Lyndsie Manusos

Basking in Glory At the booths, I’m unable to decide whether to enter II or III. I wonder if there is an expectation as to which side of a glory hole belongs to the giver and which to the receiver. I wonder if it w…

Folks, I’m very proud of this (long) new story. If you can find a spare half hour today, I’d love for you to tuck into Basking in Glory. @courtlandavenue.bsky.social was such an incredible editor to work with! FFO: glory holes, bugs fighting, Midwest sex shops

hey buds

this promotion ends today

we'd love it if you could pick up a BOOK ON SALE

then read it and love it

links in the quoted tweet if you're interested...

Genuinely chuffed to see my @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette "The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends" be a @bsfa.bsky.social finalist alongside such great authors!!

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Short break from insanity to share that UNCERTAIN SONS is a BSFA finalist. A testament to @undertow.bsky.social's thoughtful work more than anything else that the book has gone anywhere. Thanks to them and to folks who support indies like UP. Means a lot. Congrats to all the finalists.

I'm Still Not Over Losing My Book Review Gig You can still get the Humble Bundle of every book by Annalee Newitz and myself published by Tor Books for a pittance — please select adjusted donation! — and...

"The notion of making a living with A.I.-generated books appears to be based on the belief algorithms will be serving up book slop the same way we are force-fed other kinds of slop"

I'm still not over losing my job as a book reviewer. Here's why we need book critics:

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Stephen King
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Kelly Link
Aimee Bender
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Thomas Ligotti
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Finishing up your ballots? I’d be honored if you considered my work! 😊

Finishing up your ballots? I’d be honored if you considered my work! 😊

Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.

Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE.

Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

I didn't sleep at all last night cause I was anxious about calling health insurance and hospital billing this morning, and now that it's over, I am still anxious over it all PLUS extremely tired.

But I did buy books today, so that helped.

Nebula noms closing soon. boosting this to shoot my shot.

So gut-wrenching <3

Reminder that ANYBODY can nominate a work for the Le Guin Prize.

Not only can you nominate your favorite books of last year. You SHOULD.

I'll be reading a series of flash pieces, including my dark feminist revenge tale, "A Girl Goes on a Date Alone at Night."

OH this is a great idea. So I have a few (including Suzan):

@emelkrishnan.bsky.social
@kcmeadbrewer.com
@noirbettie.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
@foxesandroses.bsky.social
@avramargariti.bsky.social
@kristinaten.bsky.social

Name an author(s) you've read 3+ short stories by!

PM deal announcement against a background of line art tentacles. Announcement reads: "Amanda Helms's THE UPPER TENTACLE, pitched as a horror comedy mash-up of EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE with H.P. Lovecraft, in which the admin for a corporate retreat and a body splitting alien team up to solve the murder of the company's president at a closed ski resort before their alien overlords inflict dire consequences for humanity's collective insubordination, to Mika Kasuga at Union Square & Co, by Paul Lucas at Regal Hoffmann & Associates (world)."

It is I, joining the ranks of those for whom design is their passion

Very happy this weirdo novella found a home with Union Square and Mika Kasuga! Thanks to @canonizer.bsky.social for connecting us!

Suzan I love this idea so much!

OH this is a great idea. So I have a few (including Suzan):

@emelkrishnan.bsky.social
@kcmeadbrewer.com
@noirbettie.bsky.social
@kswalkerwrites.bsky.social
@foxesandroses.bsky.social
@avramargariti.bsky.social
@kristinaten.bsky.social

Name an author(s) you've read 3+ short stories by!

Nebula noms close in a few days!! Here’s a reminder of all my eligible stories. I’d be honored if you considered one of them this year. 🫶Links on my website: AbigailKemske.com

My Mother is the Water - F(r)iction My Mother is the Water by Lyndsie Manusos explores a young woman's relationship (and magical connection to) the lake.

i haven’t been able to stop thinking about @lmanusos.bsky.social “my mother is the water” since i read an early version years ago (it’s even better now).

🥹 omg thank you Annika

Very few dollarbs for a man possessed by the dead, a fleeing deserter, a personal devil, a theatrical monster, an ancient ceremony, and a bone-gallows apprentice in ONE MESSAGE REMAINS!

This is the second time I've seen an issue with the publisher of Hedone books not paying authors. The first time it wasn't under the name Hedone.

And to see that was an all BIPOC antho?

I'm upset on behalf of these writers.

BBC Audio | Front Row | Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent Reviews of Dracula and The Moment, plus Hallie Rubenhold on book marketing scams.

Many thanks to @tds153.bsky.social for having me and @hallierubenhold.bsky.social on yesterday's BBC Front Row show to discuss the growing deluge of book club scams targeting authors. Check out the recording at around the 22:00 mark. www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Paddock Club's Pre-Order Campaign is Hereeee! and a chance to win an early reader copy

do YOU like ROMANCE BOOKS? what about LARGE MEN who are OBSESSED? do you think chess is WEIRDLY HOT and F1 needs MORE EVIL WOMEN?

pre-order The Paddock Club from the 2 bookstores I’ve partnered with & get a limited-edition @amburritoart.bsky.social print!!

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support - The Ignyte Awards We live in immensely difficult times and hope our supporters are utilizing their discretionary income to prioritize giving to causes which aid in our collective survival and the dismantling of oppress...

With the caveat that there are much more important things in need of financial support in our fucked up times, the support page for the Ignytes is back up for the 2026 cycle.

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At Young Writers Camp Six Weeks After My Second Laparoscopy by Emma Bolden Eighteen and sunstruck and sweating, my body was a wave that crashed and crashed. On the way to the picnic, I peeled a secret path away from the others to stand alone by the lake and consider my in…

We have a great new piece today by @emmabolden.bsky.social! Check out “At Young Writers Camp Six Weeks After My Second Laparoscopy.” lost-balloon.com/2026/02/18/a...

Hey friends, this question is for me, because I've been having a tough time with describing setting in WIPs lately:

What are your favorite passages describing cities in fiction? SFF or lit fic, real or secondary, either works.

#amwriting