Amalie/AR Frederiksen

Atmosphere aaaall the way!

I was just blindsided by an entire pitch for my next project that dropped into my lap like it was nobody's business----and damn, this is the kind of creative high you live for, isn't it?

👀👀

Literally working on the pitch as we speak 😂

Peacefully languishing on sub a second time while going on sub a third time while starting to write the next thing... and this is really just the way of it, innit? Buckle up and onwards we go! Arctic nautical spec-cy horror, it is! ⚓️👏

The Fir Tree has a lot of that same feel, honestly!

I'll have to go read that one! I remember the title, but can't recall the story and now I'm intrigued 👀

Nearly every single Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is a low-key horror story, but I don't see enough people talking about "The Fir Tree"/"Grantræet". That story has haunted me since childhood, istg, more formative for me than any of his other stories. I still think about it randomly as an adult.

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I'm 10000% sure I will 👀👀

So seated for this. Two times over. Three times over. Ten times over.

AAAH the best news!!!!!! Whut!!! 🎉✨️

I got tickets for the Frankenstein premiere this month. Nothing can touch me now.

Nothing.

😈😈😈

I just finished @danaiwrites.bsky.social's VILE LADY VILLAINS (out next year) and *chomps down on pillow and makes unintelligible noises*.

Thanks. That was all for today. Remember to drink water and prioritize your sleep and don't walk through doors with bloodied handles and broken keys.

Or do...

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

oooh congrats, this sounds great!

Super excited and still very humbled to have my uncanny valley (reprint) short story out in Dark Frequencies and be among amazing names like these! ✨

Cover of the novel Love Lethal, Death Divine showing a young female knight wielding a sword

✨Cover reveal!✨
I'm thrilled to present you the cover of my upcoming novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE
It will be released in April 2026 by Dark Matter Ink
Cover art by Mona Finden.

Would you like to see the cover of my upcoming novel LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE?
I know you would.
But you'll have to wait till tomorrow 🤭

Being on street teams really is one of my guilty pleasures as a fellow author. I really, really hope that I'll never have to entirely stop that. Really, really, really. There's nothing better than getting to formally support amazing people with amazing brains alongside other amazing people! ✨

The first author blurbs for VILE LADY VILLAINS have come in 🥹🥹
Thank you so much to @schwartzwords.bsky.social and to Lauren Dedroog for your kind words and camaraderie!
🖤
Please go check out Leanne’s and Lauren’s books and order them if you haven’t already!

A selection of endorsements for THE NEEDFIRE by MK Hardy, surrounding the book cover with the white Solaris logo in the bottom left corner.

🏳️‍🌈 🔥 THE NEEDFIRE is aflame!

@mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic is roaring onto bookshelves!

Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think of the book!

Buy now geni.us/needfire

Ren holds up a copy of An Unbreakable World against a pink cosmic background. The book cover features a planet with an orbiting moon, seen from above through the window of a spacecraft.

A new standalone space opera set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars, available in ebook, audio & paperback. Out now from Solaris Books! Image: A hand holds up a copy of AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD, against a pink cosmic background. The book cover features a planet with an orbiting moon, seen from above through the window of a spacecraft.

🪐💫 AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD is out now! @solarisbooks.bsky.social

It's a standalone space opera set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars. I hope you'll love Page, Maelle, Dalya & the Storyteller!

September 9th:
📱🎧 Ebook & audiobook
📖 US/Canada paperback

September 11th:
📖 UK/Europe paperback

Image shows Saleha Chowdhury's art of a dark figure over a red background, their organs made up of strange animals. Superimposed on the image is an excerpt from issue twenty of Haven Spec Magazine, published July 2025. Author: A. R. Frederiksen. Title: Fish Upon A Star. Excerpt: Before he died, my dad fished stars for a living. Sucked them straight out of the sky with a glorified mechanical fishing rod. Of all the possessions that I inherited, the starfisher was dad's truest legacy. I picked up where he left off, expanding on his star smuggling business as he would've wanted. All I had to do was find the people who'd wished on stars when they were children and offer them one of two options: pay me to keep their star in the sky or pay me to fish it free.

👀Fiction Highlight👀

ICYMI, the short story "Fish Upon A Star" by @arfrederiksen.bsky.social is now free to read!

The night sky is heavy with wishes—some we hope come true and some we'd rather forget—can the starfisher find yours?

Story:
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Issue:
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So, how do you put the word out there that you'd love to participate in more anthologies?

Because 👉 that's me 👈.

(and some news regarding that may already be happening next year, sooo maybe we could keep that ball rolling?)

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Translunar Travelers Lounge is looking for First Readers for the upcoming submission period. If you'd like to find out more about how the magazine is put together, or just want to help out, let us know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The background is art in shades of pink, purple, and orange of a lone figure with a sword standing on floating ruins. The text reads: "OTHERSIDE: Queer. Fantastic. Coming 2026. www.othersidespec.com www.patreon/com/othersidespec"

Our intro thread has been going around again, but we've been busy since March... so, it's time for a new pinned thread! We are OTHERSIDE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! We open for submissions in January 2026.

See thread for more! 🪐🗡️🌈 (1/5)

a pink banner with the hex logo that says "submissions open 10 AM ET 9/5," lists recent contributors and awards, and includes a link to hex's submittable: hexliterary.submittable.com/submit

oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇

Never underestimate the power of the action verb. I'll die on this hill, honestly.