Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social
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Hola 👋 TikTok refugees and #booksky newbies!
I write ✍️ books with whimsy and wonder, witches and time travel.
I’m also your favorite Book Pimp, pushing diverse authors and 5 ⭐️ reads across all genres.
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I write ✍️ books with whimsy and wonder, witches and time travel.
I’m also your favorite Book Pimp, pushing diverse authors and 5 ⭐️ reads across all genres.
Follow me here & on substack
linktr.ee/srmilesauthor
5 things to do for sanity and self preservation this week
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
5 things to do for sanity and self preservation this week
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
Writing a novel this month?
Stuck?
Read some short stories. I love Fiyah Lit.
You get small doses of prose and fuel for your imagination with a minimal time investment.
fiyahlitmag.com
Stuck?
Read some short stories. I love Fiyah Lit.
You get small doses of prose and fuel for your imagination with a minimal time investment.
fiyahlitmag.com
FIYAH
LITERARY MAGAZINE OF BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION
fiyahlitmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Writing a novel this month?
Stuck?
Read some short stories. I love Fiyah Lit.
You get small doses of prose and fuel for your imagination with a minimal time investment.
fiyahlitmag.com
Stuck?
Read some short stories. I love Fiyah Lit.
You get small doses of prose and fuel for your imagination with a minimal time investment.
fiyahlitmag.com
Rewatching SISTER ACT. Y’all, why didn’t they get Whoopi a ghost singer?
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rewatching SISTER ACT. Y’all, why didn’t they get Whoopi a ghost singer?
Momdani is the moment
So…
Here are 3 Romances with South Asian love interests ranked in order of spice and tomfoolery
Ayesha at Last (a top 5 romance in general)
Marriage and Masti (an accidental marriage becomes real)
Zahir (billionaire romance on an international scale)
#booksky
So…
Here are 3 Romances with South Asian love interests ranked in order of spice and tomfoolery
Ayesha at Last (a top 5 romance in general)
Marriage and Masti (an accidental marriage becomes real)
Zahir (billionaire romance on an international scale)
#booksky
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Momdani is the moment
So…
Here are 3 Romances with South Asian love interests ranked in order of spice and tomfoolery
Ayesha at Last (a top 5 romance in general)
Marriage and Masti (an accidental marriage becomes real)
Zahir (billionaire romance on an international scale)
#booksky
So…
Here are 3 Romances with South Asian love interests ranked in order of spice and tomfoolery
Ayesha at Last (a top 5 romance in general)
Marriage and Masti (an accidental marriage becomes real)
Zahir (billionaire romance on an international scale)
#booksky
Encouraging news on the school board front. Moms for Liberty backed takeovers are OUT! Book banners are unpopular across the nation.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
The Wildest Democratic Wins You May Not Have Heard About
Elections for school boards and public service commissions aren’t as sexy as a governor’s race, but they matter — and Democrats swept them everywhere.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Encouraging news on the school board front. Moms for Liberty backed takeovers are OUT! Book banners are unpopular across the nation.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
Sit in the hope today for awhile. Remember what it feels like. Then be watchful. The GOP will be looking to gerrymander, intimidate, obfuscate and outright steal if they feel they're on the defensive again.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sit in the hope today for awhile. Remember what it feels like. Then be watchful. The GOP will be looking to gerrymander, intimidate, obfuscate and outright steal if they feel they're on the defensive again.
Be nice. Someone just got a termination letter today or had to hospitalize a loved one.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Be nice. Someone just got a termination letter today or had to hospitalize a loved one.
"On the way out I take one last look at her and for a second I think we lock eyes, but maybe it is a trick of the light."
#substack #booksky #dystopia #yafiction
open.substack.com/pub/shannami...
#substack #booksky #dystopia #yafiction
open.substack.com/pub/shannami...
Broken String Theory Chapters 21-23
Another installment in our Atlanta Cinderella in Space Dystopian Romp
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"On the way out I take one last look at her and for a second I think we lock eyes, but maybe it is a trick of the light."
#substack #booksky #dystopia #yafiction
open.substack.com/pub/shannami...
#substack #booksky #dystopia #yafiction
open.substack.com/pub/shannami...
Are you doing Nonfiction November? Here are some recs! #booksky
1. You don’t have to be rich to be cozy this upcoming holiday
2. Feminism isn’t Julia Fox in a blood spattered pink dress. Sometimes it’s SNAP benefits
3. Respectability costs and costs dearly
4. There are seasons for reaping AND rest
1. You don’t have to be rich to be cozy this upcoming holiday
2. Feminism isn’t Julia Fox in a blood spattered pink dress. Sometimes it’s SNAP benefits
3. Respectability costs and costs dearly
4. There are seasons for reaping AND rest
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Are you doing Nonfiction November? Here are some recs! #booksky
1. You don’t have to be rich to be cozy this upcoming holiday
2. Feminism isn’t Julia Fox in a blood spattered pink dress. Sometimes it’s SNAP benefits
3. Respectability costs and costs dearly
4. There are seasons for reaping AND rest
1. You don’t have to be rich to be cozy this upcoming holiday
2. Feminism isn’t Julia Fox in a blood spattered pink dress. Sometimes it’s SNAP benefits
3. Respectability costs and costs dearly
4. There are seasons for reaping AND rest
A few tips for #nanowrimo because even if the event isn’t centralized that doesn’t mean the writing stops. I also talk about resources for querying and self-publishing.
substack.com/@shannamiles...
substack.com/@shannamiles...
National Novel Writing Month is Dead or is it?
6 tips to get it done and publish it too
substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A few tips for #nanowrimo because even if the event isn’t centralized that doesn’t mean the writing stops. I also talk about resources for querying and self-publishing.
substack.com/@shannamiles...
substack.com/@shannamiles...
Look 👀 at my little Spooky 👻 library and yes, the kids were excited 😜
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Look 👀 at my little Spooky 👻 library and yes, the kids were excited 😜
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One of the top reasons people go broke?
Medical debt.
With health insurance premiums spiking from RFK Jr. and Trump's cuts, how many more Americans will be forced to take on medical debt and go bankrupt?
Medical debt.
With health insurance premiums spiking from RFK Jr. and Trump's cuts, how many more Americans will be forced to take on medical debt and go bankrupt?
October 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One of the top reasons people go broke?
Medical debt.
With health insurance premiums spiking from RFK Jr. and Trump's cuts, how many more Americans will be forced to take on medical debt and go bankrupt?
Medical debt.
With health insurance premiums spiking from RFK Jr. and Trump's cuts, how many more Americans will be forced to take on medical debt and go bankrupt?
Thank you! Some came overnight and were able to share today!
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thank you! Some came overnight and were able to share today!
If we’re not careful, Trunk or Treat will kill Halloween. It relies on a coordinator, transportation, and a handful of supercommited ppl instead of everyone sharing the burden. You don’t have to hand out buckets of candy. Get one bag. When you’re out you’re out
my most boomer opinion is that kids should go door-to-door on Halloween. trunk-or-treat and other alternatives are coward shit
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If we’re not careful, Trunk or Treat will kill Halloween. It relies on a coordinator, transportation, and a handful of supercommited ppl instead of everyone sharing the burden. You don’t have to hand out buckets of candy. Get one bag. When you’re out you’re out
Tax these corporations. They 'play' with billions for fun projects. Nothing meta does is essential to human development.
this unremarkable knob routinely sets unholy gobs of money on fire to pretend his boomer sneaker ad company is innovative and interesting, and the press just endlessly normalizes it
Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.4 billion loss in third quarter
The Reality Labs business, focused on virtual and augmented reality, lost $4.4 billion loss in third quarter while recording $470 million in sales.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tax these corporations. They 'play' with billions for fun projects. Nothing meta does is essential to human development.
