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Reader of SF&F, mainly. *Libraries have ebooks that you can read on your phone. Est. 2005
Pinned
A list of UK LGBTQ+ bookshops:
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I use my ALCS and PLR money to cover my annual Society of Authors subscription for a start.
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
ALCS
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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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I loved this cover art by @andreuzaragoza.bsky.social I had to get it framed. 🌈🩷
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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?
Name a film you've seen six times.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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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!
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...
www.nerds-feather.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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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.
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
This is wonderful to hear
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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A conference! In Newcastle! With am excellent keynote speaker! This is exciting.
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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.
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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THEYRE TAKING TTRPGS UP TO 4K WORDS LETS GO!!!
🔥 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...
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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🔥 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...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This is an outstanding slice of Slavic fantasy with a hint of Tim Powers about it. Definitely recommended.
🎂 🎉 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
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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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...
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s irreversible too.
I just deleted my NetGalley account....
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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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.
It hits different reading this whole thread.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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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.
It hits different reading this whole thread.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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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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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
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@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
I can’t decide which one to start next. Any thoughts to help me choose?
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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…
gavreads.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM