thinking about the observation (quoted by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...) that "italics are a form of apology" "I find myself asking: do we really need to explain everything to the imagined Western reader?"

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We are in the final two days to submit your stories for our inaugural awards and vote for your favorite stories Foofaraw published in 2025. https://foofaraw.press/the-foofs-2025/ + https://tally.so/r/mK9Jyg

Short stories I read last week: "Loading by Chris Clemens" at Quotidian Bagatelle from @foofarawpress.bsky.social - computer intelligence that's too smart for the user's good. Made me laugh out loud. qb.foofaraw.press/loading/

MS Word's autocorrect feature sucks so bad now. It keeps recommending me complete nonsense sentence structures. I typed the phrase "white knuckling my steering wheel" and it suggested I change it to "knuckling my steering wheel white." That's nothing. That's a nothing phrase.

It's the first anniversary! Last December, @xraylitmag.bsky.social published my sad Santa #flashfiction Lone Wolves. These two Santas inspired the #Santa in the #magicalrealism story. xraylitmag.com/lone-wolves-...

This week I've been working on closing tabs that I've had open literally all year. So! Finally read "The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto" by Charles W. Mills "The reality is that Tolkien is re-fighting not World War II but the Crusades." (p. 14) is an outlook-altering sentence.

My cartographical sci-fi story “Mapping the Well” is now available to read in Solstitia Issue 4! A stellar cartographer finds her efforts at mapping the stars and the space between them stymied by a mythical alien beast that lives in those very spaces between.

call your reps. find 'em here: reps.fyi

My second adventure as a narrator is out. It was nerxciting again. Thank you @susankayequinn.bsky.social for giving me this beautiful story to read! And thank you @reckoningmag.bsky.social for adding me to your cast of narrators!

Punishment Park (1971) is incredible for how clear eyed it is and devastating that the issues in America that it’s commenting on have just continued and continued and continued. Great and upsetting watch

📚 On me pose souvent la question alors c'est parti pour les recos livres qui parlent de Moyen Âge pour les débutant.e.s, sélection totalement pas objective, partie 1 !

🛸p erhaps a reintroduction type post? Night Shades is a speculative fiction magazine publishing flash (500 words max) 4 times a month. 🛸 pro pay (min. $0.13/word) 🛸fast response 🛸sim subs ok 🛸 no rights Opening again Dec 26 www.nightshadesmag.com

The night cycle in Dragon's Dogma 2 lasts 1 billion years and daylight gameplay is approximately .02 seconds long

Idk if it’s just my eyes continue to deteriorate year after year, or if after a long break I can’t parse game visuals anymore, or if there’s something up w/ the graphics, but anything happening on screen in Dragons Dogma 2 is almost completely illegible to me. is That a goblin or a bush or a shadow?

In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.) clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Really really loved Marie Vibbert's "At the Library of Teeth" in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social. Incredible story about leaving childhood and the voids left behind. Basically every sentence made me stop and savor it. www.nightshadesmag.com/at-the-libra...

I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...

Wooo new record set! Thanks to all of you who grabbed a copy of FF this year, we've now had 1,092 unique downloads so far in 2025. Thank you, readers!

Finished reading Samanta Schweblin's "Fever Dream" today....immediately want to re-read it, what a good book. The worms....the mole...the horses...

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

The submissions for our Winter Issue have opened! SUBMISSION Link: sffsouthasia.moksha.io/publication/... Good luck, wonderful writers. 🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

If you’re looking for a bit of spookiness and a quick read today, check out my 100 word story “Miocene Mortal.” A witch and a necromancer meet each other in magical battle. www.patreon.com/posts/100-wo...

I've been told that this 2019 fundraiser for Miss Major started after her stroke is where anyone who might want to contribute to the expenses of her family in the immediate future should contribute: fundly.com/missmajor - It will stay open for the time being.

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

Silverfish found in cabinet.

Working from home today (a rare treat) and heard Sandhill Cranes outside my window. Rushed to look and sure enough a flock of them was circling above the park next door (a rare treat). Incredible!! Imagine the birds I could see if I worked from home every day. Pitching this to my boss right now.

