A blue tsunami last night AND a new Death Grips album? Y'all, I think we switched timelines or something

A 2025 miracle arriving just in time to erase the travesty that is Tom Cruise's "Mummy" from all our timelines. We won, fellow bisexuals! We did it 🙌

This was Celeste's Week 5 story at Clarion West, and I remember the experience of reading it for the first time, like it was yesterday. A specific sense of wonder and awe at what Celeste was doing on the page, the sharpness and brilliance and joy of it.

We are heartbroken to hear about the passing of Celeste Rita Baker, a wonderful writer and human. It was our joy and privilege to publish her story “Me and Seed Sheself” in our magazine in 2022. Our deepest condolences to her loved ones, may she rest in peace. www.khoreomag.com/fiction/me-a...

“Glass Bottle Dancer” was the very first story I read at Clarion West. I was the youngest student there; Celeste was the oldest, and she’d just written the most goddamn incredible story in like two days, and for a little while I was like, what the fuck am I doing here?

She was a lovely human being and a fine, fine writer.

@ Clarion West, during critique of this story, Celeste called me out, "Monte drew a roach with his feedback!" w/ gust I think I said, "But... you wrote about them!" But Celeste had her usual wide smile and (I remember) her laughter; she'd mess w/ you yet you knew where you stood w/ her

Heartbroken to say the least. My dear friend and CW classmate Celeste Rita Baker has passed away. Words aren't enough to describe what an amazing, talented, warm, and loving human being she was. The world is so much emptier now. 💔

Absolutely devastated at the passing of my beloved, gorgeous friend and Clarion West 2019 classmate, Celeste Rita Baker. She was the absolute best of us. I'm broken.

So. Damn. Good.

You don't want to miss this kick-ass story! I made fanart based on that story! 🥰

Tonight! I'll be reading "Interstate Mohinis" (originally published in @diabolicalplots.com) for the first time ever! Be there, or be square 🖤🌃▪️

I mean, it's obvious why they're favorites, but the surprise is that they're baaa-aaack!

Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Binge-watching Chihayafuru to get out of a depression hole, this better work

In college, I had a twenty-page paper due at 8:00 AM on formal logic and truth-functional languages which I PLAIN FORGOT ABOUT until 3:00 AM. I double-fisted red bull shots, hand-wrote all my notes, ran to the 24-hour library, and typed up the whole thing like a feral raccoon on uppers. I got an A.

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions. My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

So thrilled to be invited to speak at Wholehearted Writers Week! You'll finally learn how I keep my chaos demons in check. Just kidding! You'll learn the EXACT opposite, and I can't wait 😈

Oh why yes it IS true that the indomitable M. L. Krishnan will be spilling her secrets at the Wholehearted Writers Week. Do you want to hear her speak on staying true to yourself in the process of ideation and drafting? Early bird pricing closes October 12: wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html

Episode 264 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast is now live with guest @foxesandroses.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn why she ended up as a fantasy writer rather than a comic book creator, how a pantser handles world building — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Thanks so much, Mo! This was a really fun one!

it's here!!✨ ISSUE 98 out NOW in full for subscribers and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

My head is literally buzzing because of that INCREDIBLE Lions game! Damn, it feels good to be a Detroiter tonight 🥹

Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine is going on tour! Hopping to a city, mountain town, or sun-drenched stretch of desert near you... 🗺️🐇

One of my fav Indian publishers who put out my fav cryptozoology and folk horror book of all time is teeing up a new banger www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

300 bucks away! SO CLOSE

Eyyyyy, happy anniversary to one of my favorite novellas OF ALL TIME by the brilliant @lmanusos.bsky.social! 💀🖤

This is a gorgeous, thoughtful essay by @kristinaten.bsky.social (with incredible accompanying photos) that stays with you. 🖤

Midweek story time! Tomorrow evening, come sit criss-cross applesauce, or however's comfortable, for an hour of livestream stories told by @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social and me 🖤📚

We’re only $400 away from our target, and I’m not just saying this because I’m in it—but this is THE strangest, most intentionally buckwild, unique book of horror from @blaft.bsky.social, that you’re going to read in a hot minute. The finish line is SO close!

