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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 06/10/2026

THE BEAUTY!!!! Sooo many incredible stories in here!

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Jade Stewart ❄️ @ja-stewart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Gaze upon the awesome!

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Android Press @press-android.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cover reveal for THE COOKOUT! Pre-order now! Stories by Margaux Carroll, Malon Edwards, Ariel Rose Evans, IkeChukwu Henry, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Nailah King, Brent Lambert, Multimind, Tatiana Obey, Eden Royce, DaVaun Sanders, Jade Stewart, K.S. Walker, Verdell Walker, Maiya Williams, and more!

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🧚🏾‍♂️ COVER REVEAL!!!! 🧞 We are thrilled that the delicious cover for THE COOKOUT was announced by @locusmag.bsky.social! Cover Art by @ziziian.bsky.social and cover design by @babblewocky.bsky.social. Preorder your copy today from @press-android.bsky.social: www.android-press.com/product-page...

Book cover on a starry night sky depicting and elf with a fairy on its shoulder and a purple alien grilling mystery meat. Text reads: THE COOKOUT: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora.

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Android Press @press-android.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Keep an eye out here and over at @locusmag.bsky.social's socials cause they're hosting our cover reveal for THE COOKOUT: SPECULATIVE FICTION FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA @tco-anthology.bsky.social, and that cover reveal is going down today!

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fortuitous timing, here in Black Speculative Fiction Month, to let you all know about our upcoming COVER REVEAL! More details to follow about the beautiful artwork commissioned to envelop our delicious stories... Stay tuned, and keep an eye on updates at our website! thecookoutanthology.com

A dark wooden tabletop covered in flour, eggs, wooden spoons, acorns, and other baking ingredients, with a brown paper wrapped book torn to reveal half of a fairy face, and the words "@ days until the cookout's cover reveal!"

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are celebrating BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION all month long!!! What’s on your TBR for October? 🪐🧞🧛🏿‍♂️

A piles of speculative fiction books by Black authors, including “Rabbit, Fox, Tar,” “Forged in FIYAH,” and “A Necessary Chaos.”

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You don't want to miss out on the awesome! Preorder your copy of They Swallowed the Sun and support Black authors and editors today!

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kickoff Black Speculative Fiction month by supporting another amazing anthology (featuring a story from co-editor @babblewocky.bsky.social)!!!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In addition to her published short pieces, Tonya continued expanding her body of work as an editor, guest-editing FIYAH issue No. 30. She's also a co-editor for the highly anticipated @tco-anthology.bsky.social and poetry editor with our friends @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social 🌻

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Emmalia is part of the team bringing us The Cookout Anthology (@tco-anthology.bsky.social) from @press-android.bsky.social which crushed its funding goal and is guaranteed to be a banger...!

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Auntie wanted to burn carbs.

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Me and 17 other FIYAH alumni will appear in @davaun.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH anthology later this month. I'll be posting a mini review of each of my fellow authors before the September 29th publication date.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 18/08/2026

IT’S HERE! I am so thrilled be part of this terrifying and terrific bunch of stories! Get your copy now from NWAN2.com 🐻🩸🌑

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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/08/2026

The Cookout @tco-anthology.bsky.social is an anthology of SFF short stories Black authors, centering the traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food! thecookoutanthology.com (Editors: me, @babblewocky.bsky.social, @emmaliawrites.bsky.social, and @pcverrone.com)

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The Cookout Anthology – Guess who's coming to dinner

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 31/07/2026

THE BLOND is coming!!! ⏱️ I’m SO excited to share that @catapultbooks.bsky.social will be publishing my second novel! If you love Cloud Atlas, messy queers of the past, and books that feel like you’re exploring an archive, then you’re in for a treat…

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report superimposed over the back of the head of a blond man. Text reads: Author of Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlisted RABBIT, FOX, TAR, P.C. Verrone's THE BLOND, a genre-bending historical thriller following queer communities from the 18th century and into the 22nd as they reckon with and attempt to fight the ravages of a mysterious supernatural being called The Blond, to Elizabeth Pankova at Catapult, by Alyssa Jennette at Stonesong.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

MEET OUR AUTHOR! It’s official: Shingai Njeri Kagunda is bringing a sweet and savory story to THE COOKOUT! Meet our latest anchor author. @shingai-be-like.bsky.social

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Multimind!

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story Ready or Not. Congratulations Multimind! Background is royal blue with white dots and decorated with scotch bonnet peppers.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 29/07/2026

ABQ! I’ll be at @booksonthebosque.bsky.social this Saturday, August 1 to chat with Naima about all things RABBIT, FOX, TAR! Come through & take home a signed copy! More info here: www.booksonthebosque.com/event-detail...

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Tatiana Obey! @obeytheauthor.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story The Dungeon Crawlin' Cuzzins. Congratulations Tatiana Obey! Background is reddish brown and decorated with black eyed peas.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Robin Claire (Margaux Carroll)!

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… K. S. Walker! @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story After the Last. Congratulations K. S. Walker.
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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Malon Edwards! @malonlouis.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story When You Stalk, I Sideslip. Congratulations Malon Edwards! Background is royal blue with white dots and decorated with scotch bonnet peppers.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Maiya Williams!

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story Grandma’s Grove. Congratulations Maiya Williams! Background is reddish brown and decorated with black eyed peas.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Nailah King! @nailahkingwrites.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story The Dead Yard. Congratulations Nailah King! Background is yellow and decorated with cross sections of okra

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Jade Stewart! @ja-stewart.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story Space Gumbo. Congratulations Jade Stewart! Background is green with slices of bell pepper, onion, and celery.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… IkeChukwu Henry!

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story The Jollof Rice is Wrong. Congratulations IkeChukwu Henry! Background is royal blue with white dots and decorated with scotch bonnet peppers.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora… Verdell Walker! @vwalkerwrites.bsky.social

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story You’re Invited. Congratulations Verdell Walker! Background is reddish brown and decorated with black eyed peas.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora…

The Cookout Anthology is pleased to include the short story A Taste of Home. Congratulations Ariel Rose Evans! Background is yellow and decorated with cross sections of okra

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Author Announcements... Stay tuned for the Table of Contents of The Cookout Anthology!

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵

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Strange Horizons - BackerKit

Back projects you want to see in the world.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's my great pleasure to announce the authors and their works selected for "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2." Thank you to all the writers, editors, and publishers who sent in work for consideration. The print edition is now up for pre-order. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

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Alison Littlewood
Audrey Zhou
Brian Evenson
C.T. Muchemwa
Erin Brown
John Langan
Jon Lasser
Kay Chronister
Louis Inglis Hall
Lynda E. Rucker
Mary Kuryla
Nathan Ballingrud
Rebecca Campbell
Samantha Mills
Shaun Cammack
Spencer Nitkey
Steve Toase
TJ Price
Tomás Downey
Tomás Downey
Woody Dismukes
Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch
Mother’s Mother’s Daughter
The Subject
The Inheritance
The Night Market
Snakebit, Or Why I (Continue to) Love Horror
The Other River
The Shadow of His Vibrance
Malo Malo Malo Malo
Nixie
The Wig
Secret Night
A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days
Graceless Creatures
In the Dream, He is Skinless and Beautiful
Pollen
hear of the rot
Diving Board
Sisters
The Peculiarities of Hunger
Remains #3
Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora
THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE #46
FIYAH #33
The SKULL & LAUREL #4
LOST IN THE DARK AND OTHER EXCURSIONS
LIGHTSPEED #179
FEVER DREAMS
THE DARK #118
TERROR TALES OF CHAOS
COSMIC HORROR MONTHLY #57
NIGHT & DAY
THE OTHER SHORE
UNCANNY #63
LADY CHURCHILL’S ROSEBUD WRISTLET #50
WEIRD HORROR #10
Occult Tales of Britain and Northern Ireland
We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
Diving Board: STORIES
DIVING BOARD: STORIES
khōréō Vol. 5, Issue 2

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Congrats to all of my ToC sibs in the “Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol 2”!!!!!

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Congratulations to @amalelmohtar.com and @edenroyce.bsky.social! 🎉 The River Has Roots and Psychopomp & Circumstance are finalists for the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella! 🤩

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

For Pride, you can preorder my & @cypayseur.bsky.social's favorite queer speculative stories of 2025! There have been many discussions lately about how queer publishing in the US is being squeezed from all directions. Pls support this ONGOING series & make sure it *remains* ongoing 💕 It matters!

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We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025 edited by Bogi Takács & Charles Payseur (Pre-Order) — neon hemlock

We’re Here 2025 is edited by Bogi Takács & series editor Charles Payseur of Quick Sip Reviews . An 8” x 5” book. ~275 pages. To be published Fall 2026. We’re Here 2025 includes the f...

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride!

A grinning Klingon holding two big rainbow flags with a rainbow above his head, and a banner beneath his boots that says “Glory to you… and to your Identity!”

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The Cookout Anthology was thrilled to join the Just Keep Writing Podcast crew and tell them about our charmed journey so far as writers and co-editors, as well as some hints about some possible future plans... Come hear about what we at @tco-anthology.bsky.social have in store for you! 🍲

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Episode 194 - Invitation to The Cook Out: Chat with the Editors of a Black Anthology | Just Keep Writing

This week, the crew chats with Erin Brown, Tonya R. Moore, and Emmalia Harrington about editing a Black Anthology called: The Cook Out. Links mentioned during the show: Tonya R. Moore Emmalia Harringt...

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 30/05/2026

Weee! “A Nameless Thing” will be appearing in this year’s We’re Here!!! 🧚🏽‍♀️💥✨💥🧚🏾‍♂️ Huge thanks to @cypayseur.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social & @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

AAAAAAH! So happy my maddening vamp story "The Night Market," originally published in Skull and Laurel Magazine, made it into this collection! I have loved this project since jump, this was definitely a bucket-list get.

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Check out our editors talking about the upcoming anthology!!

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