That so?? Well, what if I tell you about my witch MC, hm? And the other MC, her dead witch wife? What then?? shirakipress.com/products/lig...

My toddler flooded the bathroom tonight so badly that it leaked through the floor into the basement. I got it cleaned up quickly, but it's humid and summer and I'm worried about mold in the space between floors. Any pointers for preventing bigger problems with this? #homeowners

It is absolutely wild to me that we've managed to keep this thing going for this long. 👀 #writing #publishing

what if they fought back against republicans instead

What do you want to ask @teffeau.bsky.social, Emily O'Malley Liu, @millieabecassis.com ??? Today's your chance over on reddit!

I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.

I can’t wait for @jasonschreier.bsky.social to write a book about Bungie in the future.

Bungie will forever be remembered as the perfect example of corporate mismanagement killing a golden goose

the long term loss of institutional knowledge from long standing studios like bioware and bungie r going to be incredibly harmful for the wider games industry

never been and never will be anything quite like Destiny. to see it so callously broken and discarded, even with its wild highs, is so...pointless and brutal? My heart goes out to the devs who deserved and deserve better. The "leadership" who got Bungie to this point should be ashamed!

The UVW-CWA is right... the message that the Bungie announcement sends will have ripple effects throughout the funding community, which in turn will make it harder for games to get funded and made, which means more developers scraping by underemployed.

Bungie has been responsible for some of the absolute shoddiest treatment of video game teams over the last several years even though they also had one of the most uniquely talented teams in the industry and it's just... the rage I feel for the way this studio was managed is bottomless.

We knew they were coming but these bungie layoffs are devastating. It's fucking Bungie dawg! Destiny 2 run its course? Fire up a new game! ITS BUNGIE! None of these people should be scared about their future so Pete can drive a Ferrari for ten minutes once a month

Sony spent too much buying Bungie, who gets thrown under the bus for it. The only winners were the Bungie Shareholders who made out like bandits, effectively taking a loan out against the workers. Its depressing.

there is no studio on this earth more kneecapped by its leadership than bungie, dude. the most talented collection of people, not just now but across its lifetime, repeatedly held back by insurmountable training weights that are its untouchable class of leaders

every bungie and sony exec that let this happen sucks shit. there's one billion amazing people at bungie who absolutely could've kept making killer, profitable shit but noooooooooo the morons who run things had other ideas

After a decade of working at Bungie, today was my last day as I am being laid off. If anyone needs a Producer, let me know.

feels like Bungie is basically saying they don’t want to be a game studio anymore.

hard to think of another big studio whose workers have been as consistently fucked over as bungie. absolutely criminal treatment of some of the most talented developers in the industry.

FOLKS, I GOT TO DO THE THING 📦 @shirakipress.com @alawinans.bsky.social

It's today! Shiraki Press AMA on r/Fantasy! Go ask @teffeau.bsky.social, Emily O'Malley Liu, and @millieabecassis.com ANYTHING you want at www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/ ! Ask about... the stories? being an author? working with a small press? Go forth and be curious!

Today! Ask me all your burning questions about my latest book Accelerated Growth Environment, being the first author to sign with @shirakipress.com, and come check out the amazing work of my colleagues Emily O'Malley Liu and @millieabecassis.com! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...

We put this clause in every book we produce at @shirakipress.com and it's one of the small things I'm most proud of

I added a newsletter sign up form if you want to receive the quarterly lists of new SFFH published by small presses directly in your inbox! 👇 (This will only subscribe you to the new release lists, not to the full #SmallPitch blog!)

You have the rest of Pride Month to grab Accelerated Growth Environment at a discount from @bookshop.org. Lots of other amazing titles celebrating the rainbow are on sale from @shirakipress.com & elsewhere. Plus each purchase supports an indie bookstore in your hometown! bookshop.org/p/books/acce...

Today's writer emotion is ...the *aaaa/eeeeee* of "there's people out there reading my book!?!"

In one week, on June 25th @teffeau.bsky.social, Emily O'Malley Liu, and @millieabecassis.com will be doing a reddit AMA on r/Fantasy (www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/)! Add it to your calendars and think of good questions!

Cheetos are covered in vomit powder and you're not going to convince me otherwise

I have seen @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social's meme game, and trust: y'all are gonna want to follow along with this

Yooohooo ssf pals! ARC copies for my fantasy/eco horror witches tale are OPEN, go grab a slot! (incidentally, preorders are also open, so if you'd rather grab a physical volume, head to shirakipress.com!) Community! Monsters! Mushrooms! Undead MCs! THE CAT SURVIVES!

