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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy

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The Ace Of Knives eBook out now! https://books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives Co-editor, Caribbean Futurisms. Fiction in Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2022. #amquerying Tonya.ca

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 21d

COVER REVEAL!
My short story eBook is now out!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this is for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FSG2J6X5/

Book cover depicting a black woman, in a gark grey shirt, standing before a wheel of knives, wielding a knife herself. The book title says 'The Ace Of Knives by Tonya Liburd"

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 1d

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

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Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 1h

Soundtrack: The Playlist is here!

Michael V. Smith has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of his lyric memoir Soundtrack. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

Find the full Spotify playlist on the Book*hug blog! 🎉

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Soundtrack: The Playlist | Book*hug Press

Soundtrack: The Playlist is here! Michael V. Smith has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of his brand new lyric memoir Soundtrack. We hope you enjoy! Find the full Spotify playl...

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 2d

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

One of the terrible things about the conservative elites’ attacks on higher education is that they are giving their constituents the impression that the universe isn’t big, complicated, and fascinating — that it really does take this many people to work out how even a small fraction of it works

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Team Two Dogs @lchanwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Luka pooped in the house last night

Telly peed in house this morning

Me: So we have a Poocaso and a Peecaso in the house.

Wife: Remind me again why we are married

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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget to register! Join us for the launch of @jrblanes.bsky.social's Portraits of Decay on October 21st at 8 PM ET.

You'll get to see J.R. Blanes and Christa Wojciechowski, one of whom will read while the other leads the conversation.

links.ruadanbooks.com/PODLaunch

#BookSky #HorrorSky

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 2d

I forgot yesterday was a holiday and miscalculated what i could spend on food while i was waiting at the hospital for over 12hrs. I’ve got overdraft to clear and any help would be appreciated

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Support Danny Lore

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · 2d

Little update. Mostly been off bsky coz I've had some complications involving fevers, bleeding. It's been a rough six weeks, physically, mentally, emotionally. Would have liked to have rested but I gotta pay for the hospital bills and various tests and medications. Anything you can spare will help.

Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · May 23

Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated:

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Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja

Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

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Addison Smith (Addi) @addi.social · 12d

I'm putting out my shingle for a limited quantity of book cover design jobs! Details are in the image and alt text. If you think you might be interested, please email me at the address in the image and I will send you a small, private portfolio of my work! I'm looking for five jobs for October.

A white and purple design with an illustration of a man sitting at a computer.
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BOOK COVER DESIGN
Basic Package - $250
* Ebook
*Print
*PSD
*Unlimited Revisions (within reason)
* NO AI
* Licensed Art
Email me for Private Portfolio!
smithaddisonchase@gmail.com

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 1d

Hey.
If the Kickstarter for Apex doesn't fund, Apex Magazine will cease to be, and... that would be very sad.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

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

www.kickstarter.com

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning!
Have a nice week, eh?
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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 2d

If you've ever wanted a version of JADE YEO that you could hold and dogear and put on your shelf, this is your chance! I've seen the new cover and it's going to be SUCH a cute book, please support Homeward Books so they can publish it ✨

Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 2d

Have we mentioned if we hit the Kickstarter goal for WITCH OF PRAGUE, we'll open pre-orders for our second book? According to @courtneymilan.com, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO is "Poignant, beautiful, and incredibly meaningful."

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The Witch of Prague, from Homeward Books!

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

HP was consumed with self-pity
'Cause he couldn't find someone to blame;
He moved home with his aunties and kitty
(The one with the terrible name)

And that is the story of Howard,
Who was racist, longwinded and daft,
But surprisingly sexually powered -
No wonder they called him Love Craft

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 4d

So if you're into that, or the other ramblings I do, you should sign up for my newsletter!

And if you dig my newsletter (& all the other kickass stuff I make), you can support me via PayPal (paypal.me/brandonobrien), Patreon (patreon.com/therisingtit...), or Ko-Fi (ko-fi.com/therisingtit...)!

Pay Brandon O'Brien using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/brandonobrien and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 7d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 4d

CanCon's this week. It'll be 17th-19th.
I'll be wearing this T-Shirt I ordered!
See you there.

Tonya Liburd's t-shirt depicting the cover for her eBook, The Ace Of Knives.

Tonya Liburd smiling, wearing a T-shirt depicting the cover for her short story eBook, TheAce Of Knives.

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 7d

I self rejected and didn't participate. GREAT...

Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 7d

I didn't realize DVPit was for unagented people like me, so here's me sniffling in a corner...

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Tonya Liburd is querying Postcolonial Horror & Fantasy @spiderlilly.bsky.social · 8d

I wonder if there's a term for that...

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Comrade Bullski @comradebullski.bsky.social · 8d

TRON: ARES having an official collaboration with Grok and having AI slop on display at he events is making me never want to watch that movie. Ugh

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 9d

There's plenty of complexity to the story of Ian Roberts, the Black Iowa superintendent arrested by ICE.

But the way the @nytimes.com chose to frame this article is racist and shameful.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

www.nytimes.com

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 9d

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 9d

Let Angela tell you all about The Cold House and then pick up a copy of this creepy, chilling, twisty-turny book. ❤️👀

Angela Slatter 📚 @angelaslatter.bsky.social · 9d

Happy bookthday to The Cold House! Have a wee vid and some messy hair that'll drive my mother mad!

A twisty turny story of lies, love, isolated (second) locations, and folk horror.

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aaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 9d

will just repeat that if you straight up replaced the current Canada Council grants system with this it would fund about 1000 more artists per year for the same amount of money and immeasurably greater stability

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 9d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 10d

#buymybooks TOMORROW! THE BIG ONE. The one with exploding tentacles. Over-the-top machismo heroics vs. Lovecraftian horrors from inside the Earth. Brought to you by yours truly and @tonyanuci.bsky.social. With a cover by THE @lynnehansenart.bsky.social. Will you be ready…for THE BIG ONE?

The Big One (preorder: releases 10/7) | Anuci Press

"Daddy's coming home." That's the promise Hank, a widowed ambulance driver finishing up his shift in San Francisco, makes to his two kids who are trapped in the ruins of their destroyed apartment buil...

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