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Veronica G. Henry (Preorder The People's Library)
@veronicaghenry.bsky.social
I read and I write. My stuff: Bacchanal, The Quarter Storm, The Foreign Exchange, The Canopy Keepers, A Breathless Sky.

https://www.veronicahenry.net/
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ICYMI:The People’s Library- A thought-provoking science fiction set in near-future Cleveland, follows a reluctant curator of digital human consciousness who must uncover secrets & navigate ethical quandaries when anti-AI rebels attack the futuristic library. #ThePeoplesLibrary #booksky #blackbooksky
Advanced Reader Copies of The People's Library are here. Let me know if you'd like one (U.S. only, please). Only a few left!
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Check out this essay about Margaret Cavendish! She's one of the historical characters in The People's Library (Feb 2026)
Out today! Super excited to share a new essay with you: “The Duchess Who Invented Science Fiction,” a silly and sincere ode to my beloved Margaret Cavendish, a 17th-century duchess who teaches us to 1. think speculatively and 2. wear ridiculous outfits.

compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/the-du...
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Happy pub day to The Time Traveler's Passport, an anthology of time travel stories from me, @rfkuang.bsky.social, @olivieblake.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @pengshepherd.bsky.social and Keliane Bradley! Follow the link below to find out more and to get it!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CHTQ...
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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You build worlds for a living. And some dreams, you know, are literally worth more than others.

I have a new story out in Clarkesworld, alongside @tadethompson.bsky.social, @izom-chisom.bsky.social,
@spires.bsky.social y.social, and others!

clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashing-giwa_...
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Hey US and Canada folks! My Nebula, World Fantasy & Locus award nominated novel SHIGIDI will (finally!) be out in paperback on Nov 4. If you couldn't get the hardcover when it came out (understandably so!) here's your chance.
Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Ok everything in @rsagarcia.bsky.social's thread is worth checking out, but calling out The Canopy Keepers by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social specifically too.

I read it recently and loved it.
Modern Recs 2:

3. THE BLOOD TRIALS by N.E. Davenport
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-blood-...

4. THE CANOPY KEEPERS by Veronica G. Henry
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-canopy...

As I go forward, I'll start mixing in shorter recs with book recs because I love short works too.

Share & Enjoy! 4/4
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thanks for putting these lists together and for the mention.🤗
Modern Recs 2:

3. THE BLOOD TRIALS by N.E. Davenport
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-blood-...

4. THE CANOPY KEEPERS by Veronica G. Henry
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-canopy...

As I go forward, I'll start mixing in shorter recs with book recs because I love short works too.

Share & Enjoy! 4/4
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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This interview w/The Nerd Daily was a fun one that got to the heart of my reasons for writing this gently creepy novella.

It also includes books I'm looking forward to, including work by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and @kjcharleswriter.com

thenerddaily.com/eden-royce-p...
Q&A: Eden Royce, Author of 'Psychopomp & Circumstance' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Eden Royce about Psychopomp & Circumstance, which draws on both the fantastical and the historical in this Southern Gothic novella, creating the perfect atmospheric read for balmy ...
thenerddaily.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Canopy Keepers is on sale today!
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I'm discussing my haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance, w/cohost @veronicaghenry.bsky.social author on Oct 29 for @sistahscifi.bsky.social Wine Down Wednesday.

Expect Gothic magic and Southern folklore - wine optional!
Join us on the edge of the veil. 👻

sistahscifi.com/pages/events
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I really like the Surrey International Writer's Festival. It should be happening right now. But they canceled their event because of the workers who are fighting for a fair deal from the hotel that usually hosts the convention.

It was the right thing to do, but the cost to SIWC was $$$$$. help?
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
www.gofundme.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!

This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.

In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook

Available wherever books are sold.

#booksky #Blackbooksky
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Tomorrow is the last day to snap up this bundle of signed 1st edition novels and support @thepixelproject.bsky.social in their goal of ending domestic violence against women and girls.

thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsf...

#booksky
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Narrowing down my 2026 planner options. Anyone using a Hobonichi Weeks with fountain pens? Do the plastic covers get dirty quickly? Bonus points for pics.
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @sansromeo.bsky.social about "Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric Seraphim," a dark and provocative story of life, consciousness, and the mind-body problem.

Read the story: tinyurl.com/hu4872mv

And the interview: tinyurl.com/3capy2cu
Interview: Juliet Kahn - Uncanny Magazine
Juliet Kahn is an Eisner Award-winning writer and editor living in Boston, Massachusetts. Her short stories, poetry, and criticism have been published in Black Warrior Review, The Comics Journal, and ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!
October 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Since I'm spending a lot of time doing everything except what I need to be doing, here's one thing I've been meaning to do: This is the link for my upcoming book tour for Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World. Tour starts Oct 6.

us.macmillan.com/tours/martha...
Martha Wells: Queen Demon - Macmillan Publishers
Join the bestselling author of the Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells for a discussion of her next book in the Rising World series, Demon Queen.
us.macmillan.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Enter to win an ARC of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE in this @goodreads giveaway that's open 09/30/2025-10/14/2025!

75 winners will be chosen, so sign up and share widely! @TorDotComPub

www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

#giveaway #ARC #goodreads #booksky #Blackbooksky
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
ICYMI:The People’s Library- A thought-provoking science fiction set in near-future Cleveland, follows a reluctant curator of digital human consciousness who must uncover secrets & navigate ethical quandaries when anti-AI rebels attack the futuristic library. #ThePeoplesLibrary #booksky #blackbooksky
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here it is: the cover for The People’s Library

Meet Echo London, reluctant curator of The People’s Library.
And her creator—me!

Coming February 3, 2026 - Preorder Now!!! 🙏 🙂

#SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #VeronicaGHenry #ThePeoplesLibrary #EchoLondon
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I’m so excited for this!! If it’s successful there will definitely be more to come in the future in more places! Please come out!
Traveling SF/F Book Festival Announced locusmag.com/2025/09...
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
THE PEOPLE’S LIBRARY holds history's greatest minds, and a pretty dark secret. Echo London never asked to guard the Library or its collection. She must decide which is more important, humanity's past or its future.

2-3-2026

#SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #ThePeoplesLibrary
#EchoLondon #VeronicaGHenry
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Not bound by shelves or walls, but a living digital archive of human consciousness itself.

#SciFiBooks #CoverReveal #ThePeoplesLibrary
#EchoLondon #VeronicaGHenry

Photo by Lee Soo hyun on Unsplash
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM