vibing in the crosstalk btw modes of expression. in music OR in writing, when the audience is reading emotion into the work they are often reading CHANGE (shifts in tempo/volume/posture vs tone/sentence structure/pov distance) to communicate emotion to the audience, you have to communicate change

me tricking people into playtesting a ttrpg

zaratustra@zaratustra.bsky.social · 2d ago

To give everyone an idea of where I'm at for reading all the author newsletters in my inbox, I just read The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore from @charliejane.bsky.social As usual, I loved this issue of the newsletter. Wonderful history & roundup of queer bookstores.

The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore

Hi! Before we get started… Right now, you can get a Humble Bundle including everything Annalee Newitz and I have published with Tor for just $18 (plus...

buttondown.com

Neither Sun Tzu nor Clausewitz have much to say about becoming sexually obsessed with one’s enemy, which seems to happen quite a lot these days

The other cat always paws sadly at the door, jealous, except she refuses to wear a harness. she just thinks we’re being cruel

🌈Sarah Pauling@sarahpauling.bsky.social · 4d ago

He’s being enriched

He’s being enriched

love when a VERY specific contest or anthology call allows one of the concepts from my interminably long and underutilized writing ideas list to finally cohere. and the idea is from 2017

Guy who went on holiday to Toontown and made it his whole personality:

this is one of those jokes where i marvel at the specific synaptic pathways that brought concepts A and B together somehow every time i see it

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 2w ago

Hey folks we are having issues with the main DP site, we are aware and working on it. Unfortunately that is where the submission guidelines are posted. Sorry for the trouble!

i wish nerds still passed around AMVs like we used to. yes they still EXIST but where is the cultural PASSION

It’s the final countdown! Submissions for Issue 3 close tomorrow! We are looking for speculative fiction/poetry by queer authors. Please help us spread the word… and send us your work! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50/poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

othersidespec.com

i play clerics so often that this time i've been playing a bard conwoman PRETENDING to be a cleric and nobody at the table thought twice. like there goes sarah, cleric-ing again made a fake character sheet and everything

If this had been on a Lisa Frank folder I would’ve bought 12 so I could have it all the way to senior year

70s Sci-Fi Art@70sscifiart.bsky.social · 3w ago

Cora Lee Healy, "A Far Eyrie," used for the cover to "Starship" magazine's Winter 1979-1980 issue.

Ever feel deflated? Here's the Mortal Kombat Trilogy cast after losing their skeleton.

If you're reading this, it's already too late. You might as well embrace it and read all of "Take Root" by Guan Un. Trust us. It's fine.

Take Root - Small Wonders

This is my last report on the loss of transmission from the radio outpost on Ganymede 13.

smallwondersmag.com

OH MY FUCK THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT

karpad@karpad.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"If a bird is within 50 feet of a coop, it probably belongs to the owner of that coop, so don't fuck with it. birds further out are probably wild birds, and thus open to be collected." "what if a bird has one leg within range and one leg out?" "what if you shut the fuck up?" Bava Batra.23b7

is this a pigeon?

it's not actually an honor to end up on the cover of Viziers Monthly. it shows your machinations aren't subtle enough

came across a romance ttrpg adventure that seemed disappointing in scope, imagination, etc… “oh no A Guy has to save the sexy haunted sorceress….” then I saw their stretch goal was a female cleric pregen (who has to save the sexy haunted sorceress) and I do think there are perfect works of fiction

Constantly fascinated by the assertion that romance fiction SPECIFICALLY is a morality play for woman, who are dumb idiot babies. "It portrays [dangerous thing] as romantic". Man I am not 8, I don't have to self insert every story. Sometimes I am content to see a protag get into sexy danger lol

gay barbershop vampires www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Hg...

Gotham Chorus - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler cover)

YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society

youtube.com

🌈Sarah Pauling@sarahpauling.bsky.social · last mo.

barbershop is awesome. just watched a chorus dressed like vampires sing total eclipse of the heart

earworm

Day 8: I read "The Cleave" by Peter M. Ball. It's a fascinating take on a multiverse story that feels really resonant. And it taught me a new word. "Rort." #StoryADay

The Cleave - Small Wonders

My father abandoned us after my eighth birthday, driving his Mercedes into a winter storm after using Cleave in the study.

smallwondersmag.com

Happy Disability Pride Month! In addition to all the excellent writers on Effie’s list (and Effie herself) I also want to shout out @spacevalkyries.bsky.social ! Check out their work in Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and a bunch of other places!

Effie Seiberg@effies.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy Disability Pride Month! Here are some disabled SFF writers and writers who write SFF about disability to follow: @wiswell.bsky.social @jordankurella.com @mariness.bsky.social @atgreenblatt.bsky.social @cornellwriter.bsky.social @stephanieburgis.bsky.social @andiwrites.bsky.social 1/

George Goode, 1973

barbershop is awesome. just watched a chorus dressed like vampires sing total eclipse of the heart