I love that herbs turn into aggressive weeds in the garden if you turn your back on them. It's like they're saying "We are more than garnishment, bitch! Nobody puts oregano in the corner."

Full Moon newsletter for July is out! July is the Buck Moon, a time when deer grow their full head weaponry. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/bethgibb...

My newest Substack post is coming out soon - part 1 of 2 about packing to walk 500 miles.

My newest Substack post! June 2025: the taste of strawberries and facism collide here.

Made a rage-perimenopause playlist. What would you add?

My New Moon edition for May is out on Substack: Tasting Smoke. Bethgibbs.substack.com I wrote this in 2023 - reflections on climate change through wildfires and the taste of smoke. I hope you enjoy it.

Countdown to Thursday's virtual reading! A tasting flight of fiction - 6 authors in 8 minutes! @swsworlds.bsky.social

Cabin life ❤️

6 authors - 8 minutes each! Come find your next #speculativefiction read by #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors with me on May 15th virtually. tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n #books #sciencefiction #Fantasy #Horror #authorreading P.S. It's free!

@pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social Beth Gibbs, author of PACIFIC NORTH WITCH, will be on STRONG WOMEN STRANGE WORLDS! Don't miss it! There will be prizes / giveaways as well. www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom... May 15th - Virtual - 4 pm (PDT), 7 pm (EDT)

I'm joining authors @authorterribruce.bsky.social @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Anne Keck @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social @andreahairston.bsky.social for readings from our #sciencefiction #fantasy books. Zoom meetup w/giveaways, May 15, free tix: tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

Newest Pacific North Witchery Substack post is available! open.substack.com/pub/bethgibb...

Am I the only one who sees the new AI "polish" prompt in Google and thinks "Why is Google offering to translate this into Polish for me?"

Rainy sketch day on the waterfront of Portland - cold but worth it. Also, props to all who draw or paint the Steele Bridge - not a simple structure. So many lines!

Congratulations to @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social Beth Gibbs, author of PACIFIC NORTH WITCH, on the book's nomination for the The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! The novel's theme of overcoming trauma through found-family, mutual aid, and, yes, magic, embodies the values Le Guin articulated!

I interrupt your doom scrolling for an important reminder: even as humans are capable of awfulness, we are also capable of beautiful kindness and connection. Go touch grass with someone!

If the idea of reading a story about witches fighting demons and white supremacy sounds like your cup of tea right now, check out Pacific North Witch!

Are you an #author, #poet, or #artist? Share with all the #authors, #poets, and #artists you know: Open call for an #Antifa anthology. Use your art to fight back! Details: bit.ly/AntifaAnth

Check out my newest full moon newsletter for February, the storm moon. It includes what’s been working for me trying to get through the past few weeks as what I value is attacked, Substack reading recommendations and a prepper’s tomato lentil soup recipe. bethgibbs.substack.com/p/the-coming...

Repost with your apocalypse skill I am not afraid of thinking through waste management techniques to protect water resources. In other words - I know a fair amount about outhouses. Gross? Well, even in end-times, everybody poops.

Are you excited about civilization's end? Do you yearn for survival tips, flash fiction, cat pictures, and random observations about Ireland from an American living abroad? If you said, "Meh, why not?" have I got a newsletter for you! mkmartinwriter.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

This is a great trilogy for fans of Firefly, if you ever wanted to spend more time on one of those frontier planets.

I just started reading Wrestling Demons by Jason Brick (a little behind for our bookclub but that's in character for me). The novel gets into it immediately - gripping and fun!

As Bridget scours the alleys of Cleveland in search of her missing sister, she uncovers dangerous, hidden magic. Get your copy of UNRELENTING, Book 1 of THE GRIGORI CYCLE, the award-winning debut novel by @jessihonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social, here: bit.ly/Grig1

Making Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies from a NYTimes recipe. It involves freezing mini marshmallows and stuffing them in cookie dough. I think it worked but I sometimes feel like the only marshmallow cookie form I understand is rice krispie treats.

FREE speculative fiction stories?! From now until the end of February, you can get a free copy of our Round Robin stories (from our Holiday Extravaganza). You never know where these collaborative tales will take you next! Click below to grab your copy! books.bookfunnel.com/womeninfanta...

Get @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social’s THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. RAGE, the garage rock/superhero mashup the world needs now. Truth. Justice. Rock & Roll. Info and links: bit.ly/StRage The duology, including the sequel BARBARA AND THE RAGE BRIGADE, is 25% off at bit.ly/NaPstore

@pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social's novel Pacific North Witch has been nominated for an Endeavor Award! Congratulate Beth and get your copy today: bit.ly/GibbsPNW

Reva Quinn has good reason not to believe in magic, but she’ll have to find hers fast! Get your copy of @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social’s PACIFIC NORTH WITCH today wherever fine books are sold. Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW

I'm not going to be able to go abroad this year for a long walk but I live in a great place for such a thing. I'm thinking the Oregon Coast Trail as a goal. Anyone here done the whole thing? #Oregon

Haystack Rock at Cape Kiwanda in the sunset. I love the Oregon coast.

Bruce Springsteen's song "I'm on Fire" always makes me think of the Joyce Carol Oates short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been". I'm legit worried for the young woman character in the song. But I crush it when I sing it for karaoke. A little silly dilemma in a world literally on fire.

I spent the full moon (the Howling Moon) out at a hot springs in far out Eastern Oregon where I got to watch the moon rise with planets soaking in hot water with coyotes howling. I know Eastern Oregon gets a bad rap from some but I can't stay away. It will always be a part of me, my first home.

Triple cranberry cookie dough - freeze dried cranberries pulverized to powder are added to white chocolate and the dough. I started experimenting with this recipe idea in April - ready to see if browned butter increases the deliciousness of this gluten free cookie.