Finished a piece of writing and sent it in. Had some fun with the content warnings 😏. Please click the image for slightly more text. (the warnings were of course also true and informative etc.👌) #Horror #contentwarning #writing

Visited the Latvian National Library. A colossus of glass and steel guarding the city's waterfront.

Just finished a chapter in my fantasy novel. The heroes get the river spirit to destroy a bridge, while surfing their little boat across it on a monstrous wave. I think I might have been channeling Matthew Woodring Stover 😅. There are worse things to make an homage to I guess 😎 #sff #writing

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo

#sff podcasts should highlight translators and translations more- interview translators, feature #SFinTranslations in your audio reads, actually see what's going on outside the Anglophone world. Inform your listeners. Believe me, they'll love it.

Handed in my story and my musical composition before the deadline, and finished all the house chores as well. Now, let's see if I can experience some of this 'summer' they speak of... #amwriting

Chillin Beer Cat

ALT: Chillin Beer Cat

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Just wrote a fight scene in a hospital, with clever improvisation by the main character who didn't have a weapon. Must be channeling my inner Josh Bazell. Really looking forward to that upcoming adaptation btw, Beat the Reaper was such a fun book! 🙂

I am overjoyed that the Poetry Hugo Award has once again PASSED. It will need to be re-ratified in 2029 to be officially officially permanent. Complicated rules aside, thank you to everyone who voted or supported this goal. Us poets truly love y'all! To read more about this see poetryhugo.com

Speculative Poetry Initiative

What Works Are Available for Nomination in the 2026 Awards?

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Hungry for sci-fi? Take a bite of these stories: 🐟 A fish dinner takes over the man who ate it 🥩 A waitress at a space truck stop battles a monstrous meatloaf 🍕A woman's artificial stomach drives her to eat absolutely everything And many more! #booksky #sff www.amazon.com/Doom-Tapes-S...

The Doom Tapes: And More Science Fiction Stories

Amazon.com: The Doom Tapes: And More Science Fiction Stories eBook : Schmidt, D.N.: Kindle Store

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Finished the first draft of a short story and am nearly done with my composition. Four more days till the deadline for both of them. I think we got this 😊 #amwriting #composing

I once played music that was so funky, that a nun in the audience wearing full habit started dancing. A life goal truly achieved!

Sister Act Nuns Dancing on the Street

Alt: Sister Act Nun Dancing on the Street

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This cover by @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social goes hard! 💥🔫👩‍🦰 🦖

SciFanSat Magazine@scifansat.bsky.social · 2w ago

AVAILABLE NOW: Fight for the future of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More with stories written by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow! The July issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!

Thrilled to learn that my poem 'Mirth Contact' is selected for publication in the upcoming 61st issue of Eye to the Telescope! The issue is all about aliens! My poem goes into a lighthearted, fun direction 👽🚀 #SFF #poetry #SciFiPoetry #SciFi #ETTT #SFPA #BookSky

The editor and the authors 😅

Spirited Away King

Alt: Spirited Away, one person surrounded by dozens of soot sprites.

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Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am truly astounded and humbled snd honored that so many writers apparently want to appear in Kaleidotrope.

I have a writing deadline coming up soon, and also a composition for large classical orchestra I have to finish. Spending this summer vacation alternating between writing furiously in a dark room, and seeing friends outside in the sun. Good times ✍️🎵🌞🍸 #booksky #writing #amwriting #composing

What’s a woman? We asked The Odyssey and you’ll never believe the answer…s! 1. Bird with a lady head 2. Shapeshifting witch 3. Baddie who came out of a bird egg 4. A whirlpool maybe 5. Tentacle monster who barks like a dog 6. More different shapeshifting witch 7. Weird horny island hermit

Catherynne M. Valente@catvalente.bsky.social · 3w ago

It cracks me up how mad people are about Eliot Page existing in a story that pretty famously contains Tiresias the Transition Enthusiast, an mpreg headburster, and a chick who hatched out of a swan’s egg. Yes hi I am Homer my gender is “lol” (Yes I said chick she’s a swan & so’s her sister. HONK.)

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

Wrote a 1000 words for a short story today and moved the entire layout around. Added and removed characters and approached the story from a different angle. Now it is suddenly all clicking into place ☺️

As we come ever closer to the end of the Hugo Awards voting period, a reminder: no matter which work you believe deserves to win the Best Poem category, just casting your vote sends a strong message for the value of the category.

Brandon O’Brien@therisingtithes.bsky.social · 4w ago

Hugo Awards voting is still open until August 8th! Whether you're already deep in the voter packet or haven't even glanced at the nominees yet, please read and vote for the works in the Best Poem category and support speculative poetry as a core element of genre! www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/

"The guy with the knife is the first of four attempts on Atieno’s life today." [very work in progress, will be revised]

Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · last mo.

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? "Yasha made a promise to the dying girl in the tower, and fled into the fever-twisted wasteland, wishing she was the sort of woman who kept her promises."

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'Het is 3 januari 2147. We beginnen vandaag aan onze tweede duik naar het Rif op de Dam. Gisteren wat mooie artefacten gevonden, vroeg 21ste eeuw. Hopelijk kunnen we vandaag de ruïnes van het Gezonken Paleis verkennen.'

Johan Klein Haneveld@johankh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mooie plaat die ik vond op Pinterest. Laten we zorgen dat het niet zo ver gaat komen ... i.pinimg.com/736x/0b/d0/c...

stay creative. after Baby Beluga (1980) 🐳, I didn’t worry about how I would top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later came Bananaphone! 🍌 and 32 years after that, Penny Penguin. 🐧

Het far-future SF-verhaal 'De laatste kuil' speelt over ongeveer 20 miljard jaar tijdens de Big Crunch. Is dat intrigerend? Ik vind van wel 😀. De blog mét links naar oa het SF-verhaal 'De laatste kuil': www.wettum.org/het-einde #SFleeft ##amwriting #boeksky Boek. Verhalenbundel 'Anderen'.

Het einde

Er zijn twee theorieën over hoe ons heelal zal eindigen. Als de gemiddelde dichtheid van het heelal groot genoeg is, zal door de zwaartekracht de uitdijing stoppen en stort het heelal weer in: de B…

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I got 2nd place in last year's Drabble contest! Just received the collection with the best 10 drabbles in the mail.🎉 The theme for this edition was 'Earth's Guidebook for Extraterrestrials'. I wrote a funny story about aliens being weirded out by us humans 👽 [1/2] #scifi #boeksky #drabble #booksky

Writers, tell us how many submissions you have out there at the moment! Right now I have seven submissions speeding down photonic highways. Two short stories, one flash fiction, and four poems, all sci-fi. 😶 Let's hope at least one of them gets accepted. #amwriting #writer

Zonet mijn ticket voor HSFCon 2026 gekocht. Heel erg benieuwd! Just bought tickets to the Dutch yearly SF/F/H convention, excited! #HSFcon

Friendly reminder, we are open to submissions! And I am having the BEST time reading tons of incredible stories. Can’t decide what to send? With the caveat that I am only one member of a big team with varied tastes… I’d love more fantasy, more experiments with voice/form/chronology, more tragedy 👀

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4w ago

General submissions for Issue 3 are now OPEN!!! Queer authors, send us your speculative fiction and poetry! We can’t wait to read your work! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50 poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern