Ummm, this is extremely my jam

Interested in queer masculinity and speculative fiction? Check out these great folks!

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Not even mentioning the authors whose work I adore but dang, they're too prolific I just can't keep up (👀 Cherie Priest and Jenn Lyons and and)

Anything/everything by Melissa Caruso, Emily Tesh, Mike Chen, Devin Madson, Jessie Sima...
I need more CM Waggoner and Tyler Hayes 😭
And I'd read Lara Donnelly's shopping list

Same 9yo: Mama Kai, is it possible to read too much?
Me, w/o hesitation: No.

In UF, I have not read the Dresden Files
In fantasy, I have not read the Farseer Trilogy
In scifi, I have not read Neuromancer (even tho it's inexplicably marked off in my Goodreads??)

CYOA = Choose Your Own Adventure
not to be confused with CYA

Picked up a CYOA book for 9yo at the library this weekend. Told her to give it a try. She gave me her trademarked skeptical look, made a comment on how it looked 'boring,' and then spent the entire afternoon reading it.
Girl 😂

MIKE CHEN: THE PHOTONIC EFFECT at Books Inc. Palo Alto Join bestselling author Mike Chen at Books Inc. Palo Alto for a celebration of his new thrilling space adventure, The Photonic Effect!

The Photonic Effect comes IN ONE WEEK, so I'm gonna be promo-ing a lot. (Sorry!) 1st: This is my "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" space opera w/ starred reviews.

2nd: Join me + @annaleen.bsky.social for launch! RSVP/preorder signed copies via @booksinc.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.com/e/mike-chen-...

Allergaaaaaaas
Aller--
*cough cough*
*sneeze sneeze*
*hack hack*

First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston. Against a twilight blue background, a rusty magical rocketship readies for launch, with engineering diagrams off to the side.

Happy Launch Day to me!

First Mage On The Moon is out today.

2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! These results are from the February 1 to April 1 voting by readers on an open public ballot. The Locus Awards winners will be announced…

Honestly really surprised to be a Locus award finalist in two different categories?! Best First Novel (for Song of Spores - initially they put it in Science Fiction, but then I think they realized it was my first) AND Best Editor?!

Congrats to the finalists!!

Hell yeah!

Exclusive Cover Reveal: The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch, a Sapphic Horror debut releasing October 13th from Union Square Books! Here's the story: Inspired by Appalachian and Southeast Asian folklore, a witch and her classmates are kidnapped by a handsome pharmaceutical billionaire and told to heal him or die, in this speculative horror debut with a sapphic romantic twist.

Exclusive Cover Reveal: The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch

Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of The Forest Bleeds by Rachel Kitch, a Sapphic Horror debut releasing October 13th from Union Square Books! Here's the story: Inspired by Appalachian and Southeast Asian folklore, a witch…

Oh that's really good to know. I switched last year but haven't had to use it for typical publishing things (...yet 🤞)

Cover of Wolfpack by Rem Wigmore, featuring a brown-skinned woman holding a coppery fox mask. She is mostly obscured by red smoke and a little below the title is a domed white building on a green mountain

Wolfpack is OUT!

The sequel to Foxhunt, this queer solarpunk adventure features our favourite disaster bard Orfeus climbing to new heights to forge her own way ... but can you really escape the bloodstained past you inherit?

The Vengeful Wild duology is now complete!

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I swear I mess up the Easy ones more often 😅

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for April 2026 From a grocery co-op drama to a cheeky pop star saga to a linked story collection centering fat queer characters to a trans neo-noir, our top picks for the month are a constellation of queer literary ...

“Autostraddle’s Most Anticipated Queer Books for April 2026”

🌈📚
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I mean, I know some books with asexual assassins 😆
But probably not what was meant.
Did friend specify anything about what they *do* want? Or books they've recently enjoyed?

✅️ Writing books
✅️ 2-3 cats
I figured my dayjob would be something creative/teaching-adjacent: another ✅️
I vehemently disagreed with the adults in my life that I'd ever have/want kids, so that one is the biggest surprise 😂

In some countries, you also get a grace period of 3-6 months where you can change your kids' name if you decide it doesn't work. I've never heard of a book title changing post pub.

#Booksky Happy book birthday to author/editor Joyce Chng @jolantru.bsky.social! Their new queer pirate short story collection, SAILING THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE, is out everywhere today, from our webstore to Kobo, Google Play, Smashwords, Bookshop and more! queenofswordspress.com/product/sail...

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The Narratess Indie Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror sale is here!! #booksky #sale

If you're new to indie SFFH, it's a great way to try some free/ discounted books. There are a HUGE number of books, so there's definitely something for everyone.

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And there are Itchio Bundles! ⬇️

That's right; honey is better

Ahhh! That's amazing! Congrats!

*nods sagely* Scifi is a sub-genre of fantasy

Threads is incredibly performative and this particular one was apparently about the London Book Fair (I've realized that context was lost when I QT'ed)
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Oh geez. I'm sorry :(

This is giving "we need a straight pride month" vibes 🙃🙃🙃

The Photonic Effect Check out The Photonic Effect - <b>&ldquo;What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.&rdquo; &#8212;K.B. Wagers</b><BR> <BR> <b><b>A starship captain and he...

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT by Mike Chen is out in just under two weeks and I am here to tell you that if you like:
- trauma-bonded found families
- alt-universe popstars who are surprisingly good at therapy
- cool space shit
- Captain Janeway, but give her a dog
you will probably like this??