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Devan Barlow
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Writer of things.
https://devan-barlow.itch.io/
devanbarlow.com

she/her

2025 Hugo Poetry Nominee

books, dogs, fairy tales, theatre, tea, coffee, sea monsters, crafts

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 5h
✨Buy my books!!!✨

devan-barlow.itch.io

Fairytales-meet-musicals fantasy novels!
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books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

Short fic/poetry retelling collections!
books2read.com/u/bOqZKN
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
Cover of Shells For Hearts: Retellings, by Devan Barlow. The cover is by Arden Powell, and features seashells, perfume bottles, a pumpkin, and assorted animals against a green background. Cover of Foolish Hopes and Spilled Entrails: Retellings, by Devan Barlow, featuring numerous fantastical objects surrounding a smoking cauldron, against a dark red background. The cover is by Arden Powell. Cover of An Uncommon Curse by Devan Barlow, featuring a golden bird against a green background. The cover is by K.B. Spangler. This is book 1 of the Curses & Curtains series
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🎉It's my book day!🎉

SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!

Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!

books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
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Cover of Shells For Hearts: Retellings, by Devan Barlow. The cover is by Arden Powell, and features seashells, perfume bottles, a pumpkin, and assorted animals against a green background.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Ben hopes you have your blanket nest near!
devanbarlow.bsky.social Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 2d
Cozy and thoughtful ❤️
A black and white dog, wrapped in blankets of rainbow colors, looking thoughtful.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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BOOP! It's my book day!
A black and white dog boops the camera.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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New pinned post: My debut collection of short stories, The House of Illusionists, is now officially out.

vanessafogg.com?page_id=1020
The House of Illusionists – Vanessa Fogg, Writer
vanessafogg.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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clh2oars.bsky.social
A *lot* of indies (myself included!) who are wide are part of Kobo Plus because they don't ask for exclusivity like KU. Really encourage people to try it out.
quartzen.bsky.social Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 2h
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
devanbarlow.bsky.social
A beautiful song for your afternoon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAmC...
Vill du flyga?
YouTube video by Floating Sofa Quartet - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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If you like my poem "Tree-Time" over at Corvid Queen, you'll love my new collection!

corvidqueen.com/stories/tree...
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling!

It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.

This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!

Artists! Drop your shop links!

& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
Sarah holds up a calendar page showing an anglerfish that says "light up the darkness
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Ben hopes you have your blanket nest near!
devanbarlow.bsky.social Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 2d
Cozy and thoughtful ❤️
A black and white dog, wrapped in blankets of rainbow colors, looking thoughtful.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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roselerner.bsky.social
Highlights from the Bundled Up on Broad auction opening tmow 11/13!! (Buys warm clothes for the families at my synagogue Rodeph Shalom Philly's food pantry, or give directly to our wishlist: bit.ly/bundled25)

I HAVE to start with Olivia Waite's beaded octopus www.32auctions.com/organization...
beaded octopus with tiny beaded suckers in an octopus teacup
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I'll play. Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Add yours if you'd like
First sentence (and then another) of CLUB CONTANGO. (Chapter title: After) "When I think about Chance and our time together on Freeport Station, I remember the birds. And I remember Chance pushing me over the edge."
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want

VILE LADY VILLAINS, cover reveal this Friday
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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jlkaufmann.bsky.social
You should read this book. It is a damn good book.
pazsays.bsky.social Paz Pardo @pazsays.bsky.social · 6h
Convincing you to read THE SHAMSHINE BLIND by sharing the first sentence except oopsie! I cropped the photo wrong so you get two paragraphs! share yours etc.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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BIRD PRINCE BIRD PRINCE GO READ AN UNCOMMON CURSE!!!
devanbarlow.bsky.social Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 2h
Convincing you to read An Uncommon Curse by sharing the first sentence...

"When I got engaged to Demetrius, I didn't know he was an enchanted Prince who turned into a bird every night."

books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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mercwolfmoor.bsky.social
Hi my peeps, a friend set this up—his SO is my roommate, full disclosure—for our mutual person who is really going through a rough patch, and now her grandmother is in hospice. 💔

Shares would be deeply appreciated, thank you in advance. 🖤🖤🖤

gofund.me/a1056c05d
Donate to Support for Siah's Monthly Bills, organized by Dakkota Moreno
My significant other's grandma has recently been hospitalized and may be put into hosp… Dakkota Moreno needs your support for Support for Siah's Monthly Bills
gofund.me
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
devanbarlow.bsky.social
All of my books are in Kobo Plus, as are those of many other indie writers!
quartzen.bsky.social Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 2h
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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toadcialism.bsky.social
I love this goofy sauropod so much
Liora the Kimberley rock monitor climbing up her mommy’s arm
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
devanbarlow.bsky.social
Convincing you to read An Uncommon Curse by sharing the first sentence...

"When I got engaged to Demetrius, I didn't know he was an enchanted Prince who turned into a bird every night."

books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
Cover of An Uncommon Curse by Devan Barlow, featuring a golden bird against a green background. The cover is by K.B. Spangler. This is book 1 of the Curses & Curtains series
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
devanbarlow.bsky.social
If you like my poem "Tree-Time" over at Corvid Queen, you'll love my new collection!

corvidqueen.com/stories/tree...
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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lawgeek.bsky.social
I've read An Uncommon Curse & it's original & fun
devanbarlow.bsky.social Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 5h
✨Buy my books!!!✨

devan-barlow.itch.io

Fairytales-meet-musicals fantasy novels!
books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

Short fic/poetry retelling collections!
books2read.com/u/bOqZKN
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
Cover of Shells For Hearts: Retellings, by Devan Barlow. The cover is by Arden Powell, and features seashells, perfume bottles, a pumpkin, and assorted animals against a green background. Cover of Foolish Hopes and Spilled Entrails: Retellings, by Devan Barlow, featuring numerous fantastical objects surrounding a smoking cauldron, against a dark red background. The cover is by Arden Powell. Cover of An Uncommon Curse by Devan Barlow, featuring a golden bird against a green background. The cover is by K.B. Spangler. This is book 1 of the Curses & Curtains series
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
devanbarlow.bsky.social
✨Buy my books!!!✨

devan-barlow.itch.io

Fairytales-meet-musicals fantasy novels!
books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

Short fic/poetry retelling collections!
books2read.com/u/bOqZKN
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
Cover of Shells For Hearts: Retellings, by Devan Barlow. The cover is by Arden Powell, and features seashells, perfume bottles, a pumpkin, and assorted animals against a green background. Cover of Foolish Hopes and Spilled Entrails: Retellings, by Devan Barlow, featuring numerous fantastical objects surrounding a smoking cauldron, against a dark red background. The cover is by Arden Powell. Cover of An Uncommon Curse by Devan Barlow, featuring a golden bird against a green background. The cover is by K.B. Spangler. This is book 1 of the Curses & Curtains series
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.

"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Reminder, we open to nonfiction and reprint submissions in two weeks! For reprints, we're specifically looking for stories currently unavailable to read online for free! For nonfiction, we're looking for completed pieces, not pitches.

📝Our full guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. Open November 24, 2025. Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines." Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. Open November 24, 2025. Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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More striped bookmarks!
🧶
Three striped embroidery thread bookmarks, each in a multitude of colors.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM