Just started reading Nancy Kress's new historical fantasy THE QUEEN'S WITCH and it's pretty great--Anne Boleyn & witches, baby. Already got a PW starred review and now it's an Amazon First Reads pick, so if you're a Prime member the Kindle version's free. Our SFWA grandmaster is still killing it

We could be working together on universal healthcare and instead our elected reps are spending all their time policing genitalia and renaming large bodies of water. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking

"Time Bomb Time" by @ccfinlay.bsky.social is wonderfully fun both for the time loop AND the stunt writing the story pulls off! escapepod.org/2022/08/25/e...

Escape Pod 851: Time Bomb Time | Escape Pod

-pop- The sharp scent of ozone–sudden like heartbreak, raw as a panic attack–filled Hannah’s dorm room, from the paper-swamped desk across her rumpled bed to the window overlooking the quad.

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Book launch! MONSTER, MONARCH, MAIDEN! Come see Rae! And possibly me! Tiffin, Ohio! Saturday, August 22 at 1pm! (or 12:30 if you want to grab a drink with Rae) For more information and to reserve a book, visit: panyanbooks.com/RAECARSON

I think we just passed oops.

RIP Ted White. Ted was asst editor at F&SF from 1963-68, where he also contributed fiction and book reviews. His editorials in the Feb and Mar '66 issues speak w/ feeling about the frustrations and joys of reading slush, and discovering writers like Larry Niven and Tom Disch. He loved great stories.

Rodrigo Baeza@rodrigobaeza.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ted White, former editor of HEAVY METAL magazine, AMAZING STORIES, and FANTASTIC magazine passed away today, at the age of 88. He wrote the 1968 CAPTAIN AMERICA novel, THE GREAT GOLD STEAL. www.facebook.com/groups/corfl...

Incredible. And incredibly fast. Whoever says the renewables revolution is over is wrong. It's just beginning. Death to fossil fuels! insideclimatenews.org/news/0505202...

California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. - Inside Climate News

An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.

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The 2008 Depression taught me that as soon as people start asking "Are we in a recession?" the answer is that we've actually been in a recession for some time, it's just that no one wants to acknowledge it. The mass layoffs the last 2 years have already resulted in more job losses than 2008.

‘politeness is not really the problem.’ Yes.

Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

This is a heartbreaking story of an author with Long Covid being awarded a prize with draconian promo requirements... and not being given any disability accommodations. Shit like this is why I wrote "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything".

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6mo ago

This broke my heart and made me laugh today. No one ever really makes art for a living. When you make art for a living, what you actually mean is you answer emails and do promo for a living. The art itself occupies increasingly atomized periods of time. paperpools.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-l...

I have space available in my editing calendar, and I'd love to fill these spots. I do developmental editing of novels and novellas. More info and contact link here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing

The % of women in new senior leadership appointments in 16 countries peaked in 2022 at 34.8% but has fallen for 3 years to 32.8% in 2025. McKinsey finds companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are up to 25% more likely to outperform financially. www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

Why gender-balanced leadership matters in uncertain times

A growing coalition of leaders is taking decisive action to accelerate gender parity in leadership. Five of them explain why diversity is the first step toward building resilience.

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Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Black Horror | Call for Submissions

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!

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Having benefited greatly from the guidance of @ccfinlay.bsky.social , this is one I’ll be sorry to miss! (Unless I can write a new novel by July…)

Cat Rambo@catrambo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Very excited to offer this new workshop for working writers. Please check it out and spread the word! www.catrambo.com/2026/01/06/a...

Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern). psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Fiction

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Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread? Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 11mo ago

Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky

I was still in bed when Monday Morning said "Wake up, sleepyhead."

Well don't I feel stupid

Glen@vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 2y ago

If I learned anything from the song Black Hole Sun it's that Chris Cornell didn't know shit about astrophysics

The smaller players are acting with the courage and righteousness that the bigger and more powerful entities all lack. What is the point of money, influence and power if you're not going to use them to do the right thing? Why does wealth reduce men into simpering cowards? Thoughts, Bob Iger?

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · last yr.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

As happens with every. Single. Pilot. Program. That ever looks at anything akin to UBI, it is cheaper to just straight up help people get to a modest financial baseline than to deal with the outcomes of not helping people in poverty. It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · last yr.

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

Giveaway for some great books—including @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS!

Becky Spratford@raforall.bsky.social · last yr.

HUGE #HorrorLibraries giveaway today-- Signed Eric LaRocca HC, just released @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, and @thomasha.bsky.social's amazing collection from @undertow.bsky.social. It's a giveaway so big that I have it on both blogs: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/horr...

Update: we just received a statement from Macmillan/Tor taking full responsibility for failing to register copyright, promising to make us whole and pay us any settlement money we lost out on due to that error, and promising to find & correct the lapses that caused this. Every pub should do this.

Ghostly Bree@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · last yr.

this part right here is gonna create massive resentment in the industry. the copyright registration system and the fact that you apparently have to pay a bonus fee for protection from big companies pirating your work (and that tons of publishers never paid the bonus fee...)

1. Here's the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement in Bartz v Anthropic class action suit. Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion, an "estimated gross recovery of $3,000 per Class Work" & destroy the two datasets of pirated works once litigation ends storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Last Wills And Testaments Of Captain Kohle by @bingingout.bsky.social in which Captain Kohle is summoned from the afterlife - again and again until we learn the truth of his death translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/t...

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out

ALT: a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out

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If you would like to read Shadow Jack, it's up at @giganotosaurus.bsky.social for your entertainment and delight and also stuff about fingernails

GigaNotoSaurus Magazine@giganotosaurus.bsky.social · last yr.

New story up at GNS The starling jacks clean the sacrifice altars of hungry gods, until it’s their turn on the block. But Shadow Jack may have his own god whispering to him. Read “Shadow Jack” by CL Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social giganotosaurus.org/2025/05/01/shadow-jack/

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.