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

Congratulations to our authors and artists on their @bsfa.bsky.social longlist 2026! @jennicoutts.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @madeehahwrites.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com Ivano Sassanelli, Jay Johnstone, Payton McCarty-Simas! @publishingscotland.bsky.social 🤩 And to all the nominees!

OOOOH. This is a first! I am ON THIS LIST! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-... So. . . if you're a member, maybe you could like, read "The Carrying Capacity of Paradise" and consider voting for it?

We would just like to casually point out that the @sfwa.org Recommended Reading List currently contains Hell Itself stories by @rachiea.bsky.social, @crboltz.bsky.social, @deborahldavitt.com, @reggiekwok.bsky.social, @gerrileen.bsky.social, @tedmorrissey.bsky.social, @ktwagner.bsky.social, and more!

@emmiechristie33.bsky.social is a lovely writer, who reads with sensitivity and depth--and she's started a blog with in-depth readings of other people's short fiction. <3 Her first entry is a study of 14 of @rkduncan.bsky.social 's stories: www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio... Check it out!

Oh! I made the Tangent Recommended Reading List this year with "Mountain at the Heart of the Labyrinth"! tangentonline.com/news/tangent... Really delighted by this!

. . . okay, given that today is December 31, this is *really* my final publication of 2025, lol: heyzine.com/flip-book/85...

Year in review: Publications wise? Stellar! 18 new short stories, 5 reprints, and 26 poems (not counting the new ones in a poetry collection, To Love Unquietly). I’ve met my long-term goal of being able to say “over a hundred short stories published.” I wrote a new poetry collection. BUT . . .

"Words Written in Water," a haunting tale, should be my last publication of 2025! You can find it at Wyldblood: wyldblood.com/product/wyld...

Possibly my last publication of 2025 went live at Penumbric yesterday! This is a very dark poem: www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

Thrilled to be able to say that Hell Itself Magazine has nominated my story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," for a Pushcart Prize! hellitself.com/reaping-whir... So much love!

And here's my list of 2025 poems, including my full collection, "To Love Unquietly" !

Awards eligibility time! 16 stories published for the first time this year, and I'd really like to encourage people to check out my novella, "The Carrying Capacity of Paradise," if you have time!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4 New story out today! I believe I'm even the first story in the anthology with "The Girl with No Name."

Happy to announce that I'll have a story in a new Flame Tree anthology soon! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Absolutely delighted to share my Halloween story with you all!

Love The Daily Tomorrow. Go check out my new story live with them starting today!

New poem live today! www.zoeticpress.com/an-06-vexati...

New poetry live today at @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Go check out their new issue! www.thesunlightpress.com/2025/10/21/p...

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis > It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Finished my "rough draft" of my most recent project. 59 poems, 108 pages, 19,718 words. Not bad for about a month's work!

A friend asked me to pass along an anthology funding on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/165... It's a tie-in for their TTRPG system, so the stories should all be steampunky goodness. Check it out!

New poem today! teachwritejournal.com/current-issue/

New poem live today, a dark, dark piece called "Altamura Man," currently live at Reader Beware Magazine: readerbewaremag.itch.io/reader-bewar...

Book mail day! I love getting to see my name on the covers. . . and the stories inside are going to be FUN.

For those who aren't aware, I periodically run a workshop called Developing Our Voices, which gathers writers and gives them a chance to get comfortable reading their own work out loud. If anyone is interested in participating in the next one, please DM me, and I'll try to get one scheduled. <3

As someone who is neurodiverse and on the spectrum, I have thoughts on that presidential big announcement about autism. Here we go! We've always been around. We'll always be here. Living, seeing, loving, dying. 1/ www.patreon.com/posts/139553...

It's my birthday!! I'm 49 - how did that happen? I would LOVE it if you could share or follow my art for my birthday, that would be a brilliant gift! Thank you everyone who follows and comments, it is such a great place here! 49 feels ace btw. #artshare #birthday #watercolour www.emilyhare.co.uk

#AugurMicros2025 @augursociety.bsky.social While this is far more of a wish, a dream, or a poem, I hope that Augur takes it in the spirit it's intended. <3

Hell Itself opened today and released a darkly beautiful story by @deborahldavitt.com, "Reaping Whirlwinds." hellitself.com/reaping-whir... Look for our second story on Friday, September 12!

Writers often advise, "Keep submitting that story till Hell itself won't have it." Well, now there is a magazine called Hell Itself that specializes in those stories that, for whatever reason, don't fit. My story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," is their first publication! hellitself.com/reaping-whir...

I’ve made an update to this situation. open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...

As we hit the 3/4 mark of a very, very long year, I thought I'd celebrate a bit with the stuff I've managed to bring into the world this year.

Live today! My story, "A Thirst for Justice" is in "When Vampires Save the Day/Night"! eternalhauntedsummer.com/gorgons-gaze... books2read.com/u/4ErNnO Available at fine book purveyors across the internet!

I'm pleased to announce that three of my stories that were no longer available to read due to magazine closures, are now available for free on InkFoundry! inkfoundry.net/hostedstory/... inkfoundry.net/hostedstory/... inkfoundry.net/hostedstory/...

InkFoundry is a website dedicated to curating short fiction. I highly recommend it as a place to browse for new reads. :) I know the site owner, and she's constantly looking for new ways to improve it. Each piece added to the database is tagged for content: inkfoundry.net

www.flametreepublishing.com/robots-past-... Happy reprint day! My 2019 story, "Glass Eyes, Steel Hands, Metal Mind" appears in the Flame Tree Anthology, Robots Past & Future. <3

Also, I wasn't notified when this went live, so I'm sharing it now: foofaraw.press/interviews-f... Warning: this is very much my sense of humor at work. :P

Live today at Bauble from Bones! www.baublesfrombones.com/alabaster-cr... @bfbzine.bsky.social A special shout-out to the editor, Elyse, who made my horseback riding scenes so much better, and whose careful eye improved the story as well!

Guess what time it is again!! 😊 Baubles from Bones Issue 6 will release on August 27th 2025!! We have SEVEN new stories and FOUR poems from across the speculative spectrum. You can buy your own physical or digital copy on our Etsy while individual stories will be on our website! 📚🪐💀