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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 3h

In 2025, New Yorkers broke voter turnout records in both the Primary & General Elections. Let's keep building on that momentum and encourage NYers to keep making history by voting in the upcoming election. Visit nycvotes.org to register to vote, find your poll site, review voting dates & more!

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026

My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My first story set in my home of San Diego! The inspiration for this was a Twitter post I saw from a white pagan years ago who said with all seriousness “you can’t accuse me of oppression because I was a Black slave in a past life”.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 18/09/2026

I read this as “a.i. gore” and honestly that still makes sense

Screenshot of a NYT email. Email subject line “NY Today: Al Gore on climate change”

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 18/09/2026

What a bummer. And before the new revival too

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vociferousvoid.bsky.social @vociferousvoid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Villa, Once Beloved by @victormanibo.com This Filipino gothic starts with the death of the Sepulveda family patriarch. Then the entire family gathers for the funeral where they, and their guests, must face the family’s gaba (their generational curse) as dark secrets are unearthed. #booksky

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LordKurama @lordkurama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finished The Villa, Once Beloved by @victormanibo.com & I enjoyed it! A story about a cursed villa & the family that lives in it. A reunion brings the family together from near & far as the patriarch suddenly passes. A very spooky atmosphere permeates the experience, with solid tension throughout.

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 09/09/2026

NOW TILL FRIDAY! B&N is running a huge sale on preorders, including the paperback of my latest gothic, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. Preorders are a great way to make sure you get your copy as soon as it drops, and show support for my books (which tell publishers to make more of them)! 🔗⬇️

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In the center, the cover of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026

It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.

The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 03/09/2026

Such a brilliant production

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 02/09/2026

(love them both of course but same!)

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 31/08/2026

Huge congrats, Jason! 🥳🥳🥳 So well deserved.

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⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️🎮 @purestinnosense.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026

Grim Reaper out here acting like a male instacart shopper

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 12/08/2026

many of u appear to be trying to play a sophisticated game of chess while your opponent is pointing a gun at you and also pulling the trigger on the gun pretty frequently and you're being shot by the gun a lot

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 11/08/2026

Not even a good line, which then gets cut in edits!

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 11/08/2026

It really is two hours of research for one good line, isn’t it?

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 31/07/2026

Version control isn’t gonna save a writer from a dedicated enough witch hunt

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Everyone's comparing Nolan's Odyssey to Homer, but I think there's much more richness The ancient Greeks adapted the Odyssey into ART While these images might appear static to us, I want to walk through how an ancient Greek saw art: AS DYNAMIC STORYTELLING like our films 1/13

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

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Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 15/07/2026

Here's the audio from this month's Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guest Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo. Both read from their works to a large and enthusiastic crowd! @rebelsam94.bsky.social @victormanibo.com @datlow.bsky.social www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/2026/07/15/a...

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Audio from July 8th, with Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo – Fantastic Fiction at KGB

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 29/06/2026

Next week @ Readercon! Come by and say hey!

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“VICTOR MANIBO @ BOSTON
READERCON 2026

July 10 Fri, 3 PM
Salon C-D
Panel: Writing Cyberpunk Futures in
Our Cyberpunk Present
With Ann LeBlanc, RWW Greene, Scott Lynch, Marianna Martin

July 10 Fri, 5 PM
Salon A-B
Panel: Writing Big Ideas Without Being Preachy
With Andrea Martinez Corbin, Matt Kressel, Michael DeLuca,
P. Djèlí Clark

July 11 Sat, 12 NN
Salon E
Panel: Writing Horror in Horrifying Times With Sophia Babai, Michael Cisco, Julie C. Day, Corey Farrenkopf, Sunny Moraine

July 11 Sat, 6 PM
Create-Collaborate
Panel: SFF and Queer Cultural Memory
With David Gerrold, lan Muneshwar, Susan Stinson, Sonya Taaffee”

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 30/06/2026

Happy pub day! 🥳🥳🥳

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 30/06/2026

Happy pub day! 🎉🎉🎉

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Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 30/06/2026

Mommy issues where mommy is the issue

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 30/06/2026

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 30/06/2026

OH THANK GOD birthright citizenship survives

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 29/06/2026

Congrats, Christopher! 🥳🥳🥳

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 29/06/2026

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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Audition by Pip Adam (Coffee House Press)
Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press)
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin)
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (Tor Books)
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (Tor Books)
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (DAW Books)
One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp)
Slow Gods by Claire North (Orbit)

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 29/06/2026

Next week @ Readercon! Come by and say hey!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Supreme Court just overturned 90 years of precedent to transfer unprecedented new powers to the executive:

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tomorrow night I'll be at @strandbooks.com with @victormanibo.com talking about my satirical novella, Foundling Fathers! I hope you'll join me. PS: if you want to come but ticket price is a problem, please DM me.

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 24/06/2026

Next month at our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, join us with Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo, Wednesday, July 8th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @rebelsam94.bsky.social @victormanibo.com @datlow.bsky.social

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 23/06/2026

Who’s going to readercon?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 23/06/2026

Happy book birthday to Foundling Fathers by the inimitable @megelison.bsky.social! 🥳🥳🥳 NYC folks—join the celebration at The Strand this Friday, tix here: www.strandbooks.com/meg-elison-v...

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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 16/06/2026

So excited to help welcome into the world the latest banger from @megelison.bsky.social! If you’re in NYC, join us at the iconic Strand on Fri 6/26. It’s gonna be a wild one. Tix available here: www.strandbooks.com/meg-elison-v...

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nige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes · 20/06/2026

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

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