the diagram checks out, we are go for BOOK

My heart leapt into my throat when I saw this. This is the first real piece of reader art I’ve ever seen. I’m struggling to express how much this means to me. Thank you.

I have 2 short stories awards eligible this year! 1. Patient was the Doctor (PDF 📝) analogsf.com/for-your-con... with @analogsf.bsky.social (Locus & SFWA recommended) 2. milt (podcast reprint 🔉) escapepod.org/2026/02/12/e... with @bsfa.bsky.social and @escapepod.org (mild nsfw 🔥)

✅ WEIRD ✅ QUEER ✅ HORNY ✅ HOPEFUL LET'S GO

amazing

Woah, this is news to me! Hey, peeps! My very first book is currently on sale for just 2 bucks! Both the eBook AND the hardcover, apparently? It's about a tea specialist-turned-assassin who embarks on an epic quest to rescue her kidnapped sibling... in SPACE. Also HAPPY NEW YEAR! amzn.to/3N13YcS

Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com

Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st! Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨ othersidespec.com/guidelines/

contract is signed! my sci-fi story, milt, from the bsfa's Fission #5 anthology, will be "reprinted" by @escapepod.org in audio 🎧 in January 2026. it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️

Okay, after several hours spent agonizing over the details… edits are done and I am happy to say: yeah, this story is good 🙂‍↕️ Cannot wait to share it with you soon. Hope you love prehistoric myth and ritual murder and religious trauma and cults and sad women who are pathetic levels of in love.

Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration. Read on, and vote well! We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate. www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...

Sabrina Carpenter to donate portion of Short n’ Sweet tour profit to Transgender Law Center www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/20/s...

Worried about an AI apocalypse? Find out why author David Ebenbach believes we can stave one off by leaning into our own humanity theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/11/25/k...

I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...

Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.

True story

2025 awards eligibility post - take two! I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass

CRY, VOIDBRINGER is out everywhere! Thank you all for your support, it's been a wonderful ride 🥰 Order the book here: artofelaineho.com/books/

Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below: commapress.co.uk/books/palest...

required listening tbh

beyond excited about this one, kemi always coming out with gold

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

Today is the day! My Gothic & sapphic historical fantasy novel is available everywhere ebooks are sold! #Fantasy #Booksky

Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply. podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...

ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

TONIGHT! I'll be joining @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social , @veronicarothbooks.com, @juliavee.bsky.social and host @yumewrites.bsky.social at PT Knitwear in NYC for a panel on History and Speculation in SFF. Hope you can join us!

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

It’s our first zero-backer day… BUT we’re only thirteen backers away from our final backer goal! (And $604 away from unlocking nonfiction.) If you 1. can’t stand me and 2. love queer art, there’s never been a better time to support @othersidespec.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Terribly pleased that my short story, Patient was the Doctor, with @analogsf.bsky.social (July/August 2025) was recommended on @locusmag.bsky.social by @acwise.bsky.social 🐙 Woot, I did something!

Working with @aishatuado.bsky.social will be such a treat! She is such a talent. Do submit!

It’s free if you’re a student! And $5 if you use the code below! Join us!

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING x GHOSTS When an inquisitive 25yo secretary inherits an abandoned detective agency, she partners with the private investigator’s ghost to find her neighbor’s killer in a case that mirrors the PI’s own unsolved murder 60 years earlier. #DVpit #A #Mys #PR #Latine #WOC

Good morning, #DVpit! I'm so excited to dive into your projects. If I 💙 your pitch, please share with me at this link (sub requirements in the link): querytracker.net/query/MacLys... Good luck out there!

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I don't know where this revisionism has come from about the suffragettes - people saying "if the suffragettes were around today, they'd be considered terrorists." The suffragettes were arrested and tortured, sexually assaulted and beaten by the state. They *were* considered terrorists!

Preorder my book, get freebies! If you preorder A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE (release date: 10.21.2025) you'll get beautiful art prints and other freebies! Go to millieabecassis.com/preorder/ to learn more about the campaign and fill out the form. Available worldwide! Free stuff! Beautiful art!

a tremendous project run by brilliant artists! I'd throw my hat in before the ring overflows with headwear

Ahem...might I offer you some joy, in these trying times? Applications for @clarionwest.bsky.social's 2026 Novel Writing Workshop open soon. So, I wrote about my application experience & programmatic takeaways, thus far. If you're thinking about applying? Do it. ✊🏾 jencbrown.com/2025/09/27/o...

Yeah, we quiet over here, but we love y'all. These publishing streets are rough these days. October marks Black Speculative Fiction Month, and we're thrilled to drop TWO issues on you in the coming weeks. Updates soon come. Anyway support some Black creators: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p Follow, share, BUY 🔥

Bay area friends! Come hang out with me, it's a big free party!

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

joining the war on autism on the side of autism

Contract signed! So excited my poem, “Butterfly Effect," will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social! This one was inspired by my fear of the phrase "every end is a new beginning."

I feel like we’re in the middle of a natural disaster that will only devastate specific groups while other groups complain about how inconvenient the humidity is from the comfort of their lifeboats