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Melissa Scott
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I write science fiction and fantasy, with lots of queer themes and characters.
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APTeacher1754 @nyqcpodcast1754.bsky.social · 5h
Yale owns a Dutch utility bond issued in 1648 that still pays interest. “Yale’s bond, written on goatskin, was issued on May 15, 1648 to Mr. Niclaes de Meijer for the “sum of 1,000 Carolus Guilders of 20 Stuivers a piece.”
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 2d
OMG YES. Thank you, @benmonreal.bsky.social, for the kind words and the thoughtful review!
benmonreal.bsky.social Ben Monreal @benmonreal.bsky.social · 2d
In honor of Halloween, I just read a horror novel and wanted to write up a quick micro-review thread here. Presenting: @mcmanlypants.bsky.social's Children of Solitude. Thread: 1/ www.skylightbooks.com/book/9798992...
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d
Happy Halloween, Cerberus!
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 6d
#Booksky If you’re avoiding shopping at the ‘Zon but need Kindle format for your books, here’s your reminder that you can buy it direct from us! We get paid faster, our authors get paid more and we reinvest in our communities! From queer cosy to spooky: queenofswordspress.com
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 3d
#Booksky Looking for great gay gaslamp mystery/fantasies? DEATH BY SILVER and A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social are both on sale until 11/1! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · 9d
OKAY, FINE, LET'S DO A REC THREAD of some of my Queen of Swords faves!

Death By Silver by Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold

Edwardian historical fantasy mystery with pining (while fucking), boarding school trauma, second chance romance, and bad bad men.

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Paperback cover of Death by Silver by Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold Cover illustration is of two white men in old-fashioned suits (probably appropriate to the Edwardian setting of this story, but what do I know from men's fashion history?).
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 11d
#Booksky Looking for great gay gaslamp mystery/fantasies? DEATH BY SILVER and A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social are both on sale until 11/1! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 13d
#Booksky MURDER ON THE TITANIA by Alex Acks @katsudon.bsky.social is the Deal of the Day at DriveThruFiction today! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/2...
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12d
Okay but if you think about it, you could probably sit down right now yourself and make a pretty accurate list of all the people in the world who would believably say “bring me the French Crown Jewels” and mean it, so like I guess let’s start there 🤷‍♂️
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Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social · 13d
Gotta disagree. Charles I was a terrible king even by Stuart standards, but he actually believed in his claims to divine right. DJT has no beliefs.
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 13d
Do you want to read BlankAnon, #booksky?

Of course you do. No other book features a heist, a god, a chupacabra, a Santa Suit, a Die Hard, a pizza order

And you'll find out why the internet has all that porn
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 23d
Preorders are up now for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.) www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi...
Scarlet book cover with a white pentagon surrounded by question marks, and the silhouette of a trenchcoat-wearing man in the center. Title: BlankAnon, author Justin Robinson. Text to the side: It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat me first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social · 16d
Oh, wow, that makes so much sense.
amtuomala.bsky.social A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 16d
Working on a theory that AI appeals to people who want the process of moving from idea to finished product to be not like production, but like consumption
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Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social · 17d
For Death By Silver and A Death at the Dionysus Club, whisky, tea, old books, and ozone.
ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 19d
What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 18d
#Booksky We generally don’t plug our books on Amazon but the last two months of book sales have not been great anywhere so needs must. There’s a A+ page up for the Astreiant Series now! Dig into some great gay fantastical mysteries for October! www.amazon.com/Astreiant-6-...
Astreiant
Visit Amazon's Astreiant Page and shop for all Astreiant books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Astreiant
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 19d
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h • Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."
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Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social · 18d
For Master of Samar, salt and tidal mud and wind. (I do miss living on the coast.)
ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 19d
What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 19d
#Booksky Also on sale via Ingram’s new direct sale option in the U.S. and U.K. - A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social! Gay gaslamp mysteries with magic-using detectives, for the win! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 19d
#Booksky A brief thread of current book sales! Trying out this new direct sale Ingram thing in the U.S. and U.K. - looking for great gay gaslamp mystery/fantasies? DEATH BY SILVER by @blueterraplane.bsky.social and @amygriswold.bsky.social is on sale until 11/1! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 20d
#Booksky Thrilled that Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social’s LAST CAR TO ANNWN STATION has just been acquired by the Minnesota Historical Society for their library! It‘s an urban fantasy set in Minneapolis circa 2007 and features streetcar ghosts, Welsh mythology and a sweet sapphic romance!
Cover of the novel LAST CAR TO ANNWN STATION by Michael Merriam.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 20d
Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.
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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 22d
Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.
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Osahon @osahon4545.bsky.social · 25d
Story day! “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” in @lightspeedmagazine.com is my epic space opera about lost ancestry that’s trying to be revived between a human trafficking survivor who sings to the stars and a soldier grappling with her complicity in war: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/o-me...
O Mechfighter, O Starsinger - Lightspeed Magazine
The Starsinger, the Starsinger, the Starsinger, he sings. His histories have long been recorded—in every pit stop he has visited. In every station he has stayed. It may be just a minute of the traffic...
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 22d
We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff from @qospress.bsky.social.
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Silver Moon, by Catherine Lundoff
Becca Thornton, divorced, middle-aged and trying to embrace a quiet life, discovers that there are still plenty of surprises to be had when her menopause kicks in with bonus lycanthropy. And she’s not...
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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 22d
I have over 12,000 followers here. If each one of you pledged just £1 each to the Kickstarter we’d be deep into stretch goals by now. Just a thought: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 22d
Check out my new book, available for preorder now!

#booksky
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 23d
Preorders are up now for @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social's BlankAnon! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.) www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi...
Scarlet book cover with a white pentagon surrounded by question marks, and the silhouette of a trenchcoat-wearing man in the center. Title: BlankAnon, author Justin Robinson. Text to the side: It was a simple job: invent a conspiracy. I made up QAnon and broke the world. Nobody from my old life is still speaking to me except for the ones who have nothing left to lose. I've got an alcoholic professional killer in recovery, a witch who wants me dead, and a doomsday cultist I can't trust. We have to execute a heist that just might save the world or at least settle my conscience. And that's if my own spirit guide doesn't eat me first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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