Amy Griswold
@amygriswold.bsky.social
Queer SFF fiction/game writer in NC. Author of Death by Silver & A Death at the Dionysus Club (gay Victorian fantasy/mystery), Stronghold (interactive fantasy fiction), Stargate: Legacy (TV series tie-ins). The cats say hi. https://linktr.ee/amygriswold
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The Autarch's Heir, book 4 in Jo Graham's The Calpurnian Wars, is now up for preorder! (Link to Amazon, but also at all the usual suspects.)
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The Autarch's Heir, book 4 in Jo Graham's The Calpurnian Wars, is now up for preorder! (Link to Amazon, but also at all the usual suspects.)
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
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The Autarch's Heir, book 4 of Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars, is now available for preorder! Link is to Amazon, but it's up at all the usual suspects.
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The Autarch's Heir, book 4 of Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars, is now available for preorder! Link is to Amazon, but it's up at all the usual suspects.
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
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The Candlemark & Gleam catalogue is now available on Overdrive/Libby, so you can request our ebooks through and for your library. Major thanks to @amtuomala.bsky.social for the help in making it happen!
February 3, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The Candlemark & Gleam catalogue is now available on Overdrive/Libby, so you can request our ebooks through and for your library. Major thanks to @amtuomala.bsky.social for the help in making it happen!
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Quick reminder! The first 3 ebooks of the series are on sale in advance of the release of book 4, The Autarch's Heir, Feb. 23, 2026.
To celebrate the forthcoming fourth book in Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars, the ebooks of the first 3 books are now on sale! Get caught up in this fascinating universe — at a bargain price.
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
![Three books covers: Sounding Dark, two figures looking up at a golden space ship against a starscape; Warlady, a man holding a ball of lightning, a dark-haired woman in a long dark coat, and a masked woman stand together against a starscape; Fortune's Favor, a red-haired woman in a beautiful dress sits overlooking a distant city with an aurora in the background. The Calpurnian Wars, Jo Graham. "[E]verything I want when I pick up a space opera" — K.V. Johansen, author of Blackdog.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wxlvr4js5s5ik4hz7r2drkx5/bafkreih66k7fxprdfogydbgpanl26b7f6bvuqigiecko3xyuqv6gf27dta@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Quick reminder! The first 3 ebooks of the series are on sale in advance of the release of book 4, The Autarch's Heir, Feb. 23, 2026.
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To celebrate the forthcoming fourth book in Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars, the ebooks of the first 3 books are now on sale! Get caught up in this fascinating universe — at a bargain price.
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
To celebrate the forthcoming fourth book in Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars, the ebooks of the first 3 books are now on sale! Get caught up in this fascinating universe — at a bargain price.
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
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Okay, it took me three days to finally do this, BUT!
You can buy whistles from us now!
I stress again that getting the whistles free is the OBVIOUS OPTION but some folks want 1-5 Kit Rocha whistles instead of 100 whistles, or to support us. So. OK!
thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/4449...
You can buy whistles from us now!
I stress again that getting the whistles free is the OBVIOUS OPTION but some folks want 1-5 Kit Rocha whistles instead of 100 whistles, or to support us. So. OK!
thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/4449...
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Okay, it took me three days to finally do this, BUT!
You can buy whistles from us now!
I stress again that getting the whistles free is the OBVIOUS OPTION but some folks want 1-5 Kit Rocha whistles instead of 100 whistles, or to support us. So. OK!
thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/4449...
You can buy whistles from us now!
I stress again that getting the whistles free is the OBVIOUS OPTION but some folks want 1-5 Kit Rocha whistles instead of 100 whistles, or to support us. So. OK!
thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/4449...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Thread (and not just because I'm mentioned.) Buying direct from a small press maximizes the amount that goes to the creators. And, yeah, this is a good time to do that.
#Booksky 1/2 Real talk: the Press and several of our authors are based in Minneapolis, which is experiencing a significant government-fueled assault on our people, our communities and our local economy. And I have a LOT of bills to pay this month. queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Thread (and not just because I'm mentioned.) Buying direct from a small press maximizes the amount that goes to the creators. And, yeah, this is a good time to do that.
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Looking for a way to support Minneapolis-area kids? A Book of My Own will be using all donations for the month to get books to kids who can’t go to school because the federal government is terrorizing their home. #kidlit
bookofmyown.com/donation/
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Make a Donation - A Book of My Own
DONATE BOOKS: If you are interested in donating children’s books, please carefully read the following. A Book of My Own is happy to accept books that: Reflect the wonderful diverse world in w...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Looking for a way to support Minneapolis-area kids? A Book of My Own will be using all donations for the month to get books to kids who can’t go to school because the federal government is terrorizing their home. #kidlit
bookofmyown.com/donation/
bookofmyown.com/donation/
Solstice Carole - cover by Merrigan (Pagan Yule music)
YouTube video by Merrigan
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December 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
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Stargate is coming back?!
