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Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Reading the forthcoming Breath and Bone by @kvjohansen.bsky.social whose work is always a joy
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 2d
#Booksky Hey, we’re WisCon @wiscon.bsky.social’s first Vendor of the Month! Check out the newsletter for a handy coupon code! Use it on our website in November to get a discount on our books and we make a donation to WisCon! How cool is that! wiscon.net/news/e-newsl...
Book table with a white table banner on the right side. WisCon Vendor of the Month
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 1d
When the only thing that can save you is the Cthulhoid god of the internet and all you have to write on is an old Burger King bag...

#booksky #preorder
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 2d
Ten days to the release of @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social 's new Blank novel, BlankAnon! (Preorders are up in all the usual places, too. www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi... and more.)
A bright red book cover showing a pentagon surrounded by question marks, with a trench-coated silhouette in the center: BlankAnon, by Justin Robinson. 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 my first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 2d
Ten days to the release of @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social 's new Blank novel, BlankAnon! (Preorders are up in all the usual places, too. www.amazon.com/BlankAnon-Fi... and more.)
A bright red book cover showing a pentagon surrounded by question marks, with a trench-coated silhouette in the center: BlankAnon, by Justin Robinson. 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 my first. It's not just another day at the office. It's the last one.
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 4d
Don't miss your chance to preorder! But if you do, the book is out 11/10/2025.
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 24d
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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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 14d
Just a quick reminder!
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 24d
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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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · Sep 25
#Booksky Kobo or KoboPlus book buyer? Our books are out there, including the Lynes & Mathey gay Edwardian murder mystery duology! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Death by Silver ebook by Melissa Scott - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Death by Silver" by Melissa Scott available from Rakuten Kobo. 2024 Midwest Book Awards Finalist! Mystery, Murder and Magic… When an old schoolmate with a well-earned reputation for b...
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Yvonne Seale @yvonneseale.bsky.social · 10d
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.

#medievalsky

www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
Screenshot of the Viabundus website.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10d
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 10d
Reccing a couple more older titles, this time because I'm reading the draft of book three. (It's good...) Kelly Jennings's fascinating space opera series mixes science and politics in all-too-relevant ways. (Link is Amazon, but available at the usual suspects.)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5KS67HP
Two book covers: Fault Lines shows two short-haired women in futuristic work clothes against an indistinct industrial landscape. In the Deep shows two woman in hooded coats against an indistinct cityscape. The text reads: Starship captain Velocity Wrachant escaped the powerful Combines years ago, but now she's broke enough to risk taking a job escorting a child of the Combine Ikeda House into Republic space to help her retrieve several bonded-labor children. And that's only the beginning of her troubles. "Strongly reminiscent of C. J. Cherryh at her best." — Gwyneth Jones
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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 10d
"Where am I, and what is the time?" he said aloud to the ceiling. "In the House of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning." said a voice. "It is the morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know." #Tolkien #BookSky

Image: "Rivendell - The Riders" by @donatoarts.bsky.social
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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 · 12d
#Booksky It’s #WerewolfWednesday and the audiobook editon of Catherine Lundoff’s BLOOD MOON (Wolves of Wolf’s Point #2) is half off, plus you get 2 free bonus audiobooks! Menopausal werewolves, for the win! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
50% OFF Blood Moon
The Wolf's Point werewolf pack, born from the magic that calls small groups of middle-aged women to embrace their inner and outer wolves, has been protecting the town for generations. Now Becca T...
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David Rafferty @davidrafferty.bsky.social · 13d
Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.
Stolen Louvre jewellery found safe and sound inside the British museum wwn Waterford Whispers News & 17h • Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training Al Software POLICE ATIUNAL waterfordwhispersnews.com Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training Al Softw...
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 14d
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 · 24d
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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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 14d
Just a quick reminder!
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 24d
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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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 14d
#Booksky HUGE shoutout to everyone who helped make this book happen fast! Author @mchristian.bsky.social for being great to work with, KaNaXa Designs @nathaliegray.bsky.social for the amazing cover, Teryvisions @barefootlentil.bsky.social for the cool book design and Alexa for misc. publishing work!
qospress.bsky.social Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 14d
#Booksky It’s here! The new edition of RUNNING DRY by M.Christian, the classic gay vampires with a twist novel, is out today and available everywhere including direct from us and at your local library (via Overdrive/Libby, etc.)! queenofswordspress.com/product/runn...
Book cover for RUNNING DRY by M.Christian
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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 14d
My scifi novella All That Is in the Earth is up for preorder at @lunapress.bsky.social & the usual ebook places. This is my reflection on facing death, wrapped up in an adventure with flesh-eating monsters, corporate mercenaries, & a green-skinned alien.
www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...
All That Is in the Earth | Luna Press Publishing
Release date 3 February, 2026Luna Novella #24Ebook available in all the usual places When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead: a terrible plague and a strict quara...
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 14d
#Booksky It’s here! The new edition of RUNNING DRY by M.Christian, the classic gay vampires with a twist novel, is out today and available everywhere including direct from us and at your local library (via Overdrive/Libby, etc.)! queenofswordspress.com/product/runn...
Book cover for RUNNING DRY by M.Christian
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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 15d
As a historian and lover of historical fantasy, it's not difficult to imagine reasons why someone hires an expert team to steal only Napoleon's regalia from the Louvre but then dumps one of the pieces of jewelry on the sidewalk outside. www.npr.org/2025/10/19/n...
Masked thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from the Louvre museum
France's Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, called the heist "a major, highly organized operation" that lasted just seven minutes. Authorities were still drawing up the value of the stolen items.
www.npr.org
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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Oct 1
Oct is busy! First up I'll be at the wonderful @butserancientfarm.co.uk for their lit fest.

I'm talking to Samantha Shannon about history & fantasy on the 18th, and running a workshop on the 19th. What's more I'll be doing it IN A SAXON MEADHALL.

www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/butser-liter...
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 22d
Imagine LEVERAGE by way of the ILLUMINATUS! Trilogy

#booksky
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 24d
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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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 25d
#Booksky New audiobook sale! Catherine Lundoff’s menopausal werewolf novel, BLOOD MOON, is 50% off at Audiobooksdotcom this month! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
50% OFF Blood Moon
The Wolf's Point werewolf pack, born from the magic that calls small groups of middle-aged women to embrace their inner and outer wolves, has been protecting the town for generations. Now Becca T...
www.audiobooks.com
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 23d
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 23d
Check out my new book, available for preorder now!

#booksky
candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 24d
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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