Jess Gofton
@jessgofton.bsky.social
Speculative fiction and poetry writer. 16th century nerd. Mint chocolate connoisseur. Centaur enthusiast. PR and Marketing Manager @solarisbooks.bsky.social she/her Views my own
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
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A novella for whatever your spooky season mood happens to be! Gothics, haunted houses, demonic possession, dark fairy tales, grief, madness, and mayhem. There’s something about frights that just lend themselves to short reads. For me at least. See any faves?
![[Image desc: A stack of books (from top to bottom): IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu, A THEORY OF HAUNTING by Sarah Monette, CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER by Nathan Ballingrud, LINGHUN by Ai Jiang, A VOICE CALLING by Christopher Barzak, YELLOW JESSAMINE by Caitlin Starling, HELPMEET by Naben Ruthnum, THE SALT GROWS HEAVY by Cassandra Khaw, THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreibhvzuregbf7fuyryyljcqpj4dr6pyna7xd7hzt6bwu7eutizvtym@jpeg)
October 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
A novella for whatever your spooky season mood happens to be! Gothics, haunted houses, demonic possession, dark fairy tales, grief, madness, and mayhem. There’s something about frights that just lend themselves to short reads. For me at least. See any faves?
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TOMORROW
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
TOMORROW
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
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I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
vajra.me
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
So beyond delighted for @vajra.me! RAKESFALL is an astounding piece of speculative fiction and it's an honour to be a small part of helping it find its UK readers.
We are DELIGHTED that @vajra.me's RAKESFALL is the winner of the 2025 @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction!
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So beyond delighted for @vajra.me! RAKESFALL is an astounding piece of speculative fiction and it's an honour to be a small part of helping it find its UK readers.
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whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
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For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!
In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH
In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH
October 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!
In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH
In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH
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I am not built to be a girl boss. I am built to eat shredded cheese directly out of the bag and sleep for 12 hours a day.
November 22, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I am not built to be a girl boss. I am built to eat shredded cheese directly out of the bag and sleep for 12 hours a day.
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What’s wrong with this picture? While I’m a longtime supporter of Banned Books Week, I’d love to see more displays in libraries and bookstores showcasing the actually most commonly banned books—BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other marginalized books. Decades-old bestsellers aren’t truly in danger.
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What’s wrong with this picture? While I’m a longtime supporter of Banned Books Week, I’d love to see more displays in libraries and bookstores showcasing the actually most commonly banned books—BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other marginalized books. Decades-old bestsellers aren’t truly in danger.
There's still 30 minutes left of #NationalPoetryDay, which means there's still 30 minutes left for me to annoy you with my two published poems (so far)!
a cartoon of spongebob standing on top of a boat
Alt: A GIF of Spongebob Squarepants dancing around a grumpy Squidward.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
There's still 30 minutes left of #NationalPoetryDay, which means there's still 30 minutes left for me to annoy you with my two published poems (so far)!
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To add to the discussion going on about what to have on short speculative fiction publisher websites, here's what I want as a reviewer and reader. I'm sure authors have other needs, but these in particular would make my life easier:
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
To add to the discussion going on about what to have on short speculative fiction publisher websites, here's what I want as a reviewer and reader. I'm sure authors have other needs, but these in particular would make my life easier:
GORSE fans! Preorder the forthcoming sequel, RAGWORT by @samkhorton.bsky.social, in any format and submit your proof of purchase below to receive deleted scenes from GORSE 🧚
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Head to tinyurl.com/45xwv5zj toshare your proof of purchase for a bonus bit of Gorse! Thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social!
September 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
GORSE fans! Preorder the forthcoming sequel, RAGWORT by @samkhorton.bsky.social, in any format and submit your proof of purchase below to receive deleted scenes from GORSE 🧚
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"You talkin' to me? To you? To me?"
September 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"You talkin' to me? To you? To me?"
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Christina Orlando highlighted Caskey Russell's The Door on the Sea as one of their most anticipated books of 2025, and now we're sharing an excerpt!! Check out a piece of this Tlingit-inspired epic quest fantasy 🌊
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Read an Excerpt From The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell - Reactor
An epic quest fantasy debut that is the Tlingit indigenous response to The Lord of the Rings
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August 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Christina Orlando highlighted Caskey Russell's The Door on the Sea as one of their most anticipated books of 2025, and now we're sharing an excerpt!! Check out a piece of this Tlingit-inspired epic quest fantasy 🌊
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THE NEEDFIRE is out in the wild!
