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Amanda Rutter
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Commissioning Editor at Solaris Books. Owned by three hellhounds. Talks a lot about politics, sports, books and dogs. Knitter, crocheter and lover of loud music.
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Meet our UK Special Edition, Limited-Run, signed hardback of THE ORB OF CAIRADO, Katherine Addison/ @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's new novella within the wider world of THE GOBLIN EMPEROR & THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO series!

Preorder now, available from all good booksellers https://geni.us/orbcairado
A 3D hardback of THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison surrounded by gold arrows pointing to white text: UK Hardback Special Edition Signed by the author Limited run Blue Spredges Foiled Design on case Foiled cover Blue Endpapers
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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mestierious.bsky.social
Thrilled to have acquired ROSE OF JERICHO for the UK! Witches in New England, the walking undead, and (drumroll) BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS! Come for the sharp prose and vibrant characters, stay for the cosmic conflicts beyond human comprehension
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d
🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT & UK COVER REVEAL!🚨

From @alexgrecian.bsky.social, the NYT bestselling author of RED RABBIT, comes a new supernatural horror!

UK release Summer 2026. Fabulous new cover by Sam Gretton!

UK/BC ex. CAN rights acquired by @mestierious.bsky.social

👉 https://bit.ly/48lGPKh
Against a background of New England Trees, the book cover of ROSE OF JERICHO by Alex Grecian. The White Solaris logo. Against a black starred background, two blue interconnected circles. In the larger one, white text "ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT. Alex Grecian, Rose of Jericho, Summer 2026. In the smaller circle, an author portrait of Alex.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
alrutter.bsky.social
Managed to avoid spoilers overnight so I could watch the first day of the Ashes in real time, and my word, what a first day... What a ridiculously supreme display of English bowling. Please just let the batters now play their part tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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tadethompson.bsky.social
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
alrutter.bsky.social
This is an outstanding slice of Slavic fantasy with a hint of Tim Powers about it. Definitely recommended.
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d
🎂 🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @ldcolter.com 's WHEN THE WINDS SING - the second standalone in her thematically linked trilogy where mortals become entangled in the dangerous games of the gods. Alex Orlov's life is about to get VERY complicated.

Buy now - £2.99 in eBook! https://geni.us/whenthewindss
Against a gold mosaic background, the cover for WHEN THE WINDS SING by L. D. Colter. The white Solaris Nova logo is in the bottom left corner.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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In a post apocalyptic world of climate disaster and internet collapse, which has left drifting digital ghosts infecting the human world, @rainewilson.bsky.social's new book The Salt Oracle is a unique and intriguing tale of dark mystery and murder aboard a floating research college

💙📚🪐
The hardback book The Salt Oracle stands next to the paperback of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest on a bookshop table
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
alrutter.bsky.social
Preorders are love.

And you'll love this exquisitely written but creepy as fuck tale about a woman who goes seeking a Hallmark paradise and discovers a cottagegore nightmare.
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social Rhiannon Grist @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 2d
Preorders are open for HOME SICK 👀🪓🐑
* Cottagegore
* Unhinged women
* Female rage
* Creepy folktales
* I tHiNk I'm GoNnA dIe In ThIs HoUsE

geni.us/homesick
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
A graphic showing the book cover for HOME SICK. Two creepy sheep heads stare out, one with dead shark eyes. All against a sickly pink gradient. Text beneath the book cover reads "A troubled woman seeking a fresh start in the Scottish countryside believes her neighbour may be behind the strange disturbances in her home in this psychological horror debut for fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE. The cover for HOME SICK surrounded by text reading "Preorder now" and "14th July 2026".
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
alrutter.bsky.social
I have a dilemma - it's cold enough that I need to put the heating on, but that requires removing the Velcro dog currently nestled into me because she wants to share body heat 😆
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
alrutter.bsky.social
This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
gavreads.co.uk @gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 2d
It hits different reading this whole thread.
Alt text: Image showing four text messages about fae in romantasy books: Message 1: “Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!” Message 2: “Didn't have getting dragged in the comments on my bingo card today. Thank you to those that were kind. I'm new to romantasy and fantasy in general. Until I had read SJM, I hadn't encountered books with fae described like that. I didn't make the connection between Celtic folklore, fairies, elves, or sprites with being fae since their characteristics and mannerisms are drastically different. Tink is tiny. Puck has goat legs. The closest I encountered were elves in LOTR, but those were not faeries.” Message 3: “Forgive me for not knowing fae were inspired by Celtic folklore. I'm not Irish. I was never told these stories. I was just surprised two separate book series shared very similar interpretations of fae. I've enjoyed the genre of romantasy bc it's really gotten me back into reading. That's the goal, right? To continue to learn and escape into stories and discuss theories and celebrate the beauty of imagination? At least, that's what I'm gonna focus on.” Message 4: “Clarifying my original point: I never said SJM invented fae. My post was only comparing how Quicksilver and SJM depict fae characters (their traits, dynamics, etc.) and whether THIS interpretation of fae is common in romantasy books, not the origins of the mythology. I also didn't grow up connecting fairies, elves, and fae as one mythology. They were always separate in my mind, so I'm still learning how interconnected they are across folklore. Thanks to those who pointed that out respectfully.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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We're back again, banging our "You should read CRY, VOIDBRINGER!" drum.

Here's what GoodReads reviewers think of @artofelaineho.bsky.social 's debut dark fantasy, where former child soldiers must face the choice between supporting their oppressors...or burning it all down.

https://geni.us/cryvoi
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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COVER REVEAL

Our friends over @peoplemag.bsky.social have revealed the cover for HOME SICK, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's debut horror novel where escaping to the country is really only the beginning of your problems... bit.ly/3K5IQBa

Cover by Katie Klim.
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Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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alrutter.bsky.social
I acquired this novel a while ago, and it's a stunning read - it's so clever, and intimate, and downright scary. It was brilliant when I first read it, but with the edits Rhiannon worked through it, it's just amazing. And Katie Klim produced the most perfect cover ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
More from the People cover reveal for HOME SICK last Friday 👀🪓🐑
A screen grab of the People article headline reading "Rhiannon Grist's 'cottagegore' Horror Home Sick will make your skin crawl. See the cover! (Exclusive)." There is a picture of the cover which fearture two creepy sheep looking out at the viewer against a dark pink gradient. There is also a rather nice photo of Rhiannon, looking off as a golden beam of light dances across her eyes and cheeks. A screengrab from the article reading "Home Sick follows Tamsin, who is trying to move forward after a violent incident rocks her workplace. To get away, she finds a new home in the Scottish countryside, in a remote cottage where the possibilities to reinvent herself seem endless. But Tamsin’s new home isn’t as isolated as she thought. Beyond a thin wall is her neighbor, a woman who is never without an "unnerving smile,” per the book's synopsis. When a series of unsettling events begin to happen inside Tamsin’s cottage, she believes her neighbor may be even more sinister than she first suspected." A screen grab of the article reading "Grist deems Home Sick an “anti-Hallmark book,” putting a dark twist on the familiar trope of a main character’s fresh start. “A burnt-out woman moves to the countryside, but instead of falling in love with a local, she falls into a nightmare. Instead of escapism, she gets a confrontation,” Grist says. “It’s cottagegore with unhinged women, creepy folktales and the world’s worst fixer-upper." And Grist says she’s seen many early readers recognize themselves in Tamsin — an “eye-opening” experience that she hopes will continue upon publication. “There's so much pressure to have everything together these days, but so many of us feel like we’re holding on by a thread,” the author says. “I hope readers will find more than a horror story in Home Sick. I hope they use it to exorcise their own demons, too.”"
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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🚨 Book Sale Klaxon🚨

@solarisbooks.bsky.social are holding a #StillSpooky ebook sale for the next week, including amongst *many* splendid titles, both WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE.

Go fill yer boots! Or ereaders.

Geni.us/SolarisSale
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November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Oh hey, you can grab @emmanewman.bsky.social 's The Vengeance as well as a whole bunch of @pennyvixen.bsky.social ebooks and others for 99p in this sale right now shop.rebellion.com/collections/...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
alrutter.bsky.social
"Tyranny doesn't happen in the blink of an eye. It is a slow descent, helped by the complicity of those who think they have no power."

This is a novel for these times.
Black cover of Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho, with a gold flare around the abyss of the letter 'O' in Voidbringer, and the tagline: "A Broken System Forges the Sharpest Blades"
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Literally every time I've needed customer service help and it's a company that starts you off with a chatbot, I end up needing a human being. Every time.

Like, if it was a simple enough problem your water-guzzling, mass-polluting, trash wannabe tamagotchi could fix, I would've just done it myself 🤷‍♀️
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
alrutter.bsky.social
Henry Pollock is the real fucking deal.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
alrutter.bsky.social
I acquired this novel a while ago, and it's a stunning read - it's so clever, and intimate, and downright scary. It was brilliant when I first read it, but with the edits Rhiannon worked through it, it's just amazing. And Katie Klim produced the most perfect cover ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Rhiannon is an amazing writer and I am so deliriously excited for this 🤩
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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dorianmaffei.bsky.social
😍!! It's a perfect time for you to preorder!
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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jamreads.com
Love the cover
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
HOME SICK
14 JULY 2026
@solarisbooks.bsky.social

Cover by the amazing @katieklim.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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jessgofton.bsky.social
I'm beyond excited for everyone to get their hands on this book next summer! I can't remember the last time I had to put a horror novel down for a little bit in the middle of reading because it hit too close to home (sick).

HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM