Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply. Link below. Please share :)

Cats in Moonlight — Tomoo Inagaki

Never forget all the good people who live in red states.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

'Monkey and Moon' - Ohara Koson, ca. 1910. #FullMoon #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

I currently have a question mark in my schedule for what I'm going to publish on Dec. 26. If you've got a boxing day story that fits our guidelines, send it my way. hellitself.com/submission-g...

Traveling by moonlight, a group of moths act as celestial messengers to tell the physical world of soon-to-be-departing spirits, continuing the cycle of life and death. 🪰🌝🪰 Read "Sphinx," written and illustrated by Liana Jegers, out now on Tractor Beam!

GOOD LORD, sorry, and hello everyone. Illness, and a bit more illness, an international move, a new job. Jesus. I can't respond to DMs yet because of a UK ID rule. I will be emailing folks about issues 1 and 2 over the next week to see if they are still interested in being included.

Gut-punch of a story from @cjtavares.bsky.social. Check it out!

I’ve seen a few people asking about the Nebula reading list lately. Since the forums have been down, @sfwa.org members can now suggest work they like via this new form. If you missed this in the Singularity, here’s the link: www.sfwa.org/reading-list...

Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever. I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Welcome back monarchs on Sunday, No kings next Saturday. A sign like this should work for both.

If Mario can dress as a frog and fight tyrants then so can you.

Meanwhile in #Portland

'Hares and Autumn Full Moon' - Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese Edo period. #FullMoon #tsukimi #JapaneseArt

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉 Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

We're pleased to announce that you can now download each month's stories in a handy .pdf digest, available on our website at the beginning of the following month. September's is out now, featuring stories by @rachiea.bsky.social @crboltz.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com and @ktwagner.bsky.social

'Black Cat at Night' - Koho, ca. 1930s (detail). #Caturday #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

My story, “A Ghost Sits on the Edge of Lake Michigan” is live at Brilliant Flash Fiction. “If you put your ear against the surface of lake Michigan, you might hear it.” brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/09/30/s...

Apparently on Christian tiktok they're predicting a rapture on Tuesday. So I'm going in to work early, laying out an outfit of clothing in my office and pretending it got me.

Writers often advise, "Keep submitting that story till Hell itself won't have it." Well, now there is a magazine called Hell Itself that specializes in those stories that, for whatever reason, don't fit. My story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," is their first publication! hellitself.com/reaping-whir...

My flash story, "Float". Is available to read in Hell Itself! 🔥🔥

This has happened FAR too many times in my life... #WritingCommunity

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! I’m giving away the ONLY signed copy of my debut sci fi romance, THE ELYSIUM HEIST, currently in existence. To Enter: -like this post -follow me -tag a friend who might like the book in the comments -US mailing addresses only Bonus entries: -reskeet -enter on Instagram

My semi-regular reminder: NYC Public Library Action Network needs your help. We need people in each of the 51 districts of the city to set up a meeting with their City Council member to discuss our public libraries. Sign up and we'll be in touch with more. Share with your NYC friends.

I love this song because it feels like a lullaby written for a D&D campaign.

Here's a pattern but remember that the foundation garments of the time were doing a LOT of work, so sweaters were generally designed to cling and glide over the corset-smooth figure. archive.org/details/utop...

Sometimes, the world gives us beautiful examples of why copy editors are necessary.

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Libraries are the best thing we've invented, I think.

New tea towels just got added to the shop! Redwood Forest Floor, North American Moths, and Nudibranchs!! 🦋☘️🌊 Available here! shop.fossilforager.art

One of the greatest and shortest short stories ever written. One can only aspire to this level of mastery.

A federal judge ordered that Alligator Alcatraz must be shut down in 60 days. Time to find out if the Supreme Court approves of concentration camps.

The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life. Crank it! 😀 🎸

Over the next day or two, I'll be updating my SpecFic Novella Markets spreadsheet in anticipation of submitting a novella (!!!). But I'd love extra eyes on it. Have I missed a market? More detail needed? Is your cat being super cute? Please comment. #writing #sfff docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Not sure if all of these are still around but some novella publications to look into.

Birds are dinosaurs

Just a reminder that any teenager in the country can get a free library card from the Brooklyn Public Library and can check out eBooks and use online resources. A wonderful benefit for students facing book bans at home. www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

Did you know that you can help shore up the funding gap for PBS (and NPR), as well as getting access to fantastic content, for just $5 a month? Such as the new series, CIVICS MADE EASY--where they explain things like, oh, HOW VOTING WORKS in the U.S. #FundPBS

Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.

I adore this book. Wouldn't call it "dark" so much as it's a viciously accurate satire with a profound and compassionate heart... but anything that gets you to read it i guess

JK Rowling is ON RECORD saying she will use any continued profits she earns from the Harry Potter franchise or anything else she makes to fund her rampant anti-trans bigotry. She is telling us all in bold print that she's the bad guy. She celebrates harming children. Find other stories.

Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...

Hey! Have you signed up for PBS Passport yet? $5 per month, you donate to PBS with it, and you get all of their shows. I registered for annual at $60/year. Cancel Paramount, get PBS passport instead.

I did exactly that. Switched out Paramount+ for PBS passport

I signed up to support my local pbs station and they had a bundle to support NPR as well for just $10/month. It comes with PBS passport where you can stream PBS show. Had Paramount and cancelled and putting that money towards a good cause. You can do the same here: help.pbs.org/support/solu...

Every day you should read a poem.

We have 25 kitties in the Close Encounters Collection! It's been so much fun creating all these paintings! #cat #art #blackcat #gingercat #sciart #painting #catart