Mid-day check in: 84% and climbing. Eager to bring these books to life and find new authors to work with, help make that a reality if you can.

Air and Nothingness Press@aanpress.bsky.social · 8h ago

Good morning. AaN is 82% of the way toward the base goal to publish "Are You Everything Alright" and "Endings". Info on the KS - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... #ks #kickstarter #sff #booksky #fsf Thanks for having a look and any RP QP.

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Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 7h ago

That’s right Space Unicorns - ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter!! So, SEAS THE DAY and check out all the amazing backer rewards still available!!! We need YOUR KELP to make Year 13 happen!!! buff.ly/nuCWVxG

HUGO VOTING CLOSES THIS SATURDAY! HUGO VOTING CLOSES THIS SATURDAY! HUGO VOTING CLOSES THIS SATURDAY! A million and more thanks to those who have been eagerly interested in the Best Poem category in particular! And if you haven't voted or read the poems yet, there is still time!

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · yesterday

Finalist information can be found on our site: www.lacon.org/hugofinalists You can access the voting platform through our Member Portal. If you have any questions or problems, email hugo-help@lacon.org.

My story, The Lure, is this month's featured free story in The Sunday Morning Transport. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-lure Discover what secrets wait beneath the surface at the island of Saint Helena: "For hunger, like justice, only waits so long."

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August travels with the Sunday Morning Transport include stories by Christopher Campbell, Curtis Chen, Marie Brennan, and Rick Wilber.

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The ending of this book is still stuck in my head and won't let go a year later.

Delilah S. Dawson@delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 2d ago

Two words for you: $2 SALE. Three more words: COTTAGECORE GIRL HANNIBAL. Please grab a copy, give one as a gift, help spread the word. And Guillotine is still on sale, too! DOUBLE THE DELILAH FOR $4.

Fantasy worldbuilding does not get better than the Craft universe. Treat yourself!

Max Gladstone@maxgladstone.bsky.social · 2d ago

Want a deal on some books? In honor of the Craft Wars being up for the Hugo Award, these are $2.99 in ebook for a limited time, on all retailers: THREE PARTS DEAD (bookshop.org/p/books/thre...) TWO SERPENTS RISE (bookshop.org/p/books/two-...) DEAD COUNTRY (bookshop.org/p/books/dead...)

I have a fucked up story in the Eat The Rich anthology, available for pre-order now! "Inside a tank, seven people dressed in bathing suits and scuba masks swam in small, frantic circles[...] Number 3’s body looked familiar; I’d definitely groped someone with similar tits at a BAFTA afterparty."

Eat the Rich

Cover art and design by Eirik Gumeny. If there’s a problem in the world — literally any problem — you can bet there’s a billionaire behind it somewhere, exacerbating…

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I will be attending #worldcon come find me! I have @smallwondersmag.com ribbons :) (also rejection punch cards) Schedule to drop soon (I am recovering from gencon). Let’s get a meal, a drink, a hangout, a Kiki!

One more week until Mara releases, which means one more work of getting it at its discount pre-order price! Come and get your yummy trans lesbian space shenanigans with a side of heady anarchism. "Very cinematic. That was such a wild ride" -- @trishusband.itch.io prismata-press.itch.io/mara

prismata.press@prismata.press · last mo.

Queer, trans Dune you say? Mara: prismata-press.itch.io/mara or www.amazon.com/dp/B0H62FSYL8

Hey! Do you want to hear "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which is nominated for a Hugo, read by an actual professional reader? Here you go, it's on the awesome Cast of Wonders podcast!

Cast of Wonders@castofwonders.org · 5d ago

Cast of Wonders 692: Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by @effies.bsky.social narrated by Jairus Durnett produced by Andrew Jack CW: ableism www.castofwonders.org/2026/07/cast...

Huzzah! This month's Dragons' Book Club post is up now. Just subscribe to my Patreon at any level from $1.99/month upwards to read all of my reading recs from this month and share your own with fellow club members in the comments! patreon.com/stephanieburgis #romancelandia

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Get more from Stephanie Burgis on Patreon. Become a member for just $1.99/month. Hi! I'm a fantasy writer and an obsessive book-lover. This is my…

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Please see name I will not be taking further questions thanks

Jim C. Hines@jimchines.com · 4d ago

Tornado warning and multiple alerts and emergency notifications during our #WritersSymposium #GenCon panel just now. I blame @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social. Mad props to @larkmorganlu.bsky.social for moderating the panel through that chaos.

