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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Searching for your next spooky read to kick off October? We've got some (monster) bite-sized recs for you! 👻📚

A stack of books in front of a red velvet background. The books in the stack are: Lucky Girl by M. Rickert, The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed, And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin, The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler, A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather, Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker, Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer, But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo, Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo, A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo, The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo, and Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo.

Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to Forged in FIYAH, edited by @davaun.bsky.social, a landmark celebration of everything Black speculative fiction has to offer! Available in hardcover and paperback.

A paperback copy and a hardcover copy of Forged in FIYAH edited by DaVaun Sanders resting on a starry background.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Searching for a new mystery to read now that there's a chill in the air?🍂 We've got you covered!📚🔍

A stack of books resting on an orange fabric surface with an orange fabric background. The books in the stack are: Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite, The Killing of a Chestnut Tree by Oliver K. Langmead, Rose/House by Arkady Martine, Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, Extremity by Nicholas Binge, and The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nonsense and candy and the families we choose in the origin story of a beloved character in A Song of Sugar Sparrows, the next installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series by @seananmcguire.bsky.social. Coming Jan. 12, 2027!

A graphic featuring the cover of A Song of Sugar Sparrows by Seanan McGuire with a purple tree in the background.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spooky season is officially upon us! 👻🍂 And we have a recommendation for you: Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence.

A copy of A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather resting on a bunch of aged, handwritten letters.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Calling all short fiction fans! Do we have some epic collections for you 🤩📚

Someone holding up a stack of short story collections in front of a bunch of bookshelves filled with books published by Tor Publishing Group. The story collections in the stack are: Africa Risen edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight; Januaries by Olivie Blake, Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar, Forged in FIYAH edited by DaVaun Sanders, and The Slantwise Histories by Alix E. Harrow.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"A short and searing book that had me in tears by the end.” — @locusmag.bsky.social Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan in now available in paperback!

A copy of Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan resting on a background with criss-crossing red and black lines.

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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

⚔️ COVER REVEAL ⚔️ New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir returns to blend a subversive fairy tale adventure with a desperate dungeon crawl. We’re thrilled to share the cover of FLORALINDA! Coming July 27, 2027 and on 29th July, 2027 from Tor Books UK!

Fantasy book cover for 'Florilanda' with a princess and a castle.

Orange book cover with title 'Floralinda' and author 'Tamsyn Muir'.

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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ATTN TAMSYN FANS — Floralinda is coming to you in a full length novel. Check out the cover and watch this space for more info ⚔️🏰✨ Check out the cover ⬇️ www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...

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Tamsyn Muir’s First Full-Length Novel in Five Years Is Coming—Get an Exclusive First Look at ‘Floralinda’

Time for a brand-new adventure from the Gideon the Ninth author.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky, the sequel to Elder Race!

A copy of Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky resting on the leaves of a plant.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The River Has Roots has won the Hugo Award for Best Novella! A big congratulations to @amalelmohtar.com! 🎉

A graphic featuring the cover of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar and text that says: "Hugo Award Winner, Best Novella."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In @aptshadow.bsky.social's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. The highly-anticipated sequel, Engines of Reason, is out next week!

A copy of Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky resting on a bunch of leafy vines.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Behold the cover of The Chrysalis Conundrum by @oliverklangmead.bsky.social, the sequel to The Killing of a Chestnut Tree! Coming June 29, 2027. AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. AN IRREPLACEABLE TREASURE. ANOTHER DAY'S WORK FOR HAVELOCK HARPER. Illustration: Harry Goldhawk Design: @shreyagupta.bsky.social

A graphic featuring the cover of The Chrysalis Conundrum by Oliver K. Langmead, which features a greenhouse filled with flowers, butterflies, a spiral staircase, and a safe with butterflies coming out of it.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We can't get over how gorgeous the novellas in the Dorothy Gentleman series by @oliviawaite.com look together!😍

A graphic featuring the covers of Murder by Memory, Nobody's Baby, and The Double Dorothy, all by Olivia Waite. There's also text under The Double Dorothy that says: "Coming March 9, 2027."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Congratulations to all of our 2026 World Fantasy Award Finalists!🎉

A graphic featuring the covers of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar, Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce, and A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo. There's also text that says: "World Fantasy Award Finalists, Best Long Fiction."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“Robots Staybehind, Sweetie, Cayenne and Hands will capture readers’ hearts.” — @latimes.com 🤖 Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social is now available in paperback!🍜

A paperback copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz resting on a red fabric background.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

August is Women in Translation Month! Looking for a new author to read in translation? Check out @hachepueyo.bsky.social, the author of But Not Too Bold and Cabaret in Flames, both of which she translated herself into English!

A copy of Cabaret in Flames and But Not Too Bold, both by Hache Pueyo, standing in front of a red background.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Behold the cover of The Judgment of Needles by @nghivo.bsky.social! Coming May 4, 2027. A history stitched in blood—return to the world of the Hugo award-winning Singing Hills Cycle. Cover art by @alawinans.bsky.social Cover design by @cfoltzer.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A graphic featuring the cover of The Judgment of Needles by Nghi Vo, which has a red bird with a blue and gold shawl over its wings.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Aces Full, a collection of Wild Cards stories previously published on Reactor, edited by George R.R. Martin is now available in paperback! 🔥

A copy of Aces Full, edited by George R.R. Martin resting on two navy blue and white spotted pillows.

