Alex T Singer, Arbiter of Bagels

Alex T Singer, Arbiter of Bagels

@moonsheen.bsky.social

Sturgeon-winning SFF author. 1/2 of LITTLE FOOLERY: @littlefoolery.bsky.social Author of ANGEL COUNTRY (Saga Press) Out Fall 2026. Rep: @lzats.bsky.social

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www.simonandschuster.com/books/Angel-... My bright and horrible creation, ANGEL COUNTRY, is now out in the world! If you like: -Cosmic horror -Biblically accurate angels -Alternate history -Morally dubious women This is the book for you. Please consider giving it a read!

simonandschuster.comAngel Country“Beautifully grotesque, fantastically creative.” —Hiron Ennes, author of The Works of Vermin In an alternate early 1900s, a scientist hunts down ...

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redpopnews.com13 Bone-Chilling Indigenous Horror Reads That Will Crawl Under Your Skin and Into Your DreamsIndigenous people have been telling scary stories for thousands of years. For most of modern horror's history, though, we showed up as the curse instead of the storytellers. Think of the Overlook Hote...
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I talked about this a bit at NYCC and also at the Sturgeon Symposium, but part of the reason I wrote ANGEL COUNTRY was a strong desire to have new cosmic horror that isn't as completely weighted in Lovecraft lore. Lovecraft remains...an unfortunate figure to have to hang an entire genre around.

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And while there's some documentation that suggests he might have started to actually address his prejudices as he was forced to interact more with the world as a whole, he died before he could not be virulently racist. So it left the genre with amazing lore attached to a very frustrating figure.

It's nice to see cosmic horror that's NOT actually weighted in fear of the Other. My particular tactic with it in Angel Country was go more for transcendentalist horror. The notion of nature being bigger and more powerful than you can EVER hope to be.

I talked about this a bit at NYCC and also at the Sturgeon Symposium, but part of the reason I wrote ANGEL COUNTRY was a strong desire to have new cosmic horror that isn't as completely weighted in Lovecraft lore. Lovecraft remains...an unfortunate figure to have to hang an entire genre around.

Lovecraft captured a certain type of existential horror and paranoia that, while it launched a genre (and had amazing weird striking imagery), was also unfortunately incredibly contingent on the Other and his deepset personal paranoia and mental illness that made him...well, virulently racist!

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I am still ridiculously fond of this one. Anyone want some wild weird sci-fi about an otherworldly frontier town that lives off of the remains of giant eldritch monsters that fight each other in the clouds above? "Brightfall" has you covered.

Astral, Alien Fiction@astral-af.bsky.social

Getting excited for Astral to open submissions on November 1st? Us too! We're also excited for you to read @moonsheen.bsky.social's amazing story, "Brightfall" from issue 2. This is one that sticks with you. I still think about it all the time. astral-af.org/issues/02/br...

I am still ridiculously fond of this one. Anyone want some wild weird sci-fi about an otherworldly frontier town that lives off of the remains of giant eldritch monsters that fight each other in the clouds above? "Brightfall" has you covered.

Astral, Alien Fiction@astral-af.bsky.social

Getting excited for Astral to open submissions on November 1st? Us too! We're also excited for you to read @moonsheen.bsky.social's amazing story, "Brightfall" from issue 2. This is one that sticks with you. I still think about it all the time. astral-af.org/issues/02/br...

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It’s Best American day! Such an honor to see “Drosera regina” alongside such talented authors and fantastic stories. If you see it in the wild (bookstore, library, celebrity on train, etc) please share a photo!

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Yay, I love sharing recs! All of these are by Bluesky mutuals: Currently loving ANGEL COUNTRY by Alex T. Singer. Previously I've enjoyed: THE DEVOURING by A.M. Shilling THE MAP AND THE TERRITORY by A.M. Tuomala THE MERCY MAKERS by Tessa Gratton DEVOURING FORTUNE by Oleander Craw

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this landed in my ereader this morning and I can't wait to get into it!!!

Alex T Singer, Arbiter of Bagels@moonsheen.bsky.social

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Angel-... My bright and horrible creation, ANGEL COUNTRY, is now out in the world! If you like: -Cosmic horror -Biblically accurate angels -Alternate history -Morally dubious women This is the book for you. Please consider giving it a read!

Honored that "We, the Fleet" is part of this line-up! Along with, well, a lot of really fantastic work by writers I admire an awful lot. Please consider picking it up.

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Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026, edited by me and guest editor @olivieblake.bsky.social is now available! TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes... Notables: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes... Buy Links: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

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DROP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, I need to tell you about @moonsheen.bsky.social's 👁️ANGEL COUNTRY👁️, which is what you get when you mix 👁️biblically accurate angels 🗺️epic alt-history 🫠shapeshifting 🔥WOMEN'S WRONGS and it is my NEW FAVOURITE FREAKING THING!!! everybookadoorway.com/deliciously-...

everybookadoorway.comDeliciously Eldritch Women's Wrongs: Angel Country by Alex T. Singer - Every Book a DoorwayI love everything about this and I need you to love it too.