We had to eat here because my entire family could not stop making jokes about it, to the point that we had to explain the slang to Baby. Her response: "oh, it's like Uranus jokes, got it"

My daughter, is very normal

Submissions for FIYAH #40 are OPEN! Deadline July 31. Get more info about "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars" at the link! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

Auction link for one of the best things I have ever made. You think the pics are beautiful, but in person he is dazzling: www.32auctions.com/organization...

I love my mom but I gotta say she is a little too parasocially attached to some bald eagle babies whose nest is being livestreamed

Closes tomorrow at midnight ET! Don't wait, other time zones...

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

You all lied to me about Sheep Detectives, it's the saddest movie I have ever seen in my life

Quick note that this one is up for preorder so you can get it for 25% off at B&N right now: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witch-is-m...

It's another day of @totallydonna.kitrocha.com being busy finalizing auctions on the site! If you haven't peeked over there in a minute, check out all the new things and start building your watchlist! auction.romancingthevote.com

Closing soon! Get those stories in!

New story! Emily's life gets... interesting... when her self-driving car gets a mind of its own--and that mind is anticapitalist AF. Narrated by the wonderful @omgjulia.bsky.social. I hope you'll give it a read!

READ WHERE PEACE IS LOST I AM IN YOUR WALLS, REACHING MY GHOSTLY HANDS THROUGH THE INSULATION, AND SHAKING YOU TO READ THIS BOOK

The novella edition of BY THIEVES-LIGHT is here! Available on and off Amazon in epub, and for the first time in paperback! I am so excited to finally have this out at last, with another of their stories now out in SHATTER THE SUN as well.

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

I have some openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental edits, and work with novellas and novels in a variety of genres and categories. I don't use AI for any of it. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and always happy to answer questions.

The Serpent Called Mercy has been selected as an Editor’s Pick Best Deal. Don’t miss out on this chance to grab an award-winning fantasy for $2.99 only until June 26! It’s never been cheaper! amzn.to/4uUgJpQ

You love speculative fiction. And so do we. Want to help us do more to support underrepresented voices? It’s easy (and fun) to do—just play Story Oracle! It's our first ever narrative game. As you choose your path, a list of recommended reading is generated! Get started here: bit.ly/4fHqxjh

My mom and I watch the Thursday Murder Club movie. Mom: These people are supposed to be much older, you know. Me: Really? Mom: Yeah they're in an old folks' home, not a retirement community. Me: Okay but. Pierce Brosnan is 73. Mom: Me: Helen Mirren is 80 and Ben Kingsley is 82. Mom: Mom: 😒

Hey it's ME! 🎉 If you like your epic fantasies filled with "H's"—lots of humor, heart(break), heat, healing, and horny—then you've found the right author! 🥰

Did you miss this meticulously crafted thread of my books with convenient links in case you have money and want me to take some of it? You are in LUCK my friend!

"Are you busy?" Yes, I am BUSY: Bunny Updating Seriously You need to see this omg so cute

good news: the fridge condenser just needed some servicing! meh news: the washing machine does definitely need a new part. thank you all for your help so far! if you wanna help, buying CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? for someone you love or checking out this RPG Trader bundle would also be grand!

Me: Dang I wanted to make egg salad but we're out of mustard. Also me: Can I just... make some? Me: Is that allowed? How does that even...? Also me: We have ground mustard in the cabinet. And like four kinds of vinegar. Me: shocked Pikachu face

I will now diminish and return to my writing cave, after I ice my hand for a little while. And maybe have a snack and more caffeine. Hashtag writer life.

Quick note that this one is up for preorder so you can get it for 25% off at B&N right now: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witch-is-m...

Since various book sales seem to be happening, I am gonna be BRAVE and FEARLESS and ANNOYING and suggest you read my books! Let's talk about them a little, shall we? candleinsunshine.com/books/

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

so I am Tomik and my husband is Ral, is what you're saying ...I GUESS

khōréō is great! Their vision of publishing speculative fiction from the viewpoint of diaspora is a welcome addition to genre spaces, so please please please consider supporting them

I'm going to be discussing Forged in the Dark related things on Saturday!! super honored to be at this table to talk about my Girl by Moonlight experiences as a newbie to that system specifically as well as other narrative thoughts. because you know I always have those ✨

EVERYBODY SUPPORT STRANGE HORIZONS! Get cool swag and rewards, amazing stories, and did I mention I quoted extensively from Gautam's essay from the special fungus issue (!) for my two recent conference presentations about myco-narratives 🍄 How do you get that without SUPPORT

And remember, our "Democratic Futures" special submissions call is open! In short, we're looking for original and reprint science fiction stories relating to the theme of the future of democracy. Submissions run until June 30 - less than two weeks to go!

Trying to come up with a way to more regularly post about my books so that I don't constantly feel like it's the Wrong Time to do so. A schedule would fix me, surely? I can organize my way to victory??

My perennial reminder to only vote once and not once-per-email-address-you-control-and-some-you-just-made-up. I will throw all your ballots out for getting on my nerves.

Alert: the yard bunny is splooting. I repeat, the yard bunny is splooting.

Gonna get "0151" as a knuckle tat and when people ask me what it is, I'll say "proof I don't use AI" but also then whenever I throw a right jab I can yell "em dash!" like an anime character 🤛

We're starting Alan Wake tonight if anyone wants to hang out! twitch.tv/thekidsareas...

Today at 2pm ET! Come hang out! Ask us questions! Maybe win a book! Join on Instagram (mine www.instagram.com/jomileswrites/ or Kevin's) or on Twitch (twitch.tv/kevinhearne) #bookSky #SFFbooks

One of the frustrating things about publisher discourse is that authors get hurt in the process. If you'd like to support Emma Burnett (who has a new book out), she has a patreon page. There's also "buy a post" options if you want to do a one time financial support. www.patreon.com/cw/sadtale

I wrote a short film about a legendary ex-underground tournament fighter. It’s called LEAVING JACKSON COLORADO and is directed by @brandxjon.bsky.social. It’s premiering on his YouTube channel TheBXI on June 17th. Would love it if you all checked it out, and helped us spread the word!

I am so delighted and honored that Escape Pod is once again an Ignyte Award finalist for Outstanding Fiction Podcast!

A reminder: Strange Horizons has no external funding, and runs entirely on community funding, through the fund-drive. Quite literally, our future is in your hands. We hope to be with you for our 27th year. Support us here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

And for the US evening/international crowd... we are 80% of the way to funding [RECORDED]! 👀📽️📚 We open for submissions on Monday! Can we reach the finish line by then???? It's gonna be such a kickass anthology and I so badly wanna buy MANY STORIES for it! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

I am delighted to announce the launch of Arcane Oblong Editorial and Design ✨ We are a small group of freelance book editors and designers who can work on your manuscript from the first page to galley proof stage—and now we're open for business! For more, please see our website: arcaneoblong.com

So today Baby and husband made angel food cake, did not whip it good and so alas it did succumb to gravity and go flat. However, it tasted a hundred times better than the store bought version, like the difference in flavor and moisture level was genuinely startling. Will try again for sure.

My kid is beating my word count for the day. I am proud and also I need to step 👏 it 👏 up 👏

Let's try this again... 🗣️ The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us up and running in 2027 will begin on Sunday, 14 June, 2026 on BackerKit! 🗣️ You can sign up to show your support and receive a notice when the Fund Drive goes live at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Very excited to announce our latest special issue submission call: for an all flash fiction issue edited by @andrewkozma.net! reckoning.press/reckoning-fl...

⚔️👩‍🦰 BLUE FIRE, the first ever Jirel of Joiry novella, is live now!🔷 🔥 Catch those first 48 hour backer bookmarks and more... 👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 👈️