Brent C. Lambert

Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
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I also need the sequel, and this book is amazing (inventive, exciting, and wrenching) so please check it out!

You should absolutely read this book. Just incredibly well-crafted at all sorts of different levels. Enjoy it as a classic fantasy heroic journey, savour the world-building, or dig deeper into the craft and reflect on the viewpoints and characters.
Get me my next fix here, is what I’m saying!

Asunder by Kerstin Hall is a dark fantasy novel set in a wholly unique world, with two characters literally stuck together. I read it at the start of the year and I think about it constantly. 💙📚

It's early for Thanksgiving but hey let's all give thanks for @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social doing the work -- their efforts to spread the word about cool books is so very welcome.

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for including Stone and Steel!!!

Thank you!!! I really really appreciate how often you sing the book’s praises. Does not go unnoticed 🫶

+1 to all of these that I've read (A Necessary Chaos in particular is brilliant), and also throwing in there Alex Jeffers' A Mourning Coat, which is seriously one of the most subtle, light touch pieces of fiction (speculative or otherwise) I've read in ages & more people should read it.

Featuring @sillysyntax.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social and more!

What a really cool, rockstar list to be on. I’ve read the majority but now I have a couple of new ones to check out 👀👀

Thank you as always to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for being such a champion of A NECESSARY CHAOS ❤️🫶

Day 9, Black SpecFic month recs

1. MY SOUL TO KEEP by Tananarive Due
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2. A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent Lambert
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3. My free bonus story, 3rd in a series: BISHOP'S OPENING
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Share & enjoy!

Graphic 1 of 2. Six book covers and a graphic of a black woman with afro and star-shaped sunglasses on the background of dark starry night spilled over the Rainbow Flag. The text above the woman reads: Queer Black Spec Fic. The books are: Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland; The Wilds by Vita Ayala & Emily Pearson; Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell; The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin; A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark; The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson.

Graphic 2 of 2. Ten book covers on the background of dark starry night spilled over the Rainbow Flag. The books are: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon; Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk; The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden; A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert; The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin; The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez; Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen; That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams; This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron; Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker.

Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month, everyone! We’ve gathered up 16 of our favorite queer speculative fiction books by black authors.

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A stack of paperback novellas on a wooden deck. The books, from top to bottom: The Scales of Seduction by Rien Gray Tentacle by Rita Indiana The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein The Seep by Chana Porter The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Finna by Nino Cipri The Empress of Salt & Fortune by Nghi Vo Nnedi Okorafor by Binti A Wolf Steps in Blood by Tamara Jerée

Day three of #Novellavember recs is for science fiction & fantasy!

I have yelled about MOST of these here before (some extensively), but I could go on and on about all of these were I not limiting myself to ONE POST PER BOOK.

Another October almost over. My debut novel is THE DEVOURERS is a genrefluid book, but with strong strains of horror running through it, if you're looking to cram in another read for the season.

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: September 2025 - Reactor What a fall, huh? Lemon, it’s October. This season has both flown by and trickled by at a glacial pace. I’m already exhausted and there’s still so much left to go. Fortunately, reading a bunch of shor...

I have some September short science fiction, fantasy, and horror picks for you on this fine October day. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Trying not to be pissed off today and then heard about Sakir Everett’s story again 🤬🤬.

This child should be fucking lauded right now on every possible media outlet and is EXPELLEDDDDD.

I’m not understanding it, I’m really not.

💀 Eight more days to send us your speculative novellas! 💀

Some recent fav reads to give you an idea of genres we'd enjoy:

COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles
LAST EXIT by Max Gladstone
HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho

a fascinating thing about replies to this post is the many different genres where people are locating this problem. I think it is maybe everywhere! publishers need to invest in developing their authors and stop overworking their editors!

Image of forest with pink/purple light and the "Open to Novella Queries" call, Oct 21-31, accepting speculative ecofiction, folk horror, weird fiction, new weird & surreal literary science fiction.

Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
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Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover

Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

One of the things I enjoyed most about studying Victorian lit in college was how these people would read each other for filth in the most roundabout ways. And "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social puts me exactly in that mindset. I LAUGHED so many times here. Read it!

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!

This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.

In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook

Available wherever books are sold.

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LOVE YOU ❤️❤️!

The pink packaging really brought it home for me

I got mine this weekend. That pink packaging brightened my day. Can't wait to dig in! Can't wait to get the hardcover next year! ❤️

cc: @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app

I was so nervous I was gonna fuck up the video lol

I love this video from Brent delighting in an arc from @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app

Got to open a very special ARC today ❤️! @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app has been my true north in these publishing streets for over a decade now. I cannot overstate how proud I am of her! YEAR OF THE MER is such a story with characters that demand you hand over your heart.