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#WritingCommunity reposts book publication news, great reviews, literary nominations & awards, and new work in journals, magazines & anthologies.
Founded & curated by Rod Mannix.
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#WritingCommunity reposts book publication news, great reviews, literary readings & book signings, nominations & awards, and new work in magazines, journals & anthologies.
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Really grateful to have a new short story, Sleepwalking Too Close to the Fire in one of my favourite American literary magazines @hfr.bsky.social
🧡🧡📚🎉 thank you so much to the wonderful editors.
You can read it in full here:
: heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/10/20/b...
New Haunted Passages Short Fiction: “Sleepwalking Too Close to the Fire” by Danila Botha
I stood on the ship’s balcony, my head hanging over the railing, thick clusters of orange vomit merging with the darkening sea like Postmodern art. Agreeing to this was like stepping into a floatin…
heavyfeatherreview.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Tired of the same old stories told in the same predictable and uninspired way?

Looking for something truly unique and original from your next speculative-fiction read?

Explore The Nod/Wells Timelines literary universe for an experience unlike any other!

Official Website: michaelshotter.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Behind the Now
PreRelease Nov 25, 2025
www.h2liftship.com/links-to-books
#SciFi
#TimeTravel
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Good news. My new short story, Gravel on the Path, reached #9 on the Godless Top Ten.

Pick it up at Godless.com.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I'm excited to have work appearing imminently in The Louisville Review. It will be my first published three-page poem for which -- as anyone who writes longer poems knows -- acceptances come even harder given the journal space they require.
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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My latest chapbook, instant referential toothpick umbrellas by
coming November 12th from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social. Words and images colliding, folding in on themselves, collaged into supreme DADA madness. Stay tuned!
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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So excited to have a poem in the new issue of
@poetrybrum.bsky.social! Fragility and Tenacity: Nature in the Balance is curated by the wonderful Paul Roberts and I was honoured to be a part of it.

You can read 'The Olive Tree of Vouves' here: poetrybirmingham.com/bex-hainswor...
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – Bex Hainsworth – The Olive Trees of Vouves — Poetry Birmingham
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – Bex Hainsworth – The Olive Trees of Vouves
poetrybirmingham.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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And now for something completely different. Perfect for Christmas, an alt history laced with humour and a number of dead bodies. This is Napoleonic Britain 1913.

Twiggy Voo?

mybook.to/TwiggyVoo

#FridayReads #booksky #cosycrime #althistory
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Drugged dogs, poisoned hooch, a burning building. From prohibition to modern murder at the #Jerseyshore. #cozymystery. What does a murder now say abt one decades ago? #ThanksgivingFoodDrive
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November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Seattle folx, come out for this spooky season finale… I’ll be reading from a crowd favorite, “Bonesters on Holiday”
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Who is the most evil villain in fiction?

Got to be Doctor Oadwin.

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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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✨2025 Awards Eligiblity Post✨

Novel - Future's Edge
Collection - Who Will You Save?
Novella - Doctor Who: The Well
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Clean Margins is now available for you to purchase on the Kelsay Books site and Amazon in both paperback and eBook editions. It's a nice short read featuring exploding frogs, missing brains, black holes, raccoons and some cancer (but nothing too dire).
www.amazon.com/Clean-Margin...
Clean Margins
Clean Margins - Kindle edition by Steiger, Karen . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Clean Margins.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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LUKE GELLER’S A HISTORY PROFESSOR AND PART-TIME ARCHAEOLOGIST that has stumbled into the past.

#Timetravel #Western #Romance #Paranormal #KUFree

#booksky #readersky #books
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Excited to share that my poem “Fall Sunset” has been nominated for a Pushcart! Many thanks to Nadia Arioli and Thimble Literary Magazine!
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Appraisal for Murder. “Snappy read with all the ingredients of a 1st class mystery.” What does Jolie find in a dark bedroom? 1st Jersey shore cozy, always 99 cents #JerseyShore #beachread
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November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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The Trilogy that will have you looking to the stars!
Prepare for a mind-bending journey as a momentous First Contact event looms on the horizon…
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
"I love when an author has an ability to make you feel like something so unbelievable could actually happen." Amazon Review
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Honoured to receive a lovely acceptance from The Cove Magazine for their 'Footnotes' issue, slated for late December.

Really enjoyed exploring this theme and grateful to the editors for selecting my poem "End Pleasures" for publication 🤍

#poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Thursday 27th November - Release day for Book 3 of The Shadows of Pangea!
If you haven't read The Shadows of Pangea yet... Catch up!
mybook.to/TheShadowsof...

#newbook #fantasybooks #readers #booksky
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Although my first book was published in 2002, now is the first time I have had two books in print at the same time, Seven Nights and the Flamingo Hotel and Saltburn.

And I’m very proud of both, @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com

Slap on back!

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November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Huge thanks to all the writers who make this such a joy each month

And thank you to the wonder @postcommunitynews.bsky.social for publishing these to a total distribution of over 35,000 copies per month.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Coming Soon: The Face at The Window & Other Stories.
Due Dec '25 - Containing the following stories:

The Face At The Window.
Who You Gonna Call.
The Antiquarian.
Satan’s Fist.
Consequences.
World In A Bottle.
Vessel.
The Phoenix Germination.

#booksky #sciencefiction #kindleunlimited #scifibooks
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM