Victoria Janssen
@victoriajanssen.bsky.social
I love cats, comics, and houseplants. She, her. SFWA Romance Steering Committee member. Writer of "A Place of Refuge" hopepunk space opera: https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge
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What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire...but cannot win? A trilogy of novellas about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐
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Book Moon Books
Bright and shiny independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA
www.bookmoonbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Last day to donate to our wishlist!!! I've added a few cute stretch goals for our baby bundles…
Please consider donating to my synagogue's warm clothing drive!
Amazon wishlist (easy, wide range of prices): bit.ly/bundled25
Silent auction (beautiful handmade crafts!): www.32auctions.com/bundled2025
We want to give mittens, socks, hats, etc. to families who come through our food pantry!
Amazon wishlist (easy, wide range of prices): bit.ly/bundled25
Silent auction (beautiful handmade crafts!): www.32auctions.com/bundled2025
We want to give mittens, socks, hats, etc. to families who come through our food pantry!
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Last day to donate to our wishlist!!! I've added a few cute stretch goals for our baby bundles…
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My books are 70% off at itch.io for a week or so.
itch.io/s/170452/bla...
Here's the main page in case you want to see the freebies that are up there too:
xanthippe42.itch.io
itch.io/s/170452/bla...
Here's the main page in case you want to see the freebies that are up there too:
xanthippe42.itch.io
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by E. H. Lupton
A bundle by E. H. Lupton, $5.66 for 4 games
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My books are 70% off at itch.io for a week or so.
itch.io/s/170452/bla...
Here's the main page in case you want to see the freebies that are up there too:
xanthippe42.itch.io
itch.io/s/170452/bla...
Here's the main page in case you want to see the freebies that are up there too:
xanthippe42.itch.io
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This is your last chance to submit your monthly theme suggestions for the 2026 #TBRChallenge! I'm hoping sign-ups for next year can start on Monday 12/1 wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/11/tbrc... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia
#TBRChallenge 2026 Theme Poll
A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.
wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is your last chance to submit your monthly theme suggestions for the 2026 #TBRChallenge! I'm hoping sign-ups for next year can start on Monday 12/1 wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/11/tbrc... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia
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This interview was so much fun! Scott prepares for these interviews exhaustively and asks questions that absolutely no one else will ever think to ask, which means you'll get anecdotes (from all the authors he interviews) you will hear NOWHERE else.
Episode 269 of Eating the Fantastic is now live with @naomikritzer.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn what she was told by her mentor after confessing she wanted to be Ursula K. Le Guin, her surprise at the way “Cat Pictures Please” went viral, and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This interview was so much fun! Scott prepares for these interviews exhaustively and asks questions that absolutely no one else will ever think to ask, which means you'll get anecdotes (from all the authors he interviews) you will hear NOWHERE else.
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Hey @bookshop.org is doing a big free shipping deal, plus handpicked books are on sale! Support your local indie bookstore while buying books online!
Many of my books are available there in paperback (and Cheddar Luck Next Time also in ebook). Here's my affiliate link:
bookshop.org/lists/books-...
Many of my books are available there in paperback (and Cheddar Luck Next Time also in ebook). Here's my affiliate link:
bookshop.org/lists/books-...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey @bookshop.org is doing a big free shipping deal, plus handpicked books are on sale! Support your local indie bookstore while buying books online!
Many of my books are available there in paperback (and Cheddar Luck Next Time also in ebook). Here's my affiliate link:
bookshop.org/lists/books-...
Many of my books are available there in paperback (and Cheddar Luck Next Time also in ebook). Here's my affiliate link:
bookshop.org/lists/books-...
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All my ebooks are half price for Creator Day at itch! Today only, itch isn't taking a cut, so all the money goes to creators.
Want some queer sci-fi or fantasy romance in your life? You can buy individual books for $1.49-$3.49 or the whole bundle for $30 feliciadavin.itch.io...
Want some queer sci-fi or fantasy romance in your life? You can buy individual books for $1.49-$3.49 or the whole bundle for $30 feliciadavin.itch.io...
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
All my ebooks are half price for Creator Day at itch! Today only, itch isn't taking a cut, so all the money goes to creators.
Want some queer sci-fi or fantasy romance in your life? You can buy individual books for $1.49-$3.49 or the whole bundle for $30 feliciadavin.itch.io...
Want some queer sci-fi or fantasy romance in your life? You can buy individual books for $1.49-$3.49 or the whole bundle for $30 feliciadavin.itch.io...
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If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
Hyperbole Bookstore
A family-owned independent bookstore in College Station, TX
hyperbolebookstore.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
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On Creator Day, 100% of proceeds go to creators. To celebrate, we’ve contributed our anthologies Add Magic to Taste and Aether Beyond the Binary to this bundle of 74 books and other media!. The $50 price tag is an 82% discount!
Get the bundle here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Get the bundle here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On Creator Day, 100% of proceeds go to creators. To celebrate, we’ve contributed our anthologies Add Magic to Taste and Aether Beyond the Binary to this bundle of 74 books and other media!. The $50 price tag is an 82% discount!
Get the bundle here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Get the bundle here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Stripped a turkey drumstick and wing for salad. Now making bone broth with the remains plus garlic and my baggie of vegetable scraps, which included some jalapeno stems and seeds.
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stripped a turkey drumstick and wing for salad. Now making bone broth with the remains plus garlic and my baggie of vegetable scraps, which included some jalapeno stems and seeds.
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The newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die.
Former telepath Talia struggles with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots.
#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky
books2read.com/b/rattri
Former telepath Talia struggles with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots.
#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky
books2read.com/b/rattri
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die.
Former telepath Talia struggles with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots.
#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky
books2read.com/b/rattri
Former telepath Talia struggles with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots.
#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky
books2read.com/b/rattri
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Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
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Please share!
Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“Our findings show that when we see someone being touched, our brains quickly interpret what that touch might feel like. This fits with the idea that the brain briefly "mirrors" what it sees in others, simulating their experience as if it were our own.”
www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-t...
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www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-t...
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An Amazing Thing Happens in The Brain When We See Someone Touched
Touch is fundamental to how we perceive our own bodies and connect with others.
www.sciencealert.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“Our findings show that when we see someone being touched, our brains quickly interpret what that touch might feel like. This fits with the idea that the brain briefly "mirrors" what it sees in others, simulating their experience as if it were our own.”
www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-t...
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www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-t...
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🧪Science meets fantasy: If we lived in Terry Pratchett's alternate universe, how would physics explain Discworld?
🌍🐘🐢
@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
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@lbscience.org
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Why Does Water Fall Off Discworld? - Little, Big Science
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (which also appears in mythologies and other stories) is a captivating realm that attracts millions of geeks from all over the world. The structure of this world is familia...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🧪Science meets fantasy: If we lived in Terry Pratchett's alternate universe, how would physics explain Discworld?
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@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
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@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
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Well, the holiday sales are upon us! @duckprintspress.com is running a 25% off Black Friday Sale (28.Nov-02.Dec)
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So get my novella "The Salt in the Sea"!!! And all the other queer stories!
bsky.app/profile/duck...
So get my novella "The Salt in the Sea"!!! And all the other queer stories!
unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press (@duckprintspress.com)
Y'all know what weekend it is. We've got three sales! One: use code 25holidayducksfor2025 to save 25% on our webstore. Two: this Creator's Day itch bundle (https://itch.io/b/3410/creator-day-bundle)!…
bsky.app
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Well, the holiday sales are upon us! @duckprintspress.com is running a 25% off Black Friday Sale (28.Nov-02.Dec)
bsky.app/profile/duck...
So get my novella "The Salt in the Sea"!!! And all the other queer stories!
bsky.app/profile/duck...
So get my novella "The Salt in the Sea"!!! And all the other queer stories!
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Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
SquidFacts.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
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Only on itch.io - sale on A Place of Refuge! Buy the three novellas for $2 each, 11/28/25 03:00 AM EDT - 12/4/25 01:00 AM EDT.
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Victoria Janssen
A bundle by Victoria Janssen, $5.99 for Finding Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part One, Accepting Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part Two, Embracing Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part Three
itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Only on itch.io - sale on A Place of Refuge! Buy the three novellas for $2 each, 11/28/25 03:00 AM EDT - 12/4/25 01:00 AM EDT.
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera.
itch.io/s/170171/bla...
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I know, Black Friday, bah humbug, etc
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I know, Black Friday, bah humbug, etc
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
What if I told you
You could support scores of small businesses
Get scores of queer books and games
Including my cephalopod fantasy romance Disposable Magic
Months worth of content
For $50?
Do all your shopping in one bundle
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Please share!
Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Please share!
I am not cooking today, and it feels very odd. (Others are cooking.)
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am not cooking today, and it feels very odd. (Others are cooking.)
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Today’s #postitdoodle is the failed attempt to introduce Thanksgiving to the deepest part of the ocean.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today’s #postitdoodle is the failed attempt to introduce Thanksgiving to the deepest part of the ocean.
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Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
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Thanks for this post! The Sunken Place is an adaptation of my UCLA course, but for the public: www.sunkenplaceclass.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thanks for this post! The Sunken Place is an adaptation of my UCLA course, but for the public: www.sunkenplaceclass.com
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Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.
ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.
secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...