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Strong Women, Strange Worlds

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Our mission is to elevate the voices of women and other underrepresented gender identity authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror; to highlight stories featuring strong female and non-binary characters; and to share these stories with readers of all

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 13h ago

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 15h ago

#CallToSubmit Cosmorama ✒️ 📖 💰 Pays $30 for each piece >1K words and $10 for each flash piece <1K words. 💲 "Longer pieces are on a case by case basis which are paid an advance and royalties.” @swsworlds.bsky.social @alpbeck.com www.cosmorama.site

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2d ago

"You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading."

James Patterson

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2d ago

Miss a Quick Reads? Want to check out our Holiday Extravaganza fun? See interviews with SWSW committee members and authors with @angiechristieWN ? PLUS our NEW videos: SW-SW RE-MIXED (recordings of past author readings grouped by theme! www.youtube.com/@strongwomen...

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2d ago

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 3d ago

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Oh yeah, I'm outdoorsy.

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If outdoorsy means I read outside.

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 4d ago

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 4d ago

One hour, six authors, endless possibilities! Our next Quick Reads will be here before we know it. Sign up below to be part of the fun! #SWSWQR www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Strong Women Strange Worlds presents

First Friday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by

L. D. Colter

Karen Lucia

Alex Grehy

Emma Burnett

Ν. Ζ. Nasser

Emmie Christie

ACKBURN TON

SEOCHD

UFE NORTE LINING

THE GOLL

JADA

UN

LDEN

PLOT

September 4, 12 noon EDT Free On Zoom

emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 4d ago

Join us & we'll tell you stories! Proper good ones! 4 Sept, 5pm GMT @ldcolter.com @emmiechristie33.bsky.social @karenlucia.bsky.social @swsworlds.bsky.social worlds.bsky.social @nillunasser.bsky.social @authorterribruce.bsky.social @christianek.bsky.social #SWSWQR www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid...

First Friday - Third Thursday QuickRead

6 authors * 8 minutes each - come find your next favorite read with us!

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 5d ago

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 5d ago

At #Ebooks Direct: Still on (but not for much longer...!), our #Summer Reading #Sale. Buy direct from the author and save! (And you get our free replacement guarantee as well.) Come take advantage of us! (Please note: offer not valid in the UK due to Brexit. So sorry.) ebooks.direct/pages/our-su...

A young wizard chilling on the surface of a passing comet glances up from his reading at a particularly nice prominence erupting from the nearby star.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 6d ago

Enjoy #HorrorWritersChat but wish you could read all the past questions and prompts at your leisure? Wish granted! 🖤✨️ You can find the ever-growing collection of Horror Writers Chat questions and prompts here: uk.pinterest.com/marywyrd/hor... #HorrorSky #amwriting #WritingPrompt

Hel ✨ || Untwined is blooming 🌀🪷@helynalc.bsky.social · 5d ago

Only 6 MORE DAYS remain to get my dark fantasy sequel ARC Untwined on #NetGalley! 💙📚 A wounded woman regaining agency. A world on the brink of destruction. Poisonous magic. A freedom fight at all costs. A telepathic dead goddess. Childhood trauma. Request & I'll give you the first book for free. 👇

The cover of Imbued in the middle with labels around it pointing at it with arrows in a trope map-style graphic. The cover features a white calla lily surrounded by lush, thorny vegetation, its stalk pulled towards the ground by golden magical threads. The style is painting-like and the main colors are white, purple, green and gold.

- childhood trauma-induced amnesia
- violent magic
- manipulation
- very reluctant hero (crossed out) villain (also crossed out) ???
- telepathic flirting
- queernormative society
- failed magic experiments and dead gods
- dreams & visions galore
- demisex romance (slowburn no spice)

A trope map-style graphic with labels around the cover of Untwined in the middle pointing at it. The cover features a purple lotus flower on dark gold lily pads with golden threads of magic. The background is a blurry, gold and whirling around it. The edges of the picture have fancy corner graphics.

The arrowed labels around the book say:
- pesky lost goddess inside my head (but sad)
- my grief and trauma embodied in corrupted magic? Right in front of me??
- ancient underground high-tech city
- dream yearning
- mild(?) torture (sad-face emoticon)
- metaphysical battles (visions, memories, nightmares, otherworlds)
- a fight for freedom at all costs
- tfw you just want to BURN it all (but sad)

A digital art by Talli Morgan of the two MCs in Imbued. Calla and Gray are standing facing each other in front of a light-blue/green background. Calla is a woman with brown skin and long, wavy brown/auburn hair, wearing a long-sleeved, green shirt with golden embroidery at the sleeves. She's holding out her two palms and there is a small, magical light-sphere in it at which she peers at quite grumpily. Gray is a man with brown skin and black, shoulder-length wavy hair, and short beard and moustache. He's wearing a long-sleeved black coat with white embroidery at the edges and a black shirt under. His hands are hovering around Calla's while he's looking at her carefully.

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

Thank you to all our authors and audience members whio came to last night's Quick Reads! Our next one eill be here before we know it. Sign up below to be part of the fun! #SWSW www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

Stephen King

Bestselling Author

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

30 minutes! You still have time to sign up!

Strong Women, Strange Worlds@swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

5 authors, 60 minutes, more fun than you can shake a stick at! Register at the link below to be part of the fun! #SWSWQR www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Strong Women Strange Worlds presents

Third Thursday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by

Marisca Pichette

Madeleine D'Este

Alina Bellchambers

Stephanie Malia Morris

Marie Parks

August 20, 7pm EDT Free On Zoom

Preregister now at Strong WomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · last wk.

#SFFcommunity My favorite zine is open thru September 15th! 👇 ➡️ Penumbric @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpa.bsky.social @swsworlds.bsky.social @hwany.org

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag@penumbricmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're open for the final 200 written submissions of this subs window (15 Aug through 15 Sep)! We've received 3 of 200 submissions. See our Submissions page for details: www.penumbric.com/subs.html #Penumbric #submissions

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

"For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you."

Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

5 authors, 60 minutes, more fun than you can shake a stick at! Register at the link below to be part of the fun! #SWSWQR www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · last wk.

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

Madeleine D'Este @madeleinedeste.bsky.social · last wk.

COMING UP SOON! I'll be reading an excerpt of my supernatural mystery The Flower and The Serpent along with 4 other fab authors. Come join us! 🖤🐉🚀 Thu night for Americas Fri morn for AUS/NZ/AsiaPac www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom... @swsworlds.bsky.social

Marie Parks (she/her)@marieparks.bsky.social · last wk.

Come hear five authors (including me) read their stories at the FREE @swsworlds.bsky.social QuickReads on Thursday, August 20 at 7 PM ET. The program takes 1 hour, and you'll hear from writers from the USA and Australia, plus enter into some fun giveaways! www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid... #SWSWQR

Christiane Knight@christianek.bsky.social · last wk.

Check out this upcoming LIVE, Virtual (via Zoom) event featuring #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors of #sciencefictionbook #fantasybooks and #horrorbooks. It's fast, it's fun, and it's always amazing. You're sure to find at least one new author to love 💗 #SWSWQR tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

Christiane Knight @christianek.bsky.social · last wk.

Follow the authors: @marieparks.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @smaliamorris.bsky.social @madeleinedeste.bsky.social and SW-SW members: @swsworlds.bsky.social @authorterribruce.bsky.social @christianek.bsky.social

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning, readers & writers! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2w ago

66 When they say, "No more books." but all I hear is, “No, more books"

@Goodwill Librarian

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning, readers & writers! Get up and show Monday who's boss! #goodmorning #reading #readers #writing #writers #books #booklovers