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Kim
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Fantasy and cosy mystery author | Words in @BestSmfictions @takahemagazine @flashfrontier | SJV Finalist | Chronic illness | Aotearoa NZ

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nkjemisin.bsky.social
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
sfwa.org Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.org · 19d
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
Reading for awards?
Here’s my eligibility (a couple of stories still to come in Nov and Dec). If you only have time to read one story, the one I’m most hoping people will keep in mind is “Through the Machine.” Thanks. 🙂
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · Oct 17
A reminder that you can find all my 2025 eligible work right here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-.... Thank you for keeping my stories in mind when nominating or voting for awards.
Image shows a field of sunflowers beneath a wide expanse of blue sky. Text reads: P.A. Cornell - 2025 Awards Eligibility. Under which are listed the following stories: • “Through the Machine” (SF / 5000 w) – Lightspeed • “The Space Between Us” (SF / 1499 w) – Lightspeed (Coming in December) • “Spells for the Afterlife” (F / 2588 w) – Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite • “Falling Forever” (SF / 893 w) – Factor Four • “And I Will Read to You About Butterflies” (SF / 3647 w) – Heartlines Spec • “The Futility of Warning You” (SF / 750 w) – Factor Four • “Feathers” (F / 760 w) – Worlds of Possibility • “So Many Things to See” (SFF / 2415 w) – Trollbreath • “Fire & Flight” (SFF / 4941 w) – Plott Hound • “After the Rain” (SF ECO / 3706 w) – Escape Pod • “After the Suns Go Down” (SFH / 8675 w) – The Growers • “Twelve Things that Will Occur Immediately Following Your Invention of Teleportation” (SF Humor / 880 w) – Factor Four • “The Underlying Cause of Her Insomnia” (FH / 1000 w) Trembling With Fear • “Hard Times at the Four Pines Motel” (SF / 1000 w) – Short Circuit
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
It's awards eligibility season, and this year I published two short stories, one novella, and one novel!

My short story "Mail-Order Magic" is one of the most personal pieces I've ever written, and it's free to read at @morningtransport.bsky.social : www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...
Mail Order Magic
March comes to you with Sunday Morning Transport stories by Stephanie Burgis, Eric Smith, Sarena Ulibarri, and Leah Cypess.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
kjackways.bsky.social
It's a gorgeous Show Day and I'm going to head to the nearest beach for a wander
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
New story day!

"Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father try to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
reactormag.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
kjackways.bsky.social
Media manufacturing consent for limiting who and where we can protest?
commentsandopi2.bsky.social Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · Oct 9
Paywalled but looks like absolute nonsense
#nzpol
thepress.co.nz The Press @thepress.co.nz · Oct 9
OPINION: Protests are publicity stunts. How do we tell the good ones from the bad?
October 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
kjackways.bsky.social
Agreed!
barnesm31.bsky.social Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · Oct 9
"To understand how a fascist works, imagine the loudest, most obnoxious dude you can think of, standing in the Met and screaming at a Jackson Pollack painting, “I don’t like it! I don’t get it! Anyone could do that!” - Asa West reactormag.com/rebellion-ac...
Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever - Reactor
Witches teach us how to push back — and raise hell — in the face of authoritarianism.
reactormag.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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jordankurella.com
I LOVE THIS
thedeadlands.com The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · Oct 6
it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!
Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
A reminder for UK readers: the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for just 99p this month at every online retailer!

Snap it up now at
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Wooing-Witch...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
and Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wooi...

#romancelandia
An open e-reader shows the gorgeous UK cover of Wooing the Witch Queen in color on its screen. The e-reader is set on a white sheet beside a rose gold-colored tray wiht a cup of either very dark coffee or hot chocolate inside. Two ivy branches trail around the tray.
October 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
kjackways.bsky.social
Autumn Tales from Cozy Vales paperbacks have arrived!I have one to hand sell and one to keep, so if you're in New Zealand and you'd like an autumn cosy fantasy short story collection, reach out.

Otherwise read the ebook free at books2read.com/cozyvales-anthology-4
Two orange books with white title Autumn Tales from Cozy Vales and fall harvest image and a white cup with Cozy Vales on it on a wooden surface
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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janna-ruth.com
✨ #Witchtober Day 5 - Murder for a Song by @kjackways.bsky.social ✨

What do a folk rock musician's family secrets have to do with the murder of a book shop owner? See if Esther can restore harmony to her small town in this cosy and musical paranormal mystery.

books2read.com/murderforasong
Cover of Murder for a Song by KM Jackways which has a cartoon witch playing guitar in front of a spooky house in blue. It is on a purple background with silhouetted trees, cute witchy elements like a ghost with a cauldron and a black cat, and the text Witchtober.
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
kjackways.bsky.social
✨ Let’s celebrate Witchtober ✨

From the 1st to the 24th, I’ll be sharing 24 witchy mysteries, fantasy, and romances with you. So, grab your cauldrons and broomsticks and settle in!

You can find all featured books as a featured linktree in my bio (linktr.ee/witchtober).
A purple image with black spooky trees saying Witchtober - Something wicked this way comes
September 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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andiwrites.bsky.social
Spellcasting On is out now!

Cosy sapphic romance with yarn 🧶 and magic ✨.

Available now on all the usual platforms:

buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy
purple cover of Spellcasting On by Andi R. Christopher. It has a range of elements including a witch's hat, a heart shaped ball of yarn with a crochet hook, hammers, and violets.
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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remedy.bsky.social
Delighted to announce my story 'Hound of Annwn' will be appearing in the next issue of @plotthoundmag.bsky.social! 🐾Really happy it found the perfect home and looking forward to the issue. Awoo!!
September 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Ahhhh the North American ARCs for Enchanting the Fae Queen are here, & they are GORGEOUS. I love @wingbuffet.bsky.social's perfect cover art, @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social 's cover design, &all the perfect details of page layout inside (with huge thanks to my wonderful editor @erikatsang.bsky.social)!
A box full of paperback advance copies of Stephanie Burgis's Enchanting the Fae Queen (number 2 in the Queens of Villainy trilogy). The illustrated cover shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. The paperback copies are now divided between a stack that shows the front cover facing up and two copies with their spines out, showing gorgeously romantic lettering on a pink background, along with the publisher's logo for Bramble Romance. The back cover of one paperback copy reads: Welcome back to Stephanie Burgis's sparkling gaslamp world in the Queens of Villainy series, where a seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire's valiant general. Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who'd do anything to keep her people safe. Including kidnapping the empire's most famous hero. The virtuous High General Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity. They're opposites in every way, but when they're swept up in a grand - and deadly - fae tournament, they discover all of each other's most hidden truths...and how perfectly they might be suited after all. The cover page of the book shows a rearing griffin surrounded by stars above the title and author name.
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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jordankurella.com
gosh, what a wonderful thing to see when i wake up. if you want to listen to Premee (you do), you can get THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS at this link here:
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
kjackways.bsky.social
An autumn #cozyfantasy anthology from Cozy Vales has just dropped! 🍂

Lots of amazing stories as usual, with one from me too: books2read.com/cozyvales-an...
Cover of Autumn Tales from Cozy Vales, orange with white letters. Background is blurry orange and green autumn scene.
September 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!
A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
Remember that time I “Jurassic Parked” a dragon and then threw in some Edith Piaf just to prove to my teenaged daughter that I could? Well now you can read that for free. 🙂 (Now with cool art by @thaisibir.bsky.social!)
thaisibir.bsky.social Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · Sep 9
"Fire & Flight" by @cornellwriter.bsky.social now free to read online!

"I know the song is at the part where speaks of lighting the fire—le feu. I know that part. If there’s one thing a dragon knows it’s fire."

plotthoundmag.com/fire-flight-...
September 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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jordankurella.com
this Sunday i'll be handselling copies of all three of my books *in-person* at Land Grant in Columbus, OH.

apparently there are fancy social media graphics for this with the other authors on them but i haven't been given those so you get this:
a badly drawn MSPaint thing with all my book covers in a row for WHEN I WAS LOST, I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY, and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (right side), and a stick figure with a star sticker face showing them off, spokesmodel style on the left. text on the bottom saying "Buy my books!"
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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ladylettera32.bsky.social
Any event that doesn’t make itself accessible (virtual options! Mask mandates!) has a will issue, not a skill issue.

(This is a sub post to my city’s local writers event who can’t possibly be asked to make their event accessible now even though they did for 2 years with minimal issues)
chantzy.bsky.social Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · Sep 10
Making events accessible in an ongoing pandemic is so easy
Form that says let us know if you have any accessibility requirements - I commented "thank you for making virtual options! :-)"
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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trollbreathmag.bsky.social
Our last paywall jailbreak, and we are closing with a bang! Love and loss after the world falls apart: magazine.trollbreath.com/so-many-thin...

@cornellwriter.bsky.social
Trollbreath Magazine So Many Things to See by P.A. Cornell Image is a stormy day with a dirt road and grass. Off to the right is a faded, ghost-like image of carnival.
August 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
kjackways.bsky.social
I'm late to it but Severance is brilliant
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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karidru.bsky.social
Actually somebody please do this.
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Aug 21
(Dogs Are Good, Actually would rock as a Worldcon theme. Put dog astronauts and corgi wizards everywhere. Invite some dog trainers to give talks on how you train a corpse dog or a rescue dog. Do panels on dogs in SFF. Build a small memorial for Laika. You know I’m right.)
August 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Hearing about positive Covid tests at Worldcon. Especially as y'all travel home, make sure to test and mask. Best wishes to all.
August 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM