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Hello! I am looking to pay a wheelchair user of color for a sensitivity read on one of my novellas (about 25,000 words). If that is you or you know someone who qualifies, please respond here or email me at riengrayiswriting at gmail.
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So delighted to see The Chronicles of Osreth and Mickey 17 nominated for Hugo Awards this year! 🥳
Congratulations to all of this year's finalists, I can't wait to dive into all the fiction I haven't already read.
I've read and loved three of these, so clearly I need to read the other three!
A very over-the-top social media graphic featuring two books: The Haunting of Avis Lovelock and The Needfire, both by MK Hardy. The graphic has large pink glowing text reading "They're both gay!" and a variety of 'lesbian' graphics from canva.com, including several frogs, and a selection of brightly-coloured sparkles and stars.
In honour of #lesbianvisibilityweek, an updated graphic now that we've got 2 books on offer. Support your local lesbians and buy/pre-order these books this LVW!
Both available from @solarisbooks.bsky.social wherever good books are sold.
Every AI commercial is like "Hey AI, what goes good on a sandwich?" and then the AI is like "Have you considered... cheese?" And then the narrator is like: THE FUTURE IS HERE.
Morning Womble! My library hold of A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett finally came in, so I'm enjoying another adventure with Ana and Din.
Orion's Belt is looking for an Associate Audio Editor!
If you’d like to join our team and contribute to our podcast by working alongside our current Audio Editor, Jenna Hanchey, @jennahanchey.bsky.social, please consider applying!
More info here: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Text on a blurred blue background. Text reads: REQUEST ISSUE 1 FROM YOUR LIBRARY! Did you know you can request print or ebook versions of OTHERSIDE from any library? It helps us... and helps readers, too! Save this list: here's all the info you'll need for your local library's requisition form! Title: OTHERSIDE: Issue 1 (March 2026) Publisher: Hybris Press Print ISBN: 978-1972122020 Ebook ISBN: 978-1972122006
Looking for an easy way to support OTHERSIDE? Not only can you request Issue 1 at your favorite indie bookstore... but you can also request a print or digital copy from your local library! Along with leaving reviews and telling your friends, this is one of the best free ways you can help us grow! 📚
The time has come: voting is now open for this year's British Fantasy Awards! Here's what you need to know before opening up the form...
britishfantasysociety.org/voting-opens...
#britishfantasyawards #fantasycommunity #horrorcommunity #scificommunity #booksky
heated chivalry
Help wanted:
The forest needs someone to skulk through the shadows.
The moors need someone to wander through the mists.
The gothic mansion needs someone to haunt the hallways.
The crumbling castle needs someone to creep through the catacombs.
Apply today!
Solaris Authors at Cymera (3rd to 6th June 2026) In-person and online Tickets now available for Weekend Pass Holders & Cymera Members. General Sale 20th April.
Tickets are now on sale for @cymerafestival.co.uk (Weekend Pass Holders and Members get early release, general sale from 20th April)!
So, here's a handy thread of all the fabulous Solaris authors that you can see there - in-person and online (watch live or on catch up)!
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
Spent part of my evening reading "The Last God of Talam Dor" over on @giganotosaurus.bsky.social and @mruthrobinson.bsky.social is slowly but surely becoming one of my favourite short fiction writers
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/t...
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Submissions are open for my anthology, "Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales"!
We want stories that include: an LGBTQ+ main character; a spec fic element; and an Arthurian element. Artworks or illustrations of stories also welcome!
Check out the details:
juliebozza.com/submissions-...
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 terms of authors I have read everything by, Alix E. Harrow and Micaiah Johnson are right up there.
Authors I'm still catching up on and adore are Nghi Vo, T. Kingfisher, Julia Armfield and Kylie Lee Baker.
Text on a blurred purple background. Text reads: ISSUE 2 POETRY WISHLIST: your most visceral poems, queer joy and euphoria, ghosts monsters Goosebumps vibes, surreal and lyrical poems, the interplace of form and content, weird/unpexpected over warm/fuzzy
Our submissions for Issue 2 close in a week! Poets, here is a wishlist of poetry vibes from our poetry editors Jess Cho and Angel Leal 👀
Read our full guidelines here, then send us your poems and make all their dreams come true: othersidespec.com/guidelines?u...
A wavy gradient going from orange-red to blue-purple in the background. Logos of The British Fantasy Society and Waterstones in the corners at the top. White writing in the middle: The British Fantasy Society & Waterstones Reading; Making Galaxies: Identity and Community in Space Opera. Pictures of Stewart Hotston, Ren Hutchings, and Claire North with their books, Project Hanuman, An Unbreakable World, and Slow Gods respectively, in the bottom left corner. White writing above the pictures: Stewart Hotston, Ren Hutchings, Claire North. White writing below the pictures: in conversation with Greta Colombani. White writing in a darker box in the bottom right corner: Wednesday 6th May, 6:30pm, Waterstones Reading
The BFS is excited to announce our first in-person Reading event, Making Galaxies: Identity & Community in Space Opera. Wed 6th May 2026, 6:30pm.
Waterstones, Broad Street, Reading. £6.
Ticket: tinyurl.com/watopera
@stewarthotston.com @voidcricket.bsky.social @gretacolombani.bsky.social
Solaris' Locus Award Finalists! Katherine Addison for Fantasy Novel (THE TOMB OF DRAGONS) and Novella (THE ORB OF CAIRADO) Isabel Canas for Horror Novel (THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ) Yoon Ha Lee for YA Novel (STARSTRIKE) Solaris for Publisher.
We're delighted to have 5 Solaris nominations in @locusmag.bsky.social Award's Top Ten Finalists:
@pennyvixen.bsky.social for Fantasy Novel and novella
@isabelcanas.bsky.social for Horror Novel
@deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social for YA Novel
and Solaris for Publisher!
Full list: https://bit.ly/3Q7SPsm
A graphic showing Rhiannon holding her book HOME SICK against a moody pink forest overlaid with the text "3 months to go".
Three months to go... 👀
Please share as widely as possible.
This is open to Palestinians anywhere in the world, published or not.
Call for Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories! Pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
We are delighted to reveal the cover for the special tenth anniversary edition of @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social's Ninefox Gambit, featuring a new introduction from Ann Leckie!
An iconic entry in the genre landscape, this new edition is available August 11, 2026 from @solarisbooks.bsky.social!
Congratulations to all the finalists, including 3 from Solaris: @isabelcanas.bsky.social @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social and @pennyvixen.bsky.social!
This sequel to the award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror is now 58% funded! #projectwelove 🥰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
Happy Sunday, Womble! I did indeed finish The Priory of the Orange Tree last week 💪🏻 ended up taking an unexpected break from reading this past week, but planning on picking up Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins today
Morning Womble! I'm in the final stretch of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon and hoping I might finish it today.
That's okay, I didn't need my feelings today anyway
The Changeling Chronicles Kickstarter campaign is live! I’m celebrating the 10th anniversary of my international bestselling urban fantasy series by creating these stunning hardcovers of the first three novels with sprayed edges and interior artwork. 😄
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emm...
📢 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.