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UNNAMED BONES | Kirkus Reviews A group of teenagers has a terrifying day on a strange new island in the Pacific Northwest.

A positive review from Kirkus is always a relief. It seems like readers are getting from this book what I intended and I'm so grateful. UNNAMED BONES is something different from me and I'm proud of this one.
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The Gothic cover of STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL by Leanna Renee Hieber, a Gaslamp Fantasy set in 1888 about a group of mortals imbued with ancient mythological powers tasked with keeping the balance between mortal and spirit world amidst the fulfillment of a dangerous but passionate prophecy. The cover features a gaslit London at night, cover art by Pierre Droal, where the blue haze of smoke filtering up from warmly lit streets below, on a bright moonlit night, has the shape of ghosts and faces as the steam rises into a blue sky. This is Tor Books' re-issue of the award-winning saga, books 1 and 2 combined.

Book folks! Come see me at #BookCon!

The amazing @sifsniffs.bsky.social created a scent called THE PROFESSOR, based on my brooding Gothic Hero Alexi Rychman of my STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL saga! I'll be signing @ her booth, 166!

Alexi smells of clove tea, leather-bound books & a hint of a stiff drink 🖤

Geordie Laforge meme format. Top panel rejects the words "prompt engineer", bottom panel points in approval of "sloperator."

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

Authors, agents, who's going to WorldCon this year? I'm hoping to go, and it would be my first time.

📢 It's the final day to nominate titles for this year's Ursula K. Le Guin Prize!

This is one of the most exciting prizes around - I've discovered new favourites while reading previous shortlists - so don't miss the opportunity to nominate your favourite 2025 releases that meet the criteria.

School Library Journal calls it a "haunting metaphor" and "Teen readers who are struggling with loss, grief, and depression may find Harrow’s experience and ability to cope relatable."

Unnamed Bones Reckless, depressed, impulsive and sixteen, Harrow Lane is going to an island that shouldn’t exist to look for answers about the death of her father—the ...

Publishers Weekly on UNNAMED BONES by @lorasenf.bsky.social: "Atmospheric and unsettling, it’s a thriller that grounds its supernatural premise in emotional clarity, charting a journey that is both surreal and deeply human." Links to preorder here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lora-...

Authors/publishers, send your 2026 fantasy debuts our way!

The Crawford has an enviable record of recognising excellent work from publishers big and small.

A mug with the Le Guin Prize logo, holding a spray of lavender, sits next to a stack of books that includes Ursula Whitcher's North Continent Ribbon; Eden Robins' Remember You Will Die; Nghi Vo's The City in Glass; Andrea Hairston's Archangels of Funk; Margaret Killjoy's The Sapling Cage; Vajra Chandrasekera's Rakesfall; Jared Pechacek's The West Passage; and Nalo Hopkinson's Blackheart Man.

Less than two days to go! Nominations for the 2026 Le Guin Prize close at midnight tomorrow, March 31st. If you need an incentive, here's a fun fact: one lucky nominator will be chosen at random to win this gorgeous stack of books—last year's entire shortlist!

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The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...

I also wrote another book that is in part about existing as a queer person in India, and in the world. It's about immortal, predatory shapeshifters & their relationship with humans, taking place across contemporary India and the 17th-century Mughal Empire:

I’ve filed! I don’t know what will come of it, but Max is (as usual) 100% correct: they should have paid you.

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.

In My Country by Thomas Ha Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Sharing this @thomasha.bsky.social story because I love it & because it's a good story to read for #NoKings

clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25

Almost out of time! Vote by April 1 in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)!

You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

Thank you to Rhiannon Smith and Thrillerdelphia for the stunning photos 🖤 Shout out to Chuck Wendig and Adam Cesare for being amazing, supportive friends!!!!

FYI: you might also enjoy THE BODY SCOUT even if you are NOT a fan of baseball

I’m at Eric LaRocca’s event for his latest novel, WRETCH, and I love this piece of writing advice he gave: “Write from the wound.”

Look I know it’s fashionable to hate on this, but he’s a progressive Catholic humanist who understands *why* LOTR works. That’s the best possible type of person to adapt the Tom Bombadil section of Fellowship for today.

There’s no downside to giving this man’s dream a chance

The publishing industry has moments of euphoria and moments of absolute heartbreak. You develop a thicker skin along the way, but it's still going to hurt sometimes. Remember this: Every day you keep going, your craft is getting better.

Locus Is a Longstanding Bright Spot in Our Community - Reactor Let’s show up and support them the way they support us.

"Locus is authentic in a sea of commercial opportunism."

@fondalee.bsky.social writes about @locusmag.bsky.social's impact on SFF writers and readers across its fifty-eight years. And right now, the magazine needs our help:

It’s release day! YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLED is out in the world now, yours if you’ll have it. Get it wherever you get your books. 💜🌙🩸 @badhandbooks.bsky.social

Good morning!

You are not obligated to perform normalcy around people and in spaces who have shown you they’re comfortable with your mistreatment.

At some point, clarity replaces politeness.

So many people expect that it's fine for others to absorb what they would never tolerate even a tenth of.

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So cool that people are still discovering this #Sinners syllabus, published by the African American Intellectual History Society, and composed by Jemar Tisby & Keisha N. Blain. Enjoy!

a photo of a white ferret looking through a cardboard tube

( 007 theme song playing )

Sad to see the Ides of March becoming commercialised like this. I really feel like we're losing track of the true spirit of the holiday. It's not about how many knives you can stick in a tyrant all at once, it's about the whole community coming together to stab the tyrant as many times as possible.

John Travolta at the Oscars presenting the wi-ckedly talented, one and only, Adele Dazeem when her name is Idina Menzel.

Stokercon is still a few months away and since the finalists have already been announced, this is a friendly heads up to anyone who’ll be presenting that it’s not too soon to learn how to correctly pronounce people’s names.