Oh wow Fargo Tbakhi!!! SFF people also take notice that an author who writes SFF (published in places like @apexmag.bsky.social @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social) is on the longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry, this is not very common!

Attention #AcademicSky Everyone is talking about books, but thousands of academic journals were also pirated and are entitled to up to $3,000 *per pirated volume!!!* if editors submit titles to join the suit. Incredible opportunity for underfunded journals to get some $$! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

A bit I missed in the Authors Guild explainer earlier is that they say the settlement goes to both beneficial and legal copyright owners, so the publishers may get some of the money. So publishers who neglected to register (ie did not staff properly to make that happen) screwed themselves, too.

Many authors have searched The Atlantic's LibGen database of pirated titles to see if they are listed there. However, I've uncovered that authors of short fiction aren't always discoverable there. Here's how I discovered more of my short fiction in the list. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

For context that's a third the price the RIAA expected a single human to pay for just downloading 24 songs a decade ago (after cutting the ruling down from $1.5m, or $62,000 per song), and that's not adjusting for inflation:

It a night of hell in Gaza, just one night but it dragged us through ages of terror, with strikes every five minutes as if time itself had turned into an enemy, as if the ticking clock carried rockets in its tail, an endless death sweeping through everything. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3sem5b4p

The single biggest money earner in my entire career is a 5,000 word short story published in Asimov's in 2011 that was never nominated for any award except the Amazon Readers' Poll It's literally made me more money than any of my novels have. Protect your rights.

If you're a newer writer considering signing a predatory contract because you feel like it will help your career long term to publish in a "prestige" market and "It's only a short story," I beg you to reconsider.

THERE IT IS

So MRM wasted months of authors' time lying that they wanted to create fair contracts, then bailed on the authors? What a mess. Deeply disappointing to see historic magazines under the control of such people.

for those who haven’t been following: the people who bought Asimov’s, F&SF, et al. have a new contract that’s basically a rights grab and have treated authors who pushed back on it like shit, stringing them along, gaslighting them, etc. I don’t recommend submitting to any of their mags at this time

I’ve made an update to this situation. open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...

The Goldman Fund window opens next week, September 1 through October 16. If you're a member of the Palestinian diaspora attending Metropol Con in Berlin, apply through Con or Bust program dreamfoundry.org/con...

Palestinian families like Jihad's are being bombed, displaced & starved to death in Israel's genocidal famine & siege. Please help by sharing & donating if you've anything to spare:

Adham saw his friend Ramadan shot to death in the US-Israeli operated killing fields where aid traps have been set up for Palestinians being starved to death by Israel. He lost his phone as well. Please read, share, donate if you can. He's among the people this platform silences daily.

Palestinian families like Samaa's are being starved to death in Israel's genocide. Please help by sharing & donating if you can:

Stay tuned for news about this upcoming digital quarterly magazine of fantasy fiction! ✨🌱

it is always a good moment to share fargo nissim tbakhi's incredible piece, but it is especially important now after the proscription of Palestine Action in the UK at the very least please read the section of the piece about 'terrorism' proteanmag.com/2023/12/08/n...

Please welcome Tasavvur Magazine to Bsky; they're one of South Asia's few dedicated sff magazines, and they do great work. There are barely any eyes on them here at the moment, so if you're interested in global sff (or a desi reader looking for more desi sff), please do read/follow them:

The Gaza Soup Kitchen run by Hani Almadhoun and family is currently feeding 3000 people a day under the monstrous conditions of the engineered famine happening before our eyes. You can help feed at least a few people. Please donate: gofund.me/e37b4bae

New updates! Some important ones regarding con safety inside and out. Specifically, we'll have a quiet space for folks to unwind during or between panels. Also, ConCurrent is a private event. We and the ACT can and will deny access to people at our discretion. concurrentseattle.weebly.com/updates

Will be at ReaderCon, with flyers for ConCurrent in tow. See folks there : )

re: Worldcon I'd like to remind people of the 2024 issue of Hugo Finalist Journey Planet I edited called "Be The Change" where we discuss problems with the Hugos and Worldcons www.journeyplanet.org/journey-plan... Pieces by @sillysarasue.bsky.social @margueritekenner.bsky.social and more

DID YOU KNOW: ConCurrent is hosting the ONLY panel on Sinners during WorldCon? 2:30, Aug 14, the ACT Theatre. Register to see @ldlewiswrites.com @lpkindred.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @nicole-glover.com @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social talk Sinners! concurrentseattle.weebly.com/register.html

I am volunteering (virtually) for this! Lots of registration slots still open!

We're all up to date on registration confirmation emails. If you registered but haven't received an email, please check your spam folder! If you've been wondering about whether there's space, I assure you there's lots. The Bullitt Cabaret holds 150, and we're capping registration at 120 per panel.

@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social and @podcastle.org are currently accepting submissions. As a first reader for both, here's what I'd like authors to know. Opinions are my own. emmaliah.wixsite.com/emmaliawrite...

Hi. If you know me, you know I don't often wade into industry discussion. But this response from MRM is fucked. Not only doubling down on a rights grab but lecturing writers about what scraps they should accept. The arrogance is off the charts. Talk about slamming your dick in a car door.

Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)

Please share & give to help Ahmad's family survive in Israel's genocide in Gaza. His mother needs urgent treatment for diabetes and retinal disease. They're being starved & attacked, & are exhausted. Please help them get a new bag of flour if you've anything to spare:

Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned to know what the difference is between weird fiction and horror. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

hello friends! these deathless shores is one year old today 🍰 wrote a bit about it in my newsletter~ lowph.beehiiv.com/p/one-year-o...

I worked at a tech company I won't name who made me sign a moral rights waiver. As soon as I left, they removed my name from *hundreds* of articles I'd written for them, over a year's work. They just say 'by: [company] team' now. Do not sign a moral rights waiver.

Analog SF's inclusion of a moral rights waiver in their new contracts has resulted in the magazine being delisted from The Submission Grinder. This is a good thing.

The Nebula award for A Death in Hyperspace! The team shares this one trophy (reasonably -- there are 10 of us).

FIYAH #35: BLACK ISEKAI is out now! Buy your DRM-free digital issue direct from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social today. 💜

But it's not a binary. There's just one thing, the language, which has different expressions (denotation, connotation, sound, feeling). This is what the common "windowpane prose" analogy misses. There's nothing on the other side of the window; the story doesn't exist outside of or beyond the text.

This gripe circles back around to treating literature as content, readers as consumers; I wish we would look at reading more like *playing* than eating: the text is not the song, or film; it's the score, or script. The real thing is in us, or *between* us & the text.

BY THE WAY if you liked this discussion and are thinking to yourself: "gee, how can I support more readers discovering translated global SF, and/or finding more resources about that myself?" check out the @translatedhugo.bsky.social! translatedhugo.org/signatories/

Got me shouting "oy!" in agreement before 8am, good job @willmcmahon36.bsky.social

Super excited for this story and the rest of the anthology!

My new Genre Grapevine features a deep dive into the contract concerns surrounding Must Read Magazines, the new owner of Asimov's, Analog, and F&SF. I include specific contract details and negotiating info. Plus as usual, a ton of other genre news and info. www.patreon.com/posts/133579...

the wizard catches sight of his only natural predator, the clown, and takes quick refuge beneath a large stone

just submitted my draft of this doozy to @cjsubko.bsky.social & @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social!! If you want to read about this weird "family," along with stories from @rukman.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social grab the anthology here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ent...

Look at what some people have created: www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/06/18/u... - another example of people being in motion everywhere.

This is absolutely incredible and I am so happy for my collaborators. Thank you all the voters for enjoying our game and I am so pleased to be in the company of the other nominees, who are all fantastic (and you should check out their games!). AHHHHH!

Omg. 😳 *Supremely* proud of and grateful for the team. Thank you to the voters. Did not believe this would happen in my early career.

🎊 And the Nebula for Best Game Writing goes to... A Death in Hyperspace (Infomancy.net)! #Nebulas2025 Congratulations to Stewart C. Baker, @phoebebarton.bsky.social, James Beamon, @kateheartfield.com, @isabel.kim— 1/2

— @smessenger.bsky.social, Jingjing Xiao, @nassos.bsky.social, @darusha.ca, and @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social! Our Best Game Writing winners for #Nebulas2025!!! 🥳🥳🥳 2/2