All author copies, KS pledges, and preorders for "Mmeory" are now in the mail. Don't forget we have a Goodreads page if you want to leave a review (www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...) and, if you still want a copy of the book, visit out catalog (aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...)

Hey hey Ellipsus fam! We added 10 brand new fonts to Ellipsus for ✨Font Friday✨ - with vibes cool and unusual, cute, clean, romantic, redacted, pretty, futuristic, and more! ⌨️ Try them out and let us know which ones are your faves!

My short story with a long title, "Five Rivers You Must Lay Your Eyes Upon: A Travel Guide by Gervaise the Grizzled" is now available alongside 68 other stories in the anthology This Exquisite Topology: a collection of happy abstractions, published by @angrygablepress.bsky.social. Read it today!

Cubist snail! Cubist snail! 🐌 “Meet the “Microsnail” Named After Picasso“ hyperallergic.com/1042143/meet...

I'm in my normal horse era.

My 100-word fantasy story "Miocene Mortal" is available to read on the free tier of Manawaker Studio's Patreon! Check it out here, alongside nine other stories on the theme of "Tooth": www.patreon.com/posts/100-wo...

We just met our funding goal! Thank you times infinity to the backers of the last 30 minutes, and everyone in the last 28 days. There will be 3LBE 2026! 🖤🐙 📖 There’s still time for stretch goals, which will add more issues and more stories.

A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1

FFer Read of the Day: "A Taxonomy of Extinct and Extant Birds of the Twenty-First Century" by @andtatcat.bsky.social in @reckoningmag.bsky.social reckoning.press/a-taxonomy-o...

I’m packing the books I hope to read on a trip and in removing the dust jackets so they don’t get crinkled in my luggage I discovered that Calixto published by @aanpress.bsky.social has a cute little debossed dipper constellation on the cover underneath the jacket! I might never have known!

I have a sci-fi story called "The Soulmate Experience" that has been published in this fantastic anthology called "This Exquisite Topology". Check out that cool cover! It's full of great stories and poetry. Available to order here: a.co/d/bZ3iyUh Released today!

Woo! The anthology This Exquisite Topology is now available. It includes my humorous poem “Bewitched Border”, about a group of brujas who stand with the ancestors and against border patrol.

I'm so freaking honored to have my weird body horror story, "It Seeps in," included in this stunning anthology. "...a volume of weird, fantastic, absurd, humorous, amorous, and horrific stories and poems." - Naomi Simone Borwein and Chun Hyon Lee, editors www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCCM8XQB

My short story with a long title, "Five Rivers You Must Lay Your Eyes Upon: A Travel Guide by Gervaise the Grizzled" is now available alongside 68 other stories in the anthology This Exquisite Topology: a collection of happy abstractions, published by @angrygablepress.bsky.social. Read it today!

Garden of Earthly Delights

I finally have a website! After all the hours of fiddling, I needed to share: annapele.eu

Cover reveal for @bogiperson.bsky.social's new LGBTQIA space opera: lgbtqreads.com/2025/08/11/e... Pre-order now from Broken Eye Books or just come to our table at Worldcon.

Just read and loved Charisse J. Tubianosa‘s micro story “Tikbalang” @theoffingmag.bsky.social from 2024. Incredible blending of the supernatural and the tragically domestic. theoffingmag.com/micro/tikbal...

Guidelines for Saros #5 have arrived! We open on August 22nd for stories 500-2500 words in length centered on the theme of Sound/Silence. Payment will be $25 CAD for both originals and reprints. The period will stay open until we've collected 111 subs. Full details at sarossf.com/submissions/

SFF writers take note! SFWA's Board of Directors has updates on the Must Read Publishing situation: what Must Read has now promised to change, and what steps SFWA is taking next, to ensure future contracts require less negotiation from writers in genre. READ MORE BELOW ⬇️ www.sfwa.org/2025/07/14/p...

Thanks for doing this! For those curious, I asked David for this information to help set selection criteria for a planned anthology of stories that had many rejections before being published. The call for TRUNK will open on 5 August, and you can see it here: books.metaphorosis.com/calls/

Last year I made a rule that I couldn’t buy a new book unless I finished reading 2 I already owned. Not to be beaten by myself, I started checking more books out from the library as a “loophole.” A year later I have not made headway on the books on my shelves but I have used the library way more.