PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS is out *now*! Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS is out *now*! on X
Charlie Jane Anders is an author Author, Promises Stronger Than Darkness (out 4/11!) Writing New Mutants: Lethal Legion miniseries for @Marvel. Co-host, @OOACpod. 🖼️: @ten_bandits/@RoStein404

Son of Byford
Juba Kalamka
One week from Saturday: Writers With Drinks! Featuring: Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City) Juba Kalamka (Son of Byford) Naseem Jamnia (The Bruising of Qilwa) Lauren Wheeler (In Between Places) Adele Bertei (Why Labelle Matters) All proceeds: @shantiprojectsf https://t.co/EKDr49NtIe https://t.co/nWn8rawpXN
Paperback, 2022
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Skin Deep Magic: Short Fiction
Craig Laurance Gidney
Also! Out today is The Nectar of Nightmares by @ethereallad! A whole new short story collection by the author of the beautiful Skin Deep Magic? Yes please! https://www.underlandpress.com/nectar.php
Paperback, 2014
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Counterfeit
Kirstin Chen
Don't forget! Writers With Drinks is coming up next Saturday (6/11). Featuring Julia Serano (Sexed Up), Kirstin Chen (Counterfeit), Jon Papernick (I Am My Beloveds) and Shelly Oria (I Know What's Best For You). $5 to $20. Masks/vax required. 7 PM @MakeOutRoomSF! 🍸🖊️🎙️📚👏 https://t.co/IpgeaQf3LP
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In Between Places
Lauren L. Wheeler
One week from Saturday: Writers With Drinks! Featuring: Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City) Juba Kalamka (Son of Byford) Naseem Jamnia (The Bruising of Qilwa) Lauren Wheeler (In Between Places) Adele Bertei (Why Labelle Matters) All proceeds: @shantiprojectsf https://t.co/EKDr49NtIe https://t.co/nWn8rawpXN
Paperback, 2022
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon
Sei Shonagon
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon was a huge innovation. If you got sleepy while reading, you could easily convert it from "book" to "pillow" and have a nap
Paperback, 2013
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Women Could Fly
Megan Giddings
An absolute triumph... Giddings conjures up a world that feels familiar, despite the increasingly creepy hints of dystopia. And along the way, she shows what the anti-witch crusaders really fear most: our ability to create a better world if we work together.
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle
Malka Older
I just bought my mom a copy of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES by @m_older for her birthday. My mom loved Malka's novel Infomocracy, and she's also a lifelong fan of Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries. So I know she'll love this murder mystery set on Jupiter — and I bet you will too!
Paperback, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Empire!
Jordan Red Arobateau
Damn. I just found out that Red Jordan Arobateau died in November. He was a pioneer of trans writing, but also of trans speculative fiction. He was publishing SFF novels starting with 2006's Empire!, and he paved the way for all of us. https://t.co/T1ECHB0WC2
Paperback, 2007
$21.96$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Story of the Hundred Promises
Neil Cochrane
Happy book birthday to The Story of a Hundred Promises by @ItsNeilCochrane! I love this gorgeous trans fairytale so much, and I can't wait for y'all to check it out. Also, next Weds. 10/12 at 8 PM ET, join Neil and me in conversation at @Loyaltybooks! <3
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why Labelle Matters
Adele Bertei
One week from Saturday: Writers With Drinks! Featuring: Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City) Juba Kalamka (Son of Byford) Naseem Jamnia (The Bruising of Qilwa) Lauren Wheeler (In Between Places) Adele Bertei (Why Labelle Matters) All proceeds: @shantiprojectsf https://t.co/EKDr49NtIe https://t.co/nWn8rawpXN
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book