Saw some geese in V-formation, going south, occasionally honking, and thought, "Wow, how picturesque and autumnal." Then one peeled off and headed north. The others freaked out and wheeled around to follow, honking nonstop, then gave up and turned south again. No idea what I saw but it felt tragic.

That moment when you finish a short story and even pre-revisions you know it's gonna be the best thing you've written to date.

Get your short fiction submitted today! AHHHHH!

Thinking about the discussion of, "What are the classics and should they be pushed," and I think here is another place where short fiction shines. I don't have that much desire to read the so called Golden Age stuff (I'm currently living through a Golden Age) but I'll always read a short story.

"Woman Like Stone Like Water" is live today in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, a quiet, spooky little mystery born in the cradle of humankind

name five games you'd play at any time--not your top 5 of all time, just five games you'd play any time FTL Slay the Spire Fire Emblem 7 Bloodborne Stardew Valley

Late to the party, but I just read Not a Fish by @adykstal.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I can't overstate how good it is. Tense, thoughtful, captivating. Took me a while because I kept stopping to marvel at what was unfolding on the page. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/not-...

For those of you who read GigaNotoSaurus magazine, we will be putting a pause on publishing for the months of August and September. We will reopen in October. giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/14/g...

We report as light moves from the sky to the street lamps: there is a patch of wasteland between two houses where heather blooms in the summer. Our expert took us there tonight, and the crickets could be heard from down the road, and the smell of the dry brush coloured the air.

There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

I'm late getting to this, but @graceseybold.bsky.social's story in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social this month is good. Very good. I'm struggling not to fall into hyperbole here. Just go read it. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/unbe...

I don't get why cons for readers & writers give air to genAI; platforming its 'benefits' or 'showing both sides'. That's mainstream chat; not discussion for creatives & attendees come to see them. Treat genAI like the environmentally destructive inaccurate plagiarism machine we creatives know it is.

It's live, people!

We're happy to announce that the Launch page for our next crowdfunding campaign is live today! Share and follow for updates on our next issues, which include ILLUMINATED pages and a special ARTHURIAN issue! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

If you really can't wait for the next issue of BCS to go live, you can find me in it here, right now!

improve a first line by substituting Mrs Dalloway "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even Mrs Dalloway and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.

No Time for Caution is either the best or the worst music for merging on the highway. My wife and I have differing opinions.

You become an adult the moment you realize that at some point your brain made permanent space for the thought, "I need to make banana bread soon."

Every time a song references Fortnite, the self-portrait in my attic ages so fast it bursts into flames and I have to commission another.

@windmilljouster.bsky.social This is vitally important, obviously, so please tell me what mushroom you are! Hopefully you'll join me on Team Porcini.

therapist adventurer: Shall we talk about your attachment style? vampire: :|

All these suckers out here selling their Pokemon cards when I know I'm gonna need them to bribe my way into a fortified community once the water wars start.

"Godzilla is just me in nine pants." Banger after banger tonight, she's on a roll.

My wife, half-asleep on the couch: I'm a garbage boozler. Me, adding that to the list of phrases that indicate one of us has been taken hostage: Yes, yes you are.

Moving in Japan involves my wife and I taking turns staring nervously out the window, giving each other updates on whether the trash collectors have accepted our ludicrous amount of garbage.

If you see this, post a knight.

Love that feeling when Slay the Spire hands me Tungsten Rod as my final relic before the heart. Really rolling out the red carpet for me.

I want to smell Sagittarius B2.

OH. People weren't kidding, Metaphor IS Persona 6.

I appreciate the amount of engineering that went into pouch-curry boxes.

I wonder if future archaeologists will uncover our memes and think they were proverbs. I hope so. Remember the wisdom of the ages: Press F to pay respects.

A bird in the hand, shame on you, two in the bush, shame on me.

If you gift me a nice mug, know there will be a day my arm short circuits and I pulverize it against the counter.

My favorite part about classic fairy stories is when some insane thing has been happening for an even MORE insane amount of time, and that's just the backdrop of the story. Aillen Mac Midhna apparently burned down the king's palace every Samhain Eve for TWENTY-THREE YEARS.

I really like what I've come to think of as "epistolary academic fiction" where historical research serves as a sort of anonymous letter from the past, providing structure for the narrative. It feels nostalgic and poignant and mysterious.

Took a late night walk with my wife tonight. Me: Ugh, you smell that? Her: No, I wasn't breathing. Me: ...that's a weird answer.

My elderly PS4 has reached the level of jank where it has to be stood vertically to read physical discs. My inner eight-year-old that still remembers blowing into NES cartridges finds this correct and comforting.

People imagining SF writers: This passage needs at least three more made-up proper nouns. Actual SF writers: *Googles 'city district vs. city ward'*

"Vikings, or as they were called, the cowboys of Europe!" We're playing Code Names Duet.

Me doing my weekly check-in to see how the corpse of Twitter is holding up.

Is there a word that means begrudgingly grateful? I'm that right now, working on revisions recommended by my insightful CP.

Periodic reminder: Whenever you're cooking food which begins with the letter S and has two (2) syllables, while the food is still in an uncooked state you must do your best Spongebob impression and say, "Aww, it's a baby [FOOD ITEM]."

I'm finally reading Sherlock Holmes. Delighted to report he's even more of a weird little guy than he ever was in any film adaptation I've ever seen.

Well I'm here. Kinda quiet, which probably means I'm just not following enough people, but I like it after the furor that is twitter. Thanks to @n3ptun3.bsky.social for the in!