Ghabiba
@ghabibaweston.bsky.social
Author. Editor. Podcaster. Neuroscientist.
Story and snack enthusiast. Wicked word wielder. Will always laugh at your puns.
Story and snack enthusiast. Wicked word wielder. Will always laugh at your puns.
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Ghabiba
@ghabibaweston.bsky.social
· Oct 8
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Austin, TX, I'll see you this weekend! I'm so excited to be going to @texasbookfest.bsky.social~
I'll be walking around with prints and bookmarks, if you catch me. 🥰 I heard there might even be AN ARCANE INHERITANCE arcs available...
THIS ENDS IN EMBERS comes out in paperback on February 10, 2026.
I'll be walking around with prints and bookmarks, if you catch me. 🥰 I heard there might even be AN ARCANE INHERITANCE arcs available...
THIS ENDS IN EMBERS comes out in paperback on February 10, 2026.
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Austin, TX, I'll see you this weekend! I'm so excited to be going to @texasbookfest.bsky.social~
I'll be walking around with prints and bookmarks, if you catch me. 🥰 I heard there might even be AN ARCANE INHERITANCE arcs available...
THIS ENDS IN EMBERS comes out in paperback on February 10, 2026.
I'll be walking around with prints and bookmarks, if you catch me. 🥰 I heard there might even be AN ARCANE INHERITANCE arcs available...
THIS ENDS IN EMBERS comes out in paperback on February 10, 2026.
ARCANE x #A SPICE ROAD
An artist & an admiral conduct an impossible tea magic heist. Now they're being hunted by a sisterhood of deadly alchemists.
🗝unreliable narrator
🫀intergenerational muli-POV
🩸elements of horror
🫖creative power unlocked with tea magic
🗡colonial rage
#DVpit #F #POC #OWN #WOC
An artist & an admiral conduct an impossible tea magic heist. Now they're being hunted by a sisterhood of deadly alchemists.
🗝unreliable narrator
🫀intergenerational muli-POV
🩸elements of horror
🫖creative power unlocked with tea magic
🗡colonial rage
#DVpit #F #POC #OWN #WOC
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ARCANE x #A SPICE ROAD
To save his empire, Xavian must perform a deadly heist with the artist he was sent to hunt. But he doesn’t expect to fall for her—or to uncover a nation-wide conspiracy of twisted tea magic, forcing him to choose between his nation and his heart.
#DVpit #F #POC #OWN #WOC #ND
To save his empire, Xavian must perform a deadly heist with the artist he was sent to hunt. But he doesn’t expect to fall for her—or to uncover a nation-wide conspiracy of twisted tea magic, forcing him to choose between his nation and his heart.
#DVpit #F #POC #OWN #WOC #ND
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
ARCANE x SIX OF CROWS
She's deadly.
He's haunted.
A Sisterhood of alchemists is up against them.
They can either hunt or be hunted.
🗝 High-stakes heists
🫖Tea magic that unlocks creative power
🫀(Forgotten) friends-to-lovers (he remembers, she does not)
🕯One must 💀
#DVpit #A #F #POC #OWN #WOC #ND
She's deadly.
He's haunted.
A Sisterhood of alchemists is up against them.
They can either hunt or be hunted.
🗝 High-stakes heists
🫖Tea magic that unlocks creative power
🫀(Forgotten) friends-to-lovers (he remembers, she does not)
🕯One must 💀
#DVpit #A #F #POC #OWN #WOC #ND
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
ARCANE x SIX OF CROWS
A deadly sketch artist and a devilish admiral pair up in a heist only to uncover a nation-wide conspiracy of twisted tea magic.
🕯A Sisterhood of alchemists with deadly secrets
🎨 Tea magic that unlocks creative power
🫖 Only one cup
#DVpit #A #F #POC #OWN #WOC #ND
A deadly sketch artist and a devilish admiral pair up in a heist only to uncover a nation-wide conspiracy of twisted tea magic.
🕯A Sisterhood of alchemists with deadly secrets
🎨 Tea magic that unlocks creative power
🫖 Only one cup
#DVpit #A #F #POC #OWN #WOC #ND
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
COUNTESSxARCANE
To gain her freedom, a fugitive sketch artist must join her infuriatingly handsome enemy in a rebel band’s heist, but when her crimes uncover a nation-wide conspiracy of twisted tea magic, she's forced to use the power she swore off—at the cost of her nation or her heart
#DVpit #A #F
To gain her freedom, a fugitive sketch artist must join her infuriatingly handsome enemy in a rebel band’s heist, but when her crimes uncover a nation-wide conspiracy of twisted tea magic, she's forced to use the power she swore off—at the cost of her nation or her heart
#DVpit #A #F
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Next project? All I will say is it's a spec fic horror blend and you will cry (good) and also cry (scary).
#dvparty #writersky #A #F
#dvparty #writersky #A #F
October 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Next project? All I will say is it's a spec fic horror blend and you will cry (good) and also cry (scary).
#dvparty #writersky #A #F
#dvparty #writersky #A #F
Late to the #dvparty today, but Halsey's CONTROL is the perfect song for this book.
youtu.be/so8V5dAli-Q?...
And all the kids cried out
"Please, stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
#writersky #A #F
youtu.be/so8V5dAli-Q?...
And all the kids cried out
"Please, stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
#writersky #A #F
Halsey - Control (Audio)
YouTube video by HalseyVEVO
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October 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Late to the #dvparty today, but Halsey's CONTROL is the perfect song for this book.
youtu.be/so8V5dAli-Q?...
And all the kids cried out
"Please, stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
#writersky #A #F
youtu.be/so8V5dAli-Q?...
And all the kids cried out
"Please, stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
#writersky #A #F
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Aurélie: a fugitive sketch artist who draws the future into reality (and it always ends in 💀)
Xavian: a haunted admiral whose dreams identify those who will 💀
#dvparty #A #F #writersky
Xavian: a haunted admiral whose dreams identify those who will 💀
#dvparty #A #F #writersky
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Aurélie: a fugitive sketch artist who draws the future into reality (and it always ends in 💀)
Xavian: a haunted admiral whose dreams identify those who will 💀
#dvparty #A #F #writersky
Xavian: a haunted admiral whose dreams identify those who will 💀
#dvparty #A #F #writersky
This is one of my favourite books ever.
Countess ebook is 33% off in Canada atm (it's $5.99 down from $8.99)...so if you been waiting and have a kobo you can save a bit!
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
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Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is one of my favourite books ever.
Me: I will finish this book today.
Wasp: haha okay but what if I just sting you a whole bunch of times first tho 🐝
@premeemohamed.com there was no escape 😭
Wasp: haha okay but what if I just sting you a whole bunch of times first tho 🐝
@premeemohamed.com there was no escape 😭
September 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Me: I will finish this book today.
Wasp: haha okay but what if I just sting you a whole bunch of times first tho 🐝
@premeemohamed.com there was no escape 😭
Wasp: haha okay but what if I just sting you a whole bunch of times first tho 🐝
@premeemohamed.com there was no escape 😭
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A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
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I'm on the gay panel. I need an outfit.
Have you heard?
LITTLE GHOSTS FEST is only a month away!
Packed with vendors, panels & readings, you’ll want to come to this FREE celebration of indie horror!
BONUS: Horror Short Film Fest after hours on Sunday night!
Don’t miss this great October treat
www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...
LITTLE GHOSTS FEST is only a month away!
Packed with vendors, panels & readings, you’ll want to come to this FREE celebration of indie horror!
BONUS: Horror Short Film Fest after hours on Sunday night!
Don’t miss this great October treat
www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm on the gay panel. I need an outfit.
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I'm very happy to be one of this year's Guests of Honour, alongside Sheree Renée Thomas, Anna Martino, and Trick Weeks! Flights of Foundry is free, online, and a good time. You should totally come
It's finally September! Do you know what that means???
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
September 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm very happy to be one of this year's Guests of Honour, alongside Sheree Renée Thomas, Anna Martino, and Trick Weeks! Flights of Foundry is free, online, and a good time. You should totally come
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“The Life of a Showgirl” but it’s a vengeful teen conning her way into witch high society under a false identity while dealing with her complicated feelings for a manipulative enemy prince and her childhood friend turned enemy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Wicked Endeavors
Kamilah Cole's WICKED ENDEAVORS, a romantasy duology se…
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August 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“The Life of a Showgirl” but it’s a vengeful teen conning her way into witch high society under a false identity while dealing with her complicated feelings for a manipulative enemy prince and her childhood friend turned enemy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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I love this and also: this hypothetical questioner needs to ask themself, truly, why they want to write in the first place.
Because asking the question in and of itself suggests that this is a person who doesn't want to try to get better. And if that's true, why bother? No one's MAKING you write.
Because asking the question in and of itself suggests that this is a person who doesn't want to try to get better. And if that's true, why bother? No one's MAKING you write.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I love this and also: this hypothetical questioner needs to ask themself, truly, why they want to write in the first place.
Because asking the question in and of itself suggests that this is a person who doesn't want to try to get better. And if that's true, why bother? No one's MAKING you write.
Because asking the question in and of itself suggests that this is a person who doesn't want to try to get better. And if that's true, why bother? No one's MAKING you write.
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omg @screenrant.bsky.social putting me on a list with stephanie garber, holly black, rf kuang, and more???? i am deceased 🥹🥹
screenrant.com/most-excitin...
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12 Most Exciting Fantasy Books Still Coming Out In 2025
These fantasy books should be on your radar.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
omg @screenrant.bsky.social putting me on a list with stephanie garber, holly black, rf kuang, and more???? i am deceased 🥹🥹
screenrant.com/most-excitin...
screenrant.com/most-excitin...
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please spread the news far and wide!!
librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!
librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!
The Iron Garden Sutra
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
please spread the news far and wide!!
librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!
librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!
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Israeli military advances plans to take over the northern city and forcibly displace more than a million Palestinians.
Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza City, kills 7 people at Al Ahli Hospital
Israeli military advances plans to take over the northern city and forcibly displace more than a million Palestinians.
bit.ly
August 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Israeli military advances plans to take over the northern city and forcibly displace more than a million Palestinians.
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Layered with history, culture, and folklore, Nalo Hopkinson’s novel about griot-in-training Veycosi is a lush, adventurous feast of possibility and wit.
Layered with history, culture, and folklore, Nalo Hopkinson’s novel about griot-in-training Veycosi is a lush, adventurous feast of possibility and wit.
August 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Layered with history, culture, and folklore, Nalo Hopkinson’s novel about griot-in-training Veycosi is a lush, adventurous feast of possibility and wit.
Layered with history, culture, and folklore, Nalo Hopkinson’s novel about griot-in-training Veycosi is a lush, adventurous feast of possibility and wit.
A fun fact about me is that if you are rude to my dog, you will cease to exist to me.
"Ghabiba, could you--"
No sir, I cannot.
"Ghabiba, could you--"
No sir, I cannot.
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A fun fact about me is that if you are rude to my dog, you will cease to exist to me.
"Ghabiba, could you--"
No sir, I cannot.
"Ghabiba, could you--"
No sir, I cannot.
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looks like 2026 is going to be a double feature!
thrilled to announce that the infamous novel that was written in a month, the one that started as a sweat-drenched nightmare, now titled OUR INFINITE AND INEVITABLE ENDS, will be coming to you in fall of 2026 from @ecwpress.bsky.social!
thrilled to announce that the infamous novel that was written in a month, the one that started as a sweat-drenched nightmare, now titled OUR INFINITE AND INEVITABLE ENDS, will be coming to you in fall of 2026 from @ecwpress.bsky.social!
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
looks like 2026 is going to be a double feature!
thrilled to announce that the infamous novel that was written in a month, the one that started as a sweat-drenched nightmare, now titled OUR INFINITE AND INEVITABLE ENDS, will be coming to you in fall of 2026 from @ecwpress.bsky.social!
thrilled to announce that the infamous novel that was written in a month, the one that started as a sweat-drenched nightmare, now titled OUR INFINITE AND INEVITABLE ENDS, will be coming to you in fall of 2026 from @ecwpress.bsky.social!