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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN AUGUST 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 July's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

It's Tuesday! And despite being still a little off my game from travel, I do have a post. This week we've got @charliehughes77.bsky.social and Kristi DeMeester bringing us some good, good horror stories that made me very pleased howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...

I've made it back to Seattle and I'm tired down through my bones. It was a full flight, and six hours, and we had to track down my stuff because it wasn't in baggage. Also, I didn't do great with eating or sleeping beforehand. I feel like I'm going to be flat for at least the weekend.

Spellcasting On is out now! Cosy sapphic romance with yarn 🧶 and magic ✨. Available now on all the usual platforms: buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy

I've got a story, Unforgettable, in Volume 4 - LIMBO - of @clubchicxulub.bsky.social that I'm super excited to see published! clubchicxulub.com/club-chicxul...

Look at this good, good box that is MINE NOW! :D I love boxes so much, people. I love *pretty* boxes even more.

Wow... 75% funded in less than a day!! Help us push our sapphic adventure anthology over the finish line!! 🏳️‍🌈😍🦄

It is tiny story time! Because I need to be sure I'm really strong with my microfiction skills for #FlightsofFoundry later this month. Leave me a prompt of some kind and get a story under 500 words! Optional prompt: Urban legends

Look at this glorious thing. It's gonna be a good time watching it become even more haunted.

I have now been jabbed with both my covid and flu shots! Woo! Now let's see if I want to tip over for the next three days.

IT'S OUT TODAY! Ancient family lore. Secrets passed down through generations. A feeling of belonging...or, of not. Heritage and horror, ancestry, things we pass down through our bloodlines. Stories that have deep, foul roots. I'M SO PROUD OF THIS BOOK! GET YOURS: titanbooks.com/72017-roots-...

Time again, time again! This week we have some good, good flash from @danielausema.bsky.social and @devzmiller.bsky.social howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...

What if SFFH and Litfic kissed huh? cuz that's what they often do? 😘

Things like this (and the blind thing) are why I'm not allowed to have a car.

For the day crowd: #FlightsofFoundry is coming up and I'm gonna be on a few panels, and have a chill and chat, because why not? Panel list in the thread! And if you don't wanna come see me, come see the cute bird that I'll have on my shoulder. flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/

Today is a good day for sushi. I might do other things to earn the sushi, but no one is here but me, and I have A Need.

i hear this place likes horror

LET THEM IN

in fighting back against fascism, i am posting this link to Stonewall Columbus for anyone who can spare $5 to donate. Columbus, OH is a queer city in a red state, and is home to a vibrant queer community. help keep us safe.

Anyway, now that I've made myself say things about Flights of Foundry, I'm getting myself reward coffee. Because, oh wow, it's hard to say things about what I'm doing. (Why are brains like this, folks? Why can we not simply be excited and proud of the things we do?)

I'm gonna be on these two panels. Clearly, you need to come watch Catherine and I make excited sounds about stories!

I'm so excited for this! (and not only because I'm going to be on a few panels, but that does help)

Well don't kiss bugs then Tsk

ROGUE FUNGUS

Absolutely delighted to read Maintenance Phase by the fantastic @aciddropwriting.bsky.social for PodCastle! Yes, I cried in a couple of takes. This is a special one.

How long do I need to take iron supplements before my body remembers that I'm made of things other than the need to take a nap? (I will actually look this up in a minute, I'm just wanting to tip over too much to do it right now.)

if you want to hear me talk about how i stay motivated to write when the world would have me do ANYTHING else? here's a thread on how to sign up!!! it's this month!!!

can confirm this is still active! Every US ebook seller I checked has the 1.99 price still.

See? Good Human.

Please go buy things from A Good Human.

Oooh, this is so tempting! If anyone else wants to dip their toe into this side of things, Heartlines would be great I bet.

A very good newsletter full of very important things.

This week I shout excitedly about death things! We have @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social and (yet again, because I truly enjoy his work) @ianli.bsky.social howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...

My new GenAI Grapevine column providing analysis and coverage related to generative AI is out. Includes a deep dive into the Anthropic settlement along with publishers failing to register copyright. Plus info on tension at Worldcon over writers using AI and a book people must read. 1/2

in weird things that happen when i search my book title on DuckDuckGo? i find that it was written up in the Akron Beacon Journal in July?!?! which is pretty neat.

Please go give these lovely people some money so they can keep putting out excellent work.

So, someone brought up going to the Netherlands and being around cats, and then I thought of @shrikeseams.bsky.social and her trip there, and I have come to the conclusion that if I ever start going out of the country, I need to be sure I pet at least one cat wherever I go.

Book news! I have a novella, The Sheltering Flame, coming out this fall with @wtpress.bsky.social, sharing covers with @aknighton.bsky.social. I've been waiting eagerly to share this weird little urban fantasy about radical hospitality, consent, and home repair. wizardstowerpress.com/media/wizard...

The world has changed so much since I wrote this, but at the end of the day it's still an essay I had a breakdown writing, an essay that took days because I couldn't stop crying long enough to write strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

While I haven't read anything Cursed Morsels has put out yet, this gives me the perfect reason to start.

Look at me being on the ball this week! This fine Tuesday I have stories from @deannajvaldez.com and @cjsubko.bsky.social both of which sure did leave me with Feelings. That's the kind of mood I've been in lately though, and now I get to share them with you. howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...

Let's pretend I'm not super behind on things and I'm posting this on the right day. Stories for the week! This time we have: - @amulderwrites.bsky.social at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social - Amani Mosi at @omenanamag.bsky.social howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...

Both the story, and the fact that Catherine shared it bring me so, so much joy. This is why I like sharing stories in the first place.

This is one of the memberships I come back around to again and again. Such fun to be a part of, and so worth the money.

My short story, Mismatch, is now available to read, published by @stateofmatter.bsky.social! stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...

This is all absolute truth, and now you are more informed.

You don't need to pirate my books or give money to a pirate site to get them free. You can listen to all my novels free on this podcast (link in bio) and almost all my short fiction. You can subscribe to my ko-fi for £3 + download my books for free in that first month. ko-fi.com/cmrosens 🌈📚😱🩸📚

If anyone can help my friend Afaf, please do. I can't give her anything else until I get paid. She ate flour with parasites in it and has been in hospital in Deir Al-Balah. chuffed.org/project/1181... #MutualAid #FreePalestine