You guys, this is wild. @foofarawpress.bsky.social have published figures about what it has cost them to run a litmag for the past two years. You should check it out, be grateful AF to them, and also (if you can) donate to the cause. This is a super magazine run by absolute stars. #writingcommunity

Stupid shit I've seen when reading for magazines: • Use AI. If the rules say don't, don't. If you want to be a writer, write. If you want to be famous by cheating, well, fuck you. • Monologue at me. Don't care about your personal manifesto, even if you think we might align. It's not a story. 1/?

Ad hoc hypothesis: cosy fantasy is heavily entangled with commercial ventures. Everyone seems to own a bookstore/café/cupcake business. Is capitalism cosy?

HEY TERFS ARE YOU PLEASED REMEMBER HOW WE SAID THAT EVERYONE'S LIBERATION IS BOUND UP TOGETHER BECAUSE EVERYONE'S SAFETY AND THRIVING IS ONE SINGLE THING AND NONE OF US ARE TRULY SEPARATE AND EVERYONE SHARES THE SAME ENEMY Do you remember that can you see it yet, like

If you want to support an Atthis author, here are some of my books Hornytown Chutzpah: Imagine Who Framed Roger Rabbit written by Mel Brooks but with demons instead of toons A Halo of Mushrooms: A healer steals one of the last mushrooms of the first faerie ring to transplant it and regrow kindness

Go on. Drop into my DMs. I dare you.

Nothing says it better than this

Excessive LOLOLOLOL AI isn't like moving from horse + cart to a Ferrari It's moving into a palanquin: inefficient, a sign of conspicuous consumption from pretentious asshats, movement at the expense of and carried upon the pained backs of stolen/uncompensated labour mostly in the global South

On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

"This is a book about societal divisions, those made additionally nonsensical by capitalism" - thanks to @hararereview.com for being so absolutely spot on!

Ex Partum by @slashnburnett.bsky.social is really shockingly great. It's a quiet book that manages to be very loud. It's a family drama and a society-spanning clash. It's a speculative warning and a brilliant interrogation of our current "whatever this is." emmaburnett.carrd.co 📚💙 [1/6]

I will alienate your favourite thing, read my book!

Hey, you might not know, but my mum, Ellen Burnett, is a rather extraordinary artist. She did the cover for Ex Partum, has a cover coming out for @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and is represented by Viridian Artists. You should absolutely check out her work. www.viridianartists.com/news-1/2026/...

Ad hoc hypothesis: cosy fantasy is heavily entangled with commercial ventures. Everyone seems to own a bookstore/café/cupcake business. Is capitalism cosy?

If you need robots to write for you, you should be fucking furious that you had such a boring childhood. Where’s your trauma, your rage, your screaming into the void? How did your parents go so wrong?

Looking for a summer read? Get yourself a copy of Ex Partum - it'll make you glad you're in the here and now. #scifi #books #writingcommunity #booksky #📚🪐 emmaburnett.carrd.co

If you need robots to write for you, you should be fucking furious that you had such a boring childhood. Where’s your trauma, your rage, your screaming into the void? How did your parents go so wrong?

I am an adult, and can go basically anywhere I want to. Of course, where I mostly want to go is home.

Somehow I’ve managed to be a decade late to the party, but just watched it and am angry that Sense8 only got two series. Whyyy always this?

It is a worrying leap to equate prolific with AI. I’ve had years of story writing/publication that numbered in the many dozens, and this was well before people were using cheatbots. Choosing a random feature of some writers to malign won’t solve this problem.

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

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SF writers and readers are some of the nerdiest nerds on the planet. We love tech. We are so early-adopter that we imagined it before you built it. If you’ve lost us, you’ve lost the fight.

So when someone says a classics degree isn’t any use…

Easily the best store in Cincinnati. In America. In the world!

27 out of 10 stars, no notes.

These are all things I saw YESTERDAY. In one day of slush reading!

Stupid shit I've seen when reading for magazines: • Use AI. If the rules say don't, don't. If you want to be a writer, write. If you want to be famous by cheating, well, fuck you. • Monologue at me. Don't care about your personal manifesto, even if you think we might align. It's not a story. 1/?

Awesome new romantasy bookshop in Oxford, Bad Girl Books, opened today in Jericho. Great vibes, queue down the block, brilliant genres.

Ad hoc hypothesis: this is the peak ‘you can’t do this.’ Adults are constantly told you can’t: you can’t learn a new language, you can’t be brave, you can’t be happy in your own skin. And, now? You can’t do your job, AI will do it. So it’s no surprise, really, when people think they can’t learn.

Ad hoc hypothesis: this is the peak ‘you can’t do this.’ Adults are constantly told you can’t: you can’t learn a new language, you can’t be brave, you can’t be happy in your own skin. And, now? You can’t do your job, AI will do it. So it’s no surprise, really, when people think they can’t learn.

I don’t mind when people don’t like my writing. But when they do, I mean, hells bells. It’s so much awesomer.

Pretty great mail day featuring @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social, @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social, and @slashnburnett.bsky.social. Pick up a copy for yourself (while also supporting us from via Bookshop affiliate link) bookshop.org/shop/foofaraw

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

'Each scene is carefully constructed to hint at the main character’s melancholy, with a tone that paints a slightly brooding, slightly hopeless outlook on the world and the trap it’s become.' New review of Ex Partum by @alisonmcbain.bsky.social. www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-59.html

Power off. Power on. Until... Check out this flash story before you complete those updates. Out in @foofarawpress.bsky.social, originally in @apexmag.bsky.social #scifi #shortstories #flashfiction qb.foofaraw.press/guided-medit...

Happy book birthday to Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition, the rerelease of my Nebula and Philip K. Dick finalist novel about the human-AI hybrids who are judges & executioners in the far future. Thanks to @apexmag.bsky.social for bringing out the new edition! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

'Each scene is carefully constructed to hint at the main character’s melancholy, with a tone that paints a slightly brooding, slightly hopeless outlook on the world and the trap it’s become.' New review of Ex Partum by @alisonmcbain.bsky.social. www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-59.html

The app was built by using Claude. It works by reading your whole document, which is not a process I wish to invite a fucking LLM into. Your proof is in your drafts. This is a barfed-up solution in search of a problem. Or a bunch of scared rubes.

Almost time! After being closed since the end of February, FF is open again for the month of July! Here's a quick thread with some resources to help you decide what to send in (either for this for future reading periods). First off, guidelines! www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/ 1/5

I have a book coming out with @rebelsatori.bsky.social in winter 2028! BLOOD TIES is a book that will appeal to fans of The Mandalorian and Winter's Orbit. Featuring: a human diplomat and an alien prince forced on the run together, a cute baby, and political shenanigans. Stay tuned for more info!

Super excited to find my @theforge.bsky.social story 'In the Style of Banshees Keening' on the @wigleaf.bsky.social longlist. And thrilled to see three @flashfictiononline.bsky.social FamPunk stories listed, too!

Super excited to find my @theforge.bsky.social story 'In the Style of Banshees Keening' on the @wigleaf.bsky.social longlist. And thrilled to see three @flashfictiononline.bsky.social FamPunk stories listed, too!

The older I get, the more I understand why cats walk away mid-conversation.

You’d think, with all that performative outrage about the birth rate falling, they’d at least take better care of women, not worse.

Lots of people lift heavy weights in the gym. But it's actually easier if you lift lighter weights, because they aren't as heavy.

The Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵

Get your hands on a mind-bending and genre-shattering modern SFF classic! @vajra.me 's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS was a Nebula, Ignyte, Locus and IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award winner, and a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin, Hugo, Lammy, and Dragon Awards! Buy now https://geni.us/stbdoors

It’s been a minute because of injury and life stuff, but I guess I’m back to being a hazard to others on the judo mat.

Anti-abortion extremists are pushing the idea that #mifepristone is contaminating the water supply. Science says otherwise. Don't be fooled. This is nothing more than an attempt to further restrict access to abortion — even in states like Michigan where abortion is protected.