Absolutely thrilled to have this poem out now with Strange Horizons! It's a weird meditation on complicity in modern systems of oppression. Oh, yeah, and there's a mermaid!

Name a song with "girl" in the title but replace girl with squirrel if you'd like: My Best Friend's Squirrel

Got a lovely shout-out from the fantastic @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social in their latest newsletter (which is full of other awesome sauce stuff from them, too, and free to subscribe!). Thank you so much, Nico!💛

It's official! My poem "To Be the Change", published by @strangehorizons.bsky.social and edited by @vanessajae.bsky.social, is a finalist for the Rhysling Award!

Announcing the 2026 Rhysling Award Finalists! The Rhysling juries have made their decisions, and the 2026 Rhysling Award finalists have been chosen. Find the 50 Short Poem and 25 Long Poem finalists threaded below! /

We win the fight against book bans by showing up everywhere all the time. So if there's a board meeting, election, rally, petition, campaign, party tag us in your posts about it so we can boost it. Can't guarantee we'll repost all of them in a timely manner, but we'll do our best...

ICYMI: my three haiku 'Only Birds & Dreams' came out last month in Issue 149 of Space & Time Magazine, published by @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social! This piece offers a glimpse of a hopeful future, and you can check out the full issue now: books2read.com/space-time-149

I have some extremely exciting news in my next newsletter! If you want to get it as soon as it's out, sign up here: nicomartineznocito.beehiiv.com (I only send one newsletter per month, and I'll never spam you!)

ARC GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📚 We're giving away 30 collector's edition ARCs of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🪐🖥️🔥 Each copy is signed, hand-numbered, and one of a kind. TO ENTER: like, comment, and repost this post by May 11th for the chance to win 🌟 Good Luck! 🖤👽

Here's our TV guide-inspired cover for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION! 💀📺 Release date is 31st August, review copies will be ready to offer out shortly.

writers - a lot of things are ridiculously terrible. folks out there *SERIOUSLY* need your stories. keep writing! your readers can't wait to get into your work!

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - MARCH 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 40 stories by @jennahanchey.bsky.social @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @awritingwren.bsky.social @historyneverwas.bsky.social @benfrancisco.bsky.social @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/156917...

🚨Writers!🚨Get ready for an announcement on May 1! Hint: it involves an anthology call Hint 2: it involves Albertan fauna 👀

Turning ai slop emails from scammers into horror poetry

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN MARCH 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's February's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

I just fully misread someone's book cover reveal post as a gender reveal and now I think as a society we should consider gender reveal parties that come with custom art and we do them at like, 35

Earlier this week, the ALA released their 2025 Most Challenged Books Report. Thought top books are the headline, this is the data point that stands out to me, "92 percent of all book challenges were initiated by pressure groups, government officials and decision makers" not parents or teachers.

#NarratorCall: we need a Hawaiian male-presenting narrator for an incredible 4700-word story. $30 paid! If this is you, record a 2min sample MP3 and email it to [email protected] so we can check recording quality.

HUGE-O congrats to the #HugoAward poetry nominees, @mariness.bsky.social, @elismontgomery.bsky.social, @theodoragoss.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social, @angelaliu.bsky.social, and @jenniferhudak.bsky.social! I hope you'll be at WorldCon so I can high-five you all in person!

My next newsletter will be out soon! Subscribe now if you're interested in monthly writing updates, musings on stories and poetry I love, and more. nicomartineznocito.beehiiv.com

Very pleased to be on the Aurora @csffa.bsky.social finalist ballot with three works -- ONE MESSAGE REMAINS for related work, HUNTED TO EXTINCTION in short story, and THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES for novella! Thank you to all the nominators and organizers! 😍 www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

Happy National Library Week! This week you should: 1) Donate $ to your local Friends of the Library 2) Write to your public library director to thank them for standing up for diversity or to condemn them for caving to fascists 3) Plan a similar public comment for the next library board mtg

'sup, sickos — who likes FOUND FOOTAGE???? good, because SO DO I and I am going to spend my tax monies on BRINGING MORE FICTION INTO THE WORLD and editing an anthology this summer. because we need more weird art and I want YOU to help make it. 👀⬇️ mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#recordedantho

As a writer, I'm tired of settling for a pittance. I'm beyond exhausted at being told "this is the best you can get." I'm done with the world's richest people and companies stealing my stories and acting as if theft isn't theft when they do it. 2/

Nebula poem #5: To Be The Change by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social. A really fun reflection on how the people around you can be blind to gender and the possibility of trans-ness, and the joy of knowing you'll get to bring that system to an end 😄 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

