Helena Ramsaroop

Mockup of book Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident. Book One: 4/7/26. Cover by Micaela Alcaino

Flat image of a book cover: Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident

An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it.

You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

Hello everyone 👋
I'm Hassan, married with two daughters from Gaza 🇵🇸🔻
We lost our jobs, our home, and everything 🥹
Please donate and share my story for my children 🙏❤️‍🩹
Donation link 🫂🙏:
gofund.me/35df2d2e

Submit to Augur Magazine We're looking for surrealism, dream touched realism, and SFF! Now with higher pay.

Got a short story, flash fic, or poem sitting in your drafts? 👀📖

Submissions for Augur Magazine Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5 are ✨ OPEN! ✨

Visit augursociety.org/submissions/ to read our guidelines and submit!

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

I found her gofundme! She's already raised 41.5k of her 45k goal for gas, vehicle maintenance, phone/internet costs (for posting the videos), food and supply drives for the community, and emergency funds in case she gets into legal trouble:

The background is an illustration of three fire glowing celestial characters in robes with an overlay of purple. One of them in the middle holding their hand and behind it are flowers. At the corners of the illustration are the two characters with a book in one hand and a pencil in the other. At the top of the image is the augur logo and below it reads: "Magic. Futures. Dreams" in white text. In the middle, it reads: "Submissions Open Now" in white text. Underneath reads: "$100 CAD per poem. $0.14 CAD per word (fiction, 800+ words). $112 CAD per flash fic (<800 words)" in white text. There is a purple banner that reads submit now and next to it is a graphic of an email. At the bottom of the image is the submissions link: augursociety.org/submissions

📣 Calling all SFF writers...

We're now OPEN for submissions of
🌟 Short fiction
🌟 Flash fiction
🌟 Poetry

for Augur Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3, AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5!

Got a sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, slipstream, or a slice of life story that feels like a warm hug? We want it! 🐉🧚

Another night in Gaza
My children sleep on the ground, no electricity, no mattresses, no safety.
This is what "bedtime" looks like in war.💔💔
We just asking for a chance to live ;we still belive in hope..any help can make a huge difference to us ♥️
tinyurl.com/FarhatKidsGaza

A screenshot from Publisher’s Marketplace that states: Deena Helm's OUR CUT OF SALT, an upmarket horror in which three generations of Palestinian women converge in their ancestral haunted home and must learn what the price of the past truly is, exploring generational trauma, grief, and the horrors of the Israeli occupation, to Kristin Temple at Nightfire, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in September 2026, by Alex Brown at Mad Woman Literary Agency (NA). Rights also to Nadia Saward at Orbit UK, by Anna Carmichael at Abner Stein, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Mad Woman Literary. Translation: Taryn Fagerness

She's Publisher's Marketplace official! ♥️🇵🇸

If you're interested in book about a haunted house that fights back against its occupiers - and the three generations of Palestinian women who are bound to it - then look out September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!

No major headlines to report for today [Jul 28].

If you're able, pls consider donating to orgs fighting the man-made famine currently gripping parts of Sudan.

For Darfur: DHRN
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

For South Kordofan: HRRDS
reframe.network/donate-now.p...

#KeepEyesOnSudan

[neon rainbow pattern background] THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME The universe reimagined -- through pop culture, poetry, and theoretical physics. From the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos image of the cover of the book which features circular artwork in the center, one half of it a black and white pattern and the other half a neon rainbow pattern PREORDER NOW Coming 4/7/26 image of the Pantheon logo

📣📣 BOOK NEWS 📣📣

I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!!

You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie!

More details on preordering here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

What's the book about? 🧵

ALWAYS give to Sameer Project. They're in Gaza, they're Palestinian, and they provide with dignity and respect.

Gazans often say that it's generally best to donate to individual fundraisers, that prominent orgs are nowhere to be seen in Gaza!--Except the Sameer Project which is consistently active.

World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.  This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...

After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)

Can we help Hossamm and his brothers today?

Rana’s hand holding a kilo of flour against a brown blanket

A scale showing a weight of 48.14 kilos

July 24 update 2:

When I got this pic I almost 😭

The fundraising effort on July 20 raised $108 to buy Rana a bag of flour & it’s now in her hand 🥰

She’s lost 10kg this month & is now only 48kg or 105lbs

Thank you to everyone who donated 😭💸

gofund.me/5438226e

@mommunism.bsky.social

#SaveRana

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

20 hours left. One link, six families, food, medicine, shelter. And we’re matching the next 550.

The impact is evident because you've already done it for months. But after giving promise me that you’ll take a new action in defense of their lives. They need us. 3187/3755: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Donate to Help Rebuild Hope for Maram Family in Gaza, organized by Faten Dhair Maram hesham is raising funds to help her family from suffring. The funds raise… Faten Dhair needs your support for Help Rebuild Hope for Maram Family in Gaza

Ok folks. We all know and love Ruaa. Can we rally to help her cousin who has received virtually no support in half a year?

0/318 - let’s do it by Saturday.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebui...

Read this very carefully: *One quarter* of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in the past *3* days.

Donate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhoun Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do. My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza

The Gaza Soup Kitchen run by Hani Almadhoun and family is currently feeding 3000 people a day under the monstrous conditions of the engineered famine happening before our eyes. You can help feed at least a few people. Please donate: gofund.me/e37b4bae

Submit to Augur Magazine We're looking for surrealism, dream touched realism, and SFF! Now with higher pay.

👀 We know we said we'd be open in the Fall...

But Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social subs are opening on AUGUST 1!!!

Peep the subs guidelines ✨ now ✨

🔗 Link for more info: augursociety.org/submissions/

Tell Carney to Sanction Israel It’s time for Canada to act. Send an urgent message demanding that Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand follow through with their threat of sanctions, and impose an arms embargo on Israel now

ACTIONABLE: If you're a resident of Canada you can (and really, really should) sign this. The email is pre-written, all you need to do is add your name to tell our government to stop simply *threatening* sanctions against Israel. It's long past time to implement them.

nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...

a graphic for the Midnight Mystics kickstarter showing that there are 4 days left.

We have only 4 days left in the campaign! We can keep the momentum going and cross the finish line with your support!

Pledge and secure your copy today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

Things are unimaginably bad. The Sameer Project's South Gaza campaign operation is under intense crisis. They're trying to find any food they can to help people in serious need. If you can, please donate! The situation is getting worse every day.
chuffed.org/project/1132...

Help me save my family and escape from Gaza to Eygpt My name is Alaa, and I am a mother of three precious children: Musa, who is 12 years old, and my twin daughters, Ella and Ellen, who are 8 years old. Before October 7th, our lives were filled with hop...

Today, I made a donation to support Alaa and her children in Gaza. Alaa is a mother I've been in contact with for some time, and her family is facing immense hardship. Her children are in poor health and urgently need support. If you're able to contribute, it could make a real difference for them.