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Jelena

@jelenawrites.bsky.social

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SFF & horror writer, translator, art historian.
DARK WOODS, DEEP WATER (Sept 23)
SFWA, Codex
linktr.ee/jelenadunato
Words in BCS, The Dark, The Deadlands

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🌟 LIMITED EDITION🌟
🌟 HARDBACK SET 🌟

💫 Dark Woods, Deep Water (novel)
💫 Ghost Apparent (novella)
💫 handwritten note & lino print by me
💫 3 full-colour character art postcards by @dorywhynot.bsky.social
💫Ghost Orchid Press bookmarks and sticker
ghostorchidpress.square.site/shop/jelena-...

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The 50 years since Baryshnikov’s defection are almost exactly the 50 years I’ve been alive Read this interview entire, including: “Dancing is maybe a loud word, but theater directors sometimes ask, ‘Are you comfortable if I ask you to move?’ I say absolutely.” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/a...

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Wrote 250 words, but they were all wonderful 😊

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Taking today for chill in the content side; also, the monthly reminder that I have a Ko-fi and all those things:
ko-fi.com/jamedi

Now, yes, I'm chilling

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Ghost Apparent is on Goodreads!
Please add it to your "want to read".
It makes my poor brain very happy to see the numbers go up. If it reaches 100, I might buy myself something to eat 😆

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

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“Even the happiest of endings are unhappy for someone.”
I loved reading “Dark Woods, Deep Water” by @jelenawrites.bsky.social and devoured it quickly. It was a perfect blend of terrifying, warm, dark, and solemn. Would recommend for anyone who loves dark fantasy with even darker twists.

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We're in the last week of our kickstarter for year 2 and getting SO close! Help get us to our base goal so we can make another year of Small Wonders and put more weird and wonderful flash fiction, poetry, and art into the world!

www.kickstarter.com/...

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back in my day we called this spyware

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🧠 ESL brain strikes again! 🧠
Being an ESL writer is tricky especially when you try to anticipate all the ways in which your work will be misinterpreted and then fail like an idiot at the most basic level.
On my blog today: jelenadunato.com/2024/04/30/e...

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It's pub day! 🥳🎉 Thrilled to say that DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEFIANCE is now out in paperback and ebook! Links on my website.

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"Dark Woods, Deep Water" audiobook is out today!

Dark fantasy / Gothic horror featuring:
🏰haunted castles
💀vengeful gods
🦊Slavic folklore
🗡️clever rogues
🖤disillusioned heroes

Narrated by Charlie Sanderson and Barnaby Edwards.
books2read.com/u/bo9R1Z

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Hugo nominations close on 9 March. If you've read and liked "Dark Woods, Deep Water", please consider nominating it. Thanks ☺️

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Nebula nominations are closing soon. If you read and liked "Dark Woods, Deep Water" please consider nominating it. Thank you 😊

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My thoughts on not really winning a Hugo.

(Apologies for a long summary of much-repeated detail, this is my record for myself as much as anybody else. Feel free to correct me if I got anything royally wrong.)
samtasticbooks.com/2024/02/17/r...

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AUTHOR SIGNING! Ghost Apparent by Jelena Dunato

We are thrilled to announce GHOST APPARENT, a new novella by Jelena Dunato, author of Dark Woods, Deep Water.

Find out more on our website: ghostorchidpress.com/jelena-dunato

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I've just learned that 'John Kucera' was still submitting my story Scrimshaw to lit mags as late as a week AFTER I posted this. As far as I know, he may still be doing it. I just hope more and more editors are on the alert for him, since his antics have now been exposed.

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A follow up to my other post about Glasgow Worldcon, here's a big list of useful info for anyone who's not visited Scotland before: emfaulds.com/news/getting...
I cover travel, tipping, general ettiquette and more. Did my best but if there's anything I've missed out please just comment below.

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Dark Woods, Deep Water 🎧audiobook 🎧 I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed a contract with Spotify and that DWDW audiobook will be released on 19 March. It will be included in Spotify's Audiobooks Premium catalog and available at their 40+ distribution partners.

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Some exciting publishing news coming soon! Watch this space 👀👀👀

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Hugo nominations are open. If you read and liked Dark Woods, Deep Water please consider nominating it. Thank you 😊

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🎉 AUTHOR SIGNING! Mazi by Koji A. Dae 🎉We are thrilled to announce the signing of Koji A. Dae, author of Scars that Never Bled, with her debut novella, MAZI, to be published May 2024. Find out more on our website: ghostorchidpress.com/koji-a-dae/

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Time is running out to vote for our titles in the Queer Indie Awards! Dark Woods, Deep Water, The Belladonna Invitation, A Blackness Absolute and Les Petites Morts are all nominated.

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