Raise your hand if you've ever felt personally victimized by WebEx, then donate and/or spread the word to help Dream Foundry get rid of it (please)

HI YES I have a story in Lightspeed's April issue ✨ "Saint Zero of the Hollows and the Eagle Knight" will be free to read on April 9—but if you'd like to check out my tragic sapphic space knights before then, as well as all these other amazing stories, go pick up the issue!! 👀

THE SIX-INCH OF HER DREAMS OK BYE

Listen. You need this today. @roseciesla.bsky.social shared this link about an author incorrectly getting ROASTED for calling a Wawa food item ‘sub’ not ‘hoagie’. (yes…'food item'; I'm from New England, I don't want to also be roasted) www.inquirer.com/news/nation-... I BEGGED her to cook. 🧵

Hey this story about grief and love and theology by @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social is a banger and you should go read it inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-10-sta...

And send us your burning publishing q’s, for our surprise bonus episode 💜 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Raise your hand if you've ever felt personally victimized by WebEx, then donate and/or spread the word to help Dream Foundry get rid of it (please)

We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️ Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

New episode! In which I foolishly share my controversial dog opinions and Ash is concerned about knitting terminology. Listen to Thanks but Not for Me on @rss.com thanksbutnotforme.com (You can also find it on Apple and Spotify and those places)

Has anyone read my newsletter/stories/heard the podcast and been like: hey can Katie teach me to be as HILARIOUS as she is? The answer is no, that's just who I am. But I am teaching a virtual writing class this weekend about how to make any writing advice work for your process! (Link in replies)

Orion's Belt opens for submissions in 2 weeks! So it's the perfect time to introduce our stellar editorial team. On the Fiction side, we’re thrilled to welcome back Editor Lindsey Ragsdale, joined by newly promoted @ashsmash.bsky.social & Yanrong Tan, & our newest editor @lyndseycroal.bsky.social!🚀

Please listen for all the times I whisper “oh my god” in horror when listening to Ash’s writing process

There is no room for birds or trees on a space station, so I bring the ghosts of a forest--elms and oaks, rustling in a long ago breeze. The faint smell of apples from the orchard drifts through the control center, and my quarters are full of birdsong, flashes of brown darting into ghostly leaves.

We'd love to hear from you! Dream Foundry is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for an improved software platform for Flights of Foundry. We're gathering ideas for what types of campaign rewards people want. Share your ideas!

New collaboration between The Submission Grinder and @dreamfoundry.bsky.social : The Dream Foundry Market Report, a monthly report of speculative fiction/poetry publication updates dreamfoundry.org/2026/01/26/j...

WELCOME GUAN UN! @thisisguan.bsky.social will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. See cool art, crowdfund exclusives, and other exciting details here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

I have a reprint out today with the wonderful folks at Small Wonders! Heed the warning, and don't read it out loud.

Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers

hi #portfolioday - I'm Michele, I'm an editor and writer. I've edited many comic anthologies 🏳️‍🌈 Most recent release is FUNeral Home with Fell Hound. I'm an assistant editor for IDW Dark, currently working on A Quiet Place (#1 FOC feb 2) and many things I cannot talk about yet.

Such a great story and a real treat if you haven't read it yet

Was honored to be able to help out with this even though I couldn't attend.

This Story Hour resounded with myth and wisdom! @deeholloway.bsky.social and @ashsmash.bsky.social read us stories that resonated with themes—and in some cases, styles—from fable and folktale. They say they didn't plan it, so watch and tell us: Is this destiny? #Booksky youtu.be/HEu7QYiEqpU

Ahem One of my short stories was published this year--a thread by the worst person in your high school. I am exceedingly proud of this. You can buy/read it here, in the fifth issue of Archive of the Odd, with a bunch of other amazing found fiction: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...

My latest newsletter post! You have to read it to see why the chicken picture makes sense. Why Bother? The "Is Anyone Listening" Edition. kmveohongs.beehiiv.com/p/why-bother...

