Someone holding up a copy of The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang in front of a bunch of bookshelves filled with TDCP novellas.
The happiest of book birthdays to The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com, a story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language!
Speak another people's language. Know them. Become them.
And discover you've destroyed them.
I really needed to read this piece this morning.
Often as a writer,coming up against the frustrations of publishing,I find myself slipping back into being an ungenerous reader, primed to hate every flaw.
It's not healthy
RUN don’t walk to read any stories by by @babblewocky.bsky.social, @edenroyce.bsky.social, @shanehawk.com, @carsonfaust.bsky.social & Senaa Ahmad. 💀
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FULL TRAILER!
THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER
This showcases our cast, which is STACKED with greatness.
In a way, this story is the work of my lifetime.
Chris has been the greatest partner in making this show real.
Karyn, Ridley and so many others were vital in all this.
Feeling wildly proud.
There are way too many amazing, amazing folks I want to congratulate for being on the Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists (winners TBA May 30!), so I am going to shriek with delight about @edenroyce.bsky.social's Psychopomp & Circumstance being one of in "novellas"! locusmag.com/2026/04/2026...
Lavender background with the text PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is a LOCUS AWARD FINALIST! at the top. Underneath is a list of the finalists in the novella category: The Orb of Cairado, Katherine Addison (Subterranean) The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom) What Stalks the Deep, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire) Cinder House, Freya Marske (Tordotcom) Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom) Making History, K.J. Parker (Tordotcom) Psychopomp & Circumstance, Eden Royce (Tordotcom) Lives of Bitter Rain, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus) A Mouthful of Dust, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom) Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (Tordotcom) Below that is the Locus Awards 2026 logo a dark purple abstract sky and planets with bursting stars.
Dark green background with a quote at the top of the image that says: Cover of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is below the quote. A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text on cover reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath Publisher logo in bottom left corner black letters on a white square TOR DOT COM
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is a Locus Award finalist for Best Novella!
Thank you for voting for this magic-steeped story of finding your way through grief and family secrets to craft a life for yourself. Huge congrats to all the finalists!
#authorsky #booksky 📚#Blackbooksky
Thank you to everyone who has supported us. We can't do it without you!
There are 7 hours left to donate to our fundraiser at locusmag.com/igg26 and make a huge difference, every little bit counts. Claim your reward for donating!
Link in bio!
I'm shrieking with delight too, Eva! 💙
Loved this book. I do judge books by their covers and both the title and the artwork drew me in. What kept me was Phee's magical (and slightly creepy) journey of grief and self-discovery.
Thanks, Tasha! 💙
The 2026 @locusmag.bsky.social fundraiser is now live! There’s a ton of cool stuff on offer: signed books, author chats, art... along with cut scenes from my novella This World Is Not Yours and getting a character named after you in my next publication!
💫 www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Cover of Conjure island. A Black girl stands in front of daytime marshland scene, her back to the viewer. Her left hand is propped against entwined trees that make a canopy over her head, while her right hand holds a broom twinkling with magic as she looks over the water where a crocodile swims. There is a huge, imposing house in the distance. Text reads By the author of Root Magic Eden Royce
Navy blue background. Cover of conjure island in the left corner next to a review for the book. Text: "Royce offers readers another strong fantasy steeped in Gullah culture. A rich window into a unique cultural community." -Kirkus reviews (starred review) Walden Pond Press
Navy blue background. Cover of conjure island in the left corner next to a review for the book. Text: "Royce's narrative is filled with magic, but the heart of the story lies in its connection to Southern conjure and Gullah Geechee culture." - The Horn Book Walden Pond Press
My Southern magic school novel CONJURE ISLAND, full of hoodoo and broom magic, was selected for the 2026 Kids Reading Across Rhode Island (KRARI) Program!
Copies are available to public and school libraries interested in hosting a KRARI book discussion or activity. Link in my bio!
#skybrarians
@sistahscifi.bsky.social is the only place you can get a signed copy of Psychopomp & Circumstance for you or another book lover, so shop indie!
And… Anathema’s Kickstarter is live! Please read, donate & share to increase our reach! We’re excited to bring more speculative fiction, poetry and nonfiction by queer writers of color into the world!
Our fundraiser is scheduled to run through the end of May:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ana...
In less than two weeks, Kaleidotrope will re-open to fiction and poetry submissions for one week. April 19-25. One of only three weeks the zine will be open this year!
Hello, TTL is open for submissions. Got something fun, under 5000 words and speculative? We might be the place for it. Check the guidelines please!
translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is now in large print!
“Royce wraps magical rituals of death and remembrance into a tale of love and duty, amid a Reconstruction free Black social order that will delight readers.” —Library Journal (starred review)
#skybrarians #Blackbooksky
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FIYAH Poetry Editor @bsharise.bsky.social has you covered for National Poetry Month!!! We bouta eat goooood. ♥️♥️♥️ #30FIYAHPOEMS
Stay Tuned for a new Speculative Poetry Prompt each day at noon EDT! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social
I've been falling behind on both the Mothra Summonings AND the Women in Horror Month posts but there's no time like the present & @edenroyce.bsky.social is fabulous so please celebrate accordingly:
I wanted to share this before Women’s History Month is over ✨ give these awesome writers a follow and share to help introduce them to new readers!
If you’re a horror author and don’t see your name on the list, reply to this to be added 🫶🏽
ICYMI, today is the final day to enter this!
Please feel free to share this appeal! Your contributions will help me pay for my cancer meds and treatment, which have recently greatly increased in cost.
You can find out more details about that, my journey, and this giveaway at the link.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing!
Cover of Hollow Tongue - a brown background with gold and beige accents. A medley of butterflies in the shape of a skull sits in the middle.
Thanks, Gabino, for #FridayReads! This Shirley Jackson Award winner and Stoker finalist is 64% off!
-Southern Gothic
-body horror
-disability rep
-butterflies🦋
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This beauty is 51% off! Need more reasons?
- Stoker/Locus nominee
- Great NYT and NPR reviews
- Finally some adaptation interest(?!)
- Magic!
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🎉 Sistah Scifi Giveaway Alert!
@strangehorizons.bsky.social is giving away a $25 gift card 🔥
Entries open between March 29 and April 1.
To enter:
📖 Follow @strangehorizons.bsky.social
💬 Reply with your favorite piece they’ve published
Show up, show love, maybe leave with a win ✊🏾
#SistahScifi
A white ripped paper graphic with coffee cup stains in the top and bottom corners. In all caps black text at the top it says Anticipated Reads for the Beginning of 2026. Below are the covers of six books, 3 in a row, including Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce, Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar, The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura, I Love You, Don't Die by Jade Song, Moonglow by Bitter Karella and The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu.
Some of my most anticipated reads for 2026, courtesy of my @netgalley.bsky.social book hoarding!
My signed 1st edition MG book bundle donated to @thepixelproject.bsky.social's 10th annual fundraiser has gone!
There are still a ton of goodies from award-winning & bestselling authors as thanks for your donation to help further their anti-VAW work.
If you can, please donate/share by April 15th.
✨ Picked for you: Psychopomp & Circumstance by EdenRoyce.
Southern Gothic historical fantasy set in Reconstruction-era. Grief, conjure, and secrets that cross between the living and the dead.
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