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Christopher Hennessy

@thealtchris

SFF Writer | Poet (1 book) | Interviewer (2 books on Queer writers) Here to signal boost SFF voices with daily takes on what I’m reading and digging πŸ“š β€”and why. Golden age fan + debut, indie, queer cheerleader. Join me in building a community! ✨ #Booksky

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I won't ever admit how many versions of my opening paragraph I wrote! Maybe if I'd had this...

06.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Li-Sci-Fi: IFLA100 Library Science Fiction Short Story Competition What does the future hold for libraries? This is the theme for the Li-Sci-Fi (Library Science Fiction) short story competition hosted by the International Federation of Library Ass...

Competition 🚨
www.ifla.org/news/li-sci-...

Yet ANOTHER hat-tip to @file770.bsky.social

This is becoming a habit.

06.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Science and science fiction news and reviews Seasonal news and reviews of science fact and science fiction together with articles and other material.

Another one!!!!

www.concatenation.org

05.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!! This sounds HOT. (Pun intented. ;-)

05.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Deep Look by Dave Hook About Me: I am a California native and a reader of speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, and related genres) for most of my life. I love older material, including pulp magazine stories, bu…

Just discovered adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/home/

Thanks to @file770.bsky.social

04.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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TO Munro reviews Philip A. Suggars' magical urban fantasy THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD:

"an engaging and creative debut novel"

Read more: tinyurl.com/58pem9s3

@titanbooks.bsky.social

04.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This series is one of my all-time favorites!!!

04.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12 Exciting New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of March 2026 Spring into reading action with these new sci-fi and fantasy books out in March 2026.

bookriot.com/new-sci-fi-a...

04.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in March 2026 - Reactor This March will see sentient spaceships, psychic space monsters, humans and spiders working together, and more…

πŸ“šπŸš¨πŸ“šπŸš¨ -- They say March comes in like a lion, don't they?

reactormag.com/new-science-...

And more in thread....

04.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa

04.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks like my jam! Though Event Horizon gave me nightmares. 😱

03.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Orion and Literary Hub Present Cryptids: On the Trail of Bigfoot and Other Improbable Beasts - Orion Magazine Join Orion magazine and Literary Hub to celebrate the launch of Orion’s Winter 2025-26 issue, Cryptids: On the Trail of Bigfoot and Other Improbable Beasts.

This is amazing>

orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...

02.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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02.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Legendary Author Dan Simmons Dies From Stroke at Age 77 Dan Simmons, the author best known for the Hyperion Cantos, The Terror, and more award-winning genre fiction titles, died at 77 after suffering a stroke.

Hyperion and the sequels blew me away and passing are always sad but I think Simmons' legacy is more complicated due to his politics. (See: His book Flashback)

This is also worth read by @sciguyspace.bsky.social :
arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

theportalist.com/remembering-...

28.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man standing in front of a stack of books with the words look at all these books i don t have the time to read Alt: A man standing in front of a stack of books with the words look at all these books i don t have the time to read

gizmodo.com/march-2026-n...

28.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet Simon Nagel, Winner of the Black List’s Unpublished Novel Award - Debutiful The Black List recently announced the seven winners of its inaugural Unpublished Novel Award, introducing the world to seven writers across various genres from children’s and young adult fiction to ad...

#Debutauthors #sff #awards

debutiful.net/2026/02/28/m...

28.02.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctors Get Replaced by AI in Justin C. Key's Dystopian Debut Sci-Fi Novel (Exclusive) Psychiatrist and first-time novelist Justin C. Key imagines a world where computers rule the medical field, and the humans still working in it.

This book is HOT! Go @justinkey.bsky.social !!!

people.com/justin-c-key...

28.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A roundup of the New Scientist Book Club's February read This month the Book Club read Juice by Tim Winton, a thrilling tale of climate change retribution amid blistering heat

Another SFF book club!! 🚨

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

27.02.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Magic in the Cards: How Tarot Helped Inspire My Latest Novel I was maybe nine years old the first time I saw a deck of tarot cards. One of my babysitters brought them to our house. She waited until my parents left before whispering to me, β€œWould you like me …

I am a trying to learn #tarot so this interests me!

lithub.com/the-magic-in...

27.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fox Hunt There had never been such a flood. Not in living memory, at least. It came up silently. A dark tide clawed from the river, finger by finger, into the sleeping city. Under the cold gaze of the hunte…

πŸ“– Excerpt alert 🚨!! Wow, this soudns AMAZING. The originality is OFF the charts.

lithub.com/the-fox-hunt...

26.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! πŸŽ‰

This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here!

You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. β˜•

26.02.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 28
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Strange New Words: Space's sci-fi reader's club Join a monthly, virtual reading community where we enjoy science fiction one short story at a time.

πŸ“š Club alert! 🚨 from @space.com

"monthly, virtual reading community where we enjoy science fiction one short story at a time!"

www.space.com/entertainmen...

25.02.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Living spaceships, plague planets, and a quote from Josef Mengele: 'The Sixth Nik' is NYT bestselling author Daniel Kraus' 1st sci-fi novel, and it's really weird Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.'

Excerpt alert!🚨

from @danielkraus.com

www.space.com/entertainmen...

25.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats to these debut authors!

@eirencaffall.bsky.social
@barsukov.com
@mhayinde.bsky.social

More of this kind of author support, please.

25.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonesuch by Francis Spufford review – a dazzling wartime fantasy Dark magic, fascism and romance in blitz-stricken London: this exuberant novel is a popcorny delight

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

24.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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8 Talented Black Science Fiction and Fantasy Debut Authors to Read in 2026 These talented Black authors are breaking out in 2026, so get on the hype train today.

Congrats, #debut authors!!

theportalist.com/black-sff-de...

23.02.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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March 2026 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Releases You Can’t Miss March, like the entire year, looks stacked. From hallucinogenic Leviathan hunts in Jupiter’s atmosphere to gothic folklore and razor-sharp fantasy, the month leans bold, strange…

includes a debut from Alexis Hall that is billed as "Gideon the Ninth meets Moby Dick."

thephrasemaker.com/2026/02/22/m...

23.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guy Gavriel Kay (@guygavrielkay.bsky.social) Author, punster, baseball fan, whisky lover, cocktail maker. Limericks happen here. Written on the Dark now released, Canada, U.S., U.K. Print, ebook, audiobook.

"... the remixed history of Guy Gavriel Kay, the surrealism of Jeff VanderMeer, the political wit of China MiΓ©ville, the queered gothic of Tamsyn Muir? "

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, guygavrielkay.bsky.social

22.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

" Are you in it for the decolonising inventiveness of NK Jemisin, the LGBTQ+ friendliness of Katherine Addison....

@nkjemisin.bsky.social , @pennyvixen.bsky.social ,

22.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

re you in it for the decolonising inventiveness of NK Jemisin, the LGBTQ+ friendliness of Katherine Addison, the remixed history of Guy Gavriel Kay, the surrealism of Jeff VanderMeer, the political wit of China MiΓ©ville, the queered gothic of Tamsyn Muir?

22.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0