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Thrilled to be a part of the first episode of Gothic Tales podcast, produced at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network studio! I read my story “Nymue Rising” originally published in @crowkeys.bsky.social youtu.be/jq-mnmRvixo?...

I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.

So glad I remembered to donate -- can't miss out on getting my Locus t-shirt! Seriously, I love reading Locus each month and the reviews are the basis for my TBR list.

It’s annoying to see the phrase “overlapping language” used to describe what is actually PLAGIARISM. The NY Times reviewer got AI to do his work for him. AI stole a real writer’s words, which the reviewer claimed as his own. “Overlapping language” is too mild a phrase. It's PLAGIARISM.

"Art didn't used to be political." Meanwhile, Mr. William Shakespeare: www.youtube.com/shorts/uec_u...

THE DEADLINE IS ALMOST HERE! Vote on or by April 1 in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

First Choinky (my name for the groundhog in my backyard) sighting of Spring this weekend made my heart happy. It was going somewhere fast though -- well, fast for a groundhog. I get such a kick out of their waddle-runs.

My big dragon book drops July 14th! For the next two days you can get it for 25% at Barnes & Noble using the code PREORDER25. It's the perfect discount for a four-headed dragon who's now missing one head. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...

Are you a writer looking for an online community that offers co-writing sessions, classes, discussion groups, author talks, motivation sessions, and more? Check out the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. Scholarships available. www.patreon.com/c/catrambo

Folks, we are live! Thank you for your patience this year. The team has been working so hard to get this going despite major roadblocks. To see all of the amazing things our community has produced, visit the link in our bio or go to locusmag.com/igg26 youtu.be/ODl5yiDlA_0

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Ich am not "postinge too much on blue sky," Ich am teachinge an innovatyve open access multi disciplinarye non-linear onlyne course.

"Some days I think this one place isn’t enough. That’s when nothing is enough, when I want to live multiple lives and be allowed to love without limits. Those days, I walk with a purpose but no destinations. Only then do I see, at least momentarily, that everything is here." - Gretel Ehrlich

Heartache is an interesting creature. A gentle kind of feral. Longing and loss that is all teeth, a holy reckless howling.

That moment when the book you’ve been hoping for shows up at your local indie bookshop…and your day is so much better once it’s in your hands! (The book is Peter’s S. Beagle’s The Innkeeper’s Song.)

Today's Classic Cover is The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley! While this gorgeous illustration by Kirk Reinert isn't the first edition, it's the cover you're most likely to see today

I was biking and paused to sit on the bridge overlooking the Gorge. Seeing this deer making its way through the stream brought me so much peace and joy:

It’s no coincidence that this sign is near a Free Little Library.

Mel Brooks gives the Sci Fi Film Club the perfect way to wrap up our month of sci-fi parodies with Spaceballs (1987), featuring Lone Starr, Barf, Dark Helmet, and Pizza the Hutt. May the Schwartz be with you! reactormag.com/spaceballs-i...

This week on Planetside… SPECULATIVE POETICS continues with “Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook” by Wendy Van Camp. Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

I’ve gotten so many of those spam book promotion emails lately, but today’s was the first that actually got my book wrong….no, ma’am, I am not F. Scott Fitzgerald. And why do they all say “Chef’s kiss”?

Took a walk by beautiful Lake Minnewaska today. This was my inspiration for “Nymue Rising” in @crowkeys.bsky.social

Sometimes it’s a sci-fi pulp mood. #amreading

Just a little forest dragon minding their own business.

Strange little guy from the church in Cley, Norfolk

I’ve been blessed with these two beauties in my backyard every evening for the past week. It’s adorable how they run and play with each other. Watching them has been giving me much joy.

I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Pond-to-Pool Marathon Summer 2025: in pictures, a thread. “Mom, we don’t have a pool, we have an ecosystem.” (The cover ripped over the winter…) Yes, those are TADPOLES

things change: authors and wizards are not always to be trusted: nobody can explain a dragon.

The Sunday Morning Transport rushes towards destiny with a story from T.K. Rex (@tkrex.bsky.social) about facing down monsters and other challenges. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole story!

Congratulations @wiswell.bsky.social!!! Loved your novel and loved your acceptance speech!

As I keep saying, LLMs are designed to give you *a* answer, not *the* answer.

Thank you all so much for your support! Because of Indiegogo technical difficulties with our page, they have extended us for a week to see if we can hit our goal :) igg.me/at/locusmag2025

We are officially two weeks away from the launch of my second novel, Wearing The Lion! I've partnered with the indie bookstore Oblong Books to provide signed copies. If you preorder through them, I'll sign your book personally. And they ship everywhere! www.oblongbooks.com/wearing-lion...

Important news for fans of Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social. In short, Apex was screwed by the bankruptcy of the parent of Diamond Book Distributors, who placed their books in retail stores. This hits my fiction hard. Please read and share this thread. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

Here- first teaser. Much more to come…

Yet another fascinating castle, Bodiam, in Sussex. It was built in the fourteenth century when a French invasion was feared, and its superstitious stonemasons carved ritual protection marks into its doorways and windows, hoping to guard it against supernatural forces also.

The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...

Highly recommended: classes by @catrambo.bsky.social I've taken SO MANY over the past five years, including her multi-session workshops, and they were all incredibly valuable to my growth as a writer. Plus Cat is fucking awesome. Check them out. www.catrambo.com/2025/05/27/j...

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Current writing mood: Distracted by bunnies playing outside my window.

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Do you ever look at a sparrow and think, "that bird is really wasting her potential?" No. That thought would clang against the simple dignity we sense in nature, the dignity of a living thing inhabiting a life. You are that sparrow. You are the branch she rests upon. You embody that same dignity.

BCS #430 ebook out early at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of questing through strange alternate realms by @thomasha.bsky.social and Charlie Valenti, cover art by Tyler Edlin: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...