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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 1d

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘

Bona Books Presents

A new queer literary magazine

FANTABULOSA!

Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Short fiction & poetry

Submissions open now

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 18h

Guess who is going to rep some swag in a second

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 23h

It finally feels like autumn in our neck of the woods, and you know what that means — our Kickstarter exclusive hoodie has arrived! 🧥✨

Bundle up in our 2026 design, featuring an eco-inspired take on our iconic alien head logo 🍄🌿👽 Available only on Kickstarter! ⬇️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

"KS Exclusive Hoodie"
A black zip-up hoodie with a small upper righthand design, and a larger back design, both in white.

A closeup of the right breast-pocket design: A celestial Hercules beetle on top of the text: "APEX MAGAZINE"

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 18h

Congrats!!

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 1d

Yoko Taro fans have been at this for a long time

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Nightmare Network Scream Team | 𝕨𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕦𝕡 @nightmarenetwork.bsky.social · 1d

🌟 Let's celebrate National Indigenous Peoples' Day by shining a light on some incredible Nightmare Network creators making waves in the gaming world: ShanaLeigh, JessaRoseGames, and SirenPM! 🎉

What are some Indigenous games or creators that have inspired you? Share your favorites in the comments!

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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 1d

Have we mentioned if we hit the Kickstarter goal for WITCH OF PRAGUE, we'll open pre-orders for our second book? According to @courtneymilan.com, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO is "Poignant, beautiful, and incredibly meaningful."

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

The Witch of Prague, from Homeward Books!

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

the deadlands coin comes but once a year!

and that time is NOW!

it's our annual fundraiser, and this one is a LOOKER

get yours here, and help sustain our little death magazine!

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground

psychopomp.com

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

NEW KICKSTARTER TIER UNLOCKED! At 110%, each backer will receive a NEW BRAIN 🧠 with zero microplastics*🚮, a normal amount of dopamine**😃✨, and the ability to see shrimp colors***🦐🌈!

* okay maybe a few microplastics
**what is “normal” anyway?
*** 9 out of 10 shrimps recommend!

Apex Magazine 2026

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

www.kickstarter.com

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E. L. Chen @elainechen.com · 2d

Kermit flail! Giddy I can finally announce that @orbitbooks.bsky.social's horror imprint, Run For It, has acquired my mid-life crisis found footage horror movie novel ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. 🪰 1/

A graphic from Run For It with a photo of me, a middle-aged Asian woman with long black hair and glasses wearing an olive green bomber jacket. Above is a red banner that reads, "Acquisition Announcement", and below is "One of Us Is Already Dead, E. L. Chen."

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 1d

This looks amazing!!

Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 6d

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 1d

stories are not deeper, more meaningful, or "realer" just because of the degree of suffering on the page

cozy risks, at its worst, being a descriptor that excludes entire people categorically

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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

Oh, hello

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Alastor Stuart @alasdairstuart.bsky.social · 7d

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 5d

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 5d

I realize when I read speculative fiction what I want is a silent hill on humanity, every tale a kaleidoscope of cruelty surfaced that society considers too normalized to disrupt politely

Anyhow I love Rivers Solomon

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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 7d

Getting some genuinely FASCINATING results from this survey. I had no idea how many people (23%) aren't interested in reading excerpts before the book comes out! :O

(Also shout out to the 40% of people who report that they preorder from indie bookstores. [fistbump] hell yeah)

Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 8d

There's a lot of received wisdom about what motivates readers to preorder, but I've been wondering if cold hard data can back that up -- so I'm doing SCIENCE!

Got ~20 minutes to do a survey on your preorder habits (or non-habits)? forms.gle/RhfegAyrAWcM...
Please signal boost for sample size! 📖✨

Reader Survey: What Drives Preorders?

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey! As an author, I've heard a lot of “received wisdom” about how preorders work for readers, what motivates someone to preorder, an...

forms.gle

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 8d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 8d

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[40s?? FR?? drop that skincare routine]

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 9d

Did you miss this year's #RainbowSpaceMagic this weekend?

No problem! Recordings of the keynote with @sammaggs.bsky.social, the panels, readings, & the chat with @othersidespec.bsky.social are all on our YouTube channel

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah idk if I'll ever get to the point I aspire to but it's an important step to think about all the ways I'm stuck in my most angry and adolescent years whenever I decline to believe someone can be as reliable to me as they have already shown to be to others.

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 9d

I think of this story at least once a week

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 10d

If you're in the following cities, @sentencebender.bsky.social and I are coming to a bookstore near you soon: New York, Atlanta, WDC, Houston, Portland, Boulder, and San Diego. Plus, a virtual event! See all the details here: maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/appr... @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

Apprehension + Red Star Hustle Book Tour Schedule:
Oct 20, 6 PM MT - Virtual: Poisoned Pen
Oct 22, 7:30 PM ET - NYC: Twisted Spine
Oct 28, 7 PM ET - Atlanta: Eagle Eye Books
Oct 29, 7 PM ET - DC: Little District Bookstore
Oct 30, 6:30 PM CT - Houston: Murder by the Book
Nov 3, 7 PM PT - Portland: Powell's at Cedar Hills Crossing
Nov 4, 6:30 PM MT - Boulder: Boulder Bookstore
Nov 5, 7 PM PT - San Diego: Mysterious Galaxy
At the bottom is the double cover of Apprehension and Red Star Hustle with headshots of Mary Robinette Kowal and Sam J. Miller

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · 10d

Monthly Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#WriteSky #BookSky

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Lark Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 9d

I think part of my journey in adulting is learning how to not be the adult. To be cared for. To share responsibility. To trust in someone else's capabilities.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 13d

Just in time for horror season, my story 'You Will Survive This Night' (1st pub in Nightfire's audio anthology COME JOIN US BY THE FIRE s2) is reprinted in the latest issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social. A woman navigates a winter house party in the poshest part of Kolkata & finds it deeply cursed:

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