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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So stoked by the Libraryjournal review of The Killing of a Chestnut Tree. Can't wait for Havelock and Sebastian to be out in the world! 🌳 Full review is here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-k... @tordotcompub.bsky.social

An excerpt from the Libraryjournal review of Oliver K. Langmead's The Killing of a Chestnut Tree. It reads: "Readers will yearn for further Havelock and Sebastian cases, particularly if every intriguing puzzle to come overflows with this much compassion, kindness, and healing insight."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life and she writes stories for him about things that are both impossible and true. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by @anandalima.bsky.social is strange, intimate, haunted, and hungry.

A white hand holding up a paperback copy of Craft by Ananda Lima in front of a painting featuring a multicolored stack of books.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Gripping action set in vast spaces writ as clean and spare as a dry bone . . . the result is tremendous." —The New York Times Untethered Sky by @fondalee.bsky.social is now available in paperback!🦅

A white hand holding a paperback copy of Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee in front of a white, yellow, and brown streaked background.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to Null Entity by @sethhaddon.bsky.social, the sequel to Volatile Memory! Wylla and Sable take their revenge to the very corporation keeping the galaxy turning.

A graphic featuring the cover of Null Entity by Seth Haddon with a green galaxy background.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Behold the cover of The Up-and-Under Series by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, writing as A. Deborah Baker! Coming April 20, 2027. Together in print for the first time, the four books that make up the exceptional fantasy quartet in the Up-and-Under series. Cover art by @dcurtisstudio.bsky.social

A graphic featuring the cover of The Up-and-Under Series by Seanan McGuire, writing as A. Deborah Baker. It features two kids climbing over a brick wall towards trees and a city in the distance.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We got some exciting book mail (aka the best kind of mail)! Galleys are in for The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories by @alixeharrow.bsky.social! 😍 What’s a legend, except a history told slantwise?

A copy of The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories by Alix E. Harrow resting on a bunch of maps.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We have a novella for every mood - for all of our fellow mood readers out there 📚

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about KILL ALL WIZARDS by Jedediah Berry. A sword and sorcery novella of vengeance, brutal blades, and elegantly appointed tearooms, this book is uproarious: clever, charming, and utterly entrancing. Our drink is a frosty freezy Gotchimus!

KILL ALL WIZARDS by Jedediah Berry alongside a reddish green slushy drink in a lowball glass.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tobias Carroll (@tobiascarroll.bsky.social) reviews Jedediah Berry's new novel, Kill All Wizards, a fantasy full of action and ideas that calls back to the work Fritz Lieber. reactormag.com/book-review-...

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Pulp Heroes and Big Ideas: Jedediah Berry’s Kill All Wizards - Reactor

Tobias Carroll reviews Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry, which "shows that visceral action and grand ideas can comfortably coexist."

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SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

WHAT is a PORTAL FANTASY?🚪 Ep. 209 airs tomorrow, with guests @seananmcguire.bsky.social & @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social and co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social & Greta Kelly defining what a portal fantasy actually is. Available June 30 in audio/video: linktr.ee/SFFAddicts youtube.com/@fanfiaddict

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Follow the cleric Chih as they record the stories of empresses, handmaidens, cultivators, ghosts, bandits, and many more in the Singing Hills Cycle by @nghivo.bsky.social 📚

A stack of all of the books in the Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo sitting on a couch in front of a blue, orange, and yellow pillow. The books in the stack are: The Empress of Salt and Fortune, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, Into the Riverlands, Mammoths at the Gates, The Brides of High Hill, A Mouthful of Dust, and A Long and Speaking Silence.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"A gorgeously tender exploration of human connection in a post-human universe." —The Washington Post Volatile Memory by @sethhaddon.bsky.social is now available in paperback! 🌌

A paperback copy of Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon standing next to a metal sphere.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

We're thrilled to share these interior illustrations by @rovinacai.bsky.social for A Song of Sugar Sparrows by @seananmcguire.bsky.social! 😍

A black-and-white illustration of a young girl opening a door drawn on a fence and "Be Sure" written below it.

A black-and-white illustration of a ship with wheels going throw a field with stars and falling stars above it.

A black-and-white illustration of a wagon train with three carriages all pulled by two horses each.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Here's a taste of what you'll find in Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social 🤖 🍜

A graphic featuring character art of Sweetie and a quote from Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz: "We aren't making anything up, Sweetie texts decisively. We are making a place for people who were already here."

A graphic featuring cover art from Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz and a quote from the book: "Biang biang noodles kindled in Hands a sense that there was a place for them beyond the warehouse. There were jobs for which they were uniquely suited. Jobs for hands - Hands! - that could create beauty."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to The Lychford Collection 2 by @paulcornell.bsky.social! Collected together for the first time: The Lights Go Out in Lychford, Last Stand of Lychford, and Gnomes of Lychford 📚

A graphic featuring the covers of The Lychford Collection 1 and 2, both by Paul Cornell.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to Kill All Wizards by @jedediahberry.bsky.social, the first in the Barbaric Ledgers series!⚔🫖 (With fun endpapers that are for anyone who loves a cup of tea with their swords and sorcery!)

A copy of Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry resting on a background of aged, handwritten letters and with a sword bookmark sticking out of it.

A copy of Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry open to show its endpapers, which feature a pattern of crossed swords, wizard hats, and tea pots and tea cups.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur by @ianmcdonald.bsky.social, Tif is an orphan who just wants to ride a dinosaur under the big top - and in trying to become a dinosaur buckaroo, he catches someone's eye and boy, do those eyes dazzle Tif from the back of a bucking Carnotaur 🦖

A copy of Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald hanging off the edge of a wooden table over a navy blue carpet.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Behold the cover of The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories by @alixeharrow.bsky.social! Coming October 20, 2026. Dive into this dazzling collection of short fiction from the author of The Everlasting and Starling House. Cover art and design by Spencer Fuller / Faceout Studio

A graphic featuring the cover of The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories by Alix E. Harrow, which features five hummingbirds with different animal heads.

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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! 🤩

A graphic featuring the covers of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar and Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce. There's also text that says: "Ignyte Award Finalists, Outstanding Novella."

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

We could think of nothing but the barbarian. He had come here, surely, to murder or marry someone, to exact revenge, or to say or do something very scandalous. We could hardly wait to see which it was. We hoped it would be all of them. Check out Kill All Wizards by @jedediahberry, on sale June 16!⚔️

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Join @naomikritzer.bsky.social on tour as she celebrates the release of Obstetrix!💉 us.macmillan.com/tours/naomi-...

A graphic featuring a photo of Naomi Kritzer, a copy of Obstetrix, and two large needles in the background. There's also text that says: "Naomi Kritzer on tour!"

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Congratulations to @amalelmohtar.com! The River Has Roots won the 2026 Nebula Award for Novella! 🎉 💐

A graphic featuring the cover of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar, a space background, and text that says: "Nebula Winner, Novella."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The happiest of book birthdays to Obstetrix by @naomikritzer.bsky.social, a chilling portrait of a future too dark to imagine!

Someone holding up a copy of Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer in front of a painting of a stack of books.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this cozy sci-fi mystery series by @oliviawaite.com, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective 🚀

A copy of Murder by Memory and a copy of Nobody's Baby, both by Olivia Waite, sitting next to a magnifying glass.

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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy Pride Month to everyone who has ever picked up a fantasy novel and thought, "this would be even better if they were girlfriends." 💕⚔️ Good news: we've got 10 sapphic sci-fi, fantasy, and horror book recommendations for you. Which one are you reading first? ✨

A book recommendation graphic from the file "If you’re looking for more Sapphic Adventures.jpg". Set against a solid lime green background, dark green text at the top reads: "Looking for Your Next Sapphic Book Obsession?" Below the header, 11 book covers are displayed in a grid of three rows.

Row 1: This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne, Fate's Bane by C. L. Clark, Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang, and Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk.

Row 2: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons, Lethal Kiss by Taylor Grothe, and The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez.

Row 3: Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, and Toni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life in Even Though I Knew the End by @clpolk.com ✨ This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.

A copy of Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk standing on a desk in front of an old-fashioned lamp.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Behold the cover of Downright Scoundrels Needed by @sarahgailey.bsky.social, an explosive new story in the world of Upright Women Wanted, about the means and methods of undermining the machine of fascism! Coming 3/16/27. It’s not a crime if you don’t get caught... us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of Downright Scoundrels Needed by Sarah Gailey, featuring two figures breaking through a chainlink fence with barbed wire and a train in the distance with someone standing on top of it.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A queer, Gothic Cinderella retelling by the "queen of romantic fantasy" (Polygon) herself, @freyamarske, with THESE vibes? Count us in!🤩🔥 📖: Cinder House

A mood board filled with nine images. The images are: a red staircase, a woman's silhouette, a tree, a butterfly made of fire, a tiled roof, a fireplace, a pen next to a bottle of ink, a dancer on a stage, and cracked glass.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Congratulations to @edenroyce.bsky.social! Psychopomp & Circumstance is a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award in the novella category! 🎉

A graphic featuring the cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce and text that says: "Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Novella."

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Behold the cover of The Double Dorothy by @oliviawaite.com, the third entry in her Dorothy Gentleman series! Coming March 9, 2027. As the Fairweather approaches the halfway point of its journey, Dorothy Gentleman may have reached the end of hers… Illustration by Marcos Chin Design by Shreya Gupta

A graphic featuring the cover of The Double Dorothy by Olivia Waite, which features someone in an old-fashioned wheelchair in an orange room with space outside the window and a large shadow of someone with a cowboy hat on the wall.

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Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Time for an unboxing video! KILL ALL WIZARDS is out on 6/16/26 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social.

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