Free story in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social! The Things You Know, The Things You Trust: www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/mari...

I love stories where characters use their own struggles as a lens for deeper understanding of others. Here's one from @katefrancia.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social : www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/holl...

I like all of these things very much and I am excited about this book.

Buddy making me cry but in the good way

Farmer's market haul: cacio e pepe bagels, cinnamon raisin bagels, chili crisp cream cheese, slicing tomatoes, [redacted gift item]. I didn't plan my travel for the next month so that I wouldn't miss a farmer's market, it just worked out that way. But it makes for a light week.

I've been posting a lot over the past few weeks about my novella and its crowdfunder, but I think this time I want to do something more normal for me. Two writers I admire both got deals for future books @hornedlarkpress.com. Congratulations to @marissalingen.bsky.social & @jomiles.bsky.social!!!

I got to read this a while back, and am delighted that everyone will now be able to share the harpy love!

I really underestimated how much of today I'd spend chuckling to myself and muttering, "birb GROMPY."

This poem by @gwynnega.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social literally made me gasp: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

So...guess what I've been doing? It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!

We got a grant from Accelerate Resilience LA for 2026!!! We'll have news about what we'll do with it in the new year, but for now: Reckoning's payrate increases as of today to 15c/wd, $75/page for poetry and art! Reckoning X closes Sept 22nd, get your subs in now! reckoning.press/arla-grant-2...

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions! Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

Dessert mode: ACTIVATE! Best pie: Triple Berry Best Ice Cream: pistachio with dark chocolate chunks (and caramel if you've got it) Best Doughnut: apple fritter Best Bar: Aunt Ellen's bomber bars Best Cake: hazelnut with dark chocolate ganache Best Other: chocolate eclair

Beautiful, quiet, and fantastical seasonal change poem from @keyanbowes.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social : strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Ahhh my final author copies of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence are here, with gorgeous cover design by Artscandare! Aren't they lovely? Of course I'm including a spine-shot to show just how chunky it is compared to the first novella in this series! 😍 books2read.com/honeymoonGrave #romancelandia

Farmer's market haul: cacio e pepe bagels (x2, which is 6 bagels total), hot sauce x4, raspberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, Honeycrisp apples (APPLE WEEK!!!), cucumbers, saucing tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower x2. The cauliflower factor may be misleading.

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

It's coming!!! I've been calling this one "Narnia in space" or "the rewilding story" -- THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH is part portal fantasy, part anti-capitalist anti-colonialist ecological sci-fi, and I'm SO excited that Horned Lark is helping put it out into the world!

this Sunday i'll be handselling copies of all three of my books *in-person* at Land Grant in Columbus, OH. apparently there are fancy social media graphics for this with the other authors on them but i haven't been given those so you get this:

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

My godmother's old dog was so enthusiastic about fetch but not great at it, you'd throw a stick into the woods for him and he'd run after it and uproot a sapling and bring it back to you. That was "his" "stick." Anyway that's what me getting story ideas is like.

The only thing I would add to @matociquala.bsky.social & @marissalingen.bsky.social's great discussions of navigating cons is this: Remember that you can't tell from the outside what a person is dealing with.

Here's my schedule for Capclave! Hope to see many friends there! marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4250

And the thing about this advice is: you will never stop needing it. I've been in this business literally my entire adult life. I know SO MANY PEOPLE. And I still sometimes ask someone about lunch at a convention and hear, "oh sorry, I have other plans." The secret reason is: they have other plans.

This this thiiiiiiiis. Editors are not altruistic souls who are doing your pathetic self a favor. You are two entities who are each bringing something of worth to the table. Remember both halves of that. (And if you don't feel like an editor is bringing something worthwhile, DON'T WORK WITH THEM.)

Hooray! My new tea & vampires novella (set at a most unusual inn in the Black Forest) is out NOW on my Patreon: patreon.com/stephanieburgis Subscribe at the Dragon Ruler level to grab it now, or preorder it for $2.99/£2.49 to get it on Sept 29th: books2read.com/stephanieburgis #romancelandia

I've been following this with concern and will be looking carefully at the contracts coming down the pipeline from MRM. I have to recommend that others do the same. I mean, always read your contracts carefully, but--especially now.

Farmer's market haul: [redacted gifts for Christmas], gf table loaf for Godson to take home, cacio e pepe bagels, buttered pretzel bagels, chili crisp cream cheese, sweet corn, red bell peppers, raspberries, strawberries, Thai eggplants, acorn squash, broccoli.

if you want to hear me talk about how i stay motivated to write when the world would have me do ANYTHING else? here's a thread on how to sign up!!! it's this month!!!

Mmmm I love that new contract smell.

ICYMI: (This time with the correct release date!) Weston Wei's delightful cover for my novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space, animated! Repairing physics that has gone awry! Delicious food! Choices no one should ever have to make! Release date: 4/7/2026

It's a new month and maybe a new season! I have a few spots left this month for critique feedback, if you're stuck on that story and really want to figure it out. atgreenblatt.com/short-story-...

I love all the connections and disconnections in this @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social : www.uncannymagazine.com/article/broo...

Hello it's morning and I have noticed that nobody ever asks my aunt, who is a painter, where she got the idea for a painting. They ask her other questions that are "???" with her process, but not that, and I think that's interesting about what they're assuming about how visual things happen.

I've probably already said this, and I'll probably say it again: I'm willing to write the little "story behind the story" pieces some editors like, but the fundamental truth after a certain point is that this keeps happening to me because I trained my brain to do it.

This morning from @augursociety.bsky.social, @graceseybold.bsky.social tells us a tale of working around corporate limitations in the worst of times: augursociety.org/orders/

It feels very weird to post about vegetables today, but it also felt weird to even be out in the beautiful sunny weather buying vegetables today. The Twin Cities are a major metro but also a very interconnected place.

Farmer's market haul: cherry tomatoes, small eggplants, Thai eggplants, long beans, cucumbers, cauliflower, cacio e pepe bagels, corn jalapeno bagels.

Farmer's market haul: slicing tomatoes, saucing tomatoes, corn, broccoli, raspberries, strawberries, garlic herb cream cheese, chili crisp cream cheese, cinnamon sugar bagels, cacio e pepe bagels, corn jalapeno bagels.

I love weird family stories, and @tanaudel.bsky.social 's in @reactorsff.bsky.social delivers: reactormag.com/in-connorvil...

Yay! My Harwood Spellbook series of frothy feminist romantasy novellas (+ 1 short novel) is now available in an ebook box set. All of my patrons at the $5/month level or higher can grab it now: patreon.com/stephanieburgis & everyone else can find it here: books2read.com/harwood-box #romancelandia

Friday night read: the latest @tordotcom.bsky.social story from @mcflycahill90.bsky.social touches on decency and revolution: reactormag.com/with-only-a-...

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @macey.bsky.social 's BLOOD OF QUEENS, a gothic historical fantasy featuring Tudor-inspired court intrigue, necromancy, and an audacious heist. For fans of M. A. Carrick’s The Mask of Mirrors and Holly Race's Six Wild Crowns, this hits shelves Spring ’27!

Farmer's market haul: strawberries, raspberries, large purple eggplants, Thai eggplants, cucumbers, saucing tomatoes, cauliflower, chili crisp cream cheese, cacio e pepe bagels, corn jalapeno bagels, everything bagels.

Oh hey, it'll be a week or two before I start reaching out to reviewers about A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, but if you're a book reviewer who's already read AMoUI and would like to review AHoGC, drop your details in this form and I'll send you the e-ARC when ready: forms.gle/AhJpaCMKDa2m...

15 years ago, I hadn’t yet sold my 1st story (1 sold that fall); hadn’t met those who’d become my writing community; my kid was in kindergarten, my hair wasn’t this long, nor this silver. 15 years of stories & learning & being part of an amazing conversation. Happy book birthday A CATALOG OF STORMS.

The thing that fascinates me about the current Disc Horse about recommending 1950s SFF to kids vs. newer stuff is that some people are acting like "classics" have already been determined for all time and are unaffected by our behavior now.

Stick around for the last line, it's a doozy. ( @gwynnega.bsky.social in @penumbricmag.bsky.social ) www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

It's World Lion Day! May I recommend to you my newest novel, where a legendary lion is adopted by a himbo hero and is given many head pats? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773374...

ICYMI, @locusmag.bsky.social reported the 2025 WSFA Small Press Award finalists, and Leah Andelsmith's "Within the Seed Lives the Fruit" from Reckoning 8 is among them, alongside work by Reckoning contributors @ideofmarch.bsky.social and @marissalingen.bsky.social! locusmag.com/2025/08/2025...