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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The local laundromat here does the same. I picked up novel whilst waiting on Sunday morning, haven’t put it down since. 📖🤗

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 22/04/2026

The Melanin Library Reviews soft launched today 🤭 If you want honest book reviews from Black readers reading Black authors, you've found the right place 🤎 shop.melaninlibrary.com/supporters/p...

Melanin Library Reviews, Book Stats: Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens. Genre: Dark & Urban fantasy. Publisher: Ace. Page Count: 464. Release Date: April 21, 2026. Target Audience: Adult. Content warnings for assault, blood, gore, and more.

Witch Queen Rising is a bloody slow-burn rooted in the dynamics of power, the politics of peace, and the sacrifice required for both

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ArtRogueMel @artroguemel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Episode 4 Bookish Anime Lover. Premiers Tomorrow 5pm CET My guest: C.M. Lockhart @melaninlibrary.com We chat about anime, childhood memories, representation, books & writing. EP premiers on the YT channel @WhichHobbyIsIt youtu.be/8Rd_ElMh6W4 Subscribe and set your notifications to stay updated.

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

What would you do if a dragon alpha walked into your bar, calmed your chaos, and decided you were hers? 🤭 Hezi faces this exact dilemma in MAY CHAOS REIGN OVER YOU by @purviswrites.bsky.social It released today so y'all already know what to do! #BVM #Romantasy www.purviswrites.com/store/p/may-...

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May Chaos Reign Over You - Signed Hardcover - Preorder — La Purvis

Book Description: Hezi is the purveyor of wine and chaos at Wayward Sip, the safe haven she created to escape her abusive ex. As chaos incarnate, she bestows her golden apples at her discretion and i...

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Veena's Booksky @mswocreader.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Not all of these are urban fantasy but all are Black fantasy and it's a good starting point youtu.be/Mv9-Cx1hFO8

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Black Adult Fantasy Recs

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I had the chance to interview Tati Richardson @richardwriteson.bsky.social about her latest book LOSING SIGHT. It was an incredible conversation and I highly recommend giving it a listen. Available on YouTube & everywhere you get podcasts from ✌🏾 youtu.be/Ip1Z7ZqfC-k - #BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The audiobook is out y'all! Get it from Hoopla, Libby, Google Books, Kobo, or the place we're all boycotting 🤎 It's available everywhere so just get it from somewhere! And tell somebody about it while you're at it 😉 #BlackBookSky - bookshop.org/a/12392/9781...

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La Purvis @purviswrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

👀👀 #BlackBookSky

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 05/03/2025

It's my sworn duty to put Black books on your skyline, especially if it's likely you've never heard of them. So, here I am, showing you SPROUT! by E.B. Yates 🫡 #BlackSky #BlackBookSky youtube.com/shorts/VrHto...

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Jack and the Beanstalk BUT MAKE IT BLACK 👏🏾 GIRL 👏🏾 MAGIC 👏🏾 | Melanin Spotlight

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Hey #BlackBookSky Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book? Cause we made one 🤎 www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...

An illustrated drawing of three Black women with pink, green, and purple hair with a pink book. The text reads: Coming Soon! DNF Bookclub

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Grace 🏳️‍🌈 @creativestarting.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

PAUSE! HAVE YOU SEEN THE COVER REVEAL FOR SWEET HEAT?!!! #booksky #blackbooksky

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cryling.art 🌘💜 Comms Open @cryling.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

So excited to see how the illustration I worked on turned out for @melaninlibrary.com 's Magic In The Melanin! 🤎✨️ It looks beautiful! Loved working on this for @clockhartwrite.bsky.social 's story "We're Going on a God Hunt". ⚔️✨️ #booksky #blackbooksky #books

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Art card of an art piece of two women from a story within Magic in The Melanin.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Here's @raenbowpunk.bsky.social's "Must Have Monday" including "Magic in the Melanin" a Black Fantasy Anthology by the @melaninlibrary.com, as well as @stephanieburgis.bsky.social's "Wooing the Witch Queen" and others! everybookadoorway.com/must-have-mo...

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Must-Have Monday #224 - Every Book a Doorway

Witches, vampires, and slumber-party demons!

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Website Redesign 🤎 ✨ Filter books by multiple criteria ✨ See more books by the same author ✨ Recently released + added ✨ Direct buy links from authors ✨ Children's + Middle Grade have a site! 💥 Identifying indie vs trad pubbed in progress! MelaninLibrary.com | #BlackBookSky | @melaninlibrary.com

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E.B. Yates @ebyates.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

'SPROUT!' Volume 1 is featured for the 'Melanin Spotlight' on @melaninlibrary.com ! A tale of an unlikely pair with the shared goal of reaching above the clouds by traversing a colossal beanstalk! Volume 1 is out now, and Volume 2 is coming this Spring! (Link below)

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cryling.art 🌘💜 Comms Open @cryling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

*coughs* Ya'll should pre-order this book 📖🤎✨️ #booksky

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cryling.art 🌘💜 Comms Open @cryling.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Got to work on this piece for Magic in The Melanin! ❤️✨️ Make sure to pre-order the book and support all the authors involved! ❤️

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 12/12/2024

✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN ✨ is now formatted! And this gorgeous piece was done by @cryling.bsky.social ! She's beautiful and talented AND her commissions are open. So, hire her! shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...

A book page with black and white artwork of two women, one with a blunt cut bob holding a staff and the other with a big afro holding a double sided axe and wearing armor, are on the left page. The right page has the text: WE'RE GOING ON A GOD HUNT by C. M. Lockhart, Art by Karissa, Content warnings for descriptive violence. The text beneath reads: “Does it bother you?”
The question was quiet and smoky, as his voice always was, but still just loud enough to be heard. He sat with an ankle across his knee on the smooth edge of a boulder that hadn’t existed a half hour ago and let his jade eyes follow the two women walking across the silent battlefield. He hadn’t expected them to pick a fight with sentry angels the moment they arrived in heaven, but he was too fascinated by them to be surprised.

Above the page is the text: Preorder now! With a hardcover mockup of the cover for Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology

At the bottom is a coffee cup line drawing with the words: shop.melaninlibrary.com above it.

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sera ✨ @serareadthat.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

📞 #blackbooksky black owned indie bookstore, resist booksellers, launched their black friday sale online early. starting at midnight EST. everything is 20% off 👀 black indie books, black fantasy books, black romance books, candles, etc they also ship FAST, like 2-3 days ✨ resistbooksellers.com

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Resist Booksellers Home Page

Resist Bookseller's online bookstore is where readers, book clubs, and change makers find inspiration, their next great read, and community. Shop now and get rewarded!

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Casey’s Bookshelf @iamcaseyrkelley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

BLACK BOOK OF THE DAY BEFORE WE FALL x Rilzy Adams Genre: Romance Published: October 27, 2021 Length: 414 pages FULL VIDEO REVIEW ON IG AND TIKTOK #booksky #blackbooksy

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Veena's Booksky @mswocreader.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Underrated YA titles to add to your TBR #booksky #blackbooksky The Second Chance of Darius Logan amzn.to/416mHcb

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The second author of the ✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN ✨ anthology has been announced! And, fun fact, preorders are now open ✌🏾 shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag... #BlackSky #BlackBookSky #BVM

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A Black Fantasy Anthology Preorder the book to get a digital copy included! - In this anthology, ev...

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James Gettys II @jgettys7.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So honored to be included in this incredible anthology! Don't miss out on it! 👏🏾 #writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 27/11/2024

✨ AUTHOR INTRODUCTIONS ✨ Meet James Gettys @jgettys7.bsky.social, the second author of ✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN: A BLACK FANTASY ANTHOLOGY ✨ He's bringing us Black men and boys in fantasy and we ALWAYS need more of that 🤎 Preorder the anthology today! shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...

Author Introduction in the top left corner. James Gettys | Lost in Thought in top right corner above the photo of James Gettys, a Black man in a white polo with a blue collar and sleeve ends. He holds a pen pressed to his temple. To the left is his bio: James Gettys II’s oxygen is writing, especially fantasy led by all types of Black boys and full of fresh, fascinating, and fun surprises. He is determined to help fill that space and encourage imaginations with a range of books he’d wished he could have read growing up. When not being yelled at by the endless characters in his head to tell their stories, he is most likely yelling at soccer matches, some game show, or himself — in a good way, of course. The bottom of the photo reads Magic in the Melanin with the subtitle A Black Fantasy Anthology with a hardcover image of the Magic in the Melanin to the right of the title.

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doyin 🍯 @doyiiiin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

So exciting!! Make sure you preorder!! ☺️

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hey #BlackSky & #BlackBookSky y'all about reading Black fantasy anthologies 👀

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 22/11/2024

✨ AUTHOR INTRODUCTIONS ✨ Meet the authors of the anthology! We have 14 amazing Black authors in this anthology, and the first one we want you to know is Doyin Aderele @doyiiiin.bsky.social Preorder ✨ MAGIC IN THE MELANIN: A BLACK FANTASY ANTHOLOGY ✨ shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...

Author Introduction in the top left corner. Doyin Aderele | Of Celestial Flame in top right corner above the photo of Doyin Aderele, a Black woman in a blue sweater with a pearl necklace and a gold necklace with "Adedoyin" on it. To the left is her bio: Doyin Aderele is a Nigerian-American writer who creates stories about the figurative and literal magic of her Yoruba culture. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Creative Writing from Rice University and when she’s not writing, you can find her at home reading or at a concert featuring any of her favorite artists. The bottom of the photo reads Magic in the Melanin with the subtitle A Black Fantasy Anthology with a hardcover image of the Magic in the Melanin to the right of the title.

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C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea) @clockhartwrite.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm curious #BlackSky how many of y'all are actually *about* reading Black authors? 🤔 Like, the whole gambit. Buy the book. Read the book. Tell someone about the book. Cause I run @melaninlibrary.com and I want to make sure I'm talking to the right people.

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fpvs @fpvs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oh my gosh. This is also free on Amazon AU - which is RARE!

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 21/11/2024

This is me, casually dropping a Black book on your TL. It's Black. It's indie. It's free today. I've heard it's funny. And it's got a vampire, a witch, and a siren at an HBCU ✌🏾 melaninlibrary.com/books/8325 #BlackBookSky #BookSky

The cover for THE SECRET WORLD OF MAGGIE GREY, Drew Collins Book One, by Granger. Features a woman with blue-gray skin, red eyes, and white curly hair in a Black shirt with a collar.

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La Purvis @purviswrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hey #booksky! Anyone looking for sapphic stories featuring Black women? Fantasy romance stories with hints of sci-fi thrown in the mix? If so then maybe you should follow me as I go along this journey to publish my debut novel MAY CHAOS REIGN OVER YOU. Wanna know what that is? Follow to find out!

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 19/11/2024

Many people said they were interested in helping provide moderation for @blacksky.app. If you're still interested and fit the description we're looking for, consider signing up via the below form. Looking for active #Blacksky members with availability to support this. No technical skills required.

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Blacksky Volunteer Moderator Signup Form

Complete this form if you're interested in supporting @blacksky.app in volunteer content moderation. You'll review reports sent in from users and decide whether the reported content should be labeled ...

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𝒦𝑒𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 @kxiiaraa.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

To all my book girlies, this is such a good book to read ☺️ #blackbooksky

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 15/11/2024

Y'all @rudyfraser.com maintains #Blacksky mostly by himself. It costs $3000 per month, and he's adding more servers to accommodate 🐦 folk so costs are rising. Let's support him! Click the link and scroll down to make a one time donation or a recurring $7 donation. Show ♥️ to the architect!

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Blacksky - Open Collective

An AT Protocol implementation built in Rust and prioritizing the community building efforts of marginalized groups; especially prioritizing Bluesky's community of Black users after which the project i...

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Viv Jackson @vivienjackson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Cool.

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Eboni Dunbar is drafting.... @ebonidunbar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Um hey friends of the internet if you're BIPOC and/or Queer and/or of a marginalized gender and you are publishing a new book in 2025 can you tell me about your project? I'm building my reading list for the new year and half the things I'm seeing are not made by us as far as I can tell #authors

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 16/11/2024

Now I know #BlackBookSky is a thing? Prepared to be sick of me 😏

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Kwana aka K.M. Jackson @kwanawrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Allow me to introduce or reintroduce if it fits, I’m Kwana Jackson aka K.M. Jackson a hybrid author who writes stories where the Black woman always wins. Here’s hoping the view is better over here. 🤞🏾 kmjackson.com #addtoblacksky #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky #blackwriters #bvm #romancelandia

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DL White @booksbydlwhite.blacksky.app · 15/11/2024

#WipSnips "So uh…” Brandon sniffed, super casual. “Where’d you disappear to last night, playa?” I had hoped to keep my evening on the low, but I forgot men gossip more than women do. “Huh?” "You’re not deaf, motherfucker. Where was you at all night?” Booksbydlwhite.com/hey-lover

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The Melanin Library @melaninlibrary.com · 15/11/2024

Hey y'all 👋🏾 This is the Melanin Library, an online database of books written by Black authors. We've been about supporting Black authors since day one and will die on this hill, shouting at folx to read more Black authors 👏🏾 So if you vibe with that, say hi ✌🏾 MelaninLibrary.com #AddToBlackSky #BVM

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