The HWA has apologized for the AI article and specifically apologized for the inclusion of Indigenous water rights struggles in the AI column, and removed the newsletter writer from their board position. I’m deeply appreciative of the apology and of all who expressed solidarity in my post about it.

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Aggretsuko's Emotional Swivel Chair Ride

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Lucy Fishwife 🥐@lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 6d ago

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The autistic urge to sit on the steps of a pool with an iced black tea and reread Piranesi.

Come see all my panels on speculative fiction, horror, costuming, lying narrators, and more this August in Anaheim! @laworldcon.bsky.social is right on the horizon!

📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!

August, 2026 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets (as reported to @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social HWA, Los Angeles chapter) — “A selection of New or Reopening Market Listings this month paying minimum pro rates of 5 cents+ per word” ericjguignard.substack.com/p/august-202...

August, 2026 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

For August, 2026: New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes at Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word):

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I am overjoyed that the Poetry Hugo Award has once again PASSED. It will need to be re-ratified in 2029 to be officially officially permanent. Complicated rules aside, thank you to everyone who voted or supported this goal. Us poets truly love y'all! To read more about this see poetryhugo.com

Speculative Poetry Initiative

What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?

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Author Announcement! Please welcome to The Cookout: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora…

This was much fun! Thanks to Luke Dumas, @ashsmash.bsky.social, @babblewocky.bsky.social and @kierongillen.bsky.social for chatting all things villainy and corruption as part of the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social's power in SFFH event. Bring on the (complex, authentic) baddies 😎

Ready for my British Fantasy Society panel on “Power Corrupts!”

If you're feeling down about yourself a writer right now, please click over and remember that even on your worst day where you're struggling to remember how to assemble words and fear your career is over, you are a million times superior to this OP at reddit.

Krista D Ball is Canada's Snarky Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.reddit.com/r/WritingWit... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHHAHAHAHAHH *wheezing sounds* HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

Lauren (LJ) McMenemy@laurenwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm chairing the panel on how power corrupts, featuring a bunch of awesome creators of the dark stuff: Luke Dumas, @kierongillen.bsky.social, @ashsmash.bsky.social & @babblewocky.bsky.social. We'll talk corruption on global & local levels, bad corporations & evil wealthy, etc. tinyurl.com/bfspowr

And if you check out that book and boost circulation numbers, also a great way to support libraries.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Requesting your library acquire copies of a book is one of the best ways to uplift the authors you love.

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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: June 2026 - Reactor

Ten great SFF stories featuring fox spirits, dystopian puppets, and TEETH

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Check out @babblewocky.bsky.social in this new anthology from @locusmag.bsky.social!

Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

INCOMING: The 2nd part of the TOC for our new anthology project! Behold the novelettes! There is a lot of exciting material here from authors you know and love and some new names too! Stay tuned for updates! Follow & back us @ kck.st/4wtYJ6X in bio #SFF #booksky

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Catapult Book Group@catapultbooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to @pcverrone.com and Emeline Atwood for making the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlist! 🥳 Inaugurated in 2006, the First Novel Prize honors the best debut novel of the year and supports emerging voices in fiction. buff.ly/CO9ts7W

Look me up... I'm in the book!!!

Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

INCOMING: The 2nd part of the TOC for our new anthology project! Behold the novelettes! There is a lot of exciting material here from authors you know and love and some new names too! Stay tuned for updates! Follow & back us @ kck.st/4wtYJ6X in bio #SFF #booksky

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Elementary Video Game with Sherlock & Watson

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Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2w ago

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

As a writer, I promise to make it hot, awkward, funny, and weird. And ethically unambiguous.

Tiernan Blanchard@gaycannibalism.bsky.social · 3w ago

As a writer, I exist in your walls, eating your skin

Between Conner DeWolfe skits and Little King Trashmouth's wonky cousin, I've never met a Jimothy I didn't like.

Locus works to create a space where Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror can thrive. Their new anthology inspired by the annual Recommended Reading List helps to build up the whole genre. Back the book today!

Locus Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1

Delve into the creative worlds of the finest minds writing contemporary science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

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We're here & still queer with our 2nd poem, "love note from my guardian angel" by 💐 @carolinehung.bsky.social 💐, a devotional haibun/blackout that's a real . . . stunner. Hope you brought your appetite: www.patreon.com/SpecColorway... (1/2)

Poem 2: “love note from my guardian angel” by Caroline Hung | Spec Colorways In Verse

Poem 2: “love note from my guardian angel” by Caroline Hung by Spec Colorways In Verse on Patreon. Join Spec Colorways In Verse's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Another reason to financially support magazines/small publications is so that they'll be able to subscribe to whatever tool/resource becomes available to combat this influx of bad-actor submissions because capitalism will not sleep on this opportunity. 💁🏽‍♀️

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Special Mention: Brick

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Val Kilmer & Robert Downey Jr.

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Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 3w ago

Okay, prompt time: What is your favorite iconic _L.A. Movie_ that isn't HEAT (1995)? Define "iconic" however you like

Wow, thank you! We're so thrilled to see ... 12 hundred followers for our upcoming Woodlands book campaign. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

This is gonna be FUN!

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our third panel of BFS Online: Power in SFFH takes place Saturday 25th July 2026, 4pm to 5pm (BST). Power corrupts Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfspowr @laurenwrites.bsky.social @babblewocky.bsky.social @ashsmash.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social #BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks

NO NOTES.

You can get cover art made by real artists. You can buy premade covers from real artists. You can use stock images / art for your covers without involving AI-gen images. Writers and publishers have been getting covers made forEVER w/o AI-gen art and we don't have to use the tools of the enemy now.

I asked for aloe juice. Instacart shopper put lemon juice in the cart.

Evil Glare: Animated Character's Intense Stare

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They’ve been trying to tell us.

GodlessPrimate@godlessprimate.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm definitely going to the library!