I've compiled many of my thoughts on the fight, in case they are helpful. I genuinely believe the only lasting way through starts with more people having these conversations.

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Snake & Sorcery has begun! S&S is a series of sword & sorcery short stories starring Irina, a fashionista barbarian; Kessa, a lightning-obsessed sorceress; and Pimi, a warrior-sage from a far-off land. They live, they kill, they adventure. ko-fi.com/post/SS-Thie... #sword&sorcery #shortstory

Aphid is almost to goal - hope we can make one more push!

In case you'd like some fantasy novels about the power of friendship and musical theatre right now. In Curses & Curtains, musical theatre is the dominant form of pop culture, and I have SO much fun developing and writing lyrics for all the in-universe musicals.

What's here? Oh, just part of my shipment of author copies of A Small Light in the Darkness, that's all. Tomorrow I will start packing the special pre-order boxes! ... not too late to get one, just saying...

This is a good break down about whiteness and how it affects structures and systems.

Sunday musings, if you're interested. Good-faith discussion welcome.

Feedback from ARC reader: "Totally like nothing I have ever read from you. Loved it and it terrifies me at the same time. Because it's too real. Like I wouldn't be shocked if it actually happened yet shocked if it did....you know what I mean?" Best review ever for me? Maybe!

@jolantru.bsky.social and @bydhiyanah.bsky.social are both amazing. Check out their work.

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We have a $25 @sistahscifi.bsky.social digital gift card for one lucky follower! Rules - Follow Strange Horizons - Reply to this post with your favourite piece we've published. The giveaway will run for 48 hours. One (1) person who follows the rules above will be randomly chosen as the winner.

This giveaway will actually run for 72 hours until April 1st! You can reply to the original post until then! Excited to see what works have stayed with folks!

Missing dragon flow. 😅

Rice porridge was comforting.

Giving this a boost for a lot of reasons, including but not limited to: - Cleretic is one of my favorite Weird Artists (this is said with heartfelt affection: documentary videos on niche subject applications are art!) - Trans situations worldwide aren't great, we gotta help each other - She's rad

I was playing with filters.

ICYMI.

The evenings are cooler and there is even a breeze. Families enjoying their night out.

Oh yes.

Nobody told us about the heatwave.

What is even the point of getting clout/a platform as a person of color if you just center white people in everything you do

I'm really excited to see Tristan Zimmerman's game, Ballad Hunters, launch on Kickstarter this month! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pel... I LOVE music based TTRPGs! #ttrpg #ttrpgs #indiegames

“Night Ivy works slowly, quietly, and inexorably, tracing the complex lines of its fascinating main character. E.D.E. Bell always creates empathetic characters deeply in tune with their environments, but in Night Ivy, she has gone further...” – award-winning author Gregory A. Wilson

ICYMI.

The cicadas are loud this morning.

Works well.

And yes, that includes our own @edebell.com - editor of a 2025 Nebula finalist novel, 2022 @canconsffh.bsky.social Editor Guest of Honor, editor for the award-winning 2022 novel Grayshade, and curator of the In Translation StoryBundle. See eir full credits at edebell.com/bibliography/

Preorders are now open for Island Papers, a new Singapore-published magazine of design, TTRPGs, fiction, and all things world-building, by Alanna at Thorn and Key game design. (Prices in SGD. EPub order links to come!) www.thornandkey.com/product-page...

Reminder. scarletferret.com/news/sun-dra...

There's has been a lot of discourse lately about reviews, especially for older and indie titles. NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, released in 2024, got lovely coverage from indie & mainstream reviewers alike. I wanted to highlight them again w/ a big THANK YOU 🧵 (and we're still happy to give out review copies!)

Closes tonight!

Bumping this up again for awards consideration!

🔊 Prepare your eardrums, as this FRIDAY FICTION we have the first of our new season of Warhammer 40,000 stories! *Hollow Men** by Darren Davies, and performed by Simon Alison. Hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwOE...

Works well.

The O’Neill Cylinder in Geostationary Orbit Above Earth’s Equator by Katlina Sommerberg @ksommerberg.bsky.social "a pressure cooker of breath and sweat" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry

Reminder. scarletferret.com/news/sun-dra...

#SFFChat Q1: I think "dark" is very subjective. In general, there's quite a lot of argument in SFF over terms like grimdark, for example--what counts and what doesn't; what are the qualifying or disqualifying factors. For some, literally any conflict or friction in a text will edge it toward a

So there are tons of people. But weirdly enough the wind is cold.

So we head for the hills today.

It's the Big Day for COMMON BONDS 2! If you missed on our crowdfund and long "late pledges" tail, you can now get COMMON BONDS 2 from (most of) your favourite retailers 💙 🧡 Massive thank you to all of our backers who made this possible Buy it: buy.bookfunnel.com/yilbsiz3a6

3 recs for #TransRightsReadathon! 💙 The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia (just completed this for my 2026 TRR - so good!) 💗 Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom 🤍 Desecrated Poppies by Mx Yaffa (these two have stayed with me since reading them, highly rec) #books #bookSky

So this happened. Medieval overdress.

That Soft and Gentle Feeling: Relationships In Cosy SFF  by S.L. Dove Cooper "Cosy speculative fiction with its focus on community and everyday life is uniquely shaped to celebrate the power of all types of relationships..." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

ICYMI! These are both great essays - still very relevant - and of course you can still read both of them...

#Booksky Ebook preorders for Joyce Chng’s terrific collection of queer pirate stories, SAILING THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE, are up in almost all the hot spots! B&N and GooglePlay should be up later today - aiming for a 4/9 release date for the ebook and print soon after! books2read.com/GoldenCherso...

last day to imbibe this shiny, happy offer friends!

Feeling random. A free day before we head for the hills literally.

Pool.

This is probably my favorite dress of the thread. It’s wild that it’s as early as 1885–the pleating and ruffles are just so ethereal, and the pale colors and floral details absolutely magical.