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Dear UK readers: this is the last day for the preorder discount at Waterstones! I got two books out the spring that you can preorder now and get 25% off if you order online. See below for details.

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Good book, go buy! #BookSky💙📚

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DOUBLE ART UNLOCKED: Two illustrations per story or article, four illustrations in the novelette length tales! Thank you. Feels great to get our airship moving across the stars. Onward to the INTL shipping discount: $5 USD off for Canada, $10 off for everyone else! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

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Right. Transphobic asshats have got a petition to repeal the GRA to over 10,000 signatures. Fuck that. Let's get this one higher: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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I made a video with a very long title. It's not the Thronebreaker video, that one's next month 🌺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqwF...

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery needs 150 simoleons to hit double art for novelette-length stories. Wanna see my new Jirel joint, "Jirel Meets Death," illustrated with 4 pictures instead of 2? What about the novelettes in the Sword & Planet special? I mean just look at this crop of the cover by Luis Melo.

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As promised, my review of @garethlpowell.bsky.social 's Future's Edge. Enjoy! #scifi #bookreviews #BookSky💙📚 thomaswrightson.co.uk/2025/02/23/r...

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No one even believes that opt-out is intended to work. It is just a convenient fig leaf that allows the thieves to pretend that they care while ignoring everyone’s opt-out requests.

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"I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe..."

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Today I want to help trans folks survive Well, I want to do that every day but today I want to get a mutual aid thread going If you're trans (and especially if you're also BIPOC or disabled), reply with your Ko-fi/PayPal/GFM and I'll give it a boost Please boost others too!

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If you see this, share a skeleton. 💀

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Newest episode of Season 4 is live! #writingtips #writingadvice #writingcommunity youtu.be/yI3Q8fv53ro

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My cartoon for today’s @guardian books.

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‘The alpha and omega of the science of the cumulative character of climate change run contrary to the axioms of fatalism. Every gigaton matters, every single plant and terminal and pipeline and SUV and superyacht makes a difference to the aggregate damage done [...]’ — Andreas Malm

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I just want to share this with every queer person who has a Substack. (There are easy ways to get off that platform.) micahflee.com/2025/02/not-...

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Similar sentiment, adding the carer writers. To all the projects one had that needed abandoning to resolve stress, changing circumstances, and very real physical and mental needs. We do come back, because even when it's hard, we love to do it. #writingcommunity

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Absolutely! Butler's "Parable of the Sower" speaks volumes about resilience in chaos. "The future is not a gift, it is an achievement." 🪐📚 What lessons do you think we can apply today? #Octavia

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Y'all, QoS is one of the best small presses out there, period, and they publish gorgeous queer books. Here are great ways to support them as a small business while also participating in the economic blackout on 2/28! #writingcommunity 🌈📚

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I would say that me, but that would be cheating I guess? So I nominate @brentaharris.bsky.social

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Movies you've watched more than six times using only gifs.

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This is my Andromeda project after 680 shots at 120s each at 3200 iso. I just kept on stacking over two years from different locations. Canon 6D Mark II and Redcat 51. Data is 1 over the square root of noise. Because nothing beats mad exposure time. #astrophotography #astronomy #andromeda

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Hey, Bluesky, help a person out if you can: what's your fave SCIENCE FICTION BOOK with asexual and aromantic traces published PRIOR to 2000? Note: I'm not looking for definite rep. I'm just looking for what resonated with people because my knowledge of pre-2000s scifi is... not great.

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We're not saying you could unlock more bonus content for the magazine by getting our launch post to 250+ unique reposts but... ...WE MIIIIIGHT JUST BE SAYING THAT. Already at 242!

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Inspiring art from Susie Williamson!✨

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Y'all harassed one of the most important writers out there, a woman with profound insights that we desperately needed because...you didn't like how she responded when hounded and abused! Y'all make me sick. She deserves better than you.

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Delia Derbyshire's work is legendary! 🎶 "The music is alive" as she said. Her innovative soundscapes shaped sci-fi forever. What's your favorite Doctor Who theme? 🪐📚 #SciFiMusic

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A #bookish shoutout to @rachelblaine.bsky.social who has FIVE #WritingCommunity packs. Please check them out. A great resource for interesting people to engage with and follow. Here's one of the packs to repost and share #booksky

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A4: Well, my publisher will shortly be sending me the edits for the third in my debut series, which is nice. Also recently submitted short stories to two different publications. No links to truly current work, but also REALLY enjoyed Gareth Powell's Future's Edge. #WeeknightWriters

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A3: Focus a little on writing and my university stuff, and mute/block certain words so I see them less often in socials because that isn't helping. #WeeknightWriters

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A2: I guess...the writing. Creating a cosy world where the biggest problem isn't governments, it's just people. Q2: What is one thing that’s brought you joy this week? #WeeknightWriters

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A1: On work front, okay. But since I'm based in the UK, but my publisher's in the USA, and I tend to get worked up due to anxiety, the last month or so has been ABSOLUTE HELL. Watching a country very publicly run towards ruin, bigotry and dogma isn't fun. #WeeknightWriters

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Rather late here, so may not answer all questions. I'm Thomas Wrightson, a genre writer. At the moment, I've got two WIPs, one a cozy fantasy that's going surprisingly well. #WeeknightWriters

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Hello #WeeknightWriters ! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too

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Check out a few forthcoming works from Black authors -- She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor (sci-fantasy), Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles (horror), and The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne (supernatural)! Look out for these wherever you buy your books!

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@garethlpowell.bsky.social's Future's Edge. Read it. Loved it. Paperback releasing on Tuesday. Review coming on Sunday. #scifi #BookSky💙📚

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I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

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Best birthday gift: please preorder DOOMFLOWER, out April 8! Via @encyclopub.bsky.social.

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Welcome @gaystheword.bsky.social For more gorgeous LGBTQIA+ bookshops, please share my Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/G321HCf

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Out on 25th Feb from @titanbooks.bsky.social and available from all good bookstores (and the evil ones, too).

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