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World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Managing Editor: dave ring.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 19d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2h

it’s just useful to have some context when considering them at different stages. i tried to word it broadly so people could just share whatever they’d done for other submissions.

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2h

oh gosh not that long. anywhere from a tweet-length pitch to a synopsis of the CONCEPT is cool, so a paragraph or two max. but honestly whatever people share here is fine :)

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 9h

Check out former intern Maddie Erb's rave review of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES (Tor, 2023) by Malka Older.

www.neonhemlock.com/reviews/mimi...

The cover of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES against a bg from the illustration; two silhouettes against an orange Jovian scene.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 13h

🖤

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 14h

📚 Opening in two days 📚

(If you submitted to us over the summer, we are still reading/considering those manuscripts and hope to get back to you within the next 30 days or so)

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 19d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 12d

Submissions for our next unthemed issue are now OPEN 📣
Tell a friend! Everything you need to know is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 16d

🔮 www.neonhemlock.com/books ✨

Ten book covers at Neon Hemlock! Ona psychedelic background.

Stone and Steel
The Dead Withheld
And This Is How to Stay Alive
Empire of the Feast
A Necessary Chaos
Loving Safoa
Call & Response
The Cosmic Color
Off-Time Jive
Redundancies and Potentials

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4d

well @seraph76.bsky.social’s books got here and they look pretty sweet

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 1d

But also check out the novella foe which they won their first Ignyte Award, & THIS IS HOW TO STAY ALIVE from @neonhemlock.bsky.social.
www.neonhemlock.com/books/-this-...

& This is How To Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda — neon hemlock

Part of the 2021 Novella Series. This order will ship in October 2021. If you order other physical books with this pre-order, they will all ship together in October. In & This is How to Stay Al...

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 1d

This is absolutely FANTASTIC news, and if you haven't read it, I hope you'll come do so: psychopomp.com/we-who-will-not-die/

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 1d

A huge congrats to all of the Ignyte winners and nominees!

You all keep us going🖤🖤🖤🖤

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, hello

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 3d

when i tell you that i read that in the most tedious of voices

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 3d

lol

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 3d

yes please

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 3d

lol yes

dave ring @davering.bsky.social · 3d

graphic design is my passion…let’s hang out at can*con

dave’s schedule
friday publishers party
saturday 10am new gothic 4pm short kings
sunday 1pm environmental storytelling in games

all against a strange maple leaf background

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · Aug 23

Death Valley Blooms by S.M. Mack. pubbed by @neonhemlock.bsky.social

it’s a novella, but packs so much of an emotional punch, it had me sitting at my computer, staring into middle space for a good hour

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

abcnews.go.com

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Joshua Justice // Ghost Tropic @ghosttropic.org · 18d

This collection of interconnected short stories by @yarntheory.bsky.social is nominated for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize (for good reason). The final story is easily my favorite. Highly recommended!

Hand holding a book by Ursula Whitcher called North Contient Ribbon. The cover depicts a sprawling green landscape with an elevated railway leading to a tower. There’s a lake next to it and some white birds. In the bottom center is someone in a green cloak with their back turned.

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 7d

In our latest critical book-club, we talk about Melissa Scott's BURNING BRIGHT (@torbooks.bsky.social), a queer cyberpunk/space opera about political machinations and online role-playing games, with author Ursula Whitcher!

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 7d

For Episode 34, @yarntheory.bsky.social joins to talk about structure, art & endings, relationships, and much more in Melissa Scott's 1993 cyberpunk space-Venice thriller BURNING BRIGHT:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/06/a...

A Meal of Thorns 34 – BURNING BRIGHT with Ursula Whitcher

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Ursula WhitcherTitle: Burning Bright by Melissa ScottHost: Jake Case…

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

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Dr. U. Whitcher (U. is for Bear) @yarntheory.bsky.social · 4d

THIS.

Eden Robins @edenrobins.bsky.social · 4d

It remains an absolute thrill to be short-listed for this award. I'm making my way through the whole list and these books are IN-CRE-DI-BL-E

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 4d

🌟 Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 🌟 Remember You Will Die traces the lives of artists, activists, scientists, and more as they intersect with the existence of a yearning AI. Eden Robins weaves a polyphonic narrative that is intergenerational, art-filled, and subversive.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4d

i know right?? can't stop staring at them

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4d

Fancy version only available directly through us: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4d

peep also the sprayed edges

CALL AND RESPONSE book cover has a mostly orange marble-y texture; the sprayed edges are mostly teal with orange marble-y accents.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4d

well @seraph76.bsky.social’s books got here and they look pretty sweet

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 4d

ooh yes, we're open in six days for novellas 📚

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 5d

Am I doing a reading or conjuring up a ball of hallowed energies?

Thanks to @syr.bsky.social for inviting me to read from THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS at hivemindbookstore.bsky.social last night!

Sharang standing in front of an audience doing a reading in a bookstore. The lamp next to him is creating a dramatic lens flare.

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