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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 59m

It was an absolute honor to be among these outstanding nominees, and I’m thrilled for @amalelmohtar.com and her deeply beautiful, moving, and magical THE RIVER HAS ROOTS!! 💜

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1h

Our next category, Outstanding Novel: Young Adult highlights novel-length (40k+ words) works intended for the young adult audience Congratulations to THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury YA) #2026IgnyteAwards

2026 Ignyte Award Winner for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult: They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1h

As ever, we begin with the #2026IgnyteAwards winner in Outstanding Novel - Adult for novel-length (40k words+) works intended for an adult audience Congratulations to THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER (Saga Press/Titan Books) by Stephen Graham Jones!

2026 Ignyte Award Winner: Outstanding Novel - Adult - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter x Stephen Graham Jones

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 4h

Thought you could all use a pick me up, so here’s the doofiest golden retriever in the neighborhood named Franklin, and he hasn’t had a single thought since he was born 💜

The happiest golden retriever named Franklin

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 4h

Thought you could all use a pick me up, so here’s the doofiest golden retriever in the neighborhood named Franklin, and he hasn’t had a single thought since he was born 💜

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past. . . Welp, we're still beating on. Huh, when F. Scott Fitzgerald said ceaselessly, he really meant it. Day 117, we're running out of food. Year 4, just saw a plesiosaur, holy shit, we really HAVE been borne into the past 🦕

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 22h

I was thinking about an old story of mine, Bear Language. It came out in Fireside in 2017, chosen by guest editor @djolder.bsky.social & @galendara.bsky.social's art is haunting. A story I feel, looking back, where my everything about my work had leveled up. firesidefiction.com/bear-language

the cover art for bear language by me, art by Galen Dara

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's good news that NY Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Leticia James special prosecutor in this case, and here remember that Hochul became governor because Governor Andrew Cuomo was forced to resign in disgrace because of his serial sexual harassment...

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hello, I'm open to work! I'm a USA Today bestselling author of 30+ books, with a show in development at a major animation studio. I've worked with name-brand IP and have experience in books, advertising and TV development. And I have a cute dog! www.stephaniecampisi.com

The Little Coffee Shop of Terrors, Four Weddings and a Funeral Director, 10 Things I hate About Zombies, Sparkle Pigs, The Unfinished Business, Warrior Fairies, Lego Pet Rescuers, Luis and Tabitha, Two's a Charm, Cruel Summerween

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/

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The Job by Elizabeth Bear

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Camp Miasma Recreation Director @thepalinode.com · 02/10/2026

In whitest milk In thickest bisque No dairy shall escape my whisk Let those who opt for oat milk’s cost Beware my roux Cream Lantern’s sauce

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter has hit 24% of our initial funding goal! What a great first day! I'm heading to bed, but thank you all for the support! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 01/10/2026

Real fuckin minefield for sexual assault survivors lately huh.

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Emmie Christie @emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So happy to be included in Issue 5! My short fantasy story "How to Understand Each Other" has deer cats, heartwashing, a mountain goddess, and one woman's determination to save her sick sister. www.adventitious.net/product/adve...

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Adventitious — Issue Five (October 2026) - Adventitious.

The fifth issue of Adventitious. Digital edition including PDF and EPUB formats.

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Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have this joke with my son, when an artist is truly amazing I send him a pic and just say: I hate them so much. anyway, Pepe Larraz:

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Lætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024

now that it's october im legally allowed to post this

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Shane Ross aka Mr. Snippy-snip 🎞⚔🎞 @comebackshane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss talks about how men need to hold other men accountable for rape and sexual assault.

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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026

As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are now OPEN to submissions of speculative fiction + poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from October 1-7. If that's you, send us your work! This issue's theme is exploration. We'll be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from October 8-21!

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So excited to see PEOPLE launching the cover of my new novel The Amnesiac today! people.com/jami-attenbe...

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 01/10/2026

As promised, the cover reveal for my ridiculous vampire novel, FANGS NOT INCLUDED, coming 25 May 2027!!! 🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️ (Illustration by Kushiaania; cover design by Julia Tyler and Alison Klapthor.) www.harpercollins.com/products/fan...

