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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW!

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She/Her. Blerd. Sunday Times bestselling author of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST (Orbit UK/ @sagapressbooks.bsky.social) Fiction in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social & more. Winner: Future Worlds Prize 2021. Rep: @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/mhayinde

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · Jun 1

HI HELLO I HAVE A MINOR BOOKISH UPDATE!!!!

A copy of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST against an orange-red background. Somehow, the words above read, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 2h

Running is a SCAM. Once you sign up, you never escape. I skipped my weekend run and was DELIBERATELY PUNISHED by having a dodgy knee on Monday. You know what fixed it? A run today.

I now understand that I can never quit running or my body will BREAK DOWN. I am TRAPPED by this absolute CON.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 17h

Happy book birthday! 🎉

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 20h

Happy UK book-birthday to me!
The Feeding is now available in the UK.
#BookSky
Details here:
anthonyryan.net/2025/10/14/t...

The Feeding: A Pulse-Pounding Vampire Horror Novel

Dive into A.J. Ryan's gripping vampire horror novel, 'The Feeding', where survival tests await in a post-apocalyptic world.

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Suyi @suyidavies.com · 2d

Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.

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Lost Ark Dreaming wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella (full acceptance speech) — Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. Full acceptance speech follows.

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

@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
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2025 Winner Outstanding Novelette: WE WHO WILL NOT DIE by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com

2025 Winner Outstanding Novella: LOST ARK DREAMING by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Middle Grade is THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun

2025 Winner Outstanding Middle Grade: THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun

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

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult is HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

2025 Winner Outstanding Novel - Young Adult: HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

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

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel-Adult is THE SENTENCE by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

2025 Winner Outstanding Novel - Adult: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to all the winners!

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

Oh, hello

M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 2d

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 7d

The Green Man's War is a 99p Kindle deal for October in the UK, for those keen to catch up with the series before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October, with a launch at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton 😁
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The Green Man's War

The Green Man's War eBook : McKenna, Juliet E: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 3d

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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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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been awake for nearly 24hrs BUT I am finally happy with this blimmin story.

It always feels like an insurmountable task at the start… carving something out of nothing. But it is also the best feeling in the world when it finally comes together.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah I’m not liking them at all so far. For me it’s the other way round, but then I’m very short sighted. I have a friend who uses them and loves them, though!

M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 4d

Multifocal contacts are not the one because although my phone is clearer, I now can’t read the text on my TV. Which means no video games. Which is obviously intolerable.

M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · Sep 15

So I am trialing the contacts + reading glasses combo this week, and next week I’m trialing multifocal contact lenses.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 5d

“Fresh-squeezed juice with your frittata?”

GEN V S2 E6 THE SCREAM I SCREAMED WHEN THIS CHARACTER RETURNED

a baby is crying while being held by a woman in a stadium .

ALT: a baby is crying while being held by a woman in a stadium .

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 11d

For @strangehorizons.bsky.social 25th anniversary, I spoke about my (almost) decade at the magazine, its anarchic nature, changes in the genre space, editing SFF non-fiction, and how the extractivism special issue came to be imagined (starts at 1 hr 24 mins):

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Celebrating 25 Years with The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

In this special episode of Strange Horizons at 25, Senior Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti and Editor Michael Ireland welcome current members of the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a series of…

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 8d

I really hate doing this, but when I had my breakdown last month, I took two weeks off from work, and they didn't pay me for my time off, and I am broke.

If you find it in your heart to tip even the minimum amount then I would be enternally grateful

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Support GNofHorror

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 8d

So if you're concerned about the dwindling independence of mainstream journalism, remember that the Associated Press is a nonprofit org that can never be bought by a corporation and is full of people genuinely passionate about doing good reporting: apnews.com

I set up a small recurring donation

Associated Press News: Breaking News | Latest News Today

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 9d

Project Hanuman has its launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social two weeks before it's in shops. There will be cake, wine and merch. 2pm on the Friday of the convention (31st October).

I'm petrified of launching this thing alone so please come along and eat my cakes

There may also be special guest

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P.L. Stuart - Author of The DROWNED KINGDOM SAGA @plstuart-author.bsky.social · 9d

In about 1/2 hour!!!!

M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 9d

At 7pm tonight UK time I’ll be chatting with @plstuart-author.bsky.social live on YouTube! Join us on the link below:

www.youtube.com/live/26rd3AM...

SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEW #49 with M.H. AYINDE

YouTube video by P.L. Stuart - The Drowned Kingdom Saga

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