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🌸 storyteller. film/tv columnist for fandsf.com. rep: @tetrameter.bsky.social. THE CROWNS OF ISHIA out now @solarisbooks.bsky.social. linktr.ee/karinlow
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A Covenant of Ice is out today in North Am! It wasn’t written by AI in any way. The cover art is human made. My publisher & editor are cool beans. @solarisbooks.bsky.social

If you want to support art being made by humans, for humans, give my anti-colonial, queer+ dragon book a go geni.us/ishia
Explore THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by Karin Lowachee
Read now:
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Interested in our novel workshop, but concerned about the financial commitment? Don't count yourself out! Thanks to generous donors, we have three full-tuition scholarships available.

We're excited to see our next cohort! Applications due November 13th, 2025.
www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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8K GIVEAWAY!

Win books from @csecooney.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social an early ARC from @authortrmoore.bsky.social & more!

Like, follow, repost and drop a book 📙 in the comments to enter! Ends 23:59 GMT on 13/10/25. Open to UK & IE, CAN & US only.
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This woman is all of us in Canada.
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This IS my team and I’ve lost at least 3 lives 🤣😭 #LETSGOBLUEJAYS ⚾️🧢
I don't have a side in this Series and the tension is killing me. A Game 7 does that.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Why is this game playing out like it was scripted in Hollywood 😭🤣
Bo Bichette’s absolute swag on that homerun 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⚾️🧢 #GOBLUEJAYS
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Bo Bichette’s absolute swag on that homerun 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⚾️🧢 #GOBLUEJAYS
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Time to update the thread. I don't remember who, but I saw the cover of The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee posted here a few times, I'm into novellas, and who doesn't like dragons so now I have the whole trilogy. They're great! (34/?)
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is GORGEOUS. Can we normalize literature in the genre world that can be esoteric and difficult because Odin forbid the prose doesn’t hit you over the head with easy answers or doesn’t need to be understood on literal levels all the time.
A page from a dark fantasy book I’ve been working on with @danieldwyer.bsky.social.

Consensus so far is it’s too esoteric and puzzling for most publishers. We will try to find a way to bring this to life one way or another. It’s a story world we know is odd but begs to live and to be read.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.
October 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Apex needs $3412 to hit their base goal!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Me startling the cat every time the Jays get a hit and certainly when they got a homerun. Sorry kitty 😂🐈‍⬛
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
LET’S GO BLUE JAYS #worldseries2025
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I didn’t think anything could beat Peaky Blinders but House of Guinness is just as good. Along with Rogue Heroes, Steven Knight might just be my favourite. FANTASTIC writing and character work across all 3 series.
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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real talk alert:

we are HASHTAG BLESSED to have a bunch of amazing, generous patrons subscribed to get a copy of the epub, or the physical copy of The DEADlands.

these supporters literally help us keep publishing.

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it costs closer to 1500/mo to fund a year of TD

pls join us! 👇
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
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October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.

If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I wanted to see that scene/narrative so I just wrote it myself 😆🙏🏼🐉
Also the imagery of an old west-style horseback journey accompanied by a dragon is great
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee has a timelessness to the writing style I’m really enjoying, a focus on detail and movement of both dragons and people
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thank u for the boost! Just to be clear tho I’m not Indigenous (my family comes from 3 different cultures & settled in S. America in the 19th C, many working as indentured servants), I just try to write honestly & responsibly, inspired by many of the same concerns of Indigenous peoples worldwide. 🙏🏼
Yesterday was Indigenous People's Day, but Indigiqueer reads can be enjoyed all year long.

I have recommended quite a few queer books by Indigenous authors in the past, but this week's recs are fresh and full of good stories.
October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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New Suns 2 is an anthology of 18 speculative fiction short stories by people of color, many of which are appropriate for #spooky season. Great narration too. 🪐📚 #31DaysOfHalloween #Books #BookSky #Audiobooks
October 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The full conversation is on Netflix but here’s Jane Goodall’s final message to the world. Growing up with an awareness of her and others like Dian Fossey impacted me deeply. No doubt influenced my writing even now and my love and affection for all of nature. ❤️

m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfLK...
Dr. Jane Goodall’s Final Message To The World | Famous Last Words | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
m.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
kotowych.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM