of If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes: It’s an ambitious, inventive and energetic project...Overall, Edwards has much to reveal about voices, ventriloquism and the sly potential of terms like “code switching” — but always in sideways glimpses. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/b...

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The Ghost of Halloween Past @jxilon.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

I got the ebook on release day, but look what just showed up! My physical copy of IF WISHES WERE OBFUSCATION CODES AND OTHER STORIES by Malon Edwards. Gotta love that cover. @malonlouis.bsky.social @talkwordy.bsky.social firesidefiction.com/book/if-wish...

A copy of If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories by Malon Edwards. Showing a Black Woman with a lot of pink hair and wearing futuristic looking shades from the neck up at the top, translucent rows of zeroes that look like code in the centre and what looks like a not quite real office hallway ending in solid white door.

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malonlouis.bsky.social @malonlouis.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

I'm thankful to @talkwordy.bsky.social at Fireside who made my short story collection If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories possible. You may buy it through the Fireside link below at a number of book outlets. firesidefiction.com/.../if-wishe....

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

To celebrate #readabook day, we're very excited to reveal the cover for @premeemohamed.com's forthcoming novel...THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS! The Empires of Varkal and Med'ariz have always been at war. What would you do for peace? Out March 2024 pre-order now! geni.us/siegeburning...

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 28/08/2023

If you'd like to support Sheree, Apex is launching a Kickstarter this fall for an anthology she will be co-editing: The Map of Lost Places. It isn't live yet but you can bookmark it at the link below to be reminded. It's something she's been excited about. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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