Cheering for the Nebula & Stoker winners & finalists - especially our Sheep friends! Looking forward to reading more of your stories!!

Here's a great way to catch up with all the Stoker short story nominees - podcasts from @talestoterrify.bsky.social!

Reading Autogas Ferryman this week - if you're reading along with us, here is another awesome podcast of the story! @champwongs.bsky.social @talestoterrify.bsky.social

This week we're reading "Autogas Ferryman" by Champ Wongsatayanont in @nightmare-magazine.com ! @champwongs.bsky.social

Good luck to all Stoker nominees - especially our Sheep friends!!

I'm pleased to announce the 2026 table of contents of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (published by @marinerbooks.bsky.social), as selected by guest editor @olivieblake.bsky.social and me. LitHub reveal: lithub.com/here-are-the... TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

Happy to see a few Sheep friends on the list! Congrats to all! @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

This is heartbreaking. 😢

Special MicroVerse roundup with poetry recs by the amazing Ai Jiang! @aijiang.bsky.social

Trademark extortion scheme alert! 2nd example I've seen of identical email, tho sent out w/ different names/addresses/company names. Goal is to scare writers into responding so they can be pressed to pay big $$$ to "preserve their rights". Needless to say, this is not how trademark or copyright work

There's a new interview up wherein I talk about one of my favorite authors, Silvia Moreno-Garcia!

Come see me tomorrow at Austin GAB Fest! Saturday, May 16 - 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central Library 710 W. César Chávez St., Austin, TX

Rabbit Test and Other Stories has been LAUNCHED, and I am finally settling back into my day-to-day groove. I'm collecting nice things in this thread! linky links: Tachyon: bit.ly/3QcZmSx Bookshop: bit.ly/4tvfAET B&N: bit.ly/41TJBCu Amazon: bit.ly/4ccbhqX

We are just two months away from my dragon taking flight into the world. I'm all kinds of emotional this morning.

UK readers! Bookshop is giving 20% off preorders of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS with the code PREORDER20. The deal is good through the 17th. My dragon can't wait to meet you!

Our last @bafflingmag.bsky.social story this week is “Marianne in an Unlit Bar on the Outer Curve of Human Space” by Rodrigo Culagovski! “...she’s been Ymarrielle, Mzaranth, M-9N, but she always cycles back to Marianne eventually.” @neonhemlock.bsky.social @culagovski.net

Check out “But Depart Into The Wild Mountains” by Caro Jansen in @bafflingmag.bsky.social! “Knock knock. Who is it? Nobody ever expects a dyke in a wheelchair.” @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Check out “But Depart Into The Wild Mountains” by Caro Jansen in @bafflingmag.bsky.social! “Knock knock. Who is it? Nobody ever expects a dyke in a wheelchair.” @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Our next @bafflingmag.bsky.social read is “Crowdfund Your New Citizen Body: A Performance” by Bogi Takács! “You can’t go planetside without changing, but you can’t change without dozens of crystals…” @neonhemlock.bsky.social @bogiperson.bsky.social

Our next @bafflingmag.bsky.social read is “Crowdfund Your New Citizen Body: A Performance” by Bogi Takács! “You can’t go planetside without changing, but you can’t change without dozens of crystals…” @neonhemlock.bsky.social @bogiperson.bsky.social

"She combs through his belongings, finally finding a pearl key in the pocket of his oldest pants, the ones he wore at Angel Island. She opens the box to find a heart, a womb, and a pair of feet." 💔 @clairejiawen.bsky.social @bafflingmag.bsky.social

Our first @bafflingmag.bsky.social story this week is “Assimilation, Through the Ocean Taking Bites from the Moon” by Claire Jia-Wen! “When Chin leaves for America, he takes an assortment of my body with him.” @neonhemlock.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social

This week we’re looking at Neon Hemlock and Baffling! Eager to meeting publisher/editor Dave Ring! @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Congratulations and welcome to the Clarion West Six-Week Workshop Class of 2026! On behalf of the staff, board, and alumni we look forward to celebrating the wild and amazing worlds you create this summer.

