Jess Gofton
@jessgofton.bsky.social
Speculative fiction and poetry writer. 16th century nerd. Mint chocolate connoisseur. Centaur enthusiast. PR and Marketing Manager @solarisbooks.bsky.social she/her Views my own
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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ANYWAY
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ANYWAY
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
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You can hear my story, RIBBON MAN, on today's episode of The NoSleep Podcast! I think this marks the first time I've ever had the honor of a @siwelp.bsky.social narration! And what a job he did!
And that cover art! @jenthetracy.bsky.social does it again 💚
And that cover art! @jenthetracy.bsky.social does it again 💚
S23E21 is now playing.
Listen at www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
🎨 @jenthetracy.bsky.social
🎶 @brandonboone.bsky.social
Listen at www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
🎨 @jenthetracy.bsky.social
🎶 @brandonboone.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You can hear my story, RIBBON MAN, on today's episode of The NoSleep Podcast! I think this marks the first time I've ever had the honor of a @siwelp.bsky.social narration! And what a job he did!
And that cover art! @jenthetracy.bsky.social does it again 💚
And that cover art! @jenthetracy.bsky.social does it again 💚
So very excited to share that my story "As Sweet" is in the latest episode of The NoSleep Podcast!
It's one of my favourite things I've written and the narrators did such a wonderful job.
It's one of my favourite things I've written and the narrators did such a wonderful job.
S23E21 is now playing.
Listen at www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
🎨 @jenthetracy.bsky.social
🎶 @brandonboone.bsky.social
Listen at www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
🎨 @jenthetracy.bsky.social
🎶 @brandonboone.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So very excited to share that my story "As Sweet" is in the latest episode of The NoSleep Podcast!
It's one of my favourite things I've written and the narrators did such a wonderful job.
It's one of my favourite things I've written and the narrators did such a wonderful job.
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This #NationalIllustrationDay, we'd particularly like to thank our in-house designers Sam Gretton and @petitecreme.bsky.social / Gem Sheldrake.
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This #NationalIllustrationDay, we'd particularly like to thank our in-house designers Sam Gretton and @petitecreme.bsky.social / Gem Sheldrake.
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
Without them you wouldn't have Gem's striking designs across @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas or a whole range of 'Sam Specials'!
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
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it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a kid?
Pour one out for the cutest shoe to ever be murdered onscreen.
Pour one out for the cutest shoe to ever be murdered onscreen.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a kid?
Pour one out for the cutest shoe to ever be murdered onscreen.
Pour one out for the cutest shoe to ever be murdered onscreen.
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Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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I'm beyond excited for everyone to get their hands on this book next summer! I can't remember the last time I had to put a horror novel down for a little bit in the middle of reading because it hit too close to home (sick).
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm beyond excited for everyone to get their hands on this book next summer! I can't remember the last time I had to put a horror novel down for a little bit in the middle of reading because it hit too close to home (sick).
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
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Don't get left out in the cold! ❄️🪟📚
There's just a few days left to submit your strange, surreal, beautiful novellas to the Apex Book Company open reading period before our submission window closes on the 14th!
Read our submission guidelines and submit HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
There's just a few days left to submit your strange, surreal, beautiful novellas to the Apex Book Company open reading period before our submission window closes on the 14th!
Read our submission guidelines and submit HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Don't get left out in the cold! ❄️🪟📚
There's just a few days left to submit your strange, surreal, beautiful novellas to the Apex Book Company open reading period before our submission window closes on the 14th!
Read our submission guidelines and submit HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
There's just a few days left to submit your strange, surreal, beautiful novellas to the Apex Book Company open reading period before our submission window closes on the 14th!
Read our submission guidelines and submit HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
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You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera - Limited Edition - Inkstone Books
Signed & Numbered First Edition of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera, with sprayed edges and case foiling.
inkstonebooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
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A novella for whatever your spooky season mood happens to be! Gothics, haunted houses, demonic possession, dark fairy tales, grief, madness, and mayhem. There’s something about frights that just lend themselves to short reads. For me at least. See any faves?
![[Image desc: A stack of books (from top to bottom): IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu, A THEORY OF HAUNTING by Sarah Monette, CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER by Nathan Ballingrud, LINGHUN by Ai Jiang, A VOICE CALLING by Christopher Barzak, YELLOW JESSAMINE by Caitlin Starling, HELPMEET by Naben Ruthnum, THE SALT GROWS HEAVY by Cassandra Khaw, THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreibhvzuregbf7fuyryyljcqpj4dr6pyna7xd7hzt6bwu7eutizvtym@jpeg)
October 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
A novella for whatever your spooky season mood happens to be! Gothics, haunted houses, demonic possession, dark fairy tales, grief, madness, and mayhem. There’s something about frights that just lend themselves to short reads. For me at least. See any faves?
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TOMORROW
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
TOMORROW
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
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I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
vajra.me
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
So beyond delighted for @vajra.me! RAKESFALL is an astounding piece of speculative fiction and it's an honour to be a small part of helping it find its UK readers.
We are DELIGHTED that @vajra.me's RAKESFALL is the winner of the 2025 @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction!
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So beyond delighted for @vajra.me! RAKESFALL is an astounding piece of speculative fiction and it's an honour to be a small part of helping it find its UK readers.
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whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions