Phillip Drayer Duncan
@writerphill.bsky.social
Author of the Blade Mage, Moonshine Wizard, and Assassins Incorporated.
Co-host of the Future Best Seller Podcast.
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Co-host of the Future Best Seller Podcast.
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Another Hugo Award has successfully passed through the airport after a thorough inspection.
August 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another Hugo Award has successfully passed through the airport after a thorough inspection.
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What a gift to spend time with so many SFWA members and SFWA-curious SFF-lovers at #Worldcon this weekend. Thank you to the staff, thank you to the attendees, and thank YOU for making our SFWA events such a joy.
More soon on SFWA at Baltimore, but for now--we hope you came home inspired to create!
More soon on SFWA at Baltimore, but for now--we hope you came home inspired to create!
August 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What a gift to spend time with so many SFWA members and SFWA-curious SFF-lovers at #Worldcon this weekend. Thank you to the staff, thank you to the attendees, and thank YOU for making our SFWA events such a joy.
More soon on SFWA at Baltimore, but for now--we hope you came home inspired to create!
More soon on SFWA at Baltimore, but for now--we hope you came home inspired to create!
Of Song and Shadow, Book 2 of The Blade Mage is live on Audible today! Wooohooo!
www.audible.com/pd/B0F1Z5ZN7...
www.audible.com/pd/B0F1Z5ZN7...
July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Of Song and Shadow, Book 2 of The Blade Mage is live on Audible today! Wooohooo!
www.audible.com/pd/B0F1Z5ZN7...
www.audible.com/pd/B0F1Z5ZN7...
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SFWA Provides Must Read with Notes and Model Language for Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Contracts. Read the press release: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/23/p...
Press Release - July 23, 2025 - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
SFWA Provides Must Read with Notes and Model Language for Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Contracts The Story to Date On […]
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July 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
SFWA Provides Must Read with Notes and Model Language for Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Contracts. Read the press release: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/23/p...
Our gate keeps changing on us. We're convinced this one will be a success. Maybe even... A critical success
July 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our gate keeps changing on us. We're convinced this one will be a success. Maybe even... A critical success
Pretty neat seeing my name mentioned alongside so many great authors in an article on Locusmag.com. Also, the Coffee & Careers workshop at the Nebulas was a blast.
locusmag.com/2025/07/sfwa...
locusmag.com/2025/07/sfwa...
SFWA Nebula Conference
The 2025 SFWA Nebula Conference was held June 5-8 at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City MO and also held online for remote attendees. The conference organizers declined to s…
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July 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pretty neat seeing my name mentioned alongside so many great authors in an article on Locusmag.com. Also, the Coffee & Careers workshop at the Nebulas was a blast.
locusmag.com/2025/07/sfwa...
locusmag.com/2025/07/sfwa...
Today is the day! Truly a dream come true. I'm sitting here listening to my own book... It's surreal. John Pirhalla absolutely crushed it. Couldn't have asked for a better narrator. He rocks.
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...?
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...?
The Blade Mage
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The sword chooses its wielder. I never asked to be Blade Mage. My fellow wizards weren’t exactly thrilled about my selection, either. Unfortunately, those w...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today is the day! Truly a dream come true. I'm sitting here listening to my own book... It's surreal. John Pirhalla absolutely crushed it. Couldn't have asked for a better narrator. He rocks.
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...?
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...?
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My dearest witches and other wonderful beings, my publisher is giving away 100 e-books! You might want to try this.
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan Jun 16-Jul 14, 2025
Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jun 16-Jul 14, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an eARC of The Faerie Morgana by Louisa...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My dearest witches and other wonderful beings, my publisher is giving away 100 e-books! You might want to try this.
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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50% OFF Threader God url:https://www.audiobooks.com/promotions/promotedBook/525552/threader-god?refId=201485
June 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Very excited to announce The Blade Mage is coming to audio! Produced by Blackstone Publishing with the brilliant John Pirhalla narrating! This is a serious dream come true moment for me!
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...
The Blade Mage
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The sword chooses its wielder. I never asked to be Blade Mage. My fellow wizards weren’t exactly thrilled about my selection, either. Unfortunately, those w...
www.audible.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Very excited to announce The Blade Mage is coming to audio! Produced by Blackstone Publishing with the brilliant John Pirhalla narrating! This is a serious dream come true moment for me!
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...
www.audible.com/pd/The-Blade...
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This week on The SFWA Blog: How to Navigate the Publishing Industry with Social Anxiety. Marie Croke shows us how to ease into this kind of public exposure with a practical step-by-step guide. Check it out here: www.sfwa.org/2025/04/01/h...
How to Navigate the Publishing Industry with Social Anxiety - SFWA
Publishing attracts story-lovers—readers, writers, gamers, dreamers—many of whom want to do more than just write their stories. They want to be out there, have a presence readers can find, yet they si...
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April 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This week on The SFWA Blog: How to Navigate the Publishing Industry with Social Anxiety. Marie Croke shows us how to ease into this kind of public exposure with a practical step-by-step guide. Check it out here: www.sfwa.org/2025/04/01/h...
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My novelette "Enough" is an Analog's AnaLab finalist! Read my story about a graffiti artist taking on a totalitarian government (and a lot of other great stories and poems) for free at the link below. Thanks to everyone who liked the story and voted for it!
www.analogsf.com/about-analog...
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Analytical Laboratory Finalists - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
We’re very excited to bring you the Analog Analytical Laboratory finalists. Available below are the works that finished in the top five slots for Best Novelette
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March 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My novelette "Enough" is an Analog's AnaLab finalist! Read my story about a graffiti artist taking on a totalitarian government (and a lot of other great stories and poems) for free at the link below. Thanks to everyone who liked the story and voted for it!
www.analogsf.com/about-analog...
www.analogsf.com/about-analog...
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📢 Guest Announcement @garrettwang.bsky.social
✨ He's best known for portraying Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager. He also voiced Kim in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
🦝 Meet Garrett June 20-22 at Soonercon 33 in Norman, OK! Save now on passes, kids 12 & under free with adult: soonercon.com/guests/garre...
✨ He's best known for portraying Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager. He also voiced Kim in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
🦝 Meet Garrett June 20-22 at Soonercon 33 in Norman, OK! Save now on passes, kids 12 & under free with adult: soonercon.com/guests/garre...
March 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
📢 Guest Announcement @garrettwang.bsky.social
✨ He's best known for portraying Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager. He also voiced Kim in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
🦝 Meet Garrett June 20-22 at Soonercon 33 in Norman, OK! Save now on passes, kids 12 & under free with adult: soonercon.com/guests/garre...
✨ He's best known for portraying Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager. He also voiced Kim in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
🦝 Meet Garrett June 20-22 at Soonercon 33 in Norman, OK! Save now on passes, kids 12 & under free with adult: soonercon.com/guests/garre...
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Get Joshua Palmatier's book THE THRONE OF AMENKOR signed plus a new #sff #pirate #anthology at the ZNB #Kickstarter! tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones #kickstartercampaign #crowdfunding #amreading #amwriting #fantasy #urbanfantasy #horror #amreadingsff #booksky #readingcommunity #sciencefiction #scifi
March 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Get Joshua Palmatier's book THE THRONE OF AMENKOR signed plus a new #sff #pirate #anthology at the ZNB #Kickstarter! tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones #kickstartercampaign #crowdfunding #amreading #amwriting #fantasy #urbanfantasy #horror #amreadingsff #booksky #readingcommunity #sciencefiction #scifi
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Yay! Finished my final author's pass on the manuscript of THE FAERIE MORGANA. Orbit have done the most amazing job with the cover--and bonus material at the end!
Pre-order if you like (links on my website) and thank you SO much, from me, my editor, my agent, and my kid!
www.louisemarley.com
Pre-order if you like (links on my website) and thank you SO much, from me, my editor, my agent, and my kid!
www.louisemarley.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yay! Finished my final author's pass on the manuscript of THE FAERIE MORGANA. Orbit have done the most amazing job with the cover--and bonus material at the end!
Pre-order if you like (links on my website) and thank you SO much, from me, my editor, my agent, and my kid!
www.louisemarley.com
Pre-order if you like (links on my website) and thank you SO much, from me, my editor, my agent, and my kid!
www.louisemarley.com
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Back SKULL X BONES, an #sff #anthology from ZNB on #Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones NOW! Stories about #pirates edited by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Support now! #amreading #amwriting #amreadingfantasy #fantasy #scifi #booksky #urbanfantasy #sciencefiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
An SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains!
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March 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Back SKULL X BONES, an #sff #anthology from ZNB on #Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones NOW! Stories about #pirates edited by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Support now! #amreading #amwriting #amreadingfantasy #fantasy #scifi #booksky #urbanfantasy #sciencefiction
Hanging out in my backyard...
March 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hanging out in my backyard...
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Applications for the Soonercon 33 Art Show are open!
You can browse, bid on and buy original art pieces June 20-22.
Soonercon staff handle all the sales. Artists can mail-in pieces or set them up.
Apply now at soonercon.com/shopping/art...
You can browse, bid on and buy original art pieces June 20-22.
Soonercon staff handle all the sales. Artists can mail-in pieces or set them up.
Apply now at soonercon.com/shopping/art...
March 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Applications for the Soonercon 33 Art Show are open!
You can browse, bid on and buy original art pieces June 20-22.
Soonercon staff handle all the sales. Artists can mail-in pieces or set them up.
Apply now at soonercon.com/shopping/art...
You can browse, bid on and buy original art pieces June 20-22.
Soonercon staff handle all the sales. Artists can mail-in pieces or set them up.
Apply now at soonercon.com/shopping/art...
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It is launch day for my novel CAPTAIN MARVEL: CAROL DANVERS DECLASSIFIED!!! So happy to be sharing this book with the world! #Marvel #CaptainMarvel #Avengers
Purchase: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captai...
Purchase: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captai...
March 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It is launch day for my novel CAPTAIN MARVEL: CAROL DANVERS DECLASSIFIED!!! So happy to be sharing this book with the world! #Marvel #CaptainMarvel #Avengers
Purchase: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captai...
Purchase: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captai...
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New ZNB #Kickstarter now LIVE at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones! Back now for #sff #antho about #pirates featuring RS Belcher, @ccfinlay.bsky.social, @mistymassey.bsky.social, & more! Rewards and bonuses galore! Support #smallpress! #booksky #crowdfunding #fantasy #sciencefiction #urbanfantasy #scifi
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
An SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains!
tinyurl.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New ZNB #Kickstarter now LIVE at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones! Back now for #sff #antho about #pirates featuring RS Belcher, @ccfinlay.bsky.social, @mistymassey.bsky.social, & more! Rewards and bonuses galore! Support #smallpress! #booksky #crowdfunding #fantasy #sciencefiction #urbanfantasy #scifi
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Michael A. Stackpole is our Soonercon 33 Author Guest of Honor! His work has shaped fandom for decades! Now’s your chance to meet him, celebrate the stories you love, and maybe even get a book or two signed. Don’t miss it!
Learn more: soonercon.com/guests/micha...
@michaelastackpole.bsky.social
Learn more: soonercon.com/guests/micha...
@michaelastackpole.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Michael A. Stackpole is our Soonercon 33 Author Guest of Honor! His work has shaped fandom for decades! Now’s your chance to meet him, celebrate the stories you love, and maybe even get a book or two signed. Don’t miss it!
Learn more: soonercon.com/guests/micha...
@michaelastackpole.bsky.social
Learn more: soonercon.com/guests/micha...
@michaelastackpole.bsky.social
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Soonercon needs A/V volunteers! Help with live production, tech, and behind-the-scenes action.
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💡 Roles include:
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March 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Soonercon needs A/V volunteers! Help with live production, tech, and behind-the-scenes action.
💡 Roles include:
🎥 Camera Operator
🎚 Audio Engineer
📢 Production Coordinator
📜 Teleprompter Operator
💡 Lighting Operator
Interested? Note your role on the application!
📋Sign up: soonercon.com/volunteer/
💡 Roles include:
🎥 Camera Operator
🎚 Audio Engineer
📢 Production Coordinator
📜 Teleprompter Operator
💡 Lighting Operator
Interested? Note your role on the application!
📋Sign up: soonercon.com/volunteer/
Not every day you see someone flip around in the middle of the interstate and come flying up the entrance ramp. The same entrance ramp you're currently traveling down. Whew! That was a close one!
November 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Not every day you see someone flip around in the middle of the interstate and come flying up the entrance ramp. The same entrance ramp you're currently traveling down. Whew! That was a close one!