Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #speculative-fiction, aggregated by home.social.
Looking for dark, intense, emotionally heavy, sharp-edged, or unsettling reads across all genres? Check out this BookFunnel event, 100 authors are giving away their books for FREE*!
https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/notsosacredreads/9o3uxvnj26
#Books #bookstodon #freeBooks #ebooks #speculativeFiction #Mystery #Mysteries #Halloween #NextRead #SciFi #Fantasy #Romance #Horror #Dystopia #Thriller #WeirdBooks
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Are you an audiobook reader? Do you dislike being beholden to Amazon? While I wait (& wait & wait) for the audiobook to propagate to all the usual retailers, it's also available directly from me via Gumroad.
https://ljcohen.gumroad.com/l/puqmiu
And you can download or listen directly either through Gumroad or Bookfunnel.
#audiobooks #LitanyForABrokenWorld #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #IndieAuthor
Looking for FREE* sci-fi and fantasy ebooks, any and all subgenres, and both for adult and young adult?
Check out this Bookfunnel event - 150+ authors brought you their best!
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#freebooks #free #ebooks #books #bookstodon #scifi #scifibooks #dystopia #dystopianSciFi #fantasy #sff #fantasybooks #Romantasy #UrbanFantasy #SpaceOpera #SpeculativeFiction #LitRPG #parallelWorld #YoungAdultFiction #YA #YABooks #cyberpunk #timetravel
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Meet these great indie authors who also write and read the genre at the Speculative Fiction Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #speculativefiction #writingcommunity #authorsky go.bsky.app/RSAwztf
For Black Speculative Fiction Month, one of my favourite short stories in Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root is “What the Periwinkle Remember”, an excerpt from Marcia Douglas’s novel, which features a Rolling Calf.
Hunger a NM Book Awards Winner!
I found out this weekend my desertpunk fantasy A Hunger with No Name from University of Tampa Press is a New Mexico Book Awards Winner for Best Fantasy Novel! NM Writers Director Lisa McCoy announcing the winners for Best Fantasy Novel at the 2026 NM Book Awards. Photo courtesy of G.S. Harrington I couldn't be there in person because I was on the other side of the state at the Pajarito Literary Festival (which I'll be sharing more about soon). But it was such a thrill to find out that not […]https://laurencteffeau.com/2026/10/05/hunger-a-nm-book-awards-winner/
Another recommendation for Black Speculative Fiction Month is Kei Miller’s magical realism novel The Last Warner Woman. I haven’t read anything by him that I didn’t enjoy. What I love about his writing style is the bold way in which he defies convention.
It’s Black Speculative Fiction Month! Have you read Skin Folk by award-winning Jamaican-born author and editor Nalo Hopkinson? Do yourself a favour and read anything by her.
ICYMI: My first-ever crowdfunding project has begun!
Learn more:
https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Big-Men--The-10th-Anniversary-Illustrated-Edi-F0H8284FZG
#specfic #paranormal #thriller #horror #scifi #book #books #booksofmastodon #readers #readersofmastodon #reading #readingcommunity #new #crowdfunding #project #TheBigMen #NWT #NodWellsTimelines #TheNodWellsTimelines #speculativefiction #literaryuniverse #bookstodon #booktodon
Looking for slightly dark academia fiction?
Haunted halls, dangerous magic, buried secrets, morally grey characters, strange academies, unsettling mysteries and romance threaded through the shadows, find your next read in this BookFunnel event, 10 authors are giving away their books for FREE*!
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#Books #bookstodon #freeBooks #ebooks #speculativeFiction #Mystery #Mysteries #MysteryBooks #Halloween #NextRead #SciFi #Fantasy #Romance
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My latest read: "Stage 3" by Ken Stark
Looking for a novel twist on zombies and the infected this spooky season? Give this one a try! 👍
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8982266933
Book Radar
https://thebookradar.com/review/5593
StoryGraph
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/86710dea-119f-428b-b271-4f3e3b0522ca
#specfic #horror #scifi #bookreview #bookrec #bookreviews #bookrecs #books #booksofmastodon #readersofmastoon #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #reading #readingcommunity #bookstodon #booktodon
New episode of The Stellar: Origins is out, exclusively on Patreon! Access starts at just $5 CAD per month.
If you are reluctant to subscribe, though, fear not - you can follow along by purchasing access to the entire collection of connected short stories here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2384505?utm_campaign=collectionshare_creator&utm_content=android_share
#TheStellarOrigins #TheStellar #solarpunk #scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction @fastfrwrd
#solarpunkPresents #podcast #shortfiction #shortstories #ownvoices #blacksffh
Want a free eBook for "spooky season?"
How about six of them?
See the following blog post for details!
https://ko-fi.com/post/More-Free-eBooks-for-Spooky-Season-K3E127YAMD
#free #specfic #scifi #horror #thriller #book #books #ebook #ebooks #spookyseason #reading #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #read #reads #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #bookstodon #booktodon #readingcommunity
A new post about the significance of "The Nod/Wells Timelines - The Official Compendium" and its role in my speculative-fiction literary universe.
https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Significance-of-The-NodWells-Timelines--The-P1E527W0ER
Be sure to check out my other recent posts on Ko-fi as there's now some cool exclusive content there! 😎👍
#books #reading #bookstodon #booktodon #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #horror #thriller #books #NWT #NodWellsTimelines #TheNodWellsTimelines
New Ko-fi post: Why I Rate and Review Other Authors' Works, and How I Go About That
https://ko-fi.com/post/Why-I-Review-Other-Authors-Works-and-How-I-Go-Ab-U3Q127TUYK
#specfic #scifi #horror #thriller #author #writer #blog #blogpost #books #reading #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #read #reads #readingcommunity #bookstodon #booktodon #bookreview #bookreviews
Who Saves the Savers: Healers in Apocalyptic Fiction
https://friendica.me/display/78ea265d-396a-ae38-6f79-390029293536
Submissions are still open for two more days... If you write cozy, nature-oriented, family-oriented, or lightly romantic fantasy: we'd love to hear from you!
https://hearthstories.org/submissions.html
#writersofmastodon #writing #cozyfantasy #shortstories #submissioncall #speculativefiction
Another Ko-fi post, this one about The Nod/Wells Timelines and "Alternate Unrealities," for those who aren't already familiar.
I'm starting something "BIG" on October 2nd via Ko-fi, so be sure to give me a follow there to see it before everyone else!
https://ko-fi.com/post/More-about-The-NodWells-Timelines-and-Another-Fr-R1L527MDXZ
#books #reading #bookstodon #speculativefiction #sciencefiction
Freshly added #AudioFiction!
The Spencerverse | Season finale
THE SPENCERVERSE is original, human narrated #scifi, #speculativefiction, #hfy, and #urbanfantasy for your commute, walks, breaks, or even if you need a story to fall asleep to. Sit back, relax, and let your world get a little weird... [Listen in 6h 9m]
I also read new stories via my Twitch live...
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/the-spencerverse
One weekend, two festivals, strange and beautiful eco-fiction awaits! Find Stelliform Press at The Word On The Street in David Pecaut Square and Little Ghosts Fest at the Tranzac, Sept. 26–27. Browse eco-fiction by day at WOTS, then come to the dark side at Little Ghosts. Both festivals are free!
#StelliformPress #WOTS2026 #TheWordOnTheStreet #LittleGhostsFest #TorontoEvents #CanLit #EcoFiction #HorrorBooks #SpeculativeFiction #IndiePublishing
My latest read: "Veil" by Jonathan Janz
If you enjoy speculative fiction with a variety of components, and a strong emphasis on characters, give this one a look!
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8973233519
Book Radar
https://thebookradar.com/review/5592
StoryGraph
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6376a35c-f939-411a-a604-4ffdcc33cf30
#specfic #scifi #horror #thriller #bookreview #bookreviews #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #read #reads #reading #readingcommunity #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #bookstodon #booktodon
And another book on the Nonhuman in #SpeculativeFiction
"Doing Animal Studies with Androids, Aliens, and Ghosts" by David P. Rando applies the methodology of #AnimalStudies to the works of Octavia E. Butler, Philip K. Dick, K. Ishiguro, J. Winterson & J. M. Coetzee
