Lyndsie Manusos

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She/Her | Indie Bookseller - Wild Geese Bookshop | Pushcart Nominee | Fiction in Reactor, F&SF, The Deadlands, Lightspeed, etc. | Sr Contributor for Book Riot Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Literary Debut novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES available now!

Collage of six black-and-white images of various of horses, horse skulls, a bog, and a silhouette of two people about to kiss. All six black-and-white photos are outlined in a black border. At the top are the words in red font "Forthcoming in Nightmare" and in the middle "To Traverse the Moss." Images are courtesy of Unsplash photographers.
Image graphic of a book event, with a green background and pink text boxes with the text: Máire Roche with Lyndsie Manusos, Bromantasy, and the date June 2nd, 2026 at The Sycamore at Mallow Run. The cover image of Bromantasy is to the left of and bottom of the pink text boxes.
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A screenshot of a novel titled "What the Waters Gave Us" along with the following text: "Summer Solstice, 1980, Grass Lake" the subheading "The Bottom of Any Lake is Often Unseen," and the first sentence: "Save for the fish. In this case, a dead woman who does not remain dead."
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Image of the novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES face out on a white bookshelf with a blue sign below that says “Local Authors and One of Our Booksellers” in black ink.
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Logo of the Locus Poll & Survey for the 55th Annual Locus Awards at the top, over a dark brownish-red background, with the text "LAST DAY TO VOTE" with "FROM THESE DARK ABODES (NOVELLA CATEGORY" in off white text, and the cover of FROM THESE DARK ABODES by Lyndsie Manusos centered at the bottom.
Dark gray background with a collage of images, including two cheeky skeletons, the cover of the book From These Dark Abodes and the text “Awards Consideration: Hugo Award voting closes super soon, and the Locus Award voting (which anyone can vote for!) closes April 15. I’d be so honored if you considered FROM THESE DARK ABODES for the novella category. Vote for what you love! Thank you for your consideration! 💀🖤”
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Image on a light blue background of the cover of From These Dark Abodes, at the top are four listed logos of major awards, such as The Nebula Awards, The Hugo Awards, The BSFA awards, and the 2024 Locus Recommended Reading List. On the bottom right is an image of a skeleton leaning its elbow on the words "Voting/Nominating is open for the above awards! I'd be honored for your consideration."
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List of 2024 eligible works by Lyndsie Manisos, ranging from the novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES, a novelette, and 5 short stories.
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An image with an off-white background of a skeleton illustration leaning on the cover image of the book FROM THESE DARK ABODES.
Collage of three images, the largest being the illustrated cover of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet zine, and the two smaller images showing the pages within the zine, a table of contents and the first page of the story “Mnemonic.”
Image of the book Robotic Ambitions, an anthology with an illustration of two robots holding hands on the cover, on a red and green plaid-patterned tablecloth.
Image of a list of nine 2023 awards eligible stories in white font on a black background, with background image being a crescent moon.
Image of M. L. Krishnan's chapbook The End As Seen From the Tip of the Indiana Peninsula, held in front of a tree with ornaments and lights.
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