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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author
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Addicted to words. Used to be paid by the column-inch. (You can probably still tell.) Gleeful flipper of all the tropes. Queer, disabled, neurospicy thespian. Indie author of Chai and Cat-tales. (About to commit a trilogy.) https://lynnstrong.com
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · Sep 13
💙 📚 🌈 📚 🪐 📚 ♿ 😺 Hi! I'm Lynn. I write #cozyfantasy with scampering kittens, feisty book-witches, & kind priests who nourish everyone, even the mice. Joyfully body positive, inclusive, & welcoming. (So many bonus recipes!) Come for the chai; stay because everyone is treasured. lynnstrong.com/books/
Three book covers: Chai and Cat-tales, Haroun and the Study of Mischief, and Chai and Charmcraft by Lynn Strong
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💙📚🪐📚🌈📚🌶 hey #cozyfantasy and #romancelandia #ARCReader folks: Anyone want a free Advance Review Copy?

If anyone prefers BookSirens to BookFunnel, it's now live there too: booksirens.com/book/MP64SWQ...
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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because that's what heroes do
stevoisiak.bsky.social Stevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 1d
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

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February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Today's #WIPSnips and interspecies miscommunication: Being catfolk, Hira thinks that human "depravity" means "enjoying horrible things like water all over you." But it's going to be easier than she thinks to persuade these traveling priests that a bath sounds nice!

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Without the lure of either food or anything resembling coin, she wasn't sure how far depravity alone would get her with a flock of good priests who so eagerly fed kittens. Still, she'd taught Ashar and Kalyani nearly everything the two of them knew about throwing themselves into a venture headlong, twisting about midair, landing approximately on their feet, and looking like they'd meant to do that all along. They weren't bad at it, for humans. But Hira was confident she was better. After all, she'd been born with it. She was going to dangle human-style fetish-lures in front of the priests of Upaja, with absolute confidence. They could not possibly be offended that she thought they were depraved enough to be tempted. And if they were offended, she would not apologize; a cat was always correct, and a cat always meant to do whatever had just happened.
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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This is the cozy fantasy edition of perishing: when a prophet doesn't even need prophecy to know exactly how his friend is going to tease him about a long-hidden teenaged crush, and he needs to head that off at the pass right quick!

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Najra took a breath. Faraj didn't even need to be a prophet to know he absolutely could not survive whatever was going to come out of her mouth, regardless of whether it had to do with his youthful wistings or with a charming companion of night-blooming jasmines whose hand might lack rings. "No!" he yelped. "I mean yes, I mean of course not, I mean— all of the ways they could read that are— um."
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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This story is terrific! I’m so happy to have discovered the impressive storytelling skills of @tiatashiro.bsky.social and to support her work however I can. Looking for more intriguing tales after this one! 😃
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 9d
Reading for the Uncanny Magazine Poll?

Try the short story "For Whom the Hair Grows" by Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "It’s verging on dawn when you arrive at the bottom of the endless braid. The air is crisp, cold. The dark locks sway gently in the breeze. The braid stretches upwards in a long, unbroken line. Far above you, it vanishes into a shroud of mist."
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Last year I had a better shot at balancing the romance and non-romance book links in February. This year it was 90% romance and 10% not. So I'm delighted to see and boost more options for folks who are like "please, I really need a break from all the valentinosity!"
ormakal.bsky.social Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 3d
Check out this friendship themed itch-io bundle! 37 books for only $35, all revolving around friendship

#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

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Friendship Centred SFF Book Bundle 37 Books Feb 1st-15th Background photo: four friends standing with arms around each other. Photo by Helena Lones, Itchio Covers: The Unidentified Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys Walking the Knife's Edge Bonkpocalypse Bad Grains A Spark in Space The Damsel AN UNCOMMON CURSE Courage Is the Price Puppetry Duckett & Dyer, Dicks For Hire The Old Goat and the Alien Spirits of the Relentless Without Wings Clipped Sing In Me, Holy One, and Through Me The Lucky Machine The Lost Star Chart Werecockroach Rescue from the Orc Fortress Riyati Ripple Wherever the Stars Call The Crows Woodspell Common Accord Awakenings River of Crows A Study on Magic and Crystals Once Upon A Wave of Witches Fortitude Waters Dust & Lightning The Re-Emergence Spaces of Silence Undine's Blessing
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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💙 📚 🪐 📚 🌶️ So do you celebrate Valentine's Day or Discount Chocolate Eve? Either way, from "all the romance" to "no romance please," here's a new month's free and discount book collection. (This thread is taking me two hours to assemble with image replacements for alt text, y'all, pardon any typos!)
February 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Adding to the cozy fantasy meets historic recipes collection with Mad Alchemists' Cheese and Other Surprises, including Accidental Earl Grey Paneer.

Ranveer the not-an-alchemist-but-maybe-a-visionary has likely made all of these, much to the dismay of his landlady.

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January 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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💙📚⚡ I've just finished reading a sample of @tjdeschamps.bsky.social 's Deviously Delicious and I'm intrigued! There's a lot of cozy fantasy notes in a diverse small town with a struggling bakery -- but the mystery comes in when everyone has secrets of some kind. buy.bookfunnel.com/dnm4yvsj35?t...
Every resident of Sueños del Mar has a skeleton in the closet.
If you like mysteries, small town busy bodies, and baked goods, you'll love Deviously Delicious. On the Northern California coast, beyond the mists of the ancient redwoods, there’s a quiet town like...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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I’m super proud of the stories in Women and Other Creatures.

I wrote them all during the shitshow of 2025 and I hope they help a few people get a break from the shitshow of 2026 for a while.

I’m also proud of the cover, which I designed. It might be my favorite of them all.
Women and other creatures, stories by dani finn. The cover shows a cubist woman’s face with birds all around her.
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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#writesky dilemmas
me, writing Haroun: okay I know food is a huge part of cozy fantasy but 50 pages of recipes MIGHT be overkill on a 375 page book, get down to 10%

my intentions: write <50 pages of recipes for Charmcraft
my outcome: write 500 pages of book

...okay 10% achieved? BUT. SELF. REALLY.
Chai and Charmcraft: A magical Middle Eastern cozy fantasy by Lynn Strong. Contains nearly absurd quantities of kittens and entirely absurd quantities of recipes. Not sure whether to say "I'm sorry" or "You're welcome."
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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How are we in the Groundhog Day movie when it's not even February, but between this and the likely end of telehealth on Jan 30 I'm flashing back real hard to February 2025...
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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(happy happy squeakings about chibi Faraj by @lurizonart.bsky.social !) 😍💕🥰
lurizonart.bsky.social Lumen the Lurizon 💫 @lurizonart.bsky.social · 6d
Here you go! sorry it’s a bit late, been a busy few days

I hope you like! it was honestly kinda hard to do such a pretty character and an ornate design justice 😅💕✨ hope it looks ok!
A digital drawing of Lynn Strong’s OC Faraj (prince squishmallow) smiling and being cute.
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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AI bros are unreal. ‘Here is something we made and have decided you cannot live without it!!!!!!!!!!!’

‘I’ve been living without it just fine so far.’

‘You need it to LIIIIIIIVE.’

Try as you might, AI bros, most of us like using our brains, not stealing or being lazy, and not killing the planet.
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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💙📚🪐📚🌶️📚🌈 #cozyfantasy

Want an #ARCReader #reviewcopy ?

🪶 Prince Charming would rather audit a dragon than slay it
🥰 Mature midlife MM romance
🔥 Loved as you are, no makeovers needed!
🐱 SO many kittens
🪄 Never vex the Archivist; she knows All The Hexes
📚 Priye’s #Lifegoals : BOOK BOOK ALL BOOK MINE
Chai and Charmcraft: A Magical Middle Eastern Cozy Fantasy by Lynn Strong
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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Does anyone know a Maryland attorney willing to take on a pro bono case for a disabled person fighting the MVA for a driver's liscence? I'm on a very short deadline and need representation within the next few days.
January 26, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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💙📚🪐📚🌶️📚🌈 #cozyfantasy

Want an #ARCReader #reviewcopy ?

🪶 Prince Charming would rather audit a dragon than slay it
🥰 Mature midlife MM romance
🔥 Loved as you are, no makeovers needed!
🐱 SO many kittens
🪄 Never vex the Archivist; she knows All The Hexes
📚 Priye’s #Lifegoals : BOOK BOOK ALL BOOK MINE
Chai and Charmcraft: A Magical Middle Eastern Cozy Fantasy by Lynn Strong
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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And another recipe joins the cozy fantasy book-related nibbles collection: from Egyptian haloum to Cyprus' halloumi, with flavorings layered in along the way. Vegan versions also possible! lynnstrong.com/2026/01/24/c...

(Also, if you like free ARC copies of coming-soon books, let me know!)
January 24, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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I already couldn't use TikTok bc motion sensitive vestibular disorder, and can't use Meta bc cross site Eye of Sauron surveillance. So to me this is why not to use something I already couldn't. But I'm worried about the #booktok people who don't know abt the Eye of Sauron expanding its gaze.
broadwaybabyto.bsky.social Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11d
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.

They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
Screenshot of TikTok terms of service For Legal Reasons We may share Information We Collect → to comply with the law, including to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims, or government inquiries. We may also disclose Information We Collect → to enforce any terms applicable to the Services, and to protect and defend our rights, interests, safety, and security, and those of our affiliates, users, or the public. Information You Provide may include sensitive personal information, as defined under applicable state privacy laws, such as information from users under the relevant age threshold, information you disclose in survey responses or in your user content about your racial or ethnic origin, national origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status, or financial information. For example, we may process your
January 24, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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I would love to read a cozy fantasy about how awesome it is to have Somali people in your Minnesota neighborhood and the goodness of cultural exchange and delicious bakeries and such.

(Bonus points for a title making a windshield de-icing type pun in the title.)
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Readers... this AI shit in Amazon ebooks is something authors can't opt out of and it's frankly illegal, but when did that stop tech companies? The only thing they respond to (sometimes) is customer backlash — don't use this feature and tell Amazon you hate it.

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What Amazon’s 'Ask This Book' Feature Means for Authors | Kindlepreneur
Amazon’s Ask This Book feature adds AI-generated explanations inside Kindle ebooks. Here’s what it does, how it works, and why authors are pushing back.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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You came recommended from a Discord server I respect and I am totally down with the anti-AI sentiment :D
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January 23, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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If you see this and agree, you are obligated to rec a book by a fantasy author who's still writing. I don't make the rules.

I mean, I do. Please though? It'd be great.
cjsubko.bsky.social C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 14d
I'm always baffled by the "I'll ONLY read old fantasy" crowd.

You know there are LIVING authors doing really cool stuff, right? Like, LOTS of them? And we could get MORE if more people bought their stuff?
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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I think I've gotten to the last 5% of editing on Chai and Charmcraft. The good part of editing is it makes it shine; the bad part is I'm staring at the hard parts!

But this #cozyfantasy meets #romancelandia should be out in May. Now for format & blurb!

lynnstrong.com/books/charmc...
Chai and Charmcraft: A Magical Middle Eastern Cozy Fantasy by Lynn Strong. A smiling round middle-aged man with curling silver-stroked hair in golden silk robes holds a glass of chai and a saucer, with a golden-eyed gray cat looking at him from the window through which we see a cityscape at the edge of sunrise.
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Translation for those who don't speak Minnesota Nice: "I'm not planning to let you do that" is roughly the 21st century equivalent of "Odin is about to own your puny arse, bootlicker" from the many-greats grandchildren of the Vikings.
anneursu.bsky.social Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · 17d
If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
Screenshot of Startribune article with the headline: Counterprotestors prevented Jake Lang from burning Qur'an. "Right wing influencer Jake Lang planned to burn a Quy'an outside Minneapolis City Hall at 1pm as part of his anti-Islam rally, but counterprotestors said they were not planning to let him do that."
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 AM