It'd take like 12 of you gifting yourselves that novella series (as ebooks) to get them funded 👀

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last wk.

You can back the crowdfund here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Wild that SPREAD ME is almost out in paperback already. Wild that I got it published in the first place!! I still can't quite believe it. And y'all have been sprinting with it ever since. If you loved it / hated it / can't believe it's real, please preorder the paperback & tell your friends.

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey | A Seat at the Table

Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay.

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Woo!!! Swords and Sorcery Magazine just published the omnibus review I wrote for the four @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social novellas (and one novelette!) that @obrackenbury.bsky.social is releasing this year. Head on over, and have a look! (spoiler: I loved them all)

Thank you @rsagarcia.bsky.social for the lovely words about my book. 😊 Pre-orders are open now: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...

YES! It is my author copies of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR! Dreadfully hot humid day but WHO CARES I HAVE MY BOOK

I'm doing an AMA on @redditfantasy.bsky.social today! Come say hi and ask me anything! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

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I'm late to Disability Pride Month, but I have Fantasy recs to make up for it! Including 🐺 Wolves from @kvjohansen.bsky.social AND @finnlongman.com! 🐢 giant talking turtles in underwater realms by @seananmcguire.bsky.social! and @wiswell.bsky.social's disabled dragon!🐉

Disability Pride Isn't Fantasy: Fantasy Recs For Disability Pride! - Every Book a Doorway

12 of my favourite Fantasy books with disabled protagonists!

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See you in a few days! ❤️

Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu@larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 3w ago

Come Find me at gencon!

Please see below an awesome list of short queer work to read and, if you have the means, buy! Cy does amazing work!! Thanks, Cy! ❤️

Charles (Cy) Payseur@cypayseur.bsky.social · last wk.

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

I subscribe to @smallwondersmag.com and it’s so wonderful to get flash and poetry in my inbox each week! It scratches the itch that Daily Science Fiction left behind

Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · last wk.

Subscriptions help keep magazines like Small Wonders alive! If you'd like to find other venues to support, check out @sffmagazines.bsky.social! And if you haven't subscribed to us yet, we'd love to have you on board! store.smallwondersma...

Preorder now: The Astronaut Among the Flowers, a short story collection by Nebula finalist @cornellwriter.bsky.social! www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as... #books #SFF #comingsoon

The Astronaut Among the Flowers – Stars and Sabers

The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by Nebula finalist author P.A. Cornell.

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I am overjoyed that the Poetry Hugo Award has once again PASSED. It will need to be re-ratified in 2029 to be officially officially permanent. Complicated rules aside, thank you to everyone who voted or supported this goal. Us poets truly love y'all! To read more about this see poetryhugo.com

Speculative Poetry Initiative

What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?

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Only a few days left until Flash Fiction Online’s AFTERMATHS special theme comes to a close!! A few vibes I would be very interested in: - intimate stakes - reflecting on childhood as an adult/how life choices change us - mutual aid and conflict resolution - the journey to becoming healed

You want extremely fun and insightful queer adult sff book tips for the rest of the year? REJOICE! For Sia has your back:

Every Month is Pride: Queer Adult SFF for the Rest of 2026 - Every Book a Doorway

PRIDE LASTS ALL YEAR: or, queer Adult SFF releasing from July-December!

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I talk about my formal fictive attempt at writing a haunted house story here 💖

Kristy Park Kulski@garnetonwinter.bsky.social · 2w ago

We celebrate SILK & SINEW contributors with a look at the inspiration behind @sundialgirl.bsky.social Gabriela Lee's story, "In the Heart of the Forest, a Tree" kpkulski.substack.com/p/the-idea-o... #badhandbooks #silkandsinewantho #folkhorror #authors #bramstokeraward #asiandiasporastorytelling

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Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today marks day four of our Subscriber Drive, and we are IMMENSELY appreciative of every like, reshare, or kind word offered this week 🖤 Become a paid subscriber today to continue sharing the love! www.darkertimes.com/subscriber-d...

Okay look: every novella by Neon Hemlock has been an absolute BANGER & several have come with wonderful *surprise* extras!! Love em love em love em www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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