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Tachyon Publications, founded in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, is a San Francisco-based independent publishing house
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A garland of hounds and deer: on illustrating my favourite piece of the cover for McKillip’s The Book of Atrix Wolfe maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

Since contracts are signed and it's official, I can announce that I'm editing @megelison.bsky.social's new novella FOUNDLING FATHERS. You'll be able to experience this extraordinary story when it comes out from @tachyonpub.bsky.social in Summer 2026

Black Gate reveals the cover to SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODS!: INTERVIEWS WITH SCIENCE FICTION LEGENDS, edited by Richard Wolinsky www.blackgate.com/20... Cover by @vuyoshi.bsky.social #coverreveal #sciencefiction

Booksellers, librarians, bloggers, and reviewers get AUDITION FOR THE FOX by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social www.netgalley.com/ca... www.edelweiss.plus/?... @hannahnpbowman.bsky.social #netgalley #edelweiss

Like free books? We're giving away one digital title a month for all of 2025 to everyone who is signed up for the Tachyon newsletter! To sign up visit buff.ly/3OUAknx #Tachyon30 #giveaway

Patricia A. McKillip (1948-2022) was one of the finest fantasy writers of the modern era. While many people in the our field re-visit the work of Tolkien regularly, for me it's McKillip I read again and again. This edition, with art by Kathleen Jennings, looks stunning.

Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for revealing the stunning cover for my debut novella, AUDITION FOR THE FOX! Arrives 9/16 from @tachyonpub.bsky.social, illustrated/designed by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social Get a closer look & exclusive excerpt below, plz share! 🦊💜 reactormag.com/ccover-revea...

ENDS IN 1 HR! Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

ENDS IN 2 HRS! Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

ENDS IN 4 HOURS! Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

ENDS IN 12 HOURS! Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

For My Favorite Bit: cover artist @tanaudel.bsky.social talks about Patricia McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION maryrobinettekowal.c... @maryrobinettekowal.com

Two #coverreveal this week! First tomorrow, Reactor reveals @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social's whimsical cover to @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's AUDITION FOR THE FOX Then on Friday, Black Gate uncovers the nostalgic-tinged cover to Richard Wolinsky's SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODS!

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY!!! Celebrate the publication of Patricia McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with cover and introduction by @tanaudel.bsky.social Now available in all finer bookshops and direct from Tachyon. tachyonpublications....

ENDS TODAY! Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

Cosmic terrors. Old folk religions. Skeletal graveyard attendants. Vengeful mermaids. Weird stuff happening in the forest. Werecoyotes. Ocean of the dead. Psychedelic rock star corpse. Death Aesthetic - available from all the coolest bookstores.

Subscribing to @morningtransport.bsky.social will let you read my newest story, the short and vicious science fantasy "The Poison Gardener"! www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-poison...

New blurb for The Unkillable Frank Lightning. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ ​"This is the F-Monster we've always wanted, in a yarn we never knew we needed ― until now. Welcome to Josh Rountree's TEX-sylvania!" David J. Schow, the World Fantasy Award winning screenwriter of The Crow

To be fair, everyone should one write poker book and one clown book

ENDS SOON! Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

So excited to begin sharing blurbs for my novella One Level Down, coming April 1 from @tachyonpub.bsky.social! "A simulation scenario that digs deeper than the Matrix movies ever did." - Peter Watts, Hugo Award winning author of The Freeze Frame Revolution

For the afternoon crowd!! Can't wait to show off this cover by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social for my debut book, it goes SO HARD, and I love it so <333 Please share!

Announcing Bright Dead Star, @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social's next major collection, featuring an original introduction, plus twenty-five stories spread across 448 pages. The signed limited edition will come with Zoetrope Bizarre, a new weird cinema novella: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...

“I think I’m going to send you back in time. See what happens.” This week we get to reveal the frankly jaw-dropping cover for my debut book and novella, AUDITION FOR THE FOX, arriving this Fall from @tachyonpub.bsky.social! It goes live on @reactorsff.bsky.social this Wednesday w/ an excerpt 🦊💙

Should be able to sometime late next week. Keep eyes on @reactorsff.bsky.social for midweek cover reveal!!!!

🌟STARRED REVIEW🌟 In their review of @pat-murphy.bsky.social's delightful THE ADVENTURES OF MARY DARLING, @publisherswkly.bsky.social says "The wit, wisdom, and whimsy on offer here are sure to win fans." www.publishersweekly... #peterpan #sherlockholmes

It's my birthday today but last week on Valentine's Day I recorded an ep of the Ink Heist podcast! 45 minutes 120 Murders 45 minutes slamming upstate New York youtu.be/R1yJbefkLnk?...

Storygraph also has a THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE giveaway! app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/f2...

For any book folk interested, my debut novella AUDITION FOR THE FOX, is now available as a DRC! Cover reveal/NetGalley/Edelweiss next week but I can email copies. A story of time travel and trickster gods, laughing at despots and humiliating tyrants, I hope the Fox helps in these awful times 🦊

Win a copy of the legendary @danielpinkwater.bsky.social's latest middle grade adventure JULES, PENNY & THE ROOSTER app.thestorygraph.co... Cover by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social #thestorygraph #giveaway @literaticat.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🌟 !!! The whole review! I can't even pick a quote! drop 🎤!!!! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @pat-murphy.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781616964382

Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #goodreads #giveaway

Win a copy of the legendary @danielpinkwater.bsky.social's latest middle grade adventure JULES, PENNY & THE ROOSTER app.thestorygraph.co... Cover by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social #thestorygraph #giveaway @literaticat.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION app.thestorygraph.co... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #thestorygraph #giveaway

Win a copy of Patricia A. McKillip's THE BOOK OF ATRIX WOLFE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION www.goodreads.com/gi... With intro and cover by @tanaudel.bsky.social #usonly #netgalley #giveaway

My review of @joshrountree.bsky.social 's The Unkillable Frank Lightning! Available for preorder now from @tachyonpub.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-the-u...

Did you know that most independent small presses like @tachyonpub.bsky.social sell ebooks on their websites so you can buy directly from them without this bullshit?

Cover reveal in less than two weeks 🦊

#BSFA announced the long list for their annual award. Both THE WINGS UPON HER BACK by @samtasticbooks.com and NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE OPERA edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social were honored www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-... @bsfa.bsky.social @lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social

EXCITING NEWS!!! THE WINGS UPON HER BACK, the first novel by @samtasticbooks.com was nominated for 2025 Compton Crook Award locusmag.com/2025/02... #BSFS @balticon.bsky.social

Join @marygthompson.bsky.social and @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social for "Imagined Worlds and Reimagined Lives" on Tuesday, Feb 11 9pm EST For info and to RSVP everylibrary.org/rsv... #LibraryLoversWeek2025 #EveryLibraryLive

It’s so good. I don’t know how @danielpinkwater.bsky.social keeps getting better at this, but I’m glad he does.

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“A pure delight." @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social, author of Reunion tachyonpublications.... @danielpinkwater.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social