Reading SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by my girl @olivasthewriter.bsky.social and boy can she spit. This is how it's done.

One good thing: seeing so many abled folks angry on behalf of disabled and chronically ill people. Not just angry for themselves. Specifically speaking out for us. If we care about each other, we can win.

Primal rage scream

Hey, cool to see our Lit Crawl San Francisco event, Femmes & Thems Destroy Fairy Tales, featured in @missionlocal.org! This Saturday, Oct. 25, Phase 2 (6:30–7:30 PM) at Adobe Books. Me, Ploi Pirapokin, @syr.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social. Don't miss it 🥳

This Saturday at 6:30pm PDT, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, @syr.bsky.social, @kristinaten.bsky.social, & @ppirapokin.bsky.social will be at the Lit Crawl San Francisco to speak on the panel, "Femmes & Thems Destroy Fairy Tales!" buff.ly/Kt4KcDt Preorder THE WEST FACADE: amzn.to/4jzNCCz @litquake.org

Wrote about next steps for practical action after No Kings - with an NYC emphasis. Check it out and get looped in! gregpak.net/2025/10/20/n...

They are arriving because of the mass mobilizations and they have figured out that Twitter isn't going to be the main space to monitor activity.

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

Fairy tales?! We're ready to destroy them! (Well, complicate and reimagine them🪄✨) I cannot wait to read alongside the iconic @kristinaten.bsky.social @syr.bsky.social and @ppirapokin.bsky.social at Lit Crawl @litquake.org on Oct 25! Join us for Femmes & Thems Destroy Fairy Tales!!!

Bay Area, I’m comin’ for ya—with my heaviest light jacket and a suitcase full of bunnies. 10/24: Scary campfire stories at Oakland's @tallyhobooks.bsky.social! 10/25: Subversive fairy tales at Adobe Books, part of @litquake.org's Lit Crawl SF! 10/27: Release party at @booksonthepark.bsky.social!

If you love Gothic fairy tales about statues that come to life, then I wrote my novel, The West Facade for you. 🦇🥀 🌙 Let's be friends!

What an amazing opportunity! 🌟 Supporting creators who challenge gender norms through speculative work is vital for our future. Can't wait to see the innovative projects that emerge! 💖 #OtherwiseAward #SFF #Inspiration

For fans of #historicalfiction and #fantasy books, THE WEST FACADE by @laurencjohnson.bsky.social will be available in just 5 MONTHS! Preorder THE WEST FACADE right here: buff.ly/0LHG1dG

One of the great pleasures of reading is coming across an artful metaphor. Describing AI as a “single-use plastic of the mind” is just 🤯 It’s also a perfect example of what AI is not capable of. AI is about shortcuts & optimization whereas a powerful metaphor creates understanding through detours.

Portlanders especially, but everyone also! HAVE YOU TAKEN A STOP THE BLEED CLASS?! Did you know you can click this link and take a Stop the Bleed class? www.stopthebleed.org/get-trained/...

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

The publishing landscape is rough, but when it comes to indie speculative fiction, we're in a golden age! For all your weird and dark story (and music!) cravings, Club Chicxulub Journal lives ☄️🦖 clubchicxulub.com

Thanks to @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social for this mini interview about Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! We talked strength in numbers, borrowed forms, and some of the book’s most fun experiments. Pictured with the current state of tour prep... 😵‍💫

Do you love doing bookish things? Are you ready to talk about your forthcoming book? Want to get invited to conferences, libraries & more? This Sunday, Sept. 28, 10am-12pm PT, I’m doing a Zoom session on BUILDING YOUR AUTHOR PLATFORM at @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social. Link below ⬇️

I really wish people would stop talking about autistic people (like me!) as a “risk” instead of a neutral and naturally occurring subset of humanity who get born mostly because other autistic people exist in our bloodline. It’s really exhausting. We’re human and ✨can hear you.✨

New Book Spotlight up on the blog today. A mini-interview with @kristinaten.bsky.social about Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine from Stillhouse Press spacecowboybooks.com/3253-2/

I wrote my debut novel while working full time. It took me 10 years, but I don't regret any of the time I spent drafting and revising.

My weird Gothic fairytale novel, The West Facade comes out exactly 6 months from today with @sfwp.bsky.social Eeeee! Here's how you can pre-order 🌙🖤 www.sfwp.com/books/johnson

End-of-summer writing update ✍️ At the beginning of June, I posted about Jami Attenberg’s annual challenge, #1000wordsofsummer, and I wanted to share where I landed for accountability’s sake.

This just in, our summer book sale works on preorders! Treat yourself to books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social, Lisa K. Friedman, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, and @wendyjfox.bsky.social, and get 30% off your total purchase when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/S3Jxn7N

I got to host a reading last night & it was SPECTACULAR @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, Josh Fernandez, K. M. Soehnlein, @audthentic.bsky.social and @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social read, @fabulistmag.bsky.social co-hosted, Cafe Suspiro & Arc Gallery were an amazing double venue. San Francisco I love you

I'm so thrilled to join this 🌟stellar🌟 lineup!!! Bay Area friends, come through!

My short fiction recs for April-June are up. Featuring stories by T.K. Rex, @foxesandroses.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @angelaliu.bsky.social Madison Jozefiak @carrievaughnco.bsky.social and @aimeeogdenwrites.com itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/07/shor...

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

My wonderful editor, Adam al-Sirgany's collection is available for pre-order from @whiskeytit.com!! Two words: sentient figurines! whiskeytit.com/product/more...

THANK YOU to everyone who submitted pieces to Club Chicxulub Vol. 4, LIMBO!! 🌀 We received double the submissions we received last time, and we're so honored and humbled that you trust us to present your work. We promise to respond to you asap! 🦖☄️✨

A belated congrats to Alexander Boldizar for winning the 2025 Locus Award for best science fiction novel of 2024 for The Man Who Saw Seconds!!! This was my first time attending the Locus Awards Weekend festivities and it was a hoot!

Hey hey. If you’re in the Bay July 10, I’m hosting a new reading series called Stir, at Cafe Suspiro on Folsom. It’s going to kick ass. @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social will be there. We also have an Instagram: @stir.at.cafe.suspiro cafesuspiro.com/pages/stir-a...

En route to the reading and kickoff mixer with @ruddagerrustin.bsky.social and @clubchicxulub.bsky.social 🦖⭐ So excited to meet everyone!

Literature is dead and no one reads anymore! I would still encourage you to make terrible life choices and become a writer anyway! Fuck a job, write poetry!

Oh dear. I learned about Labubus over the weekend and now I'm afraid I must have one.

Illustrated by Jocelyn Sanchez, we're thrilled to share the cover of @laurencjohnson.bsky.social‬'s forthcoming #historicalfiction #fantasy novel, THE WEST FAÇADE! Available March 3rd, 2026, you can preorder a copy of THE WEST FAÇADE right now! buff.ly/Pqx4OKn @susanschulman.bsky.social‬

Thrilled to be keeping company with these amazing SFF writers in the Bay Area ✨

🌀What do we do when life throws us curveballs? Artist & poet Paul S. Flores explores this question in his book WE STILL BE. Listen to this gorgeous clip of Paul reading his work, then get excited to hear him perform at Babylon this Sat, Jun 14 @The Sycamore! 5:30pm. Free! www.babylonsalon.com 🍻📚

💥"These days there are very few American comedy writers bringing their A-game, but Browne is swinging for the fences.” Here's the stunning Kirkus Review of Scott G. Browne's book FATED. Come hear S.G. Browne at Babylon Salon this Sat, Jun 14 at The Sycamore! 5:30pm. Free! www.babylonsalon.com 📚

I’m excited to introduce the bewitching @laurenparker.bsky.social, author of Dark Way Down and Spells for Success, at @babylonsalon.bsky.social's Summer reading and performance on 6/14! Join us for merrymaking, storytelling, drinks, curly fries, and catching up with friends at the Sycamore Bar!

Congratulations to @laurencjohnson.bsky.social whose hybrid interview/essay with author Tomas Moniz was published in The Panafold! buff.ly/6k21MaK

DC area friends! This is where the party's happening tomorrow! I so very much wish I could be there!

Be there!!!

I am listening to the audiobook for Middlemarch and was just thinking of how I will never want AI to replace vocal talent. Juliet Aubrey is incredible.

Holy shit - this is such a violation of so many different kinds of privacy and ALSO fucking terrifying

I'm excited to share that I have a new author interview/hybrid essay in issue 2 of the gorgeous, gorgeous Panafold magazine! thepanafold.com ❤️

Club Chicxulub is growing our team, and we’re thrilled to introduce a new reader to our masthead. Behold, Bron Treanor! www.brontreanor.com

So thrilled my Florida flash fiction piece, "The Sunshine Skyway" found a home with The Sunlight Press 🌞