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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 21h

If you like your epic fantasy on the Goth side, play Final Fantasy and/or Dark Souls, want queer casts, or simply enjoy unhinged women with big swords, I would highly recommend The Dark Gods Saga. (The fourth and final book releases this November!) tarasim.com/series/the-d...

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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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Donate to Support Melanin in YA's Expansion, organized by Melody Simpson

Melanin in YA , your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publishin… Melody Simpson needs your support for Support Melanin in YA's Expansion

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a lot to say about the Cornell case, but I'm largely keeping it on the inside, since I'll be honest: I find it triggering. But I have one specific ask: parents, talk to your sons. Talk to them and make sure they understand accountability. Talk to them about consent. Do it now.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again:

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This one's been a great watch so far!

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG

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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."

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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy #swordtember⚔️

Ink drawing- a woman sits in a tree with a sword on her hip. She is eating an apple from the tree. There's a face in the tree!! Woah!

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking about this exchange today

A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago:
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago:
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

(standing in front of the "not getting a lot done" factory) i hope i get a lot done today

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BN sale. You know the drill The LAST book of the Dark Gods Saga comes out in just a few months. Are you ready? 🌌 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-meridi...

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Every Nintendo Direct I wait eagerly for Ace Attorney 7. Every time I am proven a clown

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Sasha @samairu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

☀️🍁 to me, fall is Hualian’s season. #tgcf #hualian #xielian #sanlang #huacheng

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

FYI friends I got the new Covid vaccine and a flu shot last week. I have no side effects, other than a sore arm. If you ahve unsurance and can make an appt, you should. I got mine at CVS and it wasn't difficult at all.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Family strife, immigrant trauma, unstoppable waves of gentrification, and GHOSTS -- The Haunting of Santo Domingo Street is now available to request on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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The Haunting of Santo Domingo Street

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This list of Featured Guests just keeps getting better BECAUSE we've added @tarasimauthor.bsky.social! She is the critically acclaimed author of the Dark Gods Saga, the We Shall Be Monsters duology, the Scavenge the Stars duology, and the Timekeeper trilogy.

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Behold: my Worldcon schedule! Will I see you there? guide.lacon.org/people/3d62c...

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Kirsty Isla Thomas @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As a kickstarter supporter from last year, I already got the magazine in my inbox and OMG - “A Hundred Ways the Story Ends” by Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social is one of the best stories I’ve read this year!!!

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I am so so so honored to have a story in Uncanny Magazine!! "A Hundred Ways the Story Ends" will be available in ebook on 7/7 and up on the website on 8/4! 💫

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A reader told me that the Dark Gods Saga is like if Schitt's Creek was a dark epic fantasy. Honestly yeah

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

☀️ IT'S DAWN THRONE DAY! Book 3 of the Dark Gods Saga is now available wherever books are sold! ☀️ www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tara-...

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A recap of THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM/Book 2 of the Dark Gods Saga is now up on my site for those who need it before diving into book 3! There's a recap for book 1 as well! tarasim.com/recap/the-mi...

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The Midnight Kingdom Recap – Tara Sim

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Excited to announce a preorder campaign for THE DAWN THRONE! Submit a receipt or library request and receive a print of Taesia and Julian, as well as gold foil House crest stickers! ☀️ Form: tinyurl.com/2wc4e662 ☀️ Open until June 1, 2026, US only

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

had a dream that I invented, and attempted to market, "the thinking man's tiramisu," and as a consequence was assassinated

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🌌 COVER REVEAL! 🌌 The fourth and final installment of the Dark Gods Saga, THE MERIDIAN FORGE, drops November 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social , only 5 months after THE DAWN THRONE! Cover design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

A dark purple cover for THE MERIDIAN FORGE, featuring a chalice, cosmic designs, and a geometric pattern like a stepwell

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Engaging in the age-old ritual for fantasy writers: meticulously researching ships/boats

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis. www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...

ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. According to The Atlantic, they receive 47 days of training — in honor of Trump, the 47th president, naturally. Many of them, also, can barely read or write, apparently. The ones I spent the weekend following around didn’t even have proper uniforms, with some wearing sneakers. In Minnesota. In January. These dipshits are also wearing camo in the snow. They clearly do not have any training when it comes to their own weapons either. Multiple times over the last few days, I watched officers fire pepper spray balls at the feet of protestors barely a few inches away from them. These weapons are basically paintball guns full of concentrated pepper spray. So when they hit a target, they explode into the air. Which meant ICE agents regularly ended up poisoning themselves with their own weapons. I also watched two agents ask each other if a canister they were about to fire at the crowd was tear gas or a stun grenade. (It ended up being a stun grenade that then ignited the tear gas they had already shot at us, which started a fire in the street that a protestor had to help them put out.)

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

House Lastrider when Taesia goes rogue

a screenshot of a tweet by frogs4girls that says "the circus does not condone the actions being taken by its monkeys"

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Telling myself to play the game I just bought instead of replaying Stardew Valley again

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR (B&N preorder sale) ☀️ Grab THE DAWN THRONE now: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dawn-t...

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I am SO stoked that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won not only GOTY, but so many other awards it absolutely deserved! Love this game so, so much

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a man with a beard is holding a gun in front of a building

ALT: a man with a beard is holding a gun in front of a building

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Look I’m just gonna say it: it’s difficult for me to believe that this level of disrespect is not tied to this series being about gay people. I’m the first one to talk about how much privilege white ppl have in this space, but I can’t imagine this level of casual for a het book becoming a smash hit

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

HOW DO YOU ASSESS WHAT A SPOILER IS, AMAZON An LLM, and I cannot emphasize this enough, cannot discern what a "SPOILER" is

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Wake Up Dead Man was DELIGHTFUL

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The thought of writing an adult Indian epic fantasy calling to me like the Green Goblin mask

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