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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬

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SFF writer/editor. ATL/SEA. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. 🏳️‍🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 4.7.2026)

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · Aug 7

An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it.

You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

Mockup of book Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident. Book One: 4/7/26. Cover by Micaela Alcaino

Flat image of a book cover: Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis wherein a blue mermaid tail and tentacles writhe out of a roiling gray ocean around an ornate trident

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9m

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 6m

Why invite the amplification of trash?

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 10m

"Tell me your worst opinions" has got to die as a content mill

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 20d

ICYMI, @titanbooks.bsky.social unveiled the cover of the UK edition of YEAR OF THE MER 🤩
If you are of the review-y persuasion and in one of the geographic areas Titan serves, you can request an ARC here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Paperback Year of the Mer book standing. The cover features a dark teal scaled background overlaid with translucent turmeric-colored seaweed and an etched-style mermaid

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Peter Pumpkin 🎃 @nanou2.bsky.social · 2d

Just requested Year of the Mer in @libbyapp.com

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 2d

Year of the Mer is firmly adult and I will screech obscenities directly into your face if you place it somewhere else, mentally or otherwise

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 3d

I kinda want to play "Is this YA" but I already know that 95% of the books people will ask about will not be YA.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 3h

You have OPTIONS that don't give us all panic attacks

Tim Curry as Captain Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 3h

Y'all are going to stop using black and white pictures of this man goddammit

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h

A 2012 stroke has largely kept Tim Curry from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

Tim Curry’s Memoir “Vagabond” Recalls an Exciting Career Interrupted by Illness

A 2012 stroke has largely kept him from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

nyti.ms

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 10h

Happy Indigenous People's Day and a very merry maybe-maybe-not day off

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 21h

Who of the what now

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

You are correct!

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

I don't think I knew you were out there!

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Me too! Lol thank you

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

I will be in Seattle 10/21-26 if I owe you a snack date of some kind

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

Get in touch with me!

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

While I'm still on my laptop, they've just dropped the schedule so here's where to find me next weekend at @multiversecon.bsky.social

www.ldlewiswrites.com/appearances/...

graphic showing L. D. Lewis's convention schedule for Multiversecon 2025 in Peachtree City, GA Oct 17-19. Sidebar includes author photo and the covers of books Year of the Mer, The Dead Withheld, and A Ruin of Shadows

Friday 10/17 - Breaking Into Traditional Publishing panel @ 2:30pm
Building A New World panel @ 4pm (moderating)

Saturday 10/18 - Fantasy Therapy Panel @ 10am
Beyond the Afrofuture panel @1pm
MCs That Look Like Me: Queer Protagonists @ 5:30pm

Learn more at Multiversecon.org

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Yup!

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Me and my box of boxes for trophy shipping just staring at one another

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, hello

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

I have a bunch of Esties! The Back to the Land in funky lake as well. They're probably my favorite brand. The peanuts line is a little...golf course garb circa 1982 for me lol

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Alright, turtleducks, one last shot at winning your YEAR OF THE MER arcs at #NYCC. Booth 3409. Hope you had a good con!

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

That's amazing lol enjoy!

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Oh good! UPS gets funny sometimes lol enjoy

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Also one of the most requested books on netgalley lol fine fine fine

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

She still has a bunch! Mine are gone lol