Sheree Renée Thomas
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social
Award-winning author, poet, Hugo Award-nominated editor TONGE I DREAM IN, MOJORHYTHM & NINE BAR BLUES, MARVEL'S Black Panther: PANTHER'S RAGE novel, AFRICA RISEN and TROUBLE THE WATERS, NYTimes bestselling collab w/ Janelle Monáe on THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN
An oldie but goodie rec for writers (for novelists but helpful to those writing short stories) Susan Bell’s The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself (2008). She treats revision as an art form & offers examples, a case study that you can follow w/ some cool interviews.
"Today is August 4, 2026". Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day!
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Rest in power to the legendary Betye Saar, a true master who turned assemblage into a sacred language of Black imagination & survival. I wrote about her enduring impact & the brilliant creative lineage of her 3 daughters in my book, THE TONGUE I DREAM IN, out soon from PM Press. We owe her so much.
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Check out @wtalabi.bsky.social’s review of RING SHOUT ON SATURN by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social: “Thomas doesn’t offer easy reading. She offers a sense of deep thought, beauty and wonder in motion.”
Ring Shout on Saturn by Sheree Renée Thomas: Review by Wole Talabi - Locus
Ring Shout on Saturn, Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man Books 979-8-99248-383-3, $21.95, 334pp, tp) June 2026. Cover by Amin Qutteineh & Caitlin Mattisson. If Mojorhythm was Sheree Renée Thomas's opening invocation, then Ring Shout on Saturn, the second volume in her Root and Sky sequence of short story collections, feels like an intimate ritual. In my review of Mojorhythm, I noted: Thomas skillfully wields literary tools to induce a heady …Read More
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I'm so honored! The Tongue I Dream In received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. It's wonderful to see this collection of poetry, essays, and stories recognized before its August 25th release in the PM Press Outspoken Authors series. Read the review here: blog.pmpress.org/2026/06/11/t...
The Tongue I Dream In— Starred Review in Publishers Weekly - PM Press
Publishers Weekly The 36th installment of the publisher’s Outspoken Authors series (after Ian Shoales’s Veni Vidi Venti) showcases the many extraordinary talents of World Fantasy Award winner Thomas (...
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So happy that my new fiction collection, RING SHOUT ON SATURN from @thirdmanbooks.bsky.social is in the world. And it recently received a review by novelist & engineer @wtalabi.com in the June 2026 @locusmag.bsky.social 💫🪐🌿. Get both from your fave booksellers 😍 More deets here: l1nq.com/okwechh
Can a hip-hop album function as theory? Can it preserve historical memory? Can it offer a framework for understanding power, institutions, identity, & futures? Limited Time 20% Discount Code: IC-JUNETEENTH DOI: doi.org/10.65724/GYM... @walterdgreason.bsky.social @hiphoped.bsky.social
This Must-Have Monday I have TWENTY-FIVE new books to ft! Incl 🪐off to Saturn with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social! 💎kidnappings in a ballroom from @sherwood.bsky.social! 🍞an omnibus of @angelaslatter.bsky.social's Sourdough universe!
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Afrofuturism, sapphic mermaids, and – hexing the moon?!
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Congrats to Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social & Jamal Hodge on their newest honors! Two fine poets and another example of the beauty in mentorship & collaboration.
Nother small press: @pmpress.bsky.social does anarchist titles including the Outspoken Authors series founded by Terry Bisson. My 1st book edit for them is a collection of stories, poetry, essays, art by @nicolaz.bsky.social. Soon: The Tongue I Dream In by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social. pmpress.org
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Memphis, let's celebrate the release of my new collection, RING SHOUT ON SATURN! 🪐Tune in to WREG Channel 3 on 6/8 @ 9 am for a live morning interview Then 6/9 @ 6 PM, join me at Novel for a discussion & signing in conversation w/ the brilliant Troy L. Wiggins! Details at novelmemphis.com
From Reckoning X, our special issue on communication in environmental justice, "Chickasaw Bluff Blues", a poem in which @shereereneethomas.bsky.social does amazing things evoking music with rhythm and repetition: reckoning.press/chickasaw-bl...
Chickasaw Bluff Blues | Reckoning
Mississippi flows carries secrets in silt the bronze serpent’s scales Cicada static rasps against the high noon sun Trilobite locked in the bluff’s ancestral stone silence Oil refinery flare stains th...
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Oil refinery flare stains bruised twilight sky Prayer flag tied to an oaken branch flutters from Lookout Mountain’s slope hope you will read this powerful, slow-building poem by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, at @reckoningmag.bsky.social reckoning.press/chickasaw-bl...
Chickasaw Bluff Blues | Reckoning
Mississippi flows carries secrets in silt the bronze serpent’s scales Cicada static rasps against the high noon sun Trilobite locked in the bluff’s ancestral stone silence Oil refinery flare stains th...
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Grateful for this thoughtful review of MOJORHYTHM in Locus. It is excellent to have @wtalabi.com back in the critic’s chair.
Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY@wtalabi.com · 3mo agoIts been a while since I wrote a review for Locus but I'm back on game now. My latest review for Mojorythm by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social is up on the website. Check it out and check out this excellent collection by one of SFFs major figures.
You have to be an attendee of the @tricon-hfx.bsky.social conference to go to these and others' panels and @tridenthalifax.bsky.social readings but good news: we still have some tickets left! tricon-halifax.com 📚🪐 #YHZ #HaliSky #SFFH #SciFi #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: boy maybe: poems by W. J. Lofton, @beaconpress.bsky.social & The Lilac People: A Novel by Milo Todd, @catapultbooks.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers
My short story “The Candy Aisle” appears in Citywide Lunch today! Keep reading at: citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-candy-ai... #shortfiction #shortstory #citywidelunch #fiction #mosquitoes
The 2026 World SF Bundle is now LIVE! buff.ly/l4ukzGV 15 books from the likes of @lavietidhar.bsky.social @theodoragoss.bsky.social @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social For @storybundle.bsky.social, you decide what price you want to pay. In support of @locusmag.bsky.social
The Banff Centre's Futurisms Residency is now open for applications, with faculty @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @nalohop.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027
This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
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Ten years of fires and futures! I’m honored to have a story included in Forged in FIYAH: Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction, edited by the brilliant DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social 🔥 Coming September 2026
Tordotcom Publishing@tordotcompub.bsky.social · 5mo agoForged in FIYAH, edited by @davaun.bsky.social, showcases the extraordinary talent and innovation of contemporary Black SFF!🔥 This collection of 18 stories features tales from mainstays of genre fiction alongside the dynamic, groundbreaking work of several of FIYAH's most promising newcomers.
We are less than 25 away from our backing goal. All we need from you is to hit Notify! That's it. Science fiction Fantasy Horror Surrealism Southern Gothic Magical Realism Dystopian Romantasy This anthology is packed with variety of stories that'll keep you thinking and guessing at every turn!
Honored for F&SF to be listed as a top ten finalist in the 2026 Locus Awards in the magazine category. Grateful to all the contributors & readers of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Check out the complete list of finalists here: locusmag.com/2026/04/2026...
2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists
Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! These results are from the February 1 to April 1 voting by readers on an open public ballot. The Locus Awards winners will be announced…
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"The Tongue I Dream In": that's the new @shereereneethomas.bsky.social book coming this August and you can pre-order here - pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
The Tongue I Dream In
Sheree Renée Thomas The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.
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The Map of Lost Places, which I edited with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, is part of @lavietidhar.bsky.social's 2026 World SF Bundle! For $30 you can get 15 amazing books! Head on over and check out all the amazing authors in this bundle. You won't want to miss it! storybundle.com/scifi
"The Map of Lost Places is a compelling collection of unsettling stories set around the world – and beyond." 🗺️🧭 Wonderful review from Dr. Alice Violett of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES, edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social and @lesleyconner.bsky.social 🖤👽
Review: The Map of Lost Places, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner
Thoughtful book reviews
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I’m so thrilled to share that THE TONGUE I DREAM IN is now available for preorder in the PM Press Outspoken Authors Series. This collection of stories, poems, and essays was edited by the incomparable Nisi Shawl. 🦋✨ #TheTongueIDreamIn #PMPress #BlackSpeculativeFiction #NewBooks #ShereeReneeThomas
Nisi Shawl@nisishawl.bsky.social · 5mo ago"The Tongue I Dream In": that's the new @shereereneethomas.bsky.social book coming this August and you can pre-order here - pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
I wrote a new essay on Mississippi Delta culture in Ryan Coogler’s movie, SINNERS, published today in MS Now
Quincy Scott Jones@quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 5mo ago"American cinema needs more of this raw truth — stories that pulse in the blood and set spirits free. We don’t need endless remakes. We need the conjure, the haints and the original hope that comes from knowing exactly who we are." - @shereereneethomas.bsky.social www.ms.now/opinion/ryan...
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Sheree Renée Thomas@shereereneethomas.bsky.social · 6mo agoCome hear Deep Magic & Ancient Futures at the 2026 VirtuousCon! This Saturday, February 21 @ 11 am EST A fabulous reading Moderated by Sheree Renée Thomas featuring Zin E. Rocklyn, Roman Johnson, Jason Bartles, Mimi Mondal @mimimondal.bsky.social CeCe Yuan ✨#virtuouscon www.virtuouscon.com
