It’s Non-binary Day, so hello from your friendly neighbourhood agender void who writes fantasy books full of folk like me We’ve got YA Gaelic fantasy romance! We’ve got urban fantasy! We’ve got epic fantasy! We’ve got spicy epic fantasy romance! We’ve got gothic why-choose dystopian fantasy!

Unboxing my new Fantasy novel the only way I know how: WITH A SWORD.

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Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

For UK readers: Check out the absolutely stunning British cover for Melting the Ice Queen! 😍 I love it so much. The art is by @jesscruicky.bsky.social, and the cover design is by Siobhan Hooper. Preorder now from @panmacmillan.bsky.social : www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... #romancelandia

It's @romancingthevote.com day!!! I have a couple of offerings in this lovely auction, with all proceeds going to organizations supporting voting rights! Even if my items don't tickle your fancy, I promise there's something for everyone!

Coming on October 6th 2026 is my new nonfiction title DEAR BLIND LADY from @sasquatchbooks.bsky.social I’m so excited to share this snarky but helpful guide to how to be better humans to one another. Preorder anywhere you buy books, and check out snarkbat.com for more!

It’s here! My full Q&A with Haralambi Markov about writing, mental illness, Bulgaria as a liminal space, and adapting short stories into collages because you simply cannot pivot to video buttondown.com/ninocipri/ar...

Q&A with Haralambi Markov on The Language of Knives

Hi all! I invited Haralambi Markov to discuss his new short story collection The Language of Knives, which is out on July 7. whew this cover A murderous...

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Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition will be released on June 30. Preorder from @apexmag.bsky.social and get 30% off! Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

A good time to remind everyone: Amazon stopped disclosing its total, company-wide energy consumption two years ago It is SO WEIRD to me how rarely this is remarked upon. They.....are not a small company, and this is a hugely important number. ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...

Gearing up to start promo for our next novella series! This will be another set of novellas alongside a short story collection, with an especial interest in queer speculative fiction. You can sign up here to get notified when we go live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

📢 Hey friends and fiends! 📢 I'm (finally) working on the 2026 Queer SFF Book list and I want to make sure I don't miss YOUR book! So if you have a adult SFF book coming out this year (2026) that has a queer MC, please take this opportunity to SHOUT IT OUT in the comments or QTs!! 📚❤️🧡💛💚💙💜📚

Happy Pride (in the US!) All my books are gay Foxhunt and Wolfpack: a trans bard who (spoilers, I guess) has some kind of weird intense thing with the nonbinary assassin who comes after her books2read.com/vengefulwild1 #IndieAuthor #Booksky #QueerBooks #TransBooks #Solarpunk

I am so excited to share the beautiful North American cover of #Melting the Ice Queen! 😍 Cover Artist: @wingbuffet.bsky.social Designer: @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social (1/2)

So!! Grief Eater is out on Monday!! (Tuesday for the US, sorry, we beat you to it!) (Also if you haven’t seen my cover, holy shit, thank you Dante Luiz 🖤) I’d love to answer some questions, please AMA 🥰

My new cozy science fiction story NOW IS A KIND OF FOREVER is up @morningtransport.bsky.social www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/now-is-a-k... Get your 60-day free subscription here: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

Now is a Kind of Forever

Kelly Robson returns to The Sunday Morning Transport with a new story, filled with brilliant, but hidden, mayhem and joy.

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As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

With my glasses situation, and how I'm trying to move out of FL, I decided to start a GFM for both gofund.me/fd04823c3 Short version: I'm a blind, trans person who can't afford to get glasses that will actually help, or fund a move to a safe city.

Donate to Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live, organized by Vale Solomon

Hi there, my name is Vale and I’m a disabled, trans, neurodivergent person… Vale Solomon needs your support for Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live

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Hello, my wonderful supporters! I wanna update you on my mom's medical status. Unfortunately it's not good news. She'll have to undergo a new surgery to remove extra tissue with cancer cells. Can you help me a little bit more? I'll post the complete update on the next blueet. ko-fi.com/haileykaas

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Did you know that the static you hear between radio stations and the noise you’d see on older televisions when programming ended (it used to be A Thing, young folk!) is partially made up of the literal radio signals emitted by the ACTUAL BIG BANG

In extremely cool news I'll be doing an online launch for GRIEF EATER on June 1 (USA)/June 2 (Aus) with the wonderful @kyliu99.bsky.social! I'm so excited!! Details here (free tix but registration required): www.eventbrite.com/e/emma-osbor...

Emma Osborne and Ken Liu in Conversation

Join us for a reading & discussion with Emma Osborne and Ken Liu to celebrate the launch of Emma's new book, GRIEF EATER

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Wolfpack is OUT! The sequel to Foxhunt, this queer solarpunk adventure features our favourite disaster bard Orfeus climbing to new heights to forge her own way ... but can you really escape the bloodstained past you inherit? The Vengeful Wild duology is now complete! books2read.com/vengefulwild2

Pulling in to Manchester for the event at Blackwell’s with @elizachanwrites.bsky.social! 6:30 tonight, & I believe there are still tickets left! www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/season...

Seasons of Glass & Iron: Amal El-Mohtar in conversation with Eliza Chan - Manchester City of Literature

Blackwell’s Manchester are thrilled to welcome Amal El-Mohtar to discuss her short story collection Seasons of Glass & Iron, full of strange worlds and fairytales from the author of This Is How You Lose The Time...

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New story day. This story was deeply personal. It gave me the courage to keep resisting. Thank you @lightspeedmagazine.com for publishing this story. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hell...

New Story Day: "Welcome To Heroism" is out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social! A mysterious app is daring people to increasingly impossible things for a chance at fame. The feats seem so ridiculous that nobody notices they might have some altruistic sides. Could the app have an agenda...?

Welcome to Heroism - Uncanny Magazine

Nobody read the Terms of Service. They were in a rush to watch the latest unbelievable must-see content from someone who probably died seconds later. It seemed like as soon as anyone knew The Dare exi...

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Spend a little time with my novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space! Available today! Bugs in the physics! Status reports in the form of food! Finding a family! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

My big dragon book drops July 14th! For the next two days you can get it for 25% at Barnes & Noble using the code PREORDER25. It's the perfect discount for a four-headed dragon who's now missing one head. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...

Woohoo! New cover art for the release of Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition!

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's finally here! Behold the incredible cover of our expanded special edition of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's Nebula-nominated cyberpunk fantasy PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🎈🎉 Cover Art: Marcela Bolívar Cover Design: Mikio Murakami, Silent Q Design www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

My new Genre Grapevine focuses on both the escalating hype around generative AI along with its use in the war in Iran. Sadly, what all this comes down to is how AI is being used to provide ever-faster ways for the rich, powerful and corrupt to do whatever they want. www.patreon.com/posts/153096...

Genre Grapevine on AI Providing Ever-Faster Ways for the Rich and Powerful to Do What They Want | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine

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Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.

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I’ve been really distressed by the enormous fire in Glasgow’s city centre last night and heartbroken for the 30+ small businesses who lost their livelihoods in a matter of hours. At the same time, I’m immensely awed by the labours of our Scottish Fire and Rescue Service that kept people safe.