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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6h

I want to take a sec today to talk about how awesome @apexmag.bsky.social is. They've published me twice & both have been stories that are super weird and queer and violent and tender all at once. There are other excellent mags out there, but I would argue that *nobody* does it quite like Apex.

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All this to say—please donate to Apex! Please read the available work, and talk about what you read on socials. Spread the word.

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6h

Like, what other mag would publish this revenge-horror short story, told via chess moves pulled from a real & famous game?
CHESS MOVES, PEOPLE.
These lads take risks, and it pays off.

The Immortal Game

1. Pawn to E4 On Thursday nights, the Daisy slides into her favourite black dress—slightly flared with a pleated skirt—and unrolls...

www.apexbookcompany.com

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6h

If these mags don't get readership and subscriptions, they sink. If they sink, the chances of floating your story boat across the vast ocean of literary canon shrinks. Apex is WELL worth your time and effort and money—not just in the present, but for your future, and the readers who will come after.

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6h

I want to take a sec today to talk about how awesome @apexmag.bsky.social is. They've published me twice & both have been stories that are super weird and queer and violent and tender all at once. There are other excellent mags out there, but I would argue that *nobody* does it quite like Apex.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

COLLAB ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🪐👽🌈

We have an exclusive interview with the editors of @othersidespec.bsky.social OUT NOW on Kickstarter! 🗣️💬

We love the Otherside team and are so excited to see their project succeed! If you want to see us chat about queer SFF, short fiction and more, check it out here! ⬇️

Update 2: Interview with the editors of Otherside! · Apex Magazine 2026

Here at Apex, we are always happy to see new markets emerging and succeeding. So when the opportunity to swap interviews with the co-founders and editors of OTHERSIDE came up, we were happy to do it. ...

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BIBLIOPHONE @bibliophone.bsky.social · 13h

Some of our recent guest narrators, reading poems by young creatives in Gaza:

Alana Hadid
Nada Tawhid
Paloma Faith
Amalia Holm
Katie Leung

All our stuff is free to listen to. Try our Palestinian audio poems and boost the play count to show young writers in Gaza some love 💚

bibliophone.com

Collage of a young Palestinian writer sitting in the ruins of her home, Alana Hadid, Nada Tawhid, Paloma Faith, Amalia Holm, Katie Leung

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that the audiobook for my sapphic pirate horror QUEEN O'NINE TAILS' just dropped? 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

If you like snarky, good-with-their-hands spies who are Definitely, For Sure, Not At All attracted to the hot but unhinged pirate queens who capture them, then this is going to (ahem) float your boat.

Audible

Try Audible free for 30 days! Start listening to best-selling audiobooks, exclusive Originals, and free podcasts with the Audible app.

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Z.K.A. @pegasusunder.bsky.social · 1d

CINEMA WORMS 🎃 HALLOWEEN ERA!! 🎃

In episode 37, we review two eery films:

DEAD OF WINTER
&
NOSFERATU (1922) X RADIOHEAD

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 1d

That's the dev edits for The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley all done! Final polish, then back to my editor tomorrow for (hopeful) approval.

Charlotte Lucas from Unlikely Pursuit and Caroline Bingley in Miseducation could NOT be more different: wallflower MC versus mean girl MC. Deeply fun.

a man in a black jacket and white tie is writing on a piece of paper

ALT: a man in a black jacket and white tie is writing on a piece of paper

media.tenor.com

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 3d

Doing some shorts today in the sunshine, check out my ten-second review of HEART EYES!

HEART EYES (in 10 seconds) #hearteyesmovie #filmreview #cinemaworms

YouTube video by Z. K. A.

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that the audiobook for my sapphic pirate horror QUEEN O'NINE TAILS' just dropped? 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

If you like snarky, good-with-their-hands spies who are Definitely, For Sure, Not At All attracted to the hot but unhinged pirate queens who capture them, then this is going to (ahem) float your boat.

Audible

Try Audible free for 30 days! Start listening to best-selling audiobooks, exclusive Originals, and free podcasts with the Audible app.

www.audible.co.uk

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 2d

A WILD LINDZ APPEARED \o/

Aww, you're so sweet to remember me!!

Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 3d

Doing some shorts today in the sunshine, check out my ten-second review of HEART EYES!

HEART EYES (in 10 seconds) #hearteyesmovie #filmreview #cinemaworms

YouTube video by Z. K. A.

youtube.com

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 3d

Wild that I haven't seen 'Return to Seoul' or 'On Falling' on any Best Of film lists yet. Both are in my top 50 movies of the whole century thus far!

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so excited to finally share with you that 2025 Stanchion Book Club members will be receiving a stunning handmade journal by Moran Press with their copy of @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's stunning craft writing book An Honour & A Privilege in December.

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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 5d

Friends! I am in this book with AMAZING HUMANS -- it's collaborative writing AND how the collaborative writing happened:

Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 5d

Last book of '25 is by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social + a cast of collaborators incl The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee & Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 5d

Last book of '25 is by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social + a cast of collaborators incl The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee & Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you very much, Ayida!

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Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 5d

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6d

🎉🎉 COVER REVEAL TIME 🎉🎉

I am so, so hyped to bring you THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY 🥳 coming May 2026!

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!!

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6d

baby, go wild

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for making it, you talented angel!!

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6d

you fully earned it!

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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 6d

Also, it's now on Goodreads if you want to add it to your lists!

Goodreads

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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