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HER BLOOD IS RUIN (2028)
THIS HOUSE WILL FEED (out now)
LAST HOPE IN HOPETOWN (out now)
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Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Writer | Arabfuturist | SFF | Cat dad ๐โโฌ๏ธ |
THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out now with Gollancz & Saga Press.
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Meg Anderson @megzbookz.bsky.social writer + wife + mom โก อlife with multiple sclerosis โก THE MEMORY OF BORROWED BOOKS (Sourcebooks Landmark, Fall 2026) โก rep: amanda wooden at sbr media
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Matt Falcon @mattfalcon.com Dutch fantasy writer, writing in English. Tethered to Darkness available on amazon, Kobo and on my website:
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Lexi Heathermoor @lexiheathermoor.bsky.social Adult Dark Romance Writer โ๐ป
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Hel โจ || Untwined is out now!! ๐๐ชท @helynalc.bsky.social author of SKYLARK IN THE FOG (2022), IMBUED (2024) and UNTWINED (2026) โข radio astronomer โข she/they โจ // #SFINCS and #SPSFC judge 2025-2026 // โข we reach forward โข // NO genAI or LLMs
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Elizabeth Snow @elizabeth-snow.bsky.social Call me Ez, baiman (both woman/werman), any/ae/aer (air)
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LionsToothPublishing.com
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