Autism does not need to be cured! It's the rest of society that needs to be more accommodating!! Neurodivergence and disabilities cause suffering only because we have so little understanding or support. Treating it as something "broken" or "wrong" only enforces that, please just help people instead.

The last sentence here is why all of these platforms should be burned to the ground and also why the fascists want us all addicted to them

So many people reading today hide behind 'couldn't relate' & 'boring' as an excuse to avoid reading deeply. Authors are not just cooks making your fantasies to order. Engaging with a book will not always be a comfortable experience. A book isn't automatically bad bc you didn't 'get it' first time.

WHERE IS YOUR MOUSE NOW

I really thought I could get it done in 3 😭

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An actual quote, translated by me: "we paid a lot of money for the war, now we gotta split the percentages of the land. We already did the teardown, the first step in urban renewal." This is Israel's minister of the treasury. I feel sick. Physically sick.

lol. lmao even.

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

My current read is an ARC of BLOODTIDE, sequel to the Sidewise Award winning SARGASSA by @sophieburnham.bsky.social

Look at this bloody gorgeous red flatlay ❤️ Featuring Bloodtide by Sophie Burnham, book 2 of the Ex Romana trilogy! Perfect for readers of Saara El-Arifi and C. L. Clark and stories with strong, queer voices! buff.ly/L7aVgZi

you should buy your trans friends coffee or something today

I wrote this weird, genre-dysphoric book and it won an award and now I'm using forbidden mind spells to trick people into buying the sequel next month. also I moved to scotland to pursue an msc in narrative futures! astrapublishinghouse.com/tax-series/e...

when your weird covid project turns you into an award-winning author 🥹 thank you so much to the jurors of the sidewise award!

This takes "be gay, do crimes" to previously unimagined levels

they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

WRITING IS FUN AND COOL

Okay, on a completely different note, final copies of Bloodtide just landed on my stoop and they are SO PRETTY 🔥

It is so frustrating to see people say "oh, the days of lead are here" like those Minnesota politicians weren't executed in their homes. Fascists are the only lives that matter in this country apparently

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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

1. Trans people exist 2. Trans people have the right to fully participate in society. 3. Trans rights are human rights

I’m sorry but let me unbury this lede: *the genAI industry is literally the financial engine that is powering the fascist regime in the United States* I hadn’t even made this connection and now I’m even more horrified by this tech than I have ever been. Boosterism == fascism, literally

It's Mailbag Monday!! This week brings us gay monsters from the vampiric to the lupine, haunted houses & far future hustlers, a Rome that wasn't, weird cities, magic schools, dark Filipino short stories, world history, & a pattern deck from the world of the Rook and the Rose. What looks good to you?

It’s funny because promoting and marketing a book in any way, shape, or form is actually NOT the author’s job. At all. It is unpaid labor we’ve been forced to do for so long the expectation has mutated like a virus into “okay now you also have to be a TikTok sensation to do this as a job.”

"where do centrists find our Mamdani" is going to live in my brain

Well this is delightful!

Queer books from our giveaway! Check out my 📌 on IG for details. Thanks to @transhorrors.bsky.social, @tqsims.bsky.social, @xvictoriawrites.bsky.social, @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social, @nghivo.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social, @sophieburnham.bsky.social, @clmontblanc.bsky.social & more for your books!

are you ready for some big news? WE ARE OPEN for BIPOC subs for issue 100! and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body 💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖 find out more here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

I finished Sargassa by Sophie Burnham. It had a gentle moving start that crescendoed into a monumental conclusion! #booksky 📚🪐 #diversebooks #bookreview #romanempire hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2025/08/book...

Absolutely honored to have been longlisted for the Astounding Award alongside such truly astounding writers!

Evil. *This* is end-stage capitalism: Genocide for profit.

A copy of Sargassa is up for grabs in this, as well as a wealth of truly excellent titles.

I would sincerely appreciate it if justice-minded readers of SFF would reskeet the below post, I am sincerely trying to fill out this list and right now I have two (2) men on it which, you know, statistically, would track! but I’d be very happy to be wrong about men being terrible, this one time

Bluesky right now ...

Just in time for Labour Day, our list of stories depicting labour unions in science fiction and fantasy has reached 250 entries. Thanks to @joachimboaz.bsky.social for all the help on this. List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga... List as Google Doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 1/

As someone who is also a huge Alternate History fan, it's worth noting that the first Sidewise Award winner on the list of labour unions in science fiction and fantasy is Sargassa by @sophieburnham.bsky.social. It's one that I would highly recommend. Looking forward to the sequel. 4/

The first Nazi book burnings were the biggest archive of trans research that existed at the time.

We knew this was coming. We've been preparing for months. Call your reps. Don't give them rest. And you don't need to wait and hold your breath on a bill like this - take sensible precautions NOW. This article offers dozens of places to start.

Haboob!!

A week with Publisher Mail is over the top thrilling for me. 📚🪐 Sargassa has new outerwear! It’s possible this book about the #RomanEmpire might become your Roman Empire! This edition matches book 2 Bloodtide which comes out 10/25. #SFF #bookmail #booksky #reading

Sept. 1-15, donate $5 or more to any family in my 🔗 and enter to win! Details on Insta, but some of the cool authors involved include @sgj.bsky.social, @sophieburnham.bsky.social, @transhorrors.bsky.social, @xvictoriawrites.bsky.social, @britneyslewis.bsky.social, & more! Go give them a follow📚🇵🇸❤️

just to clear this up once and for all, I did not name a character after clive palmer. I had no idea who that even was until about six months ago. 🙃

yeah, that's not bleak at all

It has been a pleasure being on the Sidewise Award Jury, and getting to celebrate great books like Sargassa by @sophieburnham.bsky.social. I am likely leaving the jury next year, in part so that the jury can become less white & less male. Apply here to replace me: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"The Fall of Rome Scented Candle smells like cypress trees and red wine. Light it and watch the Roman forum melt into a puddle of wax while you quietly contemplate the impermanence of civilizations and/or candles."

Congratulations to Sophie Burnham for winning the 2025 Sidewise Award for Best Long Form Alternate History 🥳 Pick up Sargassa now and if you have already read this unputdownable book, preorder Bloodtide, book 2 of the Ex Romana trilogy buff.ly/8F0QswP buff.ly/DeuKsRv

i'm probably going to read it again soon in anticipation of BLOODTIDE, if for no other reason than to watch bad things happen to Darius again 😌