Get ready for my third book of the year! I hope you like transfemme protags, urban legends, and arcade cabinet cults! Preorders are open now from @speculationpub.bsky.social
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Get ready for my third book of the year! I hope you like transfemme protags, urban legends, and arcade cabinet cults! Preorders are open now from @speculationpub.bsky.social
COVER REVEAL!
LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social is coming MARCH 31. This trans, low-fi, spec fic novella about the Polybius Urban Legend is available now on NetGalley, Book Sirens, and the ebook it up for presale at amzn.to/4stT8LY
Original Illustration by Aleeya Jones
LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD Cover Reveal TOMORROW! @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social's kick-ass low-fi, weird fic, queer, rabbit hole journey into the Polybius Urban Legend is dropping at the end of the month. And Pre-sale links drop tomorrow too!
Happy Women in Horror Month! Spec Pub Editors, LC and River hosted a roundtable with @acwise.bsky.social , @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social , @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social , and Jessica Sparrow to discuss books, inspirations & what women bring to the spooky table
www.speculationpub.com/blog/women-i...
LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD Cover Reveal, this Friday! With presale links!
Speculation Publications celebrates Women in Horror
It's that time of year...
Happy March! Happy #WomeninHorror Month
loading the machine child cover reveal march 6
get ready to go low-fi
Pixelated Cover Teaser. LOADING THE MACHINE CHILD Cover reveal march 6th with blurb from Collin Armstrong
Been pretty quiet about @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social upcoming novella LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD while we wrapped up final details, but now we're ready to load the #coverreveal next week. Presale starts soon and the book drops March 31st!
*Early ebook kickstarter backers will get their copies soon!
Congratulations!
Congrats to all the Stoker Nominees!
"I write now, however, not with concerns that a vampire walks beside me, but with a pressing mythological question—an academic curiosity, you might say."
From "Blood Stains True" in @speculationpub.bsky.social's VAMPIRE HUNTERS anthology
www.speculationpub.com/vampire-hunt...
Congrats!
Congrats!
What an honor to be on the preliminary Stoker list with @lcw.allingham for our anthology VAMPIRE HUNTERS: AN INCOMPLETE RECORD OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTS. I'm taken aback, and I'm just so excited! 😂
We worked really hard, along with the terrific authors, and I'm so pleased! All the best to everyone!
Now that we had a moment to gain our composure, Congratulations to VAMPIRE HUNTERS and everyone on the Stoker Preliminary Ballot! We are honored and humbled to be in such rad company. And thank you to the amazing contributing authors of this book for making it what it is.
Holy Shit!
fuck with Philly, you get the jawn.
If you're snowed in, it's a good time to settle into a little Winter Lore. Stories Poems and Magic about the Old Holidays, Shadow Work and Dreams during the dark cold months.
Text on the background of the Rainbow Flag that reads: Queer Books We’re Looking Forward to in 2026.
10 book covers and 2 gray book cover placeholders on the background of the Rainbow Flag. The books are: Last First Kiss by Julian Winters; I Love You Don't Die by Jade Song; The Girls Will Be Okay by Linnea Peterson; Platform Decay by Martha Wells; Common Bonds 2 ed. by Claudie Arseneault, Emery Lee & RoAnna Sylver; A Long and Speaking Silence by Nghi Vo; The Last Best Quest Ever by F.T. Lukens; Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin; Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher; Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae. The cover placeholders read: A Trade of Blood cover tba; Panguan cover tba.
We’re looking to the future! And the future is bright and queer. Here are some of the queer 2026 book releases that we can’t for. What books are you most excited for this year?
See a book on our list you gotta buy? They're all in our Bookshop.org affiliate shop: bookshop.org/lists/2026-q...
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Tonight is our annual Winter Gathering to celebrate the winter holidays and solstice and the end of another great year of indie books. If you are in the area, feel free to come out and join us. There will be books available by local indie authors, exceptional people, and vibes.
Last day to back the LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD novella of utter speculation Kickstarter. Get your name in the pages of this urban legend and support queer and indie books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...
There's still time to get in on the Kickstarter/preorder action if you want a taste of a transfemme protag, the men in black, and cursed arcade cabinets!
Our ebook titles on Smashwords are 25% off until the end of the year.
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Okay so I hurt my arm last week so i am doing everything one handed, including making a LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD illustration with @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social , @rivertheauthor.bsky.social and myself ( @lcwall.bsky.social ) kickstarter ends tuesday morning. www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...
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This is your chance to speak up for the trans books and authors you’ve enjoyed this year! Whatever your faves were, please add your voice to the voting process
Short list nominees and winners are decided by fairly slim margins, so your votes make a big difference in whether books get noticed!
