Read the interview and look out for the book. Vanessa is an awesome writer!

A story in Helen McClory's collection, "Lore," creeped me out so much I still remembered it years after I read it. It's in her wonderful collection, MAYHEM & DEATH. It's available at 404 Ink if you're in the UK. @helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social

This week on the pod, we go back to where #cyberpunk started with the seminal Moebius/Dan O'Bannon comic short story "The Long Tomorrow"! www.spreaker.com/episode/mlop...

Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

yall my dad wrote this!! a middle grade book about human evolution ⚡️⚡️⚡️ pre-order a copy for your kiddos! @evoexplorer.bsky.social

Thank you to Myna for interviewing me!

Issue 11 of Bullet Points is out - one of my favorite pubs! Featuring @gerrileen.bsky.social @slashnburnett.bsky.social @grigorylukin.bsky.social @addi.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social & so many more. @bulletpoints.bsky.social

The October issue is up! You can find it at the usual place (www.penumbric.com/currentissue...), and of course a pdf version at www.penumbric.com/currentissue.... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

Y'all, in a world of AI slop, take a look at this real human art: Telephone is a worldwide, multimedia, interactive game/art project/human-powered portal of inspiration Each of us did our own part, and this is the first time we're seeing the sprawling results! telephonegame.art

I have more story coming out this year: "Phantom View" drops in two weeks! It's a creepy novelette about the accessibility needs of caretakers and ghosts alike. I can't wait for people to read this baby. There's a sneak preview up at my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

"It’s strange to think that those dreams and hopes might be safe out in the open again." Listened to this last night and it made me hopeful. 💜 Laura Duerr in @castofwonders.org

I’m so excited for this collection!

Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS! @interstellarflight.bsky.social

Reposting this again bc I love it so much. @splitlipthemag.bsky.social

I had a story come out today! If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you. theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

We are $225 from MORE ART! We want to be able to commission one or more additional queer artists to create even more art! Think headers, dividers, the little flourishes and interior art details that bring things to life! Help us support more queer art! 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

In my latest @bookriot.bsky.social, I list 6 Recent Horror Short Story Collections with work by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social, @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, Samanta Schweblin, and @kristinaten.bsky.social! bookriot.com/recent-upcom...

Gather round the campfire and let me tell you a scary story about scary stories, at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Big thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for publishing this, and to *you* for reading it. Happy camping! mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

Why are we so drawn to stories and art? Because they’re our insides turned out for everyone to see — the darkness and the confetti in equal measure. 🌤️

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Chickasha

"The sound was high and wrenching. There was a strong, wild smell now. She and I stood watching the second wave of the storm as it broke, droplets spattering, dense as white oil." Love the relationship amid the storm! @helenmcclory.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social

"None of the snakes were awake, but the music made you think something violent was going to happen. I suppose the violence was in the man, not the snakes." I love this story! All of Helen's stories are full of quirky happenings & gorgeous language. @helenmcclory.bsky.social

HANNA X SPIDERHEAD Locked away in a clandestine lab, a daring hacker twin, a clone anomaly carrying secrets, and a desperate robotics expert must face malicious oppressors, their origins, their own inner demons & maybe even each other in an explosive bid for truth and freedom. #DVPit #Dis #A #H #SF

"I have been to the market where they sell futures packed in mason jars" Love this new poem by Shana Ross in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @shanaross.bsky.social

Cali!!!

I don't know WTF this is about but I am here for it

A small press going out of business without paying its authors...inexcusible. I wish I could say it rarely happens, but I would be lying.

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

I've just reached 1,800 free subscribers on my Substack! I know that we are all bombarded with great and not-so-great content every day, so thank you for finding value in my writing craft analysis and writing tips! tommydean.substack.com

This week's guest is Helen McClory! First up is "The Companion" in Wigleaf! "At this time of day, the risk of attack was minimal, and all she had was that noise, that taste, the treachery beneath, and the cold air around." @helenmcclory.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social

Can't wait to read this! Kristen Loesch is one of my favorite writers. With social media in such a mess, I didn't even know this was coming out! Huge thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for including it in his newsletter.

My #WritingCraftArticle for September is all about feedback and editing skills. It got quite lengthy so I had to split it into two. This is part one, focusing on my four feedback Es, writer intention, and stars, wishes & mirrors: 🏝️⭐🧞🪞 prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/no-writer-...

I was feeling very pink. :p Premade ebook cover for sale if you have a girly punky book. <3 A whopping $50 today. DM me.

What a story! Can't wait to talk about it with @aimeeogdenwrites.com and the @electricsheepsf.bsky.social gang!

"We found you, and you alone, in a universe that had forgotten to die." Check out "A Love Letter Written at the Heat Death of the Universe" - what a great title! @aimeeogdenwrites.com in @strangehorizons.bsky.social !!

If you want to help me make rent this month, reposts are very appreciated! :p I have a special interest in SF/F/H as they are the genres I write in, but I've done covers for other genres and non-fiction as well. <3

ICYMI!

Feeling spicy this morning and might actually send a newsletter in uh ... let's not talk about it. If you'd like it, you can sign up here! guanun.com

I recently discovered Intergalactic Mixtape & I love it! There is a lot of info crammed into this tiny newsletter! Check it out!

Blogged some updates, horribly late to the party but somehow it's still going ?? eladhaber.com/2025/10/03/s...

New interview with Marie Brennan today - hear about her Hugo-winning poem, novels, short stories, and some gorgeous art! @swantower.bsky.social

Congrats all around!

So thrilled to share that Water-Kin has won second prize in the Elgin Chapbook award! Congrats to all the nominees and my fellow chapbook authors, Katherine Quevedo and @bugthewriter.bsky.social! You can read Water-Kin for free online here: metatron.press/digipub/wate...

“Like I tell you every time you bring that up: I was nineteen. I was drunk, and so were you. Nineteen and drunk is not a binding vow.” Loved this story by @aimeeogdenwrites.com. At the end, I thought "oh, wow" and had to read it again. 💥 In @clarkesworldmagazine.com

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

I just backed OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! on @kickstarter.com @othersidespec.bsky.social

My story projected onto the Fremantle Port Authority building at Fremantle Harbour as part of the inaugural Totally Lit Festival. So proud! Loved seeing all the micros projected into beautiful Walyalup for this gorgeous celebration of storytelling

"and your chest threatens to break the drumbeat, to lose all rhythm, and we, through all the nights and days and seconds and hours, so many hours..." 💔 @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute!