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happy ✨cover✨ day (and some reading material for ya!)

"Do not forget, do not make me repeat myself. The Infinite Light does not love." We're THRILLED to share the cover for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by Nebula Award-winning author, @thesuiway.bsky.social with our friends at @reactorsff.bsky.social & an exclusive excerpt. reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Exclusive cover reveal and excerpt from Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans retelling of Hamlet.

The cover of my dreams for my debut novel THOUGHTS BE BLOODY (from @dawbooks.bsky.social in March ‘26) was revealed over on the Nerdist today, along with the prologue! To quote the article: “It’s Horatio/Hamlet. Yes, all your English class fanfic dreams ARE coming true.” nerdist.com/article/thou...

In short: * there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books * the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose * taking a walk >opening your feed * if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone * keep writing; we need your stories 14/14

the execution of le cabuc #lesmis #enjolras

Taps the fucking sign aggressively

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I'm going to be a published novelist! THOUGHTS BE BLOODY is a queer/trans Hamlet retelling set at a magic college, about fate, ghosts, a beautiful memory that still hurts like a bruise, & relationships that spin out of control. Look for it early 2026!!

New Series! YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR is a new non-fiction series by @patrickbarb.bsky.social in Shortwave Magazine. Each month Patrick will interview a different author. Our first installment features @aijiang.bsky.social on Toni Morrison. shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...

After 7 years of putting our hearts into this passion project, the founding editors have decided Apparition Lit will close at the end of 2024.  You can read our full announcement here: www.patreon.com/posts/all-go...  With gratitude to all our contributors and supporters,  The Apparition Lit Team

Publication day!! Thrilled that my short story “Everything in the Garden Is Lovely,” about a woman sentenced to transform into a garden, is out today in Apex 😊 You can read it for free here: apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...

Neon Hemlock's 2024 Kickstarter is *so* close to the finish line that dave is starting to ponder stretch-goals! let's get that bread (to Neon Hemlock) 🔥

BIPOC writers! the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL issue (which i am guest editing) is currently OPEN!!! we'd love to read your stories and have them in this absolutely amazing call! the submissions window is linked in the next post. here's a blog post of what we're looking for!

Please repost! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from February 19-26! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

Annual PSA about "eligible" stories: Any story published in 2023 is eligible for awards consideration. That's it. It does not have to be published in a pro-paying or even a paying publication. If it was published anywhere in print or online it is eligible and you can make an eligibility post.

Another fabulous moth from the Andean cloud forest. The coloring and patterns of this tiger moth remind me of something you might find decorating a playing card. Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador (Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate

"Some Ways to Tell a Fairy Tale", which began as part of the short story reading project, is now out on @tordotcom to read for free (it is very short) www.tor.com/2023/11/08/s...

Friendly Hercules beetle

Just another day in a castle in Spain.

Local trans masc making y'all aware that it's Transgender Awareness Week! Hello, I'm Mx. Morgan and I'm a trans masculine artist and illustrator based in Seattle, WA. I'm also available for work! If you'd like to show some appreciation (thanks!) check out my shop/tip jar at ko-fi.com/mxmorgan

Gender Envy by @patrickauden.bsky.social helped me to articulate my own complicated gender feelings and honestly is so fun to read and re-read www.havehashad.com/hadposts/gen...

I GOT SO HIGH IN THE OPERATING ROOM BEFORE MY SEX CHANGE I THOUGHT I WAS A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGEL MADE OUT OF BARBIE DOLL PARTS by @felixlecocq.bsky.social remains one of my favorite poems ever

We will be open to BLIGHT themed submissions in THREE DAYS!! If you'd like insight into what the App Lit readers and editors (incl Guest Editor @therisingtithes.bsky.social) are looking for in stories & poems, check out this handy blog with thoughts on the topic apparitionlit.com/what-does-bl...

An Endless Shoreline🌿

BACKLIST TIME! (It's not a thing but I'm making it a thing) SFFH people: What's a story you've written that you are particularly proud of or want more people read? Caveats are: - It can't have won any awards - It has to have been published 2022 or before

14 days left in The Map of Lost Places Kickstarter and we are $3,318 away from our funding goal. Can you help us make sure this anthology happens? I'm super excited to work with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social to bring this to life, but we have to fund first. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

The VVitch (2015)

heartbreaking! no one you know cares about your latest hyperfixation, therefore you have no one to talk to about it.

“Auden didn’t you literally write a Hamlet reimagining though?” YEAH AND? It’s the little joys ok

Just took a “who said it: Hamlet or Polonius?” quiz on the Folger Shakespeare website and cheered like I’d scored a touchdown when I got all 7 questions right

please let this fund please back this please let this fund please back this

If you ever see the word “exegesis” in a story or title of mine, know that I did it specifically to give myself an A+ in writing, something that is normal to want and possible to achieve

Unfortunately for everyone but most notably myself, I am reading poetry.

The Hellhound has tracked you down🔥 Hellhounds are an old concept that runs through a lot of cultures. Whether it is Cerberus of old Greek myth, the Okuri-inu of Japan, or the Black Shuck in English folklore people the world over see dogs as associated with death and the afterlife

hi! I'm Auden Patrick. I write queer/trans #sffh, including a short story in Apparition Lit called "The Hungry Tree" that some people liked as well as a Hamlet reimagining some people (including an agent!) have also liked. Here's to hoping people who seem to like my work keep finding it I guess?

Super happy to share the cover illustration of S.T. Gibson's upcoming urban fantasy book 'Evocation', that I did for Angry Robot Books! 🔮🕯️ The fantastic outer frame and all design is by the lovely Alice Claire Coleman! Very grateful to Alice and the rest of the team for the opportunity!

Inspired by a recent Shaelin Writes video, I made a word bank of words w the right vibes for the story I’m working on. Some of my favorites: grit, gravel, rust, iron, excavation, dig, delve, mud, crumble, molder, ruination, putrefy, spoil, blister, brutalize, fracture, scab, erode, disrepair, ire

Peeked into the Strange Horizons poetry inbox and there were 22 subs. I think we can do better than that, fellow poets. Send me your fantastic, fabulist, ferocious work--and, as always, read the guidelines before submitting. We're looking for speculative work. strangehorizons.com

I "worked" in the computer lab instead of having a study hall (which is to say, Mr. Tim the computer man and I watched classic Doctor Who for a whole class period every day)

Whenever I start a new piece, I think "I'm really struggling to find the voice in this piece. I should really figure out a system for finding voice." And then I remember that finding voice (for me) is like throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping you hear the voice of God in the squish and splatter.

Will o the wisp, Mt. Vernon, WI

one thing about me is that I'll reread the first book in a series at any given opportunity. because I loved it so much the first time I read it? not necessarily! mostly because I keep trying to read the sequels but want the Full Series Marathon Experience.

✷ I can feel you push your fingers through the fabric of all my thoughts ✷

new story day (from me)! a gory little instruction manual with a lot of heart. thank you so much @lightspeedmagazine.com for giving this one a home! it's got itchy hearts, a little witchyness, and a lot of love. normal stuff. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/inst...