For today's AMA on AskHistorians, we have Stephen Neufeld discussing Mexican necropolitics, animal death, and blood sports! Come check out some bull fighting history! @unmpress.bsky.social
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On a neon computer chip background. “TK Rex’s tales of climate refugees, sentient drones, and multispecies networks pull no punches about the hardships to come, yet leave me feeling hopeful and inspired all the same. Essential reading for the Anthropocene.” - Sarena Ulibarri, author of ANOTHER LIFE and STEEL TREE.
Big thanks to solarpunk trailblazer Sarena Ulibarri for her kind words. “TK Rex’s tales of climate refugees, sentient drones, and multispecies networks pull no punches about the hardships to come, yet leave me feeling hopeful and inspired all the same. Essential reading for the Anthropocene.”
ESSENTIAL READING FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE
That’s a whole geologic era guys. @stelliform.press do you think we should do a really-really-hardcover edition, I’m thinking granite probably?
Thank you @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social 💚🌻🌿
Hey all, this free-to-read #solarpunk anthology pairs nicely with www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Stories by @renanbernardo.com @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social @daniellearostegui.bsky.social @tkrex.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social and me!
#BookSky #SpecLit #reading #SFF #hope #justice
mag @motherjones.com highlights #solarpunk and @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social An unexpected place to see something re: science fiction. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Article mentions Another Life by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social 💛Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like solarpunk www.motherjones.com/environment/... #solarpunk #scifi
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By a thin margin we have locked in the first Stretch Goal of the "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" KS campaign and can now add 4 to 6 more authors to the budget. Info - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Promo image of the cover of Lauren C. Teffeau's latest book "Accelerated Growth Environment" featuring two women and a robot in the foreground of a massive artificial habitat full of green growing things with an explosion in the distance. Overlaid on top is the following text: “This gripping eco-mystery is a page turner with a no-nonsense romantic interest, a lovable robot companion, and an extraordinary solarpunk setting.” —Sarena Ulibarri, award-winning author of Another Life.
We are less than 2(!) weeks out from the launch of my next book Accelerated Growth Environment!!
Today, I'm thrilled to share another endorsement, this time from triple threat @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social --author, editor, friend. Here's what she had to say:
Bright Green Futures is free during this awards season! My piece The Doglady and the Rainstorm is in it, alongside the great works of @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social, @brightflame.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, @daniellearostegui.bsky.social, and @singingtotigers.bsky.social!
My story "Ancestors, Descendants" is among brilliant stories by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social @tkrex.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social & @daniellearostegui.bsky.social
The anthology is free atm! Read it--vote!
#solarpunk #SFF #SpecLit #WritingCommunity #BookSky #hope #read
The front cover art by Diana Naneva for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, depicting a living male sculpture with an autopsy incision lying in a field, staring toward the sky with blank eyes.
Another image of the front cover art for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, accompanied by the following blurbs: “Writes with such power and intensity that you can’t imagine where they get the courage to put such words on paper. Their work challenges us to face our fears, our insecurities, and not look away.” — Ann VanderMeer, Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning editor “Stylish, macabre, and startling as a cigarette burn ... A haunting debut.” —Angela “A.G.” Slatter, World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson award-winning author of The Cold House “So weird. So queer. So nauseating. And so, so beautiful.” —C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death’s Daughter
A mockup of the full wraparpund cover for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, accompanied by the following blurbs: “Monsters abound, pain and pleasure intertwine, and bodies bloom in ever-surprising transformations in Haralambi Markov’s fiction. A must-read for fans of Clive Barker, queer Weird lovers, and anyone with a taste for beautiful, creeping dread.” —Nino Cipri, author of Dead Girls Don’t Dream “Markov is a protean talent, their style changing from story to story, even challenging traditional story forms. Dazzling and dark, The Language of Knives treads the line between beauty and terror.” —Craig Laurance Gidney, author of A Spectral Hue
A black and white photo of Haralambi Markov, with arms folded and tattoos showing. Accompanied by the following text: Haralambi Markov is a Bulgarian fiction writer and editor with a background in content creation. They were the first ever Bulgarian to be accepted to attend the Clarion Writers’ Workshop in 2014. Their short story “The Language of Knives” was long-listed for the Nebula award for Best Short Story and their essay “My Father, My Private Monster” made it onto the Stoker long list for non-fiction in 2025. Their work has appeared in Reactor, Uncanny Magazine, Evil in Technicolor, Weird Fiction Review, Stories for Chip, Eurasian Monsters and Fractured Reveries. They were part of the team of BonFIYAH 2021. Follow them on Instagram at @somethinghaunted.
COVER REVEAL! Mythic Delirium Books is thrilled to share Diana Naneva's stunning cover art 🎨 for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES: STORIES, the debut collection by Haralambi Markov, w/ intro by @annvandermeer.bsky.social 🎉 Release date July 7; pre-orders are live now! bit.ly/LOKcoverreveal bit.ly/LOKpreorder
Not only did they sing American Idiot, but they changed the last verse to "MAGA idiot", but sure.
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
‘Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning’ by YUNGBLUD ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II wins the #GRAMMYs award for Best Rock Performance.
‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’ by Nine Inch Nails wins the #GRAMMYs award for Best Rock Song.
‘Golden’ wins the #GRAMMYs award for Best Song Written For Visual Media.
picture of the earth set in space BSFA Long List Solarpunk cover of CORIANDER by Ana Sun, a Bright Green Futures story, with a BSFA long list sticker The Ecological Citizen: Long Article www.ecologicitizen.net How solarpunk can help us rewild our lives Ana Sun and Susan Kaye Quinn https://lnk.to/SolarpunkBSFA
Pumped to see #solarpunk on the #BSFAAwards2026 long list!
@singingtotigers.bsky.social's brilliant CORIANDER, a short story from the BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES anthology
*and*
our co-authored non-fiction article on solarpunk in @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social!
Both free to read! lnk.to/SolarpunkBSFA
In my story, "Return to Sender," I decided to explore why a city that utilizes nuclear power (like Phoenix) might store that waste in full public view right in the middle of the city, and how those heavily insulated casks could become a touchstone of the culture around all types of waste. 💙📚
In my story, "Return to Sender," I decided to explore why a city that utilizes nuclear power (like Phoenix) might store that waste in full public view right in the middle of the city, and how those heavily insulated casks could become a touchstone of the culture around all types of waste. 💙📚
New, University of New Mexico Press something out there in the distance by Grant Faulkner and Gail Butensky “‘You can’t take a bad photo of a highway’—my favorite quote from this beautiful little book about two lovers on the run from death. something out there in the distance reads like a song, and like a song it will echo inside you long after you’ve finished it.”—Molly Giles, author of Life Span: Impressions of a Lifetime Spent Crossing and Recrossing the Golden Gate Bridge
Out Now! something out there in the distance is a combination of fiction by @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and photography by Gail Butensky that tells the story of two lovers on a road trip through the American West. 💙📚 #literary #photography
Check it out here:
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An Early Reviewers poster, with the LibraryThing Early Reviewers logo, two rows of book covers, and the words "The January batch is now available! with 227 free, early-release books."
The January batch of Early Reviewers is live! Enter to win one of 2,976 copies of 227 titles. This month we've got exciting new titles from @alcovepress.bsky.social, @autumnhouse.org, @henryholtbooks.bsky.social, @unvpress.bsky.social, @unmpress.bsky.social & more! #💙📚 #Booksky
A wooden sign, “Books Read This Year, 47, Sarena”
2025 Favorites The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez Chicano Frankenstein by Daniel A Olivas The Llano County Mermaid Club by Kathleen M. Rodgers The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack The Dragon Kings of Oklahoma by Ferrett Steinmetz Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle by Renan Bernardo Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. Olivas Crosstalk by Connie Willis
I read 47 books in 2025. Here are a few of my favorites, including books by @danielolivas.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @theferrett.bsky.social @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @kathleenmrodgers.bsky.social and more!
What were your favorite reads for the year? 💙📚
I can’t recall any with that premise! Maybe from Sunvault?
How I’m showing up to the Bluesky Xmas party
Cover of Steel Tree, a woman in a field with a backpack of equipment, a glowing facemask, and hard hat. Text with arrows points to the cover: YA/Adult crossover, Retelling of The Nutcracker, Dancing Aliens, Happy Ending!, Sentient Android, Science Fiction
In case you’re looking for a last minute festive read, I wrote a sci-fi Nutcracker retelling, and it’s short enough you could finish it before Christmas morning. 💙📚
Published by Android Press, cover art by Hal Hefner.
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Let this also serve as your annual reminder that “War Pigs“ can be sung to the tune of Deck the Halls, and vice versa. (“Generals gathered in their masses / fà la la la la, la la la la, just like witches at black masses / fa la la etc”)
As is our tradition, for this holiday season, we’ve selected a few favorite stories from the first half or so of our fourth year to share — unlocked — with readers far and wide. If you love what you’re reading, please share and recommend, and dig into the archives for more. (1/5)
My final story of 2025 has been published as a stand-alone by Water Dragon Publishing. It's the story that inspired my debut novel that's coming out next year. waterdragonpublishing.com/product/oily...
Sarena Ulibarri, awards eligibility 2025, short stories, “WhatKind of Bat is This?” Published in Bright Green Futures edited by Susan Kaye Quinn. “What Really Happened in Nightshade” published in Tractor Beam. “Spinning Shadows into Stone” published in Sunday Morning Transport.
Three short stories published in 2025! Please give them a look if you’re nominating for Hugo, Nebula, Locus, etc. More info in the thread!
#booksky #writingcommunity #SFFstories #awardseligibility2025
We are thrilled to see two UNM Press books on the PEN longlists! 💙📚 🥳
a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon
and
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen
