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Lisa/E.M. Hamill
@emhamill.bsky.social
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Oncology nurse by day, author of science fiction and urban fantasy by night. Geek. Caffeine addict. Queer. Humanist.
Star Bard Books LLC
https://emhamill.wordpress.com https://linktr.ee/emhamill
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Lisa/E.M. Hamill @emhamill.bsky.social · Jun 5
Whiskey and Warfare is a finalist in @spsfc.bsky.social 4! One of the judges posted this and I. Just. Can't. Come up with words.
ewdocparris.com E.W. Doc Parris @ewdocparris.com · Jun 5
I read this as a judge and found it to be five-star reading. @emhamill.bsky.social has managed to outdo Scalzi's "Old Man's War" with an all-female cast of aging warriors.
spsfc.bsky.social The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition @spsfc.bsky.social · Jun 5
Whiskey and Warfare by E. M. Hamill has been picked as an #SPSFC 4 finalist.

spsfc.space/2025/06/05/s...

Judge: "Equal parts heart-warming and heart-breaking, full of real human depth, and a thoughtful exploration of aging."
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kdedwardsnc.bsky.social
www.32auctions.com/Kdedwards
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
emhamill.bsky.social
📚🌈🪐💫 GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY! If you haven't met Maryn and crew, now is the time. It's on sale for .99 cents through November on all platforms except Amazon, where it's back on Kindle Unlimited for the next 90 days!

books2read.com/u/49q1Dp
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
emhamill.bsky.social
Contemporary fantasy thriller with queer romance elements, FORREST HOUSE, is getting feedback from my mighty alpha readers (really, the things I subject them to that you don't see 😬). So excited to work on it after my fearless editor
@sarahchorn.bsky.social
plows through the muck. Early 2026!
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
MAGIC BITES + THE LAST SUN

With the lives of two missing girls hanging in the balance, self-serving enchanter-turned-barista Jack Nimble is forced to ally with love interests both old and new to stop his megalomaniac ex-boyfriend’s demonic revolution - or die trying.

#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
How to make ALIGNMENT:
- 1 scrappy barista w/gift for enchanting
- 2 old flames (1 MUST be evil)
- 1 total solar eclipse
- 2 forms of illegal magic
- 1 pkg Sharpies

Shake together w/ 2 large scoops of romance. Garnish w/faerie dust.

Makes 1 chance to save the world.
#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
When his past is resurrected, Jack B. Nimble, enchanter-turned-barista, has no choice: team up with his first-love-turned-parole officer & a hot single-dad necromancer to stop his ex from destroying the world with illegal magic before the eclipse ends, or die trying.

#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
emhamill.bsky.social
I will be at Gaylaxicon this weekend in MN! The list of authors is incredible and I am already fangirling.
September 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
emhamill.bsky.social
Thank you, Scott!!
jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · Sep 7
Time to share another author friend: E.M. Hamill

MF, MM, MNB Dark Erotica, Fantasy, Historical, Sci Fi

Elisabeth "E.M." Hamill is a nurse by day, unabashed geek, chocoholic, sci fi and fantasy novelist by nights ...

www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-aut...

#GayRomance @emhamill.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
ALIGNMENT - come for the
🗡️ Nefarious revenge plot
🩸 Illegal magic
💥 Epic magic battles
Stay for the
🩶 morally-gray necromancer
❤️‍🩹 second chance romance
🌹 alleyway/mausoleum makeouts

#QueerPit #A #UF
A grid of nine photos, from left to right: Top row: an eclipse in phases; text reading “Our almost will always haunt me”; all-black Converse high-tops. Second row: a shot of healed scars on a man’s tanned back; a cathedral illuminated in red light; a house in front of a purple night sky with fairy lights in bare branches partially obscuring it. Bottom row: a young man in a white t shirt channeling red light between his palms; a lilac-walled foyer with black and white marble checkerboard flooring; a crow looking down at a headstone it is perched on.
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
THE LAST SUN x FINDER

When his past is resurrected, Jack B. Nimble, enchanter-turned-barista, has no choice: team up with his ex-best-friend-turned-parole officer and a single-dad necromancer to stop his ex’s demonic takeover of the Citadel before the eclipse ends, or die trying.

