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ebonidunbar.bsky.social
Black, queer #specfic #writer from California. Ignyte award nominated. Novella Author of Stone and Steel. Published in FIYAH literary magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Nightlight and more. Ebonidunbar.com
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Tomorrow! I'm at Elk Grove Pride at the @seatbooks.bsky.social vendor table from 5PM-9PM. Come say hi, buy a book and get it signed! Can't wait to see folks there!

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I wrote a roundup of my all-time favorite books about witches! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b... What's YOUR favorite witch book?

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New special call for July!! 🎉 The theme is REGRET. Stories selected will be featured in our Jan 2026 issue, guest edited by Ai Jiang ( @aijiang.bsky.social ) You can find all the details on our Submittable page: ffo.submittable.com/submit #writingcommunity #flashfiction

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So incredibly honored to be an Ignyte finalist!!! 🤩 🤩 🤩 thank you @theignyteawards.bsky.social for all the work you do in the SFF community and @havenspec.bsky.social for giving my poem a home ~ and biggest congrats to everyone on this list!!

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🤩 Our newest SHOWCASE is out now, featuring short stories & novelettes from #Nebulas2025, plus a teaser for our novella winner! Check it out at bookshop.org/.../nebula-a... and at retailers everywhere!

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The 2025 Ignytes shortlist for the evening crowd

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Congratulations to all the amazing #IgnyteAwards nominees!!! Well deserved!

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🎊 And the Nebula for Best Novel goes to... SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by @wiswell.bsky.social (DAW; Arcadia UK). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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🎊 And the Ray Bradbury goes to... Dune: Part Two, by Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve (Warner Bros)! BREAK OUT THE SAND WORMS, EVERYONE! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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The Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for @sfwa.bsky.social goes this year to Eugen Bacon (@genni.bsky.social), a powerful voice for community and a sharp, playful creator of expansive prose. Eugen sets an example for us all in extending the platform in SFF! #Nebulas2025

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@sfwa.bsky.social is proud to celebrate the work of an extraordinary volunteer. C.J. Lavigne (@cjlavigne.com) runs her teams with tremendous heart, uplifting creators & advocating fiercely for their work. Thank you for everything you've done and continue to do for your community! #Nebulas2025

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🎊 And the Nebula for Best Short Story goes to... "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole" by @isabel.kim (@clarkesworldmagazine.com). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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🎊 And the Nebula for Best Novelette goes to... "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being" by @awprihandita.bsky.social (@clarkesworldmagazine.com). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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🎊 And the Nebula for Best Novella goes to... THE DRAGONFLY GAMBIT by @thesuiway.bsky.social (@neonhemlock.bsky.social). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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🎊 And the Andre Norton goes to... THE YOUNG NECROMANCER'S GUIDE TO GHOSTS by @vriccithode.bsky.social‬ (self-published). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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Two things can be true: Them clowns can totally be beefing with one another. Also, they will 100% hug this shit out when some new eviling needs to be eviled. Just like you don’t have to be smart to be a dictator, you don’t have to like the folks you do evil with. Evil still gonna get done.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Hey, I'm going to say something general about publishing and bankruptcy. I'm not a bankruptcy expert; I'm just someone who has seen bankruptcy cases and knows how counterintuitive they can be. I do not know anything about UK bankruptcy law.

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

When folks say “i didn’t vote for this” what they mean is they didn’t remotely think about the consequences of their actions. They didn’t care, basically

submitted 24 days ago • 68 comments

Wanna join the Informed Ignyte Voter Book Club? I hear the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Nominees have been notified, which is very exciting because the Ignytes celebrate the works of People of the Global Majority within Speculative Fiction! The Ignyte Awards are special, in part, because they

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I am not looking for discourse. I am not looking for head pats. I only want a public record of my actions and my stance. I have withdrawn from program participation for Seattle Worldcon 2025. I've included screenshots of my reasons for ease of reading, and will also thread for accessibility.

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So....you got a rejection. It was *thee* story. The one you worked your ass off to perfect. The one your CPs swooned over. Fit the theme perfectly. No first page typos (like that one time). And it wasn't accepted. Gut punch, right? Here's some Unc Editor perspective to maybe, hopefully, help/+

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That time I decided I was over it and went into the backyard to read in peace and came back to find the family had prayed and started eating without realizing I wasn't there 😂😂😂😂. Funny now, traumatizing then lol.

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