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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 16h

You do NOT want the flu. It is not just a cold, it is way, WAY worse. Get vaxxed.

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 13h

Please don’t use AI to do your ballot research. It will make shit up.

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I wrote up some more details about my evil novella ENEMIES TO WORSE on ze blog! msscarlet.substack.com/p/wicked-gla... #booksky

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WICKED GLAD TIDINGS

an evil novella is coming your way

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

May I suggest you start your spooky season off right #booksky

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Official announcement for ENEMIES TO WORSE, coming to you as a villaintine February 9th 2027, a novella in audiobook and ebook, set in the LONG LIVE EVIL world but also stands alone for those who might enjoy ‘Romeo and Juliet if Romeo fell for Tybalt’ fantasy ice raiders. #booksky

Announcement of novella sale ‘enemies to worse’ by Sarah Rees Brennan

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The news as announced by @bookbrunch.bsky.social - a novella in the Time of Iron universe is coming your way in early spring. Doomed love, fan favourites, stands alone or works as another portal into the epic portal fantasy… please await ENEMIES TO WORSE… l1nq.com/cjjuku1 #booksky

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #fanartfriday pls look at my evil babies #booksky! Stunning, tender and sad drawing of an imperial daydream by lyyzis_art - I absolutely love the rendering of Rae’s smile with beauty mark rising and Key’s focused attention!

villain with his head in villainess’s lap as age reads

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

then despair 😌 ‘definitely read this book and enjoy the ride, then despair’

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Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The “Belong to Someone” reach lives rent-free in my brain. They keep reaching for each other! And missing!

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Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Team David forever! Especially with how deliciously tortured ALB portrays him. And I think of Marius Valerius perhaps too often :)

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From your lips to the doors of the sky

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Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Do it!!! Barnes & Noble and the Palace Theater are both places where it is more than welcome to go full vampire glam

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE ARE CLOSING AT THE END OF TODAY! buff.ly/xM2cQce

Space Unicorn and text "Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7"

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions open on the 1st of October, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC! The max word count per story will be 5,000 words. There will be a 1,000 story cap. Once we reach that number of submissions, the window will close. Link to more information ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24/08/2026

What if we...

a button design: button is yellow and black for aposematic purposes, and reads 'if you use a.i. don't talk to me, i will bite your face clean off your skull.' in the middle is a bitey-looking beetle with a little skull making a sad face above its mandibles.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We used to actually think less of people for plagiarism.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Oh hey, just to be 100% clear in the wake of recent industry news: I have never used AI in my writing or in my cover/character art, and I never will. Gen AI was built on stolen work (including 47 works of mine!) and every single use damages our environment. I find it morally repugnant in every way.

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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Daily affirmation for writers: No matter how rough what I just wrote was, it's better than anything the AI plagiarism machine could ever spit out 💜✨

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My most loved meta reference I think… you have suffered star warriors! #booksky #isekai

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

ALEX, I'M HOWLING 🤣😭

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

this is a knight’s tale energy and I like to see it

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ooh poesy

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This cover is going to be controversial so I wish to be clear I was the one who asked my publishers for the controversial element… as usual I’m the problem it’s me… 🫠💙 #booksky

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Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

These are Meriadoc and Samwise. They are fluffy cat hobbits who don’t like being woken from their naps.

Two cats, one a tarby and one black cat, cuddle on a bed

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David Dault @daultradio.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I have determined that my only hope is to keep writing.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

what urban fantasy did I wake up in this time

Photo of a sign tacked to a telephone pole saying WE BUY SOULS with a phone number and a company name (Rabi_Towing Inc)

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

People forget - wilfully, it seems - that authors have bills too and maybe like 3% of authors are actually making full-time, liveable income from their books. Don’t pirate books. Don’t steal from authors. We like to eat, too.

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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Reminder: Don't let your cats free roam outside. If you must let them out, get a catio or keep them on a harness. And make sure they wear a flea collar out there! "But they like free roaming!" Do they like getting attacked by dogs and hit by cars? No. No, they don't. Don't let your cats free roam.