A blue background with the text "Fangs Out 05/25/2027" and a cover with four vampiric girls on it. The main one, a rakshasi, is holding a camera and filming. The title says, "Fangs Not Included."

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*whispers* stunt on these hos

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New story day, and it's a short one! “Ivan Ivanovich” is about spacecraft dummies & the illusion of safety & an adriftness that makes you feel far from your own self. Based on a real Soviet test flight mannequin from the '60s. In @othersidespec.bsky.social! 🧑🏼‍🚀 othersidespec.com/pieces/ivan-ivanovich

The cover of Otherside, issue 3. In shades of orange to yellow against a black background, a figure looks toward a grand stone structure with columns, a staircase, and two giant statues. There are leaning trees and what looks like wind or smoke. The issue is dated September 2026 and the contributors' names are listed in white at the bottom.

A screengrab of the Otherside page hosting my short story, "Ivan Ivanovich." Otherside's illustrative purple banner is at the top, followed by the story's word count (1500 words) and the first three paragraphs of text.

A photograph of the Ivan Ivanovich display at the National Air and Space Museum, sourced from Wikipedia. The mannequin is in the foreground wearing a helmet and orange flight suit.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 30/09/2026

*raises voice very slightly* TODAY SEEMS LIKE A GOOD DAY FOR PEOPLE TO READ THIS BLOG POST, FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social’s THE UNHAUNTING is a favorite book of the year & belongs in your TBR for many reasons. First among them? The absolute confidence with which Johnson uses horror, history, race, and mental health to forge something new, sharp, and bright. An honor to talk with her!

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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

hi hello I have been reminded of Sarah Rees Brennan's In Other Lands, which I am about to start rereading, which makes today the perfect day to tell YOU to also read In Other Lands. I shall now enumerate the reasons that In Other Lands is a perfect human book.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"In more hopeful times, speculative fiction brings forth a dystopia to show that it can be survived, if not defeated" @mcflycahill90.bsky.social interviews @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social about social horror, the "ooze" theory of writing, and her new novel The Unhaunting!

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"Two Sides of a Scratched Coin" — A Conversation With Micaiah Johnson - Reactor

On writing complex character relationsips, and moving from speculative fiction to horror

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

God, when you talk like you’re trying to outsmart your SNL counterpart, I think you’ve hit a terrible new low.

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had a bee fly into my car while I was a four-way red light and hover around my face and steering wheel, and boy, you really can tell you’re in a cartoon sometimes, can’t you?

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to Forged in FIYAH, edited by @davaun.bsky.social, a landmark celebration of everything Black speculative fiction has to offer! Available in hardcover and paperback.

A paperback copy and a hardcover copy of Forged in FIYAH edited by DaVaun Sanders resting on a starry background.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coming atcha with a list of all the young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books that released September 29, 2026. (affiliate links) Starting with...

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really really love a great short story collection and THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON by Ken Liu is a truly luminous addition to my library. Liu's third collection soars with heart, with bold speculation, with keen understanding. Rooted in the present moment, always looking toward the future. Glorious!

A hardcover of THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON AND OTHER STORIES by Ken Liu in golden dawn light on a crowded mantel.

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AHAHAHAHAHA FUCK YES, look at this!!!

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026

My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sent out a newsletter because I'm going to be GoH at Capclave this weekend (along with the amazing @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social) AND teaching a horror-writing class at Queens Collaborative in a week and a half. That, a progress pic of my next zine, & many links here: buttondown.com/ninocipri/ar...

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Where to find me this fall

Capclave! Horror 101 classes! Links!

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Timothy C Goodwin @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This. Is. *Excellent.* such great work to read and reread by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social!

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By 40, you should have a shirt you can’t bear to throw out, an animal you over-identify with, a bad 90s movie that makes you weep due to unresolved issues with a parent, an apotropaic charm to ward off The Curse, inexplicable memory lapses, blood on your hands, so much blood, & shoes w/ arch support

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