Hey, guess what? The new story's live on Ko-Fi! Ochlophobia, or An Average Family Christmas is a short story based on real events. This is the link to the PDF; there's an epub version available as well (and if you need a different file type, just shout!).

It's tragically appropriate that we spent a whole generation telling students that the humanities were moribund, and they should all study STEM, only for the greatest innovations in STEM to prove why the humanities were so essential all along.

Since it's Disability Pride Month & curators are STILL pushing non-disabled narratives abt disability, I'm going to start sharing a disabled writer a day for the rest of July. Today's disabled writer is Elsa Sjunneson! Also known as @snarkbat.bsky.social Deets at www.snarkbat.com #DisabilityPride

Friends, WHAT a day. I have two CNF pieces out today in The Sandy River Review. They’re both about my dear friend Jessica who passed 18 months ago. I’d love it if you gave them a read 🧡🙏🏾💔 sandyriverreview.com/2026/07/03/h... sandyriverreview.com/2026/07/03/s...

Chad's #1 rule of writing: If you don't feel it, don't write it.

"African masks / rise" [double exposure] PolaStax Instax Wide film holder + Polaroid 250 Land Camera #instax #instaxwide #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography #instantfilm

IT'S HERE IT'S HERE! My new story is up!! I'm proud to be in Clarkesworld again after a few years absence. I'm proud to be in the anniversary issue of the magazine's conception. I'm proud of taking ellipses back from AI 😉. Read it here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_07_26/

Hey! Latest story, "Our Revels Now Are Ended," now out at @clarkesworldmagazine.com. In a library connected to other libraries, a man with redacted memories exchanges ideas with a state interrogator. As always, if you enjoy, feel free to drop a line.

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING. IT'S REAL. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER NOW!!!! amzn.to/4b2iESb

"Logan's Run" is 50 years old this week!

Never posted this here before. You likey? #photography #photographersofbluesky #goldenhour #sunset #nyc #newyork #skylines #sklylinephotography #river #sky #nikon #nikond810

Happy #caturday from Jules.

LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN (in 60 minutes!)

I'm so proud to have this essay out in support of the @strangehorizons.bsky.social fund drive. I have thoughts about worldbuilding, and I hope after reading that you will, too ✨

Coming on October 6th 2026 is my new nonfiction title DEAR BLIND LADY from @sasquatchbooks.bsky.social I’m so excited to share this snarky but helpful guide to how to be better humans to one another. Preorder anywhere you buy books, and check out snarkbat.com for more!

It's cover reveal time for THE HERESY OF THIEVES!! 💙🪐📚

HEY MY DEBUT IS OUT TODAY AND IDK I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY TBH THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DO YOU WANNA BUY IT NO WORRIES IF NOT also also i'm finally listening to the full audiobook and jfc kristin atherton is a fucking legend www.penguin.co.uk/books/474739...

Idk why I find vanilla so revolting. Sometimes just the smell of it makes me want to barf.

🚨FOR ONE WEEK ONLY🚨 check out the queer heroes sale! an excellent curation of books featuring big damn queer heroes. #PrideBookFair #booksky sheilajenne.com/queer-heroes...

Ahh, my debut with @therumpus.net is live! "The Body Monstrous" is about fate, autonomy, and power -- and also childbirth as body horror. This is one of those stories I've always believed deeply in, and I'm so happy it's out with The Rumpus!

Almost can't believe I'm saying it but STARLOG IS BACK, BABY. Beyond honored to serve as senior editor under the badass, brilliant @annaleen.bsky.social, with @jhoffman.bsky.social & @da7e.com on the podcast mic. Trust that you'll want to sign up for Jordan's weekly inbox dispatch, too: starlog.com

Now you can use off camera flash with Instax Wide film. Here's how: #polastax #instaxwide #flashphotography #polaroid

It is Bookshop's Anti-Prime sale which means shipping on EVERYTHING is FREE. You can support indie bookstores and load up on reads for your summer. This includes my novel, THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS, which drops in three weeks. I want to thread some other book recs, though!

"dreams of affordable consumables cloud my mind" PolaStax Instax Wide film holder + Polaroid 250 Land Camera Double Exposure #polastax #instaxwide #filmphotography #believeinfilm #instantfilm

I never saw the chaos coming. I was just excited to publish a book. emmaburnett.uk/life/marketi...

Boat Pond, Central Park (Infrared Film) #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #infraredphotography #nyc #centralpark #bwphotography

Want to read my genderqueer, coming-of-age, young love, cozy fantasy flash story, "Springtime Magic?" Of course you do! #sff #flashfiction #cozyfantasy #queerromance #younglove #hearthstoriesmagazine

Good morning from the peak of Mt Keelung.

help i tried to fight fire with fire and the two fires ganged up on me and now i'm covered in burns

Hi! It's Read Caribbean/Caribbean Heritage Month, and I'm an award winning West Indian speculative fiction author with works across genres. Here's a thread of some of my stuff if you're wondering where to start. (Note: Most of my shorts are free to read online!) 1/6

Happy Father's Day to all the cat dads out there.

he has lived in this house for eight years but still enters every room with the confused energy of a substitute teacher who has just learned there is no lesson plan

It's (almost) the weekend! Do you want to read a thick mythic portal fantasy with sirens, mermaids, loving descriptions of food/food preparation and cozy scenes? 🧜‍♀️ 🧜‍♂️ 🧜 🏰 ☄️🐟 🌊 #BookSky 💙 📚

It's another beautiful day here on Planet Earth. We're lucky. Privileged. Special? Maybe not, but this is one damn fine planet, and we ought to appreciate--and respect--this big blue marble that happens to be our home.

Sshhh! It's TOP SECRET! #polastax #instax #instaxwide #photography #largeformatphotography

Nothing more infuriating than "experts" who talk out of their asses about subjects that they clearly know nothing about.

A boy and his dog.

Do not go gentle into that good... Bight? Fight? Spite? Light? Kite? Yes, that's it: . "Do not go gentle into that good kite. Rage, rage against its windblown might." 🪁

Bringing you some Nigerian science fiction, fantasy, and horror book recs this Wednesday! How many have you read?

I've got a new article up at 35mmc today: "How to Shoot Instax in a Polaroid Camera." #instax #instaxwide #filmphotography #photography

"Grass Scrapers" & "Skyscraper Combo," made with the PolaStax Instax Wide film holder, a Polaroid 250 pack film camera, and my "tubular" mask set. #polastax #instaxwide #instax #instantfilm #filmphotography #believeinfilm #analogphotography #filmisnotdead

Have an old Polaroid pack film camera? Convert it to Instax in 5 minutes! #photography #filmphotography #instaxwide

Frank the robot by Frank Kelly Freas (detail). Made with a PolaStax Instax Wide film holder in a Polaroid 250 Land Camera using a Kalimar Copy Stand. #instax #instaxwide #instantfilm #photography #analogphotography #believeinfilm

Cold cuts, anyone?

Small poem.

ISSUE 2 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Tiger princesses! Cyborgs! Spacefaring scientists and sword-wielding students! Our second issue is warm, tender, hopeful, and sometimes horrifying in the best way. It was a joy to assemble, and we hope you enjoy it too🪐🗡️🌈 othersidespec.com/issues/issue-2/

Relative clauses beginning with "that," why can't I quit you?

Fog on the Lewis River (Yellowstone) [Nikon D810, 35mm lens] #landscapes #landscapephotography #nature #photography #nikon

I spent the day with TikTok and all I got was this lousy video.

Idea for a TV show: Opposing teams of romantically paired contestants fight for control of a medieval castle. It's called "The Love Moat."