The Gods of the Elves www.superdoomedplanet.com/comic/?p=1721

Come Election Day we’re going to all be very happy or very sad or somewhere in between, and if you’d like some reassurance about the outcome in the meantime there’s none to be had in any predictive art known to man

Graphic design is my passion.

author, editor, and personal bud Lee Mandelo is trying to get (the hell) out of kentucky this summer. if you can-- gofund.me/e45094aec

לא ידעתי שאפשר לעשות כאלה דברים עם פאקינג חמת חלילים

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

New in Diabolical Plots! John and Katie Batemen, printers of Fleet Street, know their newest pamphlet is about to be the talk of the town. But a late-night stranger is determined to cut their print run short... www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

IT’S ALMOST TIME!! Anathema officially opens to submissions on June 20th! ✨ We cannot wait to begin this journey after a four-year hiatus. Thank you for all of the support!! 🥹 Check our website (link in bio) for submission guidelines. We’re excited to begin reading!! 💜

Any word = a story recommendation.

I would like Chotiner to interview a nice retired lady who manages a community garden and see what she admits to almost unprompted

Actually I think the quality of content on LinkedIn will rise dramatically once it becomes the only site 14 year olds can access

The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more.

We won't see another like her. We just won't. And part of that is that she had the strength and grace to value her children and grandchildren as uniquely themselves, and to value her literary descendants (some of whom are the same people) as themselves. She was so warm and witty and wonderful.

We have SUBMISSIONS coming up! General submissions in July! And in October, a themed window for rot, decay, fungi, and possibly the kind of undead that don't clean up too nice, helmed by @amandaghelms.bsky.social ! :interminable anticipatory mad scientist cackle goes here:

Heyo, the @diabolicalplots.com submissions windows announcements are up! Yes, windowS, featuring our general call July 13-27 and a special call, Diabolical Rot, to be edited by yours truly! Send those stories Oct 18-25. Get the deets for both windows here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...

We have SUBMISSIONS coming up! General submissions in July! And in October, a themed window for rot, decay, fungi, and possibly the kind of undead that don't clean up too nice, helmed by @amandaghelms.bsky.social ! :interminable anticipatory mad scientist cackle goes here:

Heyyyyyy Diabolical Plots submission windows for 2026 are announced! Two weeks for general submissions in July. One week for Diabolical Rot theme guest edited by @amandaghelms.bsky.social ! max 3500 words, no AI, details at the link! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...

[whispering to crying baby] You have no idea

Do you want to read the newest Nebula Award-winning short story? Well you can! Congratulations to author @effies.bsky.social, as well as to everyone at @diabolicalplots.com. This is the second time a DP story has won Best Short!

In Alaska, Dan Sullivan is running against Dan Sullivan. The two Senate candidates with the same name will be on the ballot seeking the same seat. “It’s going to be confusing,” one Republican said.

A highly, HIGHLY awesome new award from InkFoundry, celebrating speculative fiction magazines!

The TOC and cover for the 6th year of WE'RE HERE has been announced! I'm so so excited and honored to get to boost these amazing stories alongside @bogiperson.bsky.social!! Get your pre-order on here: www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h...

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

Applications are open until 15 June! Come work with us to make cool diaspora and immigrant SFFH happen 🙌🏼

as writing advice goes, wild how far "have a beginning, a middle, and an end" will take you

The internet used to be so fucking good, man

Going through all this just to make a version of AOL where you only talk to bots!

I MEAN HOW CAN YOU MAKE A STORMTROOPER BLACK, THAT’S JUST HISTORICALLY INACCURATE. YES IT IS HISTORY BECAUSE IT’S A LONG TIME AGO, DIPSHIT. STORMTROOPERS STAND AROUND AND ARE BAD SHOTS AND KILL UNCLES AND AUNTS THAT SOUNDS PRETTY FUCKING WHITE TO ME OKAY

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.

why are we like this

To bring a smile to your face, here’s an ancient Egyptian dog figurine, a very good boy for some 3,400 years! 🐾🐕❤️ This lovely leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

And some thoughts about the episode and the discussions: I firmly believe reviews are For The Readers, but IMO, the discussion articulated an important approach to reviewing: paving a path, shining a spotlight, specifically in areas that get less attention, like debut authors and small presses /+

It's been really nice to see a bunch of lively discussion about criticism and reviews in the last few days! Seems like a good time to bump up this handy-dandy Bluesky list. I've got it pinned as a tab, and honestly it's one of the nicest places on social media 😅 bsky.app/profile/did:...

Reading all the replies on the latest SH Critical Friends podcast (on a day when an author did DM me on another app about a review I wrote of their work), I found myself wondering how much the BlueSky 'SFF Criticism & Discussion' feed is not just shaping these debates but also changing relationships

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It was insanely inconvenient.

I get a lot of AI slop book marketing emails, but this is the first time I have ever been . . . mistaken for Jane Austen.

The nineties were better in the sense of several extremely bad things not having happened yet

I’d add words of wisdom from my stepmother—“A hobby is something you spend money on. If you make money on it, it’s a job and you’ll eventually need a new hobby.”

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

Pastor of Muppets

Writers: what’s a solid piece of *craft* advice you wish you’d known sooner? Mine is this: when making writing decisions, always stop and ask yourself what is best for the SCENE. What are the scene’s goals? Does this sentence, this paragraph, this line of dialogue serve those goals? If not, fix it.

I love Hugh Jackman.

It took me at least a minute watching to realize what, precisely, was so impressive, and then, I realized

This one is bittersweet mixed with laugh-out-loud funny. "Davy Jones, Lobsterman," by @dairemc.bsky.social at @diabolicalplots.com , and edited by me!

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.

Awwww 🥰

"Come now, do you really expect me to teach you the entire Torah while dangling from this rope?" "No, Mr. Hillel, I expect you to die!"

Thank you so much to everyone who nominated "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything"! I'm honored and touched and am in an incredible company of nominees! You can read it at www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...