❄️🔮I haven't written much in a while but an old horror flash of mine "My Heart in a Snow Globe" resurfaced in @pseudopod.org last month. It's a lil dark, twisty tale about motherhood as an art & the things we'd do to protect our loved ones. I hope you enjoy reading it! pseudopod.org/2025/07/11/p...

Many congratulations to all the winners and fellow finalists! 🎉

In my latest review for @locusmag.bsky.social, I discuss @freyamarske.bsky.social's upcoming gorgeously poignant novella CINDER HOUSE--a haunted house story, a ghost story and a queer Cinderella retelling all at once!

Explore @architamittra’s review of IMMACULATE CONCEPTION by Ling Ling Huang: “Overall, it’s definitely one of the most uniquely captivating and sustained interrogations of artistry and technology… I’ve read this year.”

ICYMI: My latest horror flash out in @pseudopod.org featuring: 🔮 enchanted snow globes 👩‍🎨 a helicopter mom 🎨 art & crafts ☃️ winter vibes If you're looking for a short, creepy read do check out "My Heart in a Snow Globe" in the July issue! ❄️

#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology for anyone searching for their proverbial watering hole in the concrete desert! 🤠🧶🐴 Less than 60 HRS LEFT on Kickstarter: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ Featured work by @sharpibees.bsky.social ✨

BCC Fave, @joamettegil.bsky.social returns to the show tonight at 9 pm EST to discuss the How To Touch Grass #kickstarter. Listen live at www.twitch.tv/blackcomicsc... and support the campaign at www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

Sometimes all you need is a deep breath of fresh air for everything feel all right! 🐌💚 Back #HowToTouchGrass on Kickstarter today: buff.ly/ROsqvvJ (Art from "I'm no different from a bug" by @castrike.bsky.social) 🐌 💚

"Huang’s novel is an intimate deep dive not just into how advances in technology can alter the way we create or experience art, but what it means to be a “successful” artist in this day and age." Read my full review of IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in @locusmag.bsky.social! 👇

"Huang’s novel is an intimate deep dive not just into how advances in technology can alter the way we create or experience art, but what it means to be a “successful” artist in this day and age." Read my full review of IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in @locusmag.bsky.social! 👇

We're $1,339 away from hitting 25% funding!! Peep the latest Previews Section pages before they disappear for good: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow... @garbagepatch.bsky.social

Only 10 days left to back #HowToTouchGrass! And wouldn't you know it... only 4/5 slots left if you want to PAY ONCE and receive EVERY DIGITAL RELEASE we will EVER publish. Yes, you read that correctly: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

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It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

ICYMI: My latest horror flash out in @pseudopod.org featuring: 🔮 enchanted snow globes 👩‍🎨 a helicopter mom 🎨 art & crafts ☃️ winter vibes If you're looking for a short, creepy read do check out "My Heart in a Snow Globe" in the July issue! ❄️

The people have spoken: "Touch grass, Jo! We're all BROKE!" Introducing the SOFTCOVER edition of HOW TO TOUCH GRASS! Same content, same quality, just without any bells, whistles, or hullabaloo. The price will increase from $30 USD ~after~ the Kickstarter, so get it while it's HOT: buff.ly/HbA2TT6

Ever since I was a kid I loved all sorts of myths and have always understood that myth was one of my early paths to loving SFF. Does that resonate, @architamittra.bsky.social ? @kendareblake.bsky.social series looks good!! new to me! theportalist.com/fantasy-book...

If you care about Kolkata's old houses, or you're curious about Bengali folklore, or you're interested in a personal deep-dive into post-pandemic grief & some gardening tips, you might like my lil comic + others, so do consider backing us & grabbing a copy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

In my latest review for @locusmag.bsky.social, I discuss @freyamarske.bsky.social's upcoming gorgeously poignant novella CINDER HOUSE--a haunted house story, a ghost story and a queer Cinderella retelling all at once!

Goodnight, may we all sleep beneath the downysoft refuge of an owl’s wing. 🖼️ Pine Bones

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...

#HowToTouchGrass is a comics anthology about... touching grass! Often literally: buff.ly/HbA2TT6 Em Matson-Brady and @enaami.bsky.social on "Manoomike": "We ARE nature, and our relationship with wild rice (manoomin), a grass that requires human touch to survive, is a perfect example of this." 🌾🛶🦆

At the core of transmisogyny is, inevitably, misogyny itself. The viciousness with which some people trash trans women for how they look, or their supposed artificiality, or perceived errors in their behaviour, comes from a fundamental loathing of any women who doesn’t conform to their expectations.

"As ever, Rowling is a raving lunatic who’s full of shit. Even the gentlest rebuking sends her into a spiraling Twitter frenzy, and as amusing as that can be, I have to wonder how many more hate groups she intends to fund in her ruthless drive to scour trans people from the face of the Earth."

Our intro thread has been going around again, but we've been busy since March... so, it's time for a new pinned thread! We are OTHERSIDE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! We open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for more! 🪐🗡️🌈 (1/5)

Week 2 is here, and with it a new ✨ PREVIEWS SECTION ✨ of the campaign! Check back often for the latest inside-look at this massive tome of grass-touching wonders: buff.ly/HbA2TT6

Stoked that I have an autobiographical comic "A Garden of Memory" (illustrated by @lilyresh.bsky.social) exploring grief, gardening as legacy, Kolkata's fading heritage and greenery, forthcoming in @powerandmagic.bsky.social's #HowToTouchGrass anthology, now live on Kickstarter! 👇

#HowToTouchGrass is LIVE on Kickstarter, and it's going to be magnificent: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow... Today's art is from "When the Well Runs Dry" by Bixie Boots, a passionate how-to guide on "relationship gardening": www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

Grass is our story. We eat it: rice, corn, wheat, oats, barley, sugar, bamboo shoots... We spread it: agriculture, colonialism, suburbanization, habitat restoration... We touch it: relaxation, celebration, exploration, demonstration... Grass is everything. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

since we're on topic, here enjoy some bounties from my winter garden! 🌿

Stoked that I have an autobiographical comic "A Garden of Memory" (illustrated by @lilyresh.bsky.social) exploring grief, gardening as legacy, Kolkata's fading heritage and greenery, forthcoming in @powerandmagic.bsky.social's #HowToTouchGrass anthology, now live on Kickstarter! 👇

It's a beautiful morning for "touching grass"!! You know, "touching grass", that thing we don't do enough because we're overworked, underpaid, terrified, isolated, and living through a global hellscape... But what if "touching grass" is actually the solution? www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

And just like that… we’re a #ProjectWeLove on @kickstarter.com for the FIFTH campaign in a row. We do not miss. 💪🏼📚✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

#HowToTouchGrass is now live on Kickstarter! DAY ONE, LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!! 🥳🌿🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

This review cuts perfectly and generously to the heart of Cinder House; everything a writer could ask for!

Check out @architamittra’s review of CINDER HOUSE by @freyamarske.bsky.social: “Tender and heartfelt, it’s an ideal match not just for lovers of fairy tale retellings but for anyone in the mood for an elegantly written, unconventional love story.”

Hello World! Tasavvur Magazine has entered Blue Sky!

Beauty and the Beast, 2006 by Angela Barrett

includes a horror flash about motherhood, magic and the arts by yours truly! 👇

Please help Tagreed and her daughter Menna to survive and be able to afford their food and medical expenses. If you're reading this and can't donate, at least share widely so that others can help them in a tangible way! www.gofundme.com/f/help-menna...?

Please help Tagreed and her daughter Menna to survive and be able to afford their food and medical expenses. If you're reading this and can't donate, at least share widely so that others can help them in a tangible way! www.gofundme.com/f/help-menna...?

includes a horror flash about motherhood, magic and the arts by yours truly! 👇

Have you read 'Whalefall'? In this eco-horror comic, written by Archita Mittra and illustrated by Rae Larson, two sisters grapple with generational guilt, climate change, myths, and the devastation of love and loss. darknlight.com/projects/com...

❄️🔮I haven't written much in a while but an old horror flash of mine "My Heart in a Snow Globe" resurfaced in @pseudopod.org last month. It's a lil dark, twisty tale about motherhood as an art & the things we'd do to protect our loved ones. I hope you enjoy reading it! pseudopod.org/2025/07/11/p...

Stories (plus narrations) this week from the amazing Joanne Harris, Archita Mittra, A. L. Munson and, er, me! 🦑

PseudoPod 984: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIV: Thy Shields Between Them and the Light Featuring stories by Joanne Harris, Archita Mittra, Kat Day and A. L. Munson And narrations by Joanne Harris, Tatiana Grey, Kat Day and Samantha Loney Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer: Chelsea Davis

"I wish ill on JK Rowling" is the vaguest and mildest possible sentiment against a billionaire using her wealth and clout to try and kill an entire population. The kind of thing you suspended accounts for if you're targeting people advocating for their own rights for a Purge of the Undesirables.

It's the last day to vote for the Ignyte Awards! Do vote, if you haven't already done so! 👇