@patrickswenson.bsky.social
I'm a poppa, writer, publisher, editor, retreat director, and now retired teacher. Links to websites, socials, & new books: https://linktr.ee/patrick.swenson
So excited and grateful to see both A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon) and A CATALOG OF STORMS (Fairwood Press) on the Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List, along with so many, many outstanding works! Thank you @locusmag.bsky.social ! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
01.02.2026 13:47 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 5 π 0
A stack of thin pink books that say OBSTETRIX * NAOMI KRITZER on the spine
HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
Just seen the covers are now up for the new editions of Judith Moffett's brilliant Holy Ground Trilogy coming from @patrickswenson.bsky.social Fairwood Press in April, June & July. They're very striking. I already have 2 older copies of the first two but might be tempted by a matched set.
31.01.2026 14:33 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Front cover of THE RAGGED WORLD by Judith Moffett, 1st book of the Holy Ground Trilogy
Front cover of TIME, LIKE AN EVER-ROLLING STREAM by Judith Moffett, 2nd book of the Holy Ground Trilogy
Front cover of THE BIRD SHAMAN by Judith Moffett, 3rd book of the Holy Ground Trilogy
Revealing the covers for Fairwood's reprints of Judith Moffett's wonderful Holy Ground Trilogy! Up for preorder at our website, these books will come out in order in April, June, and July. These are up for preorder at Fairwood's site.
fairwoodpress.com/forthcoming....
Front cover of Fran Wilde's A CATALOG OF STORMS, Collected Short Fiction
Front cover of Rich Larson's collection CHANGELOG
The LOCUS Recommended List for 2025 is up. Congrats to all on the list.
Special congratulations to Fairwood Press authors @franwilde.bsky.social and Rich Larson, whose books are on the list for Collection!
2025 Recommended Reading List β Locus Online share.google/vz3cOdyz1iZJ...
Thanks to Fairwood Press / @patrickswenson.bsky.social for always paying their royalties on time and being a pleasure to work with. They have great books, including a new collection by K.A.Teryna, a collection by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social and a lot more. fairwoodpress.com/collections....
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BSFA Awards longlist nominees ONE LAST GAME by T.A. Chan and BLACK HOLE HEART by K.A. TERYNA and translated by ALEX SHVARTSMAN
The BSFA Awards longlist is out, and two Fairwood books are on the list. ONE LAST GAME by @author_t_a_chan (shorter fiction) & BLACK HOLE HEART by K.A. Teryna (collection)
BSFA members can vote until Feb 19th.
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Chekhov the Cat found out that my collection βBlack Hole Heart and Other Storiesβ (translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, published by @patrickswenson.bsky.social) was found in the @bsfa.bsky.social long list β and is wondering if itβs time to read it.
22.01.2026 17:08 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
1st quarter of 2025 book reads
Did I forget to post about books I read in 2025? Yep, mostly. Here's most of the 1st quarter of the year reads, and more to come for the other 3 quarters. I hit 80 books read, not counting things I read for Fairwood Press. More specifics on my Insta and FB.
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Blanton's bourbon whiskey bottle
A late birthday gift from a friend. Maybe just in time for New Year's?
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Me standing next to my new Mazda CX-5 Turbo, red with black trim, at the dealership
My new Mazda CX-5 Turbo, covered with snow at my sisters' in Montana.
Birthday and Christmas gift to my self pics I forgot to post mid December!
With bow, and snow.
Before You Toss That Book β¦ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
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Wednesday's review is a bulletin from the redoubtable @rachelcordasco.bsky.social. On K.A. Teryna's collection,Black Hole Heart, translated for @patrickswenson.bsky.social by Alex Shvartsman: "genre-bending explorations of how protagonists deal with unusual and unexpected situations."
10.12.2025 22:01 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1With a lot of posts discussing year end awards, I wanted to highlight a book which seemingly has gone under the radar. Rich Larson's short story collection Changelog is a must read IMO & should be on all the year end lists.
Get a copy today from @patrickswenson.bsky.social
#BookSky πππͺ #SciFisky
A graphic showing Fairwood Press's sale with 15% off code and images from the website.
Almost every title on the Fairwood Press website is discounted about 10-15% or more when you order there.
During December, get an ADDITIONAL 15% off ANY title! (These are limited to in stock books from Ye Ole Fairwood office, while supplies last.)
Use code: FAIR15
Go to: www.fairwoodpress.com
SPACE TRUCKER JESS has traveled far in such a short time. Looks like +100s of people have it in their queue on Goodreads, and I'm looking forward to seeing Jess travel. I'm also reminding myself that the galaxy is huge, and Jess hasn't reached her destination yet.
@patrickswenson.bsky.social
Full cover of Jack Cady's EPHEMERA, collected works vol 3 with bird in flight in sunset and bare lonely tree
EPHEMERA, the 3rd volume of Jack Cady's collected short fiction, is now out. It's the 14th Fairwood edition of his work overall.
Available at the fairwoodpress dot com site, or elsewhere, with these links:
books2read.com/u/4AekkK
Heading back in a few hours from the writing retreat, from Loon Lake π¨π¦ to home πΊπΈ
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Retreat center from the Amphitheater
Loon Lake from one of the docks
Community writing room
Covered Patio
Heading home this afternoon from the Loon Lake Writing retreat in π¨π¦π. Great time, met lots of new people, very productive writing time. I was here Monday through Thursday.
I was the one American and the only guy of the bunch!
Still no power and no clue when it'll be restored. Bored outta my skull now. I read until the light was too bad, worked on novel on laptop til almost dead. Now 80% phone battery all that's left, the last charges from my power bank depleted. Car stuck in garage, can't get the door open to go anywhere
27.10.2025 02:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Tree with fall colors
Still no power, but here's a pic of my tree yesterday in the sun before the storm hit.
26.10.2025 19:07 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Power's out, south end of Seattle, Tacoma.
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Title page for K.A.Teryna's story collection BLACK HOLE HEART
Title page for @k-a-teryna.bsky.social 's BLACK HOLE HEART story collection, out today.
14.10.2025 22:50 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0A great writer! I was pleased to publish her recently on StarShipSofa. Consider this a sample designed to encourage you to buy the book:
www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2025/09...
Front cover of BLACK HOLE HEART by K.A.Teryna in front of computer screen showing most of the full layout
Happy book birthday to @k-a-teryna.bsky.social's BLACK HOLE HEART! Translated by Alex Shvartsman, the story collection is out in the world in print and ebook.
14.10.2025 20:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Black Hole Heart and Other Stories β my first English collection is live and available for every good person, cat and canary on Amazon and other markets: www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Hole-H...
Congrats and huge thanx to translator @alexshvartsman.bsky.social and publisher @patrickswenson.bsky.social
There's a new interview up today with CHANGELOG author Rich Larson over at @clarkesworldmagazine.com conducted by @arleysorg.bsky.social Rich talks about creative joy & nostalgia publishing collections (To date with 200+ published short stories out there!)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/larson_inter...
Full cover of BLACK HOLE HEART AND OTHER STORIES
Here's the full cover of K.A. Teryna wonderful collection BLACK HOLE HEART, translated by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social. Coming middle of October. Artwork and design by the author.
Also, a wonderful review has posted in STRANGE HORIZONS.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
It's SH's 25th birthday! Three reviews as ever this week, with the first from @rachelcordasco.bsky.social: a short fiction collection from KA Teryna, translated Alex Shvartsman for @patrickswenson.bsky.social's Fairwood Press.
"The stories in Black Hole Heart refuse to be labeled," Rachel writes.
Book 61 of 2025 Changelog by Rich Larson
A must read of 2025 for SF readers! Larson drops you into a fleshed out world in a few short passages. This one should be nominated for all the year end awards!
#BookSky πππͺ #books #sciencefiction #booksreadin2025 #sf
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