If you're a fan of the legends that are Daphne du Maurier and Sarah Waters, or you love a book about a creepy house, or you just love a good story, @mkhardywrites.com have written a stonker. 🔥
Available now where all books are sold! (Or in your library!)
If you're a fan of the legends that are Daphne du Maurier and Sarah Waters, or you love a book about a creepy house, or you just love a good story, @mkhardywrites.com have written a stonker. 🔥
Available now where all books are sold! (Or in your library!)
🎉🎂Happy Book Birthday to @mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish, sapphic, gothic THE NEEDFIRE where a bride arrives at her new home to find it oozing with atmosphere and crackling with tension.
In the Highlands, the roots of the past run deep, and even the earth is angry...
geni.us/needfire
In the Highlands, the roots of the past run deep, and even the earth is angry...
geni.us/needfire
July 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
THE NEEDFIRE is out in the wild!
If you're a fan of the legends that are Daphne du Maurier and Sarah Waters, or you love a book about a creepy house, or you just love a good story, @mkhardywrites.com have written a stonker. 🔥
Available now where all books are sold! (Or in your library!)
If you're a fan of the legends that are Daphne du Maurier and Sarah Waters, or you love a book about a creepy house, or you just love a good story, @mkhardywrites.com have written a stonker. 🔥
Available now where all books are sold! (Or in your library!)
When a Type A character receives a completely unrelated compliment in the middle of a tirade and their brain short circuits
Favorite romance microtrope, go!
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
Mine: someone gets pushed into a pond or fountain.
July 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
When a Type A character receives a completely unrelated compliment in the middle of a tirade and their brain short circuits
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Canadian SFF writer friends, don't forget it's the last day to vote in the Aurora Awards! I mean don't forget like I, uh, almost did www.csffa.ca
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
www.csffa.ca
July 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Canadian SFF writer friends, don't forget it's the last day to vote in the Aurora Awards! I mean don't forget like I, uh, almost did www.csffa.ca
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We've got THREE titles in Indigo's "Most Anticipated SciFi Books"!!!!
THE GANYMEDAN @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
THE HUNGRY GODS by @aptshadow.bsky.social
AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social
AND you can preorder them for 25% off for only 1 week only! bit.ly/4lyaTH4
THE GANYMEDAN @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
THE HUNGRY GODS by @aptshadow.bsky.social
AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social
AND you can preorder them for 25% off for only 1 week only! bit.ly/4lyaTH4
July 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We've got THREE titles in Indigo's "Most Anticipated SciFi Books"!!!!
THE GANYMEDAN @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
THE HUNGRY GODS by @aptshadow.bsky.social
AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social
AND you can preorder them for 25% off for only 1 week only! bit.ly/4lyaTH4
THE GANYMEDAN @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
THE HUNGRY GODS by @aptshadow.bsky.social
AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social
AND you can preorder them for 25% off for only 1 week only! bit.ly/4lyaTH4
I finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell so will patiently await my medal in the post.
(It's wonderful, but everyone already knew that.)
(It's wonderful, but everyone already knew that.)
July 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell so will patiently await my medal in the post.
(It's wonderful, but everyone already knew that.)
(It's wonderful, but everyone already knew that.)
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Not sure how much reach this will get, but I'm going to give it a try. Publishing friends, I really need to find some additional work as a copy editor or proofreader. Ideally for SFF, because that's been my bread and butter for almost a decade, but I would consider other opportunities as well.
June 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Not sure how much reach this will get, but I'm going to give it a try. Publishing friends, I really need to find some additional work as a copy editor or proofreader. Ideally for SFF, because that's been my bread and butter for almost a decade, but I would consider other opportunities as well.
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HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
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We're so excited that Indigo Books have selected Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA as one of their "Most Anticipated Fantasy Books"!
To celebrate, from 7th-13th July you can preorder for 25% off exclusively through Indigo - what are you waiting for?! bit.ly/4euljo9
To celebrate, from 7th-13th July you can preorder for 25% off exclusively through Indigo - what are you waiting for?! bit.ly/4euljo9
July 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We're so excited that Indigo Books have selected Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA as one of their "Most Anticipated Fantasy Books"!
To celebrate, from 7th-13th July you can preorder for 25% off exclusively through Indigo - what are you waiting for?! bit.ly/4euljo9
To celebrate, from 7th-13th July you can preorder for 25% off exclusively through Indigo - what are you waiting for?! bit.ly/4euljo9