We are excited to announce the shortlist for ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! 🌙🌱 The shortlisted stories were chosen for their compelling writing and emotional impact. Finalists will be announced in coming weeks. Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the authors! 🍄💜

We're over the moon to reveal the cover of Violet Lichen's second annual eco anthology edited by @marissavu.bsky.social 🌙✨🪐 ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION, blooming onto bookshelves November 17! Cover Art by @tropicalgloom.bsky.social Cover Design by Mikio Murakami, Silent Q Design

Publishing messy, uncomfortable queer stories makes me happy. Stories that feel a little too real, even with all the weird horrors going on. If that's your jam, you should pick up literally any of our books!

Would you like to hear award contenders read as their authors intended? Current Nebula nominees J.R. Dawson and Effie Seiberg will read their nominated stories on Story Hour! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @jrdawson.bsky.social @effies.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com

might be biased but YEAR OF THE MER is a brilliant piece of sapphic fantasy by one of the best writers we have out there. and i hope it sells so many copies. PLEASE. please get this book by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app so we can yell about it

The #kickstarter for Thyme Travellers 2 An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is now live! #projectwelove @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

The Dwarf Stars nomination period is NOW OPEN (no fooling!) ✨Anyone✨ may submit, both their own poems or those of others. Final decisions made by this year's editor Jean-Paul L. Garnier (@spacecowboybooks.bsky.social) Read more about how to nominate here: sfpoetry.org/wp/dwarf-sta...

It’s #TransDayofVisibility (hi, I'm visible today! no, it's not the radiation or the ooze this time...) so plz check out this very queer & trans & ace collection I'm planning to launch in May 👀🏳️‍⚧️💜 I'd love to get to 30 followers on the campaign this week! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

Life is too short not to read a book that was written well and by an actual human being.

Today is Trans Day of Visibility AND it's my book birthday! LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD is now available from @speculationpub.bsky.social ! Check it out if you're into urban legends, transfemme MCs, or low-fi scifi vibes! #tdov #transdayofvisbility

okay so. coming soon 👀 (no, idk *exactly* when but like... all the stories are written! and I have one cover!) #WhyMonsterGirlsDontCry 📚🏳️‍⚧️ it's got trans & nonbinary characters! it's super queer! 🌈📚🪐 💜🖤💚 also very aspec! there will be 3 new stories! 🐺🎥🧸 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

PLEASE SPREAD: Writers of the Future, you are part of the anthropic lawsuit, your works are listed under L Ron Hubbard's name. authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...

Re-upping this for the Canadians. I'd especially appreciate nominations for "Through the Machine" which is currently a Nebula finalist.

Hugo nominations close very soon! If you're still looking to fill your poetry and Astounding ballots, I'd be honored if you considered my work.

As a friendly reminder, I'm campaigning for fan writer. But also there are a ton of great BIPOC folks writing thoughtfully and creatively about SFF/H eligible for nomination. Nominate diversely.

Readers! What is the last book you loved by a trans author? And what is something you loved about it?

There are so many amazing alternatives to giving JKR money (watching a thing on a streaming platform counts, more views = more money) You can make new memories and leave HP behind, even if it used to mean a lot to you. Living people are more important than your memories. It'll be ok. I promise.

Hugo nominations close very soon! If you're still looking to fill your poetry and Astounding ballots, I'd be honored if you considered my work.

Hugo nominations close very soon! if you enjoyed "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" please consider nominating it for short story! if you haven't read it yet, can I interest you in some queer cyberpunk? 👀 🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...

If you're reading for Hugo noms, I'd love it if you'd read "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything"! It's a Nebula finalist, and Locus called it a "sharp satire". It's even got rage and catharsis and superhero puns. Read it at www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... or in the SFWA Nebulas packet!

Heartlines Spec's covers are always incredible, but this one is a standout!

I'm truly thrilled to have a poem in COMMON BONDS 2! If you love queer SFF, this is an anthology you won't want to miss.

including poems by @angelaliu.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @esichr.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com @jackyucheng.bsky.social

I cannot more highly recommend reading Nico's poem "To Be the Change"-- a beautifully written, engaging, bloody _grin_ of a fantasy poem about legacy and identity. Check it out here, and consider it for ALL of the awards! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

My first newsletter is out! If you aren't already subscribed, you can check it out here for recent news, Hugo & Astounding Award eligibility, and a shoutout of the incredible @inkfoundry.bsky.social! nicomartineznocito.beehiiv.com/p/march-2026...