Pre-order now: The Ghastling, Book 23, featuring my Jewish ghost story, "Soul Candle, Living Light" and other chilling tales and illustrations.

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Bootcut, Haven Spec Magazine "Bootcut" by Allison Pottern

It's laundry day! Learn how to take care of your vintage jeans and the misogynistic men in your life that deserve what's coming to them. 👖🔪

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Bootcut, Haven Spec Magazine "Bootcut" by Allison Pottern

It's laundry day! Learn how to take care of your vintage jeans and the misogynistic men in your life that deserve what's coming to them. 👖🔪

havenspec.com/fiction/boot...

I googled tips for flash fiction structure but made the mistake of phrasing it "can you write..." so AI Overview happily spat out a pretty boring flash at the top of my search results. Not what I was looking for but it did make me feel better about about my own writing which is 10x more interesting.

The cover of WIFE SHAPED BODIES features many kinds of strangely colored and shaped fungi -- with a feminine face and hands worked into the unsettling mix.

Portlanders! Are you pining for a brain-melting discussion of weird and terrifying mushrooms? Then join @lauracranehill.bsky.social and I at Powell's (Burnside location) at 7 pm tomorrow to discuss her amazing debut novel, WIFE SHAPED BODIES.
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Cover of The Ghastling magazine, Book 23 "Tales of Ghosts, The Macabre, and the Oh-So Strange". Against a mottled gray background, is a black and white drawing (or possibly block print) of a gargoyle sitting pensively, a red sun in the distance behind one wing. At the bottom of the cover, the stories authors are listed, including yours truly, Allison Pottern at the from of the list!

See my name all tiny at the bottom! My Ashkenazi ghost story "Soul Candle, Living Light" found the perfect home in UK penny-dreadful-style mag The Ghastling alongside other spooky tales. Look at this gorgeous cover! And it's fully illustrated!

Pre-order link: theghastling.com/the-ghastlin...

Friends! Tell me what trad pub SFF/H books by/about marginalized identities - adult or YA - you're excited for that are coming up for this year! And if you are the author/editor/publicist for it, reach out to me for potential coverage.
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Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions in one week, for one week, April 19-25.

kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

I just turned in a draft of my first review for ARB! I did it for the love of reading/reviewing but supporting @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org 's kickstarter will keep community-driven literary criticism alive and make it so they can compensate future writers and reviewers for their work!

Thanks so much for the shout out!

@mynachang.bsky.social's interview with editor @chriscampbell.bsky.social about NEW YEAR NEW YOU was featured in this week's Intergalactic Mixtape a long side a lot of other super cool articles, links, and reviews
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The title "NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention" across the top, with the cover in the middle of the title. Below are several endorsement quotes, as well as an image of an astronaut and octopus tentacles entering from either side against a backdrop of stars. “I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafted.” –Myna Chang, Microverse “Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted...” –Naseem Jamnia “Intense and beguiling...” –Sherwood Smith “Nuanced...” –Locus Magazine “Complex and experimental...” –SF Book Reviews

There's has been a lot of discourse lately about reviews, especially for older and indie titles. NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, released in 2024, got lovely coverage from indie & mainstream reviewers alike. I wanted to highlight them again w/ a big THANK YOU 🧵

(and we're still happy to give out review copies!)

ahhhh congrats @jamsternazzy.bsky.social for making the ECO25 short list! What an incredible lineup.

Interesting - I was at LBF and that wasn't what I saw, exactly. There is a lot of interest in litRPG, which some people *see* as romantasy-for-boys, but to be honest even that's dubious, if you look at who's lining up to get books signed at litRPG conventions.

Sailing the Golden Chersonese - Queen of Swords Press Adventure, magic and more… Neo has been raised to be their father’s son, to succeed him as the captain of the pirate vessel Sri Matahari and to sail the seas of the Golden Chersonese raiding and havin...

Happy book birthday to Sailing The Golden Chersonese!

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okay this is a CALL FOR ESSAY PITCHES!

I'm looking for freelance writers for Reactor Mag, a long-running SFF website (formerly tor dot com not the publisher). Im the senior editor for book content, focusing on contemporary sci-fi, fantasy, gothic, horror, and genre-defying books.

(details below)

okay there are a LOT of people asking what i thought were easily googleable questions about pitching nonfiction writing. so here is a quick adapted version of a pitch workshop i did at FIYAHCON a few years ago. every good pitch should answer these questions:

Promo graphic centering the cover of NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: A SPECULATIVE ANTHOLOGY OF REINVENTION featuring Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory and edited by Chris Campbell. Text: Give the gift of short speculative fiction For the friend with a fish tank who wishes they could be aquatic (and/or in love) For the reader looking to rewrite their own fairytale For that friend who may or may not be dating a ChatBot For fans of “timey-wimey” stories (you know when you are) For folks who are obsessed with the moon rn (same girl, same) Now available from your favorite book retailer!

This anthology still rocks and these writers keep getting more and more recognition.

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Go hear @traewrites.bsky.social and other thought-provoking ecofiction!

Cover art for The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu. Has a blurb from Max Gladstone "A work of crystalline vision and meticulous humanity"

Spend a little time with my novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space! Available today!
Bugs in the physics! Status reports in the form of food! Finding a family!
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Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

The #kickstarter for Thyme Travellers 2 An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is now live! #projectwelove @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Dust off yer manuscripts, goblins! We're taking submissions for the next batch of issues in just one month. More information can be found here: https://bit.ly/4i2c9QR

The Countdown Conspiracy Check out The Countdown Conspiracy - <p><strong>Ambassador, </strong><em><strong>you are go for launch in T- minus 5&#8230;4&#8230;3&#8230;2&#8230;.</strong> </em>Get ready to blast off with this high...

If a kid you know is excited about the Artemis mission, maybe they would be interested in my middle grade novel, THE COUNTDOWN CONSPIRACY!

A near-future, science-accurate space program thriller about kids training to go to Mars, published by HarperCollins Children's. #KidLit #MG #Artemis

Anathema: Spec from the Margins Support the relaunch of our Ignyte and British Fantasy Award-nominated magazine dedicated to the work of queer writers of color!

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...

a beret perhaps?

There were a lot of things I was going to have to get over.

This truly is a special anthology! Talking with so many of the TOC authors has been a wonderful bonus!

And if you want to support 24 human authors just trying to make our way in this crazy publishing world, you're also welcome to buy the book of course! Available at all your favorite (and not so favorite) retailers. Cuz writers gotta eat too!

books2read.com/newyearnewyo...

(Review copies are free in exchange for an honest review! We really do want to hear what you think and get this book in front of as many readers as possible!)

A tablet displaying the cover for NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: A SPECULATIVE ANTHOLOGY OF REINVENTION against a gray background Text: Request a review copy! speculative fiction stories by: Elizabeth Bear Daryl Gregory F.E. Choe Shen Tao Brigitte Winter Chris Campbell and more! it's never too late to review a book you love!

We've also received lots of thoughtful reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, B&N, etc. And we are always looking for more!

Interested in reviewing NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: A SPECULATIVE ANTHOLOGY OF REINVENTION for your blog, newsletter, Goodreads, etc? DM me or request an ARC thru our linktree! tr.ee/b6eEzQ8zXI

@reelsamtyler.bsky.social at sfbook.com talks about the variety of stories in NEW YEAR, NEW YOU and how they'll challenge readers, while highlighting some of his favorites.

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