this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

hi my book comes out tomorrow 😭

Join us this Friday during the first hour of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social for a panel about Multilingual Life for Creatives! Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social. Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥

My friend @mcflycahill90.bsky.social wrote a book and I got to hear him and @csecooney.bsky.social talk about it on Tuesday and it was a delight! If you need a little bit of light in these troubling times, consider grabbing a copy, for 🦊’s sake.

It’s dark out there: The largest media operations in the world are ready to silence independent speech to appease those in power. But a better world is possible! Worker-owned, independent media can’t be bought, sold or neutered. Subscribe to keep us cooking! hellgatenyc.com/membership/

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

Issue 5.3 is out now! ❤️‍🔥 A special themed issue on Symbiosis—close relationships between species. The stories creatively explore their own take on this theme. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡

👀 are you thinking what I’m thinking, pinky? 👀

Another "4,500 unread emails cleared from my personal inbox" celebration post. I look forward to losing control of it again in a week. 🙃 i'm so tired.

SUBS are OPEN for the @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social special *reprints only* issue, SINNERS, SAINTS, & HAINTS! Shakeema Smalls and me, eds. If your spec fic prose/poetry features the Black American South, send it to us! Closes August 30. Details here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/Writers #Blackbooksky

This still feels absolutely surreal, but the announcement is out so I can officially yell about it! My debut novel Cavern F(r)iend will be published by @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social in Winter 2027! Thanks to my agent @ericshowers.bsky.social and my editor Hannah Pierdolla!💜

Here's the epic cover for The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon! The otherworldly conflict of Dune, the cosmic strangeness of Gideon the Ninth, and the action of Red Rising converge in this epic science fantasy debut 💥💥 Available July 28, 2026 Artist: Kieran Yanner Cover Director: Adam Auerbach

Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.

It’s been a really tough year+ for me, but one thing I’m consistently proud of: when I succeed at something, I don’t rest on my laurels and do victory laps around whatever that thing was. I always push myself to move onto the next challenge. Life’s just more interesting that way, eh?

ok. they're not in love, and they're not lovely. but..ladies?

Virgil any time my husband or I leave the AirBnB for a run 🥲

I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years. So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.

Virgil any time my husband or I leave the AirBnB for a run 🥲

Got a YouTube ad that „a vote for zohran mamdani is a vote to defund the police” and uhhh I don’t think yall intended to make me even more pumped up to vote for him but ok ✌️

I keep promising myself that the next job I get is gonna be chill Anyway started working at 9am today and it’s now 1am the next day

GenAI is a fascist infoweapon, and techbros are a supervillain class.

the number one challenge for left media in the US isn’t “how do you get americans to listen to left ideas” but “how do you get americans to understand & accept that they’re part of society and responsible for how they treat other human beings” and I have absolutely no idea how to address that

It is Pride and it is ALSO Caribbean Heritage Month! Guess whose books are in the middle of that Venn diagram? You can celebrate both Caribbean folklore and history AND Lesbians at the same time! This is like some BOGO or something! ecwpress.com/products/cou... www.neonhemlock.com/books/skin-t...

Had my US Citizenship interview last Thursday; was immediately sent to the swearing-in ceremony. Applied for my passport today and, most importantly: registered to vote. I've lived in this country for almost half of my life, and basically my entire adult life - I'm so excited to finally have a say.

Columbia said, “we want to make sure people understand that they should not attend our school, we don’t need more students. We want to be as awful as we can be so kids won’t apply to go here and our reputation can get thrown in the trash. It’s a win win probably somehow”

Happy ANHPI Heritage Month! I’m so excited to share DEMON SONG, my novella abt a girl on the run w/ her mom who seeks refuge in a Beijing opera house, gets tangled in a mystery involving ancient myths, & must uncover her new home’s horrifying secrets b4 it casts its hungry gaze on her 👀☠️🎭🕯️🎶 🖤 Kels

This piece is so beautiful and left me sobbing in the best way possible. Give it a read. I can’t believe it’s only 13 sentences; it holds an entire world.

Hey so pro tip if you message someone on linkedin and they block you, don't go finding their email to ask why they blocked you and how you would've responded bc you're so empathetic if you're that empathetic, leave people you made uncomfortable tf alone

This was such a delightful panel! Horrifying, but delightful. 👻

Cannot recommend taking a @weratedogs.com „tell your dog I said hi” tote bag to a convention highly enough. I got stopped to see so many people’s dog photos at @jordanconinc.bsky.social 🥰

Cannot recommend taking a @weratedogs.com „tell your dog I said hi” tote bag to a convention highly enough. I got stopped to see so many people’s dog photos at @jordanconinc.bsky.social 🥰

Thank you for allowing me to share my passion for turnips with you, audience! 🥰😂

Got the absolute coolest bracelet from someone after a #JordanCon panel tonight! I wish I’d caught your name — i adore it 🤩 🕷️ #softlysoftly #WoTSkies #WheelOfTime

Let’s… unpack the ending of a show that VERY CLEARLY explained the ending in the final scenes?

We're so thrilled that @khoreo.bsky.social has been nominated for Best Semiprozine! Thank you so much for nominating us, it is an incredibly huge honor! 🧡🧡🧡

Hey so Maria's writing changed my life and if you haven't read anything of hers yet I highly recommend trying out this brand-new book!!!

So I just had someone try to open two credit cards in my name (got email alerts last week; letters today confirmed it was definitely attempted fraud). This is your reminder to FREEZE YOUR CREDIT if you live in the US - super easy to do, even easier to temporarily undo. It saved my butt just now.

‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

Nowruz mobarak!!! 🥰

✨✨ HIRING!! Please share 🙏 I’m looking for a part-time, contract Publisher’s Assistant for April-June. Deets: 💸 $21 CAD/hour ⏳ 10-12 hours/month 🍁 Remote in Canada You’ll support me on balancing Augur Society & writing priorities! Details & app found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The exclusive cover reveal, excerpt, & interview are live on BookishBrews 😭 I’m so excited to share the absolutely STUNNING cover of Twin Tides with you all. Credit: Reiko Murakami - art & Trisha Previte - design bookishbrews.com/twin-tides-h...

The NYT, WaPo, LAT, CNN, etc etc have shifted to the right. Fox & the Post et al have always been hard right. Twitter & Meta are controlled by right wingers. On a daily basis, millions of Americans - probably the majority - see nothing but sanitized, accomodationist, right wing coverage of Trump.

My ridiculous #wheeloftime show 'theory' is that Thom is a secret Foresaken b/c one of the figurines had a guitar and so does Thom. Putting it here for posterity in case I'm somehow right. 😂

Does anyone have recs for books where we realize the POV character is the bad guy or is otherwise not self-aware about their negative qualities until later in the book?

I'm going to say something that a sector of this app is going to really be ruffled by. I'm noticing a weird trend on here that has ramped up since the inauguration. Where ✋🏻 folks who call themselves liberal jump crazy in the replies of Black folks' skeets randomly with unprovoked negativity.

Every day, Virgil tries to convince me* to go to Starbucks to get a puppaccino. Some days, he gets his way. *he will literally try to get me to take any path that will take us to the Starbucks. 😂

Ok, inspired by this, let me clarify. On Fat Thursday in Poland, imagination revolves around a singular circular object: pączek. Basically a donut: sweet, deep-fried, comes with a filling. The object of the day is to eat as much of them as possible, brag about the number and survive unscathed.

I cannot WAIT for this book aaaahhhhhhh!!!!