Tachyon Publications

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Tachyon Publications, founded in 1995, is a award-winning, San Francisco-based independent publisher specializing in speculative fiction.

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· 27d

He lost his voice. Then he gained wings. Thrilled to reveal the cover of CITIZEN PARROT, coming 3/2027 Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler returns with this beautifully wrought, satiric journey from the Civil War to the political frenzy of 2024. buff.ly/XVwGMLD #CitizenParrot #CoverReveal

CITIZEN PARROT by Robert Olen Butler
Cover by Elizabeth Story

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· 28d

📚 Book #Giveaway!📚🎉 Thanks to the fine folks at #Goodreads we're giving away #LOVECRAFT'S BROOD, the long-awaited sequel to LOVECRAFT'S MONSTERS, once again presided over by expert horror editor @datlow.bsky.social and award winning artist @johncoulthart.com buff.ly/iyrhuo1 #usonly #horror

LOVECRAFT'S BROOD edited by Ellen Datlow

Cover by John Coulthart

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Interior illustration by John Coulthart from LOVECRAFT'S BROOD edited by Ellen Datlow

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· 29d

ENDS IN 3 DAYS!!!! Our Award-Winner #HumbleBundle is now live! Treat yourself to the best of the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror while supporting #DoctorsWithoutBorders buff.ly/kAZ8PUS

$Graphic showcasing books \included in this bundle The Adventures of Mary Darling by Pat Murphy The Apes of Wrath edited by Richard Klaw After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress The Asylum of Dr. Caligari by James Morrow Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts The Bible Repairman by Tim Powers Burn by James Patrick Kelley Central Station by Lavie Tidhar Dreams of Distant Shores by Patricia A. McKillip The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale The Essential Patricia A. McKillip The Four Profound Weaves by R. B. Lemberg The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen The New Voices of Fantasy edited by Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages Reading the Bones by Shiela Finch Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow The Very Best of F&SF 2 edited by Gordon Van Gelder Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress$

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jul 4

Happy 250th, America! We got you some scathing-yet-humorous social commentary! buff.ly/qYDigha "Hilarious, curious, and furious, it gives this country’s toxic nostalgia the wedgie it deserves.” @wiswell.bsky.social @megelison.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social #foundlingfathers

FOUNDLING FATHERS by Meg Elison
Cover by Elizabeth Story

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 26

The 2026 Humor #StoryBundle is here! Get some hilarious reads and support #MightyWriters and #GirlsWriteNow! This bundle includes THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT by @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social @daveklecha.bsky.social, IF WISHES WERE RETAIL by @aahabershaw.bsky.social and many more buff.ly/qzI51a4

Graphic of books included in the bundle

This bundle includes:

Unidentified Funny Objects 9 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Funny Fantasy by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects 10 edited by Alex Shvartsman
The Hex Is In by Mike Resnick
The Runes of Engagement by Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha
If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Tune In Tomorrow by Randee Dawn
Big Stick by Michael A. Ventrella
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
BadAsstronauts by Grady Hendrix
Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman
The View From the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 24

📚#GoodReads #Giveaway!📚🎉 Our giveaway of @megelison.bsky.social's subversive new novella FOUNDLING FATHERS ends soon! buff.ly/jgVSfpN @arleysorg.bsky.social

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 23

📚#GoodReads #Giveaway!📚🎉 Our giveaway of @megelison.bsky.social's subversive new novella FOUNDLING FATHERS ends in 12 hrs! buff.ly/jgVSfpN @arleysorg.bsky.social

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 23

Starting this evening, the incomparable @megelison.bsky.social and the cloned Founding Fathers hit the road “Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny." @sarahgailey.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social #booksky #signing #event

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 23

It's a #BOOKBIRTHDAY! FOUNDLING FATHERS by @megelison.bsky.social is now available wherever books are sold buff.ly/qYDigha #giveaway #thestorygraph buff.ly/H1paUKL MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads ENDS TODAY buff.ly/jgVSfpN US ONLY @arleysorg.bsky.social

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 22

The 2026 #Pride #StoryBundle is here! 16 queer reads curated by Catherine Lundoff and @blueterraplane.bsky.social in support of #RainbowRailroad! Featuring World Fantasy Award Winner YOKE OF STARS by @rblemberg.bsky.social and more buff.ly/3td4MWh @storybundle.bsky.social

Then 2026 Pride Bundle

Covers to
Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Finding Echoes by Foz Meadows
Office of the Lost by J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding
Of the Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley
Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg
Worldburner by J. Warren
Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Running Dry by M. Christian
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024 edited by Ryka Aoki
and series editor Charles Payseur
Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures edited by Ann LeBlanc
The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott
The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields
Was by Geoff Ryman
I Want That Twink Obliterated! edited by Trip Galey, Robert Berg and C.L. McCartney
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon
Wolf’s Path by Joyce Chng

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 22

📚 Book #Giveaway!📚🎉 We're giving away copies of @megelison.bsky.social's subversive new novella FOUNDLING FATHERS #TheStorygraph buff.ly/H1paUKL #GoodReads buff.ly/jgVSfpN ENDS TOMORROW @arleysorg.bsky.social

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 15

Next week the incomparable @megelison.bsky.social and the cloned Founding Fathers hit the road “Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny." @sarahgailey.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social #booksky #signing #event

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 12

All of us at Tachyon are saddened by the loss of magnificent Jane Yolen. Her prescence will be missed by everyone who was lucky enough to work with, befriend, meet, and/or read her abundant award winning works. There is quite literally only one Jane!

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 11

Congratulations to @mcflycahill90.bsky.social! AUDITION FOR THE FOX is a finalist for the Mythopoeic and @theignyteawards.bsky.social #Awards! buff.ly/DTLO7TO buff.ly/rmZGPEj @hannahnpbowman.com

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Jun 10

In 2 weeks, the incomparable @megelison.bsky.social and the cloned Founding Fathers hit the road “Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny." @sarahgailey.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social #booksky #signing #event

Image promoting Meg Elison's coming tour

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 25

ENDS TODAY! It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 25

ENDS TODAY! It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 23

It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 22

It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 21

June 24 6pm Join MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store and the #NorthAdams Public Library for a reading, conversation, and book-signing with @megelison.bsky.social on her latest book, FOUNDLING FATHERS buff.ly/gYboVhC #event #MA @arleysorg.bsky.social @ktliterary.bsky.social

FOUNDLING FATHERS by Meg Elison
Cover by Elizabeth Story

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Image overlay of Meg Elison

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 15

TOMORROW 10am-5pm join the acclaimed author of THE UNKILLABLE FRANK LIGHTNING @joshrountree.bsky.social at #GABFest #AustinPublicLibrary #austin buff.ly/ShseESL

THE UNKILLABLE FRANK LIGHTNING by Josh Rountree

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Cover design by Elizabeth Story

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 12

Celebrate the #booklaunch of Ada Hoffman's IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS! TODAY 6PM @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social #Toronto buff.ly/0bGaj19 There will be a reading, Q&A, and Ada will sign copies of their books! Can't make it? Order your signed and personalized copy online

Cover to Ignore All Previous Instructions next to image of author Ada Hoffman

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May 12th, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at
Bakka Phoenix Books
84 Harbord Street Toronto
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 12

It's a #BOOKBIRTHDAY IGNORE ALL INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social is now available wherever books are sold #giveaway #thestorygraph buff.ly/tWj1nkj MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads ENDS TODAY buff.ly/QpydExD US ONLY @hannahnpbowman.com

IGNORE ALL INSTRUCTIONS by Ada Hoffmann

Cover by Elizabeth Story

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 12

Meg Elison on tour in support of Foundling Fathers. “Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I’d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.” —Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me @megelison.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 11

Through June 26 via #TheStrand, #preorder a #signed copy of @megelison.bsky.social's FOUNDLING FATHERS buff.ly/Oytgufz "Hilarious, curious, and furious, it gives this country’s toxic nostalgia the wedgie it deserves.” @wiswell.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social #NYC #satire #foundingfathers

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 5

#giveaway Two ways to win IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social #thestorygraph buff.ly/tWj1nkj MOST EVERYWHERE #goodreads buff.ly/QpydExD US ONLY “[A] revelation. It hooked me from page one and never loosened its hold on me” @johnjosephadams.com @hannahnpbowman.com

IGNORE ALL INSTRUCTIONS by Ada Hoffman

Cover by Elizabeth Story

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· May 4

TODAY 7pm Third Place Books #Ravenna Join @justinfeinstein.bsky.social and Carolyn Abram as they discuss Justin's thoroughly entertaining debut novel YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED buff.ly/YF0p1Gp #Seattle #signing

Cover to YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED by Justin Freeman next to photo of the author.

Text along bottom right: AUTHOR EVENT AT RAVENNA

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Apr 28

THIS THURSDAY 6PM at @booksinc.bsky.social in the #Marina Join Sarah G. Pierce in conversation with PKD Award winner @ing3nu.bsky.social as they discuss Pierce's new novel FOR HUMAN USE buff.ly/ieY0HnP #sanfrancisco

promotion for Books Inc in the Marina event with Sarah G Pierce and Kimberley Unger on Thursday April 30 at 6pm

Image of Pierce's book FOR HUMAN USE and images of the two authors

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Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Apr 21

THIS SUNDAY APR 26! SF IN SF with @justinfeinstein.bsky.social @samtasticbooks.com buff.ly/RxmiiTW 3PM #SFPL Main Branch #sanfrancisco @sfinsfevents.bsky.social @cliffwinnig.bsky.social

promotion for SF IN SF w Justin Feinstein and Samantha Mills

Tachyon Publications@tachyonpub· Apr 21

#CoverReveal We're proud to share the @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social's stunning cover to THE PORCELAIN SISTERS, the new novella by World Fantasy winner @darylwriterguy.bsky.social buff.ly/iV4duHq @sethasfishman.bsky.social