Holly Schofield
@hschofieldfic.bsky.social
Writer of skiffy hopepunk. Confident introvert. She/her
When the Singing Stone was first displayed at the Museum, the massive block of vibrant blue azurite and green malachite made high-pitched sounds when the humidity changed with the weather and seasons. These noises were produced as the porous stone absorbed and released moisture from the air.
Got 7 minutes? Leave Earth and experience life on another planet...
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 5d agoIt's an alien planet, but we're supposed to make it ours? Daydream all you want about leaving the earth to rot, there's no guarantee whatever planet we colonize will ever feel like home. The Grammar of Jespersen-b by @hschofieldfic.bsky.social. www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...
The biologist’s expressions are what really make this
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2w agoAnd for a quick hit here’s one from my personal library of obscurely comforting TikToks.
Where is "home" when you're a climate refugee on an exoplanet? My story in Adventitious magazine (@adventitiouswords.bsky.social) explores some possibilities. Immersify yourself into this story and many others in Issue Four! www.adventitious.net/product/adve...
Adventitious — Issue Four (August 2026) - Adventitious.
The fourth issue of Adventitious. Digital edition including PDF and EPUB formats.
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VERY pleased that my little story is part of this anthology that just won Canada's top SFF award! Thanks to Stephen and the other contributing authors for making this such a great volume!
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 3w agoTHRILLED to have won the Aurora Award for Best Related Work for Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3! Such a stacked category this year and a sign of the great SFF work being done by Canadians. Congrats to the other finalists in this and all the other categories #PrixAuroraAwards #AuroraAward #CSFFA
Chuffed to have a story in Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and SF anthology, just announced as a finalist for the World Fantasy Awards! This is the second time this anthology has been shortlisted, and the second time one of my stories has. locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 4w agoThrilled and shocked (throcked? shrilled?) that Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Three is a Best Anthology finalist in this year's World Fantasy Awards! This is the second WFA nom for a book in this series and just as much a surprise this time :) Congrats to all the nominees!
Apropos of too many things lately, here's a spite poem I wrote a few weeks ago **makes unflinching eye contact while jamming more em dashes in** full disrespect to anyone writing with AI and also to the idea that we should change our voices and styles because the plagiarism machine is copying us
...even more stellar writers in Issue Four, landing August 1: Moira Richardson @moirariom.bsky.social 🌳 Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social 🚂 Jeanna Cammarano @wordrat.bsky.social 🤟 Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social 🌇 If you aren't subscribed yet, get to it. www.adventitious.net/subscribe/
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...the stellar writers of Issue Four cont'd: Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social🌱 Priya Sridhar @priyajsridhar.bsky.social 🪦 Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social 🏡 Rio Lombana & Kaitlin Schmidt @riolombana.bsky.social @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social 👩🎨 Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social 🕷️ and...
Issue Four lands August 1. But who's in it?🧵 ...(so far)... P.A. Cornell @cornellwriter.bsky.social 🤖 Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com👹 Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social ❤️🩹 Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social 🍇 Stewart C. Baker 🌌 Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs🍽️ and...
Mad with power, Issue Four will have at least 15 STORIES in it.
Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?
Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?
Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport breaks down some of the tools that can help manage anxiety in the face of mounting climate catastrophe.
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WCSFA is putting out a Call for Concept Sketches for our Fall 2026 event art. Theme: Pick Your Punk: Living Through the 21st Century Cyberpunk, solarpunk, space nomads, junkpunk, nomadpunk, hopeful futures, messy futures — bring us your weird little future visions. 🧵 1/4
90% of reading submissions is thinking carefully about specific stories and 10% of reading submissions is staring into space, thinking “there is nothing in this world better than short fiction.”
Chuffed to have a story in here! (And in Volume One too!)
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 10mo agoRELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY! #BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction
I need a timeline cleanse. How about a table of contents announcement! That’s right—despite the world being on fire, it’s time to reveal the TOC for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! It was VERY hard to narrow the list down but it's all killer, no filler. The book launches October 14. Enjoy! 1/2
"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." - John Muir Very Big Tree amongst regular big trees at Sequoia National Park #SaveOurParks #ThickTrunkThursday #SequoiaNationalPark
Our Paperback version is now live. Launch date was not an accident. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGQGLP9V
Rights At Risk: 19 Amendments To Liberation
Rights At Risk: 19 Amendments To Liberation [Vega, Tiffany, Deluca, Jude, Volle, Adam, Schofield, Holly, Wilson, Mike, Squier, Harriet, Crate, Linda M, Hollman, Dr Laurie, Anand, Pulkita, Caraveo, Vanessa] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rights At Risk: 19 Amendments To Liberation
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So great to see this fundraiser doing well. But it can do even better. There are some pretty great stretch goals that remain locked. Chip in if you can, share either way. Go Canada!
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · last yr.We did it! Stretch goal #6 unlocked: we'll have two new pieces of b&w artwork by Canadian SFF artist, Paul "Creyates" Yates. Now, on to stretch goal #7: if we hit this stretch goal, we will include 10 of the very best speculative poems by Canadians from 2024! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kot...
My story about an aging cyberpunk adapting to a solarpunk world is now up at @escapepod.org! It originally appeared in @press-android.bsky.social's Fighting for the Future anthology. You can read it or listen to it at escapepod.org/2025/03/06/e...
Escape Pod 983: The Robot Whisperer
Emilia heard the door bang as Kore entered her workshop. Dishes clattered on the side bench. “Be there in a minute, I just have to…” She let her voice fade. How could you fix a magnifying light when…
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Escape Pod@escapepod.org · last yr.The order to abandon ship has been officially rescinded, so things are working out pretty well, considering! "The Robot Whisperer" by Holly Schofield is now available for your experience, and if you encounter a robot with a malfunctioning voicebox, please report it to maintenance.
The big impact of small stories! Lots of great stuff in Myna's roundup, keeping company with my own "Conflict Resolution"!
Myna Chang@mynachang.bsky.social · 2y agoFebruary flash roundup!
"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children." - Ursula K. Le Guin (2012) [Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]
This story about siblings is Flash Fiction Online's February SF reprint! Do read right to the end because...well, you'll see!
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 2y agoDEEP SPACE DRAMA: Come check out “Conflict Resolution” by Holly Schofield on FFO 🚀 This reprint gives you the ending first, then unfurls the drama behind it. www.flashfictiononline.com/article/conf... #sciencefiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity #familydrama
Absolutely please do this but also be aware that it helps if it's a new book! Some libraries will not buy books older than 12-18 months old. 😬 (This particularly helps Canadians due to how our PLR system is set up by the way! Thank you!)
