Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне
@barsukov.com
2x Nebula, SCKA, FFA finalist. BSFA-longlisted. SFWA, Codex member.
Left one former empire only to settle in another.
Speaks German by day, Russian by night. Writes in English.
Represented by Ed Wilson @ Johnson & Alcock Ltd.
Left one former empire only to settle in another.
Speaks German by day, Russian by night. Writes in English.
Represented by Ed Wilson @ Johnson & Alcock Ltd.
I wish more people understood Gen“AI” is not AI.
August 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I wish more people understood Gen“AI” is not AI.
A fact that feels like something straight out of an alternate reality: turns out that before Star Wars, Hayden “Anakin Skywalker” Christensen starred in a TV show called … Higher Ground.
June 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A fact that feels like something straight out of an alternate reality: turns out that before Star Wars, Hayden “Anakin Skywalker” Christensen starred in a TV show called … Higher Ground.
Amazing. That's why I’m subscribed to @publisherslunch.bsky.social, to find out how Hunger Games are doing.
Honestly now 😂
Honestly now 😂
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Amazing. That's why I’m subscribed to @publisherslunch.bsky.social, to find out how Hunger Games are doing.
Honestly now 😂
Honestly now 😂
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky.
March 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky.
Both the e-book and the hardcover versions (did you know there was a hardcover version?) of #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory are trending again—many, many thanks to you all!
March 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Both the e-book and the hardcover versions (did you know there was a hardcover version?) of #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory are trending again—many, many thanks to you all!
So this happened. I love y’all, and I can't thank you enough!
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists—and I’ll post more once I get myself together :)
Here's the obligatory Sir Mick GIF for you :) #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists—and I’ll post more once I get myself together :)
Here's the obligatory Sir Mick GIF for you :) #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory
March 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So this happened. I love y’all, and I can't thank you enough!
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists—and I’ll post more once I get myself together :)
Here's the obligatory Sir Mick GIF for you :) #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists—and I’ll post more once I get myself together :)
Here's the obligatory Sir Mick GIF for you :) #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory
post your favourite pokémon, wrong answers only
March 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
post your favourite pokémon, wrong answers only
Nebula Award nominations close in 9 hours!
To all who enjoyed #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory: I would be honored if you stood together with me and extended the tower-shaped middle finger to all the dictators around the world.
To all who enjoyed #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory: I would be honored if you stood together with me and extended the tower-shaped middle finger to all the dictators around the world.
March 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Nebula Award nominations close in 9 hours!
To all who enjoyed #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory: I would be honored if you stood together with me and extended the tower-shaped middle finger to all the dictators around the world.
To all who enjoyed #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory: I would be honored if you stood together with me and extended the tower-shaped middle finger to all the dictators around the world.
Nebula and BSFA nominations close tomorrow.
HAVE YOU NOMINATED? I HAVE!
We live in difficult times, but you and your words have made them better. Here’s to the writers!
HAVE YOU NOMINATED? I HAVE!
We live in difficult times, but you and your words have made them better. Here’s to the writers!
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Nebula and BSFA nominations close tomorrow.
HAVE YOU NOMINATED? I HAVE!
We live in difficult times, but you and your words have made them better. Here’s to the writers!
HAVE YOU NOMINATED? I HAVE!
We live in difficult times, but you and your words have made them better. Here’s to the writers!
@jonficke.bsky.social’s beautiful “At the Ravenstone.”
“I swept through the priest and reached out to touch my brother. My hand slipped through his shoulder to touch the rough granite of the Ravenstone …”
So full of pain & life—even though one character is a ghost.
For your Nebula consideration!
“I swept through the priest and reached out to touch my brother. My hand slipped through his shoulder to touch the rough granite of the Ravenstone …”
So full of pain & life—even though one character is a ghost.
For your Nebula consideration!
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@jonficke.bsky.social’s beautiful “At the Ravenstone.”
“I swept through the priest and reached out to touch my brother. My hand slipped through his shoulder to touch the rough granite of the Ravenstone …”
So full of pain & life—even though one character is a ghost.
For your Nebula consideration!
“I swept through the priest and reached out to touch my brother. My hand slipped through his shoulder to touch the rough granite of the Ravenstone …”
So full of pain & life—even though one character is a ghost.
For your Nebula consideration!
@bmorrisallen.com’s “For This Rich Earth” is deep and beautiful. “Paradise before the fall. Or maybe after. Whichever it was, he’d see what the planet had to say.”
You do NOT know where this one is going. Each time, I was happy to come back to it. I cried at the end.
For your Nebula consideration.
You do NOT know where this one is going. Each time, I was happy to come back to it. I cried at the end.
For your Nebula consideration.
February 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@bmorrisallen.com’s “For This Rich Earth” is deep and beautiful. “Paradise before the fall. Or maybe after. Whichever it was, he’d see what the planet had to say.”
You do NOT know where this one is going. Each time, I was happy to come back to it. I cried at the end.
For your Nebula consideration.
You do NOT know where this one is going. Each time, I was happy to come back to it. I cried at the end.
For your Nebula consideration.
“Sunrise was a muted thing, a bit of pink visible through the canopy.”
Poetically named “Adamere in Swan” is a beautiful novelette by @aphowell.com about the pull of the past, the things you secretly hate, and a made-up constellation that favors travelers.
For your Nebula consideration, folks.
Poetically named “Adamere in Swan” is a beautiful novelette by @aphowell.com about the pull of the past, the things you secretly hate, and a made-up constellation that favors travelers.
For your Nebula consideration, folks.
February 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Sunrise was a muted thing, a bit of pink visible through the canopy.”
Poetically named “Adamere in Swan” is a beautiful novelette by @aphowell.com about the pull of the past, the things you secretly hate, and a made-up constellation that favors travelers.
For your Nebula consideration, folks.
Poetically named “Adamere in Swan” is a beautiful novelette by @aphowell.com about the pull of the past, the things you secretly hate, and a made-up constellation that favors travelers.
For your Nebula consideration, folks.
Hehe, I had no console at all, and my first computer was a ZX Spectrum home-built from components people brought back from UK business trips. 48K RAM, a 5-inch floppy drive, a tiny black-and-white monitor :D
February 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hehe, I had no console at all, and my first computer was a ZX Spectrum home-built from components people brought back from UK business trips. 48K RAM, a 5-inch floppy drive, a tiny black-and-white monitor :D
“As the capitalist reality spread, the pirates arrived in the publishing industry. From 1991 to 1997, the only Star Wars books to be published in Russia were pirated. Take a look at this 1997 edition I owned …
The Russian title reads “Death Star.”
Wait a second. That’s not the Death Star …”
The Russian title reads “Death Star.”
Wait a second. That’s not the Death Star …”
February 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“As the capitalist reality spread, the pirates arrived in the publishing industry. From 1991 to 1997, the only Star Wars books to be published in Russia were pirated. Take a look at this 1997 edition I owned …
The Russian title reads “Death Star.”
Wait a second. That’s not the Death Star …”
The Russian title reads “Death Star.”
Wait a second. That’s not the Death Star …”
Locus voting is open, but I won’t ask you to write me in; the magazine doesn’t have a good record when it comes to smaller publishers 🙃
BUT if you’ve read & loved my little BSFA-longlisted, FFA-shortlisted novel, pls consider thumbing it up on the Nebula Reading List:
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
BUT if you’ve read & loved my little BSFA-longlisted, FFA-shortlisted novel, pls consider thumbing it up on the Nebula Reading List:
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Locus voting is open, but I won’t ask you to write me in; the magazine doesn’t have a good record when it comes to smaller publishers 🙃
BUT if you’ve read & loved my little BSFA-longlisted, FFA-shortlisted novel, pls consider thumbing it up on the Nebula Reading List:
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
BUT if you’ve read & loved my little BSFA-longlisted, FFA-shortlisted novel, pls consider thumbing it up on the Nebula Reading List:
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
Excited about meeting @electricsheepsf.bsky.social this Saturday! This is going to be absolutely fantastic.
Practicing my Harrison Ford impression right now.
Practicing my Harrison Ford impression right now.
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Excited about meeting @electricsheepsf.bsky.social this Saturday! This is going to be absolutely fantastic.
Practicing my Harrison Ford impression right now.
Practicing my Harrison Ford impression right now.
BSFA longlist just dropped, and #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory is a nominee for Best Novel!!
Absolutely thrilled, incredibly humbled, and deeply grateful for your support on this wild journey, friends! Thank you!
#BSFAAwards2024
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Absolutely thrilled, incredibly humbled, and deeply grateful for your support on this wild journey, friends! Thank you!
#BSFAAwards2024
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
January 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
BSFA longlist just dropped, and #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory is a nominee for Best Novel!!
Absolutely thrilled, incredibly humbled, and deeply grateful for your support on this wild journey, friends! Thank you!
#BSFAAwards2024
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Absolutely thrilled, incredibly humbled, and deeply grateful for your support on this wild journey, friends! Thank you!
#BSFAAwards2024
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
#SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory is trending on the Nebula Reading List—I wanted to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who liked/upvoted the book; you made one life bearable.
Thank you. Despite despots sprouting in every corner, we have our beautiful writing community.
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
Thank you. Despite despots sprouting in every corner, we have our beautiful writing community.
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
January 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory is trending on the Nebula Reading List—I wanted to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who liked/upvoted the book; you made one life bearable.
Thank you. Despite despots sprouting in every corner, we have our beautiful writing community.
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
Thank you. Despite despots sprouting in every corner, we have our beautiful writing community.
www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
One of the most magical experiences of 2024 was my trip to Mount Gorsk. For a day, I remembered how it felt to watch The Fellowship in 2021, remembered the wide-eyed kid I used to be.
You need this trip, too. Because the world is f**ked right now.
@schoen.bsky.social’s The Runemaster’s Daughter:
You need this trip, too. Because the world is f**ked right now.
@schoen.bsky.social’s The Runemaster’s Daughter:
January 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One of the most magical experiences of 2024 was my trip to Mount Gorsk. For a day, I remembered how it felt to watch The Fellowship in 2021, remembered the wide-eyed kid I used to be.
You need this trip, too. Because the world is f**ked right now.
@schoen.bsky.social’s The Runemaster’s Daughter:
You need this trip, too. Because the world is f**ked right now.
@schoen.bsky.social’s The Runemaster’s Daughter:
David Lynch is dead???
January 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
David Lynch is dead???
Realized something yesterday: #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory & “Tower of Mud and Straw” take place in separate realities.
I’ve always said that Shea’s fate at the end of “Tower” depends on whether I get the chance to write the full novel. In a way, Shea is Schrödinger’s Cat.
🧵1/3
I’ve always said that Shea’s fate at the end of “Tower” depends on whether I get the chance to write the full novel. In a way, Shea is Schrödinger’s Cat.
🧵1/3
December 30, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Realized something yesterday: #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory & “Tower of Mud and Straw” take place in separate realities.
I’ve always said that Shea’s fate at the end of “Tower” depends on whether I get the chance to write the full novel. In a way, Shea is Schrödinger’s Cat.
🧵1/3
I’ve always said that Shea’s fate at the end of “Tower” depends on whether I get the chance to write the full novel. In a way, Shea is Schrödinger’s Cat.
🧵1/3
Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
December 22, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
As much as I like the current cover of #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory, I feel the rejected one embodied the novel much better.
If the sales are good enough, the publisher *could* release a special edition with that cover. What do you think?
In the meantime, pls boost ...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
If the sales are good enough, the publisher *could* release a special edition with that cover. What do you think?
In the meantime, pls boost ...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
December 18, 2024 at 2:58 PM
As much as I like the current cover of #SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory, I feel the rejected one embodied the novel much better.
If the sales are good enough, the publisher *could* release a special edition with that cover. What do you think?
In the meantime, pls boost ...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
If the sales are good enough, the publisher *could* release a special edition with that cover. What do you think?
In the meantime, pls boost ...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
#SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory has just received a blurb from none other than @andreagstewart.bsky.social!!
“A surreal and ambitious undertaking, surprising at every turn, with a steady sense of dread and wonder … that may just change the way you think.”
Yesss! The link is in the comments 😎
“A surreal and ambitious undertaking, surprising at every turn, with a steady sense of dread and wonder … that may just change the way you think.”
Yesss! The link is in the comments 😎
December 14, 2024 at 10:17 PM
#SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory has just received a blurb from none other than @andreagstewart.bsky.social!!
“A surreal and ambitious undertaking, surprising at every turn, with a steady sense of dread and wonder … that may just change the way you think.”
Yesss! The link is in the comments 😎
“A surreal and ambitious undertaking, surprising at every turn, with a steady sense of dread and wonder … that may just change the way you think.”
Yesss! The link is in the comments 😎
#SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory is science fantasy noir inspired by the Nebula-nominated “Tower of Mud & Straw.”
Towers, politics, alternate worlds.
Kirkus called it “mind-expanding” in a starred review; Daily Mail, “a towering achievement & a genre-busting tour de force.”
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
Towers, politics, alternate worlds.
Kirkus called it “mind-expanding” in a starred review; Daily Mail, “a towering achievement & a genre-busting tour de force.”
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
December 13, 2024 at 12:17 AM
#SleepingWorldsHaveNoMemory is science fantasy noir inspired by the Nebula-nominated “Tower of Mud & Straw.”
Towers, politics, alternate worlds.
Kirkus called it “mind-expanding” in a starred review; Daily Mail, “a towering achievement & a genre-busting tour de force.”
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/
Towers, politics, alternate worlds.
Kirkus called it “mind-expanding” in a starred review; Daily Mail, “a towering achievement & a genre-busting tour de force.”
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGJ3ZR4B/