Where will you be in the future? "In the future, I'll be naked..." my new short, short story (only about 250 words!!) in the very cool literary journal lespritliteraryreview.org/2026/04/22/r... #writingcommunity #authors&writing #bksyliterary @electricsheepsf.bsky.social

Really enjoyed today's discussion with Isabel Kim about this story, her other stories AND her debut novel, Sublimation, soon to be released! #BookSky #writing #amwriting #scifi #sffh

Isabel J. Kim’s novel SUBLIMATION will be released in June! @isabel.kim

Isabel J. Kim’s novel SUBLIMATION will be released in June! @isabel.kim

"She dreams of cities where it is not always night. Not that it’s always night here. But it is. In the heart, it is." It's true! This is my favorite Isabel story! @isabel.kim @clarkesworldmagazine.com

This is Myna's favorite Isabel J. Kim story: “Termination Stories for the Cyberpunk Dystopia Protagonist” Check it out! @isabel.kim @clarkesworldmagazine.com

Huge congrats to all the finalists. We're extra excited to see so many Sheep friends on the list!

Next in our week of Isabel J. Kim stories is “Freediver” in Reactor! @isabel.kim @reactorsff.bsky.social

:3 looking forward to chatting with you guys !!

This week we’re reading Isabel J. Kim! It’s been 4 years since the first time Isabel joined us & since then she’s won all the awards! First up is "Wire Mother" in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. Read along with us! @isabel.kim

Completely agree - Maria & Samantha are both superstars and their books should be on all the shelves!! @mariahaskins.com @samtasticbooks.com

We’re reading “Star’s End Gloaming” from Jendia’s BSFA longlisted collection, TO WONDER AND STARSHINE! @jendiagammon.bsky.social

We’re reading “One Evening in Fogvale,” from Jendia’s collection, THE SHADOW GALAXY! “..writing as J. Dianne Dotson, The Shadow Galaxy features short stories and poetry spanning magical realism, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and Appalachian tales.” @jendiagammon.bsky.social

“In the late 80s, a toxic spill rendered your local mall too hazardous to occupy—or at least, that’s what your parents told you.” How can you not keep reading?? Check out DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL by @jendiagammon.bsky.social!

Looking forward to this chat bright and early Saturday morning before I head off to the LA Times Festival of Books!

Our guest this week is Jendia Gammon! We’re reading a few of her short stories, and taking a peek at her epic fantasy novel, THE VALE OF SEVEN DRAGONS! @jendiagammon.bsky.social

Only halfway? Holy moly, how can that be? Let's give @locusmag.bsky.social some money!

#FundraiserPerk ATTN Lady Astronaut fans! Read a story featuring Myrtle & Eugene. The story has been abandoned & is unlikely to be finished but it is part of the Lady Astronaut canon + the Locus April e-issue and digital cover art. Donate @ https://twp.ai/9OVEwV#FundraiserPerkor via our bio

Meet with Hugo and Nebula nominated author and Locus book-reviewer Wole Talabi. You can ask about process, worldbuilding, Wole's world travels and more. Donate at https://twp.ai/9Pc8Pi or through our bio!

New interview with Charlie Weisman, director of the NYC Midnight competitions. I've been writing in these contests for 10 years (yikes) and it's still one of my favorite things. If you're a contest participant, or if you're contest curious, check it out! @nycmidnight.bsky.social

I see THE VALE OF SEVEN DRAGONS! Thank you!

(whistles) if you need a reason to procrastinate for the next couple of hours or so, NASA is now live-streaming the Artemis splashdown! (whistles) if you don't need a reason to procrastinate for the next couple of hours or so, NASA is now live-streaming the Artemis splashdown!

It's Friday evening, going to leave you with this repost - a sensible one for once.

#FundraiserPerk We love books! Receive a signed and personalized copy of Wole Talabi's CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS, + the April Locus E-Issue and digital art by designer Francesca Myman. Donate at https://twp.ai/9PcAyU#FundraiserPerk or through our bio!

#FundraiserPerk ATTN Lady Astronaut fans! Read a story featuring Myrtle & Eugene. The story has been abandoned & is unlikely to be finished but it is part of the Lady Astronaut canon + the Locus April e-issue and digital cover art. Donate @ https://twp.ai/9PcAeY#FundraiserPerkor via our bio