If you see this, post a princess.

my little pocket-sized novella The Death of Mountains is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. i'm speechless. i guess, it all told, did a very good job

First night of Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Huge street party, much loud, so dancing, and the costumes! Brazilians are amazing. #Brazil #Brasil #Carnaval #Salvador #Bahia

It’s my book birthday! #Booksky www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

Love seeing SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL on this list of February Diverse Reads. In great company here. www.raeryanwrites.com/february-202...

Not metal: winning a grammy. Metal as Fuck: Shouting 'YOUR GOD WILL SORT YOU WHEN YOU DIE!" at the grammys. #spiritbox let's fucking go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H2...

Those eyes, Asami.

My story is out today on Escape Pod! So thrilled, and it's narrated by Julia Rios and hosted by Mur Lafferty! So honored.

Sophonts, rejoice! We have a fresh original for you today: "The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On" by @culagovski.net. What did the planet you were born on smell like? As for me, it was mostly cigarette smoke.

This guy was at Davos trying to sell "a verification device to fraud-proof money transfers" running on software that he vibe-coded but does not understand because he can't code. 🤦 "I don’t know the language that the code was written in because it was written in AI" www.semafor.com/article/01/2...

Parque Forestal, Santiago Chile.

Asami at rest #catsofbluesky

True, Sunfire, true. Luna Snow - World Tour #1

#XSpoilers. No comment needed. Uncanny X-Men 22.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

In today's Editor Pick: As the last humans faded from the shores, the birds learned that what each of them forgot alone could be remembered forever together. It's Rodrigo Culagovski's (@culagovski.net) A Murmuration Becoming Death. Read it for free at gavagai.com

My story "A Murmuration Becoming Death" is live today on @gavagai.com! gavagai.com/posts/1972

A reminder that Nebula nominations are open and I had this short novella published in 2025 that is eligible! I'm deeply thankful of any and all consideration for this dark little thing 🖤 In the linked thread I also have some recommendation of stuff I liked published in 2025.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times, Hard Mode: No Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, or Marvel.

This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.

And today's pick for my best new paperbacks of 2025 is Rakesfall by @vajra.me. Defying categorisation, it's an incredible, mind-bending, @ursulakleguin.com Prize-winning tale of reincarnation and entwined souls, rooted in Sri Lanka but expanding across worlds. #SFF 💙📚🪐

For your 2025 awards consideration (all free): BigHappyFriend Likes Humans / Flash Fiction Online www.flashfictiononline.com/article/bigh... Dead Man's Switch / Tractor Beam www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m... A Track of Color Among the Wars / Nightshades www.nightshadesmag.com/a-track-of-c...

Oh no. 😱😱😱

Happy Chompsgiving!

Sonic Youth The Breeders Tool Tricky †††

Had to wait til 2025 to get this panel, but it's finally here, with all the flavor of 25. #XSpoilers

Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99. A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?

You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...

If I don't fits, I sits. #catsofbluesky

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

“Darth Vader” was an amalgamation of various Imperial Era generals and cyborgs that were combined in histories written centuries after the fact

#XSpoilers #Xmen Amazing X-Men 2 was my favorite comic of the Age of Revelation event so far. I usually don't care much for Cyclops, but this was top-notch characterization. Also loved the way they wrote and drew the Darkchild, demonic but not fan-servicey. I might even keep reading the event!

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Good morning. #catsofbluesky

Relatable.

For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin. Here's the video of it running.

Colors at today's market.

#xspoilers #xmen Omega Kids #1 and Book of Revelation #1 are the first issues of the event I've enjoyed, probably because they feel new in a way instead of just rehashing the same ole 'Age of Something' we've seen a few dozen times.

No-context New Mutants. #XSpoilers #NewMutants

Elvis is not judging you. #catsofbluesky

Comics are good for you

Slide-life #guitar #music #slide

Check out the latest story from SOMETHING'S ROTTING, written by Rodrigo Culagovski (@culagovski.net) and illustrated by Claire Merchlinsky: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m... And subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to be the first to receive the rest of the stories as the drop on site! 💌

My story "Dead Man’s Switch" is up today on @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social ! www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m... #soilpunk #tractorbeam #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting

September MicroVerse roundup is out!

click through to see @culagovski.net’s photos which inspired his story A Track of Color Among the Wars

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep: 1- written science fiction 2- guitar pedals 3- X-Men comics

Asami and her toe-beans. #catsofbluesky

New soilpunk short story written by Verdell Walker and illustrated by Jul Quanouai out today on Tractor Beam! 🌸🦋🌱 In "Dressed to Bloom," a woman creates a burial shroud to honor her mother as she prepares to put her body through an organic, compost-style death process. Read the full story here: