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Jen Donohue

@authorizedmusings.bsky.social

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Doberman owner, SFFH writer, 💀, SFWA member, library clerk. Exit Ghost https://books2read.com/ExitGhost Werewolf trilogy: https://authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/learn-to-howl-trilogy.html Burn Up In Victory: https://books2read.com/burnupinvictory/

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · Jul 15

🔥⚔️🔥TODAY IS THE DAY TO BURN UP IN VICTORY 🔥⚔️🔥

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the first hardcover in the world of Burn Up in Victory. It's sitting on the flat-ish part of a dark gray stone, in front of a bunch of greenery that's in soft focus behind (it's a smoke bush, but it isn't "smoking" yet)

Book cover for Burn Up in Victory: a woman with loose red hair, waring a blousy white shirt and black gloves, holding a fencing sword vertically in front of her, her head bowed. The background is dark, but embers surround her.

(I bought this image from a photoset on Shutterstock and added the words to it in Canva. To my knowledge and the best of my ability, no AI is involved)

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 1m

Get your coin for The Ferryman and FUND THE DEADLANDS

If you got a coin last year? well

you need one for each eye right

psychopomp.com/product/ferr...

Ferryman's Coin 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Here it is, your chance to grab a 2026 Ferryman's coin. We are only going to order as many as we sell during our October fundraiser, so these are limited limited special editions. Shipping Included (a...

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 4m

My book is coming out in January. if you're interested in pitching a review of it or an interview with me, I'd be delighted and grateful 🥺 it's speculative short stories. There's monsters, outer space, and pie!

This beauty thinks you'd like it:

A gorgeous alligator swims through water

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 3m

Apex Magazine is at $7178 out of a $20,000 base goal! They have 16 days to go!

Help THEM reach their Apex!

(there are also stretch goals)

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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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 14m

This is absolutely FANTASTIC news, and if you haven't read it, I hope you'll come do so: psychopomp.com/we-who-will-not-die/

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 52m

"I gave it to the other [guy/girl/etc.]"

"I put it in the book drop"

"I never checked that out"

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 1h

Embrace Change- 2022

My art, digital. A comic page of a women shapeshifting into a werewolf

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 1h

congratulations everybody!!!

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

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...

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

And the Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre goes to @authorsabb.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards

2025 Winner of the Community Award: Authors Against Book Bans

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

The Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre goes to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards

2025 Winner The Ember Award: Sonia Sulaiman

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

Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION

2025 Winner Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by Eugen Bacon

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

Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION

2025 Winner Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works - THYME TRAVELLERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by Sonia Sulaiman

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

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Comics Team: Jes and Cin Wibowo for LUNAR BOY

2025 Winner Outstanding Comics Team: LUNAR BOY by Jes and Cin Wibowo

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

Tran Nguyen wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Artist
www.mynameistran.com

2025 Winner Outstanding Artist: Tran Nguyen

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

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Fiction Podcast goes to @podcastle.org
podcastle.org

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

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Critic is @mayagittelman.bsky.social

2025 Winner - Critics Award: Maya Gittelman

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

Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

2025 Winner: Outstanding Speculative Poetry:
RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE by Fasasi Ridwan

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2h

@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Short Story
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...

2025 Winner Outstanding Short Story: WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ by Caroline M. Yoachim

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2h

@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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2025 Winner Outstanding Novelette: WE WHO WILL NOT DIE by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2h

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com

2025 Winner Outstanding Novella: LOST ARK DREAMING by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2h

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Middle Grade is THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun

2025 Winner Outstanding Middle Grade: THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2h

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult is HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

2025 Winner Outstanding Novel - Young Adult: HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2h

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel-Adult is THE SENTENCE by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

2025 Winner Outstanding Novel - Adult: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia

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Spooky SM Reine 👻 @smreine.itch.io · 1d

I've got a new standalone book in this world coming out next month!

✨ golden retriever lord
✨ unhinged ancient assassin
✨ secret cross-dressing
✨ dying elf empire
✨ half dungeon crawl, half court intrigue

PREORDER: books2read.com/b/3RM21v

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 2h

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Claire Beckett and the Transfer of Power (Claire Beckett: Protector of Crescent City Book 1) by Molly Chase, which I *have* but *haven't downloaded yet*. Oops. If you read it, please let me know what you think.

#KindleBookGIveaway

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