Begging people to stop using "we" when talking about the actions of the class that rules over us, without our consent, and against our interests.

given the long history of this country’s interference in Latin American politics via coups, COINTELPRO, etc. I’m surprised it took this long for Trump to make such an imperialist move. it’s sickening and he should be tried for war crimes

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

Hi #QueerWritersChat! I have a very personal book of queer Deep Time poetry that I’m really proud of: Time Travel Is Easy. I’ll be releasing it wide soon, but for now, it’s available on the Evil River Site: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7

Hi #QueerWritersChat! It doesn’t need to be perfect. It doesn’t need to be popular. It doesn’t need to be anything but what I want it to be on the page.

Hi #QueerWritersChat! I’m Rick, a nonbinary / genderfluid SFFH writer and poet. I’m working on a queer kids-on-bikes novel set partly in 1993. I’m about 2/3 done with the first draft, and hoping to get back into it after a lapse of several months.

we are open 💅

Hey everybody, I have a big favor to ask. I don't talk much about my day job, but the owner of my rad little neighborhood coffee shop had a stroke recently. A LOT of people asked how they could help so I've started a gofundme for him. He's a great dude & I hope you can help. gofund.me/416371283

All these markets opening, and me with nothing to send. This will be a year of writing. Subs and pubs will have to wait.

SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL now available through NetGalley for the month of January! Get it while it’s hot! www.netgalley.com/widget/10089...

May something good happen this year.

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN NOVEMBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's October's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Joshua Tree National Park.

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

When I was a teen, the Pacific Crest Trail was one of my special interests. Today, I finally walked my first steps on it, along with @craftyrowan.bsky.social and my teen.

Hey Writers! What project are you finishing in 2026? I'll start. I'm good at making grandiose plans that fall apart under the weight of my own disappointment BUT me and @katemaru.bsky.social are working on a book together and we will finish it in 2026!

A California fan palm oasis.

Santa Monica Pier.

SoCal Christmas. At Griffith Observatory with @craftyrowan.bsky.social and my teen.

On my first flight since February 2020. Sitting in front of a loud finance bro — or what’s worse, a random dude whose special interest is finances. He’s been yammering on about the price of silver and how Americans don’t want to do hard work anymore. His catch phrase: “It’s ridiculous.”

Family paying for my partner and I to fly to SoCal tomorrow. First time flying since before lockdown. But it can’t be the 2020s without a natural disaster waiting when we land.

Rewatching Princess Mononoke for my birthday. Lady Eboshi is such an outstanding antagonist. If I ever find myself needing a template for a warlord character, I need to remember her.

Uncharismatic megafauna. A Diplodocus who’s just kind of awkward to be around.

Goals for the coming year: Finally wide-release TTIE. Finish and publish PttSQ and TLR. Make progress on M&BAtHK and Tp. Write and submit new short stories (ideally ones I can include in my planned themed collections).

Gotta make 43 better than 42 was.

Long ago, back when Twitter was Twitter, I asked folks to name a geologic time period plus a favorite character trope. My plan was to turn, say, “Carboniferous enemies to lovers” into starting points for Timeworlds stories. I proceeded to not save ANY of the suggestions people made, because ADHD.

Managed to get outside and putter around for a bit. POTS still much worse than my baseline, but slowly recovering.

blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/ been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor

My POTS is really bad right now. Not unusual, given how sick I was just yesterday. Fingers crossed it eases up over time again. I’m trying to take it slow and not try to do too much. Which is difficult, given that our house has a whole teenager in it now.

50°F outside? Time to open up the windows and get some fresh air into this den of plague.

Thanks to the Demi Adejuyigbe: Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip special, I’ve been getting back into The Decemberists. To the point where I want to dedicate years to catching that vibe in my own writing.

Ouranosaurus High School Host Club.

After weeks of frigid temperatures, and three days of fever finally broken, 40°F outside feels like balm on my skin.

“Steel Holds the Heat’s Memory” by @mimulus.bsky.social (Summer ‘25) is “A heartfelt, bittersweet tale…with just enough hope for the future to balance the injustice of the setting.”

General PSA: I get furious about approximately 37,104 things every single day. Sometimes I rant/post about them; sometimes I don't. Sometimes I do things about it but don't post/say anything. In other words, my silence is not a barometer for what I am or am not sick with rage about.

Ah! Appreciate the rec for "In My Country" (short story) and shoutout for "Uncertain Sons" (novelette). See a lot of great stories by @aardwyrm.bsky.social, @angelaliu.bsky.social, @mimulus.bsky.social, @tiatashiro.bsky.social and a ton more I can't tag. Thanks very much.

Thank you so much for the honorable mention for my story “Steel Holds the Heat’s Memory,” in the Summer 2025 Kaleidotrope!

Been sick with this myself since last night. It sucks.

Less than 48 hours into my teenager living with me on a likely permanent basis, and there’s already a stomach bug situation.

Drove a long way to find a place without snow. 1. Railroad cut. 2. Metamorphic swirls. 3. My teenager on the trail. 4. Needle ice.

Vague-posting: I had pinned a lot of hopes to a fresh start with the coming New Year. Family crises have developed in such a way that, for better and for worse, major changes are beginning today instead.

The deep diversity of life on Earth is staggering. You can randomly browse Wikipedia and learn about some species that’s the last known representative of a billion year old lineage, and it’s some protist living on crusty seaweed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platysu...

HERE'S THE THING I HALLUCINATED FOR HOURS. IS VERY GAY (no, gayer). PLEASE GIVE MONEY. I HOPE IT MAKES YOU CRY. 🎉🔥 hskallinger.weebly.com/found-humani...

Happy Wednesday! My latest story "Review: When the Baby Sleeps" is now live on @nightmare-magazine.com! If you're looking a brief creepy read, I hope you enjoy this one. 📽️🍼🛏️ HUGE thanks to @wnwagner.bsky.social for taking on this micro horror. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/revi...

"ChatGPT is my buddy, we have inside jokes" is a harbinger of the end of humanity

Filling a massive blank spot in my Elder Millennial Queer cultural syllabus: watching Rent (the 2005 movie) for the first time.

Majestic little man.

I like to think my writing is in the grand tradition of Robert E. Howard cuz 90% of it is me just going "damn I wish that shit happened to me"

The pre-order page for my debut solarpunk collection, The Wildcraft Drones, is now live @stelliform.press !! www.stelliform.press/index.php/pr...

If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.