Lisa Eckstein

FRIENDS: recommend some trans-authored books (including yours!) in the comments! And if you've never read a book by a trans person, browse the comments and you may find your next great read. No time like the present to stick it to the pieces of shit who think we ought neither to be seen or heard

Let's double down. 1 like = 1 TRANS book I LOVE with buy links, so GO BUY SOME OF THESE and/or request your local library buy them.

I'm heading to the Bay Area to participate in several events: tomorrow a panel @ SF Public Library that revisits some key themes on Black Horror & Black Healing we began discussing last year. I'll also be attending my first World Fantasy Convention Thurs-Sat! Excited!

Intrigued by everything on this cover: artwork, title, and blurb!

#FridayReads A Wall Is Also a Road by @annaleen.bsky.social is so much fun! I love the balance of how alien the main character is with how relatably familiar their life is. Can't wait to get deeper into their investigations!

#FridayReads I've been tearing through Life Out of Order by @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social. Delighted to report that it's a really wonderful follow-up and expansion to world of The Time Traveler's Wife!

Officially official! My first novel RICOCHET will be published by @tachyonpub.bsky.social and edited by @jhameia.bsky.social. All thanks to agent @hannahnpbowman.com

According to Kickstarter tracking service, Kicktraq, the LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE campaign is trending toward only reaching 94% of our goal. So WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. If you love SF, fantasy, and horror short fiction, please consider backing today and sharing this post. bit.ly/LS-NM-26

This is the last weekend to order your copy of A House of Perfect Safety by @virginiam.bsky.social at the special pre-order price! dancingstarpress.com/product/a-ho...

The audiobook for A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD is low-key blowing up, and it's all because of the incredible narrator Jess Nahikian, who is delivering queer David Attenborough vibes. Here is a delicious sample for you to hear! Get the audiobook wherever they are sold, or check it out from your library!

Got my copies of new books released yesterday! A Wall Is Also a Road by @annaleen.bsky.social and The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson. So much exciting reading awaits me!

Happy publication day to @annaleen.bsky.social! A Wall Is Also A Road sounds bonkers and wonderful!

Out today, The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson. I really liked his sharp and darkly funny Welcome to Braggsville, so I'm looking forward to making time for this big new novel.

September Reading Recap: My reviews of Wickhills, Exit Party, Taipei Story, and Good Days Bad Days: www.lisaeckstein.com/2026/10/sept...

I've been waiting with some trepidation for Life Out of Order, the sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Thrilled to see that @charliejaneanders.com has an enthusiastic review! (Which I'm holding off on reading for now, since I want to go into the book without knowing any more.)

Do you know what to do if you feel earthquake shaking? If you live in North America and the ground starts to shake the recommended action is to “drop, cover, and hold on”.

While ordering directly from the publisher (dancingstarpress.com/product/a-ho...) results in higher royalties for the author, sometimes in ebooks, you can't beat convenience. Check to see if your favorite ebook vendor is listed here!

The #2026IgnyteAwards recognize outstanding achievements in genre literature or community work from 2025. Works from 2026 will be acknowledged by the 2027 awards. Congratulations to all the finalists! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-fina...

#FridayReads Last night I started reading The Department of What it (Really) Means to be Human by @darusha.ca, and I'm hooked! Fascinated by the mystery of the missing artist, intrigued by how the other threads of the story will come into play!

#FridayReads Enjoying the travelogue and coming-of-age narrative in Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang. A very different style of novel from Babel and Katabasis, and from Yellowface, and clearly quite personal.

An alien civilization from beyond the galaxy meets ancient Pompeii. Do you want to know MOAR about how I did the bonkers worldbuilding in A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD? Here's my tale. You can pre-order the book and get it nice and fresh on Tuesday! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Tired of doomscrolling? Exhausted by the AI-ification of everything? Escape it all with a month-long vacation to novel-land! The 28th-annual #NaNoWriMo kicks off November 1, and we’ll be writing charmingly terrible first drafts together. Come join us! nano2.org/posts/2026/t...

Doll Seed is a great, and indeed rather spooky, collection!

So excited to unbox my new novel that all I can do is babble "this is great!" And "this is awesome!" LOL

12 years of @worstbestsellers.bsky.social, and there are still funny and insightful things to say about the unceasing firehose of bad books. Happy birthday, WBS!

San Francisco! Tuesday 10/6! Start the season right at my book launch for A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on the park. I'll be talking to @olivasthewriter.bsky.social about tentacles, slime molds, and ancient Pompeii! Come say hi! It's free! greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-1...

Happy birthday, Jeanne Villepreux-Power! This octopus scientist and aquarium inventor was born #OTD September 25th, 1794! However, many lovely tributes were posted yesterday, because her birthday has often been erroneously published as September 24th. Why? Let's geek out about calendars...

TIL my book is now on NetGalley! Persons so inclined who have an account may now request my weirdo cosmic horror murder mystery corporate satire debut (and also give the glorious cover an upvote if you like it!) www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Virtual event with @rykaaoki.bsky.social tonight! Giving me another opportunity to recommend the wonderful Light From Uncommon Stars!

I have been given a ✨🎁 gift link 🎁✨ to share with y'all -- read my article free for one week! But also support Fansplaining if you can, because they do great fandom journalism (like publishing me obvs 💅), and it's a bad economy for such things right now. fansplaining.com/crunching-th...

So uh. I just announced my new book and it’s my first narrative book in 13 years and it turns out that a medium number of people… had no idea I was trans? Anyway, whether or not this is new news to you, you should celebrate my birthday by pre-ordering one: arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-...

It me! If you enjoyed some of my disability panels at FoF, may I also recommend my latest essay: "Here and Happy" where I talk about the need for disabled characters (and people) to take up joyous space in our stories and lives.

Guys! I made a book! Check it out maybe??? It was my birthday recently! It’s bi visibility week! These poems are so bisexual!!! (Ebook and Ingram Spark expansion coming soon.)

Enjoying @aardwyrm.bsky.social's livestreamed revision notes on the Project Hail Mary movie.

Hey, everyone! Come by, come by! Times listed are in Pacific time, so I should be there with no complications, and I hope good folks like you will be, too. Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Pacific Location: Online mountainview.libcal.com/event/17274404

#FridayReads Just finished reading Wickhills, and it was a wild and exciting adventure!

Also out today: The final book in the wonderful Golem and Jinni trilogy!

I am here for this #ExitParty!

I'm excited for the Flights of Foundry online con next weekend, and especially excited by the news that I'll be able to replay the sessions I can't attend live!