#QueerPit #A #UF
A moodboard of nine squares, from left to right: First row - Black and white shot of cursive text on paper with a ballpoint pen; black and white shot of a hand holding a lit cigarette trailing smoke; black and white shot of a sign saying “coffee nap roasters” Second row - black background with white lowercase arial text that reads “blah, blah, blah…shut up”; a half-shadowed colored shot of a tan-skinned young man’s upper face, eyes downcast and black hair tousled; a black background with blue smoke trails Third row - a wall of sharpie packages on peg hooks in a store; an ivory background with gothic font text reading “maybe I’ve always been more comfortable in chaos”; a close up shot of a white page covered in black cursive writing partially obscured by a black ink splotch
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
How to make ALIGNMENT:
- 1 scrappy barista w/gift for enchanting
- 2 old flames (1 MUST be evil)
- 1 total solar eclipse
- 2 forms of illegal magic
- 1 pkg Sharpies

Shake together with 2 large scoops of romance. Garnish with faerie dust. Makes 1 chance to save the world.

#QueerPit #A #UF
Nine images in a grid, from left to right. First row: black and white vintage coffee shop sign; half-shadowed image of a young man’s upper face with tan skin, tousled dark hair, and eyes downcast; a purple night sky with a silhouette of a house with one orange window partially obscured by a bare tree branch string with white fairy lights. Second row: Photo of a hand curling around a bright green glowing orb; a color shot of a solar eclipse surrounded by clouds; a black and white photo of two hands, both male, one with fingers lightly brushing the back of the other hand. Third row: a purple Ferris wheel at night; a wall of Sharpies for sale at a store; a photo of a broken cathedral window covered in green ivy.
August 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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spsfc.bsky.social
The winner of the fourth #SPSFC is Saint Elspeth by @wickwelker.bsky.social, a tightly crafted tale of a doctor who survived first contact and nuclear apocalypse.

"They just arrived, inadvertently triggered humanity to tear itself to pieces, landed, and vanished."

www.amazon.com/Saint-Elspet...
The cover of the novel Saint Elspeth by Wick Welker. In a sky lit an apocalyptic shade of orange, an ovoid ship hovers over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
August 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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spsfc.bsky.social
With four places announced out of six, the fourth #SPSFC is faced with the dilemma of what to announce next.

By a margin of just 0.392, second place goes to "action packed" On Impulse by Heather Texle, led by migraine-afflicted ex-space cop Reliance Sinclair.

www.amazon.com/Impulse-Reli...
The cover of the science fiction novel On Impulse by Heather Texle. A woman in a leather jacket holds a large gun in a place with dropping wires and sky beyond. She has a blue computer readout over her head and a pensive expression.
August 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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spsfc.bsky.social
Third place in the fourth #SPSFC goes to the second chances resurrection romp Yours, Celestially by @al-distortion.bsky.social. Judge: "I needed this in my life right now at a time where I had more than a few negative thoughts in my head about being who I am."

www.amazon.com/Yours-Celest...
The cover of Yours Celestially by Al Hess. A well dressed figure in a purple sportscoat, black shirt and hat has a cloud-filled sky instead of a face. Windows dialogs read "Resurrection: Loading", "Metatron.jpg" and "Call your guardian angel?"
August 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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spsfc.bsky.social
Fourth place in the fourth #SPSFC is claimed by the "rollicking space opera" Whiskey and Warfare by @emhamill.bsky.social. A found family of golden-years space mercs reunite to stop a genocide.

www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Warf...
August 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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annaleen.bsky.social
The OG sexy, sarcastic nerd icon ... the Earth will miss you, Tom Lehrer. #rip www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDE...
Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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arepublicif.bsky.social
If CBS & ABC have bent the knee

And the Washington Post, NYTimes, & the LATimes have bent the knee

And the Congress & SCOTUS have bent the knee

All to a demented child rapist

Then it is all the more imperative that we the people never bend

We are who we have

#RemoveTrump #EpsteinFiles
July 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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jakeshandy.bsky.social
Uranus, Primordial God of the Sky and Heavens, father of the Titans.

Dipping into some general Greek Mythology this time around! I have a goal to do portraits of Gaia and the Titans as well.

#greekmythology #greekgods #uranus #Ouranos #myart #mythology #gods
July 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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lizzybriggs.bsky.social
MAGIC BITES + THE LAST SUN

With the lives of two missing girls hanging in the balance, self-serving enchanter-turned-barista Jack Nimble is forced to ally with love interests new and old to stop his megalomaniac ex-boyfriend’s demonic revolution - or die trying.

#BluePit📖 #LGBT #Q #A #F
A photo collage style moodboard on a plum background. The photos include a purple Ferris wheel, green magic illuminating a hand, two hands brushing in black and white, a partial image of a young man’s face, a display of Sharpies for sale, a total solar eclipse, a silhouette of a house with a purple sky behind it, an ink stained page, and green ivy partially covering a window. Below these images is white, sharpie-style text saying “Alignment by Lizzy S. Briggs” The Pitch: Jack B. Nimble is all-too-familiar with his ex’s plans for world domination. He was supposed to be at the center of it, serving as his right-hand alchemist. Instead, after a brutal reckoning, Jack has crawled out of rock bottom by keeping his head down and avoiding his dark past. Jack’s fragile present as a barista for a magical coffee shop cracks when his illegal secret menu leads to his arrest. It fractures when his former best friend, now a cop, offers to be his parole officer after years of estrangement. It shatters entirely when his ex, Hugo, puts his plans into motion, blowing up the Magisterium in pursuit of both vengeance on Jack and a mysterious artifact. Jack learns he isn’t his ex’s only victim when a handsome necromancer tracks him down, leveraging Jack’s past to secure his help in stopping Hugo’s plan to usher in his new, demonic world order. Can Jack face his past - and his truth - in time to save the world from being rewritten? Comps - Valiant by Holly Black, Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews, Finder by Emma Bull, The Last Sun by KD Edwards. Tropes - Childhood best friends to parolee/parole officer, magically bound together, only one bed/shower/mausoleum, second chance romance, actual love triangle, vengeful exes, queer AF. This text is surrounded by Polaroid-style photos of green flames, a coffee shop, a cathedral window covered in ivy, and a man’s hands in handcuffs Favorite Quotes: “Magic gave us a second chance. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is selling something.” “It made sense he’d require a blood price for me to leave. I just hadn’t expected so much of it to be mine.” “When I was a kid, I used to pretend I could feel the warmth of my imaginary mother at my side, or the comforting weight of my invisible father’s hand on my shoulder. But I had neither, and those memories were stolen, phantoms borne of after-school specials, late-night sitcom reruns, and a desperate, aching hope that wouldn’t fucking die that one day, they’d come back for me. But I guess that’s what real faith is. Unkillable.” “Oh honey, you have no idea who I became without you.”
July 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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discobooks.bsky.social
“I was your robot companion, you were my favourite colour”.

Gethsemane art by Bluecho on TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/ZNd5xkQyq/.
#sleeptoken
A kneeling, crying robot reaching out to a misty blue human silhouette
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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teawithtolkien.com
Reject world domination! Embrace second breakfast! The whole world doesn’t belong to you, but the “food and cheer and song” of Hobbiton is better than hoarded gold anyways. 🤎 Inspired by a comment I received on another post.
Black text on a white backgrounds, the image looks like an old newspaper: BOOK VICH. 3 * THE ONE RING DESTROYED * 25 MARCH 3019 REJECT WORLD DOMINATION! EMBRACE SECOND BREAKFAST FOOD AND CHEER AND SONG ABOVE HOARDED GOLD
July 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
emhamill.bsky.social
@kdedwardsnc.bsky.social True or nah?
July 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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processpending.bsky.social
Get your tickets now!
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be caught up for the fourth book that releases soon.
Perfect for Pride Month and Solstice!
June 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
emhamill.bsky.social
I adore this series. I guarantee it is the best one you may never have heard of. 📚🌈🦄
astrumiel.bsky.social Strumie @astrumiel.bsky.social · Jun 20
HAPPY SOLSTICE AND PRIDE MONTH - MAY I RECCOMEND YOU *THE TAROT SEQUENCE BY K.D. EDWARDS*?
June 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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spsfc.bsky.social
Whiskey and Warfare by E. M. Hamill has been picked as an #SPSFC 4 finalist.

spsfc.space/2025/06/05/s...

Judge: "Equal parts heart-warming and heart-breaking, full of real human depth, and a thoughtful exploration of aging."
The cover of Whiskey and Warfare by E. M. Hamill. In space over a planet, four women including humans and one of catlike appearance stand in the foreground looking confident as a spacecraft takes off in the background.
June 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM