Oh whoa, nice. UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (@undertow.bsky.social) is on New York Public Library's list of 2025 best adult horror. Many thanks to NYPL!

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Not long ago -- in my lifetime -- all trans people faced unspeakable violence, including state-sponsored violence, for simply existing And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition. Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back

We've tried not eating but there are grave side effects.

Could you spare a few bob to help a weird little litmag keep going? Here's 3 ways you can support us: 1) Become a subscriber! inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne... 2) Make a one-off donation! inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne... 3) Buy past issues as EPUB & PDF! innerworlds.gumroad.com

It's a new story day! "In the Void Behind My Deaths" is free to read at @factorfourmagazine.com See what happens between death and rebirth...and what it means for the whole universe share.google/SYcRA61Zkrz7...

My story “Pools of Light at the Center of the World,” a 2800-word sentence about a shipwrecked Andalusian merchant losing his mind in a field, is now free to read in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! Check it out. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/pool...

Read my flash, "Spin Down" in this brand new (and #Spooktober...) issue.

My first collection, UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, @undertow.bsky.social is now available. Kind words for it by Kelly Link, Brian Evenson, Jeff Ford, Premee Mohamed, John Wiswell, and more. Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig. undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta... books2read.com/uncertain

Our 19th anniversary issue of Clarkesworld features original fiction by Isabel J. Kim, Fiona Moore, H.H. Pak, Greg Egan, Liu Maijia, Carrie Vaughn, and Phoebe Barton. Online now at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_229 Subscriptions available at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Submissions open now for members of marginalised groups! 🎉 (general submission window 15-31 October) Seeking speculative stories about our inner lives: 💙 500 - 2,500 words 💚 £0.02 per word, min £20 💛 Sim subs welcome! 🧡 Reprints welcome! inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g... #SubmissionCall

I come from a family with a military tradition. This beer drinking wife-beater doesn't know shit about the military or what it stands for. Honor. Valor. Courage. SERVICE. Those are the values of the US Armed Forces.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

hey do you guys like stories? how do you feel about taco bell? and free stuff, do you enjoy free stuff? i assume you said yes to all of that, so HAVE I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU! (cw: grief)

It's my birthday! And my bday wish is for you to do something to help democracy/community. You could: Call/email your reps Donate to a food pantry Help a disabled friend bring in groceries Babysit so friends w kids can go to a protest Help fix a nonprofit's website The possibilities are endless!

“Jim, our job is to protect empathy at all costs...." Last words to live by from Joe Strummer of The Clash (as told to Jim Jarmusch).

Occultation but it's also legerdemain, word-tricks that purposefully obscure (on one hand) while also reveal (on the other), and what's shown on the page is the near-future but also deep consideration of connection, relationships, loss, love. Absolutely essential, @thomasha.bsky.social , thank you!

"Immaculate... atmospheric." - Publisher's Weekly "Snappy... evocative... likely to delight." - Booklist "Kickass." - NYT Bestselling Author Chuck Wendig A monster hunter returns to shadowy Appalachia to battle the sinister coven that destroyed her family. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The audio version of “Data Ghost” my short story from the recent Storyteller anthology is now online at Pseudopod!

or...make art

Shop. Eat. Watch. Listen. Scroll. Shop. Eat. Watch. Listen. Scroll. Shop. Eat. Watch. Listen. Scroll. Consume. Consume. Consume. Consume. Consume. Consume. Consume.

Bullet Points 11 has stories from @jamesaaron.net @slashnburnett.bsky.social @gioclair.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @gerrileen.bsky.social @grigorylukin.bsky.social @kurtnewton.bsky.social ‪@natashabennett.bsky.social @jeremyszal.bsky.social Buy: zurl.co/0jolK

Memo to Eric Adams:

This year's flu shot is a doozy. Glad I got it but it wiped me out for two days.

I live in Portland and the closest thing I’ve seen to “ravages of war” is probably a standoff at a 4-way intersection where everybody was wildly gesturing for the other guy to go first.

Two Moons Over Mountain Range - acrylic on stretched canvas. From my rainbow portfolio, a series of extraterrestrial landscape paintings where each canvas had been painted predominantly using a single colour from the rainbow. #Art #Sciart #SpaceArt #Space

I can't tell you all enough how enduring, heart-aching and beautiful @clairejiawen.bsky.social latest story is in @clarkesworldmagazine.com Toxic yuri, giant mechs, but at the heart of it, a story of giving in to the system if it means you won't be alone "I draw; the machine makes monsters."

"You close your eyes, silently mouthing your favorite moons backwards as you unlock your mind to connect with the interstellar swarm." Read 'They Promised This Would Be Beautiful' by @esichr.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise... #SFF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpecFic

Like if you read the back of the cereal box at breakfast every morning when you were a kid.

Do you need a bit of an escape from doomscrolling? My story about a hot mess who falls for an even hotter mess is out in @morningtransport.bsky.social! Here's a 60-day free subscription if you need it: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024 www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/a-fallen-a...

Worried about your legacy? Forgotten science fiction author Doris Piserchia was rediscovered THIRTY YEARS after her last book was published. (Article by moi.)

"My room was filled with journals... clay figurines, stuffed animals, posters and stray, cracked seashells, an exhibition of 'Lily: Before'. I tiptoed through it, examined each specimen, feeling like a graverobber." Read 'Lily Facsimile' by DW West inner-worlds.ghost.io/lily-facsimi...

Sorry to hear this morning about the passing of Jon Lasser (@disappearinjon.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy). My deepest condolences to his family and all who knew him. If you aren’t familiar with Jon’s work, here are some things he had published: twoideas.org/publications...

Jon was a wonderful writer and a kind friend. He passed away on Rosh Hashanah; in Judaism, someone who dies then is said to be a tzaddik, a righteous person of great wisdom. Jon served on the Clarion West board and cared deeply about the SFF writing community. May his memory be a blessing.

I regret to relay that Jon Lasser passed away. He was a kind peer and delightful writer. If you read any SFF magazine, you probably read a story of his, and you surely enjoyed it. I'm going to miss him.

Hello! I wrote up a full review for @thomasha.bsky.social 's brilliant, brilliant, unnerving, haunting, and deeply empathetic horror collection, Uncertain Sons itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

Happy bi visibility day! In spite of everything, it feels good to say that here.

I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread

I think it's just about time to find a new host for my websites. Ugh.

Frederick Pohl writing about another writer's potential future success in *1972*: "...so much of what happens to writers is chance..."

So a while back, some cool people at WotC were like, Aimee would you like to make up a space guy? and I was like, YES, YES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE UP A SPACE GUY. and here he is! he's here!

My story “A Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbell” is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. It’s about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Here’s a free 60-day subscription if you need it: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

"Look at the fucking thing. Really look. See the horns, claws, that festering skin, all those yellow fangs, those fucked-up eyes? Big fucking deal." Read 'What to Do When A Demon is Talking Shit at You' by @cindyphanauthor.com inner-worlds.ghost.io/what-to-do-w...

Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" hits hard right now.

The nation is sick as hell, but this fever doesn't have to take us down. We can make it the thing that finally inoculates us.

"People are often at their worst after terrible things happen to someone." If you want a masterful, disturbing story to accompany our present reality, read this and blame @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

In case anyone else feels like they're screaming into a void about their work these days, please remember there are countless readers who aren't on social media who have probably read + loved your work without ever saying a word. (Another reason why having a website is so important.)

I've decided that manifesting good news for myself is kinda silly. Makes more sense to manifest good news for EVERYONE.

It's pub day for UNCERTAIN SONS by @thomasha.bsky.social. We're blessed to be able to bring you this great debut collection, and to work with Thomas. It's been an amazing journey. Thanks to Vince Haig and @topferarts.bsky.social for the fabulous cover. Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy.