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ReBOOcca E. Treasure 👻 👻 👻 @retreasure.bsky.social · 17h

Hello! If you haven't backed the Apex Kickstarter and you're a regular reader and can, we could really use the support. We just added some physical rewards, there are crits and classes available, plus books and of course a year of Apex!

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Apex Magazine 2026

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

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 21h

ROOTS OF MY FEARS contributor's copy has arrived!

This snazzy anthology gathers stories of familial horror in grim legacies, and includes my story "Crepuscular," of desperate mothers, dangerous psychic powers, and something that watches from the sea.

Out now from @titanbooks.bsky.social

Roots of My Fears, edited by Gemma Amor, including stories by Gabino Iglesias, Nuzo Onoh, Hailey Piper, Ramsey Campbell, Premee Mohamed. Terrifying Stories of Ancestral Horror. The cover art by Julia Lloyd shows a thick red tree of gnarled roots and branches.

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Want to buy a sapphic book and support a queer author but money is tight? Today until the 17th, you can preorder VILE LADY VILLAINS for 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social 😍

Just type OCTOBER25 during checkout! More select titles available.

www.waterstones.com/book/9780241...

Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou | Waterstones

Buy Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Shauna Lawless @shaunalawless.bsky.social · 1d

25% off preorders at @waterstones.bsky.social

The paperback of Daughter of the Otherworld is included in this offer 🔥

Just remember to use the code OCTOBER25

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Editor: “We loved it but…”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · 1d

My retelling of The Tinderbox -- Thief Mage, Beggar Mage -- is on kindle for 99p, if weird lush stuff about queer mages and clockwork magic and dragons is your jam:

www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Mage-B...

Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle)

Buy Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle) by Hellisen, Cat (ISBN: 9781739685133) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 1d

MASQUERADE, the third instalment in the MICAH GREY trilogy, is now 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social

Use the discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout!

The MICAH GREY trilogy is a story of found family, queer joy, and self discovery, wrapped in a whimsical gaslamp fantasy🃏🎪

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 23h

Queen of African horror @nuzo.bsky.social tells us about the genesis of her new novel, Futility, which hits shelves today via @titanbooks.bsky.social. Plus, your chance to win a copy!

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Stylised text reads: From pen to print: Nuzo Onoh on Futility. Along the right side of the graphic are the cover of Futility, plus a photo of Nuzo herself: a black woman with long braids, wearing red lipstick, a blue shirt, and yellow necklace beads.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 1d

There are loads of fantastic books 25% off in the Waterstones preorder sale online, inc Pagans which was one of my top reads this year!

A police procedural set in alternate modern day Anglo Saxon London: guns, seaxes, ancient rituals, hackers. Loved it 🗡️🔥

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A banner reading 25% off rrp 2026 new titles. Preorder from thousands of titles with code october25. 14-17 October online only

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Want to buy a sapphic book and support a queer author but money is tight? Today until the 17th, you can preorder VILE LADY VILLAINS for 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social 😍

Just type OCTOBER25 during checkout! More select titles available.

www.waterstones.com/book/9780241...

Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou | Waterstones

Buy Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 1d

The audio version of “The Traveling Mountain” by @dianadima.com is live! This story was edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social. The audio was narrated by @darthj.uno and produced by Jenelle DeCosta. Listen to the full audio story or read it on our website: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 1d

Make that $224 away from nonfiction and 5 backers from our final backer goal! We are SO CLOSE! Thank you!!!

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2d

We’re $436 away from unlocking nonfiction! That means we’ll open to submissions of everything from moving personal essays to excavations of queer SFF history to incisive literary criticism.

PLUS we’re only 8 backers from our final backer goal—help us get there!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2d

We’re $436 away from unlocking nonfiction! That means we’ll open to submissions of everything from moving personal essays to excavations of queer SFF history to incisive literary criticism.

PLUS we’re only 8 backers from our final backer goal—help us get there!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 6d

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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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 2d

Gahhh!!! The more teasers and excerpts we get from @danaiwrites.bsky.social for her forthcoming "Vile Lady Villains" debut novel, the more I'm like ... "More, please!" 💜💜💜

Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite pages
from VILE LADY VILLAINS

02 April 2026 (UK), 12 May 2026 (US)

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite pages
from VILE LADY VILLAINS

02 April 2026 (UK), 12 May 2026 (US)

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social !

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to all the winners!

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

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

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 · 2d

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 3d

Today is National Coming Out Day!

It's also Freedom to Read Day, aka the last day of Banned Books Week.

This feels right — because the main reason they try to ban books is to keep people from dreaming they could ever come out.

My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

They Want To Ban Books To Keep Us From Coming Out

Quick housekeeping! I’m doing a flurry of events once again: Tuesday I’ll be in the Koret Auditorium at the SF Public Library talking about banned books for...

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 4d

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 4d

They say they want new things in fantasy, then authors from marginalized groups do new things, but they don't like that, they want the new thing to be like the old thing except new.

What they really want is a book to rewind time and make them young again, something no book or anything else can do.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 4d

I don’t care if Monday’s dead
Tuesday’s dead and Wednesday’s dead
Thursday, I don’t care it’s dead
it’s Friday, BUY A COIN

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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Eh, it’s okay, I’m used to it at this point… but thank you 💜

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