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Oh no! I hope you make a full recovery 💛

OK, last call for longlist nominations for this queer SFF project I'm doing: here's 2024! Honestly an absolute banger of a year for it.

Here's my initial list, what else in 24 would you give an A- or above in the queer SFF space?

Next up, the very first *non-award* for 2020, sometime early March

Another Hugo nomination-time thread! And in this one, I'll be talking about novellas.

(this thread will probably go long, sorry-not-sorry)

And the audiobook for The Mountain Crown is on sale ☺️🐉🏔️ www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Cover art of The Desert Talon by Karin Lowachee, showing a dragon flying above a desert, with more in the background

Cover art of A Covenant of Ice by Karin Lowachee, showing a dragon flying over a beach and some people, with cliffs in the background

The Desert Talon and A Covenant of Ice by Karin Lowachee (Solaris)

A two for one deal! Karin Lowachee completed the excellent Crowns of Ishia trilogy this year, and both new entries were amazing. Dragons and politics and interpersonal (and intrapersonal) relationships, all done amazingly.

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

the shortlist from this prize is always incredible. if you read a book last year that hits these notes, you can nominate it!

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-overview

THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey x THE MOUNTAIN CROWN (CROWNS OF ISHIA trilogy) by Karin Lowachee

And our final pick, if you loved Anne McCaffrey's OG dragonrider series, you'll fall for @karinlow.bsky.social 's THE MOUNTAIN CROWN (THE CROWNS OF ISHIA novella trilogy)!
-indigenous dragonriders
-found family
-sustaining community in the face of colonialism
-finding a future in balance with nature

50% OFF The Mountain Crown War between the island states of Kattaka and Mazemoor has left no one unscathed. Méka's nomadic people, the Ba'Suon, were driven from their homeland by the Kattakans. Those who remain...

GET 50% of the audiobook for The Mountain Crown until March 12!

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That’s “off” not “of” … I swear it’s the whole book 😆

50% OFF The Mountain Crown War between the island states of Kattaka and Mazemoor has left no one unscathed. Méka's nomadic people, the Ba'Suon, were driven from their homeland by the Kattakans. Those who remain...

GET 50% of the audiobook for The Mountain Crown until March 12!

www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

THE DESERT TALON by Karin Lowachee, book 2 in the Crowns of Ishia trilogy and perhaps my favorite of the lot. Dry and dusty, a queer man's Western on the wild edges of an unwelcome land.

COOL!!

My very first pro sale was with On Spec. My second was Warchild ☺️ TIME FLIES

“a hallucinatory narrative of dragons as forces of nature”

Eddie, you can write all my blurbs for me in the future kthnx 🙏🏼😆👏🏻

For anyone not familiar, it is definitely my love letter to the natural world. With dragons more aligned with cats & orcas than talking creatures. @solarisbooks.bsky.social

The absolute absence of contractions in dialogue on Bridgerton is hella distracting and annoying. They modernize the clothing, music, and culture but the characters can’t say “can”t”?! Dude. I know the show suffers from a refusal to follow thru on worldbuilding but this is an easy fix.

Why 16 Oscar nominations for SINNERS matters, and why you've probably never heard of the oldest written Black vampire tale in North America. Happy Black History Month to all who celebrate!

The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.

It's Black History Month, and here's an opportunity for you to directly support black authors and editors in their creative careers. This anthology includes stories by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social @davaun.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social and more. Pre-order now!!

Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027 This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.

banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

OMG I’ve gotten so many of these and didn’t clue in til later. Thankfully the second they said I’d have to pay a fee to be featured I realized…

Dealing with people who are clearly using AI for customer service because their responses to you totally don’t address anything you said is MADDENING and I have no chill about it because they take your money then ghost you with AI. This is why people will Luigi other people.

YouTube video by Prime Video Young Sherlock - Official Trailer | Prime Video

I’m so ready for Sherlock Hottie 😜

m.youtube.com/watch?v=rXMr...

While analyzing our 2025 submission data, I noticed that the US is now the primary producer of slop submissions (which includes fully and partially-generated/assisted/whatever). Congrats. You're #1. Happy? You should be embarrassed. Please stop.

(In 2023 and 2024, the US wasn't in the top three.)

Revealing The Eagle in the Mountain by Caskey Russell - Reactor Now returned from his quest, Elān is changed...

We are delighted to reveal the cover for Caskey Russell's The Eagle in the Mountain! The sequel to The Door on the Sea is a Tlingit epic fantasy following what happens when the quest is finished–and when someone else needs to takes over:

The latest F&SF, edited by the amazing Sheree Renée Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, includes (with MANY fantastic things) my latest By the Numbers column, "Why We Need To Count On Each Other": 53 BIPOC authors filled out a survey asking about their experiences in publishing!

www.fandsf.com

Thank you for mentioning me and The Mountain Crown! @solarisbooks.bsky.social It’s a great discussion overall from all involved.

New months, new books. Here's the latest Transfer Orbit book list: 15 SF/F titles that caught my eye coming out in January!

Read it here: www.andrewliptak.com/heres-the-ja...

Book 3 for 2026

The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee.

A book in 2 halves with a gradual methodical build up and then jumping a little discordantly through the action sequences and resulting consequences but this mirrors the experience of the protagonist so I can understand the change.

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A compilation of blue Solaris book covers. THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and THE ORB OF CAIRADO by @truepennyvixen THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by @roannelau WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by @ldcolter THE SALT ORCLE and WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by @raine_clouds_writes THE DOOR ON THE SEA by @caskey_russell_author THE KILLING SPELL by @shaykauwe AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket SNOWBLOODED by @emmasternerradley DOLLFACE by @lindyryanwrites A COVENANT OF ICE by @karinlowachee THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by @_vajra BEAST by @jade_g_linwood THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY by @maryrobinettekowal QUEEN OF NONE by @nataniabarron THE HIDDEN WAY by @julietmarillier

This #bluemonday, we've got the antidote to feeling blue - pick up a blue Solaris Book Instead!

Here are a few of our blue titles for you, which would you pick?

Ft @vajra.me @rainewilson.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social & more!