I got an advanced copy … but I finished it just recently 😅 Anyway, if you want a fun read between two bantering enemies (who have actually been into each other for years) or just wondering how the events in Wooing the Witch Queen were panning out please get this book!!

I just finished 'Wearing the Lion' by @wiswell.bsky.social last night. Let me give you two observations.

1 I seldom had this much fun with the Greek myths.

2 This book is so full of love! It makes you want to go and hug your children.

Highly recommended!

Pop up bookmobile with mainly fantasy leaning on cozier side. with sofas inside to read. Looks like a meadow or the inside of a castle in the bookmobile. Kids books for $3 but often just given away so more kids can have fun and read

In the centre of this image is the beautiful British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustration shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sangu Mandanna reads: ‘Warm and lovely’ Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: Only 99p this January!

For any readers in the UK (and much of mainland Europe): today is your very last chance to scoop up Wooing the Witch Queen in ebook for only 99p!

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#romancelandia

Cover for Hotel of Thieves

Character lineup for Hotel of Thieves

Sample pages 4–5 from Hotel of Thieves

HOTEL OF THIEVES

Welcome to Hotel Courtois, the top lodging choice for (stolen) art lovers! Hotel manager Augustine Yao gathers her best thieves to pull off the heist of her career until she discovers a treacherous plot that could shutter her hotel for good.

#questpit #Q #T #GraphicNovel

I had this dream that I had an agent for a book i was working on…. and for some reason I thought it was real until I remembered i hadn‘t finished the book yet 🤣

Phantom View - Reactor A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.

If you are reading for awards, I would be touched if you would consider my novelette, "Phantom View." It's one of my most personal stories, about disabled people helping each other, whether they're alive or dead.

Wearing the Lion was the highlight of my summer book bingo last year, and Someone to Build a Nest In was one of most unique love (in many senses of the word) stories I’ve read. Please support a great author while he’s recovering!

For the Love of Cinnamon Rolls: Five Romantasy Books With Sweet Love Interests - Reactor There are anti-heroes and golden retrievers, stoic protectors and forbidden lovers. But we’re not here to talk about any of them...

Not ALL romantasy love interests are shadow daddies or brooding anti-heroes...

As Ruby Martinez (An Embroidery of Souls) points out, some of the best are just classic sweethearts:

We're still looking for someone in the Inland Empire area to adopt or foster this little tortoiseshell kitty. I'm willing to drive halfway to L.A. if anyone there wants to meet up to take her.

In the near future, a monster stalks the world's bedrooms. It has slain every other mattress and box spring it can find. Sofas are annihilated on sight. It reigns supreme.

Horny couples have no other choice. But the temptation is what gets you killed.

This Summer, there will be... ONLY ONE BED.

a lot of authors talk about wanting to write the representation that they didnt have in the fiction they read when they were a kid. and thats good. unfortunately, what i want is for everyone to experience the alienation i felt reading books as a kid.

woe. estrangement be upon ye.

Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!

We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:

I'm very slow with turning sketches to something actually good—especially people. But I do have some stuff I'm proud of.

I usually start with a hand drawn images, scan and then digitally paint. I have literally spent months before just trying to get a face right.

#BluePitHype #BluePit 📖 #SF #M #W

It is normal to feel scared in times like this, but if you are able to do so, get into community with people.

Other people help you keep in touch with hope, help you understand that you can and will make a difference.

UTENA MENTION YEAHHHHHH

Utena. That moment when Anthy takes off her glasses and leaves the school is chef's kiss.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

According to the latest YouGov poll, 60% of Americans read a book in 2025. Well, call us optimistic, but we want that percentage to be even higher this year!

Whether you're a seasoned audiobook reader, or new to them, our 2026 Listening Challenge is here to help 💓

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

A white man with shaggy hair is seated next to a white woman in glasses and with long hair. He is saying And there was someone who said the reason was peace

If you're in need of some pretty and enjoyable tv in short episodes, PBS Passport has many seasons of Rick Steves.

And you're supporting @pbs.org but in particular:

You can meet Hakan! He is in the episode about Stockholm.

He is quoting someone about why Stockholm's population started to grow:

Prefiguration. We have to imagine a better world before we can live in it.

Fascism relies on the foreclosure of the imagination, and the myth that it is invincible and inevitable.

you know in every single superhero comic where the villain keeps chugging the super poison, mutating worse and worse, and the audience is like, "no one would do that"

constantly i wonder why i think i can rely on my in laws for anything other than material goods

bro

#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊

This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.

Check our website for more details ⬇️

PSLA Emerging Writers Scholarship Please click the link to complete this form.

🚨 Applications open for the PSLA Emerging Writers Scholarship on January 5th!

Prepare your personal statement (250–500 words), a writing sample (5–10 pages), and a brief bio (100 words) now! We'll only be accepting the first 125 applications.

More here:
https://form.jotform.com/202746305642048

My three-headed dragon LITERALLY he used to be a four-headed dragon before he had a cannon-related accident.

He is, by definition, already 25% off! Really, Barnes & Noble is matching his freak.

a ship needs to be a little codependant and toxic to be fun. It's fiction, after all. ships need to be a bit fucked up