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Sarah Loch (she/her)
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Gemini Bisexual with ADHD, all over the place. Writer, reader, maker of thingies, recovering librarian. Romance published as Ariel Bishop: books2read.com/ArielBishop
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Sarah Loch (she/her) @sloch.bsky.social · 4h
With Heated Rivalry popping up all over my socials, I guess now is a good time to remind y'all that I have a whole series of m/m (and in one case, m/m/m) hockey romance out there 🧵
5 books by Ariel Bishop (Soft Hands, Three-Man Advantage, Holding, Two Minutes, and Blue Line) on a gradient background
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megelison.bsky.social
COVER REVEAL for my next book: Foundling Fathers comes out June 23, 2026. www.tiktok.com/@bydonmartin...
Foundling Fathers by @megelison is a much needed satire about America that's Clone High meets Hamilton meets Jurassic Park. Ruin a politician's holiday! Pre-order everywhere you get your books!
TikTok video by Don Martin
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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jasonsanford.bsky.social
My new Genre Grapevine is an update on both the Anthropic AI settlement and other genAI class action lawsuits filed by authors. While I'm not happy with the Anthropic settlement, I've come to see it as merely the first battle in a much larger war.
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Genre Grapevine Update on AI Class Action Lawsuits | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
sloch.bsky.social
With Heated Rivalry popping up all over my socials, I guess now is a good time to remind y'all that I have a whole series of m/m (and in one case, m/m/m) hockey romance out there 🧵
5 books by Ariel Bishop (Soft Hands, Three-Man Advantage, Holding, Two Minutes, and Blue Line) on a gradient background
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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thetransfemininereview.com
It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!

The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
2025 December Trans Readathon Calendar: "Every day add a picture of the book you read to the calendar if a book takes you multiple days add it more than once reading every day matters more than finishing books!
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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blumagaincurios.bsky.social
When I talk to my 15 year olds about AIDS activism, part of what we unpack is how many different forms it took at once. The quilt, the die ins, TAG, ashes on the WH lawn. The giant inflatable condom (a favorite). Every single form was necessary. Don't wait for the "right" kind of protest.
blumagaincurios.bsky.social Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 5h
AIDS isn't over. We've made miraculous leaps forward, but in the US, treatment is based on health insurance which is tied to employment. No one should die of AIDS in 2025 bc they can't afford their meds. Research grants are being slashed, the NIH hobbled. What happens next time?
ACT UP. FIGHT BACK.
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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jolantru.bsky.social
Just 2k more to go, people. And this project has been fighting for 8 months. I have seen projects funded overnight - but THIS should be funded now. Translations. Black/African stories. In a world fraught with hate, we mend it with love.

ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
ko-fi.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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older.bsky.social
WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, & interviews about activism co-edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly, comes out TOMORROW which means today is the last day you can show the love by pre-ordering! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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foxglovefiction.com
It's Cyber Monday and I have ANOTHER SALE!

In addition to being able to get all of my queer ebooks 10% off, you can now also get those same books in paperback for 20% off!

Only at my direct store! You might even get some extra goodies!

shop.foxglovefiction.com/collection/p...
A Knight to Remember by Ceillie Simkiss in a white lightbox Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss in a white lightbox Kitten Caboodle by Candace Harper in a white lightbox Mrs. Mix Up by Candace Harper in a white lightbox
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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leaftilde.bsky.social
But ya looks like good soup. The first and hardest lesson to learn for budding smut writers, or people who just want a sex scene, is that sex IS cringe. It is embarrassing, and messy, and it'll make you say wacky shit.

But you cannot fuck ironically. So when you write sex, you MUST be earnest.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
sloch.bsky.social
This is so good, y'all!!!
stephanieburgis.bsky.social Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 6h
Happy December! If you're in the US, you can snap up my cozy-spooky gothic rom-com novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience for just 99c, today only: www.amazon.com/Marriage-Und...

#romancelandia
The header and footer at the top of the image read: “Kindle Daily Deal” and “99c today only!” In the center of the image (which has a background of lush crimson rose blossoms) is the front cover of Stephanie Burgis’s A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread at the bottom, all framed by climbing roses. Four arrows point at the cover with four chunks of text, reading: “Beauty and the Beast, but he’s a vampire” “She’s brilliant, and he loves it” “Tea is very important” and “She *really* loves libraries.”
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Happy December! If you're in the US, you can snap up my cozy-spooky gothic rom-com novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience for just 99c, today only: www.amazon.com/Marriage-Und...

#romancelandia
The header and footer at the top of the image read: “Kindle Daily Deal” and “99c today only!” In the center of the image (which has a background of lush crimson rose blossoms) is the front cover of Stephanie Burgis’s A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread at the bottom, all framed by climbing roses. Four arrows point at the cover with four chunks of text, reading: “Beauty and the Beast, but he’s a vampire” “She’s brilliant, and he loves it” “Tea is very important” and “She *really* loves libraries.”
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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cypayseur.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
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November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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foxglovefiction.com
Looking for queer ebooks on sale? You can get ALL OF MY EBOOKS for 50% off via Itch or my store!

HALF OFF QUEER EBOOKS BY ME!

My store (where you can also get signed paperbacks, crocheted things and stickers:) shop.foxglovefiction.com/collection/e...

itch.io: itch.io/s/170930/bla...
Foxglove Fiction - Ebooks
Candace Harper and Ceillie Simkiss are one person writing under two pen names. She is a queer, neurodivergent woman living with her family and furballs in the South.She’s known for being the overly en...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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cypayseur.bsky.social
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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rfdwrites.bsky.social
Super excited to announce that I'll have a story, "The Husband Stitch", in this anthology! I can't wait to read all the other stories!
clh2oars.bsky.social Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 6d
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!

You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...

But I'll also thread them below!
An autumnal leafy background with a mockup of Common Bonds 2, and the title “Common Bonds 2 – table of contents announcement”
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!

Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

#romancelandia
Three paperback advance reading copies of Enchanting the Fae Queen are piled in a cardboard box. The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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r-emrys.bsky.social
Coming next week! I'm grateful that I can finally share this very personal story of grief and swamps.
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 6d
Transformed by a fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...

December 3rd. "All That Means or Mourns," by @r-emrys.bsky.social

Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
The vague figure of a woman fades into the outline of trees, surrounded by a dragon, fish, a lizard, bugs, and two cranes
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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quartzen.bsky.social
Oh, via Instagram Jody A. Lee has listed prints and merchandise (including T-shirts!) with her lovely artwork for sale including many book covers for Mercedes Lackey, Madeleine L'Engle, and a ton of the DAW covers I grew up with! I love her color palettes and Art Deco design details!
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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jordankurella.com
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:

novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social

short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

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the cover of THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS is off to the left of this image. the rest of it is text on a dark blue background. it says: AWARDS ELIGIBILITY The Death of Mountains from Lethe Press ELIGIBLE FOR: the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and other novella etcetera LISTEN: if you want to think of this book during awards season? great! thank you very much! are there too many things to think about right now? of course there are. way too many things. i am making this graphic while also internally screaming and procrastinating dinner. so. i get it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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dracopoullos.bsky.social
Story day!! I’m so delighted to debut in @unchartedmag.bsky.social with ‘Love Story in Colored Glass:’ an inter-dimensional love story about a starship that breaks reality - and a pair of lovers who find themselves, again and again, across the fracture.

www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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luckytran.com
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
John Wiswell 2025 Awards Eligibility Post Novel: WEARING THE LION (DAW Books) Novelette: PHANTOM VIEW (Reactor) Short Story: An Asexual Succubus (Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabres) Non-Fiction: Breakout, Ripoff, Genre: How Fiction Outgrows Originality (Uncanny Magazine)
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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littlebadger.bsky.social
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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dimshores.bsky.social
Dim Shores is proud to present THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA, a short story collection by Rhiannon Rasmussen, hauntingly illustrated by Lucia Retamales.

12 dark tales and 13 illustrations. 168 pages. Limited to 150 copies.

Coming December 2025, Pre-order now! bit.ly/3XyScs6
A graphic advertising the new book THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA. The book is displayed on the left, with the following text on the right: Dim Shores presents: One novella and eleven short stories of lo-fi horror in an illustrated collection. Snapshots of life through distorted lenses. PREORDER NOW, December 8 2025.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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ada-hoffmann.bsky.social
BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
Cover of the book IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by Ada Hoffmann. The title is written in bright, colorful block letters and the author's name is below it in a handwriting-like font. A tiny robot peeks out from the "S" at the end of "Instructions." Below the title and author there is a cartoon depiction of the planet Jupiter, against a starry background, with a cartoon spaceship flying up from it. There is a small Jolly Roger flag on the spaceship.
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM