The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

I discovered The Vampire Lestat by chance this February in a used book store in Kamloops, of all places, and fell head over heels for him. An excellent tribute: therumpus.net/2026/06/05/b...

Like a reverse m&m, sweet on the outside but tough as nails at its core... The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods by Louis Inglis Hall clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_05_26/

My tiniest story is out this week in @100wordstory.bsky.social, a nasty little tale of gifts better left ungiven. 100wordstory.org/kidney/

"Once we were individuals, with faces and names; now we are one." From "Invasive Species," a new short story by @lgeccles.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/HJIcnqD

Today I learned that in Canada, doughnut holes are called timbits 🇨🇦

Snuggling with my Barbaloot

Never thought I'd feel like a rebel for writing a novel in third-person omniscient

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

Barbaloot feeling regal

Just read a gorgeous story by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, check it out! ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...

Delighted that my first publication of the year is the first flash of the year in @fracturedlit.bsky.social! fracturedlit.com/the-syntax-o...

Barbaloot investigates

Barbaloot wishes you a happy holiday!

I loved this quick burst of light from my fellow planet, @ianli.bsky.social, in today's materialization of Astrolabe... www.astrolabe.ooo/li-light-of-...

On this winter solstice, two years after the Universe began to form, we have another materialization in an entirely new form: new prose from @lgeccles.bsky.social, @ianli.bsky.social, @forestfarmer.bsky.social, ~in orbit~ around artwork from Jacelyn Yap. www.astrolabe.ooo

More words from me! Up at Cleaver today, a tale of cranky sister mountains and the wisest of whales. www.cleavermagazine.com/when-mountai...

Thanks so much for the mention, Erin!

Look at that gorgeous cover art! And please take a look at Swallow, my little tale of desperate subterfuge

There's no way around this one....Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 9.

Meet Barbaloot.

What a fantastic honor! Thank you @astrolabe.ooo!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 7. (I haven't exactly been doing this right, but here's another!)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 6.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 5.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4.

Our little Barbaloot ♥️

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 3.

Tomorrow we meet Barbaloot, our new springer spaniel puppy

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2.

Two days until we meet our new puppy

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

This is so big, y'all. I don't know what to say. I'm tickled every color of the rainbow. one-story.com/product/deco...

Four days until we meet our new puppy

90% of the island has no power and yet I'm still surrounded by leaf blowers

Hi everybody! I'm new in town.