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man it sucks to see people blaming small SFF magazines and their volunteer staff for getting got by AI submissions. this is like those smug jerks who think they're too clever to get taken in by phone scams. I get it, man. I'd like to be unfoolable also. but unfortunately none of us are.

I guarantee that everyone has read something generated by AI without clocking it at this point. Blaming a small press for being transparent about being fooled is wild.

I found this report really interesting. Most of it supports what I've been saying in conversations with authors worried about how to respond to potential accusations of AI use in their work, as well as editors who ask how I screen for AI-generated material: it becomes clear through revisions. 🧵/

This is a good, tough thread. A couple of things I want to comment on, as an editor: Chacha/Ogechi/Collins/etc. has FOR SURE generated and submitted way more than they've gotten away with publishing. At least 8 to PodCastle alone. 80% of the scam is using multiple IDs to run a numbers game 1/5

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This is one of our top concerns in the report and its recommendations - it lobs massive barriers between the new and/or marginalised author and a pro-published career. We will do more work on identifying and combatting these impacts (watch this space! 👀). But yes, this is pure hell, basically.

Wrt my last repost, this validates everything I’m trying to teach in the Clarion West Novel Writing Workshop. AI can’t do what we do.

Whichever version you opt for, this is essential reading, for publishers, authors and readers.

Well, another Wrath Month has rolled around and we still don’t have a book. About that… 💙📚 #BookSky #SmallPress #Publishing #QueerBooks #AI (1/20)

We have 100% confidence that all of our remaining and forthcoming stories are certifiably human-authored by our righteous contributors. And a cracking bunch of reprobates they are too 🤘🏼😛🧱

This was a very tight rope to walk - we tried our utmost to make the advice practical and relevant, while not just handing our arms over to the other side. @chrismccartney.bsky.social can say more on how the limitations of LLMs mean our report is likely not much use to a present-day AI scammer. 🏋️‍♂️

A detailed read that's well worth your time Also please support Bona Books, they deserve it!

This situation is a perfect example of how sloppers drain others. They put nothing in and steal so much. I appreciate Bona Books doing their diligence along with community help. And I'm honored they've asked me to join the anthology with a blasphemous Wrath story of my own making 🖤

Well, another Wrath Month has rolled around and we still don’t have a book. About that… 💙📚 #BookSky #SmallPress #Publishing #QueerBooks #AI (1/20)

Celebrate Pride and check out I Want That Twink Obliterated (Bona Books), the anthology that features 'The Dearth of Temptation' by our Christopher Caldwell! It's part of Storybundle's latest, um, bundle, so grab yourself a bargain at the link below. @seraph76.bsky.social @bonabooks.bsky.social

My story "The Three Bussy Problem" is included in this bundle! (It's in the I Want That Twink Obliterated anthology.)

2026 Pride Bundle, the Twinks are in you! A genuinely incredible bunch of books for $30: An Oz masterpiece from Geoff Ryman, books by @chazbrenchley.bsky.social & @fozmeadows.bsky.social, brilliant releases from @neonhemlock.bsky.social @wtpress.bsky.social @wctracy.bsky.social, and MORE. 💙📚🌈📚

Well well well… if it isn’t the book pinned to the top of our profile 😈🧱 (Licensing Haring might have been prohibitive but you can 100% stick it on the cover yourself, that would be very metal ✊🏼)

It's Pride again, and time for another queer-themed bundle! At a time when the community is once again under threat, we felt it was more important than ever to showcase the work and the writers that celebrate us. storybundle.com/pride

I have read Yoke of Stars, it’s outstanding: gavreads.co.uk/2025/11/20/w... It’s one of those stories that gets under your skin because it feels unfair. And the pulpy and provocative stories in I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! gavreads.co.uk/2025/09/01/b... It’s worth getting for those two alone.

This is worth it just for "I Want This Twink Obliterated!" but genuinely, this is a great bundle!

