My friend wrote this! Read it because it's a GREAT story

Coo coo

Excited to announce that my short story "Beautiful Paradiem" is part of the latest issue of King Ludd's Rag! If a gentle tale about finding home interests you, you can order here > malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

sketching at the museum

When a mountainous theater of labyrinthian design appears at the edge of town in the middle of the night, plucky young filmmaker, Andrew, can think of only one thing to do: hand them his résumé. #TJPwip #WIPpit #A #FBW #Horror #Adventure

The night the stars fell

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

It’s been a while since I could say this but…I have a new story out in @clarkesworldmagazine.com! “Brainstem Disco, 2191” explores the association of music with memories (and I’d love if you listened to the quasi-soundtrack while reading!) clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/

魚を釣るからそばにいて / Fish Fear Me, You Need Me and other stories in the middle-aged men issue of Kaguya Planet are now available to read online! The print copy is also on sale right now and I am so so excited to see that in person soon.

thinking about princess mononoke a lot, these days

Only a few days left to vote in our annual readers' poll. Here are the stories and covers that are this year's finalists. Visit clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_25 for links to each work and voting information. Poll closes February 15th at 11PM EST

one more time! #2025Pit #A #SPF #S #LGBTQ #AAPI adjacent

WWDITS x THURSDAY MURDER CLUB During a troubling surge of slayings, an ancient vampire living in Miami finds himself framed for a crime he didn't commit. When a retired private detective learns his secret, she becomes an unexpected ally in his hunt for the true culprit. #2025Pit #A #M #SPF #LGBTQ

Ben lives free & easy to spite his dad, but now there's a new 24/7 bodyguard getting in Ben's way. He'd be more annoyed if not for the fact that someone wants him dead, and he needs help stopping whoever that is. disco elysium + a marvellous light + the locked tomb #2025Pit #A #SPF #S #LGBTQ

In a faltering empire, a thief steals a crown from the ruling family, sparking a battle of wits with a spymaster. Drawn together by their contest, the two become tangled in a deadly web of conspiracies as their rivalry turns to unlikely alliance. SIX OF CROWS + FOUNDRYSIDE #2025Pit #A #F #LGBTQ

Ben lives free & easy to spite his dad & his company, but now there's a new 24/7 bodyguard getting in Ben's way. He'd be more annoyed if not for the fact that someone wants him dead, and he needs help stopping whoever that is. disco elysium + a marvellous light + the locked tomb #2025Pit #A #SPF #T

BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA a comic/poem (1/🔶)

If you read and liked my story 'Fish Fear Me, You Need Me', please consider nominating it with some of the other fantastic short stories, novellas, and art from 2024!

Distilled Moonlight #pixelart #art

Free falling

I'm so excited to announce that my short story has been translated and published in Japanese! It is currently available to subscribers and will be part of Kaguya Planet No. 5 in April.

I'm going to be at @massmice.bsky.social this weekend! I'm not tabling, but I will be around both days and I'll have copies of a new zine with all these little wizard comix I've been posting, plus a couple more to hand out. Here's a sneak peek at the cover!

shallow waters

From 2,000 years ago ~ remarkably-conserved frescoes from the Villa of Livia, wife of the Emperor Augustus. The villa was rediscovered in 16C just outside Rome & was probably part of the dowry Livia brought to her marriage in 39 BC (Palazzo Massimo Museum)

bad art is always beautiful because it means someone is learning how to be creative in this day and age. despite it all

Kicking this profile off with something about myself! In September, my debut short story "Fish Fear Me, You Need Me" was published in Clarkesworld alongside a bunch of incredible stories. Give it a read if strange worlds and complex relationships are your thing! clarkesworldmagazine.com/xue_09_24/

The September issue of Clarkesworld is now online. Includes stories by Marissa Lingen, Tiffany Xue, Laura Williams McCaffrey, Eric Schwitzgebel, Cirilo Lemos, Ben Berman Ghan, Renan Bernardo, and R H Wesley. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_216 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/