Looking forward to my first in-person @canconsffh.bsky.social NEXT WEEK (how did that happen?). I'll be on two panels on subjects I love: collaborative writing & Alanna the Lioness (and other formative queer fantasy works), as well as celebrating the release of CASTOFF by @brandoncrilly.bsky.social!

And these? These are all BOOKS. CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com. Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!

Delicious, finally some good fucking food!!!! "We read for the flame. Not the heat of arousal (necessarily), but the way a story changes when two forces meet. Both things cannot maintain the same trajectory."

UM WHAT our campaign is officially a Kickstarter "Project We Love"! Now more than ever supporting queer speculative art, poetry, and stories is so important—it means a lot that our want to create space for queer artists, poets, and writers resonates so strongly! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Be careful out there!

My first panel at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is coming up at 3pm EST - When Writing Isn't Your Day Job. Tips, tricks, and how to keep all your separate (or are they?) selves happy while you create.

If you've always wanted to dip a toe into TTRPGs but haven't had a chance, I couldn't think of a better first DM to have than @brandoncrilly.bsky.social (even if a carnivorous plant eats your character).

Then tomorrow is "Collaboration for Prose" in Hour 28 (4 pm EST) where I not only get to chat with the very cool @shereereneethomas.bsky.social and @mariebrennan.bsky.social, but I get to panel for the first time ever with *my* writing partner @faye-gabriel.bsky.social!

It's @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social time!! My first panel later today is "Collaboration: The Art of Sharing Success" in Hour 7 (7 pm EST) w/ @mickallister.bsky.social and @hisiheyah.bsky.social. We've got a whole bunch of topics prepared and I can't wait!

whoa october is around the corner! reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon. more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

This #BiVisibilityDay, now more than ever, as a bisexual, it's my job to lurk ominously in the incongruous shadows of a completely white room. Might fuck around and Emerge later.

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The movies and books were a little different for me, but the emotional journey in this really resonates with the "not queer just a very interested ally" teen I was.

FLIGHTS OF FOUNDRY is THIS week!!! See you on the discord this Friday! Register: flights-of-foundry.o...

Okay--question for the Bluesky Brain Trust. Romance novels. Good ones, ones that actually can help me be more romantic in my own life. (Yes, I'm starting with @courtneymilan.com's works, but...many eyes, bugs shallow.)

It's finally September! Do you know what that means??? Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH. Register: flights-of-foundry.o... Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽

hit me with the 2025 SFF short stories you have been vibing with! especially interested right now in petty queers and sad boys and big diaspora feelings

fire up the bubble bath and grab your telephone, time to celebrate 32 years of this perfect triad

And you can catch me on two of these amazing #flights2025 panels: When Writing Isn't Your Day Job (hour 27), and Collaboration for Prose (hour 28) Check out the whole program, it's going to be a lot of fun!

😭 Speechless.

I’m so pleased and proud to announce that my writing partner @brandoncrilly.bsky.social and I will now be represented by Dylan Haston at Donald Maas Literary Agency @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social !

I loved this story about the kindnesses and cruelties we inflict on our younger selves. Moving, sharp, and thoughtful.

Missed getting in on The Expanse RPG: Transport Union Edition? Late pledges are reopened! I wrote the corebook's Threats chapter and a Free Navy Conflict adventure - can't wait to see them out in the world! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g... @greenroninpub.bsky.social @expanserpg.bsky.social

Gonna do the promo thing for a minute here... ...because @marieparks.bsky.social and I FINALLY have a release date for Undeniable, the sequel to Unrelenting. If you like found families, ancient magic in a modern setting, and ace main characters, save the dates. 👇

Heya! I'm Matt, a queer illustrator from Michigan. I am always looking for new freelance projects! I love: -Books! (interiors, covers, promo) -Tarot/Tarot-inspired work! -TTRPGs (items, maps, etc.)! 🍂 www.mspencerdraws.com 🏹 [email protected] (1/3) (TTRPG & Interior B/W work ⬇️)

"I’m just playing now. But this is what I mean. Let’s play together." lithub.com/mattilda-ber...

Le Guin here rhyming closely with a line from Auden's Yeats elegy that I think about daily: "for poetry makes nothing happen... it survives, / a way of happening, a mouth."

“A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can't, and they shouldn’t have to." Children are people and they deserve public spaces that include them.

