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Bryn Hammond

@brynhammond.bsky.social

| Writer. Sword & Sorcery: Goatskin novellas WASTE FLOWERS, WHAT ROUGH BEAST? from Brackenbury Books. Historical fiction: AMGALANT on Tchingis Khan & 12thC Mongols | She/her 🌈Queer. Australia | https://amgalant.com / buy direct https://payhip.com/Amgalant

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Eddie Clark@dreddieclark.bsky.social · 12h ago

We put the first book on the Crawford shortlist last year. It's really good - recognisably epic fantasy but through the lens of Tlingit myth and evocative of oral storytelling.

Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 12h ago

Today is #usindigenouspeoplesday , an excellent time to remind you of Caskey Russell's indigenous epic fantasy trilogy inspired by the culture and mythology of the Tlingit tribe that began with THE DOOR ON THE SEA and continues next month in THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN! geni.us/TDOSPB geni.us/eagleim

Two hardbacks from Caskey Russell THE DOOR ON THE SEA and THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN
Bryn Hammond@brynhammond.bsky.social · 12h ago

A review by @draq.bsky.social of Leigh Brackett's The Coming of the Terrans. With enviable French art. 'I’ve never hidden my love for Leigh Brackett’s pulp sci fi, particularly her visions of Mars and Venus and her growing anticolonial themes.' swashbucklingplanets.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/r...

Remembering: The Coming of the Terrans

Life’s not fair. Why do the French get such awesome covers and illos for Leigh Brackett books?  Check out this one above from a French Brackett omnibus, and the one below by Philippe Druillet. And …

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Shannon aka Shamwow@shannonxl.bsky.social · 23h ago

C'est moi! If you know me then you know I've been obsessed with Julie d'Aubigny for ages. And this story about her is completely true and not embellished in the slightest. ;)

Scylla Publishing@scyllapublishing.bsky.social · yesterday

Our "Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity & Purpose" anthology releases on Oct 30! Do you love an unreliable narrator, exciting duels, vampires, and a hunt through the Paris sewers? More info on our book! www.scyllapublishing.com/whoami #sapphicbooks @shannonxl.bsky.social

Recitative, by Shannon Lippert. On a blue background, with a picture of the Who Am I? book cover. Paris Opera, 1690 Vampire-hunting nuns Sensitive sopranos And one ass-kicking, historical, sword fighting, opera singing, unreliable narrator... The life of Julie d’Aubigny Story quote: “The story I recount to you is perhaps unbelievable, though no more so than anything else that has happened in my life. It involves nuns, the composer Lully, and the Paris sewers. I swear it happened exactly as I recall it now, with no embellishments...”
Jake Casella Brookins@casella.bsky.social · 2d ago

Personal hobbyhorse, but thinking about AI in publishing is really making me want criticism to go harder on discussing the actual style & substance of books. If we just talk about plot & vibes, we're leaving the door totally open, & missing out on the good stuff besides. "It's just words on a page."

Bryn Hammond@brynhammond.bsky.social · 3d ago

Glad I'm published by a small press that has the strongest ethic against AI. That would no more use it for ad copy, publicity, what have you, than eat your grandmother. That does, yes, have a policy in place (policy is NO). Who wants big trad now?

Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d ago

“Where the first book opened the door to the Aaní world, this follow-up soars.” Thank you to @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org for this wonderful review of Caskey Russell’s THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN (sequel to THE DOOR ON THE SEA)! Preorder: buff.ly/811a9eA Read the full review:

Heroic Relay Race: Review of Caskey Russell’s The Eagle in the Mountain

Aidan Bunker Under Review:The Eagle in the Mountain. Caskey Russell. Solaris, November 2026. For the first 50 pages of Caskey Russell’s The Eagle in the Mountain (sequel to The Door on the Sea), I …

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Putri Prihatini@putriprihatini.bsky.social · 3d ago

I just read "The Last Prophet of Palestine", an indie debut of queer Palestinian writer Noor Al-Ahmad (she's on Threads and IG as noortellstories). She retold the story of the Messiah in modern Gaza as a secret sect, with the deeply flawed "apostles" and a queer Palestinian woman in Jordan. #Booksky

The Last Prophet of Palestine: Enigmatic Emergence from the Ruins of Gaza. Review by: Putri Prihatini. The cover of the novel shows a silhouette of a figure surrounded by a gold halo with an olive tree growing from the halo. The figure is surrounded twelve men in traditional Palestinian robes and keffiyeh. There are embroidery motifs of red poppies on the bottom hem of the figure's robe and the bottom of the book.What’s the novel about? The Last Prophet of Palestine retells the story of the Messiah in modern-day Gaza, turning it into the tale of the birth of a secret sect, born as a desperate effort to offer hope amidst devastation. The story centered the viewpoints of the “apostles”: men whose life revolved around Ali, a mysterious young man born amidst the occupation and seemingly without a father. Meanwhile, a queer Palestinian woman in Jordan found out about the sect from a woman in Gaza that she met online. Struggling to deal with her fraying relationship and wanting to live abroad with her girlfriend, she wondered if she could turn it into a story that would help her application, turning it into a moral dilemma.The unflattering humanity. Noor Al-Ahmad is not interested in creating a story that flatters Western sensibility about Gaza, Palestine, and Palestinian people. The book offers a portrait of “the unflattering humanity”: a story born out of survival instinct, with flawed characters and dubious morality. Characters like Kifah, Walid, Anwar, Mohammad, and Naveed were all flawed. Brash, prone to anger, manipulative, backstabber, wanting to run away with a married woman. You name it. Ali, the stand-in for the “Messiah” they tried to uphold, was the same, with unsympathetic moments that would turn some readers against him. And that is the key to challenge our assumption.This novel describes a contrast between curated myth and real humanity. The stark depiction of destroyed Gaza, the inhumanity, and the violence of the checkpoint (where Ali’s mother was treated harshly by Israeli soldier as she was about to give birth) show you the face of raw humanity. Instead of comfortable narrative where everyone was flawless martyr, Noor challenges us: “If I made all these characters flawed and even didn’t pass your ‘purity’ test, would you still see their humanity and their rights to live a life with dignity and free of occupation?” Quote: I cannot control the tremors in my body, which always arrive paired with that icy impulse in my loins. Am I afraid? Everyone here is afraid. How could one not be? I lead Ali through the ruins, toward people who might, after all, turn out to be animals. (ch. 1)
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 4d ago

On a personal level, I feel honored that I've met Carson. On a different personal level, I'm glad that the Nobel is celebrating someone shy, peculiar, intense. May all the weird/funny/creative/dark/introverted people of the world live long and prosper.

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 4d ago

184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...

184 cuneiform tablets discovered in Hittite royal archive

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Kayalıpınar in Türkiye have discovered a Hittite royal archive containing 184 cuneiform tablets and fragments. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

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E.M. White, load-bearing grad student@emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · 4d ago

Do you find yourself lacking spooky reading material for this October? Are you hankering for weird, possibly inscrutable fiction that registers at least a 4.0 on the Sickos.jpg scale? You are? Seriously? Well, then you'd surely like my brand new novelette!

Folk horror AND sword & sorcery? That's right, a new novelette from yours truly!

"The Ones Who Hound Him in the Dark," a genre-blending weird fiction novelette in homage to the pulp novels of yesteryear. By E.M. White.

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Rachel@rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 5d ago

I’m writing about this coin because it’s weird & confusing to me. Is that a Ba’al-style cloud-chariot? Or Ezekiel’s ofanim-mobile? But it’s from such a late date for that, under Persian rule…Is there Zoroastrian stuff going on? The eagle screams “Jupiter,” but the rest of it doesn’t really…

Rachel@rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ok. The giant piyyut presentation is done. Now I just need to write 7 pages double spaced about this ancient coin by Sunday. THEN I am allowed a dating sim game, as a treat.

Yehud Period (4th c. BCE) coin showing a male deity seated on a wheeled seat and holding an eagle. There is also a proto-Hebrew inscription.