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Leo Otherland
@leootherland.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ Queer author, SFWA member, literal goblin, weaver of delightfully soul-shattering speculative fiction, introverted ball of anxiety.
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Sometimes it astounds me that a book I'm in is in a library. 😭 I'm. In. A. Library.
aanpress.bsky.social Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 6d
“The Librarian” on the shelves of the local library.
a copy of The Librarian on the Swissvale Library shelves in the F/SF section.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
leootherland.bsky.social
I'm at it again with the book reviews. Check out my adoring rambles about Dear Stupid Penpal by @rascalhartley.bsky.social, published by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social:

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Dear Stupid Penpal Review
My review of Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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I'm at it again with the book reviews. Check out my review of Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment Review by @momoshaty.bsky.social published by
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social:

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Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment Review
My review of Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment by Mo Moshaty.
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September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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If you're looking for a hot summer read to chill you, I highly recommend We Like It Cherry from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social . You. Will. Be. Harpooned. I mean... hooked.

Anyway, check out my review on Goodreads and/or my blog:

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Leo Otherland's review of We Like It Cherry
5/5: Special thanks to Tenebrous Press for the ARC copy they provided. My. Gods. This. Book. It’s hard to say enough about We Like It Cherry because this book was far from what I expected in that…
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May 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I am happy (and a little terrified) to share I am now on Fiverr. Story has always been my life, and now I am offering beta reading services. If you are looking for a good (and enthusiastic) set of eyes on your work, I am your guy. Come check out my gig!
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March 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
"Extremely creepy. Continues to amaze & terrify"-@horrorreads.bsky.social

"Evokes the atmosphere of Lynch: the shadow & darkness that is both void & pulsing with life"-@greasygoat.bsky.social

"SPLIT SCREAM never disappoints"- @leootherland.bsky.social

Trust the readers🖤☠️

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Cover art of SPLIT SCREAM: OFF THE MAP by Evangeline Gallagher. Featuring two New Weird Horror novellas from Íde Hennessy and John K. Peck & L. Mahler. Two spot illustrations: a disembodied hand twined in twigs, and a stag's head rising from the waters, draped in moss and water plants. Text: WEIRD ONLY WORKS WHEN YOU WANDER FROM THE PATH. Volume Seven of the acclaimed series takes readers on a pair of nightmare excusrions to lonely locales. We're Sorry. And You're Welcome. Out March 2025
February 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The best way to start a year of book reviews? Why with a book from
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social of course. Check out my review of Split Scream Volume Seven on my blog and Goodreads:

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Leo Otherland's review of Split Scream Volume Seven
5/5: Special thanks to Tenebrous Press for the ARC copy they provided. I often say, Tenebrous Press doesn’t disappoint, and I will add, neither does the Split Scream series. Split Scream Volume…
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January 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
leootherland.bsky.social
Destined to be enemies, prophesied to destroy each other. Can choice sway the course of predetermination, or are Jamie and Silas bound to play the hero and the villain on a stage they never asked to stand on?

🏳️‍🌈 LGBT
💫 Magic school
🖤 Dark romance

#P2Pit #UW #PW #YA #F #RF #W
January 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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No better way to close out a year of book reviews than the same way I brought the year in, with a book by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social .
Casual Review
My review of Casual by Koji A. Dae.
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January 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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M. Shaw and a collection of short stories from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ? I think yes.
All Your Friends Are Here Review
My review of All Your Friends Are Here by M. Shaw.
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January 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Another author friend: Leo Otherland: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Leo Otherland is a queer author, literal goblin, member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, and lover of all things ...

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#Fantasy #Horror #ScienceFiction @leootherland.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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I wrote a little something yesterday for the last day of Pride and posted it on my blog. Have a read:

www.leootherland.com/post/colors
July 2, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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For Pride month, I'm highlighting three LGBTQIA+ books. From the Belly by @emnays.bsky.social, from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. City of Snares by April Yates, from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. A Case of Madness by Yvonne Knop, from Improbable Press.

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June 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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At the beginning of this Pride I spent a little time thinking about what Pride means to me. Have a read on my blog.

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June 2, 2024 at 11:22 PM
leootherland.bsky.social
I usually post my goals of the year on January first, but hey, hey, this year I posted them on Leap Year! If anyone is curious what I'm going to be up to this coming year, take a peak at my blog!
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March 2, 2024 at 12:22 AM
leootherland.bsky.social
It has been forever since I posted. But, I have done some reading over the last few weeks, which of course means... book reviews!

Many thanks to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for the ARC copy of Mouth.

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Mouth Review
Special thanks to Tenebrous Press for the ARC copy they provided. An ode to classic horror films from cover to cover? Oh yes, yes indeed. I walked into Mouth expecting monster horror and the unfortuna...
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February 10, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Most people have heard the phrase "Memento Mori," but what is "Memento Vivere?" They're two sides of the same coin.

Memento Mori -- remember you must die.
Memento Vivere -- remember to live.

We named our press after the latter, because we choose to live, and live well.
January 16, 2024 at 1:07 AM
leootherland.bsky.social
Yep, it's official. Come give us a follow. We're live, people!
mementoviverepress.bsky.social Memento Vivere Press @mementoviverepress.bsky.social · Jan 14
Greetings, humans! Some of you may know me (Leo Otherland, small, bitey goblin, enjoys living under a rock). Anyway, I am pleased to announce a good friend of mine, Ynes Freeman, and I have started our own small press! Woot! We are running on chaos energy and IdEaS at present, but more soon!
January 14, 2024 at 2:18 AM
leootherland.bsky.social
The customary year in review post appears on December 31, but what about the uncostomary year in review post? Oh, those blink into existence on January 3. Naturally.

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2023 Recap
My year in review.
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January 3, 2024 at 12:38 PM
leootherland.bsky.social
The winter holidays are almost over for another year, but you can still find me, and @ahawkwrites.bsky.social, in the WritespaceHouston holiday gift guide @aanpress.bsky.social's The Librarian is a book for all the book lovers in your life.

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December 30, 2023 at 2:22 AM
leootherland.bsky.social
This book is amazing.
brigidsgatepress.bsky.social Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social · Nov 6
"I wish he would drown.
But the gods will not be so kind."

Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles is coming November 14th. You think you're ready, but there is no way to prepare yourself.

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Merciless Waters
Read it now
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November 6, 2023 at 3:22 AM
leootherland.bsky.social
There's nothing like friends sending you pictures of one of your books and one of your fellow authors. 😍 A.P. Hawkins of @aanpress.bsky.social's The Librarian met the lovely D. Ynes Freeman! Wish I was there!
October 28, 2023 at 4:35 PM
leootherland.bsky.social
It's beautiful to see a big pile of books with one of my stories inside. @aanpress.bsky.social creates the loveliest books.
aanpress.bsky.social Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · Sep 30
We are ready at the Frostburg Indie Lit Fest in Maryland. Come find us at City Place
The table of Air and Nothingness Press books in a large garage style space
October 21, 2023 at 10:20 PM
leootherland.bsky.social
What I don't like about new social media: having to find all the people I found before all over again.

What I like about social media: when amazingly talented authors I've followed elsewhere join and follow me.

😭
September 19, 2023 at 11:49 PM
leootherland.bsky.social
Further proof I am a goblin. I go into a meeting and greet my colleagues with, "Hi. Sorry I'm late, I had to bury something."
September 17, 2023 at 3:03 AM