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kvjohansen.bsky.social
Passing thought brought on by sales figures & a book that had a dearth of official publicity: do you guys even know that Gods of the Caravan Road is a five-novel series, not four? Were you left hanging after Gods of Nabban? Moth's story continues! The Last Road. Grim. Dark. www.kvj.ca/last-road.html
K.V. Johansen | The Last Road
About The Last Road by K.V. Johansen
www.kvj.ca
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Not to post spoilers or anything but someone knowing the difference between pedophilia and ephebophilia is a) a plot point in BlankAnon and b) a sign that the character is evil
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
Oh, I agree! I was privileged to publish Jessica Amanda Salmonson’s "Time-Slit Through a Rice Paper Window" in the Summer 1984 issue of Last Wave, and the final paragraph, which is not just about that story but all stories, gives me goosebumps still. A brilliant writer.
A few days later (we are time traveling again) Kohachi is home with his mother. There is much ado about the marriage preparations and the invitations which must be sent out. A servant is replacing the torn windows in the rice paper screens and doors, so everything will be spiffy for the celebration. We won’t be able to see through the time-slit much longer. What will happen to Kohachi after we are gone? Perhaps he has a good life with his bride, winning a few more duels in his life. Perhaps there is a war and he goes off to that and dies, or else is a success and becomes a wealthy warlord. Possibly the son of someone he killed comes and duels with him and wins. It is difficult to know what occurs in the life of the people in a story after the story ends. If we have any hearts at all, we must suffer thinking about it. That’s why stories sometimes say “happily ever after” or else kill all the characters off, so that we won’t have to worry about it. As for Kohachi, we have no idea what happens to him after this. We can always hope for the best.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set now as part of this amazing StoryBundle curated by Charlotte English, with books by @tillywallace.bsky.social , @tansyrr.bsky.social , @victoriagoddard.bsky.social, R.J. Blain, @kristadb1.bsky.social & more:

storybundle.com/fantasy

#romancelandia
This image shows thirteen book covers around the text: The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle: November twelfth through December fourth. The books are: Stephanie Burgis's The Harwood Spellbook: The Complete Series, Intisar Khanani's Sunbolt, Tansy Rayner Roberts's Power and Majesty, Tilly Wallace's The Stormborne Vine, Jacquelyn Benson's The Stolen Apocalypse and Empire of Shadows, Victoria Goddard's The Sisters Avramapui Omnibus and The Redoubtable Pale Avramapui, Charlotte English's Hell and High Water, Krista Ball's The Dark Abyss of Our Sins: the Complete Series, Suzannah Rowntree's Tall and Dark, and R.J. Blain's Silent Stalker and Blood Bound.
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
This is a fun question because Blank spends pretty much all of BlankAnon dead below the waist
stevewestenra.bsky.social Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 4d
In the spirit of kink positivity--what kinks do everyone's characters have (if this is something your characters have)?

*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Excerpt from BlankAnon, which I wrote in 2021
I laughed. “Seriously? Who’s their savior? A guy who bragged in an interview about barging into a dressing room to ogle naked teenagers. A guy who hung out with one of the most famous pedophiles ever.” “Teenagers…that’s ephebophilia, not pedophilia.” “How the fuck do you know that and not know who Kronos is? Anyway, not the point. The point is that if they’re so mad about sex trafficking, they sure did pick someone who should have ‘Most Likely to Sex Traffic’ under his high school senior picture.” “Your country rewards that? I grew up hearing about the decadent west, but this—”
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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storybundle.bsky.social
The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle:
You know how it goes. There's one female character in the book, and she's a love interest. She's given little to do and less to wear. She has no good lines, and nothing to contribute save her helplessness.
These are not those stories. storybundle.com/fantasy
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
Reposting for the afternoon crowd!
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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qospress.bsky.social
#Signalboost here for book reviewer @mxphoebesviewpoint.bsky.social Things are pretty tough right now and there aren’t a ton of indie book reviewers who focus on queer books. Phoebe has to choose between keeping herself and her dog fed or keeping internet access - buymeacoffee.com/phoebesrandoms
Mx. Phoebe's Viewpoint is Writer, Blogger, Reviewer
Hi. Thanks for stopping by and considering buying me a cup of coffee. What does buying a cup of coffee do for me? It enables me to do more with my blog and of course buy more books to review. (chuckle
buymeacoffee.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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aknighton.bsky.social
New book from me! The sequel to The Executioner's Blade, another fantasy murder mystery full of monsters & intrigue.
northodoxpress.bsky.social Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 7d
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨

For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!

Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!

Do not miss this!

