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RJ Taylor
@rjtaylor.bsky.social
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SFF writer • Stories in Clarkesworld, F&SF, Apex, more • #VP2022 • Codex• not often on social media (updates only)
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rjtaylor.bsky.social
My novelette “The Third Movement of Time,” is now free to read in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social !

"Winter observes her frustration at Gorgós's irrational behavior and, within it, a particle of jealousy..."

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Third Movement of Time by RJ Taylor
Winter heard nothing unusual, but she listens harder and there is indeed a sound different than twittering. It is the song of pipes on the wind. It is no tune she recognizes, but she observes in her c...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨
Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.
October 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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bcsmagazine.bsky.social
BCS #442, Seventeenth Anniversary Double-Issue ebook out early today @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, stories James Morrow @patricksamphire.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @willmcmahon36.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #442, Seventeenth Anniversary Double-Issue
Issue #442 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, our Seventeenth Anniversary Double-Issue, featuring stories by James Morrow, Patrick Samphire, RJ Taylor, and Will McMahon.
weightlessbooks.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
I've been working on something fun behind the scenes...

This HIGHER MAGIC audio cut scene is an exclusive preorder incentive. It stars 3 of the amazing voice actors I worked with on @hauntnowpod.bsky.social. 🧵

@htpbooks.bsky.social @htphive.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.
A signed, annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC propped up against a stack of other copies of HIGHER MAGIC with some moon- and magic-themed stickers. GIVEAWAY Want to win an annotated copy of Higher Magic and some moon-themed swag? 1 Follow my account 2 Reply to this post (see caption) 3 Repost or tag a friend by Sunday, Sept. 14th!
September 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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devafagan.bsky.social
Today is THE DAY. You can now actually order for-real copies of my adult fantasy debut HOUSE OF DUSK in hardback, ebook and audio format pretty much anywhere books are sold! Lots of links and blurbs here: devafagan.com/house-of-dusk/
Photo of Deva, a white woman with straight brown hair and large black cat-eye glasses, holding a finished copy of House of Dusk and smiling.
August 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
rjtaylor.bsky.social
Contract signed! Very excited to announce that my fantasy story, "The Third Movement of Time," will appear in a future issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies! My first sale to this beloved magazine.
July 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
Hey hey did you know you can get some cool stickers I designed with your SIGNED copy of my book if you preorder HIGHER MAGIC through my favorite local indie?

@yankeebookshop.bsky.social
A graphic with the banner Preorder Swag that shows The Yankee Bookshop logo, the cover of higher magic, and two stickers and reads signed book, glow in the dark Sublimity University sticker, Holographic moon sticke. Stickers included with the first 50 preorders.
July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
I'm giving away an eARC of HIGHER MAGIC and digital swag to celebrate Disability Pride!

To enter:
✨ Subscribe to my newsletter &
✨ Follow me on IG or Bluesky by 11:59 p.m. on July 27th (Eastern time, or UTC−04:00)

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Wallowing in Ink with Courtney Floyd • Issue 37
In which: new publications, a giveaway, and some recommended disability pride and justice reads!
buttondown.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
Jones really wants you to know that a certain book featuring a large orange cat *cough HIGHER MAGIC cough* is 25% off July 8th-11th, via Barnes & Noble's pre-order sale. 🐈#BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com @htpbooks.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
⚡New Story!⚡

'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!

Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.

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Till Earth and Heaven Ring
The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…
strangehorizons.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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thevorthoscast.bsky.social
Our first side story for Edge of Eterninities delves into the Kav and their planet that was. "Grasp in the Dark" by @rjtaylor.bsky.social

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Edge of Eternities | Grasp in the Dark
A squad of Memorial Navy Kav investigate an unusual structure unearthed from their collapsing homeworld, and discover something ancient and terrible.
magic.wizards.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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storyhour.bsky.social
This week's Story Hour broke our hearts in the best ways. @wtalabi.bsky.social and @rjtaylor.bsky.social read person-sized stories about immense themes and subject matter. Highly recommended! #Booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IVl...
May 22, 2025 Story Hour: RJ Taylor and Wole Talabi
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May 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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storyhour.bsky.social
Nobody tells a tale like Wole Talabi! We’re delighted to welcome him back, and to have RJ Taylor make her Story Hour debut. Want to hear authors read their own full SFF stories? Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! @wtalabi.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com
Waist-up color photo of Wole Talabi, a Black man with a shaved scalp and a short salt-and-pepper beard. He wears a tan-colored woven shirt with yellow detailing at collar, yoke, and cuffs; a lanyard around his neck; and a black fitness tracker on one wrist. He is standing in relaxed posture, speaking into a microphone on a podium that takes up about a quarter of the rectangular image. He appears alert but comfortable. Color headshot of RJ Taylor, a fair-skinned woman with dark, lightly wavy hair parted on the side and worn in a chin-length bob without bangs. She wears a silky blue V-neck blouse, dangly earrings with what looks like a single lapis lazuli bead each, a necklace with a large teardrop pendant, and coral lipstick. She is turned slightly away from the camera, her back against a wall of weathered wood. She smiles warmly at the camera, a smile that goes all the way to her brown eyes.
May 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
rjtaylor.bsky.social
🤩 this cover! Excited to help reveal the cover of @courtney-floyd.com's adult fantasy debut HIGHER MAGIC in which a first-gen grad student has one last chance to pass her Magic exam but discovers her students are disappearing @htpbooks.bsky.social #HigherMagic #2025Debuts #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Higher Magic book cover: an illustration of a stained glass window in the tower of a gothic university building with the moon rising behind it. Along the building, purple foxgloves and dark pink snapdragons grow. Moths flutter in the moonlight. The stained glass depicts a shield and book above the words Higher Magic in a wild branching font with swirling, ghost-like shapes beneath it.
February 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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zoharjacobs.bsky.social
What if a hurricane hit Houston during the first crewed Mars mission? In the midst of a chaotic evacuation, a young flight controller meant to be working the night shift has to take charge. My novelette is in the March/April edition of @asimovssfmag.bsky.social, on sale now...
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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courtney-floyd.com
It's a Barnes & Noble pre-order sale day! Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off all pre-orders now through the 7th.

My PR pup Charlie recommends pre-ordering (especially HIGHER MAGIC) so that books magically appear in your mailbox all year! #BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com @htpbooks.bsky.social
A graphic with a deep blue background featuring a temporary cover for Courtney Floyd's HIGHER MAGIC and text that reads: February 5th - 7th 25% off pre-orders Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members only, use code PREORDER25 at checkout. Valid for physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks at Barnes & Noble. Some exclusions apply. A large brown and white dog looks soulfully at the camera, the caption reads "do u like magic?" Charlie, a large brown and white dog wearing a colorful hoodie, looks thoughtfully into the distance with captions that read "order book now and it will magically arrive later" and "aBORKadabra."
February 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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psychopomp.com
Announcement:

Psychopomp is relaunching Fantasy Magazine

WELCOME BACK, FANTASY!

full details here:

psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
the promo cover of Fantasy Magazine shows a women in the grass with a glowing sky behind her. The text says Returning June 2025 Fantasy Magazine
January 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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unfortunatelypod.bsky.social
Episode 2 is here!

Mona and Courtney chat with guest @zoharjacobs.bsky.social about the particular failures that can follow early success, submission strategies, the ladder of sadness, and more.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
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December 6, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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jennahanchey.bsky.social
and ICYMI, here's yesterday's tale...

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And You and I
As this year winds up, The Sunday Morning Transport still has surprises for you, starting with today’s tale by Jenna Hanchey, and next week’s story by Greg Irvine.
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December 2, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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jennahanchey.bsky.social
Two new stories, two days in a row!

If yesterday I broke your heart, today @marcodehnert.bsky.social and I are making up for it with laughter =)

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Ten Reasons You Should Get Lasik Before the Apocalypse - Small Wonders
1. You can’t see what’s coming, but I can. Some foreshadowing might be appropriate here, a look into the future. Care to gaze with me into the crystal ball? (I don’t really have a crystal ball. I am c...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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jenniferhudak.bsky.social
Ooh, it's a story day! "The Stolen Sabbath" is out in The Cosmic Background, an online mag I absolutely adore. This one is a little cozy and a little sad, as all the coziest things are

www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/jenn...
Jennifer Hudak -- The Stolen Sabbath
Each Friday my mother unfolded the sabbath from where it had been hiding all week, snapped it out like a fresh sheet, and draped it over the weekend. I could never quite catch her doing it; one moment...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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jennahanchey.bsky.social
Apparently it's a big week for me -- my first narration for @strangehorizons.bsky.social is out on the podcast this week!! I had the pleasure of reading @emlinden.bsky.social's lovely story "A Cure for Solastalgia" -- give it a listen!

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Podcast: A Cure for Solastalgia
In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents A Cure for Solastalgia by E.M. Linden, read by Jenna Hanchley. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: Spotify…
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December 2, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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jenniferhudak.bsky.social
Holy cannoli! My story "The Day of the Sea" is on this list! Thanks again to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social for publishing this story of my heart in F&SF 💙
datlow.bsky.social Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · Nov 29
For those interested, I've just posted my entire recommended list of stories and poems from 2023 on my blog:
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November 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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empowlr.bsky.social
Don’t forget to mail your Vote Forward letters TODAY if you’re still writing them.
October 29, 2024 at 12:07 PM