Ouch, get out of my head please 😭🫠

For Black History Month, we’re showcasing Black creators’ stories, voices, & illustrations! 🌟📚 From the light-hearted to the heart-wrenching to the deeply mysterious, these creators' imaginations captured our team's hearts. Scroll down to see their work! ⬇️

In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work

writing productivity doesn’t alway have to look like writing. Sometimes it’s doing research by watching deep dive videos of ocean friends. Or so I’m telling myself RN. #amNOTwriting #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingscifi The sauce: www.instagram.com/reel/DU63BQ5...

I think this is especially hard for those of us working parents who only can focus on a few rewards at a time. And how much harder it is to write something like a novel, where writing is often contained to tiny rewards (e.g. I wrote 50 words) because you're building something so big/long term.

I wrote Space Treads as a subtle sci fi discourse to mirror words by Carter G. Woodson, founder of #BlackHistoryMonth: the classroom was and still is a site of violence, but students themselves can shape possibility for freedom. Read here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/spac... Thread (1/?)

in the last few years, I've tried many ways at being a writer. One was treating it like this artisan garden that must be always perfect for viewing. You count every word, prune with abandon, and march forward like a soldier to their last battle.

I used to think if I couldn't support an author by buying a book directly for $$ reasons, borrowing it from the library was just a cop out. Until a prof was like "PLEASE just request it from the uni library, it's much better for me." Anyway, don't be a perfectionist like me. Borrow those books.

Roses are red Read this thread curiously Colorless green ideas Are sleeping furiously

Most R1 English departments, my entire career: *very skeptical of English education* @manshel.bsky.social: The high school English classroom is the most important literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars. Me: 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 academic.oup.com/alh/article/...

Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows: Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️

My review of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, by Wole Talabi #books #booksky #literature 📚💙 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b39c...

A reminder that people who engage with your art will always have criticism that reveals they never really understood (or tried to understand) your art.

F y'all for this @adobe.com Exploiting people who are already tired on a product that we used to actually get to have on our computers?

A sweet and haunting story about growing old, ethics of care, and missed amends.

Reading for the Hugos, Nebulas, or Locus Awards? Please consider @thomasha.bsky.social's novelette "Uncertain Sons" in your long fiction categories. Free to read here: undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons

I saw this making the rounds last night and was too tired to bother clicking. I was so, so wrong.

Almost 3 years since the publication of SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH by Guadalupe García McCall & me. It's still timely. The premise? A teen from Mexico—crossing into the US to escape violence and find her father—is captured and caged by ICE. But she has an unexpected ally, connected to her mind. 1/

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Listened to this on the way to school with my kids. They giggled at the CFMs and some of it went over their head (haha) but we all truly enjoyed it. Touching, thoughtful, genuine heartfelt reflections on life while in the clutches of space capitalism, and the narrator is great!

I've been feeling rather hopeless about writing lately but these words from Dr. Jade Singleton on linked in resonated: "The Harlem Renaissance didn’t happen AFTER the Great Depression. It happened DURING it... (1/2)

I wish I was capable of writing something under 5K but perhaps you are capable)! I've enjoyed One Story workshops in the past.

Lest anyone be scared away by the term, “advanced” here mostly means that you’re familiar with workshop, will submit something that meets the specs, and will treat our group with respect!

😭😅 Me rewriting the first three chapters of my novel once again after brutal feedback…

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

A bangin' list, as usual, from @geraldcoleman.bsky.social geraldcoleman.com/beginners-gu...

This was such an evocative, visual, sonorous read. Lovely all over and one of my favorite Stevie songs.

Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue. clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/ Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th! (Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)

I started grad school back in 2009 reading PhD comics and feeling resonant. Cute. This is definitely where it stands now. 🙃🩸

Hungry.

Well then! The 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List is out and I’m very glad that my @sauutiverse novella DESCENT makes an appearance alongside some of the best SFF work published last year. locusmag.com/2026/02/2025... 🚀 I know how much effort goes into this list so congratulations to all of us.

Game Designer, Sensitivity Consultant, and Translator Basil here! I'm actively looking for work! Portfolio: towerofbasil.wordpress.com/portfolio/ Consulting: towerofbasil.wordpress.com/sensitivity-... Afrodyssey: towerofbasil.wordpress.com/afrodyssey-h...

a tip for neurodivergent people who are looking for a job: use codeswitching

I'm a speculative fiction author writing against colonialism and linguistic hegemony. Some of my works can be found in Uncanny and I have more forthcoming! My site is parleiriviere.com

I love this so much! Looks like my coz Cris Brown who won chopped!

Um how am I just learning about this society lol.

I'm excited to be on the "Behind the Mic: Audiobook Narrators Panel" by the @brailleinstitute.bsky.social on Tuesday, February 17 at 11:00 AM PT. To join the online session for free, go to bit.ly/3N4QJru We'll discuss voice, storytelling, accessible reading, and more.

I will forever use a word whose definition I assumed as a youth and I have yet to unlearn. "Aloof" and "disinterested" you're just gonna have to fix me each time, my brain has already given up.

Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social could use a little more help at this time. Do check out her fundraiser gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

You had me at non-anglophone SFF!

On the Criticism Special Issue menu for today: Francophone Speculative Fiction and the Challenge of Politics  by Alexander Dickow Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

I never felt so demotivated to write. I know, I know, the advice is, "just write." I have the tricks and tips and nothing compels me to even care right now about my characters or my story. #amnotwriting

Fingerprints on Glass and Clay by Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira "Lúcio has never left his aquarium, and the Guide’s mouth makes him imagine chewing the walls, diving into the sky, swimming in space." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Are you a speculative fiction author who identifies as female or nonbinary? Then we want you to read with us! It's fun and low-pressure, and you don't even have to leave your house! Fill out the form below to let us know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New IG specifically for my writing. Follow me! www.instagram.com/parlei_rivie...

As Sister Claudine restores the prarie lands around her convent, she reconciles her seemingly wayward faith with love, purpose, and a future rooted in the soil. 🌾❤️🌏 "The Order Of Soil" written by Tara Labovich and illustrated by Pola Maneli is available to read now on Tractor Beam!

Fiction submissions are open now! The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

Check out Augur issue 8.2 for my short story, "The Event Horizon of Honey," a surrealist horror tale exploring memory loss, grief, love, and the eldritch entities that stalk the woods beyond the beehives: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday! The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026. There will be no cap. More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!! My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