Betsy Aoki (she/her)
@betsyaoki.bsky.social
Game producer, writer, poet. Clarion West grad and currently poetry editor at Uncanny Magazine. See Betsyaoki.com for more.
Delighted to find out this morning that "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" is a short fiction finalist for the World Fantasy Awards! Congratulations to all the finalists!! locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
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ZOMG I'm a World Fantasy finalist! Huge, huge thanks to the judges/nominators, and to Uncanny for pubbing "10 Visions" in the first place. I had just decided to mosey up to Oakland for the con and booked my hotel last week, so if you're going, I'll see you around! :D locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
locusmag.com
The @uncannymagazine.bsky.social #Kickstarter is more than 80% of the way to its goal! Back now, and there will be a poem from me in next year's run! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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Shoot, trying again… unicorn plushies, a personal tarot reading and critiques of your work by hot authors/editors still left as rewards for the Uncanny kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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Hmm and there's only ONE Tarot reading by Cecelia Tan left! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
kickstarter.com
Oho! Not just unicorn plushies in play! Anyone up to play an RPG online with @montelin.bsky.social & D.A. Xiaolin Spires? Donate to the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
kickstarter.com
Ok, srsly you want these! do that backer thing!
Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 6d agoHave you heard the news?!? SPACE UNICORN PLUSHIES ARE BACK!!! Now available as an Uncanny Magazine Year 13 KICKSTARTER backer reward! If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to join or re-up with the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps, now’s your chance! Let’s make Year 13 happen!! buff.ly/ASU9Kta
I love you all but I keep forgetting how this platform is at times ( mind boggling, going to get water now).
It’s a “chocolate cake and champagne because I don’t have cancer” kind of night. Cleared completely from my giant fibroid experience. So so relieved.
literally impeach him just for this
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
As I don’t own a sword like @wiswell.bsky.social ( alas!) I tried a chicken feather ( does not work) and scissors ( better) to do author copies unboxing of @criticalrole.bsky.social : The Mighty Nein- Stories Untold! Even the hens were impressed! Available at online & bookstores on Aug.11 !
Not sure folks realize this,but fully funding Uncanny quicker lets us stay open longer to read more of your stuff! There’s only so many production days, and kickstarter days… please do kick in a little extra this year so the doors open wider.
Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · last wk.Writers! ICYMI! If the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter fully funds by Aug. 1, we will be open 1 MONTH to short story submissions! If the Kickstarter funds after Aug. 1, we will only be open for 2 WEEKS to short story submissions! 5 DAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN! buff.ly/36qOb2U
Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Michael Damian Thomas has a GUEST POST on Black Gate today! Check out "Why the Hell Am I Running Another Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter"! buff.ly/ydO15FM
A great post about learning from authors by @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social on @chuckwendig.bsky.social Terrible Minds terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/...
Caroline M. Yoachim: Five Things I Learned Writing Interviews for Uncanny Magazine
Uncanny Magazine is an award-winning online science fiction and fantasy magazine, and every issue is packed with incredible stories, poems, essays, podcasts…and interviews. We need your help …
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ICYMI! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter has over 400 Backers, so here is an EXCLUSIVE MINI-INTERVIEW with solicited short story writer Fonda Lee! buff.ly/vKX9pir
Just 13 more Backers!! WE CAN DO THIS, SPACE UNICORNS!!!
Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter reaches 450 Backers, we will publish an EXCLUSIVE MINI-INTERVEW with solicited short story writer Samantha Mills! JUST 33 MORE BACKERS! buff.ly/KUBvYgD
Essentially I made a cringeful video segment as part of this kickstarter( no I can’t look) so please donate quickly so we can never speak of it again. The large bags under my eyes thank you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
kickstarter.com
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! on
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
kickstarter.com
Congrats to @jordankurella.com @kaaronwarren.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social Vanessa Santos and the rest on the Shirley Jackson Awards! I'm honored to have been a finalist and I can't wait to get my lottery stone.
Jordan just won the Shirley Jackson Award for this! The book is so good, and the award is well deserved!
Jordan Kurella@jordankurella.com · 2mo agowhen i wrote The Death of Mountains, i just wanted to write a book with a talking mountain and a talking death (many). and ask this: "what is the point of living when death is standing on your shoulder?" a finalist for: the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the L.A. Times Book Prize
CONGRATULATIONS TO NADIA BULKIN FOR WINNING A SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR HER COLLECTION, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY! WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PLEASED!!! HELL YES!!! AHHHHHH! @nadiabulkin.bsky.social
Happy birthday to @atgreenblatt.bsky.social, one indelible badass of a writer. If you haven't read her work before, may I recommend this banger?
And Yet - Uncanny Magazine
Only idiots go back to the haunted houses of their childhood. And yet. Here you are. Standing on the sagging, weed-strangled front porch that hasn’t changed in twenty years. Every dip in the floorboar...
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My doctor is pretty convinced that's why I'm sick now; he thinks the thyroiditis and goiter started once I hit too many months of chronic stress. I'm trying my best to get better, and that's why I seriously appreciate the support/shares/boosts; it truly means a lot. gofund.me/7872605fc
Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter
Hi everyone — I’m creating a GoFundMe to help me get through a major health issue righ… C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis
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Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread
ICYMI, The Uncanny Magazine Podcast 71 A features “Leavetaking” by Tia Tashiro, as read by Erika Ensign; “Instructions for Becoming Fire” by Chisomaga Umenyi, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Tia Tashiro! buff.ly/YgSxYaY
The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4bbHrmQ
Judge rejects Justice Department's 'unreasonable' attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County
Fulton County asked a judge to quash the subpoena, arguing it was meant to "target, harass and punish the President's perceived political opponents" and that it was "grossly over broad and untethered ...
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Currently reading _these are the waterfalls in my head_ by JeFF Stumpo. Speculative poets, particularly horror ones, take serious notes…this is a nightmare-laden masterclass ( a more upbeat excerpt here)
