Definitely a chocolate ganache cheesecake for breakfast sort of day.

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More sleep, or more coffee?

Remember: there's no audience for AI-produced content. Nobody in the AI ecosystem is there to read or listen - only to publish their own slop.

The weather has gone from unbearably hot to cozy sweaters and warm beverages rather abruptly. The morning weather, at least.

We open up for submissions tomorrow! (Happy labor day) Speculative (fantasy, generally) short fiction (1k-10k words) in non-technological settings. Take a look/we'd love to hear from you starting tomorrow! hearthstories.org/submissions.... #writingcommunity

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st! We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th. Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

Not particularly helpful that this computer will sort files by date but, when I upload a new one, not put it in chronological order.

What is hard to write, horror or humor?

Oh I hope so, I’ve got plenty of short stories to share! 📖

GOOD

Important question: When making toast with jam/jelly/preserves, do you butter your toast first?

How to get good story ideas at bedtime: espresso ice cream How to get no sleep at bedtime: espresso ice cream

Also-- Writers, unite! You do not need to be SFWA to be eligible for a lawsuit under the LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class - but you do need to act soon! Deadline: September 1, 2025. Read more about it here, and spread the word widely: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

When you finally have time to sit down and start writing something new and can’t decide where to start. 🥲

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.

Had a wonderful weekend at my first ever WorldCon, but it definitely won’t be my last! Now to fortify myself with coffee for the journey home. ☕️

Reposting for anyone who should know—need to take action by tomorrow!

Are you going to WorldCon? What a coincidence—I’m going to WorldCon! If you see me say hi, I promise not to bite. (Not this time around, at least) www.marvincent.com/other-projec...

Sort of late to celebrate this, but here’s my contributor copy of The Skull & Laurel #4, which includes my weird alien world story, Prostheses.

Haha, just really realized today that being in Story Hour means I’m immortalized on Youtube for … forever. 😆

Did you miss last week's Story Hour? You know, the first one ever with Mar Vincent? With stories from the always-excellent Douglas Gwilym? You're in luck! It's available to watch on YouTube! @marofthebooks.bsky.social @douglasgwilym.bsky.social @danmarcus.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Fb...

@habitatspress.com is a gorgeous publication—if you love great speculative art and stories, definitely check them out. Only a few more days in their kickstarter, and we need more beautiful things in the world! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sam...

Perhaps the most aesthetic piece of hummus toast I have ever made.

Thanks to @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social and @danmarcus.bsky.social for having me! And thank you to @douglasgwilym.bsky.social for his spectacular stories.

Happening tonight! Come watch me read some weird and fantastical stuff! ✨

Come check it out, happening tomorrow!! 📖📖📖

Got a story coming out next week! Oh, and this, too! Come see me read on Story Hour (@storyhour.bsky.social) Wednesday, July 30th. I promise it’ll be fun AND weird. 😁

Guess I should take it as a compliment that people who know I’m a writer are always suggesting whatever book they’re reading to me, even if it’s far afield of my genre. If I had the time to read them all I probably would, but alas…

Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist

Made lavender honey ice cream last night. Strangely, it’s almost gone already?? 👀

Microsoft sent me a survey asking for my opinion on CoPilot and boy did they get it. 🤣

EGG CURRY that is all

Going to bed early because you’re exhausted just to wake up in the middle of the night for no reason other than your body preferring to be exhausted? 👍👍👍

- @thesprawl.bsky.social - Cast of Wonders - @bfbzine.bsky.social - @khoreo.bsky.social - @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social - @utopiascifi.bsky.social These deadlines are approaching fast—don't wait, SUBMIT your work now!

Thank you to @fusionfragment.bsky.social for the mention!

An unexpectedly blonde/albino(??) watermelon.

Honestly surprised and quite honored to be shortlisted for Violet Lichen’s Best Speculative Ecofiction anthology. Amazing to be among such great company!

This is 40! And to celebrate my continuing existence, I'd like to offer ten free query edits to anyone planning to dive into the trenches. RT and like to enter, and I'll pick ten people tomorrow. Tell your friends! (and yes, my impersonations of art are unrivaled)

We're (just over) halfway there! The Strange Horizons Kickstarter is 65% funded! Help support the same quality SFF content that we are committed to publishing every week! We even won a Hugo last year for our efforts! And we couldn't do any of it without your generosity. Help us get to 100%!

So where’s the SF story about a writer who invents time travel in order to actually find the time to write?? 😅

Have a real hankering to do some writing, but I’m currently in the editing phase of a big project and focusing on that. Excited to get it done and move to a new thing soon.

Thank you to everyone who helped us over the $10,000 line! We're also thankful to everyone spreading the word. We're still only halfway to our base goal! If you haven't donated yet, we would very much appreciate your support. Check the link ⬇️ to see if any of this year's tiers catch your eye!

Today I learned that a paragraph mark (¶) is called a pilcro. And here I thought ‘paragraph mark’ was a name in and of itself.

Me: Checks the time while distracted. Also me: Checks the time ten seconds later due to being distracted.

Resharing this little story o’ mine.

Seems like a good day to reshare my teeny tiny Strange Horizons story. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

AI has already reached the cheap and tacky phase.

I love when Word keeps freezing up because it can’t handle a document that was created in Word. 🙃