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Space Cowboy Books
@spacecowboybooks.bsky.social
Indie bookstore in Joshua Tree specializing in SF, publisher, Simultaneous Times podcast, editor: Galaxy, Worlds of IF, author. Jean-Paul L. Garnier
2023 Laureate Winner: Best Fanzine & Podcast. BSFA, Ignyte, & BFA finalist spacecowboybooks.com
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Greetings new followers! We're not just an independent bookstore

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We also publish science fiction books!
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Thrilled to be a part if this, what a lineup! Tickets are free
The Eaton Symposium returns!

Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!

Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Thank you to @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social for featuring @genni.bsky.social and her novella, The Nga'phandileh Whisperer! spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...
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New Book Spotlight – The Nga’phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon – Space Cowboy Books
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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We have new releases and more on the way

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Space Cowboy Books is not only an independent bookstore we're also an independent publisher!
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I'm editing an anthology! 3 cents a word original, 1 cent for reprints. Full guidelines here: https://www.parsecink.org/submissions

Image is a screen cap from this game I'm working on.
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Short blog post to celebrate my most recent publication (a bit late) from @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social featuring my story along with my friend @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social !
New Publication!
I’m super late on promoting this one, but I am thrilled to be back at Simultaneous Times Podcast with my story, “Skeletal.” This flash piece was originally written for a anthology…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Very happy to announce that our first bilingual (Spanish / English) release is now available for pre-order - Juan Manuel Perez's collection of Chupacabra themed haiku

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The Enigmatical Sphere of El Chupa-Ku: one century of chupacabra haiku
one century of chupacabra haiku
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November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I recently found out that my speculative poetry collection MEXICANS ON THE MOON has a Wikipedia page! What an honor!

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November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Check out this fun mini-interview with me live just now at Space Cowboy Books! @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social

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New Book Spotlight – Song of Spores by Bogi Takács – Space Cowboy Books
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November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Well, this is delightful! Philly is getting a new indie bookstore dedicated to horror, thrillers, and true crime!

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Horror Bookstore Philadelphia • Thrillerdelphia
Philly’s immersive horror, thriller & true crime bookstore. Events, book clubs, signings, and dangerously good reads. Opening Halloween.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New book spotlight mini-interview with @bogiperson.bsky.social up on the blog today

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New Book Spotlight – Song of Spores by Bogi Takács – Space Cowboy Books
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November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very happy to announce that our first bilingual (Spanish / English) release is now available for pre-order - Juan Manuel Perez's collection of Chupacabra themed haiku

bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
The Enigmatical Sphere of El Chupa-Ku: one century of chupacabra haiku
one century of chupacabra haiku
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November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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The Apex Book Company submission window is now open! 📚✍️

We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.

Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
Submissions
2025 has been a standout year in terms of the amazing projects we've been able to publish at Apex Book Company. We've had the pleasure of giving homes to titles such as ChloroPhilia, The Map of Lost P...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"Plucking Flowers from My Garden of Poison" (2,100 words) – @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social's Simultaneous Times, Ep. 88 [only in audio]

Eat-the-rich tale; post-apocalyptic; dystopia; obsession; obnoxious Earth.

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Space Cowboy Books Presents: Simultaneous Times Ep.88 - Renan Bernardo & ...
Stories featured in this episode:Plucking Flowers from My Garden of Poison by Renan Bernardo - https://www.renanbernardo.com/ -music by TSG - https://tsgmusic.bandcamp.com/ -read by the Jenna Hanchey ...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Feeling the spooky spirit? Story Hour has been celebrating Spookymonth all October long! We're not done yet, either! And did you know that our last few Octobers have been all-horror all-the-time? Check out our annual playlists on YT for all the scares you can handle! www.youtube.com/@StoryHour20...
Story Hour
It's the oldest form of entertainment: sitting around telling each other beautiful lies. Every week, Story Hour brings you an hour of speculative fiction short stories, narrated by the authors. From ...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The other two volumes in the purchase post! sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/10/25/u...

The new deFord collection is out via @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social!
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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New science fiction purchases: Kim Stanley Robinson, Miriam Allen DeFord, Keith Laumer, and Jack Dann sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/10/25/u...

#scifi #sciencefiction #books
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The view from my desk at work never gets old
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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There's only 5 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we just unlocked our 80% goal! 🎉

@lesleyconner.bsky.social will host a LIVE READING of "The Monster Fucker Club" by @avgreenewrites.bsky.social!

Keep weird, wonderful fiction alive and donate TODAY 👽
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October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The @sfpoetry.bsky.social Halloween audio poems page is live!
Check out my poem "The Price" and many other fine works

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Halloween Reading 2025 – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
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October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Busy, busy, busy over here at Space Cowboy! Currently working on the design for a new magazine we'll be launching soon. This will be something quite different and we can't wait to make the announcement. Also tons more books coming soon, including our first bilingual release.
Overwhelmed but pleased
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Didn't take any pics but Joshua Tree brought it today. 600+ folks took to the streets for No Kings. Our town is 3 blocks long and has a population of maybe 5k.
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
For the night crowd
Simultaneous Times Episode 92 is live! Featuring stories by @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social @fjbergmann.bsky.social and @eladhaber.bsky.social with music by TSG, Oneirothopter, & Phog Masheeen

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October 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM