If you're not subscribed to the fun @adventitiouswords.bsky.social mail list, you might not know my story, "Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom" is forthcoming in Issue 3, debuting June 1st! I mean, you know now, but I have 10 other TOC mates the newsletter could be hyping you up for!

Thanks to you, this community is growing, which means getting more fantastic stories to more fantastic people. As you continue to devour Issues One and Two, here's the full TOC for Issue Three. WHAT COULD THEIR CRYPTIC TITLES MEAN. By the Wings of an Albatross by @abigailkemske.bsky.social 🧵

CoMiNg SoOn!!! Check out this rad list of titles for the next issue of Adventitious.

Beyond thrilled that my latest short story, "The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom" will be featured in Issue Three of the terrific new magazine, @adventitiouswords.bsky.social along with stories from other writers whose work I really admire! Can't wait for the world to see our tales!

In honour of Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Week, here's my short story, "A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief" that appeared two years ago in @strangehorizons.bsky.social. It's about love, loss, family and food and inspired by my work in palliative care. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

"The Impossibility of Fall Prevention" is a poignant and moving short story that'll resonate for anyone who has felt the love, anxiety, fear, and frustration of trying to care for an aging loved one who prioritizes their independence over their safety. A moving and powerful read!

Just backed Year's Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four. Excited to have it join the library with its older sibs. Looks like it's already fully funded. Excited to see how many stretch goals it will hit!

From the first time I read this story, I've been in love with everything in it. Moving, soft, heart-warming. Give it a try ❤️

Talk about beautiful stories that make you cry! Just read The Soundtrack of My Afterlife by @cornellwriter.bsky.social at @adventitiouswords.bsky.social This was such a lovely and loving story that built to a truly gorgeous ending. www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...

Just read the excellent new @thomasha.bsky.social novella, Scion, at @clarkesworldmagazine.com. Truly exceptional worldbuilding, character work, and rich and thematically resonant themes driven by a propulsive plot. A really engrossing read. Highly recommended! clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_03_26/

This one got me right in the feels. How could you do this to me Chris? (But also, thanks for writing this). Grab a box of tissues and read it, folks.

What a great Friday! Another of my short stories, "In Brightness and in Darkness, We Sit" is now available at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social This is a story about love, loss, and the power of our care for one another, even in the darkest moments. www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-b...

Cats! Romantic Poet Ghosts! The haunting beauty of Rome's Protestant Cemetery! Find all this, plus sundry reflections on the Meaning of Life and the creation of Art in my new short story, "This Poor Posthumous Existence" at The Orange & Bee. theorangebee.substack.com/p/this-poor-...

So thrilled that this story resonated with you! Thank you so much for sharing it. It completely makes my day when my stories find their readers!

Thank you so much for the kind words and shout out @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social ! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

This is such a beautiful story. I'm so thrilled our stories got to share a ToC!

Last year, @calendaroffools.bsky.social published my story, "Life After Life After Life" in their terrific anthology, "Intergalactic Rejects." They're now running a Kickstarter for their new anthology, "Missed Fits" for shorter short stories. I'd love to read it one day.

I love this review blog Emmie’s started. Check it out, as well as these first 14 reviews on work by @rkduncan.bsky.social.

I read an early version of Hotcakes two years ago and I've been dreaming of the day a lucky publisher would give it a home ever since. This story is a reminder of the good we all can do, even (especially) in dark times. It's about hotcakes, yes, but also the human spirit, and it's transcendent.

Just one more week to read my story of action, love, sacrifice, and matriarchal geriatric space whales for free online @calendaroffools.bsky.social ! Check it out below:

Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.

Matriarchal Geriatric Space Whales! Action! Heroism! Sacrifice! My short story featuring all these, "Life After Life After Life" published in the @calendaroffools.bsky.social anthology, "Intergalactic Rejects" is available online for three weeks only at calendaroffools.com/stories/life... Go read!

The next issue of @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social , Decay, will be launching tomorrow! Meantime, if you're looking for some soilpunk, my story, "In Every Seed, A Hope" is online here. It's about being a parent in a time of climate crisis and the necessity of hope. www.tractorbeam.earth/story/in-eve...

The September edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/09/10/s...

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.

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

This is a really special story and I'm glad that many more people will have a chance to read it!

It’s fascinating when two great writers use a similar concept to create very different stories. Like @slashnburnett.bsky.social sky.social and @chrisblake.bsky.social’s recent takes on humans-turning-into-plants-to-repair-the-Earth. 🌱🍄🌹🌲🌎 1/4

Yet another reason not to give up on the stories you believe in. My story, "Life After Life After Life" recently appeared in Intergalactic Rejects, from @calendaroffools.bsky.social , an anthology of oft rejected SF stories. This week, it received a review: www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/05/aa-r...

I love kind, hopeful, SF. @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social helped bring my kind, hopeful dragon-veterinarian story, "Living Fossils" to readers, but now DreamForge needs its readers to help bring more positive stories to the world. Check out their kickstarter at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sco...

I loved this story. Give it a read if you haven’t yet. Nice work Chris!

Thanks so much to @tractorbeam.earth for featuring my latest story and thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read it! I’m so thrilled to hear people’s really kind words about it.

Thank you so much, @swpisciotta.bsky.social !

Just made it to the end of a long day and finally had the chance to actually read my latest story in @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social !

It's Day 4 of 12 days of #ClimateFiction with Tractor Beam! "In Every Seed, A Hope" written by @chrisblake.bsky.social and illustrated by Yue Li explores legacy, parental sacrifice, and futuristic flower regeneration in a future ravaged by climate collapse. 🌸 #soilpunk #scifi #flowers #solarpunk

You can check it out now on Tractor Beam! 💫 www.tractorbeam.earth/story/in-eve... And subscribe to our free newsletter to get all the stories from our second issue, THE GARDEN, as they drop! 🌿 tractorbeamearth.substack.com #12daysofclimatefiction #science #regenerativeagriculture #optimism #hope

And my latest story is now live! Check out “In Every Seed, A Hope” at @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social ! My meditation on gardening, parenting, and hope in trying times. #tractorbeam #soilpunk #tractorbeamthegarden

Tomorrow, my latest story, “In Every Seed, a Hope” drops at @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social. This one is inspired by my amateur gardening. It’s about nurturing life in uncertain times and the necessity of hope. In honour of the story, here’s me celebrating alongside some inspirational rose bushes!

As a multi-award nominated Editor of Fantasy Magazine aka @fantasymagazine.bsky.social AND as a literary agent, not to mention the other things I do in genre, including working at Locus Magazine... I really want you to know: Rejection DOES NOT MEAN you are a bad writer. Keep Going! You got this!

I've faced my fair share of writerly rejection and so am truly honoured to be a part of the Intergalactic Rejects anthology from @calendaroffools.bsky.social now available at calendaroffools.com/intergalacti... and anywhere books are sold!

I loved Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy And Science Fiction volumes 1 and 2 and I’m delighted to support more groundbreaking Canadian SFF by backing volume three. www.kickstarter.com/projects/kot... Thank you @ourmankoto.bsky.social for showcasing Canadian creativity at its finest!

Just finished reading "A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief" by @chrisblake.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social. Wow! A poignant story about saying goodbye. I also recommend the podcast, beautifully read by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/fiction/a-re...

Just watched this and as soon as I'm done typing I'm going to rewatch it. The animation is stunning, with fluidity like a more organic Inception meets Dr. Strange, but with an art style all its own. The story is propulsive and mindbending with a stunning character driven emotional core. Go watch!

So thrilled to be part of the incredible ToC for the Intergalactic Rejects anthology from @calendaroffools.bsky.social! Persisting despite rejection is one of the hardest skills I've learned as a writer. How moving to be part of an anthology encouraging others to overcome rejection too!

I’ve already enjoyed the ebooks but am now even more excited to get my grubby winter mitts on these two great tomes of Canadian SFF. What an impressive table of contents! It warms the maple syrup flowing through my heart to see. Thanks @ourmankoto.bsky.social for showing off Canadian creativity!

As we barrel toward year's end, I'm celebrating my 2024 publications. First, "A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief" published in text and audio by Strange Horizons. It's a story of love, food, grief, and a magic cookbook that might have the cure for everything. strangehorizons.com/podcasts/pod...

The @strangehorizons.bsky.social Fiction Podcast has returned with @chrisblake.bsky.social Story "A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief" read by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social and produced by myself. Go have a listen!

Thank you so much to @emmiechristie33.bsky.social and @mickallister.bsky.social for narrating and producing an absolutely stunning podcast of my story, "A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief." Hearing this story in the Strange Horizons podcast is a dream come true strangehorizons.com/podcasts/pod...

I had such a wonderful time narrating this. What a gorgeous story @chrisblake.bsky.social and thank you @mickallister.bsky.social for working with me!! #narration #strangehorizons

My short (very short!) story is out in Short Édition today, clocking in at a brisk 4 minute read. Whining and Dining: Wonder? Full! is the story of a jaded food critic who visits a very unusual restaurant, told through a New Yorker-style restaurant review. Enjoy! short-edition.com/en/story/sho...