An eligibility post for 2025! I was lucky enough to have five things published this year. 🧵 - I would love you to consider Whalesong, published by the lovely skeletons at @thedeadlands.com. This one means a lot to me, and I hope it might to you as well. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Safely context-less examples

it's award nomination season! here is my award eligibility post for 2025. I had one short story out, and I'm so proud of this queer cyberpunk/anti-corporation piece. 🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183) www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...

I've been enjoying writing my newsletter again, and I think other people have enjoyed it too? If you'd like some short thoughts about sentences and writing, you can sign up at my website to be in time for the next one: guanun.com

There were so many wonderful pitches for #DVpit yesterday, and I know I missed plenty. If you didn't receive a like but think your project could be a good fit for me, please feel free to send your query and first 10 pages to [email protected]! www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...

I have never seen The Matrix. Yes, really. I did try to watch it recently but it was too painful--every bone fragment of that film has been referenced and parodied to death. I'd already seen it in pastiched pieces.

Happening in an hour and 24m ahhhhh flights-of-foundry.org to register and hear me sneak a preview of my novel-in-progress and a story about pawn shops and space soldiers and all the things hidden just beneath the surface

I am doing a reading on Saturday at 7pm ET at Flights of Foundry. Here is a graphic to entice you to attend.

Did you KNOW Flights of Foundry has a direct sign-up sheet for the workshops and chill-n-chats that didn't get filled up by the lottery? And in fact, there are a LOT of seats open in a lot of cool sessions. Register and then mosy on over to the program and sign up! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/

I'm teaching a class on basic story structure at the fabulous Write Space in Orange, NJ on October 21st from 7-9pm--more info and signup: bit.ly/4296vX0

"To save face, turn away from the sun. Turn away from the spatter of cold rain against the cheek…" www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/safe... Out today for everyone in @nightmare-magazine.com

Calling all Flights of Foundry Flock! We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do. flights-of-foundry.o...

If you're attending Flights of Foundry and want to swing by our tech check, our schedule is up! flights-of-foundry.o...

Los Espookys. For the love of all that is good, will someone else please watch this show, I swear it is not a fever dream (although it kind of is)

You know what's even BETTER than attending or speaking at Flights of Foundry? Helping out behind the scenes. We have lots of niches for lots of folks, and I promise it's fun! flights-of-foundry.org/volunteer/

My flash "The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero" is free to read @flashfictiononline.bsky.social today! What happens after a hero grows old ... and has to babysit his granddaughter? (My first reprint!)

Do you like NASA? And elves? I'm going to be GMing the official NASA one-shot, The Lost Universe at Flights of Foundry! It's virtual and free to attend. So if you want to come hang out on Saturday, 9/27 and roll some dice, sign up for it with via the lottery. flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/

Psssst... The Flights of Foundry schedule is now live! flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/

I am doing a reading! Of a story that is in the form of a Twitter thread! How will I orchestrate this? Better attend and find out!

I'm in this! With a little fabulist story about bird mom problems aka what happens when you have an immigrant parent and the choice to assimilate is made for you.

As of a few weeks ago, I am no longer with Bad Egg. Grateful for the amazing creators I worked with during my time there. I'm freelance editing/writing, excited for my work with life(and death)line comics. I am open for the right fulltime editorial role for me and who I am as a person/creative.

Would you care for a queer cyberpunk short story in these trying times? Because hi yes "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" is out for free now at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨ This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜 🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆

FUNeral Home is now LIVE on Kickstarter! 💜🔫🩸🏳️‍🌈 A one-shot comic about sapphic assassins who bury people for a living...twice! It's not burying your gays if your gays are burying everyone. From me & @fellhound.bsky.social @longtalljodie.com Kiela Sibal @heatherantos.bsky.social

Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you attended: - Hurray for the Riff Raff - Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings - Beth Gibbons - Robyn Hitchcock (twice) - The Big Star Quintet Neko Case is next, maybe Blush

The perfect ttrpg doesn't exi--