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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Am delighted that Song of Spores by @bogiperson.bsky.social is one of Scientific American’s Best Fiction of 2025! Full list here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

TRANSCRIPT: Song of Spores
by Bogi Takács
Broken Eye Books
(Tags: Science Fiction, Fungal Fiction)

I love fungal horror and will give any sentient spaceship a shot, so when I read the description of this book, I was hooked right away. I loved the cranky insectoid grandma and the shy, shape-shifting trans character, but the fact that the antagonist is a clump of sentient fungal spores really set this apart for me. This is a book familiar with tropes and readers’ expectations but chooses to purposefully flip them around and see what’s underneath. Examining what, or who, counts as alive and why we need to classify everything this way is exactly the sort of mind-expanding question I want science fiction to ask. —Brianne Kane, Associate Editor/Books & Rights Manager

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Yas! Better Living Through Alchemy has won the Small Spec Book Award. Now time to take drugs and be gods in the monster-infested streets of Seattle. (Congrats, @evanjpeterson.bsky.social!)

Cover image for novel Better Living Through Alchemy. Features a strange amalgam of a man, styled as Vitruvian Man with alchemical symbols surrounding.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Happy book b-day to Song of Spores by @bogiperson.bsky.social, our latest title from BEB! Hugo Award-winner Bogi Takács spins a tale of adventure, mystery, and political intrigue in space. Plus sentient fungus! Grab your copy today: www.brokeneyebooks.com/bookstore/so...

Cover to new novel Song of Spores: fungal forms floating through a psychedelic spacescape.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Trail of Shadows, our latest book from Broken Eye Books, by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social, has a duplex cover (which simply means color printing on the interior covers as well). This one showcases a wonderful topological landscape illustration of the astral realm, from the talented Kirsty Greenwood.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Last day for the Pride StoryBundle! So go grab @bogiperson.bsky.social's Power to Yield and 13 other delightful ebooks. Enjoy some current LGBTQ+ reads while we go make more. storybundle.com/pride

The books covers for the Pride StoryBundle, available at https://storybundle.com/pride.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Latest Broken Eye Books offering! New dark-fantasy, folk-horror novel, Trail of Shadows, written by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social, uncovers the power of spirits and nightmares in Appalachia. Publishing October 7, 2025. That ridiculously great cover illustration is by @danieleserra.bsky.social.

Cover for new novel Trail of Shadows, from Broken Eye Books. Features a woman with the body of a giant spider dangling upside down.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Latest StoryBundle has @bogiperson.bsky.social's Power to Yield and a ton (specifically 13) of other delightful books. I want you to always have the book you need, when you need it. (And those are my emotional support TBR piles, tyvm.) #happypride #stayhydrated

Pride StoryBundle now available at storybundle.com/pride, contains Bogi Takács's Power to Yield and other great books.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Last day to pick up our Horror Short Reads bundle! All these titles for just $20. Only at storybundle.com/horror.

Horror Short Reads StoryBbundle. Image displays the covers for all the books included. All for just $20.

Only at https://storybundle.com/horror.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The Horror Short Reads StoryBundle is now available (through February 27). This is a terrific book bundle deal with deliciously twisted books from both Broken Eye and others. Snag your copies today. storybundle.com/horror

Montage of the covers of the books that are part of this bundle. It reads, "Horror Short Reads StoryBundle, 22 Horror Novellas for $20, StoryBundle.com/Horror."

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

As a surprise to round out Broken Eye's year, we're releasing volume two of Team Murderhobo, which collects Clinton Boomer's hilarious D&D vignettes! Book is at the printer, and the pre-order page is live. Cover by @mockman.bsky.social www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/p127/t...

Cover to Team Murderhobo: Flaming Love Icosahedron. (Words by Clinton J. Boomer and art by Jason Bradley Thompson.) Scene of iconic D&D heroes running with their loot from various monsters.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Frosty foggy morning for the fey.

Mushroom with frost on top in the grass in Seattle.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Cheesecake Experiment #3: Goat cheese cheesecake with sriracha-honey. Good flavor. (Thanks to a friend who suggested a hot honey sauce. Pairs well.) The cake's very crumbly and a bit on the dry side. Adding some sour cream to mix might improve it.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Latest kitchen experiment: roasted purple sweet potato cheesecake with cranberry sauce. This is good. This is 2:1, favoring the cheese. I also make a purple swe-po pie, so I might balance the ratio to 1:1 and see if that hybrid is awesome.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

For tonight's inspiration, the Vision of Escaflowne! Really feeling the need for more science fantasy right now.

Giant mecha robots attacking one another in this classic anime series.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Next weekend, Nov 9-10, come for all the fun at GeekGirlCon. We'll be there. Stop by, and we'll chat!

GEEKGIRLCON 2024: Nov 9-10 in Seattle, tickets available, lots of events and vendors!

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Latest 5 from Broken Eye (5/5): THE MOSQUITO FLEET (2024) by @andrewpennromine.bsky.social is a novel of fungal space horror where humanity has settled new worlds using biotics, a science combining the organic and inorganic and powering FTL drives and synthetic humans. Out Nov 12. Preorder now.

Cover of THE MOSQUITO FLEET: Surreal space-scape with spaceships in the distance.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Latest 5 from Broken Eye (4/5): BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY (2024) by Evan J. Peterson is an occult detective novel set in a weirder Seattle. Kelly Mun is a psychic investigator who must use all the esoteric methods at her disposal when a strange new drug hits the streets. Take drugs, be god!

Cover for BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY: Esoteric diagram of strange humanoid figure and various occult insignia.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Latest 5 from Broken Eye (3/5): POWER TO YIELD (2024) by @bogiperson.bsky.social collects speculative tales that explore gender identity, neurodiversity, and religion. Bold, insightful, unflinching, these are "tales of science and magic, of immigrants and exiles, of deep loss and abiding hope."*

Cover for POWER TO YIELD: Androgynous figure floating through a colorful spacescape amid descending bloody paper planes.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Latest 5 from Broken Eye (2/5): THE OBSECRATION (2023) by @mattmbartlett.bsky.social is a dark, psychedelic mosaic novel set in the underbelly of a forgotten New England as a cult attempts to resurrect their dead leader. You'll look up from reading only to realize you still have evidence to bury.

Cover for THE OBSECRATION: Two ghoulish figures have breakfast at a strange diner.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Latest 5 from Broken Eye (1/5): WHO LOST, I FOUND (2023) by @edenroyce.bsky.social is a glorious, haunting collection of magic and pain. Weaves Southern Gothic, folk horror, and more, all inspired by Gullah Geechee tradition. Finalist for 2024 Ignyte award and 2021 S. Jackson award for one story.

Cover of WHO LOST, I FOUND: Elderly Black woman comforting dead woman at her grave.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Let's see if I can make bsky a regular space for me. Meanwhile, here's a ridiculously awesome illustration from Daniele Serra for something next year. More on that another day.

Cover Illustration for TBA Title in 2025

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Better Living Through Alchemy, an occult mystery set in the strange, rainy streets of Seattle, by Evan J. Peterson. Coming this summer: www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c60/Be...

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Celebrate! This week saw the release of Bogi Takács's latest collection, Power to Yield. And marvel at the glory of galen dara's cover.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Printed zines for issue 2 just came! More psionic goodness for your D&D game from me (as Zombie Sky Press). Zines will be available for purchase after backers' copies ship. Includes new base class (the aspirant) and a bestiary of thoughtforms.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Book birthday for Eden Royce's Who Lost, I Found. Why should you care? Because this is a fantastic collection of short stories, celebrating the Black South through Southern Gothic, weird fantasy, and folk horror (including a Shirley Jackson Award finalist). www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c54/Wh...

Cover for Eden Royce's Who Lost, I Found

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Book proof day, and these look amazing! Power to Yield is now officially at the printer: a collection of speculative tales exploring gender identity, neurodivergence, and religion from author Bogi Takács, deftly blending sci-fi, fantasy, and weird fiction. www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c56/Po...

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Cover for Bogi Takács's upcoming new collection of SFF short stories (from Broken Eye). Illustration by Galen Dara. Pre-orders open: www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c56/Po...

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Literally only one available for sale, but when (if) that sells, I'll take pre-orders for a limited second print run.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Honestly, this was an ordeal, and for a while, I wasn't sure I could fulfill it. Not even considering my personal setbacks, 1) its flipbook nature proved way more troublesome than I anticipated and required multiple attempts to "figure it out" with the printer,

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

I'm crying with joy right now. The handbound flipbook My Miskatonic is finally really real! It combines the anthologies Welcome to Miskatonic University and It Came from Miskatonic University in a black-leather binding.

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Scott Gable @slgable.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Since the spooky half of the year is upon us, this is what's on deck from me: the folk horror collection Who Lost, I Found by Eden Royce and the surreal horror novel The Obsecration by Matthew Bartlett. Both horrifically delightful. You'll love them. Pre-orders shipping now: www.brokeneyebooks.com

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