Our annual free anthology is now out: “Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII”, with terrific stories by @gregegansf.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @jeffreyford8.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @rachaelkjones.bsky.social, K. J. Parker, @rebelsam94.bsky.social‬, @kenschneyer.bsky.social… (1/2)

Wrote this masterpiece on a writer’s group chat awhile back. Really feeling these vibes today re: @diabolicalplots.com 🤣

More lovely words about SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL this time from my nemesis, @rachaelkjones.bsky.social. Thanks so much Rachael! 🥹

Author Rachael K. Jones is known for writing stories that are so knife-sharp that you cut yourself when you pick them up. Her story "Five Functions of Your Binosaur," from Issue 4, is a gentler story, though still bittersweet.

Awww @rachaelkjones.bsky.social ! Where can I get a bionosaur to bring home?? 🥹💖

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IT'S OUT! IT'S OUT!! Grab your copy while they're hot. Gonna predict this now: this one will be remembered and read as an sff classic decades from now.

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Preach!

Well said. I agree 💯

Looks like another "a genre I don't read sucks lol" discourse is happening, so I'll just say this: Every single genre has its unique enjoyments and wisdom to impart, whether or not it's a genre that you personally enjoy or gravitate toward. Once you realize this, the world becomes a lot more fun!

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25 years of fiction: 3LBE and I came on the scene in the same year. Our community would be lesser without them. so let's get them across this finish line. We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. Contribute $25 or more, share your receipt with me, I'll send you a signed book. 🔥👁️🔥

There is also the radical alternative of listening to your Hugo team when they try to help you avoid making stupid decisions.

Yesssss - I've been hearing about this story for a while, and I am so excited to read it! (@rachaelkjones.bsky.social: But does it beat being on an actual murder train?)

NEW STORY DAY! Check out "Train Hoppers of Paradox," a timey-wimey murder mystery set at a train station where timelines converge.

Hey Bluesky pals, check out this Kickstarter and help us keep short fiction weird! <3

We’ve added more authors to 2026! Pledge to support us so we can all read new fiction by: Clay McLeod Chapman, Kristi DeMeester, AI Jiang, Rachael K. Jones, Gwendolyn Kiste, John Langan, Premee Mohamed, Hailey Piper, Keith Rosson, Nisi Shawl, Molly Tanzer, and Wendy N. Wagner. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

fantastic lede from sam, and the rest of it ain’t too shabby either

This was genuinely bizarre at the ceremony, and really not okay. Read the whole thread--M.L. is exactly right about the fix. Just be consistent in reading off zine mastheads! Either read ALL the names for everyone, or just read the magazine titles

There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.

Excited that my story MEDIAN is included in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, vol. 1 from @undertow.bsky.social, with @domsdickey.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social +++ Order here: undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

Anunciados los relatos incluidos en la nueva entrega de Best New Weird (los mejores relatos weird de 2024) editada por @undertow.bsky.social, con un montón de autores del blog y, en concreto, Rachael K Jones con "Cinco estampas del planeta Tártaro". cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/c...

SCREAM!!! "Five Views of the Planet Tartarus" made the Best New Weird!! And just look at that TOC -- happy to see so many friends including @jasonbaltazar.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social

There's a lot happening in the world and in publishing right now that makes me think about two old sayings. One: What you allow is what will continue. Two: Monkey know which tree to climb. Be careful what you allow. Be careful you're not that tree. That is all.

I regret to inform you that this novelette is great, and you should definitely read it, even though my nemesis wrote it >:O (my nemesis is great too, tbh)

""Remember this," she whispered as she adjusted bolts. "Nothing lasts forever, but everything matters. We are all measured by our effect on others." Great short read by Rachael K. Jones. 👇👇👇

I love @rachaelkjones.bsky.social’s story of MIRP the robot, its roboticist, and a black hole.

Just received my DNA results, and apparently my lineage can be traced back to... no. It can't be. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!

Congrats to @rachaelkjones.bsky.social for her amazing work in Five Views of the Planet Tartarus. It's rare to find something so surprising and flawless crafted with such economy of words.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Si eres mecenas (y, si no, ¿a qué esperas para apuntarte?), ya puedes leer uno de los relatos finalistas: «Cinco perspectivas del planeta Tártaro», de Rachael K. Jones, una historia cortísima que te dejará de piedra: www.patreon.com/posts/cinco-... Good luck, @rachaelkjones.bsky.social! 🚀

Not too long ago, we had @rsagarcia.bsky.social on the show to talk about The Nightward, a super interesting fantasy by a super interesting author. We think you should listen to it cause she's a delight! Podcast: skiffyandfanty.com/p... Video: youtube.com/watch?v=... Also: the cover is perty!

This week's Wednesday snippet is from Moontangled, in which Caroline Fennell is about to see the love of her life for the first time in months...and break their secret engagement. Snap it up in ebook or paperback now: books2read.com/moontangled #romancelandia

please tell me two authors YOU really admire, to share our admiration and love for those who create. @slhuang.com tells incredibly moving stories that hit deep truths about humanity @rachaelkjones.bsky.social somehow puts a giant story with big ideas into a tiny space with incredible efficiency

New story day! "What Not To Do With A Deer In the Woods" is my #horror story about, well, #TheDeerIsMessedUP. ^-^ Includes: - horror 👀 - in the woods 🌲 - there's a deer 🦌 - the deer is fucked up 😱 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

I've taught many people new to gamedev from kids to adult, from a practical educator lens I believe the main difference people credit to kids learning faster or easier than adults is they aren't yet consciously trying to avoid temporarily looking like a beginner at something adding alt text to help

tomate al natural 🥫✂️ #paperengineering #papercraft

contract signed! I have been oddly shy to announce this but I'm very happy to say a flash fiction piece of mine will be published at Lightspeed! this is the second piece they've accepted of mine—the first back in December—and there's a good chance both are published this year?! so surreal 😭💜

Hoy nuestres lectores se han levantado con una grata sorpresa: hemos publicado «Cinco perspectivas del planeta Tártaro», de Rachael K. Jones (@rachaelkjones.bsky.social), un relato nominado a los premios Hugo, Nébula y Locus de este año 🚀 #litesky

THE INCANDESCENT is a book about money and education and status symbols, about loving your career, about demons, about magic, about fantasy school - but most of all about how 'school' is always a kind of fantasy. Available now! US: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... UK: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/unti...

Reading for the awards you say? 👀🫣

After centuries of isolation, a blinded Polyphemus struggles to heal in a world that only remembers him as a monster—until an unexpected friendship teaches him to truly see again. My new story, "The Everlasting Wound of Polyphemus," is #OutNow in @factorfourmagazine.com.

MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is about Alex: she's 13, living with her grandmother, delighted that she & her best friend PJ are now also girlfriends. But changes are coming for Alex & the people & places she loves, including but not limited to her grandmother, her girlfriend, and her library. 1/3

It's alive... ALLLLIIIVE!!!! #TheDeerIsMessedUP #horror #booksky Come check out @probablyharmless.bsky.social and my epic horror anthology—full of messed up deer! 🔥🦌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

Absolutely ADORED this story.

2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists locusmag.com/2025/05/2025... Congrats to the many finalists I know including @premeemohamed.com @aliettedebodard.com @tkingfisher.com @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @sophieburnham.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @rachaelkjones.bsky.social

There was this restaurant in Athens, GA called Aromas. It was a wine bar that served small snacks and fancy cheeses. It also had a cake case with 10 different cakes in it at all times. It used to be our tradition to go there with friends on a Friday and close the place down. I miss it so much!