Respecting my elders by being queer as in fuck you

For Pride, you can preorder my & @cypayseur.bsky.social's favorite queer speculative stories of 2025! There have been many discussions lately about how queer publishing in the US is being squeezed from all directions. Pls support this ONGOING series & make sure it *remains* ongoing 💕 It matters!

I'm pleased to announce the 2026 table of contents of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (published by @marinerbooks.bsky.social), as selected by guest editor @olivieblake.bsky.social and me. LitHub reveal: lithub.com/here-are-the... TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - APRIL 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 20 works by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @cindyphanauthor.com @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @mariness.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/posts/159559...

More Hugo-nominated stories on Story Hour? Yes! Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha read their 2026 nominees! Beautiful, intense, and moving. You can still watch! @samtasticbooks.com @thomasha.bsky.social #Booksky youtu.be/UKQZbg3u_B8

Look, Ma! I'm a warning label! 🫠

Sharing this again today for no reason.

Shelley: i swear to fuckin hell Shelley: when i get my hands on that fuckin AI clone Shelley: there is gonna be so much stabbing Shelley: you won't even believe how much stabbing there's gonna be Harris: oh i believe it

Fuck AI. You do it yourself over and over until it feels real. That's the whole point

And thus the work proceeds

At least I'm not alone?

kind of in a monkeys paw situation where i had once longed for my job to be at least partially reading books, and, well, buddy, im reading one book over and over. thats right. its mine. as i edit it.

New issue of @thedeadlands.com is here! weightlessbooks.com/the-deadland...

Blog post is up, celebrating the inclusion of "The Nine Scents of Sorrow" in It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! (And lamenting that this story of gender fluidity/transformation/revolution feels as - more? - relevant now as it did in 2020.) jordantaylorwrites.com/2026/04/15/i...

My short fiction recs from Jan-March are now up! With stories from @clairejiawen.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social @russellnichols.bsky.social @rajivmote.bsky.social @amfisher.bsky.social @joelhans.com @jenniferhudak.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/04/shor...

In case you missed it... My story "The Nine Scents of Sorrow," about a gender-fluid magical perfumer who maybe sorta inadvertently kicks off the French Revolution, is this week's episode of It's Storytime with @wilwheaton.net! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

My story "The Nine Scents of Sorrow" (originally in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social) is this week's episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! Featuring Marie Antoinette, magical perfume, and all my feelings on gender fluidity... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️ othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/

Shoutout to every writer out there writing the kind of books fascists keep trying to ban.

Can someone pls make this vidja game

I've also always wanted to write a (preferably historical) mystery but am such a horrible plotter it feels incredibly daunting!

That little gurgle the moka pot makes when it's done brewing is one of the most beautiful sounds in the whole world.

The Hugos nominations are now open, so I'm going to do a big ol' thread of short fiction. Starting off with my monthly short speculative fiction column where I spotlight 10 stories I loved. These posts will get you started in finding noms. 1/ reactormag.com/tag/short-fi... #HugoAwards #HugoAward

When I said now is the time to be really fucking gay and angry, this is what I meant

oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason?? sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer

Lord of the Rings

Me gifting like

Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "The Terrarium" by Jordan Taylor @jordantaylor.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/iRFbI66

ICYMI: I published one story this year that's eligible for awards. "The Terrarium" appeared @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, and explores the power of queer stories in a world that can seem to have no space for them. jordantaylorwrites.com/2025/12/05/a...

I published 1 story that's eligible for awards this year: "The Terrarium" appeared in August's Issue 65 of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, and uses a moment between my characters to explore the power of stories and relationships. Plus, I got to use footnotes! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

This whole thread is gold jerry

This is what integrity looks like. "Do it for all of us, or don't do it at all." Let's hope the folks who bought our legacy magazines are shamed into better behavior and we won't have to consider them scoundrels any longer.

Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "The Terrarium" by Jordan Taylor @jordantaylor.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/BRsjD0X

Thank god someone said it

Featuring stories from ME(!) and Many Really Awesome People!!

Why is writing a query letter still the worst thing I have ever done? WE HATES IT FOREVER #amquerying

The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been announced—congratulations to all! reactormag.com/here-are-the...

One of the best works of American art this century, no I'm not kidding.

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

How many "realized" uses is too many in one novel? More than one a chapter? More than one every couple of chapters? 50 times is for sure too many, right? Definitely asking for a friend.

Loved this one so much

👏👏👏 This whole thread "If your art was worthless, they wouldn’t be asking for it."

I know so many more words when I'm not actively writing

"Freddie can stop time, but he struggles to hold onto his love in a world that doesn’t have space for it." In my latest blog post, read a little more about the background of my new story out in Uncanny Magazine this week! jordantaylorwrites.com/2025/08/06/n...

I have a new story out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social this week! "The Terrarium" started as poignant moment between the 2 characters in a longer (gay, Georgian-Era, fae-filled) piece I'm working on, & turned into a meta exploration of stories & relationships www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

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I'm offering a manuscript critique, and a hangout where we can chat about the ins and outs of subbing SFF short fiction, as backer rewards for Uncanny's campaign. Now is the time to donate if you haven't, and help support another year of this awesome magazine!!