RJ Taylor Boskone Schedule: Friday 7:00 Body Horror panel Saturday 2:30 Reading. 5:30 Resisting Rejectomancy: Staying Sane while Submitting panel
Looking forward to seeing folks at @boskone.bsky.social this weekend!
New story alert! This story fought me tooth and nail to get written, but it's become perhaps my favorite short story of mine. It also contains a polarizing POV choice that, IIRC, split my writing groups. kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
Are there any fan artists who can do (Western) TV cartoon characters reasonably true-to-style who want to donate a little mischievous labor to some Canadian creative industry workers in a union fight against corporate greed? If so, send me a message and I can give you details!
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
My novelette “The Third Movement of Time,” is now free to read in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social !
"Winter observes her frustration at Gorgós's irrational behavior and, within it, a particle of jealousy..."
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.
It’s book day!!!
HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨
✨Happy book day!!
And the fancy anniversary edition! Love it! Stoked to share a TOC with you
BCS #442, Seventeenth Anniversary Double-Issue ebook out early today @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, stories James Morrow @patricksamphire.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @willmcmahon36.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
I've been working on something fun behind the scenes...
This HIGHER MAGIC audio cut scene is an exclusive preorder incentive. It stars 3 of the amazing voice actors I worked with on @hauntnowpod.bsky.social. 🧵
@htpbooks.bsky.social @htphive.bsky.social
A signed, annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC propped up against a stack of other copies of HIGHER MAGIC with some moon- and magic-themed stickers.
GIVEAWAY Want to win an annotated copy of Higher Magic and some moon-themed swag? 1 Follow my account 2 Reply to this post (see caption) 3 Repost or tag a friend by Sunday, Sept. 14th!
Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.
Photo of Deva, a white woman with straight brown hair and large black cat-eye glasses, holding a finished copy of House of Dusk and smiling.
Today is THE DAY. You can now actually order for-real copies of my adult fantasy debut HOUSE OF DUSK in hardback, ebook and audio format pretty much anywhere books are sold! Lots of links and blurbs here: devafagan.com/house-of-dusk/
Contract signed! Very excited to announce that my fantasy story, "The Third Movement of Time," will appear in a future issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies! My first sale to this beloved magazine.
A graphic with the banner Preorder Swag that shows The Yankee Bookshop logo, the cover of higher magic, and two stickers and reads signed book, glow in the dark Sublimity University sticker, Holographic moon sticke. Stickers included with the first 50 preorders.
Hey hey did you know you can get some cool stickers I designed with your SIGNED copy of my book if you preorder HIGHER MAGIC through my favorite local indie?
@yankeebookshop.bsky.social
I'm giving away an eARC of HIGHER MAGIC and digital swag to celebrate Disability Pride!
To enter:
✨ Subscribe to my newsletter &
✨ Follow me on IG or Bluesky by 11:59 p.m. on July 27th (Eastern time, or UTC−04:00)
Bonus entries for sharing this post! buttondown.com/wallowingini...
Jones really wants you to know that a certain book featuring a large orange cat *cough HIGHER MAGIC cough* is 25% off July 8th-11th, via Barnes & Noble's pre-order sale. 🐈#BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com @htpbooks.bsky.social
⚡New Story!⚡
'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue!
Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Our first side story for Edge of Eterninities delves into the Kav and their planet that was. "Grasp in the Dark" by @rjtaylor.bsky.social
magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi...
This week's Story Hour broke our hearts in the best ways. @wtalabi.bsky.social and @rjtaylor.bsky.social read person-sized stories about immense themes and subject matter. Highly recommended! #Booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IVl...
Waist-up color photo of Wole Talabi, a Black man with a shaved scalp and a short salt-and-pepper beard. He wears a tan-colored woven shirt with yellow detailing at collar, yoke, and cuffs; a lanyard around his neck; and a black fitness tracker on one wrist. He is standing in relaxed posture, speaking into a microphone on a podium that takes up about a quarter of the rectangular image. He appears alert but comfortable.
Color headshot of RJ Taylor, a fair-skinned woman with dark, lightly wavy hair parted on the side and worn in a chin-length bob without bangs. She wears a silky blue V-neck blouse, dangly earrings with what looks like a single lapis lazuli bead each, a necklace with a large teardrop pendant, and coral lipstick. She is turned slightly away from the camera, her back against a wall of weathered wood. She smiles warmly at the camera, a smile that goes all the way to her brown eyes.
Nobody tells a tale like Wole Talabi! We’re delighted to welcome him back, and to have RJ Taylor make her Story Hour debut. Want to hear authors read their own full SFF stories? Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! @wtalabi.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com
Higher Magic book cover: an illustration of a stained glass window in the tower of a gothic university building with the moon rising behind it. Along the building, purple foxgloves and dark pink snapdragons grow. Moths flutter in the moonlight. The stained glass depicts a shield and book above the words Higher Magic in a wild branching font with swirling, ghost-like shapes beneath it.
🤩 this cover! Excited to help reveal the cover of @courtney-floyd.com's adult fantasy debut HIGHER MAGIC in which a first-gen grad student has one last chance to pass her Magic exam but discovers her students are disappearing @htpbooks.bsky.social #HigherMagic #2025Debuts #WritingCommunity #BookSky
What if a hurricane hit Houston during the first crewed Mars mission? In the midst of a chaotic evacuation, a young flight controller meant to be working the night shift has to take charge. My novelette is in the March/April edition of @asimovssfmag.bsky.social, on sale now...
A graphic with a deep blue background featuring a temporary cover for Courtney Floyd's HIGHER MAGIC and text that reads: February 5th - 7th 25% off pre-orders Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members only, use code PREORDER25 at checkout. Valid for physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks at Barnes & Noble. Some exclusions apply.
A large brown and white dog looks soulfully at the camera, the caption reads "do u like magic?"
Charlie, a large brown and white dog wearing a colorful hoodie, looks thoughtfully into the distance with captions that read "order book now and it will magically arrive later" and "aBORKadabra."
It's a Barnes & Noble pre-order sale day! Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off all pre-orders now through the 7th.
My PR pup Charlie recommends pre-ordering (especially HIGHER MAGIC) so that books magically appear in your mailbox all year! #BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com @htpbooks.bsky.social
the promo cover of Fantasy Magazine shows a women in the grass with a glowing sky behind her. The text says Returning June 2025 Fantasy Magazine
Announcement:
Psychopomp is relaunching Fantasy Magazine
WELCOME BACK, FANTASY!
full details here:
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
Episode 2 is here!
Mona and Courtney chat with guest @zoharjacobs.bsky.social about the particular failures that can follow early success, submission strategies, the ladder of sadness, and more.
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
Two new stories, two days in a row!
If yesterday I broke your heart, today @marcodehnert.bsky.social and I are making up for it with laughter =)
smallwondersmag.com/piece/ten-re...
Ooh, it's a story day! "The Stolen Sabbath" is out in The Cosmic Background, an online mag I absolutely adore. This one is a little cozy and a little sad, as all the coziest things are
www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/jenn...
Apparently it's a big week for me -- my first narration for @strangehorizons.bsky.social is out on the podcast this week!! I had the pleasure of reading @emlinden.bsky.social's lovely story "A Cure for Solastalgia" -- give it a listen!
strangehorizons.com/podcasts/pod...
Holy cannoli! My story "The Day of the Sea" is on this list! Thanks again to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social for publishing this story of my heart in F&SF 💙
