Turning in. Good night.

Jellyfish whims change human lives. Moon witches communicate with bees, lizards, and fungi. A house keeps getting smaller. Sting of the Shore collects stories and poems of the sun, moon, sea, and beyond!

Full of scary fairy tale moments, magical food, and complicated family relationships!

Personal Me: Today is my late wife‘s birthday. Jana Pullman was an award-winning bookbinder, conservator and art teacher as well as a stelar human & a brilliant artist. F*ck dementia, which stole so much of that. Here’s a great interview w/ her: koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/i...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nik... if you like audio books, consider supporting my project! 🌶️🪐✍️🔥🎧🎤🎙️🏴‍☠️🦜📚⚔️

Scientists found a giant squid without ever seeing one. Off the coast of Western Australia, a team scooped up over 1,000 water samples from depths as deep as 4.5 km and analysed the tiny bits of genetic material that sea creatures shed as they swim. buff.ly/uuYpal7 #ShareGoodNewsToo

From last year. And still awesome!

This is 51: rested and wrote.

Haku has a boopable nose.

We had to shuffle a bit, but 5 authors means you get to spend more time with each! Next QuickReads will be here June 5th at noon EDT! Where will you be? Because you should be on Zoom watching it! Register below to be part of the FREE literary fun! share.google/dQrU1oBpiYjj...

PUBLICATION NEWS: My translation of Spanish author Daniel Badosa Moriyama's story "Rest in peace, Master Pruner" is out now in The Orange & Bee #9! Wondering what happened after Pinocchio grew up? This story is for you! theorangebee.substack.com/p/rest-in-pe... #fantasy #SFinTranslation

Creators do not have to give your their work for free. If they do, great! Free shit! (That you have no right to complain about because its f r e e). If they choose to charge a price for their work so they can pay their bills, it is up to you to decide if you wish to pay for it. You can be upset

This month's exclusive Patreon episode of Fabulous Folklore explores the barguest and gytrash. Are they black dogs? Spectral omens? Fairy tricksters? Or all three? www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

Ex Partum comes out on Tuesday. Here's what @phokion.bsky.social has to say about the book (and we all know he has the absolute BEST words!) If this sounds like a a book for you, you can pre-order it here: emmaburnett.carrd.co #booksky 🪐📚

So This Is A Week by Mary Soon Lee "The troll dozes under the gazebo, his gray flesh pale as woodsmoke, his snores thunder rolls punctuating a chorus of bee thrum and cricket." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

@kateelliottsff.bsky.social and Suzan Palumbo discuss their works in a new bonus piece at Speculative Insight! www.speculativeinsight.com/extras Why Alexander, and why The Count of Monte Cristo? Why space opera? Come find out...

Dan Coxon's Come Sing for the Harrowing: folk horror in a Brixton Tesco, a medieval theme park, the Cheddar Gorge, a tropical resort. 18 stories that rebuild the subgenre from the inside out. @dancoxon.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

From last year. And still awesome!

Some writing, before ren faire prep. I already packed the dragons.

Hey. You. Buddy. You want some books with some queer characters? It's happening June 1. Lots of really good stuff waiting for you. Really good stuff in all sorts of genres. Something for everybody. Oh, and one of mine is there too if that's your jam.

The FINAL CUT is COMING! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Should I combine the two books of the Sword Goddess Acolyte Chronicles together? www.snowywingspublishing.com/our-authors/...

ICYMI. 🔥💖

Yes, let's start the online read(ing). Which story do you like? And why? And guess what animal I love the most? (not the obvious, please)

Once more with feeling! Sapphic, queer pirates in Southeast Asia! queenofswordspress.com/product/sail...

Have a look at @faerywhimsy.bsky.social breaking down the first thirty days of The Monstrous & The Divine.

Should I combine the two books of the Sword Goddess Acolyte Chronicles together? www.snowywingspublishing.com/our-authors/...

Some followers ask why I make so many components in bulk. So I can have thwm when an idea comes to call. #papercraft

Urushi is not just a material. Without urushi trees, there is no true urushi lacquer, no maki-e, and no kintsugi. Our crowdfunding has slowed down, but the young trees still need care, fencing, fertilizer, and years of protection.

Did a short sword flow.

Wishing for clear skies.

Mental note: don't read the news.

Proof of SMALL BITES!! Killer cover art by @drewhuff.bsky.social. Coming 11.11.26 from @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social!! 🕷🥩🖤

Originally I'd thought of wearing the tunic I'd worn for the first Ren Faire - then I did thrift another long dress-length one. So, I might be wearing that one, since it's light(ish) and not going to make me faint with heatstroke.

It's morning here and also a gentle reminder.

Hello Friday.

If anyone wants to write this vibe for The Monstrous & The Divine anthology I'm am SEATED for it. www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology

Good night.

Museum visit and Animal Studies

Hey hey! Have you checked out the Soothwardens campaign? You should! And not just because it has award-winning author ME writing a stretch goal! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

Our Managing Editor, Chris Bell, @chrisbell.atthisarts.com, will be at the @locusmag.bsky.social awards events representing our 2026 Locus Award finalist book Faraway Dreaming by Ulla Thynell and all day Sunday at the Bay Area Book Festival with author Clara Ward. He'd love to meet you! 💙

Say hi to my guy!

Aiieeee I am holding a proof of SMALL BITES in hand and I am over the *moon*!! Except it is literally a full moon tonight which is terrible light for photos. But it exists!! @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social

#Booksky Looking for queer Southern gothic about weird horse girls? Dee Holloway @deeholloway.bsky.social’s novella, LITTLE NOTHING, has you covered! 👇🏻https://queenofswordspress.com/product/little-nothing/

I know it's late (well, it's late where I am)... But please please please please read a sff magazine before you submit. Read its guidelines. Don't anyhow submit. You want to be published, but please use some common sense, please?

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✨ Shop Update! ✨ 'Fishy Business: Chili Rasbora' This piece began as a color study of these beautiful small fishies, and is now available on my print shop! 🐡🖼️ www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydh... #art #artists #SciArt #fishArt #bsnm #SupportArtists #SupportHumanArtists

"Grandmaster" by @oldschooljelly.bsky.social for the Dogs of War Bestiary. Late pledges are still open over on Kickstarter. Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea... #art #china #dnd #kungfu #osr #rpg #shadowdark #trpg #ttrpg

Originally I'd thought of wearing the tunic I'd worn for the first Ren Faire - then I did thrift another long dress-length one. So, I might be wearing that one, since it's light(ish) and not going to make me faint with heatstroke.

And the writers who get praised, amplified, and awarded are the ones who tell you racist things are over or resolved and the ones who say otherwise are labeled as having a mental health issue. I'll tell you, [redacted] on the invitation list while I'm *perma* banned is real on the nose, guys.