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Brent C. Lambert
@brentclambert.bsky.social
Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing.

he/him http://brentclambert.com
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Added it to Chrome and can verify it works, thank god
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Brennnttt!! @brentclambert.bsky.social !! More wonderful folks discovering your amazing book! 🖤🖤🖤
I just finished this book and OMFG this was everything! Think a queer sci-fi version of Sinners meets Star Wars all crammed into a 150 page book!

One of the best reads of the year so far!
January 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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🎉🎂 Happy UK Book Birthday to @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER!

🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards,
🖤 A @reactorsff.bsky.social Reviewer's Choice of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick

SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy.

Buy: https://geni.us/asunder
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Welcome to the UK, to this gorgeous book. Please everyone go buy it so we can have book 2??
🎉🎂 Happy UK Book Birthday to @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER!

🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards,
🖤 A @reactorsff.bsky.social Reviewer's Choice of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick

SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy.

Buy: https://geni.us/asunder
January 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Why I love horror.

Also: this is not just a post about horror.
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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I was one of the proofreaders for this gorgeous collection. All of these stories kick so much ass (and also there’s smooching).
💓 BEATING HEARTS & BATTLE-AXES🪓
is now on Amazon in digital, softcover, and hardcover.
www.amazon.com/Beating-Hear...

Edited by @jayxwolf.bsky.social, it holds approx. 72,000 words of fiction, spread across six spicy Sword & Sorcery tales with a romantic relationship at their heart!
January 13, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Did you miss the crowdfund but want to grab this anthology? Now you can! It’s got a story from me, about a bitter scout forced out of retirement to guide an archaeological team through a dangerous jungle, back to the cursed city where the man she loved betrayed her.
💓 BEATING HEARTS & BATTLE-AXES🪓
is now on Amazon in digital, softcover, and hardcover.
www.amazon.com/Beating-Hear...

Edited by @jayxwolf.bsky.social, it holds approx. 72,000 words of fiction, spread across six spicy Sword & Sorcery tales with a romantic relationship at their heart!
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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And let's not forget our talent-rich ToC featuring S.L. Huang, @brynhammond.bsky.social, T.A. Markitan, @brentclambert.bsky.social, David C. Smith, and @valerievaldes.bsky.social!

www.amazon.com/Beating-Hear...
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Enjoy the gorgeous wraparound cover art by @morlevart.bsky.social, and six interior illustrations by @kuboartt.bsky.social!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGC9NR2...
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
My story centers on the complicated relationship queer people sometimes have with their hometowns. Then I throw it in the blender with vengeful demonic queens, mercenary husbands, enchanted tongue piercings and a militia inspired by the Sacred Band of Thebes.

Check it out!!
💓 BEATING HEARTS & BATTLE-AXES🪓
is now on Amazon in digital, softcover, and hardcover.
www.amazon.com/Beating-Hear...

Edited by @jayxwolf.bsky.social, it holds approx. 72,000 words of fiction, spread across six spicy Sword & Sorcery tales with a romantic relationship at their heart!
January 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I know I’m reaching a good self-editing flow when I find a sentence and have to say to myself “what the f**k does that even mean??” 🤣🤣
January 10, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Not me getting emotional watching all the My Hero Academia kids get their diplomas 😭😭
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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One of the best books I've read in the past couple years. Do yourself a favor and READ IT ASAP! I neeeeeed a sequel like I need air
OUT THIS MONTH!

@kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER finally reaches the UK!

“Read this book. Let its deliciously dark world envelop you. Fall in love with its complicated, wounded, winsome characters...You’ll thank me later.” - @veronicarothbooks.com

Preorder: https://geni.us/asunder
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Finished THE SECRET SKIN by @wnwagner.bsky.social from @neonhemlock.bsky.social and it hit all the right notes for me. I love when a story makes it clear the goals it aims to achieve thematically and hits each of them with creative clarity.
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Just finished I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN and I will need to take a second to digest it. There's a deep, deep despair in all the unanswered questions which feels a bit too real to wrap my head around right now.
January 7, 2026 at 4:20 AM
SECRET LEVEL's interpretation of Pac-Man is actually pretty cool and nowhere I would ever expect someone to take that concept.
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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It's my last short speculative fiction spotlight column of 2025 (my Dec picks will come out in Jan). I have 10 stories to tide you through the long, dark nights and short, cold days. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: November 2025 - Reactor
Add some of the best new short fiction stories to your end of year reading lists!
reactormag.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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❄️ WINTER SALE ❄️

The weather outside is frightful and so is my queer dark fantasy work, you can find comfort in the horrendous for 50% off or get the whole catalogue for $6.90 (nice)

get it here: itch.io/s/174477/win...
December 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
*crawling out the wreckage Retrograde made of my last month and a half*

My podcast co-host @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social is aiming to up his craft and could use a little Mariah holiday magic thrown his way 🙌

gofund.me/2950ee237
Donate to Support Marshall Carr's Journey Ahead, organized by Wil Ralston
Hello from the crew of JUST KEEP WRITING Podcast. Today we are starting a Go-Fund-Me… Wil Ralston needs your support for Support Marshall Carr's Journey Ahead
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December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
PodCastle 529: Chesirah - PodCastle
Chesirah By L. D. Lewis “It is almost time.” Chesirah smiled despite her screaming fingers. They were a blur, working feverishly to finish lacing together the last of her dark braids before Nazar the ...
podcastle.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I also need the sequel, and this book is amazing (inventive, exciting, and wrenching) so please check it out!
Convincing you to read my ~preceding~ novel, because I need the sales in order to get this one contracted. 😬

Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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You should absolutely read this book. Just incredibly well-crafted at all sorts of different levels. Enjoy it as a classic fantasy heroic journey, savour the world-building, or dig deeper into the craft and reflect on the viewpoints and characters.
Get me my next fix here, is what I’m saying!
Convincing you to read my ~preceding~ novel, because I need the sales in order to get this one contracted. 😬

Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Asunder by Kerstin Hall is a dark fantasy novel set in a wholly unique world, with two characters literally stuck together. I read it at the start of the year and I think about it constantly. 💙📚
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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It's early for Thanksgiving but hey let's all give thanks for @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social doing the work -- their efforts to spread the word about cool books is so very welcome.
As we near the end of the year, the last thing you might want is a big, chunky fantasy or science fiction book to drag into the new year. Good thing @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's got 5 underrated novellas to recommend instead!
Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Novellas - Reactor
It's time to add something short and sweet to your TBR stack...
reactormag.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for including Stone and Steel!!!
As we near the end of the year, the last thing you might want is a big, chunky fantasy or science fiction book to drag into the new year. Good thing @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's got 5 underrated novellas to recommend instead!
Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Novellas - Reactor
It's time to add something short and sweet to your TBR stack...
reactormag.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM