Julia Rios

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.

It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Especially Dangerous Sixty years ago today, a selection of objects from Snowshill Manor were agreed to be loaned to Cecil Williamson, founder of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle.

Huge congrats to my adored partner on the official announcement of his forthcoming book 'Especially Dangerous' Preorders open 30th Oct. This has been years in the making, he's worked so hard on it and I'm so proud of him. hadean.press/blogs/news/e...
#occult #occultsky #magic #esoteric #witchcraft

Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, loafs on top of a cat scratcher with a ball track around the outside of it.

A pinkish purple hibiscus flower glows in the sun.

A bright pink rose

Purple hydrangeas

Flights of Foundry logo

Calling all Flights of Foundry Flock!

We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do.

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A light purple allium glowing in the sun

Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, and Geraldine, a short haired black cat, lounge on a colorful quilt

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, loafs in a box with her chin resting on the edge.

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, curls up on a bed in a valley between pillows

Hi! This is probably because I have been slow on getting the book onto the retailer sites. It’s now been submitted and should appear soon, and I am guessing that will cause it to also appear on Goodreads. Sorry for the delay!

A screenshot of Steph's latest Patreon post shows the title "Your Ebook Copy of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence" along with the cover of the novella.

Hooray! My new tea & vampires novella (set at a most unusual inn in the Black Forest) is out NOW on my Patreon:

patreon.com/stephanieburgis

Subscribe at the Dragon Ruler level to grab it now, or preorder it for $2.99/£2.49 to get it on Sept 29th:

books2read.com/stephanieburgis

#romancelandia

Today's the beginning of 中元节 Zhongyuan, a.k.a. Ghost Month, the second Chinese annual traditional festivals of the dead. You can read about it here. This is increasingly returning to be THE occasion for the creepy, ghostly and horror tales in China 1/ #culture #sff
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The Nightward Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Wit...

Hello new followers! I'm a spec fic author from Trinidad & Tobago. My latest book, THE NIGHTWARD, is a THE WITCHER meets Caribbean mythology mash-up.

I wrote it in the wake of my granny's death & edited it as I battled cancer. I'd love if you gave it a look.

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

I am sure you will enjoy hanging out with you cousin Penelope!

Lia Amador Lia Amador, Romance Author

Do you love a cozy witch romcom? I have the cutest recommendation for you! Check out Witch You Would by Lia Amador (aka @valerievaldes.bsky.social)! It’s set during a bake-off style spell casting competition show, and it is so fun! You can find all the buy links at her website! liaamador.com

Celebrating work from 2022-2023: Part I « Otherwise Award Recommendations spotlighting gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023, starting with work by Kim Fu, Dominique Dickey, Bogi Takács, Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Anya Johanna DeNiro.

otherwiseaward.org/2025/08/cele...

Thanks to @pcverrone.com, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, and @vajra.me for this set of recommendations for work published 2022-2023 -- more to come in future months!

#fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #horror #genrefiction

A bee enjoying some pink lantana flowers.

Some purple and white hydrangeas just starting to open.

Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices

It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year.

Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it.

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Pink and yellow lantana flowers

A red rose with raindrops on its petals

The poster for a virtual reading event. There are author and editor profession bio pics for Jaymee Goh, Auston Habershaw, Josh Rountree, Kimberly Unger, Naseem Jamnia, Mary G. Thompson, Mia Tsai, Pat Murphy, Sam J. Miller, and Samantha Mills. There is the Tachyon 30th anniversary icon, and the following information: What? ACCLAIMED GENRE PRESS TACHYON PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN 2025 Join us for a night of virtual readings and Q&A on Twitch TV with some of Tachyon Publications' team of authors and editors. When? October 2nd, 2025, at 5 PM (Pacific), 6 PM (Mountain), 7 PM (Central), 8 PM (Eastern) (etc) Where? Live on Twitch TV! Hop onto https://www.twitch.tv/csecooney and stream us live!

Friends! In collaboration with @tachyonpub.bsky.social, Carlos & I are hosting one of their glorious 30th Anniversary Events on our Twitch TV channel! SAVE THE DATE: Oct 2, 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific, 6 Mountain, 7 Central). 9 writers & editor @jhameia.bsky.social!
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Happiest book day to this gorgeous book and its lovely author.

So glad you enjoyed it! Congratulations on being a Hugo finalist!

This anthology is a shot of courage and joy, right to the heart

Bright pink roses booing in late summer.