I had the pleasure of reading this one when it was just a wee draft! Check out @sashakielman.bsky.social 's story "Legacy" today!

Live today at Cryptic Frog Quarterly! This poem is definitely in the urban fantasy vein. . . with shades of disquiet. <3

A gentle, sweet, and dark flash fiction by @elismontgomery.bsky.social ! Check it out today!

I had the pleasure of reading an ARC of "The Asterist" today. This is not the first @atsayre.bsky.social book I've read; "The Last Days of Good People" was another excellent outing. As in that first book, we have a compelling situation dealing with *genuinely* alien aliens--a rarity!

www.chron.com/news/article... *sigh*

www.clarionwest.org/story-oracle/ This is both a choose your own adventure, a book recommender, AND a donation to a worthy cause! By @phoebebarton.bsky.social @montelin.bsky.social and Stewart C. Baker!

. . . I feel seen. :P

*snerk* This thread cracks me up, and the replies citing our restaurant scene as the source of our cruel, dangerous magic are ON POINT.

Going through an archive, previously kept in the digital dungeon that is DVD, of old papers. Here, I found lovingly-preserved submission letter from 1995, to the New England Review. The story is in that archive, too--an attempt at lit fic. It's bad. But the submission letter is an artifact!

Blood donation: Done! Anyone else in the Houston area who might want to donate on behalf of @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social , please head to your closest Memorial Hermann. <3

I haven't yet gotten to Daniel's Moth novellas (there are five!), but I know him as a writer and a poet whose work I genuinely enjoy (I'm looking forward to his City of Bells novella-in-verse). If you're looking for a longer read, maybe check these out!

. . . I am with Dr. "Bones" McCoy here. Teleportation is probably a terrible idea. Though perhaps this story will convince me otherwise? . . . nah. :D :D Check it out, though!

Okay, took a break from the word-mines to read this: www.adventitious.net/stories/all-... @ldcolter.com's story is a dark one--please mind the CWs. But it ends on a note of hope: we can choose to confront the darkness of the past, and do better with our futures. That we aren't defined by tragedy.

Signal boosting for a lovely author and a great new magazine! This is on my TBR pile, honestly (but today is a nose-to-the-grindstone writing day for me).

I have a new story out today! "When We Cannot Let Go," is at Nonbinary Review: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...

A lovely writing friend of mine is spinning up to release advance review copies of her upcoming fantasy/romance trilogy! Hit her up for codes, leave her honest reviews--she deserves your eyeballs!

I am delighted to pass on that this anthology is available, and it's going to be a GOOD one. (I wrote something for it, too, but did not *quite* make it across the finish line, lol). The stories picked up have got to be delightful with a concept like this!

This looks like it's going to be fun, so I backed it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/way... I have no connection to the creators; it just looks like FUN.

Finished *A Drop of Corruption* today, by Robert Jackkson Bennett. Fabulous sequel; I did suss out some of how things worked out, but only *just* before the narrative explained things, which is always *hella* satisfying.

I recently got the library bug again. I had stopped going after Hurricane Harvey absolutely destroyed our local branch, and once a habit is lost, it's hard to pick up again. :P Anyhow, my favorite new book so far is The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet. Incredible mystery and worldbuilding!

Such a strong list this year, and absolutely delighted to be in the Long category after several years not making it in! <3

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! 🖤👽

Eeeeee! Just got my pretty author copies of "Of Love and Dragons" from @flametree.bsky.social !! The cover is, as always, just gorgeous, and I am so excited to have this in my hands at last! <3

Eee, a new poem goes live! Check out the excellent work in specpoverse.org/vol-2%2C-iss...!

I rarely feel more *seen* than when an editor comes up with a tagline for my story that's as perfect as this one is!

Must Read Magazines announced on April 22 they are switching to new printer for Analog, Asimov's, and F&SF. This follows "declining print quality and unacceptable delays" with their previous printer. www.patreon.com/posts/156517...

Hear ye, hear ye, HEAR YE!!! Ordo Mediare Sisters coming in @yazagames.com's Scriptorium! It is still far to me to have my own game, but very happy to have my first step to be part of the Medieval game world! Lady Lucerne awaits to meet you in Scriptorium on April 16th!✨

Just looking at the Steam page for this has me chortling.

Happy to say I have a new poem live today at Spellbinder! www.spellbindermag.com/issues/sprin... "Defying Entropy" is a sestina, which is definitely one of my favorite forms to write. <3 It's just tricky enough to be a fun puzzle for my brain!

This is *delightful* (and features one of my stories!).

The April 2026 issue of LIGHTSPEED is now available, with stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Justin C. Key, Andrew Dana Hudson, Andrea Kriz, Ashok K. Banker (a 2-part novelette), J.R. Dawson, P.A. Cornell, plus the usual book reviews and author spotlights. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/light...

Delighted to announce that I have a reprint in the Flame Tree holiday anthology out later this year! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth... "Jól" is about family. Ancestors. Blood. And the holiday spirit! @flametree.bsky.social

Found on Instagram, for all my poet friends:

A new poem lives! "Our Titan Home" is available at Milk & Cake: milkandcakepress.com/product/dead... and may cool you down a little if your weather is as muggy as mine is right now, lol.

@emmiechristie33.bsky.social is back, with more insightful reviews on folks' writing! This week, she's taking a look at www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio... !!

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

The Adoration of the Wieners (Carnitas, Denied), iPhone and unexpectedly good lighting, 2026

This story is AMAZING, and if you're reading this post, you should be reading this story, instead. @jennahanchey.bsky.social did GOOD with this one!

Hey poets! We'll be open for poetry submissions from March 16 - April 27! Get those poems polished and ready for potential publication! We pay $60 / poem for SFFH narrative poetry, any length. Here's where you'll go to submit when we open:

Well, the Rhysling jury is done doing their bit, and I'm delighted to say I have two poems in contention in the Long category this year!!! Thank you to all who nominated, and congrats to all on the list!

So, I was on Speculative Sundays this past weekend, and it's now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8t0... Akua, the host, asked me where my dragon love comes from. . . . Anne McCaffrey's Pern. I was ALL about unicorns till I read the Harper trilogy at 11 or 12. It's been dragons ever since.

Just as a reminder, a Speculative Sundays poetry reading series begins tomorrow, and I get to kick off the month! www.eventbrite.com/e/starburst-...

This went live when I wasn't looking! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/sens...

Live today! www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com?p=4590

@emmiechristie33.bsky.social continues her amazing blog, reviewing multiple stories by the same author to give people a feel for the depth and scope of an author's work. . . and maybe get them to read something they've never encountered before! www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

'Tis the season to lift up poems I've nominated for awards! (This post will have to be a series of replies. Because I've got a LIST, folks!) Gretchen Tessmer, “The Blight Sky,” which is dark, horrific, and deeply moving! Star*Line, Issue 48.2, April 2025

Soooooo. I will be doing a poetry reading on March 1, from 7-8:15 PM EST. Tickets are available for free on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/starburst-... Anyone got any favorites they'd like me to add to my lineup? LOL

Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip (with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)

So, partially, I was awake all night because sick, and partially, my own fault, because Inkle, the makers of Heaven's Vault, which is in my list of top 3 games ever, came out with a little 7 dollar game earlier this year, and it's been sitting in my library, and god. damn. they've done it again.

blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth... Delighted to be able to announce this at last! <3