Shavua tov!
Somewhat unexpected Shabbat quote from #OtherCovenants, Rivqa Rafael's story @rivqa
"Worse’n solitary, the mindless work, the awful food of this prison in all but name, there’s the Shabbat services."
https://jort.link/www.benyehudapress.com/books/other-covenants/
#Mazeldon #Jewish #Shabbat #ScienceFiction #AlternateHistory #JewishAuthors #ShortStories #RivqaRafael
Too gay for the seforim sale, this anthology I'm in -
https://twitter.com/BenYehudaPress/status/1635387491221139457
Bizarrely, *my* story in the book is not even queer.
#mazeldon #BookBans #OtherCovenants #Jewish #SFF #QueerAuthors #TransAuthors
7. We also publish speculative fiction!
Most recently, #OtherCovenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People edited by @adlobel and Mark Shainblum!
With stories and poems on alternate versions of everything from the Bible to the Soviet Union!
https://jort.link/www.benyehudapress.com/books/other-covenants/
#Anthologies #ShortStories #Poetry #Fantasy #ScienceFiction @shortstory @shortsff #AlternateHistory #Jewish #Mazeldon
Welcome to Esther Alter @esther_alter who's just registered on Mastodon yesterday!
Her story in #OtherCovenants provides a new perspective on the Bible itself...
Next time around, we'll follow with authors of our many other books! (G-d willing soon!)
And if you don't see yourself in this thread, but you had a story in #OtherCovenants, let us know and we'll add you and your fancy graphic!
Also make sure to check out our pinned post if you need a quick intro to Mastodon 😺
Enjoy and shabbat shalom!
And now for #FollowFriday Ben Yehuda Press authors edition #1: #OtherCovenants authors on Mastodon!
So far we've found eight, but the numbers are ever increasing!
Let's have a small thread 🧵 where we also tell you about everyone's stories in the anthology.
#Mazeldon #JewishAuthors #WritingCommunity #ScienceFiction #Anthologies #Bookstodon #AlternateHistory
#Fantasy #Jewish #JewishBookMonth
Frequently asked question: Will there be ebooks of #OtherCovenants?
Yes, they are coming hopefully very soon! (G-d willing, but we're working on them...)
USPS is gearing up to deliver copies of #OtherCovenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People! 📦 ➡️ 📭
(and we have noticed that there are emoji both for an open mailbox and a closed one.)
You can still order your copy:
https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/other-covenants/
#JewishAuthors #SFF #Fantasy #AlternateHistory #WritingCommunity
We had a technical issue with preorders for #OtherCovenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People. Sorry about that! It's now fixed.
If you were trying to preorder, but it wasn't going through, please try again:
https://jort.link/www.benyehudapress.com/books/other-covenants/
#Jewish #Mazeldon #Bookstodon #SFF #Fantasy #AlternateHistory
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