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Ren Hutchings
@voidcricket.bsky.social
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SFF writer, writing mentor, editor, reader, fan 🪐 Author of Under Fortunate Stars, An Unbreakable World, The Legend Liminal, more to come 💫 Rep: Ernie Chiara @ Fuse Literary 🚀 she/they 🏳️‍🌈

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Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social · Sep 9
🪐💫 AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD is out now! @solarisbooks.bsky.social

It's a standalone space opera set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars. I hope you'll love Page, Maelle, Dalya & the Storyteller!

September 9th:
📱🎧 Ebook & audiobook
📖 US/Canada paperback

September 11th:
📖 UK/Europe paperback
Ren holds up a copy of An Unbreakable World against a pink cosmic background. The book cover features a planet with an orbiting moon, seen from above through the window of a spacecraft. A new standalone space opera set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars, available in ebook, audio & paperback. Out now from Solaris Books! Image: A hand holds up a copy of AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD, against a pink cosmic background. The book cover features a planet with an orbiting moon, seen from above through the window of a spacecraft.
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psychopomp.com
a post about Psychopomp in 2026

please read and share

thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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sffaddictspod.bsky.social
SPREAD THE SPORES 🍄
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November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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gaxix.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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jasminefloyd.bsky.social
Support small businesses this Christmas 💕🥹

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November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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vesperdoom.com
Today's the day! Here is the cover for the paperback edition of METROPOLIS DOWN! Done by the amazing @kjetll.bsky.social, it is everything that I wanted and more besides.

Pre-Order today at: ko-fi.com/vesperdoom
A black, green, and red swirled space background with two men in the foreground. The one on the left is a broad man with curly brown hair, freckles, a beard, and green eyes. He is wearing a dark blue jacket with golden cuffs and collar open over a black shirt and pants. He has an arm circled around the man on the left’s head. The man on the left is upside down. He is slender and has tawny skin, black hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing all black with cutouts on his shoulders. Below the figures are the words: METROPOLIS DOWN and VESPER DOOM.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
The Thing You Do When Crying Isn’t Enough: for the latest Small Press Dispatch, @chloroformtea.bsky.social looks at Syr Hayati Beker's WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE (@stelliform.press)
Small Press Dispatch: The Thing You Do When Crying Isn’t Enough
Roseanna Pendlebury In Syr Hayati Beker’s What A Fish Looks Like, a book of fairytales is transformed by annotation into a collection of new fables, more suited to the climate-change-ravaged future…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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dawbooks.bsky.social
The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon is now available for preorder! This cinematic thriller is a horror tinged science fantasy with expansive worldbuilding and tons of action.
Preorder now, available July 28, 2026!

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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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renay.bsky.social
As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.
The Hugo Awards (2026)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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psychopomp.com
have you ordered your copy yet?

👀👀🖤

"Lush, lyrical, and heartbreaking" - @ivygrimes.bsky.social

"A beautiful meditation on loss and grief" - @acwise.bsky.social

"A visceral and timely tale" - @thesuiway.bsky.social

"This is eco and science fiction at its best" -@lyndseycroal.bsky.social

👇
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
Did you know that it's #singlesday?

The perfect opportunity to remind you of a superb selection of Solaris Standalones across fantasy, scifi, horror & spec fic!

From award-winners to modern classics, out of this world highjinks to creeping terror, you can find your perfect partner in our books!
A compilation of book covers: THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson PHOENIX EXTRAVAGANT by Yoon Ha Lee UNDER FORTUNATE STARS and AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ by Isabel Canas THE GANYMENDA by R. T. Ester THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed THE MISHEARD WOLRD by Aliya Whiteley SKYWARD INN by Aliya Whiteley THE NEEDFIRE by MK Hardy
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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jendiagammon.bsky.social
Thank you @voidcricket.bsky.social for this beautiful blurb for GODFESTATION, my Appalachia weird horror, arriving August 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor! Cover reveal and preorders are coming soon.
#horror #appalachia #books #southernfiction
Early Praise for GODFESTATION by JENDIA GAMMON "Slinking through the cracks between the familiar and the uncanny, Godfestation evokes the glimmer of something surreal lingering at your periphery. Jendia Gammon's poignant prose captures the melancholy ache of nostalgia, the monstrous manifestations of loss, the liminality of grief, and the resilience of confronting what haunts us before we can move forward." - Ren Hutchings, author of The Legend Liminal and Under Fortunate Stars August 2026 via Sley House Publishing Preorders Forthcoming
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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kashinggiwa.bsky.social
On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising...

THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.
Cover for THE KING MUST DIE, illustrated by the amazing Eleonor Piteira.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
8K GIVEAWAY!

Win books from @csecooney.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social an early ARC from @authortrmoore.bsky.social & more!

Like, follow, repost and drop a book 📙 in the comments to enter! Ends 23:59 GMT on 13/10/25. Open to UK & IE, CAN & US only.
A stack of the giveaway books against an orange fabric background. The books are: 💀 SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C. S. E. Cooney 💫 AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Run Hutchings ☠️ THE VENGEANCE by Emma Newman ☂️ SINOPHAGIA edited by Xueting C. Ni 👑 QUEEN OF FURY by Natania Barron 🐲 A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Low 🚀 THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester 🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell AND... A hardcopy ARC of 🐺 THE GODS MUST BURN by @authortrmoore! At the bottom, white text: "8K Giveaway!" Against an orange and black fabric background, white text: A hardcopy ARC of Below, the books cover for THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore!
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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makana-yama.bsky.social
it’s a Goodreads giveaway!!! Voyager is giving away 100 copies of THE OBAKE CODE, so here’s your chance to read my Neuromancer x Fast and the Furious cyberpunk lesbian space heist early!!!

enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
graphic of the obake code cover on a pink and white gradient background. the cover shows a Black young woman with long dip died green locs looking up at a passing flying car. in the background are towers with electronic signs and pink and purple windows. a sign at her feet says obake in hiragana. a badge on the left side of the cover reads “obake” in traditional japanese weapons. the text on the graphic reads “Goodreads Giveaway. Enter for a chance to win an early copy!” there is a small crescent moon logo for Harper Voyager at the bottom of the graphic.
October 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A drawing of a sitting fox with a fire tail. The caption reads, "You are capable. You'll find your way forward."
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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bmwillows.bsky.social
THE HOWLING DARK follows two werewolf brothers! Their kind are products of the nuclear winter and can shift at will, provided they've had sufficient exposure to moonlight (which these two have not when we first meet them aboard a space station—a situation that causes much strife between them).
Roughly sketched character sheets for Illia (top) and Sylvain (bottom), featuring a variety of facial expressions/poses, as well as the heads of their wolf forms. Sylvain's gangling bipedal werewolf form. Blood streaks his jaws and his eyes glow white, unfocused. This form has white fur on the right side with black fur on the left. Illia snoozing in his quadrupedal werewolf form, which has gray-black fur and a scar across the muzzle.
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
There are FIVE DAYS LEFT in our Kickstarter!! There’s still tons of awesome critique rewards, from poetry to short fiction to query letter critiques from some amazing folks.

AND if you want to play a TTRPG with us, that’s up for grabs too 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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kashinggiwa.bsky.social
Here's the second (and very generous) review of THE KING MUST DIE, which hits shelves in less than two weeks!

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Interested? You can preorder it here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Graphic with the book's cover art as the background and a snippet of the Kirkus review: "Ashing-Giwa has created a world run by imperial technocrats who bleed their planet dry of its resources at the expense of their poorer neighbors’ lives. Although the technology sometimes feels indistinguishable from magic, the novel is deeply rooted in science fiction, and it never strays too far from those roots.... A bold and refreshing new SF adventure from one of this generation’s writers to watch.”
October 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
A spot has opened up, and our TTRPG reward (originally sold out in just a few days!) is back on the menu! If you want to virtually play a TTRPG with the co-founders, now is your chance! This reward also includes a 2026 subscription to OTHERSIDE. It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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frasierarmitage.bsky.social
🚨AUTHOR VIDEO🚨

Had such a brilliant time chatting with @voidcricket.bsky.social about her two latest releases, what went into them, and we even launched a GIVEAWAY for An Unbreakable World!

Find out more by tuning into our conversation on YouTube 👇🏻

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Ren Hutchings Interview | The Legend Liminal, An Unbreakable World & More
YouTube video by FanFiAddict
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October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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kristygardner.bsky.social
Book nerd alert! 🚨 Stopped by @bookwarehouse.bsky.social and found my #sapphicbooks on the shelf - now signed, cozy, and ready to ruin your feelings (in the best possible way). It still feels wild to see them on shelves. 🚀✨️

Shop local, support indie booksellers #Vancouver✌️
October 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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jendiagammon.bsky.social
It’s an #unboxing for a restock of some of our @starsandsabers.bsky.social 2025 books! A cross-genre anthology, a collection by Bram Stoker and Elgin Award winner @pedroiniguez.bsky.social, a magic-themed anthology, and a novella by @voidcricket.bsky.social!

#books #horror #fantasy #scifi
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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ashleynova.space
It's been a whole year since my debut novel, The Potent Solution came out! I'm extremely grateful that I was able to get this story out there and that so many people have enjoyed it. I'm especially delighted that so many people have seen their experiences with ADHD reflected in Charlotte's story.
The Potent Solution by Ashley Nova
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
Our newsletter for all patrons is out now! Wherein we scream about the Kickstarter thus far, share a Q&A with our poetry editor Jess Cho, and of course feature a delightful intern of the month! (And if you aren't already a patron, sign up for free today!)
Newsletter: Updates + Meet Jess!
www.patreon.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Contributors Wanted!
Do YOU want to write for Nerds of a Feather?
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Contributors Wanted
Do you want to write for Nerds? Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together is looking for 3-5 awesome individuals to join our team of regular contri...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM