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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Today is a good day to buy a book.

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

So excited to share that my first published book will be coming to shelves Fall of 2027!

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G.G. Speaks @ggreadsandwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This administration openly hates Black women and I dare anyone to challenge me. They absolutely despise us. Honestly, this country has never been safe for us, but it's even less safe now.

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Federal prosecutors ask to dismiss charges against officers in Breonna Taylor raid

Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid.

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

listen up readers, my first short story collection is coming out and look at this cover (and lol I like the spine so much I had to include it)

the cover of my short story collection (lol in this economy) BLACK ARTS. The cover art is Stacey Gillian Abe's The Sitting. It features a Black woman with blue skin (she works with the idea of indigo as a spiritual and protective force) covering her body with a teal silk sheet and she reclines on a white surface. A gold string is looped around her arm and hand.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

An anthology you DO NOT want to miss! Featuring some of the incredible authors we've been so privileged to publish over this past decade! Please share this post with fans and readers of Black SFF. Guaranteed you will help someone find their next favorite storyteller in these pages!

Forged in FIYAH anthology cover. Featuring two beings forging a magical object with a vivid starscape in the background.

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 16/03/2026

“No to war and Free Palestine.” — Javier Bardem while presenting at the #Oscars .

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Wow, so the agency turns ONE this week, how will I celebrate? * By playing some Baldur’s Gate 3 and live texting several clients my playthrough because that’s the kind of community we have. ** Also they will yell at me if I don’t.

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JenJen @diflaversham.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Ryan Coogler had a guitar and a treble clef braided in his hair tonight

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

first pass is always weird for me but I still like this page (and if you like this page, this short story collection comes out in September!!)

header: Megan Giddings (image is a full page from first pass of Black Arts)
"I thought you were only going to date white guys named Liam for the rest of your life." Lyn rolls her eyes. She's done that only twice, and each time it ended up being such a monumentally poor decision that she has a strict anti-Liam rule. Her dad had referred to her last Liam as a real Ashton Kutcher type until Liz taught him the word "himbo." But she also likes Liams, you don't have to know them because they don't want to be known. You don't have to feel bad if things go wrong. They are the type of men who barely want to be people; they are bags of memes and broccoli head haircuts and their big revelations are always a white dad who thought it would be soft to say I love you or having really taken it too far during frat recruitment.
"How can you live a full and interesting romantic life if you're not dating people different from you? We were put on this Earth to experience many people. You are too old to have only experienced white dick," Liz says. She takes a long sip from her mug. The screen is clear and despite how annoying Liz is, Lyn can't help but notice how beautiful her older sister is.
As always when Liz says a devastating truth wrapped in a joke, Lyn freezes. Liz is terrifying to disagree with, she has a brain that seems to use a vast amount of its processing power to remember every weird or problematic thing anyone has ever said. She is hilarious, too, and mostly kind. To say only white men are ever interested in Lyn would make Liz laugh so hard it would be heard around the world.

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hi Friends! We've been updating our new Smart Search hourly. Search Bluesky AND full ManuscriptWishList com #MSWL posts at manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search Want a free #MSWL trend report? Learn more (and view our most recent) here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-trend-r...

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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Friends, "To Kill A Language" was voted as the Best Flash Fiction in Apex Choice Awards 2025. I'm officially an award winning writer!

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Azalea Dunn/A.Z. Dunsworth 🇯🇲 🇳🇬 🍉 @azaleadunn.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill is back. They want to criminalize even supporting queer ppl. Pls sign & share. The dangerous anti-LGBT+ bill is back in Ghana, with stronger political support. We stopped it once. Let’s stop it again. Sign to defend equality and human rights. a.allout.org/s/P3wrb/

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Ghana: Reject The Anti-Lgbt+ Bill!

The anti-LGBT+ bill is back in Ghana, and this time, it has stronger political backing. We stopped it before, and together we can stop it again. Sign now to protect LGBT+ rights.

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It feels sometimes, like people forget how brutal evictions really are. In Minnesota, you only get a 14 day notice before a potential eviction. Your eviction follows you which makes it almost impossible to find housing again and there are very few social safety nets for being unhoused

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G.G. Speaks @ggreadsandwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Something I'm noticing: LLMs basically trained on the same stolen works of fiction, so I think "writers" who use AI to write their books will eventually start sounding alike. I already see it happening, hear it in cadence and turns of phrase that sound identical from book to book. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire month! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines & schedule: www.havenspec.com/submit/

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G.G. Speaks @ggreadsandwrites.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” she said. Ma'am, we are not in the same "race" at all. In fact, we're not in the same league.

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The New Fabio Is Claude

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

My conference paper was accepted! 🎉 Has reading or writing speculative fiction supported your mental health in any way? If it has, please please take 10 mins to tell me about it here: www.cognitoforms.com/InnerWorlds1... Thank you! ❤️ #SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic

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Inner Worlds Madness, Health and Creativity Survey | Cognito Forms

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Shelly Romero @shellyromero.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

AI could never do what an actual human writer does. AI could never do what I do as an editor and agent. And AI could absolutely never do what artists do.

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

so, if someone made 5 figures using a software program that stole my work where is my cut of their books because I helped write books

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Katherine Shaw @katheroony.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

If AI “authors” and “artists” are so proud of their use of plagiarism-bots, why do NONE of them label their work as AI-generated? They all pretend they did it themselves because they *know* audiences hate it and *know* they will be judged for it. Keep rejecting AI and support humans 💙📚

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 08/02/2026

Writing a book isn't about competition, it isn't about winning or getting rich, it's about sitting down with your fucked-up thoughts and weird ideas and putting them on paper to traumatize people who read them. AI will never get that part right.

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Rachel 💚📚 Book Blogger @racheyreads.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Stand alone fantasy novels just hit different 👌 #BookSky 💙📚🪐

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This is such a violation and it's so incredibly disrespectful of the authors. How dare one of these subscribers send FIYAH stories to Writing Atlas. These are NOT public stories. What a shitty thing to do to any author and market, let alone the only all-Black speculative short fiction market.

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Lucienne Diver @luciennediver.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I need to be so busy I can't doomscroll. I want to find amazing projects and spread joy and positive messages. So, I'm reopening to queries for a week or up to 500 submissions, whichever comes first, starting February 9th. Looking particular for unique perspectives and fresh voices.

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

So we're definitely celebrating FIYAH's cover art for Black History Month! Feast on this absolutely legendary run from @gdbee.bsky.social to set off year one 🥰 Of course you're following Geneva already, and this is your reminder to scoop up a print, her graphic novel, and more: gdbee.carrd.co

FIYAH first issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Malon Edwards, Brent Lambert, Wendi Dunlap, DaVaun Sanders, V.H. Galloway, and L. D. Lewis.

FIYAH second issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Maurice Broaddus, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Russell Nichols, Christopher Caldwell, Wole Talabi, Barbara L.W. Myers, and Eden Royce.

FIYAH third issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Danny Lore, Sydnee Thompson, Jennifer Marie Brissett and Xen. Poems from Mame Bougouma Diene, Uche Ogbuji, Rodney Wilder.

FIYAH fourth issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from C. L. Clark, Stephanie Malia Morris, Emmalia Harrington, Arnica Ross, and Melody Gordon. Poems from Resoketswe Manenzhe and Constance Collier-Mercado.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Proud to be here for another Black History Month! Show some love to the Black creators who've been a part of FIYAH for the past decade: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is live, friends! You can also bid on a critique from me in here.

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I'm auctioning off a query letter critique and a year's subscription to Agents & Books as part of the Publishing for Minnesota fundraiser. Bid here! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Publishing for Minnesota

Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

RevPit is excited to introduce our new BIPOC Editor Mentorship! ✨ This mentorship is open only to BIPOC editors and provides one-on-one guidance throughout the #RevPit annual contest. Applications open February 1. Visit reviseresub.com to learn more. #booksky #writersky #amediting #amquerying

Beige graphic with soft botanical illustrations in the corners. Centered brown text reads: “Introducing… RevPit’s BIPOC Editor Mentorship.” Smaller text at the bottom says, “See caption for details.” The overall design is minimal, warm, and elegant.

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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

She is saying it loud but this is what they mean when they say oh this is not the country I am used to

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A friendly reminder that submissions CLOSE for our upcoming issue this Saturday. Keep them coming! Share with a Black SFF writer in your circle 🖤🖤🖤 Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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Yuumei Art @yuumeiart.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

In 2012 I painted the top image: Rise In 2026 I am saddened to have to repaint this update: Fall

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Going to throw a few more out here to add to Twin Cities Bookstores: Black Garnet is a newer bookstore in St Paul that specializes in BIPOC literature and has done a lot already to build a community space and there's also Louise Erdrich's Birchbark Books in Minneapolis

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today @danadiehl.bsky.social's THE EARTH ROOM was released. It's a beautiful short story collection that I was lucky enough to blurb. If you're looking for an imaginative, lyric short story collection, you could request it from your library or buy it here: blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-ea...

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The Earth Room - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press

“Frosty and blistering, The Earth Room’s short stories feature mothers, daughters, and lovers unearthing their pasts and thawing their presents.” –Foreword Reviews “A surreal, deeply immersive dive in...

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Fan of our latest issue's cover art? So are we! FIYAH is thrilled to welcome our new Art Director, Kerine Wint! "A cover isn’t always just a cover — a magazine is never just a magazine — without a vision, a purpose, and a community." More thoughts from Kerine here: fiyahlitmag.com/2026/01/19/a...

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A Letter from our New Art Director, Kerine Wint

A spectacle can be a lot of things: a distraction, entertainment, maybe even a dog whistle to attract all the wrong people. But I’m not afraid of a spectacle. I’d even go so far as to say we need m…

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

If you don’t know what to say while living through the horrors, it’s okay. Boost the voices of your colleagues and peers that do. You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.

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Daily BTS⁷ 💜 @dailybts.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A beautiful breakdown of Arirang & ARMYrang by user zarahgeeh— Filipino librarian, folklorist, writer & ARMY. Sharing this here for those not on Threads because this love, history, and meaning deserves to be heard. 💜 (🔗: www.threads.com/@zarahgeeh/p...)

I have been sitting with this for hours now, trying to steady myself because, my goodness, BTS has done something sublime, yet again.
Because, to name the comeback album, “Arirang” is not just an album title. And for them to send ARMY a message on Apple Music, calling us ARMYrang is not just a message.
As a librarian, as a folklorist, as a writer of folk tales, and as ARMY, this moment reaches far deeper than fandom. It touches the part of me that understands how culture survives;
how stories of ordinary people make the fabric of sovereignty and nationhood.
Arirang comes from folk tradition. It is not a song you own. It is a song you carry. It is a story you offer.
It has no single author. It belongs to farmers and migrants, to those who labored and waited, to people who crossed mountains and borders with grief in their pockets and hope folded carefully into song. Arirang has always been sung at thresholds, when leaving, when returning, when words are not enough.
So when BTS name their comeback album, Arirang, this is not nostalgia.
This is not branding. This is not a trend.
This is inheritance. This is heritage. A cultural artifact brought back to consciousness.

BTS is not saying we are back. They are saying we endured. They are saying we crossed. They are saying we remember who we are and where we come from.
And then, ARMYrang.
That word undid me.
In folk traditions, the refrain of song and story exists so others can join in.
The song lives because someone answers back. To be named inside a song and story is to be acknowledged as part of its survival.
ARMYrang is not a term of endearment. By using folk literature, BTS is addressing us as kin and community.
BTS says: you are not the audience.
You are not just a market. You are not merely a number.
You are part of the refrain.
As a librarian, I know this as second skin: for culture to survive it needs to be remembered and to be lived.
Because someone must keep on singing, retelling, passing it on with care.

As a folklorist, I know what it means to step into collective authorship; to speak with humility, to carry a story without flattening it, to trust the people who receive it to hold it well.
As ARMY, I know what it has meant to wait. As a mother, I learned how to hold joy and sorrow together. Being a woman, I know how to sing quietly when shouting would break us.
And now, ARMYrang. It feels like love eternal not
because it promises forever but because it promises continuance.
Eternity, in folk culture, is not endless time. It is unbroken transmission.
A song passed hand to hand.
A name spoken with care.
A people who show up, again and again, to sing. To tell stories.
This comeback does not ask us to scream. It asks us to listen.
It does not demand attention.
It asks for reverence.
Putang ina. Paiiyakin tayo ng Bangtan. (Fuck, Bangtan will make us cry!)

Not because this is dramatic.
But because this is true.
This is what it looks like when artists return not as products, but as people. And when they call their listeners not fans, but kin.
I am still gathering my wits. Really. I think I will be for a while.
But I know this much:
To be ARMY in this moment, to be called ARMYrang, is to stand inside a very old song to be held and to belong there.
Apobangpo! Purple and true! 💜

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Bumping this up again because donations are always welcome

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Proud of my colleagues and peers in the industry for speaking up about this with @thehill.com. Keep fighting for these stories. Don’t give up. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

First Monday of 2026! Here's to a productive week of *whatever* you need to hit those goals. Words, research, marketing, rest...writers, what's cooking for the week ahead? Let's get it 🔥

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Congrats 2027 authors, your book drops next year.

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