Dear Reader: Welcome to August, also known as SEASON OF THE SERPENT month. #booksky
Suyi
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Author. He/him. Barely here. Latest: SEASON OF THE SERPENT (August 2026) & LOST ARK DREAMING (Ignyte & Nommo winner; Nebula finalist). https://suyidavies.com/links
Friday, 7pm on the podcast live, We talk to Suyi Davies Okungbowa! ( @suyidavies.com) Come watch and hang out live! 7pm Friday Central Http://www.twitch.tv...
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Dear Reader: Welcome to August, also known as SEASON OF THE SERPENT month. #booksky
Oh hey, I think this is the first official word about my 2027 novel, THE REALM INVISIBLE. I took John Crowley and John le Carré as my guiding stars for this one. Elizabethan spies in the cold war between England and Spain, with, naturally, weird stuff happening. Edited by Jane Johnson.
The Realm Invisible
From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of The Embroidered Book and The Valkyrie comes a thrilling historical fantasy of secret agents, sorcerers, and the Span...
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Watching S1 of HEROES and... For a mid-2000s release, this show had us eating good! Maybe even a bit ahead of its time. Can't imagine what they'd do to such a show in this streaming era. (Just S1, though. We don't talk about the other seasons.)
My Favourite Bit (found families!) over at @maryrobinettekowal.com. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...
My Favorite Bit: Suyi Davies Okungbowa talks about SEASON OF THE SERPENT
Suyi Davies Okungbowa is joining us today to talk about his novel, Season of the Serpent. Here’s the publisher’s description: The old world has fallen. Now is the time of serpents. The continent is…
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We’re closing out the summer season with some fantastic episodes! The SFF Addicts podcast schedule for August includes interviews and writing masterclasses with authors @lauraeweymouth.bsky.social and @suyidavies.com. Stay tuned for more info! All episodes available in audio/video.
This is a really beautiful website by @jdworkin.bsky.social on the everyday household items that were once only dreamt about – a music player, nightlight, family photos, clean water, ice, spices, and more. 10/10 would recommend exploring it! ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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The number of times these days that I have to say the words, "Two things can be true at the same time..."
Yooooo the last book in that Okungbowa trilogy is out (soon?) That's some good shit, y'all have time to catch up.
James Davis Nicoll@jdnicoll.bsky.social · 2w agoThe last five!
Like God, a third-persom narrator is a gaseous invertebrate." --Elizabeth McCracken, #66, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
Like God, a third-persom narrator is a gaseous invertebrate." --Elizabeth McCracken, #66, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
Beautiful story perfectly told in 3. 11/10, no notes
Suyi@suyidavies.com · 2w agoLemme tell y'all an AI story: Yesterday, I was at Costco, selecting those big ass watermelons. An elderly gentleman spotted me & stopped. "The sweet ones," he said, "have some green & some yellow. All green--no sweet. All yellow, nah. You want half-half." Then he proceeded to select one for me.
I feel like I cannot hear a regular expression like "Making my way downtown..." without immediately thinking of A Thousand Miles or "When I was a young boy my father took me..." without finishing "...into the city / to see a marching band"
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago
Lemme tell y'all an AI story: Yesterday, I was at Costco, selecting those big ass watermelons. An elderly gentleman spotted me & stopped. "The sweet ones," he said, "have some green & some yellow. All green--no sweet. All yellow, nah. You want half-half." Then he proceeded to select one for me.
I rewrote the first 10-15k words of my next novel about 4x before I settled on the final. No idea how many words ended up on the cutting room floor, but I wouldn't have had the final 10-chapter opening I have now without all those "wasted" words.
Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2w agoUnsolicited writing advice, no. 367: Nothing you write is ever wasted. Whether anyone reads it or not, it helps build something better. It counts.
Inbox <20 years ago: "Oh look, a real email! 2 emails! 3 emails!" Inbox today: "Sus. Sus. Marketing. Spam. AI. Sus. Marketing. Marketing. AI. Oh look, a real email."
Hey steampunk fans: epic new drop coming this October! Take @suyidavies.com's word for it; you don't want to miss this powerhouse of a novella. ⚙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/TCOF The City of Factories by @naomieselojor.bsky.social is out 10.13.26. #BookSky #Africanfuturism
ALSO CBC says you gotta read series! (You could read my series, for example! I have two completed trilogies!) Also delighted of course to see fronds @suyidavies.com @fondalee.bsky.social @evanwinter.bsky.social here!
10 Canadian sci-fi and fantasy series to start this summer | CBC Books
Who says your beach read can’t be a 500-page fantasy tome of a novel? CBC Books has curated a list of epic Canadian fantasy and sci-fi series to immerse yourself in this season. From ancient myths to...
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The word is getting out! Check out this wonderful review of the "Forged in FIYAH" anthology from Booklist 🙌🏿 We release September 29. Every preorder supports this amazing squad of Black speculative fiction authors. Please share our project with a reader who loves science fiction, fantasy, and horror!
Decided to take a break this evening and wrote my review for Season of the Serpent. I really really enjoyed this book and didn't feel lost at all (it's 3rd in the series, likely the end of the trilogy). Spoiler free review: readerbarn.com/season-of-th... #Booksky #Fantasy #Multicultural
Season of the Serpent by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Though this is the third book in the trilogy, there is a detailed "story so far" in the beginning to get the reader up to date, and there has been quite a bit o
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We're thrilled to announce Reactor's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 - Part TWO!!! A new list curated by Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social highlighting the fantasy, science fiction, and horror books this year you won't want to miss, from authors we've loved for years to exciting new debuts.
30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor
The most anticipated books for your summer, fall, and holiday TBR stacks
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Are we still on this handwringing business over whether to dance on the graves of evildoers? In 2026? If y'all don't put on those dancing shoes and get up! Less "thoughts and prayers", more "basta ya".
Unsurprising there's largely an overestimation of minoritized religious affiliations (<5%) & underestimation of Christianity's dominance (70+%). Despite originating from a deeply religious nation, I've been largely *shocked* by how Christian (culturally, spiritually, politically) North America is.