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A graphic with a background photograph of a snowy barren mountain, an aurora in the sky above it. Text reads: Transmute: Winter Magic. A bundle of trans and nonbinary winter stories. Dec. 5 - Jan. 1. 7 stories, only $3 US! get yours on itch.io. Beside this is an outline of an e-reader, with the cover of the book To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh on the reader. The cover shows a man and a woman holding hands, walking through the snow toward a snow-covered pine forest.

Looking for some queer reads these holidays? Duck Prints Press is participating in the Transmute: Winter Magic bundle on itch.io. This bundle contains 7 wintery tales staring non-binary or transgender characters, by non-binary and transgender authors! Check it out: itch.io/b/3419/trans...

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All Products | Dani Donovan / Anti-Planner

me: i should promote that i'm releasing 30 brand-new Anti-Planner PDFs on black friday for $9.95

🧠: probably

me: also if they buy a book they get all 60 PDFs for free

🧠: ok hear me out

me:

🧠: what if you overthink it & don’t post until saturday night

Post you favorite THE LORD OF THE RINGS character. Wrong answers only.

We Will Rise Again From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...

Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!

It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:

Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

"Start your collection today! The ECO series RETURNS in 2026. ECO24: Out Now! ECO25: Nominations open Dec 1st-Jan 31st"

What does the ECO series have in common with pears and plums? They all grow back stronger every spring 🍐✨

THANK YOU SO MUCH for supporting ECO24! Don't forget to grab your copy of the first in the ECO series, and watch your bookshelf grow year after year 🌱📚💚

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Stamps featuring Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.

These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.

True story: just found out that not one but TWO new bookstores are opening in my town (which hasn't had one for like, 20yr) just a few blocks from each other. Neither knew about the other until just a few weeks ago.

Is this:
a) a rom-com
b) a psychological thriller
c) a fantasy novel
d) AWESOME

The shiny new cover of New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention, edited by Chris Campbell with stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and more! The title is depicted as a cut-out through a navy-blue starfield, with faded images in pink and purple showing through. Images include: a clock, clouds, pomegranate cross-section, mushrooms, an astronaut, a manta ray, a circuit board, smoke, a woman's face lifting away from a robotic skull, and octopus tentacles emerging from the letter "u". There is also an award badge in the upper right corner.

It's been pointed out to me that I should take more credit: I designed our new cover, drawing on the original tremendous cover art by @sciencegeekmel.bsky.social + inspo from the gripping stories within. Get the ebook on sale today and see if you can connect the dots! books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for

Reposting again to emphasize that we won an award!!! Librarians picked the anthology out for best indy scifi.

Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚

The shiny new cover of New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention, edited by Chris Campbell with stories from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and more! The title is depicted as a cut-out through a navy-blue starfield, with faded images in pink and purple showing through. Images include: a clock, clouds, pomegranate cross-section, mushrooms, an astronaut, a manta ray, a circuit board, smoke, a woman's face lifting away from a robotic skull, and octopus tentacles emerging from the letter "u". There is also an award badge in the upper right corner.

It's been pointed out to me that I should take more credit: I designed our new cover, drawing on the original tremendous cover art by @sciencegeekmel.bsky.social + inspo from the gripping stories within. Get the ebook on sale today and see if you can connect the dots! books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

Oh how I love our new cover. (Can't figure out what to buy your weird nephew for Xmas/Hannukkah/It's Winter Here's a Present? This.)

"Celebrating sucess with a $4.99 book sale, this weekend only!" across the top in a blue banner. Below is an image of the new cover of New Year, New You on a black tablet: the letter of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other tory elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "us". Next to the book is a large, shiny badge that reads "Runner-up in the 2025 Annual Indie Author Project Contest" with "2025 Runner-up Science Fiction" below. Finally, in a rainbow banner across the bottom reads "Plus a swanky new cover!"

Across the top: New Cover, Same Cutting-Edge Speculative Fiction. Below is a mock-up of the book New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention in which the letters of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other story elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "u". Next to the book are endorsement quotes: "I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafts." —Myna Chang, Microverse "Nuanced..." —Locus Magazine "Intense and beguiling..." — Sherwood Smith "Complex and experimental..." — SF Book Reviews "Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted..." — Naseem Jamnia In the bottom right corner, is a peel-away corner that reveals the words "$4.99 ebook sale! This weekend only!"

It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
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I'm so excited that @viableparadise.bsky.social 2023's anthology baby was awarded runner up from the Indie Author Project! Now we have a shiny badge for the cover!

Wow, look at that fancy new cover!
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
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Change to Our Submission Periods - Trollbreath Magazine Longer Submission Period Coming in 2026!

Change is... good? Huh... who knew????

But yeah, we got some like, changes coming!

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"The Dark House" by A.C. Wise (Ad-Free) | It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton Get more from It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton on Patreon

I'm beyond thrilled that my story, The Dark House, is available for your listening pleasure on the latest episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! There's a bunch of cool behind the scenes stuff on @wilwheaton.net's patreon as well. Happy Spooky Season!

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Oh my gosh @acwise.bsky.social congrats!! Can’t wait to listen!!

Submissions for the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards are now OPEN! (Link in bio, read guidelines)

We are thrilled to announce the jury for the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards!

Jamal Hodge
Molly Tanzer
Craig Laurance Gidney
Terri Leigh Relf
Mike Arnzen
Sadie Hartmann

A Boston-based initiative, encouraging those who can afford it, to have a box of pantry items available for trick-or-treating families who might need the extra support!

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Platform Decay, the eighth entry in the Murderbot Diaries series by @marthawells.com , will arrive on May 5, 2026. 🔥

And if you haven't seen it, the first season of the TV adaptation, available since this summer on AppleTV, is very fresh.

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Leaving a review for a banned book does more than share your opinion; it helps protect the freedom to read.

Every thoughtful review helps ensure that silenced voices are still heard. So if you loved (or even just read) a banned book, leave a review today.

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Open submission calls for writers: October 2025 Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Strange PilgrimsT…

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #horror and #mystery writers! This one features fabulism, tarot, terrifying humans and cheerful apocalypses.

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Trollbreath Magazine Issue 5, Fall 2025 Aimee Ogden Maressa Voss Crystal Sidell Catherine Tevares Image is a hovering old teal Chevy heading down a dirt road of fields toward a futuristic city

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Like, maybe a 2? I'm pretty friendly, folx.

When you are a new creator, whether in prose, comics, or other media, it can be very tempting to agree to every convention or other event that you're asked to do. Exposure is great, right? And it's wonderful to be wanted.