Spotlighting gender-expanding genre fiction from 2022 & 2023: “Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” (Kim Fu) “Who the Final Girl Becomes” (@domsdickey.bsky.social) “Construction Sacrifice” (@bogiperson.bsky.social) “Manhunt” (@scumbelievable.bsky.social) “OKPsyche” (@adeniro.bsky.social)

SFWA is going to Baltimore! Join us at the SFWA Stage for a full day of dynamic panels featuring @charliejane.bsky.social, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, Nicole Glover, @justinaireland.com, and many more! RSVP for meetup planning today. 👇👀 www.sfwa.org/2025/08/21/p...

"If a generalist is successful, we regard them with alarm, unsure how someone arrives at such a life. If a generalist is unsuccessful, we might knowingly cluck at their foolish attempt to go against the grain." —from "The All," an essay by Ross Simonini www.thebeliever.net/the-all-ross...

It's great to have a complimentary creative practice to accompany writing - sewing's mine, and I've found everything here to be true, too. (Except I don't make muslins...oops.)

This Story Hour, B. Pladek returns, and Susan Taitel makes her Story Hour debut! Join us for the warmth, the wit, and the wisdom! Join us Wednesday, August 20 at 7:00 PDT! @bpladek.bsky.social @susantaitel.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Thanks all who attended The Keys to Creative Collaboration panel at #worldcon, a topic near and dear to my heart. 🧵 as promised with some recommendations from the panelists and links.

Worldcon folks! Did you get an exclusive, pre-release, two months early, squid- and adventure-packed copy of CASTOFF yet, over at Table 408? No? Grab a copy of CATALYST from @atthisarts.com and get the complete duology, today at Worldcon!

I have found myself on the virtual faculty at the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers! Come hang out? The event includes 5,000-word critiques, classes, pitching sessions, 1:1 office hours, and plenty of time for writing. Learn more at starforgers.com.

Some fun news: our website is no longer a placeholder! If you want to read our submission guidelines, or just want to learn more about OTHERSIDE’s vision and team, go check it out! Ash did such a kickass job—the website is gorgeous and we are SO thrilled for it to be live!

Becoming a parent myself was what made me realize how few rights children have. No one--not even parents--should have this kind of legal power over another person.

Catch me at Worldcon!

I'm doing a small zoom equivalent of a kaffeeklatsch September 10th 7pm EST as a Locus fundraiser reward. I was chatting with the winner of that & we agreed it'd be better with others too. If you'd like to join, please reply with your fav recent SFF story. I'll draw a couple random numbers.

If you missed Story Hour with me and @karenosborne.bsky.social, check out the recording on the @storyhour.bsky.social YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watc...

Just backed! SH is doing amazing work in SFF - help make sure they can keep doing it!

Hey #romancelandia, my bestie Kathyrn Nolan releases her f/f adventure romance THRILL OF THE CHASE today! Two rival treasure hunters race against the clock to find a life-changing treasure...& a life-changing love. A perfect beach read for this weekend! entangledpublishing.com/books/thrill...

Ok no, actually I need to Quote Post this one. To say this: I am frickin PUMPED to illustrate these stories based on the absolutely BRUTAL titles alone. 🔮⚔️☀️💪❤️‍🔥

Hey, I've got a story in this, about a world running short on water, cannibal horses and old gods. Also, crumbled relationships.

Featuring my story of a rapacious and arrogant adventurer rescuing a divine prince, and his boyfriend, from a gender-essentialist apotheosis.

@faye-gabriel.bsky.social's and my skeletons are in fabulous company 🥰 💀⚔️☠️

in early 2026 one trans spider cultist with a sword and a lot of silk rope must return to his hometown to face his past and say “fuck it. eat the rich” “The Spider-God’s Boon” will appear in SHATTER THE SUN: QUEER TALES OF UNTOLD ADVENTURE coming out from @neonhemlock.bsky.social! 🕷️🕸️

🥰 Faye and I can't wait to share this one!! - our girl Alixana is a real piece of work 💀 ⚔️ ☠️

hello hello I will have a story in SHATTER THE SUN: QUEER TALES OF UNTOLD ADVENTURE by @neonhemlock.bsky.social, coming out next year!!! an ex-gladiatrix is cursed to spend every night dreaming about a princess locked in a tower at the end of the world - until she sets out to rescue her herself