New Episode of #Shelflife with @boxmastermcgee.bsky.social & @isaac-fellman.bsky.social 😀❤️ #blackwarrenbooks #allorapublicradio

A gift from the art department director at #BlackwarrenBooks, @roundgreencat.bsky.social, to our favorite comics writer, @gailsimone.bsky.social, this portrait of Gail and her greyhounds. She's totally fine, see? :D

Justifying My English Degree: A Survivor’s Recovery in Rise of the Tomb Raider — Blackwarren Books Trauma is a poison, a creeping sludge with acidy burns that seeps into deep, old wounds to make them twitch and sting and paint the world in a lens of anguish. It makes us feel like part of us has d...

This week, Vaughn justifies his gamer cred as well as his English degree.
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Novel Thoughts: What Work Surprised Your Expectations? — Blackwarren Books In this week’s edition of Novel Thoughts, Assistant Editor Lu Humbug delves into the works that played on genre expectations of mechanics and structure to elevate the experience and elicit unexpected,...

@lunostophiles.bsky.social contributes for #NovelThoughts on how his reading of Carmen Maria Machado's In the Dream House surprised his expectations of Memoir.
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Justifying My English Degree: Deconstructing an Anime Manic Pixie Dream Girl — Blackwarren Books Manic Pixie… what? In 2007, a film critic for The A.V. Club , Nathan Rabin, began a running feature he titled “My Year of Flops”, where he would examine movies that financially or critically bomb...

In this edition of Justifying My English Degree, Vaughn barbecues an Anime sacred cow.
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Novel Thoughts: How Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Surprised My Isekai Expectations — Blackwarren Books This month, Novel Thoughts asks, “What Work of Media Surprised Your Expectations?” To begin, Managing Editor Vaughn R. Demont lets his Weeb Flag fly… This month's "Novel Thoughts" topic asks us to e...

For this entry of Novel Thoughts, Vaughn lets his Weeb Flag fly.
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Justifying My English Degree: Dorian Gray is Overrated. — Blackwarren Books Oscar Wilde is a requirement in English programs, and if you’ve ever been to the gay district of Toronto you’ve likely seen the statue of Oscar Wilde leaning up as if waiting for a cigarette to be lit...

Vaughn Demont returns with another edition of Justifying My English Degree.
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The staff here at #BlackwarrenBooks aren't just writers and editors, we're also readers! :)
Vaughn: I write Urban Fantasy, but my shelf has a lot of memoir. What I'm currently reading? @blairbraverman.bsky.social Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube, full throated recommend. Fantastic nature writing :)

On the Air (Certified Gold #1) by David M. DeMar — Blackwarren Books Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, nex...

An asexual dragon, an enbie satyr teammate, a blood hunt from the Fae... Typical college stuff, right?
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Novel Thoughts: What Work Brought You to Tears? - Part 1 — Blackwarren Books Welcome back to Novel Thoughts. This month, Blackwarren’s staff will post a weekly piece exploring the works of media—whether book, poem, song, film, or television—that elicited tears, whether joyful,...

New Novel Thoughts for April!
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Huzzah! You can now get Aether's Call directly from the publisher in softcover! Be the hero by supporting businesses that fight for big changes in our world!
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We don't just have .EPUBs of @authormjbaerman.bsky.social's Aether's Call at Blackwarren Books, we also have softcover editions! :) www.blackwarrenbooks.com/the-bookworm... #AethersCall #Steampunk #Adventure #SciFi #BlackwarrenBooks #LGBTQIA #Ally #BeTheHeroNotAToken

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Blackwarren Reads is back tonight on our Discord server at 8 PM Eastern! discord.gg/qXpqJMzw?eve... #blackwarrenbooks #booktok #livereading #queertok #marginalizedvoices #lgbt #urbanfantasy #readersoftiktok #smallpress #indiebooktok #TheArgentCity #bethehero #notatoken

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#AI tools are incredibly useful in so many situations - but there's a time and a place for their use. #BlackwarrenBooks has a strict stance on how AI content generation. #booktok #indiepress #marginalizedvoices #queertiktok🌈 #fiction #art #realvoices #aiart #narration #audiobook #readersoftiktok

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Why we use sensitivity readers here at #BlackwarrenBooks! #booktok #indie #smallpress #queer #lgbtq #representationmatters #trans #asexual #sensitivityreaders #marginalizedvoices #amreading #readersoftiktok #transrights #authenthicself

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Introducing "The Black Mages of Marka" by nonbinary author C.C. Schulz! #booktok #fyp #blackwarrenbooks #catsoftiktok #cats #nonbinarytiktok #queertok #fiction #fantasy #upcomingauthor #comingsoon #readersoftiktok #lgbt #bethehero #notatoken

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Introducing "Shame" by A. Kita and Aldous Husky, to be published later this year! #BlackwarrenBooks #representationmatters #queertiktok #PoC #Disabled #BeTheHeroNotAToken #smallpress #fiction #scifi #furry #furryfandom #cyberpunk

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#BlackwarrenBooks has closed submissions - for now. Here's why that's great news for us and for you!

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Did you know we've started doing video content? Here's Blackwarren Senior Editor Dave DeMar introducing himself and what #BlackwarrenBooks is all about! #betheheronotatoken