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Reader of SF&F, mainly. *Libraries have ebooks that you can read on your phone. Est. 2005
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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · Jun 8
A list of UK LGBTQ+ bookshops:
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julietemckenna.bsky.social
I use my ALCS and PLR money to cover my annual Society of Authors subscription for a start.
andrewmueller.bsky.social Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 2d
Posting this partially as service to fellow writers, partly to motivate myself to get it done today. November 30 is deadline to log your year's work at @alcs.co.uk, in return for which you *will* get free money, possibly quite startling quantities of it. If you haven't signed up, do. www.alcs.co.uk
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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A cut down Sunday Summary but it does contain a large cute pink teddy bear on a book cover.
Sunday Summary: 23 Nov 25
Sunday Summary mainly functions as my personal record of book-related topics that have captured my interest over the past week. It also acts as a public memory prompt and bookmarking system. B…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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joshwinning.bsky.social
I loved this cover art by @andreuzaragoza.bsky.social I had to get it framed. 🌈🩷
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Die Hard With a Vengeance
RED
RED 2
Clue
The Fifth Element
Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Transformers (1986)
Rising Sun*
Demolition Man
To Wong Foo
The Golden Child*
Big Trouble in Little China*

*of their time?
sophianyx.bsky.social Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 2d
Name a film you've seen six times.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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hughryan.bsky.social
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The Nerds of a Feather team is growing!
nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Nerds of a Feather @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social · 3d
New Contributors
We are excited to announce that Nerds of a Feather is growing. Today we welcome five new writers to the flock. You’ll be seeing much more from them in the coming weeks and months, \here is a quick introduction to who they are:
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/new-...
New Contributors
We are excited to announce that Nerds of a Feather is growing. Today we welcome five new writers to the flock. You’ll be seeing much more fr...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
This is a really good thread, and it’s why I decided to go hybrid about 8 years ago. If you need a stable income from your writing, trad publishing on its own is heartbreakingly unreliable.

Sometimes it’s AMAZING. Sometimes it’s bleak. In a longterm career, you’ll see both extremes again & again.
delilahsdawson.bsky.social Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 4d
I think one of the hardest things about being a career writer in traditional publishing is that writing attracts the neurodivergent brain while the variable reinforcement schedule punishes it. We are all the rat at the water bottle, waiting for the hit of cocaine. You get one win, and you need MORE.
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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This is wonderful to hear
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4d
One thing that continues to make me happy... the number of people in the signing lines, often teens, who say they got into reading or got back into reading because of my novel Annihilation.
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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One thing that continues to make me happy... the number of people in the signing lines, often teens, who say they got into reading or got back into reading because of my novel Annihilation.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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niallharrison.bsky.social
A conference! In Newcastle! With am excellent keynote speaker! This is exciting.
Flyer with details of the CFP for the "Women in SFF: Navigating Gender & Genre" conference taking place at Newcastle University, 11-12 June 2026
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Rachel Pollack (whom I was honoured to meet a couple of times) not only instilled in me the joy of divination (talking to the divine through tarot) but also created one of my favourite urban fantasy detectives in The Fissure King: A Novel in Five Stories.
Cover of The Fissure King by Rachel Pollack. Diagonal layout with three panels—orange, red, and brown—each showing a twisted, leafless tree in a rugged landscape. Top panel has birds in flight and an orange sky. Middle panel includes the subtitle “a novel in five stories.” Bottom panel shows rocky terrain, distant buildings, and the author’s name with the note “World Fantasy Award winning author of Godmother Night.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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THEYRE TAKING TTRPGS UP TO 4K WORDS LETS GO!!!
tenebrouspress.bsky.social Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 4d
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices

A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Art by @mxmorgan.com

All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices

A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Art by @mxmorgan.com

All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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alrutter.bsky.social
This is an outstanding slice of Slavic fantasy with a hint of Tim Powers about it. Definitely recommended.
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d
🎂 🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @ldcolter.com 's WHEN THE WINDS SING - the second standalone in her thematically linked trilogy where mortals become entangled in the dangerous games of the gods. Alex Orlov's life is about to get VERY complicated.

Buy now - £2.99 in eBook! https://geni.us/whenthewindss
Against a gold mosaic background, the cover for WHEN THE WINDS SING by L. D. Colter. The white Solaris Nova logo is in the bottom left corner.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I finally got around to reviewing the World Fantasy Award 2025 novella shortlist.

Two were excellent.
Two seemed to hold something back.
One just wasn’t for me.
WFA25: Novellas Review
In the middle of July I set myself two reading challenges Read the British Fantasy Awards 2025 shortlist for Best Anthology Read the World Fantasy Awards 2025 shortlist for Best Novella The nominee…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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silviamg.bsky.social
Still on a Bluesky hiatus but popping by because the cover for my next novel, THE INTRIGUE, has now been revealed. Jacket design Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde. This noir about a con artist sifting through lonely hearts ads is out July 2026. Pre-order now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760821...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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It’s irreversible too.
gavreads.co.uk @gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 4d
I just deleted my NetGalley account....
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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patricksamphire.bsky.social
I do think this is quite interesting, because it speaks to how certain models of supernatural creatures (fae, vampires, werewolves, whatever) have become canonical in certain genres and how these models are not that similar to the folklore they're based on.
gavreads.co.uk @gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 4d
It hits different reading this whole thread.
Alt text: Image showing four text messages about fae in romantasy books: Message 1: “Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!” Message 2: “Didn't have getting dragged in the comments on my bingo card today. Thank you to those that were kind. I'm new to romantasy and fantasy in general. Until I had read SJM, I hadn't encountered books with fae described like that. I didn't make the connection between Celtic folklore, fairies, elves, or sprites with being fae since their characteristics and mannerisms are drastically different. Tink is tiny. Puck has goat legs. The closest I encountered were elves in LOTR, but those were not faeries.” Message 3: “Forgive me for not knowing fae were inspired by Celtic folklore. I'm not Irish. I was never told these stories. I was just surprised two separate book series shared very similar interpretations of fae. I've enjoyed the genre of romantasy bc it's really gotten me back into reading. That's the goal, right? To continue to learn and escape into stories and discuss theories and celebrate the beauty of imagination? At least, that's what I'm gonna focus on.” Message 4: “Clarifying my original point: I never said SJM invented fae. My post was only comparing how Quicksilver and SJM depict fae characters (their traits, dynamics, etc.) and whether THIS interpretation of fae is common in romantasy books, not the origins of the mythology. I also didn't grow up connecting fairies, elves, and fae as one mythology. They were always separate in my mind, so I'm still learning how interconnected they are across folklore. Thanks to those who pointed that out respectfully.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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alrutter.bsky.social
This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
gavreads.co.uk @gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 4d
It hits different reading this whole thread.
Alt text: Image showing four text messages about fae in romantasy books: Message 1: “Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!” Message 2: “Didn't have getting dragged in the comments on my bingo card today. Thank you to those that were kind. I'm new to romantasy and fantasy in general. Until I had read SJM, I hadn't encountered books with fae described like that. I didn't make the connection between Celtic folklore, fairies, elves, or sprites with being fae since their characteristics and mannerisms are drastically different. Tink is tiny. Puck has goat legs. The closest I encountered were elves in LOTR, but those were not faeries.” Message 3: “Forgive me for not knowing fae were inspired by Celtic folklore. I'm not Irish. I was never told these stories. I was just surprised two separate book series shared very similar interpretations of fae. I've enjoyed the genre of romantasy bc it's really gotten me back into reading. That's the goal, right? To continue to learn and escape into stories and discuss theories and celebrate the beauty of imagination? At least, that's what I'm gonna focus on.” Message 4: “Clarifying my original point: I never said SJM invented fae. My post was only comparing how Quicksilver and SJM depict fae characters (their traits, dynamics, etc.) and whether THIS interpretation of fae is common in romantasy books, not the origins of the mythology. I also didn't grow up connecting fairies, elves, and fae as one mythology. They were always separate in my mind, so I'm still learning how interconnected they are across folklore. Thanks to those who pointed that out respectfully.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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annvandermeer.bsky.social
A candle seems so trite and insignificant but I light one anyway and continue to advocate for love. Please join me.

#protecttranskids
#LoveisLove
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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annvandermeer.bsky.social
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. The first time I heard about it was in 2016 when Jeff was the Trias Writer-in-Residence at Hobart-Wiiliam Smith College and we were living in Geneva, NY.
#TransgenderDayofRemembrance
Banner displaying International Transgender Day of Remembrance. In blue and pink letters.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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@bigbeardybooks.bsky.social - thank you for the boost!
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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As the year nears its end, it's the perfect time to round out your TBR with an excellent indie press novel. @tobiascarroll.bsky.social recommends the wolfish "proto-fantasy" that inspired Tolkien, an extended space race, and deeply untrustworthy furniture.
Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for November and December 2025 - Reactor
Astronauts in crisis, visions of the future, and the creepiest piece of furniture you’re likely to encounter in 2025.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I can’t decide which one to start next. Any thoughts to help me choose?
Cover of the science fiction novel These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs. The artwork features a fiery red and orange sky with stylized clouds and spacecraft flying across it. A tall, dark structure stands in the foreground, surrounded by silhouettes of birds and architectural elements. A large celestial body, possibly a planet or moon, looms in the background. Text includes a quote from author Kate Elliott praising the book as “baroque, intense, inventive, vivid, violent and visceral,” and credits Bethany Jacobs as the author. Cover of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. A silhouette of a person stands on a hill beneath a starry night sky, gazing upward. The scene evokes wonder and exploration. A circular sticker notes the book as “Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series.” Text includes a quote from the Guardian calling it “a quietly profound, humane tour de force,” and identifies Becky Chambers as a Sunday Times bestselling author.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I finally got around to reviewing the World Fantasy Award 2025 novella shortlist.

Two were excellent.
Two seemed to hold something back.
One just wasn’t for me.
WFA25: Novellas Review
In the middle of July I set myself two reading challenges Read the British Fantasy Awards 2025 shortlist for Best Anthology Read the World Fantasy Awards 2025 shortlist for Best Novella The nominee…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM