this is what you're contributing to whenever you use AI to "just" do...anything really. don't use that shit. you're making people's lives miserable, and for what? an incorrect answer? some casual plagiarism?

oh, and i cannot emphasize this enough, fuck no.

i just checked WorldCat and THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is in 139 libraries!!!!! this is incredible!

Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region. Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat. We live in Orwellian times.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

i'm also going to add my concern that these are also the authors for whom travel to the US would be most unsafe and who have to pass on attending cons/events. US remains the largest readership. having name recognition in the US helps tremendously.

#39, just how i like it.

#39, just how i like it.

finished reading the nausicaä manga recently and unsurprisingly liked it a lot.. 4 color risograph print (cornflower, bright olive green, bright red, hunter green)

*slams fist on table* NEW! SFF/H! YA! reactormag.com/young-adult-...

someone host me on a podcast. i will talk about decomposing rats in the most romantic way you've ever heard. i'm a delight.

JOIN OUR NEW BOOK CLUB: The Augur Bookshelf! 📚✨ A sci-fi, fantasy, & specfic book club that meets on the 4th Monday of each month to explore the unknown & the fantastical! 🧚🐉 Sign up on eventbrite, you'll get reminders for every session & 10% off reads thanks to @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social!

this is old growth. some of these trees are close to 1,000 years old, som eolder. BC folks, take note. you'd be losing incredible biodiversity.

you will be no help to yourself or others if your brain turns to liquid from witnessing one horror after another. it's ok to step away from the internet temporarily. it's okay to focus on small-scale community building and support irl.

knots

Strange Horizons is open to non-fiction submissions for our March 30th special issue which will be all about Fungi in SFF! More information about our submission guidelines and how to submit ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

My next guest in the hyperspace had their shoes shined and bought a pack of cigarettes. While you guess, you can check my previous guests, @tkrex.bsky.social and @thesuiway.bsky.social! renanbernardo.substack.com

sometimes a cover so 🔥🔥🔥 drops into your inbox that you regain faith in the publishing industry.

practice 🍂

Had the loveliest time this weekend celebrating the launch of @thesuiway.bsky.social’s Iron Garden Sutra, and hearing about: ✨ Dead rat (not relevant to book) ✨ Corpse farms (kinda relevant) ✨ Wall staring competency (very relevant) Can’t wait to start reading 👀👀👀

right, fellow geese, let's go 🍁

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

NEW THOMAS HA STORY

guess who is hot and fresh? (it’s me)

Completely by happenstance, I attended the book launch for The Iron Garden Sutra by @thesuiway.bsky.social at Bakka Phoenix books today, and it was lovely. So I posted about it! You should give this book a shot if you get the chance. booksandtea.ca/2026/02/book...

yeah, I understand he’s a banker. I was just hoping there was a spine inside the baker.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

New issue of the Hyperspace is now out, and no one better to travel through the Hyperspace than @thesuiway.bsky.social, who recently published The Iron Garden Sutra by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social. 🚀 renanbernardo.substack.com/p/into-the-h...

children are dead, Mark.

One more day to go! This is tomorrow! Come by for excellent conversation, signed books, and SOUP!

300 million workers shut down India last week in the largest strike in history. Blacked out by western media because this is the future the bosses all fear the most. peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/12/3... #workingclass #LaborHistory #union #strike #india #students #women #solidarity #classwar

From mysterious relics to ancient spacecraft, stumbling across arcane objects is a time-tested way to kick off a science fiction story. @jdnicoll.bsky.social shares five examples from different decades; what are your favorites?

the best response to this i've seen was (on some social media platform): "i can name 50 people rn who would do this for a finisher's medal" (just needs one more zero on those miles)

Hey folks, I hadn't thought of it in these terms, but protesting planned AI data centers in your local area *could literally bring the entire fascist house of cards down*, b/c the big fascist tech cos have bet HEAVY on AI, but the demand ain't happening so their $100s of billions of Nvidia chips...

where i briefly lament about emails 👇

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

Nebula noms closing soon. boosting this to shoot my shot.

"scarcity" makes me laugh because we clearly have the resources to provide everyone with what they need RIGHT NOW except that like 50 people want an extra yacht so fuck the rest of us ANYWAY

An @thesuiway.bsky.social spotted in the wild! (The wilderness of Roseville, Minnesota's Barnes and Noble.)

thrilled to report that JUST ONE DAY post-publication, i have shifted from pre-pub anxiety to post-pub anxiety.

I feel like midlist SFF is both vitally important and uniquely threatened right now because the midlist is where you find most of the queer, PoC, and otherwise marginalized authors. As well as a lot of really exciting books trying new things! Stuff that's not a "safe bet" but often a great read

always a good day when I get to tell @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social about my work!!

How we deal with death is often shaped by our cultures and beliefs. In A.D. Sui's new #SciFi novel "The Iron Garden Sutra," a monk helps people on a generational ship pass on...until he can't. To find out more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀🪦

Happy book day to @thesuiway.bsky.social's IRON GARDEN SUTRA!

and we're live, folks! THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now out everywhere books are sold! if you pre-ordered a copy, you should be receiving it soon (or already have) and if not, it's not too late to purchase the yellowest book in all of history!

i have been newly released into the world!!!

We may not be open today, but that doesn't stop new #books from coming out. We've rounded up the best of the week for you below, by authors like @legroff.bsky.social, @tayari.bsky.social,Anna Quindlen, B.K. Borison, Rebecca Kauffman, @thesuiway.bsky.social, and more!

The Iron Garden Sutra, by @thesuiway.bsky.social (pub by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent blend of horror and sci-fi that lands in the meditative side, inquiring much about grief and loss, delivering a superb story. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/the-... 💙📚

Heads up for SFWA members filling out the Nebula nomination form: It is possible to 'save and continue later' BUT if you do this, be sure to ALSO do the step (on the next page) of emailing yourself the link to your partial ballot. Otherwise you'll have no way to get back to it!