Jess Gofton

@jessgofton.bsky.social

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Speculative fiction and poetry writer. 16th century nerd. Mint chocolate connoisseur. Centaur enthusiast. PR and Marketing Manager @solarisbooks.bsky.social she/her Views my own

Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 09:05 UTC

Congratulations, Raine!! 🥳

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 19:35 UTC

Unicorns for June :) These are pencil, water-soluble pencil, and white chalk.

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It's Strange Up North @strangeupnorth.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 07:42 UTC

After the astounding success of the very first It's Strange Up North, we've decided to do it all again! So the question is, where should we go next? And, perhaps even more importantly, which authors do you want to see at future events?

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Lavanya Lakshminarayan @lavanya.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 09:41 UTC

I have a novelette in this anthology, pre order it now! It’s wonderful to be part of this stellar TOC—thank you, @IndrapramitDas! My story ‘Halfway to Hope’ is about a woman who designs sims to comfort the sick and terminally ill, while she reckons with a personal tragedy…

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 08:32 UTC

Thank you!! 🥺

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 00:11 UTC

Beyond delighted that my poem "The Saint of Nothing at All" is in Issue 15 of @havenspec.bsky.social--and in such brilliant company, too! The whole issue is now free to read online, but please do consider supporting Haven if you can so they can continue to do such cool work in the SFF space.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 05:03 UTC

The word *Speed* in Norwegian is fart, leading to exactly what you imagine happened in 1994.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me
[ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 12:00 UTC

me waking up slowly, still nursing yesterday's migraine: oh let me just take a big sip of water and check my phone

there's an hours-old missed call and a text message from a friend back home. it says: wake up motherfucker you just won the nebula

vajra.me/2024/06/09/t...

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Michael Molcher @molcher.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 23:24 UTC

A quick reminder that Eisner Awards voting ends tomorrow. If you work in comics and are registered to vote, please consider voting for I AM THE LAW in the 'Best comics-related Book' category. I'm quite proud of it and some excellent people have said some excellent things about it.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 20:47 UTC

🔥🔥🔥 Issue 15 is finally ready! 🔥🔥🔥

Patreon subscribers and Kickstarter backers can read it today, but everyone else has to wait until June 12th!

Please consider subscribing to read the issue today!
www.patreon.com/HavenSpecMag...

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Emma (Em) Sterner-Radley @emmasternerradley.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 10:43 UTC

Come hear me and @gen-dimova.bsky.social talk about Slavic fantasy, romance, folklore, and monster hunting! 🐉 Just go here to grab a ticket: www.waterstones.com/events/genov...

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

Look at that cover! 🤩 Still simultaneously over the moon and pinching myself that I'm part of this line-up, and can't wait to read everyone else's work.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 14:23 UTC

👑 Anna Pendragon will be remembered 👑

Got a burning question for QUEEN OF NONE author @natania.bsky.social? Head over to @redditfantasy.bsky.social today where she's doing an AMA!

⬇️
bit.ly/3yMubVm

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Frank Cvetkovic @gofrankgo.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 14:25 UTC

We all know old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. But the question this adaptation bravely asks is... [record scratch, gun cocking, gun firing multiple rounds, explosion, Wilhelm scream] what if he WASN'T?

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 13:04 UTC

Hey Folks, #FiyahLitMag's subs open up June 1st with guest editor Kerine Wint themed: SPACEFARING AUNTIES.

Send us: Women-led stories as fleshed-out protagonists. A wide spectrum of women- queer, disabled, etc. – NO “Strong Black Woman ™"

Guidelines: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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Natania Barron @natania.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 18:36 UTC

Check it out! I'm going to do an AMA tomorrow! :) Happy to chat all things fantasy, Arthuriana, fashion history, and more.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 08:11 UTC

The suggestions list for this year’s awards is here! With massive thanks to our dedicated awards admin, Katherine Fowler.

Fill in the form below to suggest worthy SFFH titles, first published in 2023. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Emma (Em) Sterner-Radley @emmasternerradley.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

Will I see you there?

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

Thank youuuuu 🥰

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

Thank you! 😁

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

They are!! Thank you, Amalie 😊

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:31 UTC

So honoured and delighted and full of warm fuzzies to announce that I've sold my poem "The Saint of Nothing at All" to @havenspec.bsky.social!

I've loved so much of the poetry published by Haven Spec that I'm still pinching myself. 🥰

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 09:57 UTC

My latest cartoon for Guardian Books. #books #ghost

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Rebecca Fraimow @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 26, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

very excited to be doing my launch event for Lady Eve's Last Con at Brookline Booksmith on June 13th! 7 PM ET, come say hi if you are able! www.brooklinebooksmith.com/event/rebecc...

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 24, 2024 at 23:26 UTC

Sounds amazing!!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 16:16 UTC

🚨COVER REVEAL🚨

Feast your eyes upon the deliciously delightful cover for INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by @lavanya.bsky.social!

Think The Great British Bake Off - In Space!

Cover design by our very own Sam Gretton.

Out November 2024. Preorder now: geni.us/Megachef

(Included in the B&N 25% off sale!)

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 14, 2024 at 10:23 UTC

Morning Womble! I've made a start on Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, which I'm really enjoying so far. 🚀

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PodCastle @podcastle.org
[ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 13:09 UTC

Reminder that we are open until 22 April for fantasy stories by Palestinian authors and for auditions from Palestinian narrators!

podcastle.org/2024/03/08/s...

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 15:37 UTC

🎉EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT!🎉

18:30 27/05/24 Birmingham Waterstones, Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling author @stgibson.bsky.social will be in conversation with our very own @emmasternerradley.bsky.social!

Grab your chance to spend an evening in the company of two wonderful SFF writers! bit.ly/4aIuput

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 07, 2024 at 10:58 UTC

Morning Womble! I'm reading Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher, which is a delight

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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 03, 2024 at 21:28 UTC

🐟🍽️✨

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 29, 2024 at 19:24 UTC

Huge congratulations! 😁

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me
[ View ] Mar 29, 2024 at 16:01 UTC

ok I know it's getting silly now but last one, I promise: so THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is! also! nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel. this has been a bizarre month and I have expired vajra.me/2024/03/29/t...

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me
[ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 15:58 UTC

THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is a finalist for the Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category. I'm grateful for this unexpected and difficult joy. As a Lammy nominee—so very strange!—I have three painful things to say. I'll try to keep it short. vajra.me/2024/03/27/t...

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 28, 2024 at 00:20 UTC

Just spent my evening convinced I was writing my very first sestina. Started it weeks ago and finished it after hours of chipping away at it. And it's not a sestina. Bollocks. 🤡

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 26, 2024 at 21:15 UTC

All aboard the hype train, pre-orders for Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction are live! fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/thyme-t...

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 24, 2024 at 14:13 UTC

Afternoon Womble! I'm in the middle of The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the inspiration behind Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes 🚂

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 22, 2024 at 17:56 UTC

Finished The Siege of Burning Grass, and whew boy. It's like it's a book made just for me. Had me from page one; no easy answers in the end. Left me a lot to think about. Anyway, here's what got me to buy it.

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 13, 2024 at 19:04 UTC

My trypophobia is Not Happy with the amount of sandworm content I keep seeing online 😭

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com
[ View ] Mar 09, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

Good news, everyone! We'll be open to Fantasy genre Flash Fiction stories from March 15 - March 31. adamant.moksha.io/publication/...

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 05, 2024 at 19:33 UTC

I'm so excited that we can finally share this gorgeous cover (for an equally gorgeous book) with you! If you love folklore, lush writing and fantasy that leans ever so slightly spooky, you're going to love GORSE 🥰

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Best of Hasbara @bestofhasbara.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 03, 2024 at 18:03 UTC

There was another one today

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 03, 2024 at 19:36 UTC

My villain origin story is UK book tours that only have stops in England and Scotland

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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelhandley.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 14, 2024 at 14:18 UTC

I am running an online creative writing workshop on 1st March (7 pm - 8:30 pm) UK time to help raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).

Writers at every level are welcome!

Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Please repost!

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Prufrock451 @prufrock451.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 22, 2023 at 23:22 UTC

Fuck this hustle-culture bullshit. When I’m a skeleton I’m not doing a goddamn thing

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Jez @jez1.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 10, 2024 at 04:15 UTC

What if we kissed on the Bedator 💋

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Cast of Wonders @castofwonders.org
[ View ] Jan 23, 2024 at 18:57 UTC

Our next submissions window will be a themed call for Halloween stories. We’re looking for shorter pieces this year, covering a range that would also appeal to the audiences of our sister publications. That means… Terrifying cats! Kids battling tentacles! Magic pumpkins! Creepy space shenanigans!

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 07, 2024 at 09:51 UTC

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier remains a favourite of mine!

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 01, 2024 at 19:19 UTC

That said, I could talk for days on the importance of readers putting our money where our mouth is—and that includes using your library, if you're able!

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 01, 2024 at 19:19 UTC

There's no doubt that publishing has a lot of work to do to better support authors AND staff. I'm lucky to work in a brilliant team, but I've had jobs in the past that have prioritised capitalising on my enthusiasm over my physical and mental health.

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