A poster, featuring an illustrated portrait of Aubeline de Sterraux from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE. She is a white woman with brown hair tied in an intricate hairstyle. She wears a black dress with puffed sleeves and white earings. Aubeline is shown kneeling and praying, her head looking up. The top of the poster is colored, and the bottom part is black and white, the two part being separated by a red stain reminiscent of blood. The title of the book is in the center. Underneath is more text reading "A novel by Millie Abecassis," then a quote by April Yates reading "A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original." Under the quote are the names of several characters, listed as if they were actors: Aubeline de Sterraux, Vinnie Anneton, Damarisse de Sterraux, and "unhinged dudes." At the top are Cannes festival-style quotes reading "dangerous body-based magic" and "slow-burn sapphic romance."

Can't wait for Franchaela in Bridgerton's fifth season? While you wait, shall I suggest my sapphic historical fantasy filled with family drama, dangerous magic, and so much yearning?

🌹 1908, Belle Époque, France
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🗝️ Cozy *and* Gothic

#PosterPit #P #A #F #HF #LGBT

I'd like to dedicate this post to everyone who said there was no point in fighting this.

And to point out most of the value in AI companies is derived from their past scraping and in a just world, we'd be looking at billions in compensation.

I don't want to read a book written by AI.
I don't want to read a book half written by AI.
I don't want to read a book narrated by AI.
I don't want to read a book with an AI cover.
I don't want to read a book written by somebody who supports AI.

I would listen to Moira Quirk read the telephone book. She narrates the incredible Locked Tomb and Echo Archives series.

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Empress of Dust

Try out the winner of the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Empress of Dust by Alex Kingsley has post-apocalyptic scavengers and giant crabs! What's not to like?
#siencefiction #trans #nobinary
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/empress...

#SmallPitch starts tomorrow. It’s a form pitch contest for small pubs. Only marginalized authors this event. Up to 3 mss, 1 pitch ea, 400 characters

You can see which publishers are involved (research!), find guidelines, & use a practice form on their website:

smallpitch.org/event-guidel...

It me!

(Thanks for doing this btw!)

It's the release day for Corruption, by Alexander Verbeek-Van Den Toren. It's the first book in 2026 from Space Wizard! Enter a new world where seas of lava separate islands and the main character has a secret that will put him in danger...

#queerbooks #lgbtfantasy #lgbtqbooks #gay #bisexual

Waves Take Your Bones

Like your #fantasy with some #zombies? Try out Waves Take Your Bones by Athena Giles for adventure on the high seas!
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/waves-t...

Slightly diminish a game.

Planescape: Inconvenience

#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊

This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.

Check our website for more details ⬇️

A New Beginning

If you like Star Trek and Babylon 5, you'll love A New Beginning by E.J. Isaacs! Journey among the stars in a new spaceship!
#sciencefiction
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/a-new-b...

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Participating Presses List of participating presses (January 2026) The list not final. More presses will be added soon. Apep Press • Bonedust Press • Blind Eye Books • Cassava Republic Press • Cloaked Press • Engen Book…

Indie publishers, ICYMI, #SmallPitch comes back this month for another pitching session! There's still time to sign up.

In particular, we need more #kidlit publishers 👀

The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis — SFF Insiders Abecassis’s work is outstanding in a way that skilled authors are outstanding: her writing pulls you in with intrigue, and you stay for her authorial voice.

I've been living under a rock for the past ten days (aka being on vacation and binge playing Hades 2) so I completely missed @myleejmiller.bsky.social's glowing review of my novella The Seventh Sister posted on SFF Insiders. Thanks again Mylee 💙

Authors looking to publish- this is a really cool way to quickly get your name out there. Maybe it will happen for you, maybe not, but it can't hurt to try!

This is a great event that can help authors make connections with publishers they couldn't achieve otherwise. Get in on it!

Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

Trying to find your next #gay read? Get some great #achillean #scifi and #fantasy to read over the holidays with this pack of 14 #queer stories! Or browse, and pick which ones you want most!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

A person using chatgpt will never get better at the activity than they were the day before they started using it.

They will literally have removed learning, and gaining experience, from the process in a way no actual tool does.

Haven't done much WriterPosting for a while! I'm writing my queer fantasy sequel, The Shifting Song to my queer fantasy novel, The Faceless Queen. It's going well!

What are y'all working on?
#queerwriters #booksky

To be fair, that lorem ipsum is the best argument in favour of Streeting becoming PM I've ever seen.

A lot of people are quoting this post and that's good because they should, AI sucks and robs us of something special and only mediocre uncreative piss-babies rely on it to make anything at all, fuck AI, p.s. Emma Thompson is now the president, sorry, that's just how it is

If you like my stuff and want to help out my small press, which lifts up #queer voice and publishes great #fantasy and #scifi, check out my new campaign for 7 new books, starting in November! You can listen to some author interviews already!
#TBBChat
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UPTOOOWN

Honeycomb Heart - Sapphic and Sweet Romantasy Launch Party Get excited about Honeycomb Heart - Sapphic and Sweet Romantasy on BackerKit - come join!

If you're looking for some great #romantasy, check out this new #cozy #sapphic tale! Sign up for the campaign start on November 12th, and support an #indie author!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

According to the Original Texts*, he is specifically a bisexual cis man, whose friends are all trans women and/or "gender people on the internet" he plays video games with. Incredible what extremely specific stereotypes you can suddenly discover apply to you lol.

(*Tumblr posts)

Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! Project Update: Author Interview with A.Z. Rozkillis! Hello folks! Here is our second video for our Space Wizard Year 4, Part 2 Launch Party! There's a bunch of content coming through October and into November for the Novembe...

New author interview for Space Wizard Year 4 Part 2! Check out what A.Z. Rozkillis has to say about her new book, Fractal Terminus!
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The Chosen One Con is coming soon! From Trudie Skies - The Chosen One Con is coming soon!

It's the Chosen on Con! If you want #queer characters, gaslamp, and problematic magic, check this out! It starts November 12th, so sign up to support an indie author!
#fantasy #gaslamp
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Tales of the Dissolutionverse

Discover a collection of adventures through a universe of music-based magic! Climb a miles-high wall or fly the first spacecraft with a magic-user in Tales of the Dissolutionverse by William C. Tracy!
#scif #fantasy #spaceopera
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/tales-o...