Catherine Tavares
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SFFH Author | Winner-Apex Reader's Choice Award | SFWA & Codex Member | Bibliophilic ghost haunting libraries | she/her Work forth/in Apex, The Dark, Heartlines, Small Wonders, Flash Point SF & more Links: https://catherinetavares.com/links/
Good gracious! AI stole the work of authors so it can vomit it back out and burn down the world while it does so! How anyone can support it is mind boggling. How an AUTHOR can support it is well beyond me. I'm not a HWA member currently, but I am still massively disappointed to see this.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 18h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
I have been waiting to get to scream about this story! I got to read an early draft and it was fire then and it is fire now and you better get this story injected straight into your veins asap!
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · yesterdayOur August opener is a dark fantasy in the style of breathless prose. “Pomegranates” by G.M. Mitchell is now free to read at FFO 🦄 #writingcommunity #flashfiction #darkfantasy #horror @gmmitchell.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/issues/augus...
New essay out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/midd...
Middle-Aged Love: Rereading in Your Forties and Beyond - Uncanny Magazine
If you last reread one of your favorite books for comfort during lockdown, congratulations, that was six years ago and counting. A major event like lockdown is likely to stand out no matter how old yo...
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I just want to live comfortably. Eat when I'm hungry. Buy a treat now and then. Get a new computer when one craps out. Phone too. A phone that'll last more than 2 years. Pay bills on time. Pay more than the minimum on a credit card. I hate this timeline. Vitamins won't fix this level of tired.
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"To respect each other’s space and boundaries, everyone must remain on their assigned color square of the Rainbow Story Rug. If you cannot perceive the colors in this light spectrum, please raise your prominent tentacle and/or robotic interactive piece and Ms Anaria will help you locate it."
Catherine Tavares@cjtavares.bsky.social · 2w ago"Ms Anaria’s Classroom Rules for ̶W̶e̶l̶l̶-̶B̶e̶h̶a̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶K̶i̶n̶d̶e̶r̶g̶a̶r̶t̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶When Alien Ambassadors Dock with the Wrong Ship"--reprinted, revamped, and free to read with @smallwondersmag.com
Foreshadowing is a goldilocks art; too heavy handed and you give the game away, too light and you might as well not have tried at all! Wouldn't it be nice if D. W. Ross @clclarkwrites.com Eileen Mueller @jdlrosell.bsk.social Stephen Aryan & @ryancahill.bsky.social came together to talk about it? ⬇️
Listen, no one NEEDS an excuse to read @cornellwriter.bsky.social's stories, but if you WANT one, two of her fantastic pieces are in the Starter Pack for "Y/N", my new self-insert TTRPG. Play the TTRPG: cjtavares.itch.io/y-n Check out Cornell's newsletter: pacornell.substack.com/p/august
& of course no list is complete without July 31st's disabled writer, Alice Wong. Also known as @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Deets at sfdirewolf.bsky.social We lost Alice in Nov 2025, but her legacy lives on. Writer, advocate, brilliant speaker, & more. More details in reply. #DisabilityPrideMonth
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Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project. #DisabilityJustice feed I created: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/feed/aaaba7ikg4sho Mo...
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Everyone go read Abigail's story! It's soooooo good!
🌻 Abigail Kemske 🌻@abigailkemske.bsky.social · 4d agoWhat a nice surprise today! Thanks to @cjtavares.bsky.social for this lovely shoutout in her newsletter about my story “The Tongues of Ghosts” published in @foofarawpress.bsky.social !! 🥹 💖Made my day!💖
We've gathered a mix of authors to tell you the ins & outs of writing a standalone across a variety of SFF & H sub-genres. Join @frasierarmitage.bsky.social @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social @luketarzian.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @sunyidean.com & @scribeofhades.bsky.social 1 HOUR from now!
Please stop what you're doing and admire this most bestest and happiest doggo:
MJM Grand@huntnfish8.bsky.social · 5d agoRuby’s happy to stick this weekend 🙏🤣🤣🤣 Perfect timing on this picture 🏆
Vague post vaguely declaring how vaguely excited I am for a vague thing vaguely coming soon... VAGUE!
Hey! Do you want to hear "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which is nominated for a Hugo, read by an actual professional reader? Here you go, it's on the awesome Cast of Wonders podcast!
Cast of Wonders@castofwonders.org · 5d agoCast of Wonders 692: Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by @effies.bsky.social narrated by Jairus Durnett produced by Andrew Jack CW: ableism www.castofwonders.org/2026/07/cast...
Breaking News, Space Unicorns! Highly detailed analysis of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 KICKSTARTER has revealed that having made VERY GOOD progress it is IMPORTANT to KEEP GOING!! LETS MAKE ANOTHER YEAR OF UNCANNY HAPPEN!! (Also, even this graphic beats AI!!) buff.ly/9vsnOnl
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Eurocentric Fantasy is all well & good but the world is big & storytelling has roots all around the globe. Join @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social Caskey Russell @omersarae.bsky.social @taowong.bsky.social & @xuetingni.bsky.social in 1 HOUR from now as they discuss Non Western Worldbuilding Approaches!
July 30th's disabled writer is Dr. Malika Grayson! Also known as www.instagram.com/drmalikagray... Deets at www.malikagrayson.com Dr. Grayson is a writer, speaker, & advocate for Black women in STEM who has CAPD. More details in reply. #DisabilityPrideMonth
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Thread, and if you are an author who was published by Daily Science Fiction (DSF), which is now defunct, you may want to check if your stories have been scraped and hosted on this new site that is NOT seeking permission and is making itself impossible to contact directly. FINISH THEM. ⬇️
Marie Brennan@swantower.bsky.social · 6d agoEspecially since they say they'll take things down if you ask -- which they shouldn't need to say if they asked for permission in the first place -- and then give you no way to do so! You'll have to contact Cloudflare: www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/re...
There's a website called Science Fiction Weekly (dot com) that appears to have reprinted a bunch (maybe all?) of Daily Science Fiction's stories. They claim they did so with author permission. They are lying. If you were published in DSF, maybe join a bunch of us in sending takedown notices?
Wtf‽ This is so messed up and not how I wanted to spend my day. Ugh!
Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d agoHey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com
Thank you @rsagarcia.bsky.social for the lovely words about my book. 😊 Pre-orders are open now: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...
YES! It is my author copies of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR! Dreadfully hot humid day but WHO CARES I HAVE MY BOOK
July 29th's disabled writer is S. B. Divya! Also known as @sbdivya.bsky.social Deets at sbdivya.com Divya is a scientist, engineer, & the author of Meru & the award-winning Loka (sbdivya.com/meru). More links in reply. #DisabilityPrideMonth
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This was the most informative and hilarious panel I have ever watched! Obviously, my key takeaways are to never lick hospital walls and never look at ET the same way again. 🤣
TBRCon@tbrcon.bsky.social · last wk.When there are no special effects authors have to crawl under our skin in other ways. Join our Writing Fear on the Page panel with @annarosereads.bsky.social Sarah Langan @joshuathehull.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @michaeltkuester.com & Johnny Compton in 1 HOUR from now to find out how!
When there are no special effects authors have to crawl under our skin in other ways. Join our Writing Fear on the Page panel with @annarosereads.bsky.social Sarah Langan @joshuathehull.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @michaeltkuester.com & Johnny Compton in 1 HOUR from now to find out how!