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

We’re only $400 away from our target, and I’m not just saying this because I’m in it—but this is THE strangest, most intentionally buckwild, unique book of horror from @blaft.bsky.social, that you’re going to read in a hot minute. The finish line is SO close!

Issue 5.3 is out now! ❤️‍🔥 A special themed issue on Symbiosis—close relationships between species. The stories creatively explore their own take on this theme. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com This incredible cover is by @jocelynshort.bsky.social 🧡

Rome. Also Carnivàle. 2003-2007 HBO has a chokehold on me. 🥲

One month till TELL ME YOURS, I'LL TELL YOU MINE! Got your copy yet?

100% this. One of THE most important things you will learn or ought to learn as a bookseller (OR writer OR reviewer OR avid reader) is that all genres are valid, there is groundbreaking work happening right now in Every Single Genre, and to STFU on reductive, condescending takes.

This'll be my last post on the matter, then I'm out. Here are three great books from 2024! 2025! that you can read right now, instead of engaging in odd litfic assumptions: - Dead in Long Beach, California, by Venita Blackburn - The South, by Tash Aw - Japa and Other Stories, by Iheoma Nwachukwu

For those bagging on litfic, I urge you to look at any major literary awards longlist like the 2025 Booker Prize, pick a book at random, and just read. No “horny professors” here. The books are tender, quiet, harrowing, and expansive. Set across the world, written by authors from across the world.

Litfic discourse with reference points stuck in 1993 Litfic discourse something something “Ian McEwan” “Sally Rooney” “David Foster Wallace” Litfic discourse that’s abundantly clear that most people haven’t picked up and read a litfic book in the last decade or more

Litfic discourse with reference points stuck in 1993 Litfic discourse something something “Ian McEwan” “Sally Rooney” “David Foster Wallace” Litfic discourse that’s abundantly clear that most people haven’t picked up and read a litfic book in the last decade or more

If you haven't yet, please read @emelkrishnan.bsky.social's astounding INTERSTATE MOHINIS at @diabolicalplots.com www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... And then back our Kickstarter for BANDIGOAT for more of her fiction www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

And haunted footnotes! We're almost halfway thereeeee

I'm going to go completely against the grain and just say it—THIS IS MY JAM. I don't care about authenticity, just give me an adaptation that commits FULLY to its own unhinged vision and erotic madness, and this one does! In spades!

Announcing BANDIGOAT: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales. This little book has been terribly delayed, but it's finally going to print at the end of the month! Reserve your copy on Kickstarter, get your name in the acknowledgments, help us pay the bills! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Every day there is a new @emelkrishnan.bsky.social story out there it's a good day!

These footnotes are like the *best* footnotes also. Footnotes to make Pratchett and DFW's ghosts' jaws drop in jealous awe

I have a story in this book! If you want to read an ecological horror story with footnotes (!) and sentient plants, please back this incredible project. 👁️ 🌿 But also, back it anyway, because @blaft.bsky.social consistently puts out some of the best, most compelling books I've read anywhere 🖤

I say this very kindly, but this is where critical thinking skills and free will come into play. We are not being straightjacketed into chairs with wired-open eyes, while artistic propaganda screams into our eyeballs 24/7 in a Clockwork Orange hell. We can choose to disengage with any form of art.

I agree. I have mentioned here before that art—for me specifically—exists on a value neutral plane, taking on (and reflecting back, in some instances) the values of those who engage with it. I do not regard art as an arbiter of moral virtue, and playing purity tetris with art is confounding to me.

Rainbow Space Magic is trying something new this year! We’ve lined up some kickass professional editors--myself included!--to give feedback on the opening pages of your queer SFF novel. Submit your opening pages to apply for a one-to-one session. forms.gle/vaqPkKYwM1ex... #RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #QueerSFF