we move—!!

fun fact: i met my partner because of clarkesworld! go support this unifier of spirits, this cupid, and one of the stalwart bastions of short speculative fiction!

The subscription drive (to increase staff and contributor pay) is running until the anniversary of the magazine. We're about halfway to the goal. Thank you to everyone that has subscribed so far! clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

We are excited to announce that IN ONE MONTH FROM TODAY, TBRCon 2026 will officially be happening! 🎉🎊🍾 21 panels, 100+ authors, 4 live podcasts, and giveaways from our AMAZING 2026 sponsors! Mark your calendars for July 26th-August 1st! 🙌🏻 #tbrcon2026 Art by @alawinans.bsky.social

Event klaxon! I’ll be participating in TBRCON on Saturday August 1! Tune in to hear me talk about Foreshadowing Done Right with Stephen Aryan, Ryan Cahill, Eileen Mueller, and J.D.L. Rosell, moderated by D.W. Ross! We’ll be on at 2PM CST/8PM BST. Also that’s basically my birthday so you gotta come.

“Syon, beloved home of the Dancer, god of war, was a hard-bitten scab of a nation, and the capital city that shared its name was the hardest lump of that scab.”

It’s publication day! THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS is out today!

We interrupt World Cup shitposting to remind you that my fantasy adventure novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS is out *tomorrow!*. Standalone, 399 pages, more than your recommended daily amount of wasps: www.amazon.co.uk/This-Where-F...

If you missed it last week, @post45.bsky.social has just published my five-years-in-the-making article "Toward a Trans Fag Phenomenology: the Orientation(s) of Desire and the Afterlives of Lou Sullivan" -- and it's free to read! post45.org/2026/07/tran...

okay so i THINK i figured out the story (the present day story) and re-outlined everything (again) and now i’m going to start writing (again) and it is daunting BUT when i finish the chapter, i will reward myself by working on the playlist for Fortune’s Wake

She’s here! Today is the start of this Couch to 5k for reading I’ve put together! Come and join us :-D open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

Truly nothing hits like staying up on a summer night reading… 5 years ago I picked up The Unbroken & having just now finished The Sovereign by @clclarkwrites.com I am both broken & mended (iykyk). Thank you for the complexities, the sheer range of your female characters, & the depth of this world 💕

Pruett/Kiras!! My beloveds! They deserve it. 😌

it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years

if you want examples metaphors done well & done boldly that hold emotion, that surprise, that delight, that estrange, go read poetry.

you know, maybe i was, too…it would explain a lot. and now all my novels are me working out that subconscious trauma. hmmm hm hm.

I like metaphors! But there has to be a web of connection to them, a system by which they are organized that feels meaningful. They can't just be pretty. They suggest a point of view—or writer needs to think, while revising, about how they (subtly) operate as a whole. Emotion needs to be there.

new newsletter just dropped! feat. my sweet sword outfit from the Orbit Monsters and Maidens party, some #warmongers spreadsheets, and an introduction to some patreon-esque things (if i DID have a patreon, what would you like to see on it?) plus the usual round up of cool shit you might like

why is he doing the elon thing why do these guys do this with their bodies

Dudes! My book Write Through It is just $2.99 in ebook form on all retailers! Take it to the beach and be ready to tackle your book in the Fall!

New comment response on Patreon, one which I discuss whether queer characters can be villains and why queer representation matters outside of romances. Comment Response: How Much Representation Is "Enough"? | James Woodall www.patreon.com/jameswoodall...

THE FIRST TEN PAGES PROGRAMME! The BFS is offering BIPOC members feedback from industry professionals such as authors, editors and literary agents. To submit your writing or offer anonymous feedback as an advisor, sign up using this (updated) link: british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome

Happy book birthday to my new favorite horny old pirate! Pasha the Storm is part Moby Dick, part Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (the one where all the pirate kings get together without killing each other for 5 minutes to fight the British, amen) and ALLLL GAY. Bon appetit. 😘

After finishing the Astral Kingdoms, I wanted to write something much smaller, more intimate. Something where the stakes are personal and quiet compared to killing gods. I also wanted to make people cry. VOW OF ASHES, a novella of a dying woman and the vow she demands of her husband, is that book.

today, i started rewriting a chapter of #warmongers and realized it was so wrong that i had to rewrite the chapter before it

I'm salty but this still holds. The less you want to do something the more you have to do it. www.agentsandbooks.com/the-less-you...

Happy last day of #Pride! Here is my final rainbow stack! 🌈📚 This one’s chock full of favs (& only a few tbrs lol) The Scapegracers trilogy, TSCTW, ADOFN, & The Magic of the Lost trilogy by @clclarkwrites.com are all solidly fixed as favs for me. Keep reading gay shit, y’all! #booksky #queerlit

i have not read this yet, but it seems relevant to my followers!

IT’S BOOK RELEASE DAY! Welcome back to Low Town in Daniel Polansky’s stand alone novella THE SOFT TOUCH, out today.

Tai'shar Malkier! The Golden Crane flies…

al’Lan Mandragoran taught me everything I know and then some. Duty is heavier than a mountain…

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

yes yes yes yes!!! the og lesbians in space let’s goooooo!

The upcoming novella from @clclarkwrites.com is Ironsworn-inspired! How cool is that? Beautiful cover reveal and preorder info here: clclarkwrites.com/cover-reveal... I can't wait to read it.

It cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp Should strike such terror to his enemies.

wrote a chapter today and am now dealing with the fact that i have to keep track of all the illicit substances i invented for my characters to obliterate themselves with on a night out jokes on me, always

this sale is ongoing for one more day! if you haven’t picked it up yet…last call!

this would be amazing 😭

in my defense, it was a rose latte, and damn was it good

the armor stays ON

Caged divinity already available on Patreon www.patreon.com/caiosantos/p...

I made a terrible comic!!!!! (a day late) #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026

SATURDAY 27th JUNE, 1PM 🌈⚔️ QUEER SWORDFIGHTERS THROUGH TIME @ British Museum (Great Court) ⚔️🌈 Hark! Your fave drag museum mansplainer Eugène Delacroissant is back for a FREE Pride takeover of the BM em-ceeing a queer history sword demonstration by London Historical Fencing Club!

No, seriously, #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026

For a fiction author there can be no glory so great, no award so gleaming, no praise that so warms the heart, as unsolicited fan art

As you may have gathered, I'm moving to Chicago this summer!! And I'm now doing a lil' fundraiser to defray some costs (since the academic job market for the last three years has been, shall we say, a nightmare) Thanks for any help or sharing around, everyone 🖤🌈 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lee-m...

i keep trying to find a chill or ironic way to post this and there is simply nothing chill about it!!! ahhhhHHHhhhhhhhh!!!!! variety.com/2026/tv/news...

My little announcement - I have a new book in 2027, and this is the cover!

50% off all ebooks until July 4th in dishonor of Amaz*n. Use code COMPOSITE at www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks.