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World's leading SFF book community! Posts by 🏹 @kitvaria.bsky.social & 🐉 @jennieivins.bsky.social. Lover of books. Hater of trolls. No AI. Probably not a real dragon. ;)
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@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:08 PM

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables! - JI 🐉

"Be gay, solve crime, take naps."

"The real heart of the book is Mallory and her #fibromyalgia. This is not token representation. It is woven into everything."

fantasy-faction.com/2026/the-und... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #LGBTQ+

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows the closeup illustration of a fictional newspaper. In the center is an "ad" with a giant pentagram inside a circle drawn in a purple highlighter. Below the pentagram are three silhouettes. The first three are solid human figures of different heights. The fourth is partly erased and has cat ears. The ad below the center reads, "Magical Detectives. Got cursed or bewitched? Lost one of your socks or a friend?" and then is cut off by the edge of the book. To either side of the main ad are smaller ads including one on the right that shows an old-fashioned bottle of poison. Scattered across the cover are five purple beetles with shiny shells. The background image is various watercolor swatches in a multitude of purples of different shades and shininess.

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 12:37 PM

ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social's Limited Wish! - JI 🐉

"A perfect mix of brain and heart, it will make you think, grin, and turn the pages far too quickly."

fantasy-faction.com/2025/limited... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #timetravel #YA

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows the title written in electric purple and bright pink outlined in white on a black background. Radiating out from the title are purple-ish digital outlines cascading outward making a tunnel effect. The background image is wavy electric blue lines with white spots of light, vaguely mimicking an organic circuit board.

@reactorsff.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:09 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

The New York Public Library is making a selection of 25 new horror books available to borrow with no wait through October 31st!! How many have you read?

NYPL Recommends Best New Horror for Adults

@wtpress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:13 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

In which the British Fantasy Society reveals that Cheryl is a necromancer. (Hopefully in the mode of Saint Bueno rather than of Sauron.) Thanks Andrew, you are a dream to work with.
britishfantasysociet...

The cover of The Executioner's Blade by Andrew Knighton. Art by Ben Baldwin.

The image shows an older, white-haired woman with a big sword over one shoulder. A dragon's tail is wound around her body. There is a cityscape in the background, and more fantastic beasts in the sky.

@skiffyandfanty.com Oct 7, 2026, 1:33 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

We're still looking for players and donators!

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:13 PM

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews L. G. Estrella's Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf! - JI 🐉

"Man eating plants, giant golems, zombie titans, a bumbling bureaucrat, and a murderous elf all pile into the chaos."

fantasy-faction.com/2026/two-nec... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #halloween

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows the illustration of a castle in silhouette on a hilltop in the light of a full moon. Bats fly across the sky and a cemetery sits at the bottom of the hill. The background of the image is a photo of a cloudy sky at night.

@hollytinsl3y.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:57 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

Not often I'm lost for words (as many will attest) but this review has definitely hit me in the feels. Now if you'll excuse me, there's something in my eye...😭

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:19 PM

Today our judges review @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social's The Hallows, finalist for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! - JI 🐉

fantasy-faction.com/2026/spfbo-f... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #SPFBO #SPFBOreviews #noir #urbanfantasy #gaslamp

(cc: @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social)

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:57 PM

I just had an argument about this in our FB group this morning. It makes me crazy that people will just assume AI on vibes alone. It's like, "Dude you are not an expert. If you didn't do anything but glance at the image, don't be calling people out for AI!" - JI 😑

@scalzi.com Oct 2, 2026, 2:15 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:51 PM

Like the play or the Robert Chambers anthology? Cause one of those was probably a good choice to pass on. o.0 - JI 🐉

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:48 PM

You are allowed to be upset, and we are upset right along side you. ~hugs~ - JI 🐉

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:47 PM

New author alert! Well old author alert. Possibly new to you author alert? What I'm saying is going follow Saladin Ahmed. - JI 🐉 XD

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:45 PM

Welcome back! I'm cancer free and our Fantasy-Faction FB group has over 325K members! - Jennie Ivins 🐉

@wiswell.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 12:21 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

UK readers! The Dragon Has Some Complaints is just 99p on Bookshop this weekend! The story of a curmudgeonly dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Maybe he'll get a little revenge! But he's in for some surprises...

@zenoagency.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:31 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

Next week, @travisbaldree.bsky.social will be having an event at @townhallseattle.bsky.social!
townhallseattle.org/event/travis...

Wednesday, October 7th @ 7:30pm PDT

A ticketed event, but it includes a copy of the LEGENDS & LATTES Graphic Novel adaptation!

@sffaddictspod.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:32 PMReposted by @fantasyfaction.bsky.social

🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥
The SFF Addicts crew is super excited to help reveal the stunning final cover for @llmacrae.bsky.social’s upcoming novel, FAITHLESS GODS, the first book in a new epic fantasy series, Memories of Fire! Coming Q4 2026.

Art by Andrew Makeski. Design by @claymorecovers.bsky.social.

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:51 PM

Today @summerhanford.bsky.social reviews Sarah Hawley's Servant of Earth! - JI 🐉

"The various peoples, the politics, the physical locations, all rendered beautifully and seamlessly. Servant of Earth is a masterclass in worldbuilding."

fantasy-faction.com/2026/servant... #booksky 💙📚🪐🌶️

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows a white woman with flowing auburn hair, in a green velvet dress with a red underlining. It is tied at the waist with a golden rope that floats off to the right and left of her. In front of the woman is a highly carved sword with a ruby on its pommel. Around the edge is a gold Art Nouveau frame covered in vines and flowers, and decorated with a carved woman's face at the bottom and six gem stones on the corners and the top. The background of the image is the close up photo of a bush with dark green leaves.

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 11:44 AM

Remember before GenAI when we would fall for photoshopped images or art would look weirdly proportioned cause the artist was still working on their craft? Those things still happen. Wonky art does not = GenAI. And to be clear photoshop and amateur art still greater than GenAI. GenAI art sucks. -JI🐉

@fantasyfaction.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:52 PM

Today Christopher Keene gives new readers a new way into Malazan! - JI 🐉

"I’m tempted to defy all common sense and recommendation rules and suggest a reading order that does not align with its release order. For newer readers...start at book two."

fantasy-faction.com/2026/why-mal... #booksky 💙📚🪐

The image shows a bulletin board with the first four books of Malazan Book of the Fallen (Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, and House of Chains) pinned to it with pushpins. Above the last three books are red arrows pointing from each one to the book to its left. Below the books is a larger red arrow pointing from the first book to the last. Below that are three pieces of paper pinned to the board. On the left is a piece of lined paper with a handwritten note that reads: Suggested reading order?? On the right is torn piece of parchment that reads: Why Malazan is So Hard to Recommend, A Fantasy-Faction Article. Between the parchment and the books above it is a torn circular piece of white paper with three question marks written in black marker.

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