One of my own seedlings. Hybridizing daylilies is how I #relax #BlueSkyArtShow #bloomscrolling #photography

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

A parting glass for Jane Goodall (why yes, she did farewell us with a toast when we saw her speak earlier this year)

Thrilled for @miguelmitchell.bsky.social! I loved reading Surrealia!

Sleepy pollinator #photography

I do love me a good sestina. Also, kudos Anne! Nicely done. (See you again maybe on a BSFS poetry gathering, that would be nice!)

This week on Planetside… The Hugos presented their first award for poetry at Worldcon in 2025. Learn what that means for the genre in “The First Hugo for Poetry: An Interview with Marie Brennan” by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social & @swantower.bsky.social: www.sfwa.org/2025/09/30/t...

Congratulations to the Dwarf Stars winners, and a shout out to @miguelmitchell.bsky.social for a stellar job as Editor! sfpoetry.org/wp/dwarf-sta...

Love this poem...and the whole issue!

I'm thrilled to have a short fiction piece in the next issue of Roses and Wildflowers! (Shh...don't tell my other stories...this one is a favorite.)

Signal boost - RW is open for submissions!

How do poets craft our work? On my blog, I wrote about what inspired me to shape "Pterosaur," my poem available this week on Strange Horizons: wp.me/pggMtc-rq

Happy #Caturday — just hanging out

#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #photography

Beautiful and heart-wrenching poem by @eleanorball.bsky.social

Please enjoy my stunning fossil

If you are able, now is the time to support the creatives — the artists and writers who help to stand up solace or dissent, sobering truth or spectacles that transport you elsewhere for a time. Here's my pick for the month. givebutter.com/6vfqa6 (Why yes, I do have a piece coming out soon in R&W)

In need of some #bloomscrolling #photography

#bloomscrolling #photography

Excited for my poem Pterosaur available later this week @strangehorizons.bsky.social! In the meantime, enjoy some of the great poetry already published this month. I particularly liked both poems published last week. strangehorizons.com

Thian Hock Keng in Singapore #BlueSkyArtShow #angles

Nothing beats the feel of a well-produced print copy — so excited to get my contributor copy for The Nature of Our Times! Brilliant project, learn more 👉 natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org #PoetsforScience #natureofourtimes

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!

#WritingPrompt - fight scene from WIP. This is from Sorrow, a novel of the Sundered Houses. {alt text} {copyright M. Frost} Read related stories and poetry at mfrostwords.com

Translunar Travelers Lounge opens for submissions tomorrow, 15 September for writers of color and on 22 September for general submissions. We close on 15 October so you still have time to polish your story.

Loot from the Baltimore Book Festival

“There’s nothing more like the future than the past” - delighted to attend the @sfwa.bsky.social “Twisting History” panel at the Baltimore Book Festival

#photograpy #bloomscrolling

#photography #bloomscrolling

The Black Death  by Andrew Kozma @andrewkozma.net "I’m talking about vaccines. We can kill the killer." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry #sff #sciencefiction #scifi

"with your medicine we can talk with plants in their own language gleaming green resounding in eardrums, throat, and heart we sing to roots and chlorophyll" —Cherolyn Kay Fischer alocasia.org/2025/08/15/c...

#BlueSkyArtShow #Summer #Dahlia

Delighted to contribute to Issue 2 -- kudos to Miguel and Michael for curating such strong collections and providing such a variety of formats for presentation!

@augursociety.bsky.social #AugurMicros2025 The Xenoveterinarian's Last Stand (who would you rather save the world?) #AllCreaturesInterstellar {image with alt text} {copyright M. Frost}

Happy Caturday from the birthday cat

If you feed your pet raw meat, please take immediate note: recall of raw pet food for bird flu www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

#BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny

#BluSkyArtShow #Jagged

📣 Calling all SFF writers... We're now OPEN for submissions of 🌟 Short fiction 🌟 Flash fiction 🌟 Poetry for Augur Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3, AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5! Got a sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, slipstream, or a slice of life story that feels like a warm hug? We want it! 🐉🧚

Tooth - it spirals to the left mfrostwords.com/2025/08/01/t...

Please enjoy If Trees Could Dream, short fiction that walks next to science out now from The Ecological Citizen: mfrostwords.com/2025/07/30/i...

There’s something extra fun about seeing your work in a book you can touch. Thanks to Paige Daniels, Mary Fan, and all the authors and artists who made this out of this world!

Signal boost

I'm proud that my scifi novel-in-verse, Surrealia, was nominated for the 2025 Elgin Award! #elgin #SFPA Voting ends on 9/15/2025. Wish me luck! www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html

Girls Who Invent and Imagine mfrostwords.com/2025/07/10/g...

Free for Freedom: I made a page on my website that has all the poetry and short stories of mine that are available in free-to-read venues. Enjoy! mfrostwords.com/read/

Most interesting seedling in the daylily nursery today (polymerous bloom)

This week on Planetside (formerly The SFWA Blog)… Our new series, SPECULATIVE POETICS, kicks off with Brian U. Garrison on celebration, visibility, and speculative poetry awards. Read “Awards in Speculative Poetry” at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/01/a... @bugthewriter.bsky.social

Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day with cover art from my upcoming story in the Brave New Girls anthology

We're (just over) halfway there! The Strange Horizons Kickstarter is 65% funded! Help support the same quality SFF content that we are committed to publishing every week! We even won a Hugo last year for our efforts! And we couldn't do any of it without your generosity. Help us get to 100%!