First butterfly of spring! (At least that I've seen.)
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First butterfly of spring! (At least that I've seen.)
Book cover for The Autarch's Heir, by Jo Graham: two woman, one dark-haired, one blond, stand behind an elegant dark man in a dark suit. A golden crown hovers in the background above a cloudy seascape. Text: The Autarch's Heir, Jo Graham. It sounds like a simple job to con man Bel Alan: pretend to be the natural son of the assassinated Calpurnian autarch Iulus and steal the priceless Solaste Crown. But his simple theft may be about to plunge Lono into a bloody civil war, and finding the Blameless Prince to wear the crown may be the only way to stop it. What's a con man to do when the stakes of his game are suddenly the fate of a world?
A quick reminder - Jo Graham's latest Calpurnian Wars space adventure, The Autarch's Heir, is now available! Link to our website, but it's on all the usual suspects.
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/the-aut...
Time has no meaning and clocks aren't real.
Cast aside these notions and your human form.
Become one with the fog that flows through the forest, and become both old and new again, forever.
Or have some tea.
Two book covers: Fault Lines shows two short-haired women in futuristic work clothes against an indistinct industrial landscape. In the Deep shows two woman in hooded coats against an indistinct cityscape. The text reads: Starship captain Velocity Wrachant escaped the powerful Combines years ago, but now she's broke enough to risk taking a job escorting a child of the Combine Ikeda House into Republic space to help her retrieve several bonded-labor children. And that's only the beginning of her troubles. "Strongly reminiscent of C. J. Cherryh at her best." — Gwyneth Jones
More from the backlist! Kelly Jennings's powerful corporate future series explores the consequences of genetic engineering and what it means to be human. (Link to our website, but available at all the usual suspects.)
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/fault-l...
Black and pink graphic titled “Queer Liberation Network Auction”. Beneath the title is a bright gold bubble that says, “Opens March 8th, 2026”. A tagline underneath the start date syas, “Support LGBTQIA2+ Folx Facing Financial Hardship”. At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a pink book with an arching rainbow emerging from its open pages.
Black and pink graphic titled “About Lit for Queer Liberation” and containing the following description: “Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where lovers of books, art, and music uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. By bidding on signed books, query critiques, artwork, vinyls, and more, your support directly fuels Queer Liberation Network's work to empower queer and trans people in Texas and beyond. Queer Liberation Network’s work changes lives. When queer and trans people achieve financial liberation — whether that's affording rent, getting out of debt, or escaping abusive environments — the community can thrive.” At the bottom is text that says “Learn more about Lit for Queer Liberation” followed by the shortened URL “bit.ly/LFQL2026”.
🌈 Get ready to bid in the Lit for Queer Liberation Virtual Auction — opening on Sunday, March 8th!
Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where lovers of books, art, & music uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. Here's a preview of some exciting auction items!
🔗 bit.ly/LFQL2026
screenshot of patreon's payouts page
reminder when you're doing your taxes, the number patreon is putting on your 1099 is the gross and they DO NOT exclude all the money they took from you in fees. you need to deduct that yourself as business expenses. an easy ("easy") way to do that is to download your earnings by month
Abstract book cover showing 9 disks with stylized designs. The title is in a central oval: Constellation Games: a space opera soap opera by Leonard Richardson. Text: Constellation Games. When an anarchist alien society comes to Earth, all programmer Ariel Blum wants to do is play their video games. But a simple cultural exchange turns up ancient secrets, government conspiracies, and unconventional anthropology techniques that threaten humanity as we know it. If Ariel wants his species to have a future, he’s going to have to take the step that nothing on Earth could make him take. He’s going to have to grow up.
Time to bring forward some of our backlist! Have you seen Constellation Games? Cory Doctorow said, "[O]ne of the smartest, most passionate, most principled science fiction novels I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading."
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/constel...
Image shows the book cover for Running Dry
A special note on the nomination today.
RUNNING DRY by M. Christian was nominated by @qospress.bsky.social. We were all saddened to learn of M. Christian’s passing soon after. We offer our deepest condolences to all who loved them.
#SSBA #SSBA2026
They are indeed.
Just a reminder, The Autarch's Heir, book 4 of Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars, is now available! Link to our website, but it's also on all the usual suspects.
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/the-aut...
#Booksky 3/3 In short, this would be an amazing day to get your Friday reads direct from us! Award-winning great queer books right this way! And the Astreiant Series is eligible for the Best Series Hugo Award! queenofswordspress.com
Important news!
I am delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast: The Untitled History Podcast.
It's me, and guests, falling down all the history rabbitholes you can imagine.
Please, please spread the word, subscribe and listen. Because... SHIPS CATS!! cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-...
This series is great fun!
Repeating for the afternoon crowd...
Screenshot of the pre-orders page of Daggerheart: Hope & Fear, showcasing a selection of featured artworks.
I'm so excited to see one of my artworks painted for Daggerheart: Hope & Fear featured on the pre-orders page! 🤩
Will share the illustration soon! In the meantime, if you want to grab a copy: www.daggerheart.com/pre-order/
It's release day for Jo Graham's The Autarch's Heir, the fourth book in her space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars! An attempted theft turns into something much larger, and only a desperate gamble offers any chance of succeeding…
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/the-aut...
![Three books covers: Sounding Dark, two figures looking up at a golden space ship against a starscape; Warlady, a man holding a ball of lightning, a dark-haired woman in a long dark coat, and a masked woman stand together against a starscape; Fortune's Favor, a red-haired woman in a beautiful dress sits overlooking a distant city with an aurora in the background. The Calpurnian Wars, Jo Graham. "[E]verything I want when I pick up a space opera" — K.V. Johansen, author of Blackdog](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wxlvr4js5s5ik4hz7r2drkx5/bafkreih66k7fxprdfogydbgpanl26b7f6bvuqigiecko3xyuqv6gf27dta)
Three books covers: Sounding Dark, two figures looking up at a golden space ship against a starscape; Warlady, a man holding a ball of lightning, a dark-haired woman in a long dark coat, and a masked woman stand together against a starscape; Fortune's Favor, a red-haired woman in a beautiful dress sits overlooking a distant city with an aurora in the background. The Calpurnian Wars, Jo Graham. "[E]verything I want when I pick up a space opera" — K.V. Johansen, author of Blackdog
Sale ends 2/24/2026!
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
ICYMI - and now it's only 2 days away!
If you missed it yesterday....
Book cover for The Autarch's Heir, by Jo Graham: two woman, one dark-haired, one blond, stand behind an elegant dark man in a dark suit. A golden crown hovers in the background above a cloudy seascape. Text: The Autarch's Heir, Jo Graham. It sounds like a simple job to con man Bel Alan: pretend to be the natural son of the assassinated Calpurnian autarch Iulus and steal the priceless Solaste Crown. But his simple theft may be about to plunge Lono into a bloody civil war, and finding the Blameless Prince to wear the crown may be the only way to stop it. What's a con man to do when the stakes of his game are suddenly the fate of a world?
We're less than a week from the release of Jo Graham's space adventure The Autarch's Heir, book 4 of The Calpurnian Wars. Preorders are open! (Link to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.)
www.amazon.com/Autarchs-Hei...
Three books covers: Sounding Dark, two figures looking up at a golden space ship against a starscape; Warlady, a man holding a ball of lightning, a dark-haired woman in a long dark coat, and a masked woman stand together against a starscape; Fortune's Favor, a red-haired woman in a beautiful dress sits overlooking a distant city with an aurora in the background. The Calpurnian Wars, Jo Graham. "[E]verything I want when I pick up a space opera" — K.V. Johansen, author of Blackdog.
Quick reminder! To celebrate the release of The Autarch's Heir, the first 3 novels in Jo Graham's space adventure series The Calpurnian Wars are on sale until 2/23.
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
Definitely looking forward to this one!
#Booksky Happy Valentine’s Day to those celebrating! Happy Saturday to everyone else! @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social has a nice list up of Minnesota authors and sapphic works to check out, including a couple of our titles! iheartsapphfic.com/2026/02/09/p...
In that case, may I suggest this small press in general (I have read several of their books and enjoyed all of them) and this space opera in particular (I’ve only read one so far, but it was great), which is currently in sale? bsky.app/profile/cand...
Neon Hemlock WHAT ELEGANT FUNCTION Now on Kickstarter Vibes like… Pattern Recognition Swordspoint Star Wars Devil Wears Prada Ninefox Gambit An Unkindness of Ghosts
Open to submissions of short stories for What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style until April 15th, 2026.
8¢/word. <6,000 words. Simsub ok, no multiple submissions, original stories only.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
How do you talk to an exploding space mushroom? Very carefully, per new novel from @universityofkansas.bsky.social prof @bogiperson.bsky.social HMU for review copy, author interview. news.ku.edu/news/article...
These are tip top space opera and you should read them.
Three books covers: Sounding Dark, two figures looking up at a golden space ship against a starscape; Warlady, a man holding a ball of lightning, a dark-haired woman in a long dark coat, and a masked woman stand together against a starscape; Fortune's Favor, a red-haired woman in a beautiful dress sits overlooking a distant city with an aurora in the background. The Calpurnian Wars, Jo Graham. "[E]verything I want when I pick up a space opera" — K.V. Johansen, author of Blackdog.
Also, if you haven't seen the series before, the first three books are currently on sale...
www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/02/02/t...
Book cover for The Autarch's Heir, by Jo Graham: two woman, one dark-haired, one blond, stand behind an elegant dark man in a dark suit. A golden crown hovers in the background above a cloudy seascape. Text: The Autarch's Heir, Jo Graham. It sounds like a simple job to con man Bel Alan: pretend to be the natural son of the assassinated Calpurnian autarch Iulus and steal the priceless Solaste Crown. But his simple theft may be about to plunge Lono into a bloody civil war, and finding the Blameless Prince to wear the crown may be the only way to stop it. What's a con man to do when the stakes of his game are suddenly the fate of a world?
Just a reminder - The Autarch's Heir is now up for preorders! (Link is to Amazon, but it's available on all the usual suspects.)
www.amazon.com/s?k=the+auta...
