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Lyndsie Manusos
@lmanusos.bsky.social
She/Her | Indie Bookseller - Wild Geese Bookshop | Pushcart Nominee | Fiction in Reactor, F&SF, The Deadlands, Lightspeed, etc. | Sr Contributor for Book Riot

Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Literary

Debut novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES available now!
Convincing you to read the first lines of my novel WHAT THE WATERS GAVE US, which has been on sub (**waiting agony**), because I'd so love to find an editor for this weird lake eco-fantasy.

Share yours!
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So this is 36. My 4yo insists I should have crocodile cheesecake for my birthday, and though I have no idea what that is, it sounds pretty metal.
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Now everyone walking behind me gets a skeleton ASL “I love you.”
July 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
And then there was a new novella draft.
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Also Wild Geese continues to be absolutely amazing by supporting and selling my @psychopomp.com novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES!
April 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I am unbelievably grateful to be a bookseller at my local indie, Wild Geese Bookshop, in central Indiana. A place of peace and inspiration for my soul. Support your local indies today, lovelies.
April 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My youngest has strep this weekend, but I did manage to get to page 100 on my WIP. You take the wins wherever and however you can.
April 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today is the last day to vote for the Locus Awards! Honored to have FROM THESE DARK ABODES make Locus’s Recommended Reading List, along with the other stunning work from 2024.

ANYONE CAN VOTE FOR THE LOCUS AWARDS!

Vote for what you LOVE. I’d be honored for your consideration.
April 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy Friday! Awards deadlines approaching? Have some skeletons, my lovelies.

Thank you to everyone who has read and/or mentioned my weird little book. It’s been the best skeleton dance journey.
March 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I hear more award nominations are closing soon? The Locus, Hugos, and Aurora awards, I think? In any case, as always, vote for what you love, and I’d be so honored for your consideration.

My hopes for good news have been dwindling as of late (*waves hand at the world.*) but the dreaming persists.
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oh snap, I see Nebula Award nominations close this weekend (!?!?!), and BSFA Awards voting closes Friday (!?!?!?!).

As always, vote for what you love. There is SO much great work out there that deserves all the love.

I'd be honored for your consideration.
February 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don’t often feel cute but y’all I feel kinda cute today.
January 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'd been procrastinating leaving Twitter by some blind hope it might revive/give me hope, but whew lately...

Anyway, fare thee well, hellsite. Bluesky isn't perfect (what social media is, honestly) but I'm happy to have most of my lovelies here.
January 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Grateful for the writing milestones of 2024. Hopeful for 2025. Happy New Year, my lovelies.
December 31, 2024 at 11:14 PM
I’m finally doing my 2024 eligibility post! Immensely grateful to the editors, presses, and publications that gave my stories beautiful homes. 2024 was a year of many firsts. Here’s to another year of creativity and inspiration.

Read more about my eligible work on my site: tinyurl.com/2r8pr738
December 8, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Happy Book Birthday to my little skeleton book. FROM THESE DAKR ABODES is now available!

Huge thank you to @psychopomp.bsky.social for this beautiful journey.
September 17, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Did my first unboxing video on Instagram. It’s fine everything is fine🥹😍😭.

FROM THESE DARK ABODES releases in ONE WEEK from @psychopomp.bsky.social! Omg!
September 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
OMG we’ve reached release month! Prepare for a tale of skeletons, yearning, memory and ultimately love. FROM THESE DARK ABODES releases from @psychopomp.bsky.social Sep17!

And if you’re in the central Indiana area, join us at Wild Geese Bookshop on Friday, Sep 20, from 5-7pm for a launch party!
September 2, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Look at this beauty from @psychopomp.bsky.social 💀😍
August 26, 2024 at 3:07 PM
We're one month out from the release of my debut @psychopomp.bsky.social novella, FROM THESE DARK ABODES!

Will you join the skeleton revelry?
August 20, 2024 at 7:09 PM
So excited to receive my contributor copies of LCRW from @gavingrant.bsky.social. Emotional all over again. I’ve worked on “Mnemonic” for years, trying to find the right length and heart of it. Ecstatic and honored it found a home in one of my favorite publications.
August 19, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Just in time for the holidays! Delighted to receive my contributor copy of @apexmag.bsky.social’s Robotic Ambitions. So honored to have my story “She Builds Quick Machines” appear among such stellar fiction. 🤖Many many thanks to @lesleyconner.bsky.social and Jason Sizemore.
December 23, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Now that my last story of 2023 has released, here is my full eligibility post!

I can't hold a candle to all the great work that's been published this year (see my favorite reads list!), but I'm so grateful for these 9 publications. Thank you to all the editors and readers.
December 17, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Behold this absolute glory of sensual prose perfection that came in the mail! Buy @emelkrishnan.bsky.social's chapbook. Also, if you can this holiday season, support small presses, indie authors, and indie bookstores. These gems need to be found and shared across the universe.
November 27, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Saw this at Michaels and GASPED cuz it sums up my novella pretty well.

FROM THESE DARK ABODES, from @psychopomp.bsky.social forthcoming 2024. 💀🖤
September 28, 2023 at 8:22 PM