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Attn authors who've trad pubbed dystopian fiction!! I'm doing short, fun interviews with authors for my book with Bloomsbury, A DOZEN DYSTOPIAS AND HOW TO DODGE THEM, on the real science behind fictional dystopian scenarios. Comment or msg me if you're up for answering a few Qs!

So excited and proud of my client @arwyns.bsky.social for their upcoming debut! WE, THE MISSING is a brilliant and beautiful horror novel and it's coming this year from Sobelo Books. Preorders are up! 🎉⬇️

A screenshot of the post I'm responding to, followed by the next post on my timeline, which says, "no, it simply isn't"

My timeline has a dark sense of humor about this 😂

But I agree with you, not with my timeline. Naps are very ok!

It turns out that writing the "Breaking News" section for each chapter is one of the most fun and hopeful aspects of working on this book. There are new technologies that actually make lives better. There are people helping each other.

I get to write about those things.

"Insert more on zombies" may be one of my favorite work-in-progress placeholders ever. Especially since what I'm writing is nonfiction. 😅

#ADozenDystopiasAndHowToDodgeThem

Exciting News!
I've been invited to attend a Writing Residency at Chateau d'Orquevaux in 2026! I'm going to France! I need your help to get there though! You can help by donating to my GoFundMe or just by sharing this post & link! Help me spread the word!

gofund.me/79910da01

#amwriting #fundraiser

My open-to-queries window for this month ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time tonight. If you were hoping to query me this month, today's the day to do it. The form opens back up March 1.

Celebration time! 🎉

So incredibly excited for the world to meet Roberto's wonderful book. It's insightful, piercing, and compulsively readable.

Thank you, Inked in Gray, for partnering with this story! 🔥

If you see this, post a character that starts with a G

Right back at you!!!

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Woo, thank you!

Publisher's Marketplace announcement: SPIT AND TOUCH IRON By Michael Strode Fiction: Debut January 30, 2026 Director of Black Gulch Michael Strode's SPIT AND TOUCH IRON, pitched as a mashup of Sherlock Holmes and Celtic folklore set in post-World War II rural Ireland, a speculative historical thriller that follows a widowed and battle-hardened Scotland Yard detective as he navigates local superstition while investigating the alleged replacement of a friend's child with a changeling, to Anna Koon at Ruadan, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027, by A.J. Van Belle at Booker Albert Agency (world English). Rights: R.B. Wood

I'm very excited to be able to announce that my client @michaelstrode.bsky.social's book SPIT AND TOUCH IRON has been acquired by Ruadán Books!

It's a dark yet fun, literary yet fast-paced genre blend and it's coming next year!

You know you need a "this is not normal" hat!

If I lived somewhere cold enough to need a toque more than 2 days this winter, I would be ordering one.

(Not affiliated with Island Yarn, but they were my neighborhood yarn store where I used to live and they're awesome)

A reminder that I'm closed to adult fantasy and sci-fi queries at the moment. Please don't just pick an unrelated genre on QM; wait until I reopen in these genres!

(If I have your sci-fi or fantasy full ms, that's a different story and it's still under consideration! 😎)

2025 Recommended Reading List Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…

Huge congratulations to everyone with work on the Locus Recommended Reading List! Voting is now open for the Locus Awards. Anyone can vote, no subscription or membership required. You can also write in your favorites!

locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

From now through Feb. 5, I'm open to queries in the categories given in the thread below.

Thanks! This is from the last QuestPit, and I'm not planning on browsing pitches today, but I do open for general queries tomorrow!

At first glance I ran thermodynamics and metallurgy together into thaumaturgy. So I thought for a second you had a *very* interesting university experience!

Ghoulish Books will remain open today as a community space. We stand in support of the General Strike. People may make book purchases, but no pressure. We will be donating 100% of the day’s profits (or, if not reached, a minimum of $500) to organizations benefiting Minnesota. And, as a reminder, “Abolish ICE” is the moderate position here. They deserve so, so much worse. We must not rest until every evil motherfucker involved has been catapulted into the sun.

Ghoulish Books will remain open today as a community space.

We stand in support of the General Strike. People may make book purchases, but no pressure.

We will be donating 100% of the day’s profits (or, if not reached, a minimum of $500) to organizations benefiting Minnesota.

BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4, Table of Contents! — tenebrous press The Weird Fiction scene is as healthy now as it's ever been, and I think this collection—our fourth!—might have the broadest appeal yet. Much as Tenebrous continues to evolve, so has our selections pr...

We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!

This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.

BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.

Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️

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Art feels so frivolous right now, but art feels so necessary right now.

Erewhon logo with the text "For Your Awards Consideration..."

Titles Motheater by Linda H. Codega The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee Tall Is Her Body by Robert de la Chevotiere The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty

Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley rekt by Alex Gonzalez Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo

Titles Ten Sleep by Nicolas Belardes A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde The Changeling Queen by Kimberly Bea The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo

From the wonderous fantasy to mind-expanding sci-fi, from the depths of horror to the magical realms of the speculative, we're proud to have an expansive list of SFF fiction eligible this year for awards consideration!

@dianapho.bsky.social @viengsamai.bsky.social

Justice as a measure of energy transition success - Nature Energy Energy justice has shifted from the margins to become a central aspect of energy transitions research, argues Destenie Nock.

We keep calling the energy transition a success because grids are cleaner and cheaper. But averages hide who’s getting shut off, who’s rationing heat, and who’s trading safety for affordability. Justice isn’t a bonus metric...it’s THE metric. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing it.

@millieabecassis.com 's The Color of Time is Shiraki Press' third title this year, arriving on May 19, 2026!
Recently we asked her a few questions about her reading habits and faves.
Read the questions & answers and learn more about Millie at www.shirakipress.com/authors/mill...

Orange flames burning black wood.

“You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Think positive, and believe in your story, #turtlewriters! It may just change someone's life for the better! Good luck!❤️🙂🐢🍀 ((hugs)) #WritingCommunity

I had a lot of fun recording this podcast with The Funky Writer! Robert did a great job of making space for me to share honestly, so if you want an open glimpse of who I am as a writer and a person, give it a listen!

At 28:22, I read from my on-sub sci-fi book!

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Climate change was settled science decades ago.

The failure was political.

Climate Denial in American Politics: #ClimateBrawl documents how climate denial became embedded in U.S. federal politics—and how it continues to obstruct climate action.