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Micro press publisher of science fiction and fantasy novellas. Jennifer Crispin, publisher. Lansing, MI.
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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · Nov 14
A Feast for Flies by @leighharlen.bsky.social is out TODAY!

🚀 Generation ships
🔎 Space noir
🚨 ACAB
🎰 Casinos & crime bosses
🌺 Weird plant bullshit
🐕 Support doggo
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic second chance
Cover Image for A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen Cover text reads: Gripping, lovely, and thrilling all at once. - Joan Tierney, author of The Killing Grounds Cover image features a woman in uniform, support dog by her side, standing in a walkway aboard a decaying generation ship, neon lights and flies buzzing all around. Cover image by Vitaliy Ostaschenko.
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Looking for gifts? Last minute #Novellavember reads? A rage-filled quest for justice to read surreptitiously on your phone at family gatherings? We've got you covered!

Get 30% off through November 30 with the coupon code shopsmall!

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November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Looking for some weekend reading?

Check out this short story on Kaleidotrope by Tanvir Ahmed for god-drunk pigeons, dervishes, and being driven from your road by love.

(and keep your eye out for Ahmed's book, The Night Sweeps the Mountains away, coming February 2026!)
“Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed
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October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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For NO PARTICULAR REASON WHATSOEVER, we are running a promotion to encourage you to support small businesses and small publishers this week! Use the code shopsmall to get 20% off everything at the Dancing Star Press shop! Offer good through July 14th!

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July 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Tonight I am feeling some kinda way about Bride of the River God in particular. By the amazing, multi-talented @killianfantasy.bsky.social! Modern myth energy about a young woman chosen to marry a god, but finds a way to choose her own path. Deserves its own Muppet movie.
Bride of the River God | Dancing Star Press
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May 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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It's time for yet another installment in the series Tiny Press Press!

Today's feature is about Ryszard Merey of the amazing @traumbooks.bsky.social

Please check out the interview to learn a little more about him, then give them a follow!

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Text in image reads: tiny press press presents: tRaum Books, fluid, queer, trans lit Main image is of a hardback book, open with its spine flat against a table, two of its pages curled into to form a heart. Inset is the tRaum Books logo, which features a capital T in pixelated bubble font.
May 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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"Tiny publishing spreads joy. It saves lives, in the most literal of ways. I believe that we are our stories, so to me, nothing is more important." - @edebell.com @atthisarts.com 💖 #IndiePress #books #BookSky
dancingstarpress.com Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · May 8
It's time for another installment of Tiny Press Press — a series of Q&As with the people behind tiny presses publishing speculative fiction!

This piece features Emily of @atthisarts.com
Go check out the interview and give eir a follow!

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text in image reads: tiny press press presents: Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan primary image is of a hardback book, laid open spine down on a desk, with two of its center pages curled in to form a heart shape. image on Atthis Arts logo is of a hummingbird perched on a branch.
May 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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It's time for another installment of Tiny Press Press — a series of Q&As with the people behind tiny presses publishing speculative fiction!

This piece features Emily of @atthisarts.com
Go check out the interview and give eir a follow!

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text in image reads: tiny press press presents: Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan primary image is of a hardback book, laid open spine down on a desk, with two of its center pages curled in to form a heart shape. image on Atthis Arts logo is of a hummingbird perched on a branch.
May 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Boosting for the evening folk!
dancingstarpress.com Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · Apr 30
It's time for a second installment of Tiny Press Press — a series of Q&As with the people behind tiny presses publishing speculative fiction!

This first piece features Catherine of @qospress.bsky.social
Go check out the interview and give her a follow!

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text of image reads: tiny press press presents: Queen of Swords Press image is of a hardbound book opened with its spine flat against the table, two of its central pages curved in on each other to form the outline of a heart. the Queen of Swords Press logo is of a woman in profile, holding a sword.
May 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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It's time for a second installment of Tiny Press Press — a series of Q&As with the people behind tiny presses publishing speculative fiction!

This first piece features Catherine of @qospress.bsky.social
Go check out the interview and give her a follow!

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text of image reads: tiny press press presents: Queen of Swords Press image is of a hardbound book opened with its spine flat against the table, two of its central pages curved in on each other to form the outline of a heart. the Queen of Swords Press logo is of a woman in profile, holding a sword.
April 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Dancing Star Press is doing this *wonderful* series. We hope you'll follow them for the posts, and check out Dancing Star's books - and all the small presses they'll be featuring! ❤️

We walk together.

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April 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Welcome to Tiny Press Press — a series of Q&As with the people behind tiny presses publishing speculative fiction!

This first piece features Claire of @duckprintspress.com
Go check out the interview and give them a follow!

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tiny press press presents: Duck Prints Press, we print diversity Image is of a hardback book, opened flat against the table, with the two central pages of the book curved to make a heart shape. There is an inset of the logo of Duck Prints Press, which is a white duck with duck prints in all the colors of the rainbow.
April 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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I was in an activism workshop today that made excellent use of music, and it reminded me of this fantastic playlist @ellethevillain.bsky.social to go with A Ruin of Shadows, which I had not listened to in too long. If you need a soundtrack for your weekend, I recommend it.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Happy Amazon boycott week! Reminder that all our ebooks on sale today and tomorrow at smashwords, and that you can pick up our paperbacks from our press site and get a little handmade bookmark as a thank you!

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dancingstarpress.com Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · Feb 26
Next week, ALL Dancing Star Press titles will be part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate 2025 Read an Ebook Week from March 2 - March 8. Be sure to follow me for more updates and links to the promotion for my books and many more! #ebookweek25 #Smashwords
promotional image for Smashword's Read an Ebook Week event Text reads: Smashwords your ebook, your way. READ AN EBOOK WEEK My books are 50% off! smashwords.com/shelves/promos Image is of a Black woman lounging on her stomach while reading on a tablet. Image featuring the four books currently available from Dancing Star Press. Clockwise from top left: A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin She Who Hears All Whispers by DaVaun Sanders the Dancing Star Logo (a feather star) floats in the background. Text below the books reads: Dancing Star Press.
March 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Next week, ALL Dancing Star Press titles will be part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate 2025 Read an Ebook Week from March 2 - March 8. Be sure to follow me for more updates and links to the promotion for my books and many more! #ebookweek25 #Smashwords
promotional image for Smashword's Read an Ebook Week event Text reads: Smashwords your ebook, your way. READ AN EBOOK WEEK My books are 50% off! smashwords.com/shelves/promos Image is of a Black woman lounging on her stomach while reading on a tablet. Image featuring the four books currently available from Dancing Star Press. Clockwise from top left: A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin She Who Hears All Whispers by DaVaun Sanders the Dancing Star Logo (a feather star) floats in the background. Text below the books reads: Dancing Star Press.
February 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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traumbooks.bsky.social tRaum Books @traumbooks.bsky.social · Feb 8
A Feast for Flies~~A must-read for the butch noir || extortion/sting || service dog best friend || seedy neo Las Vegas aesthetics! Really enjoying this from Dancing Star Press 🎇@greeniezona.bsky.social
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A woman with an elaborate hair cut and a dog on a leash stands in the foreground--in the background, is a neon night-city scene. Cover for A Feast of Flies, by Leigh Harlen.
February 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Always delighted to see folks recommending A Ruin of Shadows by @ellethevillain.bsky.social! Check out the post below for great Black speculative backlist, and pick up your own copy of Ruin here!

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February 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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And you should absolutely be checking out our new tiny press besties at @traumbooks.bsky.social!
traumbooks.bsky.social tRaum Books @traumbooks.bsky.social · Jan 21
A Ruin of Shadows follows General Edo, a woman betrayed by her closest cadre of assassins who must contend with them coming for her, one by one. The writing and imagery are beautifully lush and I will be checking out more from @dancingstarpress.com !!
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February 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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One and a half more days to get in on this sale!
dancingstarpress.com Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · Dec 27
Got holiday money burning a hole in your pocket? Looking for some tiny novellas to finish out your annual reading challenge?

Through the end of the year, get 30% off everything in the store with the coupon code CheeseWeek!

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3d images of all four Dancing Star Press paperbacks against the press logo in forest green: A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen, A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis, She Who Hears All Whispers by DaVaun Sanders, Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin. Text below books reads: 30% off everything in store with coupon code CheeseWeek. (Coupon good through the end of the year)
December 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Got holiday money burning a hole in your pocket? Looking for some tiny novellas to finish out your annual reading challenge?

Through the end of the year, get 30% off everything in the store with the coupon code CheeseWeek!

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3d images of all four Dancing Star Press paperbacks against the press logo in forest green: A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen, A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis, She Who Hears All Whispers by DaVaun Sanders, Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin. Text below books reads: 30% off everything in store with coupon code CheeseWeek. (Coupon good through the end of the year)
December 27, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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How about a book bundle from @dancingstarpress.bsky.social and @greeniezona.bsky.social featuring novellas by @ellethevillain.bsky.social , @davaun.bsky.social , Sarah A. Macklin, and me! Help out Trans Lifeline and get some books to read for #Novellavember

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four novellas in front of the logo for Dancing Star Press. A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen, Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis, She Who Hears All Whispers by DaVaun Sanders, and Bride of the River God by Sarah A. Macklin the same four novellas but now sitting on a wooden background
November 18, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Vitalii (who is finally posting more regularly on BlueSky!) was the amazing Ukrainian artist behind the cover image for A Feast for Flies by @leighharlen.bsky.social!

I DEFINITELY recommend commissioning him for your sci-fi art needs, he was wonderful to work with!
Cover image for A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen, just the art with all the text removed. Scene is of a woman in uniform with a dog on a leash by her side, looking down a busy corridor, which is the interior of a generation ship. Many of the surfaces are showing age and wear, but there are plenty of neon lights to distract you. Flies buzz around the scene, and are more dense around one person in the background in particular.
November 13, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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This is the last week to snag this amazing deal!
elsewhen.press Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · Jun 10
The 2024 Pride Bundle available from ‪https://storybundle.com/pride‬
includes 13 queer-themed SF/F books, chosen to celebrate the community with intelligent, nuanced, queer SF/F. For $5 you’ll get the basic bundle of 4 books in .epub format. For $20 you get all 13. With option for charity donation
Covers of thirteen SFF books included in the 2024 Pride Bundle
June 25, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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We are over the moon that A Feast for Flies by @leighharlen.bsky.social is included in this year's Pride StoryBundle! Check out all the amazing stories here:
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Text reads: The Pride 2024 Story Bundle is Here! Includes cover images for the 13 books in the collection: Champion of the Crimson Wolf, The Lever, Off-Time Jive, The Deep & Shining Dark, A Feast for Flies, Pluralities, We're Here, Little Nothing, Rabbits of the Apocalypse, A Death at the Dionysus Club, Black from the Future, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, Through the Doors of Oblivion.
May 31, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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This is your last weekend to vote for the Locus Awards!

Please consider voting for A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen in the novella category!
Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 15. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.
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April 12, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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General Edo, Ikenna and Touraine are elite, badass SFF protagonists. I love them because they're all varying degrees of fed-up with the world around them and they decide to actively change it. These books deserve your eyes!
Cover of the book Ruin of Shadows Cover of the book The Blood Trials Cover of the book The Unbroken
February 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM