
Wrote a book about nuns living in giant slugs and midwife witches. History grad student. Repped by @hannahnpbowman.
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Limited Time Offer: Save 60% on the "A Season of Monstrous Conceptions" audiobook. Offer ends 10/28 @LinaRather audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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Here's your chance to listen to "A Season of Monstrous Conceptions" for 50% off! Discount ends 08/27. @LinaRather audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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We're excited to share the cover for BAFFLING YEAR THREE, which comprises issues nine through twelve of @BafflingMag. The wonderful illustration is by @carlydraws ,and depicts characters from a rad story in issue nine by @MariscaPichette.
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My witchy midwives historical fantasy is here!! Read it for:
-London after the Great Fire
-Magic and science and all the cross-over spaces
-17th century gay bars
-Complicated mentors
The happiest of book birthdays to A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by @LinaRather, an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world!
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Book mail is the best mail!😍📚 Galleys are in for A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by @LinaRather, an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world!
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TOMORROW we reveal the cover of A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by @LinaRather!

ALT A graphic with text on it that says: "A Season of Monstrous Conceptions, Lina Rather, cover reveal tomorrow! 'An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horro, unbelonging, and self-definition. I adored every page!' - Caitlin Starling, bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence."
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Grimdark Magazine Issue #32 is here!
(F**king FINALLY)
Featuring @DanielPolansky @squintywitch @LinaRather @paolobacigalupi @thatdalglishguy @UnDyrk @jamesjbutcher @MitrielFaywood @JohnDiesattheEn @MohantyGourav7
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HOLY MOLY: Lauren Boebert’s 1,112 vote lead is now in real danger as thousands of votes for Adam Frisch could be fixed within the week if volunteers succeed in having select ballots confirm their signatures.
#EveryVolunteerCounts
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ICYMI: coming next year, my creepy book about post-Fire London, babies from another world, and a midwife with plenty of secrets of her own!
We're thrilled to announce @LinaRather's A SEASON OF MONSTROUS CONCEPTIONS, in which an apprentice midwife confronts a rising number of infants born with strange, otherworldly features.
Arriving 2023 from @TorDotComPub
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New! Episode!
This time with author @LinaRather ! For fans of slugs in space! Nuns and chosen family! We talked about how she used history to underpin the systems her scifi characters moved in, & folklore to explore relationships.
Listen here now:
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My story about unlikely revolutionaries, death magic, and cheese-based problem-solving is now up for anyone to read!
New Fantasy Story at LIGHTSPEED: “The Cheesemaker and the Undying King” by Lina Rather (@LinaRather), with a podcast narrated by Alison Belle Bews.
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My secondary-world fantasy story "The Cheesemaker and the Undying King" is out this month in Lightspeed! Read it now if you buy the issue or subscribe, otherwise read it for free on 5/26! lightspeedmagazine.com/issue…
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WIRED’s spring/summer reading list is here! Full of excellent books by @LinaRather, @NewBlackMan, @rachelegross, @clairemiye, @jillboard, @misery_williams, @allegra_hyde, @maudnewton, @djlindee, and more.
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Late, but my short fiction recs for Jan-Feb are up! With stories from @inquisitrix @LinaRather @HesperLeveret @AuthorizedMusin @darlavelle @lacey_yong @lchanwrites @MariaDongWrites @celestish_ @ThomasHaWrites @raynayler @singlecrow
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sapphic sci fi recs for your delectation and delight! 🛸 readsrainbow.com/2022/03/boo…
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"@LinaRather cements her reputation as one of our boldest and most thoughtful new voices with a tale of faith and doubt, sisterhood and politics…and some of the coolest living spaceships you'll ever meet." — Tim Pratt
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It's here! Do you like giant space slugs, cults, conspiracy, and people generally trying to do the right thing when it feels impossible? You might like my book! amazon.com/dp/B09PMKGL95?bin…
The happiest of book birthdays to Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by @LinaRather!
(NOW ON THE CORRECT PUB DATE)
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HAPPY BOOK DAY to some pretty rad adult books
I'M (SO) NOT OVER YOU by @KosokoJackson (romance)
SISTERS OF THE FORSAKEN STARS by @LinaRather (SF)
THE JUSTICE OF KINGS by @Richard_S_Swan (fantasy)
THIS MIGHT HURT by @stephwrobel (thriller)
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Drum roll please for the winners for the 2021 Stabby Awards! And with this StabbyCon is coming to a close.
We have one last AMA today with @LinaRather who writes about nuns in space on slug spaceships. Highly recommend.
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Congrats to the winners of the 2021 Stabby Awards!
The purpose of the Stabbies is to honor works in each category as chosen by the community of r/fantasy and to promote broader engagement with both spec. fic. in general and fantasy literature in specific.
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Need some fiery rebellion stories? 🔥
Buy our February snack box: Rebellion and Revolution!
Servant Mage by @KateElliottSFF follows a light mage who lights her own path.
Sister of the Forsaken Stars by @linarather follows nuns in space!
Buy now:
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