Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
Ryan Stauffer@ryanswx.bsky.social · 17h agoHaha, this fucking sucks.
It's me, Nico.
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More of a dog person than a people person. Filipino Philadelphian from Wisconsin. Cavite, Philippines. Poetry Editor @thedeadlands.com 💀 Associate Editor @psychopomp.bsky.social 💀
Ryan Stauffer@ryanswx.bsky.social · 17h ago
I can't begin to describe how much Elise's editorial vision has meant to short SFF fiction as a genre, and how much her support has meant to me personally. She's had a hell of a time, and needs our support. It's time for Octobler, friends!
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 10h agothis october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word
Bookshop.org is having an anti-amazon-prime sale, & you can get THE DEVOURERS slightly discounted there. A mythic realist, queer dark fantasy about love, sex, violence, & shapeshifting set in contemporary India & the Mughal Empire. It won a Lambda Award.
The Devourers: A Novel
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination.LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF...
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I'm not upping the goal, but I am throwing the GFM link back out. At this point, I just don't know what to do. I really don't. Note that in all of this, I have not touched the KS money sitting in the bank and I will NOT do so. www.gofundme.com/f/chip-in-to...
Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass
Update: I initially had no plan to up the goal or change anyt… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.
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They're hoping we will all forget that society functions just fine without random bouts of IP theft and ecological damage
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3d agoPart of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
I know some folks won't read a Substack, so here's her same coverage at The Addison Independent: www.addisonindependent.com/2026/10/01/t...
Terror in the Backyard: ICE’s shadow surges in Vermont
Liza Cochran, author of Brave Little Voices, delves deep into the Aug. 8 ICE raid of Mary Richards’s home in Cornwall.
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Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d agoICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
wowwwwwwwwww!!! congrats to @angelaliu.bsky.social well done to editor @nicasio.bsky.social and the whole deadlands team!!! you can read this poem right here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Language of Fireflies - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The streets are lined with glass treesWe weave through their false light for a taste of a real moon, fold […]
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The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 4d agoThe #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry goes to THE LANGUAGE OF FIREFLIES by Angela Liu (The Deadlands)
I was just bemoaning how difficult it is to get vaccines locally and lo and behold, the pharmacy has a one-day-only visiting vaccination stand! But I suppose it's not great to get the flu vax on the day I'm here...because I think I have the flu 😞
"A poor country suffers a disaster substantially aggravated by a warming planet, loses infrastructure built over decades, then borrows money to rebuild it. The result is a rather ingenious international arrangement in which vulnerability can be converted into debt. "
Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 4d agoNepal’s prime minister Balen Shah delivered a powerful argument for climate justice in his speech at the UN last week, saying, “The people of our country must be allowed to build their future instead of constantly rebuilding their past.” buff.ly/10410N8
one of three or four books that built the foundation of my Self:
Deborah McDowell@dem8z.bsky.social · 6d agoEach time I see an announcement of the banning of THE BLUEST EYE, I pick up the book from its pride of place on my desk, open it to a random page, and read a passage aloud, relishing its lyricism. "So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want me to die."
A few excellent books I've had the opportunity to read & blurb: THE POISON PALACE by @thresholdrose.bsky.social, OUR CUT OF SALT by @deenahelm.bsky.social, A TYRANT IN THE CRACKS by @hachepueyo.bsky.social, A COMPENDIUM OF SUPERNATURAL ENTITIES FOUND...&c by @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social +🧵
Melissa Caruso@melissacaruso.bsky.social · last wk.Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
We are now OPEN to submissions of speculative fiction + poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from October 1-7. If that's you, send us your work! This issue's theme is exploration. We'll be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from October 8-21!
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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I looooved this book, FYI.
R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD)@rsagarcia.bsky.social · last wk.My novel, THE NIGHTWARD, is on sale! The ebook's only $1.99 on Barnes & Noble, Bookshop & Amazon. Sale probably ends soon, so if THE WITCHER + Caribbean mythology + Fury Road sounds good, go get it! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-nightw... bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN
I probably don't have to tell you that times are getting tougher for both LGBTQ writers and spicy/kinky writers right now. My first line of defense is my community. The people who believe in me. Join them for $2/month? www.patreon.com/ceci...
You can help Hammam's family survive Israel's genocidal siege by sharing & donating. They're homeless & sick with intestinal & skin diseases from destroyed sanitation & healthcare. His disabled brother Abood urgently needs medications to keep his seizures in check:
Support for the Nurse and My Brother Abood
Hi! My name is Hammam Al-Shanti.
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Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 2w agoHammam is a volunteer humanitarian nurse treating Gaza's wounded since the war began. He needs our help: his family is starving & homeless, and his brother is disabled & suffers from severe seizures. Any donation -even small ones- can help get food & medical care. chuffed.org/project/1844...
British English does pronounce "glacier" better. The superior pronunciation, I'd say. However, the way they say "puma" is criminal. Stomach-turning. Unforgivable.
My body waking me up in the middle of the night just to experience pain is honestly like... What was the point of this, buddy? Hey, nervous system, what are we getting out of being conscious in this moment? And must we??
Baraa is appealing to everyone to please help Ibrahim. She's lost 2 daughters already to Israel's genocide. She's constantly deleted & restricted by Bluesky, and exhausted from making new accounts. She has no reach, & is unable to secure funds for Ibrahim's survival. Please share widely & donate:
I Lost My Daughters to War and Hunger. Please Help Me Save Ibrahim, My Last Living Child"
My name is Bara'a, and I am writing to you from the depths of an unimaginable nightmare. I am a mother whose heart has been shattered into pieces, and today, I am reaching out to the world in a desper...
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Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 2w agoFor 5 painful days,I've been screaming into the void while Ibrahim suffers.My heart is breaking as I watch him fade without the medical care he desperately needs.No mother should feel this helpless.Please don't look away he urgently needs €200right now for his treatment.💔😭 chuffed.org/project/191450
Mohammed's son Elias urgently needs treatment to save his fading eyesight. You helped Elias survive horrific malnutrition through your shares & donations, & he urgently needs your help again. Time is running out to keep him from going blind, & he's already hurt his hand badly falling down:
Help Mohammed and his famile.
Father's Urgent Call: Save Little Elias's Sight and Life
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Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 2w agoLook at Elias and see your own son or brother.Gaza's cruelty stripped away his first eye, and now his last drop of light is dying.We have no money,no hope, only tears.I beg you on my knees:please,don't let my little boy sink into permanent darkness! Verified:molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/196611
ah, yes, of course. what my life was missing lately was a neuralgia flare to spice things up.
Just ONE WEEK before we get to celebrate the Forged in FIYAH anthology release!!! Check out our latest featured author, @veronicaghenry.bsky.social
DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're just a WEEK OUT from our release of the Forged in FIYAH anthology!!! Today's fave lines hail from @veronicaodavis.bsky.social "Redemption is the Color of Dried Blood" 🔥
Times are getting a bit tough on my end, and having some work lined up would help immensely. If you have any need of editing or sensitivity reading, please keep me in mind!
It's me, Nico.@nicasio.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you've got a novel manuscript in need of developmental editing, a quick-but-incisive overall evaluation, or a sensitivity read, then hit me up! I've got spots open starting mid-month, and can't wait to get my grubby little hands all up in your stories.
Gaza’s landscape is unrecognisable to its people. The Yellow Line has partitioned the strip, with Israeli forces lethally enforcing it as a “no-go” zone; they have also levelled entire neighbourhoods on their side of the line as they push it farther toward the sea. share.google/7RHAa4h0k4bi...
