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The Photonic Effect “What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.” —K.B. Wagers A starship captain and her crew face conspi...

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT releases tomorrow! To tempt you into preordering, let's deep dive into the initial pitch of "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" and how its influences all shake out on the characters and world. THREAD

(And the all-important preorder links!)

www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ph...

The Queersar Not An Award 2021 For excellence in queer SFF and SFF with queers released in 2021

I'm assured by writer friends that one good thing you can do to support them is to buy not just new releases but explore their backlists.

Read SF/fantasy? Like queer stuff? I am part way through a project looking at great queer SFF from the 2020s.

2021 is here, and... 1/2

"We're all born naked and the rest is drag"

Apropos of absolutely nothing, we'd like to remind everyone that Kobo distributes to libraries via OverDrive, and it costs nothing to publish on Kobo. Come join us! #indieauthors #publishing

college in the US being prohibitively expensive when church costs nothing is the offline manifestation of the truth is paywalled but the lies are free

congratulations!!!! 🎉🎉

🎉🎉 perfectly timed book release for everyone missing the magic of the Artemis II days!

Let's take a moment to remember this very relatable diary entry by Leo Tolstoy.
#RetailTherapy

Here's a lovely photo of Bark. He's a gray fabric art statue. He looks sort of like a dog crossed with a seal. He has two black eyes of different sizes, two pointed ears, and a row of black lines running down the neck. There's a beautiful galaxy print fabric in the background.

Here's another lovely photo of Bark where he's resting on my palm.

Meet my fabric art creation: Bark the Ancient Statue. I designed, hand-sewed, and hand-embroidered him. No one is quite sure what kind of animal Bark is. When asked if he's a dog or a seal, he says yes. When asked if he's some other kind of creature, he also says yes.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

wikihow man pointing at his own reflection in the mirror with a determined expression on his face

you don't actually hate what you're creating. if it was made by someone else, you'd like it. you'd say it's cool. you'd say it's inspiring. you can easily imagine another artist drawing this, and someone else liking it. you only doubt it because it's yours. stop. it's okay. you're allowed to be.

THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS on a background of clouds, surrounded by quotes: "One heck of a page turner" - Nicholas Eames; "What an absolute delight!" - Alix E. Harrow; "An addictive read" - Genevieve Cogamn; "Totally unlike anything I've read before" - Freya Marske; "I completely adored this book" - Shannon Chakraborty; "Unmissable!" - Andrea Stewart

It's ace day! 🖤🤍💜 In case you didn't know, I'm a biromantic asexual, much like the main character of my Echo Archives series, the badass but tired new mom Kembral Thorne, who would love to have fun at this party but is stuck in a murder time loop with her cat burglar nemesis instead

our comic is HALFWAY FUNDED!!! Help us get across the line!!

"we need kids to get an early start operating machines that are routinely wrong and may try to coax them into suicide and/or psychosis" is a fun education perspective i disagree with actually

this is also true for fiction writing. "oh, i just use the AI for editing/transitions/descriptions of scenes i make all the actual interesting parts myself" actually, editing and describing shit is HOW you get better at the interesting stuff. it's how you figure out how your writing works

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver an address to the nation tonight, outlining the government's response to the Middle East conflict and encouraging Australians to "play their part". He is expected to urge Australians to save fuel for areas and industries that "most need it". The address will be simulcast on television and radio across Australia at 7pm AEDT.

people simply love it when you storm out of the gates to support an illegal war, then lecture them about personal responsibility after it makes their lives worse

Help someone save their game.

art gallery: You finish that painting of Frodo and Gollum?
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

Cis women in the UK: please do sign this. And it doesn't apply to you, please share. Show that the transphobes fo not speak for us 🏳️‍⚧️
#NotInOurName
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

a tumblr post with a user named bvckbiter writing "is this character good or bad" "is this shop unproblematic or not" "is this arc deserving of redemption or not" girl... underneath it is a screenshot from the show shōgun of a character saying "i don't have time for this christian nonsense"

How I feel reading 99% of art and media critique these days

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

with two little sweat drops just drawing the eye right to them

👀👀👀🥵 excuuuuusee me?

and there are so many new, great series! tristan strong! the wild robot books! wings of fire! there's no reason to let your nostalgia fund a terror campaign against trans people!

Insta-blocking anyone who speaks positively about this show. Rowling is a bigot who is actively campaigning to make trans lives worse so if you watch this show I will assume you are a transphobe, end of.

we really live in the most insane timeline

The cover to Worst Man. A handsome, skinny white guy with red hair, wearing a red suit, black shirt and orange tie is front and centre, toasting the camera. He's clearly been caught by a burly guy with olive skin and black curly hair, who's wearing a purple suit jacket, white shirt and purple tie. The burly guy is sat in a gigantic wedding cake, with the implication being he fell backwards into it catching the skinny guy. As a result the cake is collapsing around them, but the skinny guy's foot is holding up the cake topper, which is cartoony representations of a bride and groom.

A comic page, with 5 panels. 4 panels are arranged in a stack down the left side, the fifth is a splash panel. Banner at top of page: Saturday. Wedding in T-00h59m PANEL 1: A close-in profile shot of a handsome, red-headed guy; he has a black eye and a thin trickle of blood running from his nose. He’s looking up, and mildly grinning. GUY: I hate to be a bother, I do, but there’s an itch on my nose. GUY: Hardly the end of the world, but would you mind? PANEL 2: A close shot behind the guy; we can see his hands, handcuffed behind the steel folding chair he’s sat on. GUY: I’d do something about it myself, but my hands appear to be caught on something. INTERROGATOR (OFF-PANEL): Is playing games something you really want to be doing right now? PANEL 3: The guy is cheekily flirting with the interrogator, who’s walking behind him. GUY: You’re the one who put me in handcuffs… INTERROGATOR: Come on, man… PANEL 4: The guy is rolling his eyes. GUY: Fine. What do you want to know? SPLASH PANEL: Looking over the interrogator’s shoulder, as the guy is looking up at him, with a cheeky grin. INTERROGATOR: What exactly have you been doing here? And why the fuck are you doing it? GUY: Oh, you actually want my story? Colour me surprised.

A comic page of 8 panels. PANEL 1: a photograph of a group of people disembarking a fancy boat onto a jetty. GUY (CAPTION): I was contracted to work this wedding, which let me tell you is stressful at short notice. INTERROGATOR (CAPTION): Contracted? INTERROGATOR (CAPTION): Who the hell contracted you? INTERROGATOR (CAPTION): What is it you even do?! PANEL 2: A cut-out panel of the guy one arm draped over the back of his chair, the other hand gesturing. He’s grinning charmingly. GUY: I’m the Worst Man. INTERROGATOR (OFF PANEL): …the what? INTERROGATOR (OFF PANEL): And how did you get free? PANEL 3: The guy is flashing a grin and showing his hands in a shrug. GUY: Oh, come on, I talk with my hands. PANEL 4: The guy is holding his hand in a “so-so” gesture. GUY: Ok, so. GUY: Sometimes there’s a couple that are settling, right? PANEL 5: The guy is pulling a “yikes” expression. GUY: They’ve convinced they’re happy, they’re forever happy. PANEL 6: The guy is looking serious. GUY: A friend or family member knows they aren’t, but doesn’t want the social fallout of pointing it out. PANEL 7: The guy is lazily gesturing to himself. GUY: So they hire me to reveal the truth in a more subtle way, before they get married. PANEL 8: The guy is looking up. INTERROGATOR (OFF PANEL): So why are you involved here? GUY: In this case, the story goes back a while.

A comic page with 4 panels. PANEL 1: A sprawled dossier showing research on a couple; a cis woman and a trans woman. GUY (CAPTION): Several years ago I was contracted to work on Galatea Telford and Merritt McElligott— INTERROGATOR (CAPTION): That’s the bride’s sister, not the bride. GUY (CAPTION): Uh, yeah. What’s your point? INTERROGATOR (CAPTION): So she’s not who I’m asking about. GUY (CAPTION): Patience. This is background. PANEL 2: A shot of the guy talking to Merritt and Galatea around a school teacher’s desk, planning some sort of schedule. GUY (CAPTION): So I got a temp job at the school where Merritt and Galatea work. PANEL 3: A shot of the three of them in a bar, with some other people. All of them are laughing except the guy, who’s a little more detached. GUY (CAPTION): Even met some of their friends. PANEL 4: A shot of Merritt and Galatea back at the teacher’s desk, flirting. The guy is looking in through the door, a small, sad smile. GUY (CAPTION): But what I was coming to learn was— INTERROGATOR (CAPTION): Enough. I’m dying of old age here.

Hey bsky! If you didn’t know already, we’re making a romcom! A heated, queer romcom set at a wedding! If you like romance, comedy, heists, hating billionaires or ridiculous farces, you should check out #WorstManOGN!

Written/drawn by us, logo and lettering by the incredible @gofrankgo.bsky.social!

So preorders are one of the best ways you can help an author! They signal interest to the bookstore and the publisher!

Now is frankly an especially great time to preorder a lot of queer & diverse books, to signal that there's still a market despite bans! It's a way you can help plus you get BOOKS

Today's great news: Amplitudes was selected for the @otherwiseaward.org longlist!! Extending my deepest gratitude to the committee and all the contributors who made the book possible 🖤