Last year, I set up a Patreon about Creating Optimism because I was struggling and I thought others might be, too. Today, I created my last post. I don't want "Quips" or having my posts blasted out to 80M people. If this is the only way to opt out, so be it. www.patreon.com/posts/leavin...

....I did mention at some point on this site that I wasn't QUITE done with a certain fairy tale.... So here you go: the latest flash fiction from me, up at LIGHTSPEED today, free to read!

A STARRED REVIEW! My three-headed dragon book got a starred review in Booklist! www.booklistonline.com/products/982...

Since it's Pride month, I wanted to bring this up again. I'm a trans person trying to get the money to cover moving fees so I can get out of Florida and to a safer city. I've got some already, but any more help at all will be appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/help-vale-...

If you listened to my Star Wars interview you may recall mention of my story “440 Broad Street, Apartment 4C.” Pleased to say it’s now out in audio at StarShipSofa. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

Out today wherever you get your podcasts - listen to me talking Star Wars with the good folks at @starwarsmean2u.bsky.social. what-does-star-wars-mean-to-you.captivate.fm/episode/p-a-...

If you read LIGHTHOUSE and loved Gurty, the real-life Gurty needs help right now. Something is causing him to be very sick, and we need to figure out what it is so we can heal him. I know things are very tight rn, and anything you can spare is deeply deeply appreciated. gofund.me/7ebc8c84d

Happy Pride Month. Protect trans kids (and protecting trans adults wouldn't hurt too)

There will be #swag! If you’re going to the Nebulas this week, I’ll have some SWAG with me to give away during my post-panel meet & greet and the finalist signing. My book will also be sold at the conference. First come, first served while quantities last. @starsandsabers.bsky.social

UK readers, I've got a surprise for you! For Pride Month, Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just 99p on Kindle! Do you need a lovable flesh-eating monster in your life?

Happy #PrideMonth! 💙📚🌈 June is my birthday month! It is Triscuit and Crouton's gotcha month! And my found media anthology #RECORDED crowdfunding campaign is officially live!!! Come help make this an unforgettable (& super queer) anthology—you know you want it! 🎥👀 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Part of being an AI user in creative works is convincing yourself that everyone ELSE uses it too, because otherwise you have to confront the reality that you're a faker and a fraud

I am so excited to share the beautiful North American cover of #Melting the Ice Queen! 😍 Cover Artist: @wingbuffet.bsky.social Designer: @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social (1/2)

Fuck anyone saying "if this were happening to any other community" when it comes to anti rights backslides and threats to community events. We are all of us facing escalating hate crimes and all of us have been for a long time.

Been awhile since I promoted my book. I feel a bit goofy doing it since it's now over two years old (and I'm still toiling away at revising the sequel), but I'm just boosting this for people who haven't read it yet and who *might* be interested. 100% human made.

FINAL DAYS!

@horrificscribs.bsky.social Indiegogo campaign page now has the TOC, and it has my name! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... Help the campaign get crowdfunded! Share it so your followers can find out about it too! #BookSky #ReadSky #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #NewBook #Anthology

THIS SATURDAY: join me at the Red Wing Library as I discuss my community reads book, Cheddar Luck Next Time, & get personal about life as a cheese-loving autistic person! 🧀 10AM in the Foot Room. (The free books have already been given away! They went fast!)

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Today is the last day to comment on FCC Proceeding 19-41, about whether they should create new TV ratings (warnings) about gender identities. You can find more information here: glaad.org/fcc Or comment directly here: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

I'm thrilled to share the cover for my upcoming book, NO DREAM LIKE FOREVER. Can I tell you how deeply thrilled I am? Over the past week I kept opening the file and giggling at how much I love it. I mean, Frith's sake, it's so damn gorgeous.... 1/2

A poem and drawing for this evening

From today to May 25, all Tachyon's books are on sale for 20% off - including IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS! If you've been waiting to get your copy, now is a perfect time. tachyonpublications.com/product/memo... #IgnoreThisBook

I just posted a new blog entry, "A New Home for Griffins": www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/05/a-ne...

