"Your Birdsong Pleading" by @loragray.bsky.social now free to read online! "So, why, sister, are you here, with your milky feathers, your downy breast, your songbird pleading for more time, more love, more sameness?" plotthoundmag.com/your-birdson...

Guess who’s writing horror poetry to AFI’s “Behind the Clock” on repeat?

Jon Lasser, an amazing writer and dear friend, passed yesterday. I’m so glad I was able to spend time with him last month and tell him how much he meant to me while he was still here. Which is to say don’t wait to tell your friends how wonderful they are. And big hugs to everyone mourning rn.

My poem, “Your Birdsong Pleading,” is now out in Plott Hound Magazine!

This year’s Patreon chapbooks have arrived!!! Every year I compile the original stories and poems I post monthly there into a chapbook, (I also create the cover art 😊). If you want to support me, and possibly get a chapbook for yourself, you can find more info at: www.patreon.com/c/loragray

Yesterday’s flea market adventure landed me a new friend. His name is Walter. Walter is currently masquerading as a mid-century, West German alarm clock. Walter also enjoys sleeping in and lazy, late summer afternoons. I love Walter. 🐢⏰💚

Hellllooooo from the static! It is fundraising season for many spec mags out there. We are doing things a little differently with a small gofundme to help us into 2026. We are already at $2 and just need a little boost to help us to our goal of $2400 👻 www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

My poem, “A Dragon or a Flower or a Boy,” is in the latest issue of Trollbreath Magazine! 😍 @trollbreathmag.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com

In case anybody needs cheering up. Baby goat county fair photo from a few weeks ago. 😊

It begins!

If you loved that poetry was at WorldCon this year, please visit poetryhugo.com and learn about our goal to ratify the poetry Hugo award for years to come so it can be REALLY REALLY PERMANENT. Poets are here and we want to make you fall in love with words again 🥰

I didn’t realize how badly I needed Worldcon. Sharing the past few days with some of my very dearest friends, finally connecting in-person with folks I’ve known online for years, and meeting new/inspiring people was a joy. It’s been a rough year, but tonight my heart is so freaking full.

Congrats all of the Hugo winners!

Seattle, I am in you! I’ll be at Worldcon through Saturday night and I’m already having such a fun time. Feel free to say hey if you catch me. :)

Ariel-bait vibe #6: romance, rot Example story: "The Imitation Sea" by @loragray.bsky.social in Shimmer (and also reprinted in FF#4!) www.fusionfragment.com/issue-4/

My Patreon, (where I post all kinds of original writing and art), turns 5 this year! To celebrate, I'm holding a special contest for my followers. You don't have to have a paid subscription for this one, (though of course if you want to support me, that’s an option, too :) ) www.patreon.com/loragray

ICYMI, WE NEED YOUR HELP, SPACE UNICORNS! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 83% funded with 9 days to go! Please push us over that finish line so we can make another year of your Uncanny Magazine! buff.ly/d6biJJf

Today’s blood labs + teaching my morning yoga class have absolutely taken me out. But I have a nap under my belt. Caffeine on the horizon. And a novella to tackle. Wish me luck!

This is genius. I, too, am dead.

Seriously fun Saturday ended with a poetry acceptance!!

I’ve had The Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll by Bob Dylan floating in and out of my head all day. I’m not mad about it.

“A Crow on the Corpse Road” by @betsyaoki.bsky.social is so good! @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

My poem, “Soft, Your Grief, and Leporine,” is out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 😍 You can read it for free here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/soft...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, or Marvel

BCS #435 ebook is out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of discovery or bargain by @kjkabza.bsky.social and @betsyaoki.bsky.social, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma. weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

My favorite local protest sign from this weekend.

Congrats to all the Nebula winners and finalists!

This handsomest boy joined me for breakfast this morning.

time for

Happy Pride Month everyone! 🌈 I feel so lucky to have family, friends, coworkers and neighbors who accept me for who I am, and I’m forever grateful for the support I’ve received as a non-binary/queer member of the community. Sending much love, power and strength to all my lgbtq+ siblings!

Princes of the Universe.

Story acceptance!!!!

Somebody is figuring out how to open the pocket door…

I just don’t understand why creatives at any level are falling for the billionaire tech bro scam trying to convince us that AI is even remotely competent, let alone superior.

This week on Reading the Weird, poetry by Sonya Taaffe, @loragray.bsky.social, and Portia Yu: reactormag.com/sustainable-...

So stoked that my poem, “How to Haunt a Northern Lake,” (originally published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ), got such a lovely shoutout and analysis in Reactor! 😍

Congrats to all the Rhysling finalists!!

Baby salamander from today’s hike! 😍

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.

I honestly don’t think J.K. Rowling has ever had a single original thought. This includes her writing. This includes her bigotry. Quite frankly, I’m sick of that unimaginative, unflavored bowl of pudding having such a loud voice in the world. Trans rights are human rights. Trans women are women.

This. Everything feels very precarious right now and any kind of support makes such a huge difference.

A brand new little sci-fi story has been polished and tossed into the world!

Congrats to all the Hugo finalists!!

It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by @annedemarcken.com broke me in the best possible way. This one is going to haunt me for a long, long time.

Did you know that in the 1940s, Ray Bradbury earned about 8¢ per word? In the 21st century, an SF writer also makes about 8¢ per word.

They’ve snagged a few of mine as well. And it sucks.

I had an epiphany last night about the novella I’m working on. Which is awesome! But also, it means rewriting huge chunks of this second draft. Which is

Congrats to all the finalists! 😍

Spring is spring-ing!