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I think this is the first time in a long time that all of my finished but unpublished stories are under consideration somewhere or other.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.

180y ago, the Great Hunger killed over a million people in Ireland as the Great Powers stood by & ignored the horrific suffering of children. Famine stalks Gaza, babies are arriving at the makeshift triage & dying. The death toll from genocide will grow as famine & disease murder more. Donate:

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

Someone asked about the books in my profile pic on Zoom. They're part of my collection of Palestinian speculative fiction. It needs updating, but here's my very big curated reading list for you all: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

"Read the Gaza poem by a Cork writer that featured on the Irish Examiner's front page" @williamwallwriter.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

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/

Haven't been in person but @kennysbookshop.bsky.social have such a fantastic online selection! @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social , @booksupstairs.bsky.social and @ravenbooks.bsky.social are great for a browse too! #IndependentBookstoreDay

Every year on #WorldBookAndCopyrightDay I share a list of the top 10 books I read over the last 12 months. So without further ado, let’s begin the 2025 list: 1. “Palestine +100”, published by @commapress.bsky.social

Who are the five writers that made you? Ursula K Le Guin Cormac McCarthy Oscar Wilde WB Yeats Seamus Heaney

Resharing this for #WorldPoetryDay #WorldPoetryDay2025 #FreePalestine

Almost missed it, but happy St. Patrick’s Day for what’s left of it! Lá Fhéile Pádraig! ☘️

The Pink Hydra is still fundraising until the end of March. We have enough for two full issues so far! If you can, please contribute - every additional $3 means we can publish more weird, queer literature. ko-fi.com/thepinkhydra...

We're only $220 away from our funding goal! If you haven't backed us yet, you could be the one to put us over the line! Every penny we raise over our goal will be spent on buying even more fiction and poetry for your reading pleasure! Subscribe today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...

My solution to the neutrality debate: we hold a referendum, but without the private ballot. Everyone who votes to abandon neutrality (and any politicians who campaign for that vote) are automatically signed up to a special division of the armed forces, 1/2

Last year, I was excited to make a space for lighthearted SFF by clever & funny women like @dannyechase.bsky.social & @maryjorabe.bsky.social! We only need $10 more to reach our first milestone & publish at least 5 stories this year! Can we reach it this weekend? 👀 ko-fi.com/thepinkhydra

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, by Che Guevara.

Headsup to Dublin bookshops: American white man, 60s-ish, fairly tall, shoulder length greying hair, homophobic and confrontational, verbally abusive over the Pride reading guide.

Sylvia Plath who died on this day in 1963. "we shall board our imagined ship and wildly sail among sacred islands of the mad till death shatters the fabulous stars and makes us real."

Ursula K Le Guin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/le_gui... died on this day, so here's some of her book covers (Artist: 萩尾望都/竹宮恵子, Josh Kirby, Colin Hay and Heldur Laretei):

This is one of the best sci-fi stories I read last year, everyone should check it out!

Good lord Bluesky folks, I just realized that we're less than 100 followers away from 6k on here! 🖤 If you like what we do, consider hitting the follow button! Not only will you get updates about all our amazing authors, but 6 just so happens to be our favorite number, for obvious reasons...😈🔥

The final Saturday of 2024 seems as good a time as any to post a thread of my published work this year 🎉 #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #shortfiction #scifi #writing #WritingCommunity 🧵 below…

Nollaig Shona daoibh! #MerryChristmas