You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

Newsletter going out tomorrow! You can sign up on Buttondown if you like getting newsletters roughly every two years (I have GOT to do better than this) buttondown.com/aimeeogden

*surfacing from my novel about a prophecy-defying mom to repost MOM STORIES* Looking forward to checking out Kate's story this weekend!

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Our story submission portal for writers of color is open. Please read the guidelines, as that makes things easier for everyone! Looking forward to seeing your stories. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

I just think if your definition of civility is about the volume and tone of speech and ignores the content of the speech you probably need to start over

We've made it to another Friday, and here is a new set of books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound. What here is piquing your interest?

Well.

A headline that put a smile on my face so wide that my spouse said, “oh god, what are you about to read to me?”

oh my god someone slashed our tire

Neat indie roundup. Includes UNCERTAIN SONS alongside upcoming Premee Mohamed and Nadia Bulkin books that look awesome. And a newly released novella by Hazel Zorn I got to read early and can confirm is awesome. Plus a lot more. Many thanks to Tobias Carroll for the shoutout.

No fan of Felker-Martin and thought this book was going to be awful but cowardly and shameful decision to cancel it over a fairly innocuous social media post when they harbored Scott Lobdell, Eddie Berganza and Ethan Van Sciver for years and years.

have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left

breaking news: local dog demands attention, snacks

Those reading this as approval of Kirk’s killing are reading words that aren’t there. I don’t want to live in a world of normalized violence. Charlie Kirk spent his life ensuring we all have to live in such a world. We do everything a disservice to elide the reality of that.

i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is

Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.

"ew, spam vibes"

Honored to be a speaker at the Wholehearted Writer's Week and hopefully share some advice about navigating a new community and finding your people 🙏

We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.

I already got to read "In the Sea of Binary Stars" which is as thoughtful and elegant as everything Simone writes - you'll want to read it too ASAP!

Cover reveal! 🥳🎉 DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th. Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸 Preorder here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

This might explain the email I got yesterday offering to help me promote my authorship of “Beneath ceaseless skies issue”. You should probably go subscribe to BCS and check these stories out so I don’t have to sell my soul to a promo scammer. 😉

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

an article asking whether it's feminist to use AI? i will get right around to reading that, but first, would you join me in the cellar for a moment? i have a lovely new cask of sherry of dubious origin i'd like your opinion on

Yes, it is I, Aimee Ogden, beloved author of "Beneath ceaseless skies issue". Please tell me more about the wonderful services that you, a definitely real person, can offer me!

ICYMI, I have a new story out in Lightspeed Magazine about lovers aboard a doomed science vessel!! It's short but loaded with joy and grief and lavish descriptions of alien and not-so-alien food. Check it out: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/last...

she’s still not sure how she feels about the sweater. (*I*, however, feel great about it. Look at her. LOOK AT HER.)

TO WHERE?!?!

If there's any book I've read so far this year that I hope I can convince more people to read, it's The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc. 💙📚 🌈📚

spouse: honey, are you listening to your Canadian folk music playlist and crying me: MAYBE spouse: do you have enough tampons in the house me: I HOPE SO

Delighted to get to work with the fine folks at Trollbreath again to share this story set in the Louvre (but written in a laboratory) with you!

I watched this today and it was as delightful as I hoped (COZY BUT WITH BARBS UNDERNEATH is the new elevator pitch). now to figure out where I can get my mitts on some rhubarb for strategic drink-mixing purposes!

If you're a newer writer considering signing a predatory contract because you feel like it will help your career long term to publish in a "prestige" market and "It's only a short story," I beg you to reconsider.

Also the hustle* never stops so: REVOLUTION IN THE HEART, an Ursula K. Le Guin tribute anthology, is coming out, I now notice, September 22, 2026, so preorder it now for a gift to future you! *15 emails a week saying "Can you ensure that you post this to your author social media, thanks"

P.A. Cornell did a service to our whole community in going public with her experience with the MRM contract. I love these magazines & their editorial teams & I hope that the new publishers get their act together before the damage is permanent. Contracts should protect the interests of both parties.

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Our intro thread has been going around again, but we've been busy since March... so, it's time for a new pinned thread! We are OTHERSIDE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! We open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for more! 🪐🗡️🌈 (1/5)

It's book launch week and that means I'm banging on about Angel Maker, my brand new Sapphic steampunk adventure!

I’ve made an update to this situation. open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...

What MRM has put P.A. through is absurd. There are terrific editorial teams working at the three big print SFF mags, but as long as the publisher finds it reasonable to treat authors this way, I won't be submitting to any of the publications they own.

I watched this today and it was as delightful as I hoped (COZY BUT WITH BARBS UNDERNEATH is the new elevator pitch). now to figure out where I can get my mitts on some rhubarb for strategic drink-mixing purposes!

I bet you all didn't know what a good day you were about to have. Free to read! read it for free!!

Our Kickstarter campaign is now coming September 29th! Turns out Halloween is busy (who knew)—and with our co-founders' schedules, it makes more sense to end the campaign on October 29th instead of the 31st! That’s VERY SOON! We are VERY EXCITED! In the meantime: follow our pre-launch campaign? 👀

Have you read STARSTRUCK yet? Would a lovely review from @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social maybe win you over?

OH I’m very excited to watch this tomorrow and figure out how to make this drink probably-not-tomorrow-but-soon 😍

“Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka” made the nomination long list! I’m so pleased for my sapphic eldritch forest ladies. :)

What I'm reading; 42) Starstruck by Aimee Ogden - animals and plants (and a rock?!) with souls, cozy fantasy, lost children

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