I'm collecting dry pantry items for kids to take home on weekends in addition to my regular ask of deodorant and such for the school library. The SNAP freeze begins this Saturday.
$20 worth of Dinty Moore beef stew can go a long way.
Thank you! #SNAP
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
$20 worth of Dinty Moore beef stew can go a long way.
Thank you! #SNAP
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I'm collecting dry pantry items for kids to take home on weekends in addition to my regular ask of deodorant and such for the school library. The SNAP freeze begins this Saturday.
$20 worth of Dinty Moore beef stew can go a long way.
Thank you! #SNAP
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
$20 worth of Dinty Moore beef stew can go a long way.
Thank you! #SNAP
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Reposted by Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
Reminder!!
The matching pajamas from last year still fit.
The matching pajamas from last year still fit.
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Reminder!!
The matching pajamas from last year still fit.
The matching pajamas from last year still fit.
A week to write with Sade playing in the background
And a week of drawing lessons with birdsong in the air would reset my nervous system
And a week of drawing lessons with birdsong in the air would reset my nervous system
Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet©2025 Cosgrove
What are you gonna be for Halloween this year? 🖤🧡🖤🧡🎃🎃🎃🎃
#humandrawing #kidlit #bunny #noai #dressup #trickortreat #childrensbooks #kidlitart #halloween #spooky #scary #costume #pumpkin #candycorn
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
@hownowbooking.bsky.social
What are you gonna be for Halloween this year? 🖤🧡🖤🧡🎃🎃🎃🎃
#humandrawing #kidlit #bunny #noai #dressup #trickortreat #childrensbooks #kidlitart #halloween #spooky #scary #costume #pumpkin #candycorn
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
@hownowbooking.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A week to write with Sade playing in the background
And a week of drawing lessons with birdsong in the air would reset my nervous system
And a week of drawing lessons with birdsong in the air would reset my nervous system
Reposted by Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles
again a reminder that the NYT leadership supports Cuomo *because* of his record of sexual harassment, not *despite* it. they have a strong interest in making sure that they and their friends can never again suffer the indignity of being held accountable by their inferiors.
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
again a reminder that the NYT leadership supports Cuomo *because* of his record of sexual harassment, not *despite* it. they have a strong interest in making sure that they and their friends can never again suffer the indignity of being held accountable by their inferiors.
5 things to do this Fall 🍁 for sanity and self preservation
1. Try a new bean soup recipe
2. Re-up on cozy socks
3. Pick a jazz album to bump every week
4. Give up on restrictions (underwire, ties, belts that are too tight)
5. Re-use last year’s decorations. It’s tradition in progress
1. Try a new bean soup recipe
2. Re-up on cozy socks
3. Pick a jazz album to bump every week
4. Give up on restrictions (underwire, ties, belts that are too tight)
5. Re-use last year’s decorations. It’s tradition in progress
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
5 things to do this Fall 🍁 for sanity and self preservation
1. Try a new bean soup recipe
2. Re-up on cozy socks
3. Pick a jazz album to bump every week
4. Give up on restrictions (underwire, ties, belts that are too tight)
5. Re-use last year’s decorations. It’s tradition in progress
1. Try a new bean soup recipe
2. Re-up on cozy socks
3. Pick a jazz album to bump every week
4. Give up on restrictions (underwire, ties, belts that are too tight)
5. Re-use last year’s decorations. It’s tradition in progress
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles
Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey
Soft Censorship of Diverse Books
WNDB is collecting information on the soft censorship of diverse books across the US. Have you witnessed soft censorship in your community? Please share your experiences below. Your response can be…
docs.google.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey
Reposted by Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles
🔔 Apply for a Walter Dean Myers Grant today!
The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️
💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp
The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️
💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔔 Apply for a Walter Dean Myers Grant today!
The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️
💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp
The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️
💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp