Emma Sloley
@emmasloley.bsky.social
Writer, gadabout, author of a novel I think you'll like -- THE ISLAND OF LAST THINGS -- out August 12, 2025. Preorder: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-island-of-last-things-emma-sloley/K4KD2ktViQqEW3A8?ean=9781250329257&next=t&digital=t
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Emma Sloley
@emmasloley.bsky.social
· Jan 16
I have a new novel coming out this summer, and I may be a little biased but I think the cover is an absolute knockout. The design is by the singular Keith Hayes and the beautiful art is by José David Morales. (ARCS are available if any reviewers or book people would like an early read 😊)
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I shout out books by Alice Bolin, Grady Chambers, Kristin Collier, Barbara Demick, Jarvis Givens, Haley Cohen Gilliland, Brian Goldstone, Stacy Horn, John L. Lennon, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Karen Palmer, Mary Annette Pember, and Bee Wilson:
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apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I shout out books by Alice Bolin, Grady Chambers, Kristin Collier, Barbara Demick, Jarvis Givens, Haley Cohen Gilliland, Brian Goldstone, Stacy Horn, John L. Lennon, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Karen Palmer, Mary Annette Pember, and Bee Wilson:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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It’s nomination season, and if you’re a former guest editor of BAE or a writer who has appeared in its pages, I’d be really honored if you’d consider nominating my essay for BAE 2026. Nominations are due December 15. A link to nom guidelines in the thread.
My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
lithub.com/on-promising...
lithub.com/on-promising...
On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)
“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…
lithub.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It’s nomination season, and if you’re a former guest editor of BAE or a writer who has appeared in its pages, I’d be really honored if you’d consider nominating my essay for BAE 2026. Nominations are due December 15. A link to nom guidelines in the thread.
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Announcing our 2026 Subscription!!
Our year of travel through books!
Each title will take you to another country - if not several!
You will receive the following 8 titles 2 weeks before their publication
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
Our year of travel through books!
Each title will take you to another country - if not several!
You will receive the following 8 titles 2 weeks before their publication
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Announcing our 2026 Subscription!!
Our year of travel through books!
Each title will take you to another country - if not several!
You will receive the following 8 titles 2 weeks before their publication
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
Our year of travel through books!
Each title will take you to another country - if not several!
You will receive the following 8 titles 2 weeks before their publication
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
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Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads. n.pr/44gSAPS
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads. n.pr/44gSAPS
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Interested in interviewing me about my upcoming book, Every Galaxy a Circle? I can talk about writing speculative fiction, why short stories are the best, monsters, baking, outer space, and more. Wow what an interviewer's dream!
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Interested in interviewing me about my upcoming book, Every Galaxy a Circle? I can talk about writing speculative fiction, why short stories are the best, monsters, baking, outer space, and more. Wow what an interviewer's dream!
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#TheIslandofLastThings, #StarWarsRevengeoftheSith and #MetallicRealms all arrived in the #LocusHQ recently! Thanks to:
@penguinrandomhouse
#MatthewStover
@Flatironbooks
@emmasloley
@atriabook
@thelincoln
Buy the books at our bookshop link in bio, and visit our site for all things bookish!
@penguinrandomhouse
#MatthewStover
@Flatironbooks
@emmasloley
@atriabook
@thelincoln
Buy the books at our bookshop link in bio, and visit our site for all things bookish!
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#TheIslandofLastThings, #StarWarsRevengeoftheSith and #MetallicRealms all arrived in the #LocusHQ recently! Thanks to:
@penguinrandomhouse
#MatthewStover
@Flatironbooks
@emmasloley
@atriabook
@thelincoln
Buy the books at our bookshop link in bio, and visit our site for all things bookish!
@penguinrandomhouse
#MatthewStover
@Flatironbooks
@emmasloley
@atriabook
@thelincoln
Buy the books at our bookshop link in bio, and visit our site for all things bookish!
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I’ve seen a few people on #BookSky asking for HOLIDAY BOOK recommendations. How about if we start a thread? No judgment about what you pick. It’s not like Die Hard. If you tell us it’s a holiday book in your mind, it’s legit. Helpful if you give title, author, and maybe genre. Self promo is OK. 📚💙
☃️
☃️
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’ve seen a few people on #BookSky asking for HOLIDAY BOOK recommendations. How about if we start a thread? No judgment about what you pick. It’s not like Die Hard. If you tell us it’s a holiday book in your mind, it’s legit. Helpful if you give title, author, and maybe genre. Self promo is OK. 📚💙
☃️
☃️
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Ahh, my novel, The Island of Last Things, is on this formidable NPR list, and I'm so thrilled!! (It made both the general Books we Love and Book Club Ideas)🥹💙
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ahh, my novel, The Island of Last Things, is on this formidable NPR list, and I'm so thrilled!! (It made both the general Books we Love and Book Club Ideas)🥹💙
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Heat up your winter with the books everyone will be talking about in 2026. Grab a Galley is LIVE!
📚 LINK buff.ly/oQTjeIo #BookBuzz #GrabAGalley #MustReads2026
📚 LINK buff.ly/oQTjeIo #BookBuzz #GrabAGalley #MustReads2026
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Heat up your winter with the books everyone will be talking about in 2026. Grab a Galley is LIVE!
📚 LINK buff.ly/oQTjeIo #BookBuzz #GrabAGalley #MustReads2026
📚 LINK buff.ly/oQTjeIo #BookBuzz #GrabAGalley #MustReads2026
Ahh, my novel, The Island of Last Things, is on this formidable NPR list, and I'm so thrilled!! (It made both the general Books we Love and Book Club Ideas)🥹💙
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ahh, my novel, The Island of Last Things, is on this formidable NPR list, and I'm so thrilled!! (It made both the general Books we Love and Book Club Ideas)🥹💙
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I'm up at HAD today and yet my family is still not showing me any respect
seems weird
seems weird
"If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a Republican..."
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
Narc Rules by Sasha Brown
If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a…
www.havehashad.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm up at HAD today and yet my family is still not showing me any respect
seems weird
seems weird
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Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!
No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks
Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.
writingworkshops.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!
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When I was watching XPlay, this Mountain Dew ad came on where this guy forcefemmes transgenderizes his homie.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
When I was watching XPlay, this Mountain Dew ad came on where this guy forcefemmes transgenderizes his homie.
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On day three of our What was Literary Twitter? bracket, some top seeds remain in the game, but the upsets haven’t stopped. Vote here to help your favorite literary internet moments keep climbing!
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 3*
Welcome to the third day of voting! We’re down to just 16, and it’s getting harder for me to discern how this thing will shake out, to be honest. Unsurprisingly, a few top seeds remain—bad art frie…
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On day three of our What was Literary Twitter? bracket, some top seeds remain in the game, but the upsets haven’t stopped. Vote here to help your favorite literary internet moments keep climbing!
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Set aside some space to read this novel: once you start, you won't stop. My running list of beautiful sentences to quote here became too long; I just couldn't choose one, but you will enjoy all of them.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
It's trans awareness week and you might not know this but hi I am nonbinary and hi I have a nonbinary main character in my new novel, BEINGS <3
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
Beings: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Set aside some space to read this novel: once you start, you won't stop. My running list of beautiful sentences to quote here became too long; I just couldn't choose one, but you will enjoy all of them.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
This @literaryhub.bsky.social glory days of Literary Twitter bracket is very amusing if you, like me, were way too online in a very specific book nerd way back in the day - if the words bad art friend, shitty media men & cat person mean anything to you, go vote! 😊
lithub.com/what-was-lit...
lithub.com/what-was-lit...
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 3*
Welcome to the third day of voting! We’re down to just 16, and it’s getting harder for me to discern how this thing will shake out, to be honest. Unsurprisingly, a few top seeds remain—bad art frie…
lithub.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This @literaryhub.bsky.social glory days of Literary Twitter bracket is very amusing if you, like me, were way too online in a very specific book nerd way back in the day - if the words bad art friend, shitty media men & cat person mean anything to you, go vote! 😊
lithub.com/what-was-lit...
lithub.com/what-was-lit...
"Because the makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again." This is so scathingly good 🔥
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Because the makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again." This is so scathingly good 🔥
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Just found out my story on the Curtis Bay community and its fight against polluters won bronze in the Anthem Awards! That's cool. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/communi...
Community vs. Coal: Reclaiming Health in Curtis Bay | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
Protesting coal dust and half-burned medical waste, South Baltimore residents lead the way on environmental health research.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just found out my story on the Curtis Bay community and its fight against polluters won bronze in the Anthem Awards! That's cool. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/communi...
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Wrote a little about difficult books, short books, and short and difficult books. countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
Short Little Difficult Books
Novels that challenge with style, story, or form that you can read in a day.
countercraft.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Wrote a little about difficult books, short books, and short and difficult books. countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
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Looking for an online writing class in the new year? I'm offering three!
More info and sign up in this thread.
First off: a flash fiction weekend
More info and sign up in this thread.
First off: a flash fiction weekend
Flash Royale January Edition
If you’ve ever played video games, you may have heard the term Battle Royale. It refers to a type of game that features a large number of players who play with the goal of being the last player standi...
forms.gle
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Looking for an online writing class in the new year? I'm offering three!
More info and sign up in this thread.
First off: a flash fiction weekend
More info and sign up in this thread.
First off: a flash fiction weekend
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Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/