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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 02/10/2026

That "heart-shaped coronal hole" sure does look more like a DEMONIC FACE!

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 02/10/2026

"Nigella has the last Beef Garland from Iceland in her freezer since 2013"

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 02/10/2026

can we hate them all?

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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is me. And honestly I don't know who I'm more annoyed at - the folks who accepted such grossly unfair eligibility restrictions, the UK govt for never bothering to defend such a high revenue sector, or, you know, the absolute soulless ghouls who stole our work in the first place.

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Honestly, my contempt here is for whoever thinks they can out debate Braverman and Phillips. That's like thinking you can win a chess match against the entity from The Blob (1958). You might be smarter and have a better grasp of the game, but the Blob doesn't care and you'll still get absorbed.

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 01/10/2026

I am always so charmed when people trading for zines and comics at shows are like downplaying their stuff with “I have no idea if you’ll even want this but it’s (proceeds to list specific things you love or are very interested in)” and I get to be like YES THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT LET‘S GOOOO

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Libreture - your personal ebook & comic storage @libreture.com · 02/10/2026

Added @costakout.bsky.social's shop to my list of DRM-free Bookshops. Just in time for you to buy his short story collection, Such Early Fangs.

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The Ultimate List of DRM-free Bookshops

A regularly updated list of online shops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, magazines, and RPGs. Helping hundreds of readers a month discover over 400 DRM-free bookshops.

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James Clayton @jamesclayton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I had no idea the third one took such a turn.

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SOON. Coming soon... this Fantasycon. 💖💖💖

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 02/10/2026

In totally shocking and surprising news.... 🙃 Publishing is making even more money! Writers, on the other hand.... www.thebookseller.com/comment/publ...

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Publishing just doesn't add up for authors

The book trade is economically thriving — but its creative engine is not.

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mogadooooooom @mogadontrenchcoat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

good morning #horrorsky hooligans! it's friday once more, but i'm gonna be busy writing most of the day. challenged myself to get this draft finished, and background trash might help. #nowwatching the car (1976) with jimmy b and ronny c. what evil drives... the car!

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 02/10/2026

Another favourite DVD! Tightly written and paced, great characters, and a fun film all round.

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VOID VOID VOID @burnyourbones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this is already the coterie of wankers who gave the world the concept of "suicidal empathy" it's not accidental that they're solipsismmaxxing intentionally like a cognitohazard biohack

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VOID VOID VOID @burnyourbones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

keep thinking about "personalised" books/art made by AI and remembering James Baldwin's quote "you think your pain and heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read" these AI bros are deliberately doing a psyop on themselves to cauterise their capacity for empathy

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Pocket !! 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯 @pawkit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GORGEOUS

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been published multiple times by Apex, so of course I'm eager to see them continue, but, honestly? I WANT TO SEE THE STRETCH GOALS HERE, particularly the STRANGE OCEANS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF DARK SEAFARING. So, fund away! (Apex is also offering a pretty cool T-shirt as one of the backer rewards.)

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 01/10/2026

You know we love mechs at Scarlet Ferret (eg. Origin Complex by @flight-elements.bsky.social), so have a look at this beauty!

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Firthermor @firthermor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Looks like a ewe tree.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Early autumn yielded a particularly good windfall at the Sheep Tree this year.

Dozens of sheep gather at the foot of a wise old tree in Herefordshire, waiting for it to tell them stories.

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 01/10/2026

I think it tends to look something like this Goat Tree, but these goats are obviously not ripe yet...

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Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And no fucking generative AI!!!

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Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The art style of my new game is looking soooooo good! Absolutely loving putting this together. There really are not enough hours in the day for me to work in. I can’t show anything yet - but here’s a glimpse of what to expect.

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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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Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This article is long and distressing, but it's also important. It's about the atrocity the United States carried out in February, the bombing of the Iranian school in Minab. I use the word "atrocity" deliberately. It's the correct word. www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-scho...

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Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave

The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.

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Jennifer de Guzman Strikes Again @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why did Paleolithic people sit down and carve lovely little birds out of stone? Or paint animals on cave walls? Or make flutes out of bird bones?

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Melody Simpson @melodysimpson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Apologies if you're seeing this for the millionth time but please help support the work of this very necessary database in a time when Black literature is starting to become overlooked in the way that it was pre2020. We can't let that happen. Please support. Thanks! www.gofundme.com/f/support-me...

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes and it's when the true customer became the investor.

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Susan Murray @pulpthorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First two ebooks available direct from publisher: angryrobotbooks.com/books/the-wa... angryrobotbooks.com/books/waterb... Or from Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/series... As ever, reluctant to tempt fate but aiming to bring out the third book under my own steam this winter.

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Susan Murray @pulpthorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's Book Quote Wednesday and the #BookQW word is 'treat'. In Waterborne Exile the freemerchant Marten's plans - years in the making - are unravelling.

Extract from Waterborne Exile by Susan Murray:

“Marten, the sight raises more questions than it ever answers. I’ve seen you as a great man. You had everything in place before Tresilian betrayed us all. And you can again. You will. But you must stay true to your people.”

“What, the people who made me a laughing-stock today?”

“They are still your people. You risked everything for them once.”

“Never again.” Marten stood up slowly, his eyes on Alwenna. “I’ll see you set back on your throne as queen of all the Peninsular Kingdoms before I’ll treat with them.” He pushed away from the table and the wine in the bottle was stirred by his movement, ripples spreading across the dark surface. Alwenna’s attention was drawn into the darkness beneath the perturbed surface and she could no more resist her sight than she could convince Marten of what he must do.

She dived down and down, deeper into darkness, moving through the liquid as if it were nothing more than a breeze. Her hair trailed loose behind her, free and unfettered and her heart pumped blood through her veins with a wicked glee. It was so good to be alive, so good. And revenge would be even better. Ahead of her lay a small cairn. As she drew closer she could see it was composed not of rocks as she had assumed, but of bones. Reposing on the very top of the cairn lay the jewelled dagger.

#BookQW – treat

Cover of Waterborne Exile by Susan Murray. A woman in a blood-spattered white gown moves past the viewer, holding a bowl of blood in both hands. A bloodstained dagger is tucked in her belt. Cover art by Paul Young.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Has there ever been a Doctor Who story about people substituting human capabilities with machine replacements that lack any genuine human feeling or emotion? If they did, remind me, was it good or bad?

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is going to be a cover reveal for this NEXT WEEK. It's going to be exciting!

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026

Carly responded to a Bluesky post two years ago when I was in a panic and needed someone to do some really basic photoshop. Instead she came up with illustrations that shaped how the publication looked. Do send her more work if you need actual talented human illustration.

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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Next week he will scatter coins to the peasant children as his coach travels through the town.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You might enjoy the first edition of Conversational Design, which is a free download while I figure out how to address all the current fuckery in the 2nd ed. It's about designing things for humans, and why not to shove every interaction through a literal chat. www.mulebooks.com/conversation...

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Conversational Design — MULE BOOKS

The interaction design book that explains why chatbots tend to suck

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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah so I was just on The One Show! Got to visit a brilliant school in Barrow and talk about the amazing LICAF-led Comic Town initiative there, and how great comics are for getting kids reading (and writing and drawing!). It’s on iPlayer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

My face, on the telly! Photo (and pointing) courtesy of Joe List.

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