Heeeeyyyy it's new story day! And I've got a villain's enamored minion reconsidering his life choices here, in "Ten Unsent Letters to the Dark Lord." www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ten-...

With my glasses situation, and how I'm trying to move out of FL, I decided to start a GFM for both gofund.me/fd04823c3 Short version: I'm a blind, trans person who can't afford to get glasses that will actually help, or fund a move to a safe city.

1492. Columbus has failed. A Valencian ship's master won't. But sailing through the Pillars of Hercules—the gateway to the fae realm—comes with a price higher than what's in the hold.

Thrilled that AUDIOBOOK preorders are open for The Dragon Has Some Complaints! A curmudgeonly three-headed dragon pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Written by a human (me!). With no GenAI. Narrated by award-winner Zura Johnson. With no GenAI. #BookSky

Hey so remember how I have ARCs? Now you can too! Reshare this post telling me your favorite kind of fancy cake (or unfancy if that's how you roll), and I'll enter you in a drawing to win an ARC of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, available here: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Storygraph users! This is my very professional post promoting the very professional giveaway for my real book for adults about a deranged dragon whose heads can’t stop arguing with each other. Damn it, I was almost normal for a whole sentence. Anyway! Here is a giveaway!

Honestly, I'm still not over what happened yesterday, and quite possibly I never will be. But I wrote up a whole post about it on my website to let out some of the joy! www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/05/big-... #romancelandia #ronas26

Brand new story from me today. Check it out!

Happy birthday to my second book in the Everyday Enchantments universe, STARTUP HELL!

Oh hey, check out @podcastle.org ’s latest episode, out today! podcastle.org/2026/05/19/p... 🎉🥳 “Mail Order Magic” is the most personal story I’ve ever written, so it means a lot to have this audio version narrated by a friend, the amazing @tinaconnolly.bsky.social . ❤️

Let's make today a Tiny Story day! Leave me a prompt of any kind (but if it's an image, please include a description) and recieve a tiny story just for you! Optional prompt: Transformations

I am not on TikTok. I will never be on TikTok. This bethcato2 account is impersonating me and direct messaging writers in an effort to sell marketing services. Any account pretending to be me on TikTok is fraudulent.

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

hey, y'all, hey! we really need a new-to-us vehicle but need help getting the down payment together. please share and/or donate! gofund.me/a2e427b01

Please do not try to clock “balanced list of threes” as an AI tell because that’s been classic rhetorical structure for going on three millennia and it’s baked into all our writing now, I‘m begging people to read more old things

HELLO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME #RECORDED STICKER DESIGNS 👀 Follow on BackerKit—you will not wanna miss this found media anthology I'm editing! And #writers? Check out the guidelines (open June 15-30th): mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#recordedantho FOLLOW ⬇️ tiny.cc/recordedantho

UK readers! Bookshop is giving 20% off preorders of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS with the code PREORDER20. The deal is good through the 17th. My dragon can't wait to meet you!

I was so honored that THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD won Best Adult Fiction for The Society of Midland Authors. Here is my speech and a very cool view of the lake with the award.

LAKE TAHOE?!?!?!??! Oh, it's starting.

What do we want? More superb short horror fiction! Very happy to report I’m now editing Sunday Scaries for @therumpus.net. A huge thank you to the great @roxanegay.bsky.social. Pro rates, no submission fee. Read more below and send us your best. Long live horror. therumpus.submittable.com/submit

Students calling a speaker a jerk is not a crisis of free speech; it is an expression of free speech. A university shutting down student protest at the request of an authoritarian state *is* a violation of free speech. A free press worthy of the name would report accordingly.

new chapter drop for both free and paid subscribers!

Today is the day! My @reactorsff.bsky.social story is out in the world! A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension. reactormag.com/this-is-not-...

This truly sums it up. I'm reading the ebook right now, but tgen I plan to listen to the audiobook. Soooo good!

hello!!!! on Wednesday, i am reading my 2024 @3lobedmag.com story "All Her Rows of Teeth" at @storyhour.bsky.social come see how i turn this low quality fact into horror!!!! Mike Allen is also reading!