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World's leading SFF book community! Posts by 🏹 @kitvaria.bsky.social & 🐉 @jennieivins.bsky.social. Lover of books. Hater of trolls. No AI. Probably not a real dragon. ;) http://fantasy-faction.com/

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Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 19h ago

Disclaimer: This thread will include an AI image & I'm just as unhappy about it as you are. -JI🐉 Today is August 4 2026 the date mentioned in Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rain": the day when the world is destroyed. It's an amazing story and you should read it. That is not why I am posting.

Cat Rambo@catrambo.bsky.social · yesterday

One of the things I got to see at GenCon was the cover art for the next issue of the Mag of F&SF, which holds my story "From Hell's Heart I Reach to Thee." It's one of my best (IMO) and I'm so stoked that it's going out into the world soon.

Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · yesterday

ICYMI: @powjay.bsky.social reviews @scalzi.com's When the Moon Hits Your Eye! - JI 🐉 "The character work was really fun. A variety of people who all react in such different ways to this shocking and potentially life-threatening phenomenon." fantasy-faction.com/2025/when-th... #booksky 💙📚🪐

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows the an astronaut standing on the surface of the moon taking a selfie. But the moon has been replaced by a giant moon-shaped piece of Swiss cheese. The rest of the cover is a sky full of stars. The background of the image is a close up photo of a piece of Swiss cheese.
Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 10mo ago

And another one by @powjay.bsky.social ! Sorry for the avalanche of posts, I was not online the last few days... A variety of people who all react in such different ways to this shocking and potentially life-threatening phenomenon. fantasy-faction.com/2025/when-th... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · last wk.

"The world is too full of living, breathing magic to choose GenAI over human art." Fantasy-Faction is proudly anti-GenAI, and will never knowingly post anything made by a non-human entity. (Unless robots or animals gain sentience or we make first contact with aliens or another dimension.) #booksky

The image shows a photo from inside Antelope Canyon in Arizona. The viewer is looking up at a night sky full of stars. The opening in the cave makes a reverse S-shape bisecting the image from top to bottom. Across the image is the text from the post.
Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · last wk.

P.S. I would still like for people to read THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and then look at themselves and be like "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need to be the protagonist of a fairytale horror story in a magical forest" us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Butcher of the Forest

"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

us.macmillan.com

Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · last wk.

ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews Kaleigh McCann's The Darkness Calling! - JI 🐉 "A refreshing focus on sibling dynamics, morally complex characters, and a story world that dares to be ruthless...[a] character-driven, shadow-laced fantasy." fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-dar... #booksky 💙📚🪐

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows the illustration of a rocky mountain peak, its top and slopes blanketed in snow. Below it is a forest of dark pine trees, and above it a night sky full of stars and lit by a full moon. Across the bottom of the image is a splattering of blood originating from off the page. The background of the image is a photo taken in a Rocky Mountain pine forest with tall trees to either side of the book cover.
Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A dark and emotional fantasy that deserves far more attention. Brutal, intense, and surprisingly heartfelt, it dives deep into sibling bonds, moral greys, and the price of survival. An under-the-radar gem. fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-dar... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction

The Darkness Calling by Kaleigh McCann
David Green@davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · last wk.

The participation form for FCon is closing at 11:59pm July 31st! This is for people who want to take part in the programme on panels, workshops, launches, readings and more! - you need your ticket to take part in the programming - we'll strive to use everyone who fills out the form and has a ticket

Fantasycon 2026 9 till 11 October 2026 @ Glasgow Crowne Plaza www.britishfantasysociety.org
Timy 🐼👑@queensbookasylum.bsky.social · last wk.

It's that time of the month again. Which means another newsletter is on the way - hopefully coming on Friday. It'll be a shorter one than usual, but at least it'll happen. I'll talk about books I read, writing updates, and more!

Timy 🐼👑@queensbookasylum.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Queen's Book Asylum (well, me, really) has a monthly newsletter with roundups, sneak peeks, personal tidbits, and more! How do you sign up, you ask? ✍️Open this link and subscribe: shorturl.at/2mLJ8 💌Receive the welcoming letter You are all set!😊 Emails go out at the end of the month!

Adrian Tchaikovsky@aptshadow.bsky.social · last wk.

Well, I say, watching my protagonist pilot an enormous tanker full of mechanical octopuses down a river while having fever dream flashbacks, I guess this is one of those books where I write to discover what happens next.

Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 2w ago

Loot that drops after defeating me. -JI🐉 - a tiny, glow-in-the-dark, plastic dragon - enough Lucky Charms marshmallows to cause concern - way too many .docx files with ‘final’ in the title - a very sharp chef's knife - a music player (format randomized) - a stack of fantasy mass market paperbacks

J E Hannaford@hannafordjenny.bsky.social · 2w ago

Loot that drops after defeating me. -a bag of holding filled with dog treats -a collection of assorted dragons -a confusingly large quantity of sand. - a large bunch of unusual culinary herbs - 8 open scrivener files of different projects. -a flurry of D&D notes and character sheets - limes.

Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 3w ago

What's the opposite of doom scrolling? Like good scrolling but it's still a bad idea? Cause I'm seeing cool books and cute animals and authors posting great news, but it's 2am and I should be in bed... - JI 🐉