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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to all the Ignyte Award winners!!!!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 20h

Seated? Comfy? Fantastic. Here are your winners of the 2025 #IgnyteAwards

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Alberto Chimal @albertochimal.com · 2d

La esperanza no es un estado mental. Requiere esfuerzo para ser mantenida: luchar contra su opuesto, igual que el valor acaba siendo el sobreponerse a los propios miedos.

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 2d

A ghost wearing sunglasses and a hat with colorful stars on it.

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll be on this one!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 3d

Tonight is a make-up podcast night. We're finally making that Torture Cinema episode we missed!

Join us at 7 PM Central as we talk about Harry and the Hendersons (1987)! Right on Twitch!

twitch.tv/alphabetst...

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: Gift w/purchase!

B/c this is the 1st time a book pubbed by @rdspress.bsky.social has won the Shirley Jackson award, for a limited time you can buy a copy of my winning novella HOLLOW TONGUE & receive a FREE one from the same series:

www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

#booksky 📚 #Blackbooksky

Hollow Tongue + Free Novella

Buy Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce and get another novella in the series for free

www.paypal.com

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 3d

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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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 6d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 6d

It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.

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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · 5d

Huge congrats to my adored partner on the official announcement of his forthcoming book 'Especially Dangerous' Preorders open 30th Oct. This has been years in the making, he's worked so hard on it and I'm so proud of him. hadean.press/blogs/news/e...
#occult #occultsky #magic #esoteric #witchcraft

Especially Dangerous

Sixty years ago today, a selection of objects from Snowshill Manor were agreed to be loaned to Cecil Williamson, founder of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle.

hadean.press

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 6d

Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, loafs on top of a cat scratcher with a ball track around the outside of it.

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 8d

A pinkish purple hibiscus flower glows in the sun.

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 18d

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Dream Foundry @dreamfoundry.bsky.social · 23d

Calling all Flights of Foundry Flock!

We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do.

flights-of-foundry.o...

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 23d

A light purple allium glowing in the sun

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 26d

Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, and Geraldine, a short haired black cat, lounge on a colorful quilt

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Sep 12

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, loafs in a box with her chin resting on the edge.

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, curls up on a bed in a valley between pillows

Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hi! This is probably because I have been slow on getting the book onto the retailer sites. It’s now been submitted and should appear soon, and I am guessing that will cause it to also appear on Goodreads. Sorry for the delay!

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hooray! My new tea & vampires novella (set at a most unusual inn in the Black Forest) is out NOW on my Patreon:

patreon.com/stephanieburgis

Subscribe at the Dragon Ruler level to grab it now, or preorder it for $2.99/£2.49 to get it on Sept 29th:

books2read.com/stephanieburgis

#romancelandia

A screenshot of Steph's latest Patreon post shows the title "Your Ebook Copy of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence" along with the cover of the novella.

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, ta) @xuetingni.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today's the beginning of 中元节 Zhongyuan, a.k.a. Ghost Month, the second Chinese annual traditional festivals of the dead. You can read about it here. This is increasingly returning to be THE occasion for the creepy, ghostly and horror tales in China 1/ #culture #sff
snowpavilion.co.uk/zhong-yuan-g...

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hello new followers! I'm a spec fic author from Trinidad & Tobago. My latest book, THE NIGHTWARD, is a THE WITCHER meets Caribbean mythology mash-up.

I wrote it in the wake of my granny's death & edited it as I battled cancer. I'd love if you gave it a look.

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Nightward

Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s scifantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Wit...

www.harpercollins.com

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am sure you will enjoy hanging out with you cousin Penelope!

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Sep 5

Do you love a cozy witch romcom? I have the cutest recommendation for you! Check out Witch You Would by Lia Amador (aka @valerievaldes.bsky.social)! It’s set during a bake-off style spell casting competition show, and it is so fun! You can find all the buy links at her website! liaamador.com

Lia Amador

Lia Amador, Romance Author

liaamador.com

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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Sep 5

a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .

Alt: Grogu popping up to say hello

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