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Thrilled to say that ALL THE LABYRINTHS, one of my favorite (and darkest) short stories I’ve ever written will be published in @chmmagazine.bsky.social as one of their upcoming Patreon exclusives! This one is a noir take on the myth of the Minotaur. I can’t wait for you to read it!

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This might be the darkest book I read this year. Rekt by Alex Gonzalez is such a perfect critique of masculine culture online. I loved the ever expanding creepypasta angle and the sprawling AI nightmare I hope no one ever ends up in. Got to be in the right headspace for this though.

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excuse me I am NUMBER ONE on Amazon??? HAPPY PRIDE TO ME SPECIFICALLY let's fucking GO lesbians!!!

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Oh. I see we started doing fake “famous author” profiles here on Bluesky as well 🙄

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I for one really enjoy the 5 am insomnia episodes, because apart from the unshakeable belief that you will never be able to sleep again, you also get to revisit the most random memory corners of your life and suddenly experience intense bouts of emotion for no reason at all. Such great fun.

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This week we're looking at flash stories with an unsettling or uncanny vibe. Lots of great pieces! Posting 4 here, but we'd love to see other suggestions! Read along with us, and post your own favorites!

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We'll reveal the FINAL front cover of the new edition of @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's NO GODS FOR DROWNING in tomorrow's weekly e-newsletter: The Bad Handout. Sign up here. Send us a message with GIVE ME NEWS in the subject line. badhandbooks.com/contact-bad-...

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Calling all LGBTQ+ SFF authors! I started a new starter pack for us. Happy to add folks, please just share the link when you get a moment! go.bsky.app/URHc5QB

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And this on repeat. If we want a compassionate future, we start with compassionate stories.

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No human life should be destroyed for the glory of a man's ego. If you are not for peace, you are not for humanity.

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Celebrating the power of stories when the world is on fire and bored billionaires and senile politicians are playing god at the detriment of us all … feels both weird and also more important and timely than ever. Any kind of resistance starts with imagining a better world.

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Congratulations to all the wonderful Locus award winners!!! file770.com/2025-locus-a...

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@ldlewiswrites.com @sillysyntax.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social Congratulations on the Locus Award! Well deserved for your and everyone's hard work in creating and sustaining something vital in the IGNYTE Awards.

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Weird night to celebrate, but "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas" Hole just won a Locus Award. Super honored, normal amounts of surprised. Thank you again to everyone who voted for me, and to @clarkesworldmagazine.com for publishing it (and congrats on your wins!) :>

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Congratulations @wiswell.bsky.social so happy for you and your monster!

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Heads up: I never gave Nocturnicorn Books permission to include my name on any promotional materials for this anthology. I never submitted to it or gave them permission to publish any reprints. I don’t know when/if this anthology will be released, but they are advertising for subs. (Don’t submit.)

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Show me your logline ✨ Here's mine: To save her own skin, a grad student must prove a 1500yo manuscript originated with "the real Beowulf," the woman who inspired the legend and rescued a girl named Grendel from scapegoating and banishment.

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Show me your logline! ✨ Here’s mine: A con artist circus girl, who exploits her goddess-given power to see threads of fated love, is invited by the insatiable empress to find the prince a match.

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May your Midsummer fires burn bright

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QUEEN OF TEETH: Woman + a vagina monster growing in her + woman from the company at fault who hunts them = threesome 🦷😈 ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT: Toxic sapphic vampire ruins everything 🫀 A GAME IN YELLOW: Sapphic couple meets third woman for BDSM using a cursed mind-altering play as a sex toy 💛

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Have you read? The Cavalry by João F. Silva at Haven Spec This story is a lesson in worldbuilding with an "unlikable" character. www.havenspec.com/the-cavalry

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OMG, I WAS ON TV YESTERDAY!!!! katu.com/news/arc-pdx...

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Query tip: when agents ask for a synopsis we expect spoilers and to know the ending— if you don’t give us an ending you’re doing yourself a disservice because we don’t know if that’s how the book actually ends or if you are just trying to keep it a secret. Bottom line—give us the ending ❤️

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Tonight I will be in Paramus, NJ for a talk, Q&A, and signing of my new book, WEARING THE LION! New Jersey, I can't wait to see you!

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And we are on US Netgalley as well!

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Queer writers, I want to edit your books!!! And I'm doing all I can to break down the financial barriers of doing so, while also still being able to pay my bills (that are pesky and persist). I'd love to hear from you!!! Shares so appreciated. 🖤🖤 #WriteSky #Queer #Pride #BookSky 📚🌈📚💙📚🌶️📚🪐

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Swedish Midsommar sky, 2:29 am

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From the FF Vault: "A Manual for the Care and Keeping of Superheroes" by Amanda Crowley in FF#10. If you're in the mood for: -underappreciated partners of superheroes -dissections of relationship power dynamics -fear being a full-time job -curation -dive bars www.fusionfragment.com/issue-10/

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It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

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We are up on UK Netgalley…and already a most-requested SFF title 😱 US Netgalley coming soon!

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The Sameer Project is running out of money. If you like fantasy and science fiction, pick up my anthology from this bookstore. All proceeds will go to them! Please, the people of Palestine are relying on you. open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/sul...

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More excellent news: If you order ZOMROMCOM from one of the bookstores mentioned below, you'll receive a reversible dust jacket with exclusive art by the incredibly talented @lenikauffman.bsky.social and @valhal.bsky.social (while supplies last; links below)! Here are their gorgeous front covers:

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“No worries if not” I say, fading deep into the forest from all my worries if not

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Literature is dead and no one reads anymore! I would still encourage you to make terrible life choices and become a writer anyway! Fuck a job, write poetry!

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FFer Read of the Day: "12 Things No One Will Tell You About Being a Demigod" by @danaiwrites.bsky.social in @translunartl.bsky.social translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1...

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Do you need some deathly books for summer (or any other time of the year)? I got you covered.

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Hey, I have an essay out in the upcoming @writersdigest.bsky.social issue on utilizing theater techniques in order to set the scene and write liminal spaces—and how I did that when writing VILE LADY VILLAINS. I’d love it if you gave it a read! writersdigestshop.com/collections/...

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Here is the text of my keynote from the Bram Stoker Awards ceremony. It was a rant masquerading as a keynote. And in pure Becky fashion it is also a call to action. Why We Need Horror Authors in the Fight For the Freedom to Read: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-...

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Tonight! Tickets still available in Eventbrite (and free with the purchase of a copy!) www.strandbooks.com/events/event...

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Congratulations to all the winners!

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