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Nebula and Ignyte Finalist • Reactor, Clarkesworld, Apex • DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE - NOW OUT! • DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEFIANCE also OUT! • Codex • He/him • Brazilian author More: https://linktr.ee/renanbernardo1

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · Apr 29

🌌🚀 BOOK BIRTHDAY!

Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle is finally out by Dark Matter Ink! It's available at the publishers website, Bookshop, Amazon, B&N, and more.

It's a short novella set in a doomed spaceship returning to Earth. For fans of dark SF and fast-paced thrillers in space.

A cover with a skull in an astronaut spacesuit with the tags dark space opera, sci-fi thriller, powerful narcotic, hostile planet, noir vibes, degenarete crew, doomed spaceship, and coup in a generational spaceship.

Front cover and back cover with synopsis and author bio, plus images for the main online Bookstores where the book is sold.

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 21h

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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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 17h

Interstellar Megachef by @lavanya.bsky.social! 😁

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 20h

I'm not sure. I think it might not have an specific date to end.

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 20h

Hi Sev! Thank you!!! Unfortunately the publisher only made the digital version available at Amazon for now 😔 The physical copy is the only one that can be bought in other places.

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 20h

Thanks, Phillip!!!

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 21h

A few days ago I received my first royalties payment for Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle! 🖤 It's a great feeling. A few years ago I thought something like this (publishing a novella then getting paid for it) was impossible for me.

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 1d

Rare Earth always sounded to me less like chemical elements and more like how aliens refer to our beautiful, coveted planet

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 1d

Same here! Still remember my home phone number from the 90s

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 1d

I want to remind everyone that bell hooks is an author but hell books is probably a horror imprint

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 1d

Congrats, Suyi!!!!

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 1d

You're gonna LOVE this darling sci-fi romance, out next Valentine's Day! Just wait until you see the cover...
@cornellwriter.bsky.social is awesome.

Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 1d

Be our Valentine! Not long until the cover reveal for Nebula finalist @cornellwriter.bsky.social’s SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, out just in time for Valentine’s Day 2026! This retrofuturistic, sci-fi romance novelette will charm you to the moon and back.
#scifi #books #scifiromance #2026books

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 1d

It is so beautiful, indeed! Olly Jeavons is a great artist! Thank you so much, Christian!!! Hope you enjoy it!

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 1d

Congrats, Gautam!!!! 🎉

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

Congratulations, Caroline!!!!

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

Congrats to the Ignyte winners!!!!

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

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

Apex was one of the first pro markets I published in 2021, so it's deeply important to me as an author. But even far before that, Apex was already one of my top places for reading SFF.

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 13d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

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

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

😍

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

Isn't it? Feels so good!

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

The book cover art is by Olly Jeavons and the beautiful audio version is narrated by Jessica Gurd. You can get your copy wherever books are sold online!

Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

I want to take this moment to thank again everyone who has read it, rated or reviewed it! All the blurbers too, the Dark Matter team, and every support I had for this to happen, even in front of a number of hardships! So, thank you! This book is for you all 🖤

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 2d

Almost 6 months later (due to issues with customs), I finally have my novella in my hands! Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle is a dark space opera about a ship returning to Earth after a failed expedition! 🌌👩‍🚀

A white man in glasses with a black, greying beard in front of a bookshelf. He's holding the book, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, which features a skull in a space helmet. The man's shirt contains two Egyptian figures and a Stargate with a pyramid on its center, plus two staves underneath it.

A book, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, which features a skull in a space helmet. A hand is holding the book.

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

Oh, hello

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Ann VanderMeer @annvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d

Hello, my friends! Look what I have! This magnificent book by Marty Cahill was released a few weeks ago. I pre-ordered it but wasn't able to pick it up until today. I can't wait to dive in. Congratulations, Marty! 🎉🥳

Bookcover for Audition For The Fox by Martin Cahill.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 3d

"What do you mean" Well sometimes people ask me "So, do awards help with book sales?" and anyway, not universally. I definitely do NOT believe that I (or indeed any author!) am entitled to book sales. But I, uh. Can't live on mine. :)

a screencap from the ISFDB showing 'highest ranks authors and editors since 1950 by decade,' then the top 12 list showing premee mohamed at #3 for the 2020s. then a royalty statement indicating $209.10 total earned over a six month period, and, quite reasonably, an arrow pointing to a beetle with a clown face labeled 'me'

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 3d

So sorry, Premee. Wish there was an easier way. There's not a day I don't think about those things and how many years I've been dedicating to writing in detriment of improving myself in my day job career.