TBT to me at 19, doing my work-study at my university's library. I get assigned to shelve books in like the second basement level, where the light flickers occasionally and I am the only person (or so I think). Suddenly the stacks start moving.

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21h ago

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

Holy shit, Audition For The Fox is nominated for Best Novel for the World Fantasy Award!! Deeply, deeply honored and congrats to my incredible fellow nominees; to be mentioned in the same breath as all y'all is a treasured moment in my career 💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social 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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We survived GenCon Writers Symposium 2026, y’all (and that’s saying something considering the occasional tornado). I was so busy running around I barely got to enjoy it. Luckily, my interns and friends made sure to slow me down to experience what we were curating.

Also, after getting over the terror that Luffy's stretchy arms caused, as someone who doesn't trust: Netflix Originals, live-action versions of animation, or American remakes of anime, the Live Action One Piece is actually a really fucking good adaptation.

Keffy@keffy.bsky.social · 2d ago

A while back I took a pic of a lizard on our window and joked thst he was trying to watch live action one piece with us. So anyway, we now ONLY see the lizard immediately after watching live action one piece. The lizard just wants to watch one piece.

A while back I took a pic of a lizard on our window and joked thst he was trying to watch live action one piece with us. So anyway, we now ONLY see the lizard immediately after watching live action one piece. The lizard just wants to watch one piece.

Guys. This is MY bed.

Self esteem

PizzaCake@pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 4d ago

Goodnight only to Angus MacGreggor the character from the old Atari Jaguar fighting game Kasumi Ninja who’d lift up his kilt and shoot fireballs from his dick presumably

lmao this isn't a photoshop???? I just assumed at a glance that it was some kind of joke photo manip???

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 4d ago

Like, Jesus, dude

Samhain LOVES greenies chicken flavored cat treats (because chicken is his favorite thing in the world). He will yell for them when I let the dog out. Before taking them from my hand, he always does 2-3 head bumps to make sure I know he is appreciative of TREAT. ;_; why is my cat such a perfect baby

Also this was basically the house I lived in. The house where morning glories burrowed through the wall to get me. The FIRST time they burrowed through the wall to get me. That happened MORE THAN ONCE TO ME IN SEPARATE HOUSES, MY BEDROOM SPECIFICALLY.

Keffy@keffy.bsky.social · 5d ago

Idk this was from like 2008 or 2009 ish.

Idk this was from like 2008 or 2009 ish.

You've tried explaining tech to family members who don't really understand tech, but have you tried listening to them explain it to you such that you become confused about how to complete a task you actually already can do?

Thank you, Space Unicorns. Every year, I am blown away by your kindness and generosity. I can't wait for Uncanny to fund again so we can start work on the upcoming year. It is going to be AMAZING! 🦄😊

Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 5d ago

Friday's Space Unicorn is loving and giving! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! is 77% funded! LET'S MAKE THE MARVELOUS MAGIC HAPPEN, SPACE UNICORNS! buff.ly/YXbF3WP

People on the Internet know that they can like something and other people can... just not like it, right? Doesn't say anything about either party! Doesn't require a Tumblr fight or a 9,000-word manifesto! Just different people liking different things, all day long, as the Lord intended

I'm uncertain the world deserves my writing is where I am now, tbh. Well, also depressed generally about living into the apocalypse of all art.

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · 5d ago

For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why

Thankful to once again be a finalist for the New England Book Awards! I think, as with last time, I know who is gonna win. But I’m really glad to be in the mix with a discerning set of readers: indie booksellers!! www.newenglandbooks.org/book-awards

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

Oh god eye things hahahahaha that's going to be a nope from me. I am 1000% full on experiencing fictional eye trauma and fighting my urge to run away screaming just from BG3 for the next 10 years.

Jess@lieutfaber.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ok so I really liked the movie but 1) that was a lot of body horror and eye things 2) the odyssey totally reads as someone telling stories and trying to one-up each other. “Did you hear this one?” “Oh you think that’s good, wait till you hear THIS one!”

Lol 100 years ago only two of my grandparents were alive, so I would either be a 9 yo Swiss-German boy on a farm near Beaverton Oregon or a baby in Bonesteel, South Dakota. Great grandparents, my options are: farmer, housewife, iron miner(maybe?), morally turpitudinous Italian undocumented asshole.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Lololol

Dude@excursive.bsky.social · 7d ago

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats www.erininthemorning... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats

“This isn’t isolated to Missouri. It doesn’t end here if we don’t stop it here.”

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There will be more and more of these statements. We're all so very far behind the curve.

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7d ago

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

This is a tremendous act of self love and I admire BTS even more for it.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · last wk.

BTS announces they will not submit their music for the 2027 GRAMMY awards, following the Recording Academy’s addition of an Asian-focused category: “I hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.”

READ MORE POETRY specifically THIS poetry the poetry we JUST PUBLISHED in issue 43 it is called MAYBE and it is GOOD POETRY here is a link so you can READ MORE POETRY please like and share thank you #marketing #smallpress #thedeadlandsmarketingteamwashere psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Maybe / Poem By Phodiso Modirwa / The Deadlands

Read "Maybe" by Phodiso Modirwa from issue 43 of The Deadlands.

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If there are abt 100 million sharks you share a birthday with abt 270k sharks

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · last wk.

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social welcome to tonight’s existential crisis

YouTube emerging from its well to shame my nightscrolling.

Hahahaa try it on my plane and you will find out that just because i can't leave does not mean i am either captive or an audience. I absolutely will be the one who tells her to shut the fuck up.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...