Rayn Epremian

Do please let them know...

Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.

We need your help.

@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.

Please read on for more information

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The cover of Vampires Save the Night: Heroes, Anti-Heroes, and Not-So-Reformed Villains. The title is in the center, with Night written in bright red. The title is surrounded by vampires symbols, such as skulls, chalices, coffins, graves, bats, and more.

Looking for something spooky to read this Halloween? Check out "Vampires Save the Night!" a brand-new anthology of short stories and poetry available in print and digital formats! #horror #fantasy #poetry #vampire

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Oh haha no worries!

There’s never one perfect comp but I could see audience overlap with Tamsyn Muir, Everina Maxwell, Juno Dawson…

Well deserved!

Space vamps! Get your space vamps here! 🚀🧛🏻What better way to kick off spooky season than with this gorgeously illustrated anthology??🩸 Thrilled to have a story in this which, yes, involves vampires in space. So excited for you to meet Walker🧛🏻🌱& Krikorian🧑🏽‍🚀🇦🇲 alongside all the other characters in here✨

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Last Train from Deadwall by André Geleynse The train reached Deadwall only fifteen minutes behind schedule. Knucklebone thought he deserved some praise for that—maybe even a raise—but was unsurprised when he was shuffled off with the rest of t...

also: read my story!

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Incredibly excited (and still a bit stunned to be honest 🙀) to announce that the collection of my #solarpunk short stories "Futures to Live By" by NewCon Press is now available for pre-order in paperback or a signed limited edition hardback:

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

This is horrifying reading.

Already women going to doctors receive worse care, and their health problems minimised or outright brushed off.

Using AI only makes the problem worse. Biased data fed in a recursive loop.

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

Already devoured this but get in on it here!

I'm going to draw at 3pm GMT so if you want a free audio book, hop on now ;)

A few hours in and thoroughly enjoying this - check it out! A delightful combination of cozy and creepy, with wonderful narration by the excellent Omari Douglas

2025 Winners FICTION About Charlie by JM Langan Bruise by Adrian Markle Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton Kitten Heels by Maureen Cullen The Manhattan Deception by Simon Leighton-Porter The Thickness of...

Thrilled to share the news that THE UTOPIA OF US has been shortlisted for the The International Rubery Book Award! Many congratulations to all the authors who, collectively, made this such a fantastic anthology, and huge thanks to editor Teika Marija Smits for bringing them all together!

Ditto! Feel better soon ABS, sorry to miss you!

Delighted that my 🚀space vamps🧛🏻 story ‘Like a Bee Sting’ will be part of this awesome anthology, coming this August! Can’t wait for you all to meet Walker and Krikorian 💚🌱🐝

Huge thanks to Rebecca for giving them a home and just look at this lovely art!

What I failed to mention is that this auction is in time for your name to not only be a character in my next book, but that MY NEXT BOOK IS THE CHAOS WALKING SEQUEL! So, yeah, bid, raise some money for trans causes, and I'll probably kill you horribly on paper! It's what you would have wanted.

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Discover the amazing Luna family of Writers and Artists on our Luna Map of the World! www.lunapresspublishing.com/luna-family
Use INDIE2025 to get free shipping worldwide! 🥳 #IndiePressDay

Issue #10 “A Manual for the Care and Keeping of Superheroes” by Amanda Crowley: dive bars / collection / relationship power dynamics”A Star on the Tongue” by Rayn Epremian: language /…

From the FF Vault: "A Star on the Tongue" by @roverayndom.bsky.social

What if a crash stranded you on an alien planet? What if the aliens were friendly, but the terrain was not? What if the only way to heal was to become alien?

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-10/

The Utopia of Us. An anthology inspired by Zamyatin's We. Edited by Teika Marija Smits. The cover shows red marks in rows, with two blue ones.

Well, seems a good time to boost this anthology I was proud to contribute to and which is on the BSFA longlist. All profits go to British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.

UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

We are recruiting first readers for our next submissions call in January We are looking for experienced slush readers to join for our next open call. the ideal candidate will... Have editorial/slush reading experience with a semipro or pro rate sci-fi, fantasy or horror magazine OR anthology OR Be regularly published by semipro/pro SFFH magazines/anthologies OR Regularly read semipro/pro SFFH magazines (at least a few stories a month) Interested: Go to tinyurl.com/shorelinelst And introduce yourself.

We are recruiting first readers!
We are looking for experienced slush readers to join for our next open call.
If you are Interested go to
tinyurl.com/shoreline1st
And introduce yourself.

Needed to take a drafting break so: Arcane characters meet book recs.

If you like Silco then read THE TRUTH OF THE ALEKE from @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social

Why?

-Characters that will do anything to gain power
-A smooth talking leader of the oppressed is in here
-Young minds are getting manipulated

Book Launch: The Utopia of Us YouTube video by Luna Press Publishing

If you miss our YouTube premieres, it's never too late! The Utopia of Us edited by Teika Marija Smits, it's up now!
youtu.be/xKLJ_iD_D_g?...