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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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We have a new unboxing video with Verne! Today is the release of Mothball Magic by Rena Rocford, so if you want to see The Golden Girls meets Harry Dresden, get your copy today! #queerbooks #lgbtsciencefiction #lgbtqbooks #sapphic #lesbian

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 20/03/2026

Here she is!! The cover is absolutely spectacular and we can't wait for you all to meet Avis in all her snarky, Sherlockian, emotionally stunted glory. Read a bit more about her on our newsletter here: mkhardywrites.beehiiv.com/p/boat-book-...

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Boat book cover reveal & more!

That's not the real title...

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today is cover reveal day for THE BONE BRIDES, and I am vibrating like a star in the sky! Not in my wildest imaginings did I ever think I would have a cover this beautiful. THE BONE BRIDES comes out Sept 29th---with exquisite spredges exclusive to the first edition! Pre-order links in bio!

Blue graphic with glowing yellow text that reads, “COVER REVEAL!” and credits art to Marcela Bolívar and design to Caitlyn Boyd. The cover revealed is that of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward. One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage. The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit. Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines. Very moody and atmospheric. The graphic also shows that the book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.

Blue graphic (with the book’s cover watermarked beneath) that reads, “About the Book” followed by the tagline, “Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm,” and the synopsis: “Nola James can handle it. She can handle that her father is dead. She can handle that her friends, bored with her grief, left her behind. Nola James has to handle it because Lumi―the love of her life and a faery changeling―is in danger. Not only is Lumi's human mother trying to kill her, but she’s being hunted by veiled monsters that want to return her to the fae. Hiding out in an abandoned cabin with only a skeleton-rabbit for company is hard, but Nola can handle it. And she does.

Until Lumi is abducted.

In order to save her, Nola must enter the faery realm: a boggy world in which eyeless horses parade as brides, ghost-bees produce transformative honey, and skeletons dance in skin-colored cloaks. Aided by a witch-girl with uncertain motives, Nola uncovers the realm’s terrifying power over changelings. Unless Nola can outplay an abyssal faery queen and find the courage to let the world see her own pain, Lumi will be trapped―not only in faeryland but in a skin that’s not her own.” Finally, the graphic lists the book’s publication date as September 29t, 2026.

Trope map graphic for THE BONE BRIDES that includes, “queer girls in love”; “are skeleton rabbits cute?”; “portal fantasy”; “mental illness rep”; “don’t look up”; and “haunted figs.” It also includes the book’s publication date of September 29, 2026.

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Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My words are being used to steal. My words are being used to kill people. My words have been stolen by all the AI machines, and those machines are being used to cause real, measurable harm to this world. And people just carry on like this thing didn't use my words to kill people. My words.

Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Here's what hurts right now. Yes, Anthropic--who stole my books--has pushed back from being the last line of targeting for the US war machine, it doesn't change the fact that Claude gave them bad intelligence and it was used to kill girls. My words were fed into that machine.

Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 22/02/2026

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Really looking forward to chatting all things Shipwright and Shroudweaver with @dunfermlinereads.bsky.social this Thursday 26th at 7:30pm on Instagram live. Come say hello!

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I am no longer represented by Seth Fishman. My MS needs another round of edits before I query, but if you love your agent (or if you're an agent who thinks I'm neat!), gimme a poke :) I write weird, queer, highly political ghost stories about families breaking and rebuilding through war and grief.

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Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

You know how it starts to feel real when the infrastructure around a thing starts to exist? www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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Mothball Magic: A queer urban fantasy

She's going to save the world even if she breaks a hip …

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Why don't they say anything? Well, because when it happens to YOU, if you say something, that's frequently the ballgame. You get driven out of your community; you get to see what the people you thought loved you look like with the masks off. And way, way too many of them are monsters.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

i am a middle aged white mom with a minivan. i live in a brick ranch and vote democrat in every election. i am the electoral equivalent of a free space in bingo. I PROMISE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AT MY KITCHEN TABLE

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 19/01/2026

Aberdonians! Come and see us on Saturday the 31st! For putting up with our nonsense you'll also get to hear Raine's interesting and erudite thoughts, AND she's bringing origami.

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She's a tiefling (dnd shorthand for demon blooded) so she has horns and a tail with blue and purple skin.

MC is trying to rescue her friend's family from a demiplane (the Hells, but not where people go when they die), and while there learns there is a much bigger, potential world ending plot afoot, and everything she knows about her life is a lie. To win, she'll need to accept who she is. A classic.

It's fantasy with a bit of romance (very slow burn)

What happens in early February (other than national Bill Murray Appreciation day)?

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Literally the minute I post this, my copyedits arrive. Welp, hold that thought WIP, I'll be back soon!

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I've started the year strong by putting in some words, and it's starting to feel like I might just be able to make this book happen. It's still early days, but we'll see. #amwriting #WIP

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I think that anyone reading this should just about get the idea of who I am and where I stand on things. I hope this clarifies any issues people might have about me and my politics, and what sort of content one might find in my books. Now back to #amwriting

10. All Utility companies should be publicly owned. No more taxes to pay for the power grid AND paying for the electricity on it while the company makes a profit for share holders. 13/?

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Additionally, and this is just a personal thought, we should have better mental health care for LE, EMS, and all first responders. It's not an easy job, and the expectations are high, but I feel many people in this field could benefit from support. 12/?

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9. Police and policing bodies MUST have body cameras, no masks, badges with numbers, and are subject to the law. If they shoot someone, that should be automatic removal from duty until an investigation has cleared them of any wrong doing, and they've passed a psych exam. No Exceptions. 11/?

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8. Corporations should not own homes. Period. Companies should not be able to own houses because they can't live in one. If it can't go to jail, it can't own a house. Apartment complexes are more complicated, but I think we should have stricter laws around rent control, etc. 10/?

7. Minimum Wage should be enough to rent a modest place (without roommates), and cover your groceries and basics (yes, cell phones are basics). 9/?

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6. Water is for PEOPLE, not machines. I don't know why we are throwing ourselves into a future where machines will be making choices and using the resources we need to stay alive, but AI is not worth the horrible consumption of electricity and water. 8/?

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5. ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE. Clinging to the electoral college means my vote is less important than a voter in the Dakotas. Which is an asinine system. It's also a relic of slavery, and we should be working diligently to scrub out all remnants of slavery from our legal systems. 7/?

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4. No one should have more money than the universe has been around in the measure of years. No one. The universe is 14 billion years old, and that's more than enough money for any person to have. After that, you don't get to have anymore dollars, all your dollars must go to charity or taxes. 6/?

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3. Everyone should be able to eat. "but what about criminals?" Yes, criminals should eat, especially while we're going around criminalizing stupid things like recreational drug use, but not criminalizing detrimental wealth hoarding, or corporate policies that kill people. 5/?

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2. Health care should cost a reasonable amount--I actually believe it should be free, but I'm willing to allow for the idea that we might need to put some of our labor towards it, but that those who cannot put their labor towards their healthcare should be able to have it as well. 4/?

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So with that, here are my beliefs, and none of this is up for debate. 1. Children should get to eat. "but who's going to pay for it?" All of us, you chucklefucks! What do you think our combined wealth is meant to do? And yes, I do mean the children of murderers, and the children of rich people. 3/?

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I feel so much pressure to have an opinion on the current events, that I haven't said much at all about anything, as if I have to weigh in on the current discourse before I can talk about anything else. Obviously, that's not true. #authorlife #author 2/?

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As we fall deeper into this 1930s cosplay, I feel pressure from so many corners to use every venue to have an opinion and make statements. People often come to my books thinking my writing is neutral and not political. Dear Readers, this is not the case. #amwriting #books #author 1/?

Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

My book Mothball Magic releases this May with Space Wizard! It's Golden Girls x Dresdin Files. Here's an interview and my cover! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Cover for Mothball Magic. Four older people shown in an urban setting with a cat. Reflected below, the same four people are reflected with their magical powers, and the cat is a dragon.

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Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I've finished deactivating my old twitter account, so if you see me there, you did not, in fact, see me there.

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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Remember when you buy cool stuff this weekend, don't give your money to big box stores! Support local and #indie owned businesses. Your money goes right back to hardworking people, rather than corporations. Here's a list of book crowdfunding campaigns, all real people, no AI! www.the-book-bazaar.com

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The Book Bazaar - A Group Crowdfunding Project for Authors

Indie authors, small publishers, and book enthusiasts take notice! The Book Bazaar is running until December 3rd, 2025!

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Most of the books published on Space Wizard are queer, so if you wanna support some marginalised creators, this is your chance. They're also providing discounted editing services as part of his campaign, with payment plans. #booksky #queersky #writingcommunity

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Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!

We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Space Wizard Year 4 Part 2 is live! Go check it out and get your 7 new #queer, independent books! We're also part of @the-book-bazaar.com , and there are some amazing stories coming to you. You'll get more free stuff the more campaigns you back! #lgbtqbooks #smallpress #IndieBooks #IndieAuthor

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

One year ago, this little book hit the shelves in the UK. It didn't have much in the way of fanfare, no one will nominate it for awards, but despite everything, it's sold so much better than I expected and has made some solid fans, which, at the end of the day, is what matters.

Cover of fated winds and promising seas, and it says happy publication anniversary

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Felipe Gaona @felipegaonar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

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Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally

A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...

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J.S. Fields @galactoglucoman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Oooooh friends. It’s that time of year again. Cut Amazon out of the equation! My publisher is doing the Year 4 Backerkit RIGHT NOW and THE DRAGONSCALE COMB is part of it. Help support small press AND get more dragons, feral pegasi, and princess kissing www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!

We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

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Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

He's right behind me, isn't he?

Selfie with a cat behind the woman taking the picture