Libraries exist to provide free access to knowledge and community services. They don't exist to be a mouthpiece of your particular religion or moral code. We certainly aren't trying to "recruit trans kids" (wtf?). We aren't out to "attack Christian morals." We just want to do our jobs.

Since it is making the rounds with publishers today, here is our clear statement. No AI ever. No AI artwork, no AI for submission review or editing on our end. If we detect you sent us an AI story you will be blacklisted.

Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees @virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social

'25 Peppercorns' is out now with @mythaxis.bsky.social. This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political. mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-... 1/...

I know things are hard right now. But just hold on, because soon we’re going to lose an hour of sunlight every day and it’ll all seem so much worse.

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

Now live, both the print and audio versions of my story, “Through the Machine” (As featured by Gizmodo—link threaded). Again, If you only read one of my stories this year, let it be this one. And if you like it, please share. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...

I’m a fan of everything in this post. Also a great read if you’re interested in the contract situation with MRM and those magazines now under that umbrella. Thank you for holding your ground to set precedent for the rest of us. @cornellwriter.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...

Find a new autumn read today - aanpress.com/aanorder.html #sff #fantasy #sciencefiction. We’ll happily visit the post office on Tuesday to whisk a new package your way.

Absolutely thrilled to be included in these nominations and floored by how invested @radonjournal.bsky.social is in their authors!

Our final Issue 10 author interview ends on a high note with @prof-bogs.bsky.social www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c... Jacob unpacks teaching creative writing, connecting with readers, Substack projects, use of second person, MFA experiences, and working with @nffr.bsky.social.

@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social Background is running their Go Fund Me. They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices 📚🪐 www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Met several readers at Worldcon who were interested in shorter fiction but just didn’t know where to look for it and who/which stories they might like. It definitely feels like there is an audience, but there isn’t a bridge connecting them to the magazines + short fiction authors they’d love.

No, I don't want to enable apple intelligence. No, I don't want chat GPT for Gmail. No, I don't want an AI summary of my zoom call. What I want is Clippy to make sarcastic commentary on my rough drafts in real time.

@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social Background is running their Go Fund Me. They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices 📚🪐 www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year. Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it. gofund.me/ca0c2b7d

I hopped over here because Into the Blue from @radonjournal.bsky.social blew me away! www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/int... A friend works in palliative care, and this story does a fantastic job of showing how heroic these nurses are. The ending lines: perfect! Thank you @prof-bogs.bsky.social

.....wow.

🛸uh oh, i am feeling haunted by the sensation of time passing. better open submissions 🛸$65 flat/500 words max. that’s pro rate, baby. 🛸read the guidelines but also read the other stories to get a sense of what i’m looking for 🛸NIGHT SHADES IS OPEN🛸

This. Unfortunately, society rewards success, not bravery. You're "wasting your life trying to [Do any art]" until you find a measure of success. Then suddenly "you're so brave!" It's time we reward the bravery to create instead of the "successful" fruits of creation. Lift each other up.

My the manufacturer of the new earbuds I bought just pushed a notification to my phone prompting me to try their "AI brainwaves for sleep." I don't think I can express how much I will NOT be doing that.

Pro rate fantasy mag trying to get off the ground!

Some 📚🪐 Calls for Submission I have my eye on: @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social is open to flash subs (pro payment, $0.10/word) for their Ghosts and Afterlife call www.thecosmicbackground.com/submit-here

A good day yesterday. @mynachang.bsky.social said nice things about my FFO story @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and I got an acceptance from Abyss & Apex for another piece!

A live look at Tulsi Gabbard's computer:

Someone just offered to license our entire back catalog of issues for "AI" training. No way in hell. Not gonna happen. No means no. Don't come back. Don't even look this way. Seriously. We don't want you here.

"I asked ChatGPT and it said --" Oh yeah? I asked the ghost of RFK's brain worm and IT said you were full of shit.

Turns out peacefully protesting didn't convince Emperor Palpatine or Darth Vader they were in the wrong. And you have to start throwing a few bombs or joining rebel alliances if you want real change.

@radonjournal.bsky.social did an incredible with their print issue! Very excited to be included with all these talented authors! Get your copy: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

Join the forest. Do your time. Instructions for Rewilding the Wasteland, out now in @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 10 www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/ins... #sff #scifi #horror #primalscream #writing

Issue 10 is officially out in the world! We're kicking this week off with an excerpt from Jacob Baugher's "Into the Blue." Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we showcase more of Issue 10's fiction and poetry. Read buff.ly/gGsYjNk 's story and all of Issue 10 on our website—link in bio.

Issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social is officially live. I've just finished reading through the INCREDIBLE stories and poems in here and am truly honored to have my little story features here amongst such talented wordsmiths. Happy pub day y'all!

My story "The Oneiromantic Sheep" is out today and free to read on @radonjournal.bsky.social The flock has gone wayward on a colony planet. Includes the nature of sentience, multispecies relations, rustling, societal collapse, and obvs, sheep. www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...

Enjoy the best heart-wrenching and eye-opening science fiction this side of the Milky Way from authors @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @thomasbehan.bsky.social, @cultureworrier.bsky.social, @eoin-nordman.bsky.social, @prof-bogs.bsky.social, @haywall.bsky.social, and @virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social

ISSUE 10 LAUNCH DAY! We are proud to release our landmark double-digit issue into the world. It is our first de-siloed issue and features longer fiction up to our new limit of 5,000 words. Read online: radonjournal.com/issue10 Buy print copy: bit.ly/3ZIxNlX #WritingCommunity #Scifi

Beyond stoked to be included in issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social

This has also struck me about Starship in particular. Granted, I'm absolutely not an engineer. But while few test runs is one thing, it kinda feels like, at some point, the overall Starship design may just have some…fundamental issues?

Instructions for Rewilding the Wasteland is coming out in Radon soooooon (along with some other bangers) @radonjournal.bsky.social #rewilding #stories #scifi

We're kicking off our author reveals with the talented Eoin Nordman, Emma Burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social, Megan Cartwright, and Mercury Sunderland! Stay tuned as we release more captivating titles before Issue 10 is officially in your orbit! #indiejournal #dystopian #scifi

Some interesting stats on # of subs vs acceptances for mags I’ve sent the most short fic to 👀‼️ Clarkesworld: 30-0 The Dark: 29-12 The Dread Machine: 29-4 Apex Magazine: 27-1 Strange Horizons: 22-0 F&SF: 19-1

Our front and back covers for Issue 10 combine into a brilliant continuous image! You can support Ninja Jo directly through her personal links at linktr.ee/NinjaJo?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e9031340-46d4-4246-8122-dce59b1486d6

What this administration's staunchest supporters fail to realize is that the Trump Thought Machine relies on denigrating the Other. Yesterday it was Trans people, the day before, it was women, last week it was government workers. Tomorrow, we'll whip back around to immigrants.

If you are in Ohio, please call your representatives (most likely different than the ones on this flyer) If you are not in Ohio, maybe check and make sure your state isn't trying to do similar. I am so sick of this, but it's their playbook: give people someone to hate, limit information, etc

A fantasy reprint to close out our March ‘25 Dark Waters issue! Live on FFO today: “Borrowed Breath and Starlit Scales” by Erin L. Swann Those underwater love stories — they can be a bit troublesome, amiright? 😁🧜‍♀️ #flashfiction #fantasy #writingcommunity www.flashfictiononline.com/article/borr...

Our updated comment is linked. When I acquired this magazine it was because I wanted to do something good. Just because I think we’re already doing good, doesn’t mean we can’t be doing better. Let’s go write, read, and otherwise find ourselves in fiction ✍️ www.patreon.com/posts/future...

Oh hey, my novel SORCERESS COMES TO CALL is now my Nebula-nominated novel SORCERESS COMES TO CALL! How cool is that?! nebulas.sfwa.org/8528-2/

@tkingfisher.com's "Nettle & Bone" has one of the most effective and archetypal beginnings. Writers will benefit from studying her. Protag is: 1) alone 2) in motion 3) doing something that reveals character and is central to the plot thearchetypist.substack.com/p/beginnings...