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Anastasia K.E.
@akstories.bsky.social
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Anastasia K.E. @akstories.bsky.social · Jan 1
ICYMI my flash fiction about a matriarchal society of murder-trees is free to read now at @apparitionlit.com! 🌲🔥🍷 apparitionlit.com/we-all-feed-...
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apottern.bsky.social
It's been pointed out to me that I should take more credit: I designed our new cover, drawing on the original tremendous cover art by @sciencegeekmel.bsky.social + inspo from the gripping stories within. Get the ebook on sale today and see if you can connect the dots! books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
The shiny new cover of New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention, edited by Chris Campbell with stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and more! The title is depicted as a cut-out through a navy-blue starfield, with faded images in pink and purple showing through. Images include: a clock, clouds, pomegranate cross-section, mushrooms, an astronaut, a manta ray, a circuit board, smoke, a woman's face lifting away from a robotic skull, and octopus tentacles emerging from the letter "u". There is also an award badge in the upper right corner.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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ccastellani.bsky.social
Oh how I love our new cover. (Can't figure out what to buy your weird nephew for Xmas/Hannukkah/It's Winter Here's a Present? This.)
apottern.bsky.social Allison Pottern @apottern.bsky.social · 2d
It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
"Celebrating sucess with a $4.99 book sale, this weekend only!" across the top in a blue banner. Below is an image of the new cover of New Year, New You on a black tablet: the letter of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other tory elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "us". Next to the book is a large, shiny badge that reads "Runner-up in the 2025 Annual Indie Author Project Contest" with "2025 Runner-up Science Fiction" below. Finally, in a rainbow banner across the bottom reads "Plus a swanky new cover!" Across the top: New Cover, Same Cutting-Edge Speculative Fiction. Below is a mock-up of the book New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention in which the letters of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other story elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "u". Next to the book are endorsement quotes: "I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafts." —Myna Chang, Microverse "Nuanced..." —Locus Magazine "Intense and beguiling..." — Sherwood Smith "Complex and experimental..." — SF Book Reviews "Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted..." — Naseem Jamnia In the bottom right corner, is a peel-away corner that reveals the words "$4.99 ebook sale! This weekend only!"
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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apottern.bsky.social
It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
"Celebrating sucess with a $4.99 book sale, this weekend only!" across the top in a blue banner. Below is an image of the new cover of New Year, New You on a black tablet: the letter of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other tory elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "us". Next to the book is a large, shiny badge that reads "Runner-up in the 2025 Annual Indie Author Project Contest" with "2025 Runner-up Science Fiction" below. Finally, in a rainbow banner across the bottom reads "Plus a swanky new cover!" Across the top: New Cover, Same Cutting-Edge Speculative Fiction. Below is a mock-up of the book New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention in which the letters of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other story elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "u". Next to the book are endorsement quotes: "I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafts." —Myna Chang, Microverse "Nuanced..." —Locus Magazine "Intense and beguiling..." — Sherwood Smith "Complex and experimental..." — SF Book Reviews "Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted..." — Naseem Jamnia In the bottom right corner, is a peel-away corner that reveals the words "$4.99 ebook sale! This weekend only!"
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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chriscampbell.bsky.social
Wow, look at that fancy new cover!
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
www.amazon.com/New-Year-You...
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
akstories.bsky.social
Attended a wedding this weekend. Spouse said my dress made me look like a character from The Wheel of Time.💚
Woman in a green velvet dress taking a selfie in front of a mirror.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
akstories.bsky.social
Halloween may be over, but it’s always Spooky Season in my heart. Sergeant Wednesday signing out. 🫡
Woman in Wednesday Addams costume and an army helmet. Two people in costume as Wednesday Addams and Cousin It.
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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straith.ca
hey Bluesky I hear you like sports

