My friend Seth put together the most beautiful, thoughtful, thorough piece of writing about the bookstore TOP SHELF BOOKS, where we used to have so many readings and events. So many authors and community members reached out with their memories to add to it! www.blackgate.com/2026/06/18/d...

🚨📚It's Indie Bookshop Week!📚🚨 AND, we have a Spring Cleaning sale on our website right now where you can snap up signed special editions, hard-to-get hardbacks & more! Ft @derekkunsken.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @mariocoelho.bsky.social & co.! 👉 https://geni.us/Solarissale #booksky

Oh damn. Wow. This is unreal. Very grateful to @undertow.bsky.social and everyone who voted for this story. It was a really meaningful one. Congrats to all the winners and finalists!

I'm a little late on this (as I wasn't told it happened), but @dreamscape-media.bsky.social is putting out the audiobook of my upcoming novel, The Asterist. It's available to pre-order now on Amazon, along with the print and ebook versions. #speclit #booksky www.amazon.com/Asterist-T-S...

The @strangehorizons.bsky.social annual fundraiser is here! Help a fabulous publication continue to be fabulous!

ICYMI, the wonderful @csecooney.bsky.social, myself, and a gaggle of lovely poets did readings for donations to Amnesty International! It was recorded! You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOKh... And, if inclined, you can donate here: www.amnesty.org/en/donate/

Grace, élégance (The basket was full. The cat decided to get a little space by throwing everything out).

Friends who live near Concord, MA--wanna come do a workshop/salon with us? We're hosting an INFERNAL SALON at the Concord Free Public Library in July! concordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/wor...

Friends who live near Concord, MA--wanna come do a workshop/salon with us? We're hosting an INFERNAL SALON at the Concord Free Public Library in July! concordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/wor...

An incredible poem based on Irish lore in the fairy tale magazine The Orange and Bee. theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-daught...

There's a no-entry-fee $5000 contest running partly through MIT for new SF under 6000 words which imagines plausible positive futures. Lots of solarpunk fits under this umbrella. Go enter! protopianprize.com/contest-rules

@strangehorizons.bsky.social is crowdfunding for 2027! All their stretch goals are about... PAYING HIGHER RATES! They're amazing. You can be a "review patron," a "poetry patron," even an all-powerful "patron of the arts." Book bundles galore! Very exciting! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Every book I write has to include at least one pun so bad you'd think somebody dared me, but no, that's just how I am. Khumalo book 3 is no different.

The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more.

HERE IT COMES!

My thanks to folks who’ve grabbed tickets to the RETURN OF THE HOT MIC SESSION or just contributed to support my work! Join me Sunday June 21, at 6:30 PM via Zoom. I’ll be reading from my work and doing a Q&A. You can grab a ticket or perk here: fnd.us/f2jEf4 #SupportBlackArtists #poetry

This looks so excellent!

It’s just been brought to my attention that INCENDIARY has been nominated for the ELGIN AWARD given by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. It still has to be reviewed to make sure it meets the criteria for the award but let me thank the members of the #SFPA. I’m deeply honored.

New poetry up over on my patreon. Want to support art, especially from a black artist? Like insider, exclusive info? You can join for the cost of a cup of coffee. Or you can just get access to this post. Check it out today. #poetry #sciencefiction #fantasy #patreon www.patreon.com/posts/poems-...

Yesterday, my job was beach. Today, my job is poet. Come join us at 4 EST!!!

It's here! We're having a Spring Cleaning sale on our website where you can snap up signed special editions, hard-to-get hardbacks & more! Ft @derekkunsken.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @koldholdt.bsky.social @waynesantos.bsky.social @mariocoelho.bsky.social 👉 https://geni.us/Solarissale

POETS FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL! Today! Virtual live stream! 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN! Live stream: twitch.tv/csecooney Even if you miss it, maybe you have a moment to donate today to protect human rights: www.amnesty.org/en/donate/

COUNTDOWN! 2 days till our POETRY READING in support of AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL! Where? twitch.tv/csecooney What time? Sunday 4 PM Eastern! 90 minutes-ish. Hop in as you can! You don't need a Twitch account! But if you have one, you can JOIN THE CHAT!

