Nollaig Shona Daoibh Gach Duine 🎄 #SpeirGorm

The solstice has come and gone and the year is coming to an end. Time to do a round-up of my 2025 publications! #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity My poem, "NYC Gave Me Stockholm Syndrome" was published in Drawn to the Light Issue 14. drawntothelightpress.com/archive-8-15/

Delighted to have a short story published in this! #writing #writingcommunity #scifi #sciencefiction

Our journal features some of the best Irish literary talent in the country. To explore their wonderful poetry and prose, buy yourself a copy here: www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/store

Big thanks to @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social for publishing a few of my first forays into the world of Haiku in @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #irishwriters

Thrilled to get my copy of Tales from Beyond, Volume 2, including the first part of my short story “Olive Trees Burning”! Part two will be coming in Volume 3 next year! Big thanks to Red Books Wexford! #writing #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #irishwriters

Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91 www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...

You can now read my poem "Democracy Dies" in the latest issue of @dustpoetry.bsky.social! I wrote this poem for the journalists of Gaza, bravely documenting the genocide of the Palestinian people 🇵🇸 #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/democra...

Our NEW ISSUE featuring 30 remarkable new poems and stunning cover art by printmaker Molly Lemon is LIVE. You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ... We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨

Some amazing book post this morning, including my contributor copies of The Stony Thursday Book 50! Thanks to John Liddy, Jim Burke and Limerick Arts Office for including my poem “A Bog Oak Pen”! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #irishwriters

COVER REVEAL:

What better way to start a new month than to announce that my short story, "The Electric Ghostwriter", has been published in Allegory Volume 48/75! #writing #WritingCommunity #sciencefiction www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict...

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that. Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too. clarkesworldmagazine.com

Now introducing the second half of the Sci-Fi Ireland team!!! YOU!!! Sci-Fi Ireland is taking applications for fiction readers and a singular translation editor!! If you're interested please go to the our website and follow the application process!!! #sciencefiction #ireland #reader #translation

Thrilled to say that my poem “Who?” and my prose poem “A Letter to Forgotten Irish Miners” have both been published in this incredible issue! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity

This happened just now. Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others … www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨ bansheepress.org/submit

Remembering Seamus Heaney who died 12 years ago today.

Happy #InternationalDogDay from Clarke and Bacon!

There are only 2 Days until submissions close for our next issue! You can submit via our website or the link in bio! We are accepting submissions of short stories, flash fiction and poetry.

Do you like coffee and/or robots? Then you'll love my flash fiction piece "STR1K3BR34K3R" that's just been published by Androids and Dragons! #writing #scifi #sciencefiction #coffee androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/str1k3br34...

The Irish Beekeepers' Association has warned that Asian hornets could "wreck havoc" on Ireland's bee population

Happy #InternationalWolfDay! To celebrate, you can read my poem "Wolf Sonnet" in Issue 6 of Drawn to the Light! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity drawntothelightpress.com/archive/

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

A fine loaf of sourdough, fresh from the oven 🍞

I think this is the first time in a long time that all of my finished but unpublished stories are under consideration somewhere or other. Literally can't remember the last time I looked at the folder where I keep them and found it empty.

Nineteen years ago this week, an unexpected conversation at Readercon led to the creation of Clarkesworld. The day before, I had no interest in working in publishing. As hard as it is sometimes, I can't imagine not doing it now. Oh and please subscribe if you can clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

The reality is that Interzone were harassed off this site by “writers” who didn’t like being reminded that they have a responsibility to take a proactive stance against AI. They just want to sit back and hope someone else solves the problem, and they can’t stand anyone calling out that apathy.

My 2 cents on the current AI discourse: if you mention a publication that’s used AI for artwork in your cover letter to another publication, the editor has no way of knowing your views on that use of AI. You’ve left open the possibility that you’re pro-AI. 1/?

Delighted that my poem “Leavings in the Faerie Tree” has appeared in @dreich.bsky.social Issue 1! #poem #poetry #writing

There is only 4 days left of the HyphenPunk Kickstarter, and we're still 80$ shy of our goal to get things going. Please help out, even if it's just by sharing this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyp...

Third time’s the charm, it seems. Finally managed to get the right texture to go with the great flavour of this sourdough loaf 🍞

Conservationists are warning of an increase in recent weeks of the nesting sites of endangered breeding waders, such as the curlew, being destroyed by dogs.

The HyphenPunk kickstarter is still a little over 100$ away from funded with a week to go. This is only asking for a small part of my yearly spending to help me while unemployed. Any help helps. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyp...

Second attempt at baking my own sourdough went somewhat better than the first, in that these loaves are actually edible. The bread is still quite a bit denser than I’d like but has a good sourdough flavour.

📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢 Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues! Donate at the link ⬇️

Safe to say my first foray into making my own sourdough did not go to plan…

Crowdfunding for the next year of HyphenPunk Magazine is now open! Since I am currently unemployed, this is the only way I can keep the magazine running, so please spread the word. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyp...

More dreaded marketing. We really do count on our readers though. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Happy #PoetryDayIRL everyone! You can read my poem "NYC Gave Me Stockholm Syndrome" in issue 14 of Drawn to the Light to celebrate if so inclined! drawntothelightpress.com/issues/

Aside from obvious writing ethical issues and the fact that it is a tool for LAZINESS etc…. Chat GPT is BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Do not use it. Do not play with it. It should be BANNED.