2026 Pride Bundle, the Twinks are in you! A genuinely incredible bunch of books for $30: An Oz masterpiece from Geoff Ryman, books by @chazbrenchley.bsky.social & @fozmeadows.bsky.social, brilliant releases from @neonhemlock.bsky.social @wtpress.bsky.social @wctracy.bsky.social, and MORE. 💙📚🌈📚

We’d be nowhere without AK (literally!) - help them go places! 🐦‍⬛🚐

We’d be nowhere without AK (literally!) - help them go places! 🐦‍⬛🚐

Speaking of podcasts, if you become a Patreon supporter of the brilliant @onceuponavhs.bsky.social, you'll get to listen to a very special episode on FRAGGLE ROCK, for which I selected 10 of my favourite eps for them to watch--an extremely fun project for me, and such a great discussion!

Ding ding! 🔔 The editors have donned their gloves and limbered their triceps for the final bout of setting the contents for #wrathmonth 🧱 This energetic dance takes both grace and agility. Float like a butterfly, sting like… 18 original SFFH stories of queer rage! 💙📚🌈📚 #indiepub

Ding ding! 🔔 The editors have donned their gloves and limbered their triceps for the final bout of setting the contents for #wrathmonth 🧱 This energetic dance takes both grace and agility. Float like a butterfly, sting like… 18 original SFFH stories of queer rage! 💙📚🌈📚 #indiepub

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA has broken £7k! Less than £500 to go to unlock no-frills audiobooks for BOTH books in the campaign! Tell your friends! Remember: a Kickstarter is like really good gossip—best when shared with someone who will appreciate it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

London Book Fair, we are in you. 😈

This looks so great! Trip told me lots of cool details, like how each Legendary House is inspired by ballroom culture, obviously, but each house is also influenced by different aspects of queer culture and it all sounds bonkers and wonderful.

Trip has already doubled his funding goal and smashed through his first stretch goal, and we couldn't be prouder! Now let's get to those audiobooks!! Back the campaign, spread the word!!

I stg if you want to see books like this in your local bookshop, the absolute best way to make it happen is to buy the fuck out of them when they're indie, because publishers only sign what they think will sell and won't take chances without data. Back this project. Provide that data!

Oooooooh look at this!!!

Ummm those comps are EVERYTHING!! I will always shout about the need for more queer epic fantasy. Can't wait to support this and I encourage all of you to do so as well!

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I have interviewed @trip.bsky.social to discuss his writing, his publising imprint @bonabooks.bsky.social and his new Kickstarter for upcoming novel The Fall of The House of Valenziaga that you should definitely check out! 🙂 Link in following post 👇🏻

It's your chance to support our very own Trip Galey's brand-new queer AF post-apocalyptic science-fantasy novel set in a world full of drag balls, weird science, magic, and...GASP!...Polari!! We can't wait to see how this turns out.🧐

Had a blast chatting with @rdpires.bsky.social about our Kickstarters! It MAY get slightly unhinged in places. Have a look!

A new Trip Galey book?! We're listening! 😁

If you need MOAR queer SFF short fiction while we finish WRATH MONTH you should definitely check this project out! 💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💅✨️ Its live now on Kickstarter!

Fantabulosa! submissions close tomorrow! Check the submissions page for details! Thank you to everyone who submitted so far! We're loving it! We are slowly working through the slush pile, and its a privilege. www.bona-books.com/submissions

Did Wicked change our copy editorial director and Oz superfan @robwillb.bsky.social For Good? Find out on his appearance on the fantastic Not My Fantasy podcast!

It’s nearly the end of the year and I’ve read more books. #books #reading #sf #GabrielleZevin #Tomorrowandtomorrowandtomorrow #JeffNoon #SteveBeard #Gogmagog @aptshadow.bsky.social #EchoesoftheFall @bonabooks.bsky.social @trip.bsky.social #IWantThatTwinkOBLITERATED

Heyo! If you have already sub'd to Fantabulosa! and have not hears back, we are working on slush. Its just taking us a bit longer than planned to get our magazine slush process up and running on the new magazine with the new software. Thank you for bearing with us! 💙

Three days left on the general submision window for the debut issue of FANTABULOSA! A new magazine of queer scifi and fantasy! (Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!) Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙‍♂️🚀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👽🔮 6000 word limit $0.08/word USD More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions

Twink obliteration - pairs brilliantly with coffee, a crisp sauvignon blanc, or schadenfreude.

THIS SATURDAY. The Cymera Writers' Conference is a fucking brilliant event, and the writer folks amongst you should absolutely consider going, even if it's not to listen to Chris & Trip. ...although you SHOULD listen to Chris & Trip. Cause they're great. 💙

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