Preorders and details here:
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November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
I'm angry and I bet you are too! Howzabout a book where somebody fights back for a change
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
Release day for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! Bob Blank returns in his most desperate adventure yet - unless his spirit guide eats him first. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/11/10/r...
Release Day for BlankAnon!
Today marks the release of BlankAnon and the return of Bob Blank, the eponymous hero of Justin Robinson’s fantasy-noir satirical mystery series! First encountered in Mr. Blank and Get Blank, our narra...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
Quick reminder - BlankAnon is out tomorrow!
A bright red book cover showing a pentagon surrounded by question marks, with a trench-coated silhouette in the center: BlankAnon, by Justin Robinson. It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat my first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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qospress.bsky.social
#Bookfest Headed back to the Twin Cities Book Festival to peddle our wares! Come find us at the Union Depot in Saturday at Booth 512! We‘ll have festival deals and book extras like stickers and coloring books!
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
Yo #booksky you don't want to miss this one
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
Coming Monday! www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi... and all the usual suspects.
A bright red book cover showing a pentagon surrounded by question marks, with a trench-coated silhouette in the center: BlankAnon, by Justin Robinson. It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat my first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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raenbowpunk.bsky.social
SO EMPHATICALLY SECONDED! One of my forever-favourites,absolutely breathtaking!
jaekoyanagi.com Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 10d
If you haven't read The Map and the Territory by @amtuomala.bsky.social, then I strongly recommend you do. A beautifully written story about living and finding meaning when the world is falling apart, and how community can save you in more ways than one.
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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jaekoyanagi.com
If you haven't read The Map and the Territory by @amtuomala.bsky.social, then I strongly recommend you do. A beautifully written story about living and finding meaning when the world is falling apart, and how community can save you in more ways than one.
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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qospress.bsky.social
#Booksky In honor of Catherine Lundoff’s upcoming reading at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis on 11/12, and in recognition of the numerous glowing scammy emails we’re getting about it, may we recommend her collection OUT OF THIS WORLD? Queer fantasy and sf short stories! books2read.com/b/3J88zg
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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qospress.bsky.social
Our publisher blurbed this book and thinks you would like it too! Happy book birthday, @bogiperson.bsky.social!
bogiperson.bsky.social Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES out NOW! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 13d
Song of Spores is launching TODAY, read the many fun quotes from the book in this thread and enjoy!

The preorders link is already down, you can buy here -

From publisher:
www.brokeneyebooks.com/catalog/p/so...
Amzn US: amzn.to/3LkmdJC
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/14302/9781... (associate links)
bogiperson.bsky.social Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES out NOW! @bogiperson.bsky.social · Sep 22
Okay let's do something trans, autistic and FUN, because I need it... and you might need it too 😮

Give me a page number and I give you a quote from my upcoming book SONG OF SPORES!

My e-ARC has pages from 3 to 202.

(Preorders here: www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c62/So... )
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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bogiperson.bsky.social
Song of Spores is launching TODAY, read the many fun quotes from the book in this thread and enjoy!

The preorders link is already down, you can buy here -

From publisher:
www.brokeneyebooks.com/catalog/p/so...
Amzn US: amzn.to/3LkmdJC
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/14302/9781... (associate links)
bogiperson.bsky.social Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES out NOW! @bogiperson.bsky.social · Sep 22
Okay let's do something trans, autistic and FUN, because I need it... and you might need it too 😮

Give me a page number and I give you a quote from my upcoming book SONG OF SPORES!

My e-ARC has pages from 3 to 202.

(Preorders here: www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c62/So... )
The cover of Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, with art by Galen Dara and design by Scott Gable. It has a strange organic spaceship-like creature in a sphere of... things, and the color scheme has a lot of blues, purples and oranges.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Reading the forthcoming Breath and Bone by @kvjohansen.bsky.social whose work is always a joy
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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qospress.bsky.social
#Booksky Hey, we’re WisCon @wiscon.bsky.social’s first Vendor of the Month! Check out the newsletter for a handy coupon code! Use it on our website in November to get a discount on our books and we make a donation to WisCon! How cool is that! wiscon.net/news/e-newsl...
Book table with a white table banner on the right side. WisCon Vendor of the Month
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social
When the only thing that can save you is the Cthulhoid god of the internet and all you have to write on is an old Burger King bag...

#booksky #preorder
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 15d
Ten days to the release of @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social 's new Blank novel, BlankAnon! (Preorders are up in all the usual places, too. www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi... and more.)
A bright red book cover showing a pentagon surrounded by question marks, with a trench-coated silhouette in the center: BlankAnon, by Justin Robinson. It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat my first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social
Ten days to the release of @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social 's new Blank novel, BlankAnon! (Preorders are up in all the usual places, too. www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi... and more.)
A bright red book cover showing a pentagon surrounded by question marks, with a trench-coated silhouette in the center: BlankAnon, by Justin Robinson. It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat my first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM