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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Making a thread for my #readsofawe books! Finished this last night, 4⭐️

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Starts tomorrow at sunset!

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

"So Familiar a Gleam," my sapphic contemporary Sleeping Beauty retelling, is out now! It's about how much modern dating sucks and the ways we hold ourselves back from capital-R Romance. Also hot butch girls with swords. You'll love it. waterdragonpublishing.com/product/drag...

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Dragon Gems (Summer 2024 Edition)

All brand-new tales to get you through the long summer days and nights

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Just under three weeks to go! What are you guys planning to read?

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Want a starter pack of writers whose fantastic fiction and poetry has been published by Kaleidotrope? Well then, my friend, today is your lucky day! go.bsky.app/5CJe9db

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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Zoe Kaplan (@thez.bsky.social) author of “The End of Rain” in The Future Fire #70, joins us for today’s micro-interview about her story, mountains, and other friends. press.futurefire.net/2024/08/micr...

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News & Press from The Future Fire

News and Press from The Future Fire

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

It's that time again! Announcing the #readsofawe Readathon 2024! FAQ When is it? Sunset 10/2 to sunset 10/12, from the beginning of Rosh HaShanah to the end of Yom Kippur, also called the Days of Awe (hence the name)

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 21/07/2024

Omg???? I’m so stunned and grateful for this review!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 21/07/2024

"The Witch Who Lives Next Door" by @thez.bsky.social is "a lovely read" that "explores the ways that witches are powerful but also how they try and use that power for justice..." kaleidotrope.net/archives-2/s...

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“The Witch Who Lives Next Door” by Zoe Kaplan

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

I’m still rooting for Elouise Bridgerton to be gay, but if she isn’t, and Francesca is, that’s actually the funniest thing ever. Like, she finds out there’s people out there whose romantic lives don’t involve men *and she isn’t one of them*?? She’d spiral so bad

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

Let @thez.bsky.social introduce you to “The Witch Who Lives Next Door.” kaleidotrope.net/spring-2024/...

Father says the Witch who lives next door is frightening, and a little bit beautiful. Mother says the Witch who lives next door is beautiful, and a little bit frightening.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

More terrific story recommendations—including @thez.bsky.social’s “The Witch Who Lives Next Door” in the Spring Kaleidotrope!

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

When I say I’m floored to be on this list, I mean I literally fell on the floor when I saw it

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

The Spring issue of Kaleidotrope features so many fantastic new stories and poems, I need a whole thread just to list the authors! www.kaleidotrope.net

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

NEW STORY "Father says the Witch who lives next door is frightening, and a little bit beautiful. Mother says the Witch who lives next door is beautiful, and a little bit frightening." kaleidotrope.net/spring-2024/...

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“The Witch Who Lives Next Door” by Zoe Kaplan

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

My story "Pink Marble" is being reprinted with Stupendous Stories showcase this Tuesday! Watch this space for the link ;)

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

At long last, my top 10 books of 2023! See my new blog post for honorable mentions and stats: zoekaplanwrites.com/2023-in-books/

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Everything I read in 2024. That's 175 books!

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Kai Delmas @kaidelmas.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Who wants to read the newest weird short story published in The Cosmic Background? "Traveling Salesman" by @thez.bsky.social. "Traveling Salesmen hardly ever eat humans." www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/zoe-...

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Zoe Kaplan -- Traveling Salesman

Traveling Salesmen hardly ever eat humans. People say I’m crazy for feeding them, but I’ve never been able to let a living thing go hungry. I have birdfeeders on my porch and a saltlick in the ba...

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

NEW STORY ALERT ‼️ Traveling Salesman, out now from @thecosmicbgr , is a flash price about change—and teeth 💼🦌🐦‍⬛ www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/zoe-...

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Now that’s what I call business

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Sarah Waites @illustratedpage.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Thanks to @thez.bsky.social for organizing Reads of Awe! I am late posting my bingo card but here it is. I read We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker and The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis, plus two picture books and the buddy read, The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero!

A bingo board for the Reads of Awe Readathon.

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Hugo, Girl! the podcast @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Today's the last day to vote in the Hugo Awards! hugo.chengduworldcon.com/hugo-awards/...

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Come to our #readsofawe Buddy Read discussion with @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social TOMORROW at 7 est over on instagram!

Buddy read: The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero. Discussion WITH THE AUTHOR September 27 at 7pm est

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

#readsofawe 2023 is over and I got a blackout! I read 16 books, met some incredible people, and had so much fun! Thank you to everyone who read, posted, came to a live, or liked any of my posts. Wrap up:

A stack of all the books mentioned in the caption. Unholy Land, Maus, and The Terraformers are represented by books with the spine turned away from the camera, to show that they were not read physically.

#Reads of Awe 2023 bingo board with hand-drawn orange stars of david over each box. First row: Out of your comfort zone, themes of forgiveness, fall setting, picture book, 2023 release. Second row: published before 2000, poetry, frum prep, nonfiction, blue cover. Third tow: Themes of renewal, MG/Children's, free space, non-holocaust historical, Jews of color. Fourth row: short story, comic/graphic novel, translation, YA, romance. Fifth row: Adult, disability/neurodivergence rep, contemporary, LGBT rep, sci fi/fantasy

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

#readsofawe photo challenge: Ritual The Chateau is coming in my Tallis bag to Kol Nidre services, and will keep me company through Yom Kippur! Have a meaningful holiday everyone 💕

The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis, a dark blue book with hot pink text, peeking out of a brightly colored embroidered tallis bag. Two pink kippot are also coming out of the bag, and some tzit tzit are visible in the background.

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Last year I read We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker for #readsofawe , and this year I read Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea. I own Song for a New Day, too--hopefully it doesn't take me ANOTHER year to pick it up, because Sarah Pinsker doesn't miss.

The book Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into The Sea by Sarah Pinsker, which has a blue watercolor cover with a large orange spiral on it, on top of a rough brown fabric and an orange knit fabric on top of it.

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

#readsofawe photo challenge: first fruits I've eaten tons of lychee flavored foods before, but never the fruit itself. It's so sweet! And what better to pair it with than The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen, an equally sweet middle grade book about cross-cultural connections, and also dragons!

A photo of The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen, which has a blue and red cover with a boy and a dragon on it, standing on a table surrounded by lychees. Two of the lychees have been cut open, and you can see the white flesh of the fruit inside.

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

#readsofawe photo challenge: Fall Vibes The Thick and the Lean is the newest release by one of my favorite authors! In a world where sexuality is normalized but eating for pleasure is taboo, one girl finds herself deeply hungry. Which is relatable, tbh.

A photo of The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter, an orange book with a woman covered in fruit, in front of two wooden baskets of red and orange flowers

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

#readsofawe photo challenge: blue and gold! I read Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon earlier in the week and it absolutely kicked my ass! What an incredible book.

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, a blue book with gold text and illustrations of fungi and a hand reaching up, against a glittery gold background

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Jenny Rae Rappaport @jennyrae.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

It was so good!!

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

#readsofawe photo challenge: Apples and Honey The Hotel Neversink is a Catskills Gothic about several generations of a Jewish family and their relationship to the hotel they run, their secrets, and one another.

A photo of The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price lying open on a white background, with three red and yellow apples and five beehive-shaped lollipops surrounding it

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

www.instagram.com/bibliogato/l... we're reading now!!!

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

#readsofawe Photo Challenge: Tradition and the Future From one of the oldest ways to read, to one of the newest! I've just begun Terraformers, but it slaps so far.

The image of a phone over a background of columns of Torah. On the phone screen is the Audible app playing The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

If you’re looking for a #readsofawe short story, why not read one of mine? A Jewish girl, a cute robot, a dystopian future—what’s not to like? Free to read, link below: hyphenpunk.com/fiction/veri...

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Verity

This woman’s movements were fluid and certain, and if they hadn’t been so freakishly fast, Tikva wouldn’t have guessed she wasn’t human.

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

I've been saving this one for #readsofawe ! It's an anthology of Jewish alternate history stories, featuring some really big authors. I'm so excited to read it!

A book held in front of a background of white fabric flowers. The book is Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People, edited by Andrea D. Lobel and Mark Shainblum. Part of an arm is visible holding the book up.

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Dahlia Adler 📚 @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com · 10/08/2023

Doing #ReadsOfAwe? I have stuff that qualifies! GOING BICOASTAL is 2023, YA, LGBT, romance, & contemp COOL FOR THE SUMMER is YA, LGBT, romance, & contemp My stories in THAT WAY MADNESS LIES, THE RADICAL ELEMENT, and IT'S A WHOLE SPIEL are short stories and the latter two are "frum rep"

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

#readsofawe Photo challenge: Your TBR Happy Erev Rosh, y'all! This is an ambitious reading plan, but I think I can get it done. I'm so excited about all these books! Not pictured: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz, which I'll be audiobooking

A stack of seven books on a windowsill, next to a large plush mushroom. The books are: Other Covenants, The Lost Ryu, The Hotel Neversink, The Ghosts of Rose Hill, The Thick and the Lean, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, and Sorrowland

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Zoe Kaplan @thez.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Do people still do #throwbackthursday ? #readsofawe 2022 was so fun, even thrown together at the last minute. This year is going to be even better!

9 photos arranged in a grid with a brown plaid background. The photos are: A Ceiling Made of Eggshells on a table with tea and a cookie, It's a Whole Spiel standing next to a gnome, A Moon for Moe and Mo being read by my mom over zoom with my face visible in the corner; The Yiddish Policemen's Union on a table with tea and cream, Burning Girls and Other Stories on pumpkins, Autonomous held in front of a bookshelf, the audiobook of The Mathematician's Shiva displayed on a phone screen, Cool for the Summer peeking out of a colorful tallis bag with blue and purple kippot around it; and The Deep held in front of a grassy path.

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