Add. To. Your. TBR. NOW. I got to read the opening pages of this in draft form and was already hooked. Also look at that gorgeous cover!
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Add. To. Your. TBR. NOW. I got to read the opening pages of this in draft form and was already hooked. Also look at that gorgeous cover!
Everyone stop what you're doing and go read this good for her, unhinged feminist rage story by @apottern.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social
It is 🔥
havenspec.com/fiction/boot...
The world is rough and I've got a withering cold but I want to share some joy:
I have TWO stories coming out next month: a novelette about Wendy Darling, motherhood, & mankeeping from @strangehorizons.bsky.social and a short story I affectionately call "murder jeans" from @havenspec.bsky.social 🧵
Just over three weeks left to submit your SFF short story or poem to our second unthemed issue of 2026!
Don't overthink it, smash that send button 👇🏿
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Look, maybe you're buying gifts for everyone right now and feeling a little burned out. Maybe you need to get yourself a little pick me up. Maybe that's a deeply discounted ebook of awesome speculative fiction.
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Wow, look at that fancy new cover!
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
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I'm so excited that @viableparadise.bsky.social 2023's anthology baby was awarded runner up from the Indie Author Project! Now we have a shiny badge for the cover!
Reposting again to emphasize that we won an award!!! Librarians picked the anthology out for best indy scifi.
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
"Celebrating sucess with a $4.99 book sale, this weekend only!" across the top in a blue banner. Below is an image of the new cover of New Year, New You on a black tablet: the letter of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other tory elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "us". Next to the book is a large, shiny badge that reads "Runner-up in the 2025 Annual Indie Author Project Contest" with "2025 Runner-up Science Fiction" below. Finally, in a rainbow banner across the bottom reads "Plus a swanky new cover!"
Across the top: New Cover, Same Cutting-Edge Speculative Fiction. Below is a mock-up of the book New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention in which the letters of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other story elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "u". Next to the book are endorsement quotes: "I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafts." —Myna Chang, Microverse "Nuanced..." —Locus Magazine "Intense and beguiling..." — Sherwood Smith "Complex and experimental..." — SF Book Reviews "Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted..." — Naseem Jamnia In the bottom right corner, is a peel-away corner that reveals the words "$4.99 ebook sale! This weekend only!"
It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
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Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
Same!
"Writing and Marketing consults with Allison Pottern Hoch. You've spent years crafting your book to get it out into the world — and I've spent 20+ years helping authors develop and market theirs. Now let me help you! Does publishing or marketing overwhelm you? Are you a debut author with book launch jitters? Does it feel like your publisher isn't giving you the marketing guidance you need? Do you need help getting your speculative fiction novel over the finish line? Are you struggling to figure out what publishing path is right for you? Book a consult today: pottern.com/book-a-session"
Just booked a writing retreat, so, er, I'd love to fit in a couple more clients/workshops for fall to help offset the cost!
I'm a writer, editor, & marketing coach. My sweet spot is helping authors w forthcoming titles navigate the book marketing engine + plan for launch. (pottern.com) 🧵
Congrats, Trae!! This looks incredible!!
HOW BEAUTIFUL is this cover?! So excited to be in this anthology!!🌷
The words $2.99 Worldcon Ebook Sale" above the image of the top half of a tablet displaying the cover for "New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention" all against a purple background. So wish I could be there but say hi to my friends for me.
Major FOMO re: #worldcon!! Half of our anthology's contributors will be there, so the ebook is more than half off!
Grab a copy and say hi to @darylwriterguy.bsky.social @chriscampbell.bsky.social @fechoe.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @avani.bsky.social
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
Protect Rep. Jolanda Jones at all cost.
Part 2:
What’s really going on in Texas? I give you Rep. Jolanda Jones in two parts speaking from temporary exile while they deny a quorum to state Republicans. She lays out every bit of it out - chapter and verse. These Texas Dems are the real deal. @texasdemocrats.bsky.social
Here’s Part 1:
new piece from on the 60th anniversary of the voting rights act, and what the law has meant for american democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Surprise summer sale on the New Year New You anthology.
A great summer read if you, like me, enjoy weird and beautiful stories. a.co/d/4f27Typ 🥰
B&N is having a preorder sale for rewards and premium members, 25% off with code PREORDER25, you can get Wife Shaped Bodies (ebook, paperback, audio) and other great upcoming titles
#BNPreorder
We couldn’t be more excited to share the stunning cover for Laura Cranehill’s WIFE SHAPED BODIES!
The paperback, featuring illustrated French flaps, is out in April 2026. Preorder your copy now!
Cover design by Ella Laytham (IG @ellaytham)
Cover illustration by Kior Ko (kior.bsky.social)
@brigittewinter.bsky.social's Youth Playwright Theatre NEA grant was cut a few weeks ago. For many young people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, YPT provides their only creative writing and theater programming during the school day. Please consider a donation/boost.
youngplaywrightstheater.org/give/
Tis I! Hello! See you at 4th Street??
Now I'mma post a lot of folks who's works you should definitely consider for @locusmag.bsky.social noms!
Hat tip to editor and writer extraordinaire @chriscampbell.bsky.social who's star just keeps rising.
If you’ve been thinking about picking up a copy of New Year New You, this weekend it’s on sale for 99 cents wherever ebooks are sold. 🚀 Pretty please also keep us in mind when you fill out your Locus ballot. 🙏🏼 books2read.com/newyearnewyous…
24 excellent stories for 99 cents? Do yourself a favor and grab it before the sale ends this week!
Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
An image containing the cover art for the brave, ingenious new collection NEW YEAR NEW YOU, and photos of contributing authors Allison Pottern, Brigitte Winter, and Catherine Castellani. The reading is the next CHARM CITY SPEC, 6:30 pm Saturday March 22nd, at the Bird in hand Cafe and Bookstore, 11E 33rd Street in Baltimore.
NEW YEAR NEW YOU is the vital new anthology you need to hear right now! Come to CHARM CITY SPEC and hear these authors speak their truths!
LIVE, one night only! Combining awesome their powers: Allison Pottern, Brigitte Winter, Catherine Castellani. Everyone is welcome!
"I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family, and even politicians advocating for me. And yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks."
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