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Editors! On sub! When a modern-day attorney discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand w/a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo,she faces monsters,vengeful gods,& most terrifyingly,her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child. #queerpit #fr #a

A drawn picture of a blond man in a blue button down and yellow shorts sitting next to and looking at a brunette woman with her eyes closed, face turned to the sky. They are sitting on a dock with trees behind them and the water over their feet. At the top are the words “On sub now.” At the bottom is the title A Greek God Got Me Pregnant by C.T. Wood

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

FOR EDITORS scrolling #queerpit A Greek God Got Me Pregnant is on sub! Think if Percy Jackson was a paranormal romcom for adults! #demisexual FMC #bisexual MMC, Apollo #nonbinary sibling, Dionysus #onsub #romance #paranormal #fantasy #romantasy #romcom #adult #f #fr #r

The words an editors guide to a Greek god got me pregnant, paranormal romcom by CT Wood on a yellow background with the sun.

A yellow background with the sun. The heading the pitch. And then the following pitch: when a modern day attorney discovers she’s pregnant after a very out of character one night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo she must face monsters, vengeful gods, and most terrifyingly her feelings for Apollo to protect herself and her unborn child.

On a yellow background with the sun, the heading the comps. The fun and high jinx of above the cover cover of the ex hex by Erin Stirling. The width and warmth of above the cover of a witches guide to magical and keeping by sangu mandana. The hee hee ha ha oh shoot, trauma of the nightmare before Kissmas by Raasch. And off to the side, the word or an adult Percy Jackson, and the cover of Percy Jackson and the lightning thief.

On a yellow background with the sun, the head the opening and the following opening paragraphs: I didn’t run from the ballroom. I walked quickly my heels clicked against the hard floor. laughter and chatter from the gala danced across the hotel, chasing me as I escaped the festivities. My hands twisted into loose fists, my thumbnail desperately scratching my pointer finger until I put enough distance between me and the social cacophony to breathe. I settled into the sun that shined through the hotel lobbies wall of windows. The warmth eased my tense muscles, and I turned into the sun for a peaceful moment and the chaos. I’d similarly agreed to join.

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It’s not Friday but it’s the last day of Pride month, so I wanted to share this art of the weirdo table in my IN OTHER LANDS, Elliot (grumpiest bisexual who ever portaled to fantasyland), elf maid Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle & golden warrior half-harpy Luke. It’s gorgeous & joyful. #booksky

elf maid kisses harpy on cheek, elf maid dip kisses annoying bisexual, golden harpy warrior shut-up kisses annoying bisexual

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

‘I asked ChatGPT’ Well, I asked Gandalf and he told me you should be silent keep your forked tongue behind your teeth because he did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Sliding in with a very late #fanartfriday for Pride! Thank you so much @ackrvi.bsky.social I love how dynamic and detailed it is! Obviously it is for Pride because the Cobra is bi, I don’t listen to those rumours about Lord Marius…. #booksky

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

you’ve been hit by a smooth criminal (somehow)

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My family has learned their lesson. They no longer ask questions 😅 #writing #author #mythology #greekgods #writingcommunity #writersky #booksky #writesky

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

An Editor’s Guide to A Greek God Got Me Pregnant Would you read it? 👀 #books #mythology #paranormal #romcom #romance #onsub #agentedauthor #writersky #booksky #writesky

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15/06/2026

most degenerate king! But, lords, we hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm

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J Gray @jgraygaming.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ten years ago, a killer entered the Pulse in Florida and massacred 49 people, wounded 58 others, in a horrific hate crime. Remember. Please.

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City OUT NOW @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Submissions are OPEN for EXQUISITE UNDEAD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF VAMPIRES 🦇 Send me your vampire stories!! 📝 Max 7000 words 📝 Short stories, flash fiction, & poetry accepted 📝 Any genre as long as it fits the theme ⏳ Deadline Sept. 1 More details & guidelines: exquisite-undead.carrd.co

Call for submissions for Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of Vampires.
Multi-genre vampire anthology, accepting short fiction & poetry. Deadline September 1.

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