Live in BCS #451 double-issue for Science-Fantasy Month 8: "What Might Come of Today" @leahning.bsky.social "That uncertainty comes back, flaying the grin from Fray's face. But what's he supposed to do? Let Drift kill Wander when he goes cross-wired?" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/what...
If you're looking for a story to read while you're nesting in a pile of warm blankets this autumn, check out, "The Hunter, the Monster, and the Things That Could Have Been" by @leahning.bsky.social ✨
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
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Also got interviewed by the delightful @marissavu.bsky.social ❤️ I always appreciate the research and thoughtfulness she puts into her interview questions!
New story day!!! If you need some weird sad eco body horror in your life, this one is for you! 🌊🦀🐠 Thank you for believing in this one @lesleyconner.bsky.social ❤️
Photograph of Chinese American woman looking up to the side at a superimposed image of the cover for Ye Xian and the Celestial Feast.
✨NEW RELEASE!!!✨
It’s pub day for my fox spirit Chinese Cinderella romantic fantasy folklore tale, YE XIAN AND THE CELESTIAL FEAST! 🥳🎧🦊🍜💖
Listen for free via Spotify Premium, purchase from Libro.FM, Audible, or your fave audiobook retailer, or request from your local library!!! 🎧🦊🍜💖
Aww, yay! Thank you!! :)
Thank you for believing in it!! I tried tagging you in this and bsky was all "no you may not" 😭
Congrats!!! That's amazing!!
Thanks, Arthur!!
It's new (ish) story day!!! PodCastle made a delightful production of "The Hunter, the Monster, and the Things That Could Have Been", originally published in Monster Lairs (edited by Anna Madden). Hope y'all enjoy!! There might be a fresh story coming out with PodCastle in the future, too... 👀
"2025 Winners Announcement" with Ignyte Awards logo overlayed on artwork by Nilah Magruder featuring a young Black knight in profile, kneeling with gloved hands on the hilt of a sword surrounded by orange flames. An eclipsing sun is in the background, giving the character a purple halo.
Oh, hello
Thank you!!
In the Tongue of Unbanished Ghosts:
🏜️ A desert full of war
🔪 A mother whose secrets lead to her murder
🩶 A clueless, clumsy widower who forges watches with soul
🩵 A war criminal who is, unfortunately, very attractive
🏍️ And there was only one dirt bike
#dvpit #f #a
Love the comps!!
Thank you!! :)
Ahhh thank you!!
This sounds amazing?? Yes please??
A knight princess falling for a fae queen 👀
Yessss thank you!!
A mood board of eight pictures: reddish dunes, the wheel of a dirt bike, two silhouettes of men, silhouettes in a nightclub, a truck driving through dust, tents in a desert, and a lone house on flat sand.
Gay JOHN WICK x MAD MAX FURY ROAD + soul magic
When his ma’s murdered, Noah embarks on a cross-desert hunt for answers—w/ an annoyingly attractive war criminal offering help. As Noah’s suspicion turns to feelings (ugh!), secrets from his companion’s past threaten to destroy them both. #dvpit #a #f
Photograph of a smiling Chinese American woman in a skull crown holding a copy of Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
DEMON SONG is out in the world today!! Thank you to everyone who preordered, blurbed, reviewed, library requested, shared, beta read, recommended, or otherwise supported this release!! With help from all of you, I get to continue in my dream career! 🥰
Available now in hardcover, ebook, & audio!! 🥳🥳
I think this was Stephen King - if I remember correctly that anecdote was in On Writing, and the editor told him to cut 10%! :)
Oh 👀 I have some pages in your inbox that might fit the bill of tears and friendship!
Cover art by Evelyne Park shows a red kiwi bird floating in space and curled into a ball so that it resembles a sun, among a blue background and planets, with lighter blue title text and white text to list all the authors. In the foreground alongside the authors is a spacecraft with a tethered astronaut facing toward the bird
Hi!
(the ebook version of) The Long List Anthology Volume 9 will be officially released on Monday September 8th!
You can pre-order it at many ebook vendors right now, which are super helpful as they all count as release day sales toward the sales algos.
www.diabolicalplots.com/support/books/
Just a reminder that i have a story in this upcoming Best Of Anthology!
"A Lullaby of Anguish," about our obsession with buying and selling and displaying anguish, and two sisters who were caught in that life
Was great to meet you!! Hope to see you at another con sometime!
Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!
That would be lovely!!
I feel like I'm late to the game in this discovery but...the @clarkesworldmagazine.com website has a dark mode?? This fills me with inordinate amounts of delight.