On this episode, @benjamingorman.bsky.social talks with @mkmartinwriter.com, author of THE SURVIVORS’ CHRONICLES Trilogy culminating in the forthcoming NEW AVALON RANGERS. Show: bit.ly/WNWHome Ad-free version: bit.ly/PatreonBG

Volume 3 is out! Highly recommend grabbing all three books. I’m about 60% through volume three—will write up a decent review once I’m done. Great character development and edge of your seat moments in this post-apocalyptic thriller keeps you coming back for more.

It's Release Day! We're so excited to have you read the stories & poetry by these talented authors. Grab a copy today. Paperback is available via our website & online retailers. Ebook is available on Amazon & "free" with KU. #LGBTQ #charityanthology #horroranthology #LGBTQreads #LGBTQbooks

I am so super excited to be guest editing a FamPunk FFO! Take a break from the big-picture. Casually incorporate science & technology. Embrace quotidian else-when life. Give us alternative families in alternative spaces. Read more (& feel free to ask questions below): ffo.submittable.com/submit

Anyone else played through Lost Records: Bloom & Rage? I just finished Tape 2. GOTY level for me. Such a beautiful tearjerker of a raging punk tale. Loved the characters, the music, the 90s nostalgia, the bittersweetness of finding your way as a teen and on into adulthood. Highly recommend it.

Yay, I won another Goodreads giveaway and for a Deliah Dawson book no less! I haven’t been trying to get a ton of ARCs recently and missed my chance to get a copy of this one, so it was a wonderful surprise to win this. Excited to read it.

My story’s almost out! An update on Vivid Worlds from Donna Scott: theslab.press/2025/04/15/h...

“There’s No Future In Optimism” - the opening track from our forthcoming album 'Let All That We Imagine Be The Light' - is out now. 🐙 garbage.lnk.to/TheresNoFutu...

Had such a magical time meeting my sister and her family when they stopped by my town during their visit in Japan and came by my apartment. Was so sad to say goodbye but so thrilled and energized from the visit. It had been so long since we met in person,l that it felt unreal, like a good dream.

I needed to read some good news. This provided: fixthenews.com/289-all-the-...

👑👑👑 I’M IN TEEN VOGUEEEEE🫶🫶🫶✨✨✨✨✨

I have a story stolen in there. A bunch of my friends have more in there. Fuck Meta and puke all over Mark Zuckerberg 🤮 🤮 🤮. I hope the lawsuit does something. Need to find inspiration to go write in the face of this crap.

Friendly reminder: find links to my published work here: www.rjklee.com/p/author-pub.... Some are free to read, but others, like my newest one, "Obake Ghost Knight Streamer," require a little money. It's about a badass trans kid and her robo pet. Def worth a read. Let me know what you think of them.

Good luck and stay safe out there. One of my writer friends is going with a solid sign they made. I’d join if I wasn’t in Japan.

OMG yes — what a gorgeous special edition from @tundraswanpress.bsky.social — I’m thrilled to have my story in this horror anthology that’s queer as f*** and releasing in my birthday month of June. I’ll soon read all the stories in my preview ebook then return to rave about them. #fiction #horror

Mad respect for Al Green: youtu.be/2e9bS6VnNpw?...

The anthology editor said I can divulge where I sold my story on March 7th. I also just found out my writer friend is sharing the table of contents with me. Makes me feel all cozy and magical when that happens.

1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster. Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture. S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Yes! Resist!

Less than 12 hours left to submit! We're looking for poetry, microfiction, and flash fiction. Any subject. Just don't be hateful <3 And yes, we are a paying publication ;) frontstrikepress.com #poetry #shortfiction #author #litmag

Felt like my latest story would take a hundred more train rides, but I managed to finish on the way to work this morning. Yay! Now for readers and revision. The theme I aimed at doesn’t fit anymore, so I’ll reconsider where to sub it while writing a new one for the original target. #writerslife

THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2025 IS LIVE Three issues - a Sword & Planet special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus stories will be added to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Signed physical copies of Space & Time Issue 147 for a constant fan when we met up in Tokyo. Hearing how people enjoy my stories really motivates me to keep going in this tough industry. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, dive in. Let me know if you want a signature.

Interesting “queer” was such a low percent on the survey. That’s the one I identify as. Maybe people are worried about its history and it being used to attacks us, but I feel we’ve owned it and it’s positive.

And another story sale. Second acceptance email this month. Yay. More details later.

