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Desiree S. Evans

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✍🏾 πŸ“š Author & Editor β€’ Southern girl β€’ Spinner of speculative tales for kids, teens + adults β€’ BUY the Locus Award Winning + Ignyte Award Finalist + Indie-Bestselling THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE today! @Flatironbooks β€’ linktr.ee/literarydesiree

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Today August 15th is the last day to cast your vote for the Ignyte Awards! Go here to vote: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote

15.08.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Officially ON VACATION! I'll be offline/off phone completely! If you miss me, check out my #ondemand #webinars SeraRivers.com/shop. In the meantime, I'll be reading for pleasure like a fiend! @v-e-tirado.com #TrishaTobias @literarydesiree.bsky.social @sj-fennell.bsky.social @novarensuma.bsky.social

27.06.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Copy of The Black Girl Survives In This One next to a ceramic ghost and other books

Copy of The Black Girl Survives In This One next to a ceramic ghost and other books

Finally reading @literarydesiree.bsky.social & @sj-fennell.bsky.social anthology The Black Girl Survives In This One. Really good! @tananarivedue.bsky.social

02.07.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you so much!

22.06.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Locus Awards Winners The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2025 Locus Awards on June 21, 2025, during the Locus Awards Weekend. Authors Sarah Gailey and Tochi Onyebuchi were…

Feeling so incredibly honored + grateful that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE won the Locus Award for best anthology. Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social + the voters! To all our readers who believed in this project! @sj-fennell.bsky.social + I appreciate you so much! locusmag.com/2025/06/2025...

22.06.2025 09:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you ready for the Locus Awards! Streaming starts at 5:45pm Pacific, awards start at 6:00pm Pacific!

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Join the celebration!



#SFF #Fantasy #books #Booksky

21.06.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I am NOT going to stop screaming about injustice. I also need to celebrate wins, including @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social winning Locus Award for Anthology with "The Black Girl Survives in This One" and Locus Celebrating Excellence in Genre to @theignyteawards.bsky.social

22.06.2025 04:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Eva! It's a lot going on right now, but I am taking a moment to celebrate every beautiful thing we can hold onto. I appreciate you for your support and love!

22.06.2025 09:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New YA Book Releases for June 18, 2025 A work of cosmic horror, period problems, a reissued YA with an incredible new cover, and more of this week's new YA book releases.

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18.06.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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South Louisiana join me this week at a couple amazing local indies to celebrate the paperback (see below for my stops!)

17.06.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happiest of paperback pub days to THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE edited by @literarydesiree.bsky.social and @sj-fennell.bsky.social! @flatironbooks.bsky.social

17.06.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Ignyte Awards Finalists The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards, which β€œseek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction…

2025 Ignyte Awards Finalists locusmag.com/2025/06...

09.06.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards - Reactor Congratulations to everyone!

It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!

reactormag.com/2025-ignyte-...

09.06.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

thank you stina!

10.06.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you Eva!!

10.06.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vote - The Ignyte Awards Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...

You can be part of choosing this year's winners, public voting is open at: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

09.06.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So grateful to see THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for Outstanding Anthology in the amazing #IgnyteAwards! Thank you to our readers, those who nominated this book, and all who have supported it! And special shoutout to the amazing list of nominees we're so proud to be part of!

09.06.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

So excited to have THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE as a finalist for an Ignyte Award!

09.06.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So grateful to be chosen to work with mentor β€ͺ@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social‬ on refining my dream PB project. This is a new genre for me, and I'm excited to learn + grow through this awesome program. Thank you to the PBRisingStars team for all the work you do to foster new stories & new writers!

19.05.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for including THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE in your Sinners rec list!

09.05.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a table covered in stacks of 20+ adult and young adult horror titles

a table covered in stacks of 20+ adult and young adult horror titles

we *literally just now* got a huge shipment of rad shit in at the shop.. just in time for indie bookstore uhhh, evening!

26.04.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 9

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25.03.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re thrilled that THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE is up for BEST ANTHOLOGY in this year’s LOCUS AWARDS. We’re so proud of this book, so if you have a chance to cast a vote for us (or any of your favorites from this past year), please do! Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag.com

24.03.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be teaching a speculative fiction writing workshop for BIPOC writers with Third Space by RWW (Roots. Wounds. Words) this spring! For more info + to register as a participant, go here: tinyurl.com/3wr5bwxy

15.03.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out a few forthcoming works from Black authors -- She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor (sci-fantasy), Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles (horror), and The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne (supernatural)! Look out for these wherever you buy your books!

20.02.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
The Black Girl Survives in This One cover with a black woman covering her mouth and screaming

The Black Girl Survives in This One cover with a black woman covering her mouth and screaming

The Brides of Devils Bayou by Desiree Evans

The Brides of Devils Bayou by Desiree Evans

This short by one of the authors of the anthology was very spooky! I went ahead and added their other anthology to by tbr! @literarydesiree.bsky.social #theblackgirlsurvivesinthisone #booksky #diversebooksky

08.02.2025 22:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

so glad you enjoyed this!

13.02.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The book cover to "The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture" by Courtney Thorsson. The photograph on the cover features several women standing and sitting, including authors Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.

The book cover to "The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture" by Courtney Thorsson. The photograph on the cover features several women standing and sitting, including authors Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.

Happy World Read Aloud Day!β€―β€―

Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.

Read #NEHgov funded book β€œThe Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”:β€―β€― ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm

05.02.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for something amazing to support this Black Futures Month? Check out and support the Prosper with Dragons kickstarter! Here more from @nickydrayden.bsky.social in her video below! And shoutout to the awesome @suyidavies.com πŸ‰ πŸ–€

03.02.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0