Jen Brown ✨

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Seeing an awful lot of people sick with Covid right now.

Many saying “Covid is back”.

It never left. That’s why some of us are still advocating for mitigations.

Every infection is a dice roll with disability.

Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.

But the perk of coming late is that I don’t have to wait for the next books. They’re already out! 😈

It’s SO GOOD.

I am so late. I’m just now reading LEGENDBORN, and I can’t stop. I have done nothing but read this book for 2 days straight. 😮‍💨

if you can, please consider donating to fobazi's road to recovery. we love you, fobazi, and we are so grateful for all she's done as a friend, community member, writer and speaker, and library and information science worker ❤️

I am literally SHAKING with anticipation. Stunning cover + the first chapter preview is so compelling. 🔥

😭💕 now we just need Hollywood to throw you some money!!

Stunning. 👏🏾🔥

The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis — neon hemlock Publication date: June 30 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Items ordered with a pre-ordered title will ship when the pre-order becomes available. Meet Dizzy Carter: private investigator/blues enthusiast/de...

Latest review of THE DEAD WITHHELD celebrates the "cool, mean lesbian" at its center. 🌟
Get you some. www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

Boosting to support R.S.A. Garcia, who is currently undergoing cancer treatments

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Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability, organized by Danielle Lorick EDIT: Bringing this back because the problem with catching up on old bi… Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability

Bringing this back because the problem with catching up on old bills...is the newer ones. Essentially, I've upped the goal to reflect about a month and a half of bills, which would get us to not behind.

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WE'RE HERE THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2025 BOGI TAKACS, EDITOR AND CHARLES PAYSEUR, SERIES EDITOR all on a vaguely pastel-y bokey-y background.

We're also pleased to announce the opening of submissions for WE'RE HERE 2025.

Charles is joined this year by the wonderful writer and editor @bogiperson.bsky.social!

More about the series and submission guidelines here:

www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

The cover for WE'RE HERE 2024. An earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing.

We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!

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The Dead Withheld Check out The Dead Withheld - <strong>MEET DIZZY CARTER: </strong></p><strong>Private investigator. </strong></p><strong>Blues enthusiast. </strong></p><strong>Deadwalker witch. </strong></p><p></p><p...

Obligatory "it's my birthday; buy my book" post
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Thirded!! When mine went out, I bought the 5s and l regretted it. 4s remain my fave.

My debut novel YEAR OF THE MER (about the gruesome aftermath of The Little Mermaid) is part of B&N's pre-order sale! From July 8-11, members get 25% off using code PREORDER25

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And now, coffee.

that last BlackSpecFic report showed 64 markets, MOST with fewer than 11% of original stories by Black authors

40 magazines had fewer than 6%, 26 venues had zero

if you aren't actively seeking them out, you will likely only read a handful (or maybe none) in a year

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This will be on @reactorsff.bsky.social on July 11.

LLMs use em-dashes because they were trained on my books (among others) without my consent.

Expect em-dashes all up and through my work. If they’re NOT in there, something’s wrong.

And lo, a new issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social has fallen from the heavens, shiny with gristle & afterbirth.

Monstrosities from Joe Koch, Divya Kernan, Morgan Wilson, Nigel Faustino, Avra Margariti, Megan Baffoe, Caro Jansen & Gillian Knox.

Cover by @cdsart.bsky.social!

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Folks attending WorldCon this year (or who've attended previously) -- anybody know about their "Academic Track"? E.g. what kind of panels they offer? 🤔

💯 facts. I listen to the audiobook versions to get a little extra time in that world.

I’m all caught up on Murderbot! But now the problem is: I’m all caught up on murderbot. 😭

Why would you want to subjugate your fellow human beings when mangoes and Moonstruck exists? What made you so hostile toward your own pleasure? Honestly, don’t answer that, the response would probably be flavorless.

We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.

Just came across this tiktok by @La.Fumettista and I wanted to share. It’s hard to stare directly into the reality that these huge companies are allowed to claim ownership over entire bodies of somebody else’s work, only to sell it on to the thieves who want to destroy the actual artist.

Ever.