I have a science fiction sports story for you

it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination
A spaceman in a spacesuit faces a landscape of loose red dirt and rocks. Next to him are the words: "Out now! One athlete's journey on foot across the Martian surface. 'On the Crossing of Mars', in Fusion Fragment Issue 26. Read it at fusionfragment.com/issue-26"
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
akstories.bsky.social
I am here to report that kitties do not recognize Fall Back and still expect to be fed at the same time.
Greyish brown cat sitting expectantly in someone’s lap.
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
akstories.bsky.social
Please enjoy my story with the most Halloween vibes: it’s got a dark forest, a roaring fire, a cauldron, and good ‘ol ritualistic murder! 🌲🔪🩸🔥 apparitionlit.com/we-all-feed-...
We All Feed the Motherwood - Apparition Literary Magazine
apparitionlit.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
akstories.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! Thing and I are just mostly pretending to work today, haha. 🫳 🖤
Blue eyed girl dressed as Wednesday Addams with Thing perched on her shoulder.
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
akstories.bsky.social
This shroom appears to be a perfectionist 🧐
A thick white mushroom growing out of the exact center of a dead log.
October 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
akstories.bsky.social
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein was 🔥🔥🔥 Totally worth seeing in theaters. Go now, go go go!! 🏃‍♀️🏃
a man with curly hair stands in front of a statue
ALT: a man with curly hair stands in front of a statue
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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apexmag.bsky.social
There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!!

The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩

🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Cow getting sucked into UFO tractor beam. "Kickstarter Countdown: T-Minus 7 DAYS Needed for Liftoff: $5,669 $14,331/$20,000 Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!" 70% UNLOCKED! Lesley and Rebecca will be reading CreepyPasta stories selected by our followers and doing a small affirmation critique of the story. This live event is sure to be hysterical!
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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stephenking.bsky.social
No Kings Day message to Trump: Other than your coterie of ass-kissers, nobody likes you.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
www.yahoo.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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avgreenewrites.bsky.social
I feel *very strongly* about Apex and I want to live in a literary ecosystem where it survives and thrives. So, help me be good algae here. This metaphor is really wanting to go off leash so I should probably stop, but please back Apex if you can.
apexmag.bsky.social Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · Oct 13
NEW KICKSTARTER TIER UNLOCKED! At 110%, each backer will receive a NEW BRAIN 🧠 with zero microplastics*🚮, a normal amount of dopamine**😃✨, and the ability to see shrimp colors***🦐🌈!

* okay maybe a few microplastics
**what is “normal” anyway?
*** 9 out of 10 shrimps recommend!
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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muteddragon.bsky.social
JinYu Zhao is trying to save enough $ to restore her sister's illusion magic, while disguised, providing abortions. She won't be distracted by her sister mooning over her classmate crashing at their pharmacy #dvpit #a #f #own #poc #asian #nd #r friends to lovers, he falls first
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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ash-howell.com
A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC x HOUSE M.D.

Days before graduation, blood-magic medical student Nettle accidentally girlbosses herself into the middle of a murderous conspiracy. Her best friend has been hiding his radical political activism. And worst of all, she’s *really* broke.

#DVpit #F #A #LGBTQ
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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alecjmarsh.bsky.social
Scotland, 1925: A gentleman thief, a lonely demon hunter and a married sorceress embark on a glittering heist to destroy the English occult.

Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance.

Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm

#dvpit #a #f #queer
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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thedeadlands.com
it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!
Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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lauracranehill.bsky.social
B&N is having a preorder sale for rewards and premium members, 25% off with code PREORDER25, you can get Wife Shaped Bodies (ebook, paperback, audio) and other great upcoming titles
#BNPreorder
July 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
akstories.bsky.social
I just backed OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
akstories.bsky.social
Happy Caturday to all, from Security Consultant Rin Rin. 🤖 🐱
A small cat sitting comfortably on the back of a couch.
September 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
akstories.bsky.social
The final result - a delicious topping for homemade congee 😋 🍲
A bowl of congee topped with slices of soft tofu, chili oil, sesame seeds, and Maitake mushrooms.
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
akstories.bsky.social
As if I’m not already the weird one at my job, I’ve started foraging mushrooms in the wooded area next to my office during my lunch break. 🍄 🍄‍🟫 Say hello to the first edible I’ve ever found!
Hen of the woods mushroom on the forest floor surrounded by leaves and acorns. Hen of the Woods at the base of an oak tree
September 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM