So thrilled to be interviewed by Michelle over at @geeksout.bsky.social where I got to talk about Vile Lady Villains, Greek mythology, my writing process and my obsessions. (And said the words “Doctor Who” enough times to qualify for a drinking game.) Check it out! www.geeksout.org/2026/07/31/i...

Interview with Danai Christopoulou, Author of Vile Lady Villains - Geeks OUT

DANAI CHRISTOPOULOU is a queer Greek author who currently haunts a forest in Sweden. They’ve been a journalist, a copywriter and a ghostwriter for years before pursuing fiction. When not writing, Dana...

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The Lord of the Wood

LGBTQ READS MOST ANTICIPATED LGBTQ+ ADULT FICTIONThe cozy fantasy of TJ Klune meets the creeping horror of T. Kingfisher in this magical novel about a man who enters a deadly enchanted forest expectin...

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It’s national Yaoi day, tell me about your Yaoi and where people can buy it! #WritingPrompt

sometimes a story choice is rooted in experience or a research rabbit hole, for sure. sometimes a writer gets a thrill sharing something that intrigues them, dope. but sometimes choices are a gut move. a dream. the subconscious. that still happens. ability to rationalize isn't proof I'd rely on.

Rich in life because she allows me to pet her every now and then

Queries update: I’ve responded to every query in my inbox! If I have requested your full or partial and you haven’t heard from me yet, rest assured I’m still considering. (So! Much! Talent! Out there!) I’m hoping to respond to all submissions by the end of August/before I reopen in September.

If you like interactive fiction (or even if you don't) I commend to you An Odyssey: Echoes of War by @natalia-theodoridou.com

An Odyssey: Echoes of War

Fight the sea god's wrath to reclaim your throne, and free yourself from the ghosts of war. Will you live forever as a hero, a sovereign, or as a god?

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I’ve written non-fiction on external deadlines since I was 19 years old. I’ve written other people’s fiction on external deadlines from 2018 to 2021. But this is the first time I’m writing my own fiction on external deadline, and my ADHD has Thoughts. Time to take out the big guns: Procrastination

buy @danaiwrites.bsky.social's book! www.penguin.co.uk/books/470416...

Vile Lady Villains

Lady Macbeth turns to the three witches for advice. She’s given a brew that transports her to a strange realm. Desperately lost, she opens a door to a woman drenched in blood. Klytemnestra is exactin...

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Last day to preorder the VILE LADY VILLAINS paperback for less!

Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW@danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Surprise!! One of the several (👀 both author and agent 👀) secrets I’ve been keeping is that the Vile Lady Villains UK paperback edition comes out in October! And it’s part of the @waterstones 25% off campaign so you can get it for less until tomorrow 🖤 Also, preorders help authors immensely.

Horror friends! Have you heard the good news about worker-owned magazine Darker Times? For the price of an overpriced fancy croissant a month, you could be reading reviews, commentary, and news. Which sounds better than that croissant, really.

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The only member of the long-hidden Tuatha De Danann to carry a cell phone and keep a condo in Manhattan, Will Jones trusts no one. He must choose: let 8 billion people burn, or let his own civilization be destroyed. And he would NEVER be dramatic about it 🗡️😉 #A #F #AG #OS #questpit

Brilliant horror author @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social joins us this week to chat about her novel Home Sick. We also discuss why horror is ‘having a moment’, the effect of literary awards, marketing for authors and more! Watch: youtu.be/3cypHfgui5E?... Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

New #WriterBeware blog post: the Anthropic class action copyright settlement has been approved. Top takeaways from the judge's ruling, who's the biggest winner, and when claimants might (or might not) see the money writerbeware.blog/2026/07/23/a...

Anthropic Settlement Update: Final Settlement Approved - Writer Beware

On Tuesday, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to the historic class action settlement in the Bartz v Anthropic copyright infringement lawsuit. At $1.5 billion, it’s the largest reco...

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Surprise!! One of the several (👀 both author and agent 👀) secrets I’ve been keeping is that the Vile Lady Villains UK paperback edition comes out in October! And it’s part of the @waterstones 25% off campaign so you can get it for less until tomorrow 🖤 Also, preorders help authors immensely.

T-minus 9 days until we are open for general submissions. August 1st! Mark it! pseudopod.org/submissions/

Submissions | PseudoPod

PseudoPod wants to find quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see it.

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And for a bit of sapphic #SFF, in @danaiwrites.bsky.social's Vile Lady Villains, Queen of Mycenae Klytemnestra is interrupted post-murder by a dimension-hopping Lady Macbeth, and the two then tumble through another portal into a dangerous world of stories... 💙📚🪐 #Odyssey

Queer authors, today is the FINAL DAY to submit your speculative fiction and/or poetry for Issue 3! Spread the word and send your work our way—we can’t wait to read it! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50/poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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Pre-order The Shape of Monsters online at Waterstones now for a discount - that's a neat 25% off! Modern gothic fantasy where two siblings are about to return to an ancestral home and summon a monster. Dark and mythic, complicated family dynamics, queer disasters @portyliterary.bsky.social

So, have you seen Nolan's The Odyssey yet? And did you think "wow, there are loads of interesting and badass women in this tale but I wish we knew their stories"? We got you... #SFF #GreekMythology #Odyssey

This summer has been so weird so far; hesitant in many ways, delusionally bold in others. So many dreams and adventures feel out of reach while new quests arise. The guardian of this particular portal is cute and can be brided with treats and pets. “You shall pass,” he declares, and flops over.

I am contractually obligated to tell you that Vile Lady Villains is currently almost 50% off on the UK ‘Zon, so if you want to give a book by a Greek author a try, do with that information what you will: www.amazon.co.uk/Vile-Lady-Vi...

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You know what, I may have 99 problems but the second I manage to tie my hair nice and tight in a sensory pleasing way so that it doesn’t touch my face or my neck, for these 5 glorious minutes before the tension headache starts seeping in, I AM UNSTOPPABLE

It's here! The haunted swimming pool book is ALIVE, and available wherever books are sold! Check it out if you like: spooks, mysterious things beneath the surface, plucky true crime girlies, and hardcore 2006 nostalgia*. *sorry not sorry for the earworms

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Come on in, the water’s fine! Autumn 2006. Low-rise jeans are in, grunge is out, and all Spencer Ward should be worrying about is his new job as Assistant Swim Coach at Richardson University. It’s be...

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Just over two months to go before the print edition of The Shape of Monsters is running feral! Preorders here! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cl-h...

The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen

A gripping tale of a descent into darkness as two siblings enter a world of magic, secrets and twisted loyalties – for those who loved Starling House by Alix E.

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Starting off with Danai, buy "Vile Lady Villains" with its Sapphic glory, Greek mythology and Shakespeare characters! bookshop.org/p/books/vile... (2/15)

Vile Lady Villains

A queer, gothic horrormantasy that's perfect for readers of S. T. Gibson and Kiersten White. With the consequences of her murderous actions closing in, Lady Macbeth turns to the three witches for hel...

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THREAD: Listen to @danaiwrites.bsky.social and to other Greek authors who continue to face unfair reactions from gatekeepers in publishing and film/tv. Instead of seeing the Anglo-washed 'Odyssey' film, buy books from Greek authors writing Greek myths! Elevate them! Here are some recs (1/15)

Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW@danaiwrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Odyssey, a film about Greek mythology with zero Greek actors in it comes out this Friday, and listen I’ve had more than a year to make my peace with this. (I even wrote an essay about it last year. It was longlisted for a BSFA award.)

The Odyssey, a film about Greek mythology with zero Greek actors in it comes out this Friday, and listen I’ve had more than a year to make my peace with this. (I even wrote an essay about it last year. It was longlisted for a BSFA award.)

It's release day for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a wild dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. But what's waiting for him up there is far stranger than he imagines. I'm so proud of my dragon for finally escaping into the world!

The Dragon Has Some Complaints

Check out The Dragon Has Some Complaints - <b>"The dragon may have some complaints, but readers won't. By turns silly, sweet, and subversive, this novel has all of Wiswell's characteristic blend of te...

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Buffy considering whether the treats are enough to get her out of bed. Same, Buffs, same.