‘For days and nights they traveled over the moonlit sea.’ Um, no, pretty sure they didn’t. Embarrassing that it took me a minute to see why this sentence felt so off.
Mar Vincent
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Weird little stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. Always seeking human creativity (NO AI), coffee, and petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/ Currently in the liminal space known as novel revisions. 📝✍️✍️
If a novel is a puzzle a big part of the trick is deciding how well you want the pieces to fit together.
Downplay a book or movie: Star Trek: The Mild Annoyance of Khan
Robert Dahlen (A Wiggle Of Slimes out now!)@robertdahlen.bsky.social · 4d agoDownplay a book or movie: Call of the Mild
If you gaze into the TBR pile long enough, it will gaze back at you.
They claim to have got archive permission from all the authors of old stories but that’s real funny because I never gave it. Good news—looks like the site is down already. 😃
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
For my 3 days of R&R (Rest and Recovery) I’m hoping to complete my R&R (Revise and Resubmit).
So if bakers bake and hunters hunt then butlers, uh, buttle?
Thank you to my friend who brought to my attention this review of Ananconfabulation in Locus Magazine. What a neat surprise!
Oh, a review..!🫢 This little story appreciates the time and thought put into the review. Thank you!
Michael Staniforth@staniforthmick.bsky.social · 2w agoCan you believe it? Day 200! Today I read Every Strange Thing in the Forest by @marofthebooks.bsky.social published in Dusty Attic from editor @hollhideaway.bsky.social. Who can resist the call of the wild? Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/s...
Can you believe it? Day 200! Today I read Every Strange Thing in the Forest by @marofthebooks.bsky.social published in Dusty Attic from editor @hollhideaway.bsky.social. Who can resist the call of the wild? Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/s...
S/D/Y Jul 19 – Every Strange Thing in the Forest by Mar Vincent – Dusty Attic
I am very glad that I chose this one for day 200 of my reading challenge. If you’ve read any of my other reviews you will know I love nature inspired weird literature. And this was definitely…
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Too hot inside to keep the windows closed, too smoky outside to open them. Happy wildfire season. 😶🌫️
Aw, I remember dashing the first draft of this story off in one go. That’s one of the great things about flash-sized fiction.
Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4w ago"The Prince and his mother offered her a bed piled high with mattresses." "The Princess Seed" by @marofthebooks.bsky.social
Ah, what nostalgia! I love this story, it was one of the first I just kept putting it there because I believed in it so much. And @kaleidotrope.bsky.social did, too.
Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4w ago"They will not let us dig." "The History Eaters" by @marofthebooks.bsky.social
Looks like a good reading list to me! (I’m not partial at all, LOL)
Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4w agoFlash Friday! For every like this post gets today, I'll share a random story of 1,000 or fewer from Kaleidotrope's archives!
Why is it the most important story edits are the hardest part to write? Urrrgh.
A vet visit, you say? Suppose I’ll just hide in here until the human gives up and goes without me.
Thinking about making coconut curry chicken noodle soup today. Considered coconut milk chicken paprikash but maybe that’s a bridge too far? 🤔
How unspeakable will my oatmeal be if I put in cumin instead of cinnamon? No, no reason I ask.
The more experience I have as a writer, the more time I spend thinking about how to craft/phrase a thing. Even if I still tend to craft/phrase things much like I did before.
My cat, observing the cleaned, but empty, litter box:
King Of The Hill: Bobby on His Bike
Alt: GIF of Bobby from King of the Hill shaking head and riding off on bike in disappointment.
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Mel Brooks is 100 today. Drop a gif of your favorite of his films to celebrate.
Spaceballs: Dark Helmet & Colonel Sanders Scene
Alt: Spaceballs: Dark Helmet & Colonel Sanders Scene
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Christopher Farnsworth@chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · last mo.Mel Brooks is 100 today. Drop a gif of your favorite of his films to celebrate.
Gave the cat a nubbin of vegan cheese. I have a bestest friend now.
Note to self: LAST DAY
Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · last mo.200+ eBooks sold in the past 3 days after a spontaneous decision to milk that precocious upstart Am@&on's prime days shenanigans for all they're worth?! Hell yeah, 10pCult turns out & supports indie publishing🖤☠️ LAST DAY to get eBooks & mags 50% off. Do it to it: tinyurl.com/yc7mfhv4
“Two minutes will give you just enough time to chop your herbs.” No, it won’t, but thanks for thinking I have that sort of capacity.
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN MAY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's April's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
Some Queer Short SFF - April 2026 | Charles Payseur
And I’ve made it to installment #100 of Some Queer Short SFF! Given how thoroughly I’ve fallen apart this year, I am proud at least that I c
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Ten pages of novel revisions completed this morning.
Helm'S Deep King Theodin
Alt: Helm'S Deep King Theodin
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