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Kemi Ashing-Giwa
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Writer, grad student, kazooist (she/they)

The Splinter in the Sky (2023), This World Is Not Yours (2024), The King Must Die (2025), assorted short stories, & some other stuff

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · Nov 4
On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising...

THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.
Cover for THE KING MUST DIE, illustrated by the amazing Eleonor Piteira.
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There are a bunch of signed copies of THE KING MUST DIE at @booksinc.bsky.social in Palo Alto—along with a stack of free zines I left on the counter!
Cover of The King Must Die by Eleanor Piteira. A Black woman with gray hair stands before a ghostly crowd of warriors. 2 moons and a huge yellow sun glow in the sky above. Picture of one of my zines: “Stories from the Vault: AKA old stuff that’ll never see the light of day”
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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There are a bunch of signed copies of THE KING MUST DIE at @booksinc.bsky.social in Palo Alto—along with a stack of free zines I left on the counter!
Cover of The King Must Die by Eleanor Piteira. A Black woman with gray hair stands before a ghostly crowd of warriors. 2 moons and a huge yellow sun glow in the sky above. Picture of one of my zines: “Stories from the Vault: AKA old stuff that’ll never see the light of day”
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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THE KING MUST DIE (my science-fantasy revolution/friendship book) is on this year’s Locus Recommended Reading List! And in such great company, including many pals. A thousand thanks to everyone who read and talked about these stories.

locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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veronicaghenry.bsky.social
Happy book birthday to me... Happy book birthday to you... Happy book birthday dear, The People's Libraryyyyy... Happy book birthday to US. 💝
Publication day for The People's Library by Veronica G. Henry.
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚

ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
cover for an ebook titled BY YOU, HOPE STANDS; it shows two wolves (one golden, one black) howling underneath an arch with the phases of the moon above, and a starry sky in the background; the text is white with the subtitle "stories of hope and resistance"
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS

AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX

THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
A stack of thin pink books that say OBSTETRIX * NAOMI KRITZER on the spine
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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EMERGENCY & RAPID RESPONSE FUND: Keep Minnesota Workers Safe chuffed.org/project/1671...
EMERGENCY & RAPID RESPONSE FUND: Keep Minnesota Workers Safe
The ICE occupation in the Twin Cities is ongoing, and low-wage and immigrant workers continue to face urgent threats to their safety and livelihoods. This campaign has met its original rent fund goal,...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Nisi Shawl is a visionary brilliant author, editor, critic and teacher, who is working on a book of otherworldly philosophy that sounds incredible.

Not surprisingly, this project has grown and flowered, and Nisi needs a bit more support. Please help if you can!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn
Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!
www.gofundme.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is getting a LARGE PRINT EDITION!

1st pic: large print cover, where you can see more of the fantastic cover art, including Phee's full Afro updo.
2nd pic: original cover.

Coming soon from Thorndike Press by Gale.

#booksky #Blackbooksky
Large print edition cover for PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath Rusty orange background with TOR DOT COM logo in white blocky font in the bottom right corner. In the center is the original cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance - A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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In the mood for a space opera adventure reviewers have affectionately called “tear-apart-the-empire-with-your-bare-hands wish fulfillment”?

THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*!

✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Illustration of Enitan (a Black woman with brown skin and short black hair in a green tunic) and her sibling Xiang (a Chinese person in a reddish-brown tunic) by @ashcremated on Tumblr.
January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Please spread the word! Pandemonium Books and I have decided we really have to reschedule the book launch party that was to be this Sunday bc of the threat of serious snow. Thankfully they have an opening next week. So it'll be Friday, Jan 30th instead!

Come on down <3
Graphic showing the author, a dark haired person with but and glasses, and the book cover, with magical symbols and a sexy knife, and the text Author Event, Bound by the Blood by Cecilia Tan, Date Changed for snow, Friday January 39th, 6:30 pm, register in advance online. Pandemonium Books, 4 Pleasant Street, Cambridge.
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul

www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik
I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Hey, I just donated some $ to help ship whistles to areas besieged by ICE. If you have a few extra bucks, you can too: gofund.me/fec65595f
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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🩸COVER REVEAL! 🩸

Arthur and Sal are back for another romp in SUMMER COVEN! This time, the summer solstice festival plays host to a mysterious coven of witches, some bold fashion choices, and one horrible murder.

Artist: Liam Eisenberg
Designer: Colleen Reinhart

www.rosieethor.com/summer-coven
In the foreground, two vampires ride a teal tandem bicycle. In front, a white man with graying hair, a light gray suit, and bright red tie holds a pink slushie and looks adoringly at his husband behind him, who has luscious curly black hair, a plum purple suit, puffy cravat, and is holding a blood red popsicle. In the front basket, a black cat perches with her paws up. Behind them, a festival is underway with bright pink tents and red flags in front of dark green trees. People mill about, some wearing pointy witch hats. Yellow text with a pink drop shadow spells out "SUMMER COVEN" over a dark blue sky with a yellow crescent moon at the top, and at the bottom in yellow text is "Authors of Dead & Breakfast" just above "Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor"
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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veronicaghenry.bsky.social
Countdown! The People's Library will be released in 1 week. Preorder at your local bookstore or get a signed copy here: sistahscifi.com/products/the...
[PREORDER] *SIGNED* The People's Library by Veronica G. Henry
[INVENTORY NOTICE]: Orders including this title will ship between 02-02-2026 and 02-09-2026 after the 02-01-2026 publication date. From critically acclaimed author Veronica G. Henry comes a thought-pr...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/ppv-p...
(Unofficial promotional materials I made on my sickbed)
Pastel pink and blue spacey back ground with Plastic, Prism, Void book cover and the following text: Once upon a time: two Worlds spun on Either side of infinity, one protected by a troupe of Lost fairies, the other by an Order of Celestial knights. Once upon a time: a wicked fairy made of stories and a Fallen knight with a star for a heart somehow taught each other how to love. “Eclipse” 1: An obscuration of the LITE of the sun, moon, or other luminous body. 2: Obscurity, decline, downfall. “abyss” 1: Hell, primeval chaos, the void. 2: Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. tonight: They meet up one last time for Dinner, dancing, and, if things go really well, the apocalypse. I have a photograph I keep in a box under my bed. I think about it now, lying in bed, alone, shaking off the memory of a thousand forgettable hook-ups. A Polaroid of us at the aquarium. Imagine it: We just played a game of hide and seek and are sitting in front of the octopuses. but who would I be then? What would I be? I am laughing; he is smiling. I could look at the picture, hold it in my hand, pore over the kissy details as if divining the future from the rancid guts of a dead animal. His arm is around my waist. A life with him or a life without him, Scylla or Charybdis, the lady or the tiger. That bastard. Fuck me. I really am pining, aren’t I?
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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If you're not in Minnesota and curious how to help, this is a week old but is well organized, includes multiple easy-to-understand bullet points, and seems like a good place to start: www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
From the minnesota community on Reddit: How You Can Help: MASTER LIST
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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These folks could really use some funds right now if you have any to spare. Reposts are helpful, too!

Donate to Support Black Trans Safety!

www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Donate to Support Black Trans Safety
By donating to Black Trans Travel Fund  you're not donating to charity, you're investing in the safety, security, leadership, and long-term stability for Black trans women and those who remain committ...
www.zeffy.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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ziibiing.com
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.

please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Nekima Armstrong's gofundme for her legal defense only got $2646 so far, so please spread the word: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ne...
Donate to Support Nekima Levy Armstrong’s Legal Defense, organized by Daja Williams
For years, Nekima has been at the forefront of the movement for racial jus… Daja Williams needs your support for Support Nekima Levy Armstrong’s Legal Defense
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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tuck.bsky.social
here's a great way to show up for Minneapolis families sheltering in place! it can be hard to sort through a zillion donation links but this fundraiser is confirmed “verified, urgent, and there’s a secure distribution plan in place” and is also, bonus, tax-deductible

gofund.me/3a8673ee3
Donate to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families, organized by Sara Huelle
As ICE continues to move with deadly force through Minneapolis,… Sara Huelle needs your support for Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families
gofund.me
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Ahhh!! My book is launched! It's live on Amazon right now! https://amzn.to/4qrXnqO
Screencap from Amazon showing the cover of Bound by the Blood and part of the description: Dark magic threatens the BDSM community in New York. Good thing Mira’s got her boots on and a whip in her bag. Mira is a massage therapist in New York City. Still stinging over the betrayal of her ex, she puts on her corset to attend a kinky club night and gets far more than she bargained for. She meets a new playmate who seems to satisfy her every whim, igniting desires she had thought were dead. Clive is a thrillseeker whose favorite place to get an adrenaline rush is on the receiving end of a whip, or while kneeling at someone’s feet. Mira seems like Clive’s sweetest dreams come true. But Clive harbors secrets. An underground society of ritual sex magic practitioners is recruiting him, and neither Clive nor Mira are prepared for what happens when Clive’s dark powers are unleashed. Caught up in a battle between good and evil, Mira and Clive grow ever closer, but can Mira solve the mystery o
January 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Over 10 displacements, and keeping children alive the whole time. Can you help Mohammed and Elias?
January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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mizzelle.bsky.social
I'm sorry to be a bother. I shared a more detailed update on my gofundme detailing my financial and health issues. I need $600 right now to cover the past due internet/credit card accounts. Please share with your friends. gofund.me/8e28a4c01
Donate to Help Julia Linthicum recover from a back injury, organized by Julia Linthicum
Hi, my name is Julia Linthicum. I currently live in Baltimore MD. I'm … Julia Linthicum needs your support for Help Julia Linthicum recover from a back injury
gofund.me
January 20, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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lgarciainmn.bsky.social
That's my troop's situation!
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop3...
We're a trans immigrant troop in Mpls MN who cannot safely do cookie booths this year because of ⓘⓒⓔ activity. The girls will use funds from purchases & donations to support their hurting neighbors and community.
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM