Can't wait to talk with Linda D. Addison tomorrow! If you'd like to see more of Linda's amazing poetry, check out her website! @nytebird45.bsky.social

More of this, please! Oh the enchanting @nytebird45.bsky.social doing a reading of "Mami Wata" poem. Linda bringing poetry to life like this is something everyone needs more of in 2026

I love this video. The poem is great to start with, but hearing it in Linda's voice, in the various locations, really raises the level of impact. Gorgeous work from the video production team as well as the star! @nytebird45.bsky.social

Check out this amazing performance of "Mami Wata" by Linda D. Addison! @nytebird45.bsky.social

Happy to welcome Linda D. Addison to Sheep this week! First up is The Construct’s Co-Emergence in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social @nytebird45.bsky.social

This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money. Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.

Diabolical Plots readers: How you would you describe a "Diabolical Plots Story" in general. Is there something that makes it feel unique to Diabolical Plots, like a DP kind of story is its own thing? (I have my own thoughts but I am curious what a reader might say)

been watching this channel for a bit. a couple bought up some acreage in Northern Quebec and now work to increase the biodiversity there.

Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year Giving Campaign on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday! Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge. The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.

Issue 30 (ISSUE 30!!!), with cover art by Amanda Yskamp, comes out tomorrow! It's not too late to subscribe and get all of our stories and poems as an ebook and in your inbox as they show up on our website. smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...

East Coast US midnight. First Monday of the month! 🐈‍⬛🎉🐈‍⬛ @jhhwriter.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @keithjpowell.com

That's right, issue 6 is live now! If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year. If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!

The Dec issue of @lightspeedmagazine.com is out and includes my flash, “The Space Between Us.” A couple strives to make their relationship work despite being from different worlds. Literally. Free-to-read on Christmas Day but available to subscribers now! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/dec-2...

Thanks so much @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing "Mama's Labyrinth" in their latest issue. A special occasion as it's my 30th original (flash or) short story out in the world! 😲😊🎉 Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...

Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!

If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!

I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way! acwise.net/what-have-yo...

The book is also AI generated!

Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it. They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people. Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️

Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for giving me the chance to yap about Vile Lady Villains — and also to share the love about some of my favorite SFF publications @hexliterary.bsky.social @fusionfragment.bsky.social @havenspec.bsky.social @khoreo.bsky.social

I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent. It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.

Out Nov 30! Order here:

Release date Nov 20th in the US and UK!! (And thank you again to Sam Gretton (art/design). Can't say enough how much I love my covers 😍) #darkfantasy #mythology #standalone #NoAI #solarisbooks

A big thank you to @mynachang.bsky.social for the feature interview at Microverse today!

🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼 ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤 Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access. www.radonjournal.com/support #litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite

Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents: "Candidate 1143172 cover letter: Junior pot scrubber" by Emma Burnett slashnburnett.bsky.social Listen on any podcast app, or at www.patreon.com/posts/143497... Supported by Patreon patrons! #flashfiction #podcastfiction #sciencefiction

Big shout out to Erin Cairns @erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat! inkfoundry.net

Thank you, @electricsheepsf.bsky.social , for putting together a fabulous poetry reading!

Go to the poetry reading! You know you want to!

Join us tonight for the Poetry Reading! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This is tonight at 8PM EST! Come and enjoy some fantastic spec poetry 🐑 I'll be reading "there are no taxis for the dead" and a few more. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Tonight!! 👀‼️

Wednesday night is now today-night! I hope you'll join us!

Don't miss this awesome poetry event on Wednesday evening!

....and maybe pick up a subscription to Haven Spec while you're there!

My Friend @mariness.bsky.social is a damn fine poet.

Did you know WorldCon had its first-ever poet laureate this year? Now you know -- it's Brandon O'Brien and you can hear him read his work at our event Wednesday night! Register now! @therisingtithes.bsky.social

Mari Ness will be reading with us! Mari's poem, “Ever Noir,” was a nominee for the 2025 Hugo award. Originally published in the fantastic Haven Spec Magazine! Hope to see you at the reading! Registration link is below! @mariness.bsky.social @havenspec.bsky.social

What an amazing lineup! This is going to be incredible!

ALERT⚡⚡

I'm told there is still space. Register today!

Of COURSE you want to hear Oliver read!!!

I was fortunate enough to get to hear Angela read this at Worldcon. Really looking forward to getting to hear her read this again.

Angela Liu's Hugo-finalist poem, “there are no taxis for the dead," Uncanny Magazine. Come hear Angela read! @angelaliu.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

Oliver K. Langmead's verse-novel, Calypso, was shortlisted for the poetry Hugo & a British Science Fiction Association Award, and named one of the best Science Fiction books of 2024 by the Guardian and Esquire magazine. Wanna hear Oliver read? Register now! @oliverklangmead.bsky.social

Have you registered? This speculative poetry reading is going to be amazing! Come hear the Hugo finalists & SpecPo champions!

Ai Jiang was one of our early discussion group guests & we're thrilled to welcome her back for the SpecPo reading! Join us to hear Ai read “We Drink Lava,” a Hugo finalist originally published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ! @aijiang.bsky.social

ICYMI!

Excited to feature Brian U. Garrison at our upcoming poetry reading! Brian is President of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and one of the masterminds behind the Speculative Poetry Initiative! Can't wait to hear the reading! bugthewriter.com