"Truly amazing book— the exact book I wish I’d had as a kid— space travel, adventure and queer characters I would have been so happy to see myself in— and that now, I get to make sure the kids in my life have a chance to see!"
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Three covers for the Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women series, each with a classic 20th Century illustration by Kelly Freas
We started our publishing house originally just to anthologize science fiction stories by women. The Rediscovery series has been a big success. Dr. Yaszek actually contributed one of the introductions!
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It has the virtue of being true!
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Cover for Multitude featuring a kraken-like silhouette in the water against a background of stars
A brilliant new novella by Marie Vibbert ( @reasie.bsky.social ), possibly this century's greatest #ScienceFiction author.
Pre-order it now!
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mul...
Coming February 10, 2026—Majera, the fourth book in #TheKitraSaga! In audio, e-book, and paperback!
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Majera, the fourth book in #TheKitraSaga, comes out this Fall — now's a good time to read the first three so you're ready for the arc's conclusion!
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New Audio Book! Featuring a picture of the book, Hyvilma (with Marta in a green jump suit holding a beamer) and narrator Lorelei Esther!
It's finally here—the audio book of the third book of #TheKitraSaga! Space pirates, insurrection, Pinky in danger, queer af...
And available from anywhere you want to get it (not just The Evil A):
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@EricaFriedman@mastodon.social was a guest at Y/CON in Paris! Check it out her personal account:
www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025...
New Audio Book! The picture features the Sirena book cover and Lorelei, the narrator.
It's been a long time coming — the audiobook for Sirena is finally here! Space adventure. Found family. Queer AF. In mp3, Google Play, or Audible!
journeypress.com/2025/11/25/t...
#GoFundMe Campaign started for @roguestarmag.bsky.social
We are raising funds so that we'll be able to pay authors SFWA pro rates for fiction (one previously unpublished story quarterly) starting in January 2026. gofund.me/cf4360bca #signalboost
Picture of Erica next to a copy of the book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
Amazing news: Yuri scholar extraordinaire, @okazu.yuricon.com, has been invited to be a guest at Y/Con... in PARIS, FRANCE! Congratulations, Erica!
y-con-france.com/y-con-11/inv...
If you've ever complained about the quippiness of Marvel movies, it's usually a question of bathos. Not that humor was used, not even that it was used at a tense moment, but that it was used in a way that undermines the scene itself.
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Just sold my first poem in two years! The drought (98 failed submissions) is ended!
(NB: I am a snob who only submits to paying poetry markets)
Look for "God and the Aquifer" to come out soon in The Pink Hydra.
A bespectacled woman holds up a book entitled "At First Contact"
A bespectacled woman sits in front of a table with three books: "The Eighth Key", "Mirror of my Heart", and "At First Contact"
Hugo Finalist and Rainbow winner @janicelnewman.bsky.social (and @lauraweyr.bsky.social) reading and signing autographs at @seattlein2025.org!
#queer #fantasy #ScienceFiction
Lorelei shading a picture in pen, using a light table.
Cover for Majera, by Hugo Award Finalist Gideon Marcus, featuring Fareedh, Peter, and the ship. It looks pretty cool. :)
@loreleiesther.bsky.social working on the latest illustration for #TheKitraSaga — #Majera comes out at the end of the year!
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I JUST DREW ON THE WRONG LAYER IN REAL LIFE. 😭
#artistproblems
Today is the last day to vote for #Hugo nominees! Don't forget! #ScienceFiction
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I'm smiling and holding up one of my books a red rectangle has the words Confluence Shcedule Sat Noon The New Space Opera Sat 2pm Reading Sat 4pm History & Research in SFF Sun Noon Kaffeeklatsch
My Schedule for ConFluence in Pittsburgh this coming weekend: Sat Noon: The New Space Opera, Sat 2pm: Reading, Sat 4pm: History & Research in SFF, Sun Noon: Kaffeeklatsch
22.07.2025 20:01 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Statistically, no one gets published (or in this case, seen amongst the flood). But you can't succeed if you don't try...
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Important question for #TheKitraSaga fans: How many of the books have you read?
1️⃣ Just Kitra (so far).
2️⃣ Two of them.
3️⃣ All three!
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screen cap of webpage black banner reads Mary Robinette Kowal under it the title white on black reads My Favorite Bit: Marie Vibbert talks about Andrei and the Hellcats
Andrei Blog Tour continues with Mary Robinette Kowal!
https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit/my-favorite-bit-marie-vibbert-talks-about-andrei-and-the-hellcats/
@reasie.bsky.social has been featured on Scalzi's "Whatever" blog for hew new book, "Andrei and the Hellcats!"
#queer #BikersInSpace
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Book Cover Galactic Hellcats with three badass space babes and a man falling against a red background with planets
The ebook of Galactic Hellcats is half off in honor of the sequel's launch!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1649038
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Happy Non-Binary People's Day! Explicitly Non-Binary characters feature prominently in several of our books (Sirena and The Eighth Key, off the top of our heads).
A seated woman avidly reads Sirena in her backyard gazebo.
Young adults come in all ages!
#amreading #thekitrasaga #sirena
Display of queer manga/anime-related books at Kinokuniya—By Your Side is right next to "It Rhymes with Takei"
Erica Friedman was at the the Kinokuniya in Egdewater, NJ to sign their #Pride display copies of By Your Side!
Get one while you can!
It's Tuesday. Thank goodness for small favors...
01.07.2025 19:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Photos of Renan, James, and Marie, all looking very attractive, as befits their status as stellar authors. But Marie is our favorite.
Tune in tonight for our very own Marie Vibbert, as well as the cool Renan Bernardo and James Machell, for a flash fiction reading put on by our friends at Space Cowboy! (seriously— @reasie.bsky.social is always spectacular):
www.eventbrite.com/e/flash-scie...
It's #YuriDay! Have you read the definitive English-language history of Yuri #Anime and #Manga by the definitive expert on the field, Erica Friedman ( @okazu.yuricon.com )?
If you haven't, today's the day! (and if you have, turn your friends onto it...)
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Oh no! Rats. Thanks for letting us know.
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