Participating in the Bookish Bazaar at Old Stove Gardens yesterday was great! I only wish I'd been able to go around to see more of the other vendors. Huge thanks to @losttheplotbooks.bsky.social for the invite! I wrote up another recap if y'all are interested - shirakipress.com/blogs/news/b...

I'm putting together quarterly lists of forthcoming SFFH books published by small presses. I do my best to find the info but I can't possibly know every press or release, so I have a submission form. Please share broadly with small pubs, authors, and everyone & their dog so I don't miss a release 👇

Thanks to @maryrobinettekowal.com for hosting my on My Favorite Bit today in honor of my ecothriller Accelerated Growth Environment out from @shirakipress.com! maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW features a super fun & admirably successful marriage between one witch who is extra grumbly and her sunflower of a witch wife who is ....dead. Preorders open, juuust so you know 😁 👉 shirakipress.com

Light & Earth & Marrow by @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social is available on NetGalley for all you ARC readers looking for a quick cozy horror! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Hey small press author friends, join us! 👇

~ PRIDE MONTH!! 🌈🚀💫 ~ Want to support queer creators (hi!) and small presses at the same time? Want your ecology with teeth & your witches snarky and .. undead?! Preorders for my novella LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW are open at shirakipress.com #sapphic #folklore #magic #booksky #horror #sff

This was such a fun conversation between me, @valerievaldes.bsky.social, & M L Dumars, hosted by @marisawolf.bsky.social & directed by @penelopeflynn.bsky.social! Come for the meaty worldbuilding discussion & stay for the great writing advice. Thanks to @swsworlds.bsky.social for making it happen.

We're excited to be joining @losttheplotbooks.bsky.social for the Bookish Bazaar at Old Stove Gardens on June 14th from 2-7 PM. During the event, Old Stove Brewing will donate $1 from every pilsner sold to support Peer Seattle. Learn more at www.peerseattle.org Come out and support a great cause!

*sidles up and slides LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW (Shiraki Press, September 2026) across the table* *wags eyebrows* Preorders open, darlings! 😁 shirakipress.com

I'm editing this one! When we got it through #SmallPitch I went a bit feral: a beautiful idiot protagonist tries so hard to be Evil™ that he... accidentally builds a cozy, supportive community?! It's queer, leftist, heartwarming, and full of hijinks. @mishamwrites.bsky.social fucking nailed it. ♥️

#astrology folks: "June 19 Venus and Jupiter meet in Cancer, this only happens once every 12 years and it's gonna be 🌟lit🌟" Me: *does the math* So uhhh 2014 was Gamergate and 2002 was war in Iraq and 1990 was also war in Iraq and that's every "Venus+Jupiter in Cancer" in my generation's lifetime 🫠

My darling sapphic witches Tilly & Ralda bring to the page all my hopes for a better way of existing with and within this beautiful superorganism we call Earth. AND they bring that voice that says, If not ...then you've had it coming #horror #sff #fantasy

I think this is a fair point but I'd also say that Gamergate was a major political milestone. Not so much on its own significance as because (through Milo) Bannon was able to channel a great deal of nihilistic internet troll culture into the proto-MAGA political movement he was building

Of course I know the answer is right wing billionaires bought the media but that’s not enough to have this effect. A ton of the screaming came from online & indie media & US. And it worked! The media CAN drum a president out! Why do we just accept the hypocrisy & continue it?

One week after @bremertonbythebook and I decided to write a market day recap as a first time vendor. I cover the cost of equipment, time spent, schedule, cost of merchandise, and how much we actually sold! You can read about it at shirakipress.com/blogs/news/b... Big thanks to @BallastBookCo !

This Saturday, New Mexico! Find me at the very first Books in Santa Fe festival, celebrating authors of all kinds from the Land of Enchantment. I'll have copies of all my books (including Implanted which is finally available in print again), short story collections, and more! Hope to see you there!

Signed copies from all of our authors are in stock right now on our site. @teffeau.bsky.social @millieabecassis.com shirakipress.com

AI never has been about equalizing creative fields, allowing “unskilled” people to rise from obscurity and create great things. No, it’s about convincing people that they’re incapable of learning, growing and creating entirely on their own. It’s selling you the idea you’re too stupid to try