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
“It is not a reboot,” Gero said. “It is a brand new chapter. It’s its own unique chapter in the Stargate universe.”
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“It is not a reboot,” Gero said. “It is a brand new chapter. It’s its own unique chapter in the Stargate universe.”
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series » GateWorld
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Stargate is coming back?!
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
“It is not a reboot,” Gero said. “It is a brand new chapter. It’s its own unique chapter in the Stargate universe.”
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
“It is not a reboot,” Gero said. “It is a brand new chapter. It’s its own unique chapter in the Stargate universe.”
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#Booksky We’re doing our first ever ebook set and it’s up for preorder now! Get a great deal on the entire Astreiant Series for some great gay fantasy reading to end the year! Releases 12/15 and preorders are up at our site, Smashwords and beyond - queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#Booksky We’re doing our first ever ebook set and it’s up for preorder now! Get a great deal on the entire Astreiant Series for some great gay fantasy reading to end the year! Releases 12/15 and preorders are up at our site, Smashwords and beyond - queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
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#Booksky Also on sale via Ingram’s new direct sale option in the U.S. and U.K. - A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social! Gay gaslamp mysteries with magic-using detectives, for the win! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#Booksky Also on sale via Ingram’s new direct sale option in the U.S. and U.K. - A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social! Gay gaslamp mysteries with magic-using detectives, for the win! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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#Booksky A brief thread of current book sales! Trying out this new direct sale Ingram thing in the U.S. and U.K. - looking for great gay gaslamp mystery/fantasies? DEATH BY SILVER by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social is on sale until 11/1! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#Booksky A brief thread of current book sales! Trying out this new direct sale Ingram thing in the U.S. and U.K. - looking for great gay gaslamp mystery/fantasies? DEATH BY SILVER by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social is on sale until 11/1! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The bees have discovered Brutalism
The Silmarillion, but in a spectacularly unlikely to be approved by the Tolkien Estate way. Less "EPIC TRAGEDY SET TO THUNDEROUS HEROIC MUSIC" and more "garbage elves (and humans) achieve occasional moments of redeeming grace in between being messy bitches who love drama and do a lot of crimes."
If you could adapt any work of literature into a TV series (and you can only pick one), which would you pick and why?
We'll go first. Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber. Seeing that world come to life with walls of Caribbean culture would be real fascinating to see on TV. So good.
Your turn!
We'll go first. Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber. Seeing that world come to life with walls of Caribbean culture would be real fascinating to see on TV. So good.
Your turn!
July 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Silmarillion, but in a spectacularly unlikely to be approved by the Tolkien Estate way. Less "EPIC TRAGEDY SET TO THUNDEROUS HEROIC MUSIC" and more "garbage elves (and humans) achieve occasional moments of redeeming grace in between being messy bitches who love drama and do a lot of crimes."
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ICYMI, my latest review is of BLOOD OF THE BULL by Jo Graham, from @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/07/book...
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/07/book...
Book Review: Blood of the Bull by Jo Graham
The t hird novel in the series takes Giulia and Rodrigo through a very rough patch in their relationship. Oh, and there’s a French Invasion ...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
ICYMI, my latest review is of BLOOD OF THE BULL by Jo Graham, from @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/07/book...
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/07/book...
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Today is the release day for Jo Graham's marvelous The Blood of the Bull, the third in her series based on the magical life of Giulia Farnese, mistress of one pope, sister of another, and trusted advisor to both. Available on all the usual suspects!
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/07/07/r...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/07/07/r...
https://www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/07/07/release-day-for-…lood-of-the-bull/
July 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today is the release day for Jo Graham's marvelous The Blood of the Bull, the third in her series based on the magical life of Giulia Farnese, mistress of one pope, sister of another, and trusted advisor to both. Available on all the usual suspects!
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/07/07/r...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/07/07/r...
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Last day for preorders of Jo Graham's The Blood of the Bull! Tomorrow is the release day!
www.amazon.com/Blood-Bull-M...
www.amazon.com/Blood-Bull-M...
The Blood of the Bull (Memoirs of the Borgia Sibyl Book 3)
Amazon.com: The Blood of the Bull (Memoirs of the Borgia Sibyl Book 3) eBook : Graham, Jo: Kindle Store
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July 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Last day for preorders of Jo Graham's The Blood of the Bull! Tomorrow is the release day!
www.amazon.com/Blood-Bull-M...
www.amazon.com/Blood-Bull-M...
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Lovely new review for Jo Graham's The Blood of the Bull on Skiffy and Fanty!
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Book Review: The Blood of the Bull, by Jo Graham
I’ve been a fan of Jo Graham since her Black Ships (2008), a re-imagining of the Aeneid from the perspective of a priestess. Although she has written a good deal of science fiction (her Calpu…
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July 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Lovely new review for Jo Graham's The Blood of the Bull on Skiffy and Fanty!
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...