Whatever momentary use it may appear to have, the real goal of "AI" is to strip you of your skills, leaving you helpless. The Nahuas of pre-Invasion Mesoamerica warned their children not to neglect the skills that make life livable and worth living. From book VI of the FLORENTINE CODEX: 1/

The Strangers Came  by Adam Ford "The strangers came, saying they had heard of our deeds, seen something alike in themselves, had worked to whet aim and strengthen thew" Read the full poem at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

reading Brave New World for the first time 🧪 i was prepared for the passionate defense of patriarchy but honestly got sideswiped by the central warning about the evils of using eugenics incorrectly

returning to classics you first met as a child is a true joy of adulthood. you can appreciate a classic so much better after you've had a chance to read pulp, watch slop, marinate in muzak

Hello #PortfolioDay I do illustrations inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts!

It looks like there's a push from the usual (right wing) suspects to game the Locus Poll Award. Voting is open to anybody but the vote of subscribers count double. Vote for whatever you want here poll.voting.locusmag.com

Feel like this is going to hit the spot for a lot of folks on my feed. darkforest.metalabel.com/antimemetics...

Sorry if music or art or relationships or happiness slows down your grindset with its horrible human imperfection and oddities but it’s kind of the point of living in a lot of ways

tfw you're 30k into a draft and discover that your plot was actually a premise 🪦

Y’all, the ebook of The Book of Love is on sale for $1.99 right now.

#InvisibleNetworks 00. tragedy of the uncommons transgression as mechanic

Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)

INVISIBLE NETWORKS 2025 April 1st to 14th Writing challenge: invent a whimsical/demented/mathematically impossible social network every day. Draw inspiration from our prompts, imported from the 51st state (despair).

Wooo, you can now get DIRT-STAINED HANDS, THORN-PIERCED SKIN and a bunch of other awesome books in the SFF Trans Visibility bundle on itch! 38 stories for $40, now through March 31st. Support trans creators and stories!! itch.io/b/2927/sff-b...

You Were Fine With the Omelas Hole Expansion Plans Until They Told You That You Have To Be In An Omelas Hole, Too, And Now Suddenly It's A Problem

Two days left to nominate! Please do take the time to nominate a favourite or two. As I've said before the LeGuin prize recognises brilliant work other awards miss; put your slightly weird, most specific faves in front of the eyes of the judging panel and it may well make the short list.

apologies to everyone who tagged me, followed, or otherwise interacted with the limp corpse of my social media presence during the last 3 months. i started working night shifts (not a fun juggling act as a single parent) and we also moved house. and now it's almost april 😑 i did, however, survive

logging back in to discover that Rare Birds made it onto the Crawford Award honour list... it's sitting in astounding company and i'm so very honoured!

Wednesday's review at @strangehorizons.bsky.social is from Andy Sawyer, on LB Hazelthorn's "Rare Birds", "an interestingly oblique exercise in weird fiction." The weird is having a moment again, but doesn't find a typical incarnation here (if that exists): "tension" is the book's leitmotif.

A lot of beginners skip the first step to writing a good script and that's why they'll always be amateurs.

Most artists I know are very clear on the distinction between what is effectively data scooping our work so that we are no longer employable versus something like this where AI can do things we cannot do and assist us versus replace us.

jokes for like three people

It’s a goddamn shame that short speculative fiction is at its creative peak now, when its markets are in economic shambles. I wish 1920s-80s levels of SFF money were available now to finance beautiful and gay and provocative genre fic, instead of during the libertarian-punches-his-way-to-Mars era.

Any questions not directly related to the process of putting words down and making the words more like what you want to say--those questions can be addressed at the proper time. Which is almost always NEVER, don't let those stupid worries fool you into thinking they actually matter for the writing.

Man sometimes giving a talk for a conference is the worst thing because I can't just go up there and be like "The thing about writing that you wish to learn is not something I can tell you in a couple of sentences, you have to write and then you will learn it, thanks everyone, buy my books." 😭

one of my fav essays on writing. whatever you need, it gives it to you. Some days it gives you hope and solace in your own journey, some days it reminds you of your responsibility as an artist & then some days it gives you that much-needed kick in the pants & tells you to get on with writing.

One thing a lot of beginner writers, creators, and artists don’t understand is that finishing projects is a separate skill from the skills of the craft. That’s why we say to start small, you can be great at prose and story, but you need to practice finishing to do it reliably.

Putting together the next LCRW, #48, for June & sent out an "LCRW. Re-sub?" email & all these people are re-upping which is 🤩 Chocolate subs reached a new high: 33%. 100% of subscribers get the zine (cough) & we send a backlist Small Beer book with new/re-subs: smallbeerpress.com/shopping/sub...

When Among Crows came out TODAY! it is about a man’s quest to find Baba Jaga undertaken for ~mysterious reasons and a woman’s curse that needs breaking & an underworld of creatures from Slavic folklore (not exclusively, but mostly) in modern day Chicago. I’m very excited that it’s now in the world.

That is over 600 times the annual power consumption for all of CERN, and over 1,000 times the annual power consumption of the LHC. 🧪

I've got a lengthy interview with Angry Robot publisher Eleanor Teasdale about the company's recent open submission period and the use of AI to sort manuscripts: "We consider editorial eyes, authors and artists creations to be invaluable and important work that should be done by humans for humans."

My story "The Temple of the Hungry Moon" is in Aurealis #168! Devotion & monstrosity in ancient Mesopotamia ⚡ I write slow and tend towards novels but playing with style in something short was such a delight - I'll have to do this more often 🌛 #sff aurealis.com.au/store/10408/

HyphenPunk is officially open for submissions again. In addition to the usual short story market that we've been running for 3 years now, we are also breaking into novellas and novelettes. Some initial invitations have already been sent, but we are looking to publish more!

As an English-as-second-language writer, I found this essay on the use of pseudotranslation in Fantasy worlds fascinating. I will be revisiting it, when I feel the urge to make up a language for my WIP by @filiphdz.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

@kithrup.bsky.social is extremely generously giving away 4 copies of my latest novel, OF SOCIALITES & PRIZEFIGHTS! ✨butch/femme romance, sapphic awakening ✨1920s London + magic ✨leopard shapeshifter ✨curse only broken by true love's kiss 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 #LesFic #Sapphfic

Another one I share whenever I see it.

Hey fellow book lovers! 📚 Spread some joy and support your favorite authors by casting your votes in the Locus Awards! Every vote counts in recognizing the magic of imagination! ✨ #SFF #books poll.voting.locusmag...

I just joined Authors Against Book Bans, created by the awesome @maggietokudahall.bsky.social ! If you're an author and want to join too, sign up at docs.google.com/forms/d/1F1G...