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43 - The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

A little in New Earth but could see a more horror focused story work well

"Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.

Give us gossip wicked and vital, dinner parties salacious and droll, debutantes vile and intrepid.

Give us unforgivable rudeness and oppressive etiquette, scathing asides and dire gaffes."

Under 6K words

This week!!!!! 👁️👁️👁️

J.K. Rowling and "Separating the Art from the Artist" In case you've been living under some kind of magical rock, there's a new Harry Potter tie-in video game out now, called Hogwarts Legacy. I honestly wasn't...

Once again reupping my newsletter about JK Rowling and "separating the art from the artist"

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Thank you!

Weird Horror #12 and Hanoi’s Saud’s The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman (translated by the Arabic by Zia Ahmed)

(loudly): Get ready for fun, fun, fun!
(softly): The people are already here.
We don't need to keep hustling them like this, do we?

Ok Eastercon see you on the Saturday :)

If you've read THE SALT ORACLE and wondered about that fleeting mention of the Estonia Witch...wellll 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

I love this review by W.H. Auden of "The Return of the King" so much. Thanks for including it in your newsletter, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social!

"Here’s what I keep coming back to: the question of whether love can become harm. Not malice, not cruelty, but harm delivered with good intentions, harm wrapped in care, harm that looks like devotion because it is devotion."

Congratulations!

Cover of She Isn't Herself Tonight by Hailey Piper, art by Caroline Johnson, depicting a woman caught between neon lights, her face fracturing into reflections of itself. Beneath the title is a quote from Rachel Harrison calling the novel "Blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt."

Cover reveal day!

I'm thrilled to announce my new novel coming from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT

Alien abductions, a break-up from hell, and what we become when our worst enemies are ourselves.

Light your skies, October 27th 🛸

www.simonandschuster.com/books/She-Is...

Hello Evening Crowd - a timely story exploring how war too is a type of storytelling

It's #podcast time, y'all!

Awakenings, horror heroes, and pranks gone wrong, oh my! @reading1000lives.bsky.social + @dandantransient.bsky.social join forces to interview @sgj.bsky.social about Night of the Mannequins, writing and POV, and more!

Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...

The cover of the book Bridge of Storms by Philip Reeve, who is also pictured

More than two decades since Mortal Engines was published, @philipreeve.bsky.social revisits that world with his new release, Bridge of Storms. But how did he get here? And why does he keep going back to that world?

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Get more from Starship Alexandria on Patreon Recommending fiction across the spacefleet

Today on Starship Alexandria, Emma and I talk about Bester's Demolished Man starshipalexandria.com/episode-11-t... whilst in the patron's bonus episode we look at Vance's Rumfuddle patreon.com/StarshipAlexandria , added to which, there's some SA merchanise to grab! starshipalexandria.teemill.com

The cover for the novel Forged for Royalty by Andrew Knighton. Three swords crossed across a crescent moon inside a ring, against a background of swirling green and yellow.

A have a new book out tomorrow! Real war, fake prophecies, & uncertain loyalties as the Forged for Destiny trilogy reaches its end in Forged for Royalty.

Will the kingdom be liberated from its occupiers? And perhaps as important, will it be a kingdom...

andrewknighton.com/forged-for-r...

Book 21 of the year: Mystery of the Midnight Cartographers by Barry Nugent (@Unseen_Shadows). Fantastic sequel to the brilliant Trail of the Cursed Cobras, and a cracking adventure for kids of all ages. Full review up on the blog soon!

Ahhh, excellent drumroll, thank you!

Some news! We now have official Starship Alexandria merch! You can find it at starshipalexandria.teemill.com !

Really enjoyed the discussion on this one!

Starship Alexandria: Episode 11 - The Demolished Man For our March 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria – and the first our our new season – Emma puts forward the novel The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester.   Other talking points:  The peri...

There's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss the classic novel The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. starshipalexandria.com/episode-11-t...

Took the kids to a bday party yesterday. One of the kids kept whispering in the ear of other children at the party, dragging them off somewhere for a few minutes at a time. She did it to my youngest, and when I asked him about it that night he said, "we were just going to see the god in the mirror"

JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world

A Forest, Darkly, (pub by @titanbooks.bsky.social) is another excellent Gothic fantasy novel written by @angelaslatter.bsky.social; a perfect choice if you are looking for a novel defying female stereotypes, especially regarding age roles.

Full thoughts:
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A Meal of Thorns 45- THE DEEP SEA DIVER’S SYNDROME with Alexander Dickow In this science fiction novel, translated from the French, dreamers “dive” into their own subconscious and return with mysterious & valuable objects. Translator, author, & schol…

Podcast time! Alexander Dickow joins to discuss Serge Brussolo's THE DEEP SEA DIVER'S SYNDROME (@melvillehouse.bsky.social, translated by Edward Gauvin), a French science fiction novel about the pressures and anxieties of artistic creation. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

We started the month with St David's day, and St Patrick's day is around the corner, so to celebrate we brought the team to together to list their favourite Welsh and Irish authors!

Read more: tinyurl.com/bdzmmdfe

Currently enjoying The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

wow, me and who

My hot take about tense and POV is to do it like Simon Jimenez and just use them all (well).