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Jampersand
@jampersand.bsky.social
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Copy editor, bookworm, horror fiend. 📚
They/Them ⚧
Senior Copy Editor of Strange Horizons 🌌
www.jampersandeditingservices.com
Writing as Beau Farrow 📝
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Jampersand @jampersand.bsky.social · Jun 25
I read so much! I used to try to run a review blog, but I never had the time to do it properly and it completely fizzled out. So maybe I'll just briefly yell about books I like here.
jampersand.bsky.social
This is beautifully written, and what a coincidence that I spent all day listening to different covers of the song to make an "Oops, All Wonderful Christmastime!" playlist
(it is unironically my favorite Christmas song, though maybe my fervor comes from feeling it is unfairly maligned)
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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This is so beautiful and also Freed is just so good at writing this kind of galaxy-brain drug-talking
Page 177 of School by Isabel Paban Freed
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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blipstress.bsky.social
Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!
Plastic, Prism, Void by Violet Allen — Debut trans romantasy — LittlePuss Press
A time-skipping quick-quipping trans romantasy supernova! "An utterly essential, astounding new voice." —Charlie Jane Anders
www.littlepuss.net
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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danhartland.bsky.social
Today at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, that @daviddaviddavid.com on Philip Fracassi's The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.

Our senior copyeditor, @jampersand.bsky.social, declared the book one of their favourites of the year - find out why!
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
Fracassi addresses how easy it is to think a retirement home confirms the assumed connection of ageing to tragedy.
strangehorizons.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
ANNOUNCING...THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 2025 POLL!!

Books! Movies! TV shows! Book covers! Video games! MORE!!! Reactor Magazine wants to know your favorites from the year!
Favorite SFF Stories of 2025
Reactor Magazine wants to know: What were YOUR favorite scif-fi/fantasy/horror/romantasy genre books, movies, and television shows of 2025?? We’d like you to share your favorite genre fiction books, m...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
jampersand.bsky.social
"What's that?"
mixedlinguist.bsky.social Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 11d
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
jampersand.bsky.social
I'm not normal about this, I love Violet Allen's short stories and this sounds so fucking cool!
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 10d
Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!
Plastic, Prism, Void by Violet Allen — Debut trans romantasy — LittlePuss Press
A time-skipping quick-quipping trans romantasy supernova! "An utterly essential, astounding new voice." —Charlie Jane Anders
www.littlepuss.net
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Oh today was not a day the internet added joy to my life
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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gautambhatia88.bsky.social
In this week’s @strangehorizons.bsky.social, one of my favourite pieces I’ve edited this year — on orientalism from Star Trek to Game of Thrones.

Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence
Dragon fire on white bodies is sad. Dragon fire on not-Muslim bodies is cheered on the screen. We ache when the scimitar prows of not-Muslim ships cleave through a white human captain’s ship. But b…
strangehorizons.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
jampersand.bsky.social
There were two dead spiders in my winter boots, so. That's a thing. At least I found them before putting them on?
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.

🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines

🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines." Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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bincfoundation.org/campaign-lar...
Double your donation to Binc! Some corporate partners have committed to matching up to 30k in donations. These folks provide vital financial help to booksellers--during the lockdowns of 2020, they helped so many keep their heads above water, including me 💗
Binc Launches Year-End Campaign with Largest Ever Match - Binc Foundation
ANN ARBOR, MI--The need for emergency financial assistance within the book and comic community continues to grow and thanks to Penguin Random House,
bincfoundation.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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theguardian.com
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears Fundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October. Donations collected by volunteers and funnelled to needy families living in temporary shelters and struggling with illness, hunger and malnutrition have been harder to raise since then, according to organisers, many of whom have been running volunteer initiatives for Palestinians in Gaza on third-party crowdfunding platforms over the past two years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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astoehr.bsky.social
my short stories are coming out in paper form from feminist press next may! time to pre order a copy!
Again, Harder by Alice Stoehr with a butch dog girl embracing a femme bunny girl released on May 12, 2026 by Feminist Press
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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katarinahunt.bsky.social
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Sometimes my tinnitus slips into video game music/sfx, sometimes my partner is just playing a game very quietly
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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magicariot.com
"Magica Riot: Full Bloom" is my second queer Portland magical girl novel and a big emotional gay adventure. And it begins arriving this weekend in print & ebook formats.

I'm building a trans-centric queer magical girl universe here, and I'd love for you to read it. magicariot.com/buy
A photo of paperback copies on a table of "Magica Riot," featuring protagonist Claire in her Riot Purple magical girl costume posing in front of the St. Johns Bridge, and "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," featuring characters Iris and Bloom laying on a bed of orange rain lilies.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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jordanshiveley.bsky.social
and this is your regular PSA to remind you that YOU can hire ME to design YOUR book cover…and logos…and shirts…and tombstones…

jordanshiveley.myportfolio.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Meet my newest creation: Jasper the Festive Moth of Doom! I designed, hand-sewed, and hand-embroidered him. Jasper fervently believes that just because he's a moth of doom doesn't mean that he can't also be a fun and celebratory fellow.

www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Here's a lovely photo of Jasper. He's a black fabric art moth with a gray face and seven red eyes. He has a small open mouth with two sharp teeth on the top and three slightly larger sharp teeth on the bottom. He's covered with red embroidered flowers with gray lines around them. Short red lines and gray points and other folk art looking markings cover his body. He his twirly black antennae covered with short red lines all in a row. There's green fur in the background of the pic. Here's another lovely photo of Jasper. His antennae are pointing upwards in this one with a slight curl at the end.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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magicariot.com
For Itch purchasers, just lettin’ ya know that Magica Riot: Full Bloom is up for preorder 🥰 stormmaiden.itch.io/magica-riot-...
Magica Riot: Full Bloom by Storm Maiden Studios
Portland's queer magical girl rock band returns!
stormmaiden.itch.io
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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trevondlogan.bsky.social
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
chriso-wiki.bsky.social ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · Nov 9
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Meet Wintertide the Mystical Phantom! I designed and hand-sewed her.

Using her telekinetic powers, Wintertide can move cold objects like popsicles, or semi-cold objects like slightly melted popsicles. Basically, she enjoys making popsicles float around.

www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Here's a lovely photo of Wintertide. She's a fabric art ghost with a white body and blue face, twinkly black eyes and a little frown. She has two twirly head wisps. She's covered with various hand-embroidered mystical symbols, like light blue flowers with black lines around them. There's a lovely galaxy print fabric in the background. Here's another lovely pic of Wintertide, where she's looking slightly to the side.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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magicariot.com
One year ago, you met my queer Portland rock band/magical girl squad, and their new trans member, Claire.

Soon, it'll be time for their next adventure!

"Magica Riot: Full Bloom" is the sequel to my debut. This is the cover, once again by @ambisweetiepie.bsky.social.

Release date & preorders soon!
The cover for queer magical girl novel "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," by Kara Buchanan. The text "Magica Riot" is in the upper left corner in black in a combination of fantasty/crystalline and punk script fonts, while "Full Bloom" is below it in an interwoven script font in orange, red, and purple. The artwork depicts two trans girls, Iris and Bloom, laying on a bed of orange rain lilies. Iris has purple hair that fades to orange at the tips. She is wearing an orange sun dress, and is laying with her eyes closed. One hand is draped across her stomach, and the other is reaching up. Her fingertips are barely touching those of Bloom, also laying on her back and who is wearing a black corset dress, red bow, and long black gloves. She also has purple hair. Her eyes are open, and red. In her other hand, she holds a purple flower. Iris and Bloom are arranged diagonally across the page, head to head.
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM