My Rhysling-eligible poems (all in the short category). I'll link them below.

we've had some exciting stuff out on the blog the past couple of days, so be sure to check it out! might we recommend this interview with Marie Brennan, winner of the Hugo award for poetry ✨ sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/01/0...

All right poetry pals, it's January 1, which means that Rhysling Award Nominations are now open! Check your SFPA Missive for details and nominations links. And in the meantime, get to re-reading your fav 2025 poems 💖

It's been a long time (8 years, I think) since I've chosen a word of the year for myself, but as 2025 turned to 2026, one word felt completely right. Relentless.

Four months and two days ago, a publisher requested my full novella after reading three chapters and a synopsis, and they said they'd get back to me in about four months, so I'm checking my inbox a healthy amount, I promise.

“Satan is in Libraries” Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification

Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)

So, you know when you wear clothes, but they're still re-wearable without being washed? Where do you put those? Putting them back in my dresser feels weird. The hamper is only for clothes needing washed. We might be getting a dog, so I need to store them somewhere a dog can't reach.

Greetings, poets! We are pleased to announce that @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social was voted in as the next SFPA Treasurer. ✨ Congratulations, Jordan, and thank you for your continued service!

New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press. bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...

My new book, Four Women of Saint Paul, is out! It's a chapbook of 4 short stories, all set in Saint Paul, Minnesota, at different times - 1 in the past, 3 in the future. Check it out if you're interested: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/fo...

My new book, Four Women of Saint Paul, is out! It's a chapbook of 4 short stories, all set in Saint Paul, Minnesota, at different times - 1 in the past, 3 in the future. Check it out if you're interested: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/fo...

Share a Film or TV Character Who Deserved More Screentime.

happy NOVELLAVEMBER to those who celebrate! these are my novellas! Run With the Hunted is a series authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h... The Drowned Heir and Between the Blood and the Sun each stand alone books2read.com/DrownedHeir books2read.com/BetweentheBl...

Lt. Commander Data, reporting for Halloween duty.

You all must really check out Jordan's new poem, "Circuitry"! It is so relevant to how we're feeling in the world today! 👇🏿✊🏿

Sent out the 🪴Novella🪴 to 2 more places!

Me, just realizing, It's ONLY Wednesday✨️😖🖖

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Check out the latest Eye to the Telescope edited by @caseyaimer.bsky.social! Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now: eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...

New poem alert! My cyberpunk sonnet is out in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Eye to the Telescope. Check it out! eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...

Fresh soil, a clean subway, and pesto fries.

It’s alive! SFPA’s 2025 Halloween Reading series is looking for poems that go bump in the night. Find submission details here, and submit by Oct. 26! sfpoetry.org/wp/halloween...

WHAT. SHAZAD LATIF IS IN THE NEW WUTHERING HEIGHTS MOVIE.

Fell asleep for a Sunday nap while thinking about writing The Autobiography of Michael Burnham. #StarTrekDiscovery

Nothing in the Basement is now available on Kindle (and Kindle Unlimited)! But somehow it has been misfiled as for ages 12-18. (Working on fixing this.) I don't think it would be traumatizing for someone that age, but I don't think it would make much sense to them. www.amazon.com/Nothing-Base...

Poets! I'm re-running for @sfpoetry.bsky.social Treasurer, and I'd love your vote! Once again, I'm running unopposed (other than the Write-in option... or Wrong-in, amirite??), but I'd love your vote entrusting me with SFPA'S finances. We have exciting things on the horizon!

Poets! I'm re-running for @sfpoetry.bsky.social Treasurer, and I'd love your vote! Once again, I'm running unopposed (other than the Write-in option... or Wrong-in, amirite??), but I'd love your vote entrusting me with SFPA'S finances. We have exciting things on the horizon!

There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.

NEW FICTION: "Earth to Echo" by @kcselbywrites.bsky.social #SFF #flashfiction flashpointsf.com/2025/10/03/e...

It's here! The second annual Celebrate Discovery Fanzine is available for free: ko-fi.com/s/d366512954 It contains 40 pages of fanfic, art, poetry, essays, games, and quotes from our favorite #StarTrek airing sonce 2017. Check it out!

Announcing the 2025 Rhysling Award Winners The Rhysling Award honors the year's best in speculative poetry ✨ Nominees were selected by the membership of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Each member is allowed to nominate one work in each of two categories: Long and Short poem thread/

Star Trek friends! Do you cry when you watch Those Old Scientists? Do Una, Rutherford, La’an, and Uhura reflect something you see within yourself? Then you might enjoy my poems in Celebrate Discovery! This fan zine curated by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social contains fic, poetry, puzzles, & love of Trek.

It's here! The second annual Celebrate Discovery Fanzine is available for free: ko-fi.com/s/d366512954 It contains 40 pages of fanfic, art, poetry, essays, games, and quotes from our favorite #StarTrek airing sonce 2017. Check it out!

Can't sleep - #StarTrek Zine drops tomorrow!

Eight years ago, I had no idea my favorite show was premiering on CBS All-Access. I'd seen news of a new Trek show but was working two jobs and applying to grad schools - plus, I refused to pay to watch it on principle. #StarTrekDiscovery

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

Update: my goal to get the 2nd annual Celebrate Discovery fanzine out on September 24 isn't going to happen (due to me taking on too many things). However, 42 pages of new Trek loving art, essays, fanfic, and more will be out September 30!

I saw Goody Proctor & Gamble with the devil!

Poetry acceptance! My cyberpunk sonnet "Circuitry" will be out October 15 in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Eye to the Telescope.

give me back the mass market paperback you cowards

Story alert!

Sometimes, the bees take you where you need to go. Find the time today for "Bee Kept" by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social:

Contributor copy arrived! "Invasive Species" - my story about grief, police violence, copaganda, and ferns - is within these pages, along with so much other great work! fraidycatpress.com/product/frai...

It's WNBA Playoffs Day! 🎉🎉🎉 Let's go, Lynx 💙💚💙

If you're wondering how working at a University library is going for me after the first 10 months, I currently have 17 books checked out and 3 requested from other libraries 😅😅😅

dr pepper is the scientist actually. you're thinking of dr pepper's monster

Anybody know how old @teresempierre.bsky.social is?

Mine: 🎓Crewneck ☕️Chai latte 🥧Apple pie 🍁Leaf Hike

DWARF STARS voting closes today!! Get those votes in SFPA members 🙌✨💜 And keep on reading -- Rhysling and Elgin Award voting closes Sept. 15.