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Cadwell Turnbull
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social
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Award-winning SFF author of THE LESSON and NO GODS, NO MONSTERS, founder/member of Many Worlds. 1/5th of Darkly Lem.
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Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about this series.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The November Locus aka @locusmag.bsky.social includes my interview with Eden Royce!!!

aka @edenroyce.bsky.social -

My recent Locus interviews include Ken Liu, Cadwell Turnbull, Yume Kitasei, H.E. Edgmon, Akwaeke Emezi, Rita Woods, S.A. Barnes, and more!

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Issue 778 Table of Contents, November 2025
The November 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Joe Hill and Eden Royce. News includes the Ignyte Awards winners, Loyer’s Sturgeon Award win, the planned Baker & Taylor shut…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you in three weeks!

Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!

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Reddish brown background showing detail of an ornate wood carving. Foreground is text that reads: "A gothic family saga about the price of privilege...And beneath this very real, immaculately-rendered drama, a simmering dread: dark secrets threatening to emerge, along with something much worse. The Villa, Once Beloved is a magnificent terror." - Cadwell Turnbull Award-winning author of The Lesson and The Convergence Saga Below the text is an image of the hardcover for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo On the lower left and lower right hand corners are the logos of Erewhon Books and Kensington Publishing respectively
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Do yourself a favor and read this book!
victormanibo.com Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 16d
Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you in three weeks!

Thank you,
@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, for the kind words!

More info ⬇️
Reddish brown background showing detail of an ornate wood carving. Foreground is text that reads: "A gothic family saga about the price of privilege...And beneath this very real, immaculately-rendered drama, a simmering dread: dark secrets threatening to emerge, along with something much worse. The Villa, Once Beloved is a magnificent terror." - Cadwell Turnbull Award-winning author of The Lesson and The Convergence Saga Below the text is an image of the hardcover for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo On the lower left and lower right hand corners are the logos of Erewhon Books and Kensington Publishing respectively
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I'll be doing an AMA today at r/Fantasy. Come through, ask me questions!

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From the Fantasy community on Reddit: Hey I'm Cadwell Turnbull, author of the Convergence Saga, AMA
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November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Thanks you @tobiascarroll.bsky.social for this incredibly generous, detailed review of A Ruin, Great and Free, now live at @reactorsff.bsky.social:

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More Cosmic Than Cosmic: Cadwell Turnbull’s A Ruin, Great and Free - Reactor
This final volume in the increasingly ornate Convergence Saga features plenty of kinetic, visceral moments—but also requires some patience.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Our interview with author Cadwell Turnbull! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Gh8...
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I had a great time chatting with @pezscreenwriting.bsky.social talking about RUIN and writing practice. Check it out!
October 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Author @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social (A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE) talks about communal engagement of media, knowing your ending, revising until everything is set, and the appeal of K-dramas

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Author Cadwell Turnbull (A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE) talks about communal engagement of media, knowing your ending, revising until everything is set, and the appeal of K-dramashttp://cadwellturnbull.com
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October 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Had a great time w/author @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social (A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE) on @podcastcwl.bsky.social discussing communal engagement of media, knowing your ending, revising until everything is set, and the appeal of K-dramas

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Author Cadwell Turnbull (A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE) talks about communal engagement of media, knowing your ending, revising until everything is set, and the appeal of K-dramashttp://cadwellturnbull.com
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October 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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A little late in sharing, but it was so awesome to be featured on @paulsemel.bsky.social's blog where I got to talk about RUIN and some things I've been reading lately.

Thanks for a great interview, Paul:

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Interview: "A Ruin, Great And Free" Author Cadwell Turnbull ... .
Exclusive Interview: "A Ruin, Great And Free" Author Cadwell Turnbull \ In which he talks about this contemporary fantasy novel.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Monthly round up! We covered five books on Bar Cart Bookshelf this September: time travel shenanigans, parallel worlds, gods, monsters, & mortals, the raddest & radish of wives, clever foxes, deadly assassins, & stalwart couriers. Have you seen all this month's episodes? Have you tried the drinks?
[image desc: a stack of books in front of several bottles of absinthe (bottom to top): THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott, A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE by Cadwell Turnbull, THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS by P. Djèlí Clark, STARSTRUCK by Aimee Ogden, AUDITION FOR THE FOX by Martin Cahill.]
October 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Yeah but you don't want ME to start a SFF magazine

All my picks would be strictly vibes-based crunchy prose and critics would be like "There's no plot" for every story in every issue and I'd be like "SO WHAT? SO?? SO WHAT, MR. CRITIC MAN???"

😭
kercoby.bsky.social Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · Oct 2
Reminder: anyone can found and edit a SFF magazine.

There’s no regulatory body or hoops. You create the position for yourself.

Many of these people are amazing—

But mag Editors are just guys who decided to spend a lot of time on something they love.

Just people.
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Super honored for my work to be included (twice!) among this list of great books. One of the inclusions is a five-person collab under the pseudonym @darklylem.com that I'm so so proud of.

Thank you @mariahaskins.com for shining a light on and showing love to these two multiversal series!
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Here, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social visits @scalzi.com 's Whatever blog for his newest novel, A Ruin, Great and Free.

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The Big Idea: Cadwell Turnbull
Reality can oftentimes be stranger than fiction. Author Cadwell Turnbull speculates on this funny thing we call reality in the Big Idea for his newest novel, A Ruin, Great and Free. Follow along to…
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September 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I'm so honored to be featured in "The Big Idea" series on @scalzi.com 's Whatever blog!

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The Big Idea: Cadwell Turnbull
Reality can oftentimes be stranger than fiction. Author Cadwell Turnbull speculates on this funny thing we call reality in the Big Idea for his newest novel, A Ruin, Great and Free. Follow along to…
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September 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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These cocktails have been one of the coolest things that have come out of writing these books. I've only successfully made one of them. I'll have to try Convergence!
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I had a blast at last night's launch party for A Ruin, Great and Free.

Thank you @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social for being an amazing, hilarious conversation partner (I don't know how you do all that you do!).

Thank you so much @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social for hosting us!
2ndflightbooks.bsky.social Second Flight Books @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social · Sep 19
I've never laughed so hard during a book event at the shop. @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social and @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social were hilarious in conversation tonight and we've got some signed copies from them both you can snag!
Cadwell Turnbull (laughing) and Maurice Broaddus in conversation at Second Flight Books Cadwell Turnbull and Maurice Broaddus sign books at Second Flight Books
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Really looking forward to this!
September 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Pub Day!!
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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✨This Wednesday! Join #SistahScifiWineDownWednesday with Cadwell Turnbull’s A Ruin, Great and Free—the epic finale to the Convergence Saga.

🌙Revelations, resistance & radical imagination await.

📩 Read more: mailchi.mp/sistahscifi/...

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September 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I have to be a little self-indulgent here. "Apeiron" is one of my favorite stories. It is the clearest expression of an idea I've been obsessing about for decades. I'm so honored @lightspeedmagazine.com accepted it for their September issue.

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Apeiron - Lightspeed Magazine
Outside the cabin, there was snow. There had always been snow, far as the eye could see, and further still. It might be true that the snow extended forever in every direction, sitting heavy on mountai...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Honored to see RUIN among these amazing books!
andrewliptak.com Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · Sep 9
It's a little late, but here's the first (of three!) book lists for the month of September. There are a ton of books hitting stores this month: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/science-fict...
13 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read September 2025
Title Wave!
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September 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM