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Tyche Books 🇨🇦
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A Canadian small-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related non-fiction. www.tychebooks.com Calgary, AB She/Her
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ICYMI New stretch goal unlocked, plus pet pictures!

Only a couple days left to back the Fascination anthology campaign. --> www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
February 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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ICYMI, this thread and the quoted post document my descent into madness re: anthropomorphic cow mascots.
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 20h
I regret to inform you that I have gone further down the terrible rabbit hole that is Elsie the Cow.

If you squint at enough eBay listings trying to read the words, you find a saga of a marriage gone mad.
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d
This morning, I got distracted while eating cheese because I remembered that the laughing cow is named Elsie and is married to Elmer the cow on the glue labels. To doublecheck that I hadn’t hallucinated that, I looked it up and fell down a dark internet rabbit hole.
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Inevitably, their affair ended: Howard worried excessively about what the pack would think, and Agnes simply ate the flowers.
Inevitably, their affair ended: Howard worried excessively about what the pack would think, and Agnes simply ate the flowers.
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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eizebasa.baby
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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aanpress.bsky.social
Stretch Goal Surge 3-Day Weekend. Brew some tea or coffee and check out the campaign with our sincere appreciation. #tea #coffee #stars #gravity
aanpress.bsky.social Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 2d
The “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...) - is firmly in Stretch Goal territory to add up to 12 more authors. Currently 89% to SG1 & 78% to SG2. And remember you can add any book in our catalog to yr pledge #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky
Two images showing the currently locked stretch goal levels of $7000 and $8000 with text about adding 4-6 authors with each unlocking
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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skyladawn.ca
A 3-D framed picture of the Mona Lisa that is actually a cat house. When the cat sits in it, it looks like it’s resting in her arms. A beautiful long-haired black cat with green eyes sitting in his new framed Mona Lisa cat scratcher. He immediately went in it like he knows it’s his. The view from a few feet, back of the long haired black cat with green eyes sitting in his framed Mona Lisa cat scratcher. It looks like the Mona Lisa is holding him in her arms. Around him, our various other cat houses, including a café and a retro TV. Long-haired black cat sits in his framed Mona Lisa cat scratcher, looking to the side. It’s a profile view, and his eyes are bright green in the sunlight.
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
tychebooks.bsky.social
The guinea pigs consented* to have their pictures taken to celebrate having 101 backers for the Fascination anthology campaign!
*accepted a blatant bribe of lettuce

You can be a backer! Check out the book, rewards, & stretch goals: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Guinea pig photo shoot. A black and white still from the 101 Dalmatians cartoon, featuring two puppies. The faces have been cut out, and from the holes peek two guinea pigs, one brown and one blonde and white. The text says 101 Backers.
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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gblekkenhorst.bsky.social
When will we get a proper Wuthering Heights adaptation

Two hours of a woman knitting and absolutely ragging on everyone she knows, punctuated by a moron dropping in on his landlords without their consent, completely oblivious that they openly hate him (and each other, and themselves)
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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lasrina.bsky.social
“You realize it’s an hour and a half until dinnertime and you don’t need to sit there the whole time and stare at me, right?”
“I got nowhere to be”
A corgi, staring at a human as if attempting to mind-control them into providing dinner. He is clearly prepared to do this all afternoon if necessary.
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
This is BRILLIANT. Less 'Cathy!', more rent control please
romgothsam.bsky.social Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 1d
www.bigissue.com/culture/film...

I've done quite a few interviews in the lead up to the release of Wuthering Heights. I really enjoyed the Big Issue's focus on
Heathcliff as Landlord (yet another thing that goes missing if you chop out the second half of the book in adaptation!)
Wuthering Heights: Heathcliff is just a really terrible landlord
The new Wuthering Heights adaptation is in cinemas. Will the new film portray Heathcliff as a hearthrob or the cruel landlord of the novel?
www.bigissue.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
tychebooks.bsky.social
*nervous laugh*
adammacvicar.bsky.social Adam MacVicar @adammacvicar.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: City of Calgary is closing the WB exit ramp from 16 Ave to Sarcee Trail after wire snaps were detected on the Bearspaw Feeder Main.
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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authorizedmusings.bsky.social
God forbid women do anything
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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shanaross.bsky.social
In case you are nominating/voting on things...
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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kristadb1.bsky.social
And since I'm here, there's just a few days left to @tychebooks.bsky.social kickstarter and it's stuck at 99 backers and so I need someone to back it to bring it to an event 100 like the way God intended.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Fascination: Fantasy & Horror Anthology w/ a Witchy Vibe
Macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, goblins & dark fae. Witchcore: creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.
www.kickstarter.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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brittlestar.com
Welcome to Choosing a Mug
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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thebeaverton.com
Top 2 things to do with your cat this Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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clarkesworldmagazine.com
It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Thank you.
Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Picture of the Clarkesworld robot looking over at the cover of our February issue. That cover features a robot looking out at the sea while standing on the beach with their hands clasped behind their back. The water comes gently towards their feet. Peaceful ocean and sky. A contemplative moment of peace. Cover art by Matt Dixon.
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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shannonhale.bsky.social
Welcome back to Austenland! Literally so excited to finally announce this that my tummy is squelching. I published Austenland in 2007 and Midnight in Austenland in 2011. The movie premiered in 2013, and after that I had outlines and intentions to pen a third, but so much life got in the way. 1/
New cover of Austenland, art by Kimberly Glyder, shows Jane in modern clothes, bonnet in one hand, wheeled suitcase in another, walking up to Pembrook Park, a Georgian manor home. Autumn colors. Characters in Regency attire in the background. New cover of Midnight in Austenland, art by Kimberly Glyder, shows Charlotte in a summer dress with a flashlight at night, running across the lawn of Pembrook Park, a Georgian manor home. It is a summer night. Characters in Regency attire in the background. Cover of Christmas in Austenland, art by Kimberly Glyder, shows Kestrel in modern winter clothes making a snowball outside Pembrook Park, a Georgian manor home. A winter scene, Christmas decor. Characters in Regency attire in the background.
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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poikaboo.bsky.social
everyone shut UP it's gromit's birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROMIT
image from wallace and gromit, a calendar showing February 12th labelled on a calendar as "Gromits birthday" baby gromit with a pink boneshaped cake with one candle
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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janeglatt.bsky.social
Excited that No Love Lost has been nominated for the 2026 Small Spec Book awards in the fantasy category.
It even has a valentines theme!
specawards.bsky.social Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 2d
Nominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: NO LOVE LOST by @janeglatt.bsky.social (@tychebooks.bsky.social). Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2026
Book cover for NO LOVE LOST
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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lettersofnote.com
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Since the Hugo Award nominations are now open, we need to talk about the #Lodestar. I'm going to give you some tips on how to nominate appropriately - in other words, to nominate Young Adult, not Middle Grade or adult crossovers. bsky.app/profile/lawo...
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#HugoAwards #HugoAward
laworldcon.bsky.social Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 3d
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Hugo Award nominations now open.
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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tychebooks.bsky.social
Fascination Kickstarter update: The colouring sheets by author Alena Van Arendonk will unlock at 100 backers. We're so close with 94!

Become a backer : www.kickstarter.com/...
Black background with golden Art Nouveau-style filigree in the corners. An image of three colouring sheets fan across the centre of the graphic; only the topmost one is visible--a woman with long hair dancing with a long veil. In white text are the words Colouring Sheets.
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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specawards.bsky.social
Nominated in fantasy for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: NO LOVE LOST by @janeglatt.bsky.social (@tychebooks.bsky.social). Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2026
Book cover for NO LOVE LOST
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
tychebooks.bsky.social
Fascination Kickstarter update: The colouring sheets by author Alena Van Arendonk will unlock at 100 backers. We're so close with 94!

Become a backer : www.kickstarter.com/...
Black background with golden Art Nouveau-style filigree in the corners. An image of three colouring sheets fan across the centre of the graphic; only the topmost one is visible--a woman with long hair dancing with a long veil. In white text are the words Colouring Sheets.
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM