Spear Maidens* Unite! Have just over a month to bring in $3575. Want to see this go fast? - Rally, Visibility - Big $ donations - Art Shop micro-donations from bigger name creators We can! @authorizedmusings.bsky.social @jolantru.bsky.social @christianek.bsky.social @vriccithode.bsky.social

September MicroVerse roundup is out!

Great new issue of Writers Resist up today. Read, be inspired, resist. ✊

My dystopian flash appears in Writers Resist today. It was written after the election around the question plaguing me: What will it mean to be Black in Tr*ump's America? I hope you'll check it out. www.writersresist.com/2025/09/24/n...

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Do you know a high school writer? Have them submit to this wonderful literary journal! Www.theweightjournal.com

"I made mistakes once, too, when I was the first historian, nobody else to teach me what to look out for, how to be gentle with the world so it would be gentle with me in turn." @avramargariti.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 💜

BTW, editors: I've got several more Cherryh essays cooking up that are even more ambitious than this one, so hmu if you're interested.

Please consider supporting this incredibly worthy literary project. They are raising money to translate books from non-colonial African languages into English.

Myna Chang's "Let us Dream" is a scifi horror poem that will take your breath away. Read it here in our third issue:

Today's tea: Tea Runners English Breakfast. Today's mug: The one that makes me feel like royalty 👑

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

Europe is warming faster than any continent. That's speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe's largest rivers.

Had a wonderful time at the @wwph.bsky.social 50th celebration/book launch for "America's Future"! Met contributor Congressman Jamie Raskin, too. Grab a copy. My solarpunk, "Fireflies and Dandelion Wine," appears in the anthology. A huge Thank You to prose editor @cabockwrites.bsky.social!

You know those emergency phone chargers? I wish they made those for your social battery.

Had a wonderful time at the @wwph.bsky.social 50th celebration/book launch for "America's Future"! Met contributor Congressman Jamie Raskin, too. Grab a copy. My solarpunk, "Fireflies and Dandelion Wine," appears in the anthology. A huge Thank You to prose editor @cabockwrites.bsky.social!

"The civilians were dancing on the train again, stomping their feet to the heartbeat of the engine." Eager to talk about "A Smokeless and Scorching Fire" by @erincairns.bsky.social - originally pub in Writers of the Future: Volume 34 & republished at @inkfoundry.bsky.social !

This week's guest is Erin Cairns! We'll read several of Erin's stories and geek out about InkFoundry! InkFoundry is a phenomenal spec fic aggregator with a robust tagging system. It's easy to find whatever you want to read! @erincairns.bsky.social

It me! I'm really excited to visit Electric Sheep and talk writing, reading, and all things stories!!!

Arguing queer people shouldn’t exist, some races are inferior, and women should be subservient is not a valid set of political beliefs. Positively insane that the media, higher education, and the system of law keep entertaining the idea that it is. These people are quantified bigots. On the record.

Finally, I have a shelf for all the anthologies containing my words. (Also, my one little book.) The shelf's only half full. Must get writing.

Creative Nonfiction Editors Wanted! jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/c...

I was born in 1952. This was not uncommon.

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Bookmail! @charlenecarr.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to sitting down with this!

Rest in power

Mom & I went to CVS to get our flu & COVID vaccines. They told us we could get flu shots, but a COVID vax requires a prescription from our MDs. I said "Are you serious?" The pharmacist said, "The policy ends on Sept. 21. Come back after that." Did brain-worm man come up with this stupid policy??

I'm really fascinated by the gender implications of the books Zukiswa has selected for the project. The first is a trans story. The second is an educated woman returning from abroad. The third is an exploration of masculinity from the perspective of three sons. But we need to fund them:

Today I had the perfect cup of tea. It wasn't just the blend (Earl Grey, double bergamot). It was the temperature (just right), the surroundings (my mother's garden), and the solitude. I had time to sip and simply enjoy being. Wishing you such moments!

Writers, let's support the Writing As Resistance Festival loudly! And to hell with Meta! @writershq.bsky.social #RESIST

My posting of art doesn't seem to be catching eyes. Might try again in a bit, but for now. Can everyone PLEASE post about this. We need this goal tonight. Just post the link, with anything, like "Check this out" or "Human translation is so important" - Please? This one: ko-fi.com/africantrans...

Do you have a short story you're proud of and want to submit? Consider sending your piece to the Larry Brown Short Story Awards! Open now through October 31st. -First prize is $500. -Submission fee is $10 (or $5 for BIPOC writers) Full guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

I've finally put the first bookcase together. Started unpacking and shelving books. I really should finish unpacking the rest of the boxes before I start reading, shouldn't I? Ha, who am I fooling?

8 days left to grab your spot for the Official Book Launch Party next month via Zoom! I’ll be reading from Incendiary & discussing the state of the country. Grab your virtual ticket today. And thanks to everyone for your support! www.indiegogo.com/projects/inc... #poetry #DiverseBooks #BookSky

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to [email protected] by Tuesday, September 2nd!

Shared a margarita with Mom. Good times on our road trip. Life needs more vacations.

#TheNavigatorsChildren hardback, 50 % off at Barnes & Noble #BNBookHaul @tadwilliams www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-naviga...

My mother ate half of my candy bar. I will not be forgiving her.

New flash at Nature Futures today! I love the illustration. Big thanks to the Futures folks! "Null Empathy" @naturefutures.bsky.social

david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.

Yes! Fantastic discussion! Huge thanks to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ! And to @cwtellstales.bsky.social for setting us up!

New Q&A with @joshrountree.bsky.social about his upcoming novella, Summer in the House of the Departed! I loved the setting & characters. Tension & compelling mysteries pulled me in -- I had to read straight through to the end! @psychopomp.com

New flash out today! "Wild Mint" in Flash Fiction Magazine. "The gate slammed again. Keisha climbed out of bed and peered through the curtains. A man was digging holes in her backyard." flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...

New flash out today! "Wild Mint" in Flash Fiction Magazine. "The gate slammed again. Keisha climbed out of bed and peered through the curtains. A man was digging holes in her backyard." flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...

Lil reminder that regular tees are $13 and regular mugs are $9 on the ol' Effin' Birds merch shop until next week. eatf.art/13

If you haven't already read this story by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social you should go read it today! @lightspeedmagazine.com

ICYMI, PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

Speculative fiction writers! Build global community & hone your craft in Tepoztlán, Mexico! 🇲🇽 I'm Sheree Renée Thomas, leading "Writing the Imagination" at Under the Volcano underthevolcano.org/sheree-renee... Apply for the Imagination Unbound Fellowship! underthevolcano.org/fellowship/t...

The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.

Am not enjoying Star Trek: Strange New Worlds this season. What they've done with the Gorn...the whole Spock/chapel thing...regurgitating Trelane...Now zombies. Nope. Not a fan. #ST:SNW