COUNTDOWN! 4 days till our POETRY READING in support of AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL! Where? twitch.tv/csecooney What time? Sunday 4 PM Eastern! It'll be about 90 minutes. Hop in as you can! You don't need a Twitch account! But if you have one, you can JOIN THE CHAT!

Back during February Album Writing Month (FAWM), I wrote these lyrics for @casskhaw.bsky.social, who has taken me & Carlos & several friends a few times to Speakeasy Magick. Then @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social set my lyrics to music. And here it is! www.patreon.com/posts/speak-...

Count down: five days. FIVE DAYS TILL POETRY! FIVE DAYS till we fill the cloud with words. FIVE DAYS, and Amnesty International will experience a brief rainfall of support and attention from all our little corners of the world.

Darlings! I'm very excited to be part of this fantastic group of poets. Please put this on your calendar, so we can raise money for a good cause!!!

Very sad for us. I hope all the best things happen to the Subterranean team in the years to come.

I just love this: that's all. www.theguardian.com/books/booksb...

I love this. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-golden-a...

Today’s vibes. #BorderlandsBooks @blacktopkid.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @caitlinstarling.com @stephengrahamjones.com @annaleen.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social #KemNunn #SilviaMorenoGarcia

Last year, a group of poets did a reading to support World Central Kitchen. This year, we're doing another reading, this time to encourage people to donate to Amnesty International. Read more about it on my blog: csecooney.com/2026/06/07/p... Or my newsletter: csecooney.substack.com/p/poets-for-...

Last year, a group of poets did a reading to support World Central Kitchen. This year, we're doing another reading, this time to encourage people to donate to Amnesty International. Read more about it on my blog: csecooney.com/2026/06/07/p... Or my newsletter: csecooney.substack.com/p/poets-for-...

Hey friends! Are any of you in or near CONCORD, MA? Because Carlos Hernandez & I will be at your CONCORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY on Wednesday July 15th to run an AMAZING INFERNAL SALON for you!!! concordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/wor... Let us know if you can come! We’d love to see you!

Hey friends! Are any of you in or near CONCORD, MA? Because Carlos Hernandez & I will be at your CONCORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY on Wednesday July 15th to run an AMAZING INFERNAL SALON for you!!! concordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/wor... Let us know if you can come! We’d love to see you!

It's here! We're having a Spring Cleaning sale on our website where you can snap up signed special editions, hard-to-get hardbacks & more! Ft @derekkunsken.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @koldholdt.bsky.social @waynesantos.bsky.social @mariocoelho.bsky.social 👉 https://geni.us/Solarissale

I've never seen @isabellewrites.bsky.social NOT knock it out of the park, and I've been following her work for years. open.substack.com/pub/isabelle...

since Facebook is actively suppressing posts asking for #mutualaid, I have to try here a little harder. I have not booked a gig in weeks and I seriously need help. I have just enough for my meds but not for rent or groceries. rent is $854 (inc electric). anything else helps. PayPal.me/TeriClarke

$769/$854 please help.

Reminder: there are some damn fine story collections out there. This one comes with a legend to help you navigate your way to it.

WOULDN'T I LOVE TO BE A FLY ON THIS WALL???

It's here! We're having a Spring Cleaning sale on our website where you can snap up signed special editions, hard-to-get hardbacks & more! Ft @derekkunsken.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @koldholdt.bsky.social @waynesantos.bsky.social @mariocoelho.bsky.social 👉 https://geni.us/Solarissale

Amazing price for hardcovers!

Those prices! For HARDBACKS! I mean, I bought some!

“Draped in green fringe, rough with barnacles, they trail the scent of salt water behind them. They move like the tide moves: slightly forward, then slightly back, making incremental progress across the rocks.” By @jenniferhudak.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com

COVER REVEAL!!! Excited to share the cover of my MG book, THE IMAGITORIUM, about a girl and her imaginary friend who must save a magical factory full of fantastic creatures! Huge thanks to the artist, Alessia Trunfio! Out 3/2/27 and available for preorder now! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

authors getting paid a living wage

Step aside for the Devils' Carnival !

Tomorrow I'll be reading from my selection in this ode to Black joy. If you're in Detroit, register and come through, free! Come to the park!

Y'all need to hear this twice.