Ellen Thomas narrating the Ambessa novel?! Kindred present from the first chapter? Had to grab this right away. Ambessa: Chosen of the wolf by C.L Clark, first novel connected to the Arcane tv series. #ambessa #ellenthomas #leagueoflegends #arcane #booksky

Steve Martin was hilarious in the SNL 50 monologue: youtu.be/nUft6PAqBSM

Any suggestions on email services to replace gmail and chrome? I started using Ecosia as my main browser and loving it so far. Recommended (ecosia.org). Haven’t replaced my email yet, though?

Story sale! Details later.

Yesssss

It can feel like the establishment's sole aim is to take what little we have. Incrementally. Cruelly. To grind us down. To make us tired and powerless. So that even hopes and dreams become a luxury. Adam-Troy Castro's Diminished Horizons explores the full horror of that. A staggeringly powerful read

Submissions Open: Feb. 1 Deadline: August 31, 2025 Pay: $0.08/word Length: 2500-3500 See website for details. Art by Anwen O'Driscoll and used with permission.

Our Kickstarter launches ✨TOMORROW✨! We have eight pieces of fiction and eight pieces of poetry lined up, plus five pieces of cover art (snippets of which are included in our banner below)! In this thread are the titles and bylines of what we have so far, so please support us tomorrow! 1/ 🧵

IT EATS PLANETS is now publicly available to read! A queer, sci-fi comic about heists, ancient evil and fighting to survive on a dying planet. New pages every Thursday. Please kindly check it out, give it a read and share it 🔴 iteatsplanets.com 🔴

every fucking day, huh

Useful tips for the workplace.

I’m happy to say here I was included among five contributors in Kinship Myriad edited by @ageedubb.bsky.social and released mid-January. My story follows an Asian influencer and her robo plushie handling transphobe bullies online and off. Check it out via Patreon sub: www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2F...

Logged out of the total trash apps of Meta ilk and Xitter with intent to stay off them until the end of the month, then consider staying off them for good. Thanks for the push from Michael Stipe’s protest. Looking forward to posting more of my stuff here.

Usually, I make some kind of new year's resolution, but I'm not doing that this year. My submissions have become such an ingrained addiction that I don't need to worry. So, while that addiction continues, I'll gradually try to add in other goals (novels?) as I progress through the year.

400+ subs in 2024, slightly less than 2023. I'm already subbing lots this year, too. I posted an overview of my submission stats from 2024 on my website with mention of the three short story publications I have coming up next. Have a look here: www.rjklee.com/2025/01/fina...

That’s 400 total submissions made this year, for better or worse. I’ll probably tack on another 30 or so this month, but December means time to focus on final touches for my revise and resub request piece, then consider my writing focus for next year.

Made a little, but wonderful and long-time coming, sale. Details soon.

"Some folks don’t care about billions of souls crying out in unison as long as the interstellar transports run on time. That doesn’t mean they’re inherently pro–dark side. That’s just pragmatism."

Issue 147 of Space and Time Magazine is out! Includes my SF story, “What Devil or Dove Guards the Girl” with amazing lizard art by Al Sirois. @angeliqueauthor.bsky.social shares TOC with me again! Let me know what you think if you give it a read. Purchase here: amzn.to/4h9lV3s

Submission call announcement! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 The next MYRIAD Zine submission call is for Kinship, guest-edited by Christian M. Ivey (@ageedubb.bsky.social) and opening for submissions October 14! More information at the link below 👇🏼

MYRIAD submission call! ⛓️‍💥 Lawless, guest-edited by @rhinobeetl.bsky.social, will be open for submissions October 13-27. WANTED: desperate measures, jobs gone wrong, slippery slopes, reward for capture, blood oath-breakers, psychic extortionists, and more! 🗡️

Don't Ask, Ghosts Tell was funded! Publishes in June 2025. Late pledges until 10/20. Help hit the stretch goal for more interior art & bump up author pay. (www.kickstarter.com/.../dont-ask...) 2) Story submissions 10/5-10/20. Join us other hauntingly queer authors! (tundraswanpress.com/submissions/)

Just finished The Devil By Name, and will review more soon, but damn it, Keith Rosson, ya got me. I cried for one character, or more. I’ll visit it again in October for the audiobook. Xe Sands was fantastic reading Fever House and must be intense on the sequel. #horrorbooks

14 days left. We passed the halfway mark. Support “Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell” for quality ghost stories linked to a good cause. My mall haunting set in Tochigi, Japan, and many more! #horrorbooks #ghoststories #kickstarter @tundraswanpress.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/sir...

With immense gratitude to @aijiang.bsky.social I invite you all to immerse yourself once more into the haunting world of #Linghun and check out our conversation about it here: yelenacrane.com/blog/ The unasked question: How does Ai find the time for this?