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authorizedmusings.bsky.social
#novellavember
authorizedmusings.bsky.social Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · Jul 11
It is FRIDAY which means it is the weekend (observed.)

Want some easy-breezy weekend reading? Depending on how close you look, Run With the Hunted might be the series for you!

the first book is a diamond heist gone far too right!

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Run With the Hunted cover (diamonds cascading on the left on a dark background, with vertical lines of blue code running through all of it) and the cover blurb: In the fast-paced, tech-heavy future, diamonds are still a girl’s best friend. Bristol is more than happy to get dressed up and crash a private diamond sale that her hacker associate, Bits, has caught wind of on the deep web. The job is unbelievably simple and the getaway is a breeze; Dolly barely even gets to fire a shot during the holdup. But in the days that follow, things start to go wrong. Bristol’s dinner party is raided, their buyer backs out, and they find themselves on the run in a heavily surveilled city. Now that it’s become clear these diamonds are more than meets the eye, the trio has to find out who wants them enough to kill for it.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Oh hey! You can now add An Honour and A Privilege—our extremely fun AND educational collaborative craft book—to your Goodreads list!
An Honour & a Privilege
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
www.goodreads.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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hannyakay.bsky.social
COVER REVEAL for @danaiwrites.bsky.social Vile Lady Villains. It's one of the most creative, mindblowing, well crafted book I've had the chance to read 😍
Cover artist: Audrey Benjaminsen
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Pub date: April 02, 2026, 2026
Preorder link www.penguin.co.uk/books/470416...
Cover for Vile Lady Villains
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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marissalingen.bsky.social
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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probablyharmless.bsky.social
Mood
frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
Toad spins around, dizzy, head hurting. From "The Story" In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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frombeyondpress.bsky.social
Things our anthology authors published in 2025 that I really liked, number 375: "A Taste" by Theodore Hill (@probablyharmless.bsky.social), free to read (and, you know, recommend for stuff) at Whisper House.

Don't read it on a full stomach. Or an empty one.

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November 2025 Featured Story: Theodore Hill’s “A Taste”
Theodore Hill’s body horror story, “A Taste,” totally grossed out the editor. But it also compelled him. And turned his stomach. But Hill’s skill impressed. So here it is! T…
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November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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mruthrobinson.bsky.social
Out today! Super excited to share a new essay with you: “The Duchess Who Invented Science Fiction,” a silly and sincere ode to my beloved Margaret Cavendish, a 17th-century duchess who teaches us to 1. think speculatively and 2. wear ridiculous outfits.

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A painting of Margaret Cavendish. She’s smiling slightly and wearing an extravagant feathered hat, plus a fancy cape-dress situation. The background includes golden fabric and columns.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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sarahpinsker.bsky.social
AND I share the TOC with many wonderful people including my Clarion West student @somtoihezue.bsky.social !
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 10d
Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Part 1 also features essays by Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Mari Ness; poetry by Somto Ihezue & Romie Stott; Caroline M. Yoachim interviewing Eleanna Castroianni; and Paul Lewin’s Mushroom Mother of Us All as the cover! buff.ly/yEqnVQ3
Cover: Mushroom Mother of Us All by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The text "Uncanny," "November/December 2025," "Issue Sixty-Seven," and the credits are in white.
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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undertow.bsky.social
Our 2025 award eligibility post! If you've liked anything we've done this year, please consider it in your recommendations.

Thank you for your generous consideration.
undertow publications 2025 award eligibility Short Story Collection Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, by Thomas Ha Magazines/Periodicals Artists Non-Fiction Weird Horror #10 Weird Horror #11 Ove Tøpfer Valin Mattheis MK Cooper Shikhar Dixit “Transcendence in Horror” by Simon Strantzas “Gargoyles, Grotesques, Monster Toys” by Orrin Grey “The Four Quadrants” by Simon Strantzas “Tokusatsu Terror” by Orrin Grey (From issues 10 & 11 of Weird Horror) Short Stories “St. Dymphna’s School for Borderland Girls” by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece “In the Dream, He is Skinless and Beautiful” by Spencer Nitkey “Her Alberta” by Malcolm Devlin “Silver Wires and Sweet Water” by Alexander James “Nothing Good Without a Price” by Martin Cahill “Scratch Dinner” by Françoise Harvey “The Waite People” by Meg Elison “Seven Cups” by Rebecca Kuder “No Light in The Trees” by John Patrick Higgins From Weird Horror #10 “The Start of Something” by David Demchuk “Invasive Species” by Mary Kuryla “A Cruelty” by Rory Say “Another Mother Again” by Cyan Katz “Wine-Dark Eyes” by Juniper White “We Dwell in Its Many-Chambered Heart” by A.C. Wise “Dark Water” by Andrew Humphrey “Foreword to Occult Methods of Investigation” by David Peak “The God of Rust” by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece “We Didn’t Used to Be Like This” by Jack Klausner From Weird Horror #11 Anthology The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1, edited by Michael Kelly Novelette Uncertain Sons, by Thomas Ha Undertow Publications is eligible in the Professional, and Non-Professional award categories Michael Kelly is eligible in Best Editor categories Weird Horror magazine is eligible in Best Semi-Prozine/Periodical categories
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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acwise.bsky.social
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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ostrichson.bsky.social
Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.

Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
An Art Nouveau staircase decorated with curved patterns and soft colors, with a nature-themed background and rounded windows on the walls. Art Deco staircase. An angular, grand design in dark colors.
October 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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spacevalkyries.bsky.social
I am extremely glad I checked my college email holy shit I won a writing scholarshiiiip aaaaaa 😭

I wrote a piece right when I transferred and they said there was a fiction writing scholarship open to online students to submit and they accepted the piece for the scholarship?!?!?!!! aaaaaaaa!!!
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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vanessafogg.bsky.social
New pinned post: My debut collection of short stories, The House of Illusionists, is now officially out.

vanessafogg.com?page_id=1020
The House of Illusionists – Vanessa Fogg, Writer
vanessafogg.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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reki.gay
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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rlsummerling.bsky.social
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
Necropolis cover showing an orangey red shell of a building that has been taken over by funghi
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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kaidelmas.bsky.social
I've got a new flash story in this one. Lots of great weird west stories. Come and get 'em! 😁🙌💙
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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mariness.bsky.social
....and maybe pick up a subscription to Haven Spec while you're there!
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
translunartl.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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brynhammond.bsky.social
This third particularly great for Dariel on his family and personal history in a colonized country.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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indrapramitdas.bsky.social
Archita is 78% to her goal but donations have slowed (none for 3 days). Much gratitude to everyone who's given so far. She's in desperate need, and would be very grateful for any help. I know things are difficult for everyone right now, even shares help to get more eyes on the fundraiser:
indrapramitdas.bsky.social Indrapramit Das (Offline, travelling) @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 27d
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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lostcitymagic.bsky.social
On this day, Dr. Manhatten first reappears after his atomized destruction in a lab accident. Happy November 10th to all who observe.
Comic panel from the watchmen comic book series. A ghostly Dr Manhattan tries to reassemble himself in the military research base he was atomized in. A glowing circulatory system walks towards horrified workers in a kitchen. Caption reads "it's November 10th. There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen..."
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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mynachang.bsky.social
This month's @factorfourmagazine.com stories just landed in my inbox -- looks like a great lineup with a couple of E Sheep friends!
@aerynrudel.bsky.social @mmschreier.bsky.social

Eager to read!
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
"Snail on Plantain Leaf" by Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
A lovely little ink drawing of a snail on a leaf
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Cast of Wonders 637: Calling on Behalf of the Dark Lord by @catgeee.bsky.social narrated by Kaitlyn Zivanovich hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

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a modern telephone with a backdrop of hellish hands
April 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM