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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 29m

Peter Shaughnessy goes to rewrite the flashback scene where he's cursed so that he's never cursed but he ends up stalling bc if he's never cursed he never meets David or the children so he remains at the computer in indecision rather than rewriting the scene bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Keeper of Lonely Spirits

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY LIBRARY JOURNAL AND REACTOR "Anderson writes a curmudgeonly immortal protagonist and a (literally) haunting story full of heart; a delightful novel." --Library Journal sta...

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 45m

All I'll say is: buy, preorder or ask your library to request a book by a black author if you can. A few SFF suggestions: Kamilah Cole-Wicked Endeavors Adam Oyebanji-Line Of Descent Tananarive Due-Mazywood Eugen Bacon-Crimson In Quietus Forged In Fiyah (antho) Cadwell Turnbull-All The Hidden Places

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 58m

This is a few months old now but now that I'm living through it with a new novel on the way, its come back to my mind. The whole industry has problems but there's so little support being given to black authors in particular, its wild. www.thebookseller.com/news/sales-b...

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Across the first 24 weeks of 2026, there are 14 Black authors within the top 1,000; combined, they have earned £2.8m, just 0.9% of the total money taken by all authors in that top 1,000.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 33m

The US is literally being avoided like the plague.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 1h

But if your family lives in Moncton in 1996, ask if any of them were poaching on the river the night Jessica Estabrooks went missing. Or saw the car down there. You know the one.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 2h

When fascism and war come for Serri’s powerful teen daughter, she’s forced to abandon her life as a magical train inspector, as well as half her family, and flee across dangerous terrain with her child to reach safer borders. #DVpit #novella #A #SFF #LGBT #DIS

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 2h

Lmfaoooooooooooo the people who work for this website are the softest bitches on the internet

I am blocked by Aaron Rodericks, Bluesky's head of Trust & Safety, a guy who likes barely-legal porn, who I have never interacted directly with

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 4h

Guess who turns seven years old today.

A scruffy blond golden doodle rests his chin on a table.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 3h

It exhausts my spouse that I am constantly making him deal with other dudes for houseand car stuff, but this is what happens if I don't 👇

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 3h

Talking about the word “reconciliation” with my students today: Kid: “So… people stole the land and then said sorry with some land knowledge-mant but they didn’t actually give the land back? ‘Cuz when I took A’s squishy you made me say sorry AND give it back.”

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David Rose Nods 'Yes' in Schitt's Creek

Alt: David Rose Nods 'Yes' in Schitt's Creek

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 3h

When magical train inspector Serri’s home nation descends into fascism and war, she must flee through the wilderness with her teen daughter, who is a powerful mage, to save her from being drafted to the front lines. #DVpit #A #novella #SFF #LGBT #DIS

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 5h

If they just would have sent the money to the actual authors only who you know HOLD THE ACTUAL COPYRIGHT... But here we are again, getting every crumb further crumbled by massive corporations and bad actors

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 5h

catch me at @spacemagiccon.bsky.social where the theme is "building resilient communities" and i'm chatting with some lovely folks about collaborating with businesses! get the details here www.rainbowspacemagic.org/rsm-2026-sch... or register at rainbowspacemagic.org

To the left of the background is dark blue with lines connecting small white lights in a seemingly random pattern. Across the image in the middle is a rainbow. The rest of the background is dark blue.

The text reads: Rainbow Space Magic, A Queer SFF Convention, RainbowSpaceMagic.org October 3-4

Below that it says: Collaborating with Businesses

Then there is a row of pictures of individuals with their names below. The names are: Genevieve Clovis, KL Noone, Michael G. Williams, Vanessa Ricci-Thode

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 6h

Randomly remembering how often I shipped back half or more of the Joyce Carol Oates hardcover and trade paperback new releases to the publisher, and how rarely I had to do that in any quantity with romance novels. ANYway...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 6h

Oh we're doing Romance novel discourse again?

Fred from Scooby Doo unmasks a ghost in two panels. In the first, the masked ghost is, "HERE'S WHY THIS GENRE I HATE IS BAD." In the second, the ghost is unmasked to turn out to be, "I HAVEN'T READ OF IT BUT"

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Mishell Baker @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 6h

An underrated property of corn flakes/frosted flakes is that they do not float, so you can make an insane mountain of them in your bowl and still add milk without catastrophe

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7h

Bee and flower break

Bees collecting pollen from the local pink and purple asters.

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The Golden Ratio @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social · 7h

The squad is not too pleased that I interrupted the Dog Council

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 7h

Lupa is pretty sure that if she sits at the table like a people she should also get a bowl of ramen like a people

In the foreground, a bowl of ramen on a table. Beyond it, a terrier mix with a black eyepatch sits in a kitchen chair at the table, gazing longingly at the ramen.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 8h

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13h

Welcome to #DVpit 2026! Now until 8:00PM Eastern unagented marginalized creators can pitch their unpublished project in 300 characters to participating literary agents & editors! Remember ❤️ are for agents & 🔁 are for editors! Good luck! Have fun & please be respectful! More info dvpit.carrd.co

#DVpit 2026
September 30, 2026
8:00AM - 8:00PM Eastern Time
A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities
Follow Up @dvpit.bsky.social
find rules & more info at dvpit.carrd.co

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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 8h

September Rain 🌧️🍂 #art

A woman in a brown trench coat holdkng an umbrella and a suitcase stands beside a tree. She is looking at an old historical house in front of her. The tower of the house has one illuminated window

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 8h

The Khumalo Tales Kickstarter launches tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 1. "In a world of stories where We Must Get To the Action, Claybourne not only shows us how rich the dialogue and moments in between can be, but how they can be just as full of tension as any chase scene!" Stand ready.

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Family and Community in ZZ Claybourne’s “The Air in My House Tastes Like Sugar” (GigaNotoSaurus, March, 2020)

Y’all, I read this awesome story, and I want to tell you about it. It’s about a mother and daughter who are witches, tired of having to move from town to town to hide their identities. …

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 8h

Staying a couple of nights at the century+ farmhouse where my mom grew up, there was the classic footsteps when no one else was around. But also I woke up in the middle of the night when a painting in my room clattered to the floor. It was on a hook and could only be moved by lifting.

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 9h

Want to participate in #FirstDraftFall? Struggling to choose between two, three, or five ideas? Our Project Prioritizer is here to help! Grab this FREE guide and work through the questions to choose your First Draft Fall WIP!

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Project Prioritizer - Weeknight Writers

Endless author interviews ask the same question: how do you find your ideas? For most of us, however, that’s not the interesting part—or at least not the challenging part. We’ve got folders full of id...

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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 10h

I could not be less interested in something 'created' by nobody. The whole point of art is human expression. The whole point of experiencing art is connecting with another human's ideas. I don't know what killed the souls of these people but it's really fucking grim.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 10h

goooood morning it is cool and bright and we made our rounds, visiting yoga ladies, catching a thumbs-up from the grannies, and caught up with neighbor buddy “Bodie” for the first time in awhile so yes, of course: Lucy Loved That Walk

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with bright blue eyes and a cheesy smile, standing on a sidewalk in the sun.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 12h

"This is the internet, not America" is now my war cry.

Do people REALIZE that "realise" is misspelled?

in Australia we use s not z

this is the internet, not america

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 12h

I wanted to share my grandmother’s story but Native people shouldn’t have to share our trauma for non-Native people to care about all the ways Canada has harmed and continues to harm us.

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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 11h

Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop with me & @nisishawl.bsky.social! Dig into their background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...

on the right, fantasy image showing silhouette of a young woman with a glowing ember in her chest that explodes outward into a river of stars and clouds resembling a nebula. Class details on the left.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 12h

have a little dog o'clock as a treat

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's suddenly sinking in that #FirstDraftFall starts in two days?? Holy crap! If you're missing NaNoWriMo and hoping to write a book this fall, First Draft Fall is here for you! Check it out:

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#FirstDraftFall - Weeknight Writers

The Weeknight Writers answer to NaNoWriMo, #FirstDraftFall is a challenge to write a first draft in October - December.

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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every time I wash the duvet cover…

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 23h

little miss snoozybutt says goodnight.

a giant fluffy white dog flopped across a brown couch with her head on the armrest and legs dangling.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi folks, I've been asked by a few people now, so just to clarify: no, the Bells did not sue me.

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Seelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 29/09/2026

Huxley, there is a wide open door ten feet behind you that you just walked through to get there. If you want out, it is entirely within your power

Photo of a Great Pyrenees looking hopefully through a closed door at me

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026

People might think I'm joking but I really do allow myself exactly one (1) confrontational quote post per quarter because I think that MOST OF THE TIME it is an antisocial and counterproductive way to fight with folks. That said, Micah's second post in this thread also stands. Sometimes you get hit

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Mishell Baker @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But gosh, it is maddening for someone with this superpower to put "How do I [X]" into a search and every result is a 10 minute video. Just lay the information out for me in a form I can scan and locate what I need rather than extruding it through the agonizingly narrow aperture of some dude's yap.

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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Mi'kmaq-founded tech company based in Nova Scotia is hopeful that its new software application will assist emergency management personnel in developing effective wildfire mitigation strategies. ow.ly/KiQE50ZSOKZ

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Indigenous father-son duo creates app to predict and fight wildfires - The Weather Network

FireGuardian aims to protect communities from wildfires

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our Take Back the Night event this year had protestors.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

gods i'm so tired. i have so much to do and don't have time for this shit. that's one of the problems with *gestures at everything* is it takes up all the time i'd like to use on literally anything else. i don't want to be yelling about (or even thinking about) emily fucking bell, but here we are

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hmmmm. Setting aside the Oprah part, this windows vs mirrors thing is a corruption of Dr Rudine Sims Bishop's foundational work on kidlit about windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. scenicregional.org/wp-content/u...

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