Sigh, I guess I don't need my reference books today. Hades has claimed them.

Our May opener is Joelle Killian’s “After Enlightenment, the Sewage.” It’s the hangover after the bliss-out retreat. The real world after travel, or hell, just work after a great weekend #literary #writingcommunity #flashfiction @joellekillian.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/issues/may-2...

23 seconds of two mallards crossing my yard (and clanging dishes in the background. 😆)

Notification today the book is at the bindery. If all goes well copies might arrive on Saturday. Pre-order now to reserve your copy. #sff #tea #coffee #booksky #sciencefiction

New Story Day today! "Clementine grows into a tree" is available from @plotthoundmag.bsky.social's fifth issue today! It will be free to read online at a later date.

WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME JENNIFERS BODY TAKES PLACE IN MN AND FEATURES MY FAV MN WATERFALL???? (not sure how I missed this when it came out.)

💯 Sasha Brown, people!!!

Yes. There are skills kids will never learn if they are taught to use AI, and I imagine they will grow dependent on it. That seems like the point. Look at what’s happened with the “iPad generation,” how tech CEOs choose low tech schools for their kids and keep that tech out of their kid’s hands.

Ahh! My story got a shoutout!! 🤩 so excited to this tonight drop. Pre-order now!!

Wrote the bones of a flash on a bike ride. 😁 Also got a mouthful of bugs. 😝

A little signal boost about our 2026 books

In advance of publication, "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" now has a Goodreads page - www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

You can subscribe to @othersidespec.bsky.social for only $2/month! But for $4/month, you also get bonus content like: 2000 words of stats! Art sneak peeks! Merch giveaways! And... every dollar goes directly to queer authors and artists in a time of fascist censorship. THAT part is pretty neat, too.

I just surpassed 19,000 words on my novel draft! Woo! 20k is so close...

So grateful Jessica took time to organize this and record ToC authors reading their stories. She also interviewed me as an intro to the set of podcasts. Please do subscribe, and definitely listen to the other interviews she has done previously.

Yes! So excited! Thanks @jessicapixie.bsky.social for doing this, had a great time chatting with you. 💕 Please subscribe, especially if you don’t want to miss my Minnesotan accent in full force. 🤣

Our minds are truly miraculous. We can create something from nothing, imagine whole worlds that do not exist, other peoples and beings, alien languages and fantastical ecosystems. If you’ve ever interacted with a child you know it’s true power. From this imagination we create stories, art, music…🧵

“one day i’ll be someone’s favorite writer” i say threateningly to the night sky

The presses are rolling. (Note: there are no presses and they do not roll)

Post something you’re proud of. “After Ever, Happily” in @heartlines-spec.com About why our stories may need a different ending, and how that can be just as beautiful as the HEA we know💕

Post something you’re proud of. My sf robot/human solidarity story “What a Name Does Is Let You Leave” motivated me to become a better writer. I love non-human povs, I love 2nd person, and I love this story. It took 2 years to get there, but it was worth it. www.adventitious.net/stories/what...

Dear Publishing Companies, I didn’t think we had to still have this conversation but apparently we do. Running competitions for “new designs” for things your BUSINESS needs is SPEC WORK and it’s super shitty, predatory, disrespectful and devalues the work of industry professionals. Be Better

Thanks person who keyed my car. 😑

Happy to also be part of this Table of Contents! If you didn’t back the Kickstarter, you can preorder a copy here: aanpress.com/aanorder.htm... The anthology comes out in June! #booksky 🪐📚

Signal boost for our original artwork and hand-made artist books site: aanpress.com/artworks/ #books #art #booksky #poetry

Post something you're proud of. "Threaded Lives" is a very personal story written after my grandmother didn't recognize me for the first time. This went through many revisions to get right! @satevepost.bsky.social publishing it was icing on the cake!! www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/11/thre...

Pre-orders available now! Includes my story "Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth" 🚀☄️🍵

Who wants my capitalistic demon story??? because it freeee to be subbed! (Quick revision tomorrow then it’s ready to go.)

Just did my first ever podcast interview/reading. I was so nervous but it was fun! Not used to talking about myself. 😅 Will post the link when it’s up.

The Issue Three cover....revealed! Patreon pals get early access. (psst. it's from @thxnywy.art) www.patreon.com/posts/cover-...

Only have 47 seconds to read a killer story? No problem. www.adventitious.net/stories/raze...

“This place creates nightmares.” Today’s lunchtime read was Fractal House by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social And OMG YOU NEED TO READ IT RIGHT NOW! 🏠😱🎭

Been thinking about this story a lot latley. @apexmag.bsky.social www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Rumours are true! We are now open for short fiction and poetry submissions from equity-deserving groups. Give us your words, your anxiety dreams of electric sheep, your last gasp of a dying star. As always: make it SFF, make it long-term www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Finished my application for @viableparadise.bsky.social today! 🤞

Whew! Got my WIP novel synopsis done and now I'm mad that the whole book isn't already written. How rude!

Important question. What’s your favorite butter vessel?? Mine is baked potato.🥔

Catherine Tavares has published 7 stories already in 2026 and is absolutely on fire. 🔥 This week's 3.5 Questions with @cjtavares.bsky.social is for Patreon members: she talks insomnia rituals, a Moogle pillow, and a video game she can beat without seeing the screen. www.patreon.com/posts/156289...

I miss guitar solos

embarking on writing a 250 word synopsis for my WIP novel today...seems an impossible task!

Happy earth day! 🌳 What if someone--or something--could help us restore our ravaged planet? What would that be worth to you? New creepy lil microfiction, if you're into that sort of thing.

"The stretch of aspen eyes before her made her pulse crescendo in her ears, made her chest ache with regret." 🌟🌳ICYMI🌳🌟 My latest horror flash is out and mayhaps a good Earth Day read, because 👁️ the 👁️ trees 👁️ are 👁️ watching 👁️ you. 👁️ gavagai.com/posts/4241

It’s story day for me! NOT YET, LITTLE WITCH is available today in the UK (May 12 IN THE US) as a part of the A BREATH OF TIME #romantasy anthology! Check out this time travel romance I love so dearly! Art commissioned from the wonderful and talented @haykebyr.bsky.social!

It’s here! Volume 2 of @sluggerfiction.bsky.social featuring my story on the proclivity of Chesapeake men to tell you their entire life story with startling immediacy, and many more great stories that I can’t wait to dig into!

At last! DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, my very own @chooseadventure.bsky.social book, is now available! Enter a spooky, abandoned 80s mall overtaken by a warlock from another dimension, if you dare! Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons! Get it from your favorite bookshop!

Ahh! Epiphany about what the inciting incident actually is in the novel. (It was there, just hiding.) Details now falling into place rapidly. See ya later fam I guess. 😅👩‍💻

Drafting progress on the fantasy novel has slowed because I’m polishing the opening for an application (I won’t even mention short fic distractions!) But I crossed over 17,000 words today, so that felt good. Really appeasing my teen self who was obsessed with Raistlin Majere in Dragonlance here. 😆

Apparently being in your 40s means that despite working out almost every day, you are still sore from walking up and down stadium steps from the MNUFC game you attended a few days ago. Now you go up stairs like this.

Mom guilt, self-care, and a forest with its own plan. My new #horror flash “Mother Tree” is today’s Editor’s Pick on Gavagai and is free to read. Check it out!! 🌳😱👁️ gavagai.com/posts/4241

In today's Surreal Sunday Editor Pick: A story told in fragments—podcasts, news clips, and interviews—tracing the spread of an image no one should see. The deeper it circulates, the worse it gets. It's #ApeFest by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social. Read it for free at gavagai.com