MnStF Party today! Saturday 6-Jun, 3pm, Hosted by Linda See you soon! bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

I have an interview in this month's Clarkesworld magazine, which you can read here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_inte...

Next weekend - MnStF Party hosted by Linda! bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Me: Time to take my pill Me: gets glass of water Me: drinks water Me: thinks deep thoughts Me: finishes drinking water Me: stands in the dark kitchen Me: leaves five minutes later Me: MY PILL

New Books Video: Releases of the Week! May 26, 2026 locusmag.com/2026/05...

#FanvidRec for "Nat 1" by Rhea, a Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vid to "Lemonz" by Alto Moon. Summary: "fail gremlins (when the dice gods aren't in your favor)" Short vid (just 96 seconds) & it's great fun. archiveofourown.org/works/53141782 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv4n...

I would also appreciate it if a bunch of nerds helped me iron out any bugs in this: andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-tit... #doctorwho

Today we celebrate what would've been the 96th birthday of pioneering astronomer and SETI visionary Frank Drake, whose groundbreaking work helped shape humanity’s search for life beyond Earth. 🧪 Image: Dr. Frank Drake in front of the Drake Equation painted on a bus. Credit: Seth Shostak

Oh cool, my story Data Ghost made it to the notable list on the BASFF this year! (pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...)

Okay so, remember when we did this big post about the most iconic contemporary speculative fiction books? A lot of responses we got from authors included a "no one else has read this but it's awesome" pick. All bangers, no skips. So we started an essay series: The Hidden Gems Book Club.

Up next - MnStF Party hosted by Linda on 6-June, 3pm. bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

MnStF Party today! Saturday May 23, 4pm - Hosted by Brian and Susan bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Coming soon! Saturday May 23, 4pm. MnStF meeting hosted by Brian and Susan bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Upcoming Events: 23-May, 4pm - MnStF Party hosted by Brian and Susan 4-Jun, Narrativity convention 6-Jun, 3pm - MnStF Pary hosted by Linda Writer's Day 27-Jun, 4pm - MnStF Party hosted by Lizzy See all the details here - bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Narrativity is in one month - if you were at Minicon 59 you saw the fine folks from their concom running a room party and on panels - check them out here - www.narrativity.fun #conventions #writing

This is the way

This may be anti-hot take, but dumping billion of tons of particles into the atmosphere to block the sun is maybe a bad idea, which is why I'm very worried some billionaire will want to do it. Words by me. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/dimming-th... 🧪

Happy Star Wars Day!

MnStF Party today! Saturday May 2, 4pm, hosted by Joelle. bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

It is time to plan MnStF Summer picnics. Nothing on the calendar yet, but one volunteer hosst/cohost. Who is up for running or co-hosting a picnic? When and Where?! :)

The SETI Institute has launched the Discovery and Futures Lab, a new initiative aimed at helping scientists understand the global scientific, philosophical, and societal dimensions of discovering life beyond Earth. 🧪 👩‍🔬

The campaign to bring #WorldCon to #BrisbaneIn2028 needs your support! #AustralasianSFF#MeanjinIn2028 Follow us! Share our bluesky posts!

One more time for the weekend crew…

This is my shit

Happy Indie Bookstore Day!!!

The transition to alternative energy has a much longer history than most people realise. For example, throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, the world's most fearsome fighting team ran primarily on turtle power.

Next MnStF Party is one week away Saturday 2-May, 4pm, Hosted by Joelle All the details here - bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

I’m in here twice! For a story that “goes beyond ‘dark academia’ into ‘outright horror academia’” plus another about “what it means to risk it all for something as frail and powerful as human love.” I could almost pass as someone who has range! It’s not ALL sad women in the woods!

I am jealous of countries with actual public health authorities. "Moderna’s combo flu-COVID vaccine receives European authorization" - www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mod... .

Today is Earth Day! Don't panic, read some eco-horror instead from #WendyNWagner, @tiffmorris @hazelzorn. Might be cathartic! Go to locusmag.com #WendyNWagner,or new releases and reviews.

My birthday is this week! (I'm turning 53.) And to celebrate, I'd like to do another fundraiser so how about I give away another pre-release copy of OBSTETRIX?

2026 Prometheus Novel Award Finalists locusmag.com/2026/04...

Assia Boundaoui is an award-winning Algerian American filmmaker and journalist. Through her documentary “The Feeling of Being Watched,” she uncovered the unconstitutional FBI surveillance of her immigrant community near Chicago.

A little birdy told us that Premee Mohamed and Darcie Little Badger are going to be speaking at a feminist science fiction and fantasy convention...The bird is us! WisCon is the convention. Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25 2026. Online. Exciting! @littlebadger.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com #WisCon

At Minicon, we became aware of the announcement that the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association named Ruth Berman their 13th Grand Master. Congratulations to Ruth! (Ruth is also a novelist. The photo is of Ruth holding her awards certificate from MIPA for her novel, Bradamant's Quest.)

#FundraiserPerk For the rare book collector we have this signed Subterranean Press edition of WHITE NIGHT by Jim Butcher! You also get the April Locus E-Issue and digital art. Donate at https://twp.ai/9OVEvh#FundraiserPerk or through our bio!

Registration for WisCon Online 2026 is Open! Welcome to the oldest feminist inclusive convention. Online, Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25, 2026. reg.wiscon.net Sign up for the newsletter here, if you haven't already! wiscon.net/news/e-newsl... #WisCon #WomeninSFF #Feminist #Onlineconvention

#Booksky Like Weird West, fast paced adventure, unconventional queer women in charge? WIRELESS by Alex Acks is the Deal of the Day at DriveThruFiction! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/2...

#FundraiserPerk Talk to Tobi Ogundiran for a 30-minute one-on-one video chat. Warm beverages and friendly chatter encouraged. Comes with the April e-issue of Locus and digital cover art. Donate at https://twp.ai/9OVErn#FundraiserPerk or through our bio!

It's a beautiful day so I will be spending it in a stuffy humid high school gym at the SD64 convention in order to walking caucus for Peggy and not Angie 👍 and if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about you probably aren't from MN 😂

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

Looking for something to do on the weekends near the St. Croix river? Visit www.sharpreadsbooks.com in Taylor Falls

there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes

#SomethingBeautiful Venice, looking down a "sidestreet" canal. (The subtext of all these Venice pics is softening people up to be able to picture the Serenissima in Everybody's Perfect, out from Tor in June. This is one I looked at a lot when writing.)

Engineers, time to lock in. The post-quantum readiness timeline has moved up in light of new research, and the new deadline is only 33 months away. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

392 | Schrodinger's Greyhawk Book Name, Lost Gygax Dungeons

Great news from the wonderful Pat Cadigan: “In case you couldn’t hear me partying here in London, I beat terminal cancer. I kicked its ass down the stairs, took its lunch money, and threw rocks at it as it ran away crying. I don’t have cancer any more.”

#FundraiserPerk You can claim this 11x17 full color reproduction of the cover of #NisiShawl 's EVERFAIR. You also get the April Locus e-issue and digital art by designer Francesca Myman. Donate at https://twp.ai/9PcL9n#FundraiserPerk#NisiShawlor through our bio!

Coming Soon! Monday - 13-Apr, 7pm: M59 ConCom Post-Mort part 1 Thursday - 16-Apr, 7pm: M59 ConCom Post-Mort part 2 Next Party: 2-May, 4pm, Hosted by Joelle All the details here - bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar