Christopher Blake
@chrisblake.bsky.social
SF and Fantasy Writer. Palliative Care doc. Stories in Strange Horizons, Adventitious, FFO, and others. Writes mostly about grief. SFWA. Codexian. Cat Dad.
It makes me so happy when people find and enjoy my stories. Thank you so much @sylviaheike.bsky.social for sharing your kind words!
Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike.bsky.social · last wk.Loved this beautiful gentle story by Christopher Blake @chrisblake.bsky.social in FFO @flashfictiononline.bsky.social #amreading #flashfiction "All life was music and They were its rhythm..." flashfictiononline.com/issues/febru...
"First Law: Energy can be neither created nor destroyed." The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to My Dead Mom by @chrisblake.bsky.social #firstlinethursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...
The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to My Dead Mom
A physicist cleans out his childhood home alongside his mother's talking ashes and a magical vacuum, but what can he do when it's all gone?
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Sharing this TOC with so many great authors. If you’re not yet subscribed to Adventitious, now might be a good time to consider doing so. It‘s been outstanding issue after outstanding issue so far.
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 2w agoLeaky MindFluid™ reservoir in your MindVats® Brain Storage Vat™? No problem! Just this handy troubleshooting guide and problem solved! www.patreon.com/Adventitious...
Issue Four lands August 1. But who's in it?🧵 ...(so far)... P.A. Cornell @cornellwriter.bsky.social 🤖 Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com👹 Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social ❤️🩹 Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social 🍇 Stewart C. Baker 🌌 Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs🍽️ and...
The author makes no representations and offers no warranties as to the condition or location of dust, small appliances, and/or human remains ingested by Phalen’s Pneumatic Vacuum Apparatus. Still, there is something beautiful to be found on the other side, for those who peer through the vacuum..
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · last mo.What happens when your mom dies, but her ashes keep talking to you? Introducing Phelan's Pneumatic Vacuum Apparatus! As seen in "The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to My Dead Mom" by @chrisblake.bsky.social. It's time to say goodbye... ...to dirt and dust! www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...
Grab some tissues, a blanket, something/one to hug and then read this story. Beautiful. Poignant. Cathartic. A must read.
Christopher Blake@chrisblake.bsky.social · last mo.My story, “The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom” is now free to read in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social ! It's loosely inspired by my experience cleaning out my grandmother’s house. It’s about grief, possibly-sentient vacuums, and a little light thermodynamics. I hope you enjoy!
What happens when your mom dies, but her ashes keep talking to you? Introducing Phelan's Pneumatic Vacuum Apparatus! As seen in "The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to My Dead Mom" by @chrisblake.bsky.social. It's time to say goodbye... ...to dirt and dust! www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...
My story, “The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom” is now free to read in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social ! It's loosely inspired by my experience cleaning out my grandmother’s house. It’s about grief, possibly-sentient vacuums, and a little light thermodynamics. I hope you enjoy!
The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to My Dead Mom
A physicist cleans out his childhood home alongside his mother's talking ashes and a magical vacuum, but what can he do when it's all gone?
adventitious.net
If you only have time for 1010 words worth of reading tonight, choose these 1010 words from the story Dear Trilobites by @rjtaylor.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social This is a stunning, hurricane force tale taking an unflinching gaze at a dark moment lit by 252 million years of life.
Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 2mo agoDear Trilobites by RJ Taylor @rjtaylor.bsky.social "Despite the two hundred and fifty-two million years that separate us, I feel close to you tonight, dear trilobites." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
POV: you died on a day when the god of pickled eggs and sausage rolls happened to be on front door duty.
Very touching story by @chrisblake.bsky.social in @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social that says a lot about parenthood 🥹 Read it for your children! www.tractorbeam.earth/story/in-eve... #flashfiction #speculative #shortstories
In Every Seed, A Hope | Tractor Beam
Would you be the seed of your child's future?
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This is a beautiful, moving story - perfect way to lock in the vibes for a reverent, meditative weekend centering the things that make life worth living.
Christopher Blake@chrisblake.bsky.social · 2mo agoI could never have dreamed of such a beautiful and pitch-perfect illustration to accompany my upcoming story in Issue Three of @adventitiouswords.bsky.social. Very excited for people to read the whole story!
It's live! My latest #scifi story "By the Wings of an Albatross" is in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social issue #3 and is now free to read online. 🦅 Marvel at the future of teleportation where nothing ever goes wrong on your commute ever again, right? Read on to find out. Quick read! 🛰️
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 2mo agoQuick poll: You're running late for work on a super important day. The teleporter is glitching. Use it anyway? 1) YES 2) No way 3) waa-waa!! waa-waa!!!! www.adventitious.net/stories/by-t...
We're at $724/1000 and one backer shy of 40!! We have FIVE DAYS until subs open!!! Let's gooooo! 👀🌈🎥 #Recorded #shortstories #SFF #horror #writers www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
[RECORDED] — An Anthology of Found Media Fiction!
Weird videos you didn't take showing up on your phone... Haunted books no one else remembers reading... Strange audio cassettes that won't let you stop listening... [RECORDED] showcases weird, spooky,...
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I always love this time of year- the DP window! The submission experience at Diabolical Plots is just so good. I love their submission manager- the transparency and clarity is unmatched. Excited to have TWO windows to submit to this year.
Amanda Helms@amandaghelms.bsky.social · 2mo agoHeyo, the @diabolicalplots.com submissions windows announcements are up! Yes, windowS, featuring our general call July 13-27 and a special call, Diabolical Rot, to be edited by yours truly! Send those stories Oct 18-25. Get the deets for both windows here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...
Heyo, the @diabolicalplots.com submissions windows announcements are up! Yes, windowS, featuring our general call July 13-27 and a special call, Diabolical Rot, to be edited by yours truly! Send those stories Oct 18-25. Get the deets for both windows here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...
DP General Submission Window and “Diabolical Rot” Themed Window – Diabolical Plots
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Last June, my gardening/parenting story, “In Every Seed, A Hope” was published in Tractor Beam. This year, it was shortlisted for Eco 25: The Year’s Best Speculative Eco Fiction. It wasn’t included as a final selection, but it’s a huge honour to have been shortlisted! My first ever shortlisting!
In Every Seed, A Hope | Tractor Beam
Would you be the seed of your child's future?
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Really honoured to find myself amidst such a tremendous group of writers in Adventitious Issue Three. Plus, there's a little hint at my story in my bullet point emoji to pique your intrigue...
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo, who is in Issue Three???? ⛵ @macarrick.bsky.social 📸 @ldcolter.com ♟️ @yelenacrane.bsky.social 🪶 @abigailkemske.bsky.social 🐜 @amandaghelms.bsky.social 🐴 @elismontgomery.bsky.social 🎨 John Saul 👸 Clint Hannah-Lopez 🩰 Anna Kahn ⚱️ @chrisblake.bsky.social 🚪 @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
I could never have dreamed of such a beautiful and pitch-perfect illustration to accompany my upcoming story in Issue Three of @adventitiouswords.bsky.social. Very excited for people to read the whole story!
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's rare that a title sells an entire story, but
So thrilled to read this thoughtful review of my story, "The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to My Dead Mom" which is appearing in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social Issue 3. So excited for people to be able to read it in this stacked new issue!
Jay@tarvolon.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy latest Magazine Minis post takes a look at a handful of stories from this month’s Lightspeed and next month’s Adventutious www.tarvolon.com/2026/05/28/t...
I was in it for the found footage fiction, but now it's serious, folks: these cats need tuna. I need a video of happy cats eating celebratory tuna. We can make it happen.
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 2mo agoListen, if this campaign funds in the first 48 hours, I have promised ALL my cats a can of tuna. (They get to share, it's a large can okay.) Support weird fiction! Support cats getting fed tuna in celebration!!! (I will absolutely share the video too 😸) #RECORDED tiny.cc/recordedantho
If you're not subscribed to the fun @adventitiouswords.bsky.social mail list, you might not know my story, "Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom" is forthcoming in Issue 3, debuting June 1st! I mean, you know now, but I have 10 other TOC mates the newsletter could be hyping you up for!
Thanks to you, this community is growing, which means getting more fantastic stories to more fantastic people. As you continue to devour Issues One and Two, here's the full TOC for Issue Three. WHAT COULD THEIR CRYPTIC TITLES MEAN. By the Wings of an Albatross by @abigailkemske.bsky.social 🧵
CoMiNg SoOn!!! Check out this rad list of titles for the next issue of Adventitious.
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 3mo agoThanks to you, this community is growing, which means getting more fantastic stories to more fantastic people. As you continue to devour Issues One and Two, here's the full TOC for Issue Three. WHAT COULD THEIR CRYPTIC TITLES MEAN. By the Wings of an Albatross by @abigailkemske.bsky.social 🧵
Beyond thrilled that my latest short story, "The Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom" will be featured in Issue Three of the terrific new magazine, @adventitiouswords.bsky.social along with stories from other writers whose work I really admire! Can't wait for the world to see our tales!
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 3mo agoIssue Three TOC: Laws of Thermodynamics as Applied to my Dead Mom by @chrisblake.bsky.social All of My Tomorrows by @ldcolter.com The God of the Leftmost Door by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social Hollows After Bones by @elismontgomery.bsky.social alleles by Amanda Helms ⚱️🕰️🚪🐴🐜
In honour of Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Week, here's my short story, "A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief" that appeared two years ago in @strangehorizons.bsky.social. It's about love, loss, family and food and inspired by my work in palliative care. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Strange Horizons - A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief By Christopher Blake, Art by Arina Konstantinova
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"The Impossibility of Fall Prevention" is a poignant and moving short story that'll resonate for anyone who has felt the love, anxiety, fear, and frustration of trying to care for an aging loved one who prioritizes their independence over their safety. A moving and powerful read!
Pauline Barmby@pbarmby.bsky.social · 4mo agoDoes my story warn of satellite catastrophe? Yes. Is it about leaving home, aging parents, and inevitability? Also yes. “The Impossibility of Fall Prevention” in issue 10 of @heartlines-spec.com. www.heartlines-spec.com/the-impossib...
Just backed Year's Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four. Excited to have it join the library with its older sibs. Looks like it's already fully funded. Excited to see how many stretch goals it will hit!
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book?? Pls SHARE WIDELY!
