Making a thread for my #readsofawe books! Finished this last night, 4⭐️

let's goooo

Starts tomorrow at sunset!

The Seep by Chana Porter is my #1 rec for this, if you're down with sci fi!

And hey, if you pick it at one of your #ReadsofAwe reads, look how much of the bingo board you get, just from my story!

Dragon Gems (Summer 2024 Edition) All brand-new tales to get you through the long summer days and nights

"So Familiar a Gleam," my sapphic contemporary Sleeping Beauty retelling, is out now! It's about how much modern dating sucks and the ways we hold ourselves back from capital-R Romance. Also hot butch girls with swords. You'll love it. waterdragonpublishing.com/product/drag...

Just under three weeks to go! What are you guys planning to read?

Want a starter pack of writers whose fantastic fiction and poetry has been published by Kaleidotrope? Well then, my friend, today is your lucky day!

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News & Press from The Future Fire News and Press from The Future Fire

Zoe Kaplan (@thez.bsky.social) author of “The End of Rain” in The Future Fire #70, joins us for today’s micro-interview about her story, mountains, and other friends. press.futurefire.net/2024/08/micr...

Go for a single square, a bingo, a blackout, or just a random pattern! And don’t forget to post your marked-up board when the readathon is over.

What’s the deal with the bingo board? It’s a fun challenge to encourage people to read widely within Jewish literature! Download or screenshot the board and mark off squares when you get them. Feel free to use one book per square OR mark as many squares as apply to each book!

How do I participate?
🍎 Read Jewish books! You don't even have to tell anyone about it 🙂
📚 Follow the prompts on the bingo card, and post how many squares you fill
🍎 Share your TBR, reviews, and book photos on Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and/or Twitter with the hashtag #readsofawe

It's that time again! Announcing the #readsofawe Readathon 2024!

FAQ

When is it? Sunset 10/2 to sunset 10/12, from the beginning of Rosh HaShanah to the end of Yom Kippur, also called the Days of Awe (hence the name)

Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Diabolical Plots, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Kaleidotrope Diabolical Plots 4/24 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/4/24, 4/18/24 Kaleidotrope 4/24 Anne Liberton’s “Six-Month Assessment on Miracle Fresh” anchors the April Diabolical Plots, and for marketing fans (o…

“The Witch Who Lives Next Door” by @thez.bsky.social from @kaleidotrope, “The Speech That God Understands” by Jonathan Edelstein from @BCSmagazine, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo here - locusmag.com/2024/07...

Omg???? I’m so stunned and grateful for this review!

"The Witch Who Lives Next Door" by @thez.bsky.social is "a lovely read" that "explores the ways that witches are powerful but also how they try and use that power for justice..."

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The End of Rain, Zoe Kaplan I made my home on a patch of damp farmland. I was young and so was she, her trees mere saplings next to the neighboring forests. I tilled her soil and trimmed her branches, and in return, she provided...

My fabulist flash piece, "The End of Rain" is reprinted with The Future Fire! It's sweet and sad and no longer paywalled 🌵🌧👯‍♀️ futurefire.net/2024.70/fict...

Coming soon: The Romance Writer's Oracle: An Inspiration Deck A creative writing card deck based around romance genre tropes and characters, with illustrations by artist Sarah Waites.

The incredibly talented @illustratedpage.bsky.social is launching a writing inspiration deck! It's soo pretty, you know you want it!
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I’m still rooting for Elouise Bridgerton to be gay, but if she isn’t, and Francesca is, that’s actually the funniest thing ever. Like, she finds out there’s people out there whose romantic lives don’t involve men *and she isn’t one of them*?? She’d spiral so bad

Father says the Witch who lives next door is frightening, and a little bit beautiful. Mother says the Witch who lives next door is beautiful, and a little bit frightening.

Let @thez.bsky.social introduce you to “The Witch Who Lives Next Door.”

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Omg thank you!

Congrats to you too! You worked way harder on this than I did lol

LMAO forgot to say the title! She's called "Mars and Venus"

NEW STORY 🪐🚀👫 out in Of Gods and Globes III! books2read.com/u/4EzyQM

More terrific story recommendations—including @thez.bsky.social’s “The Witch Who Lives Next Door” in the Spring Kaleidotrope!

When I say I’m floored to be on this list, I mean I literally fell on the floor when I saw it

I’m so glad you liked it 😊

Kaleidotrope

The Spring issue of Kaleidotrope features so many fantastic new stories and poems, I need a whole thread just to list the authors!

www.kaleidotrope.net

NEW STORY "Father says the Witch who lives next door is frightening, and a little bit beautiful. Mother says the Witch who lives next door is beautiful, and a little bit frightening." kaleidotrope.net/spring-2024/...