I am always surprised at the lengths I will go to in order to procrastinate submitting my work to a conference (The deadline is tonight) (I swear the abstract is almost done) (Don't ask why I'm on bsky right now)
Louise Koren
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Linguist, editor, and avid crafter. 🇱🇧🇸🇮🇺🇦 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Managing editor @talesfeathers.bsky.social with @augursociety.bsky.social louisekoren.ca
Augur is a Community Ignyte Award FINALIST!!! ✨ Thank you for being in community with us 💜 Our team is 40+, but these folks give the most hours: @suntorya.bsky.social @kercoby.bsky.social @teresempierre.bsky.social @andregeleynse.com @loukoren.bsky.social @notesfromnara.bsky.social Suha Tariq
The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2mo agoAnd finally the #2026IgnyteAwards Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre are: @augursociety.bsky.social @jasonsanford.bsky.social @sistahscifi.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social
This Sunday, our aromantic anthology takes you into... SPACE !! This short story from P.S.C Willis is a beautiful tale of friendship between two loners learning the shape of each other. <3 Perfect for lovers of mutual competence. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
The campaign page is counting down in minutes now BUT DO NOT FEAR 🌟 Did we accidentally set the campaign to end at noon instead of midnight? Yes. 😖 BUT! We've enabled Late Pledges! So you can still back us UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 🕛 Less than $1,500 to go, WE'VE GOT THIS 💚💚
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 2mo agoY'ALL. It's the final day of our campaign. 😱 We've raised a STUNNING $11,090 so far, which means we only need $1,910 to fund ✨ YEAR 6 OF TALES & FEATHERS!! ✨ Just HOURS left!! If you haven't backed us yet, now is the time! ⏳
THREE HOURS LEFT ✨ I math'd wrong in my post so if you saw that no you didn't, but please go toss a few coins to the lovely folks at T&F to help them cross the line to that Year 6 goal!!
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 2mo agoY'ALL. It's the final day of our campaign. 😱 We've raised a STUNNING $11,090 so far, which means we only need $1,910 to fund ✨ YEAR 6 OF TALES & FEATHERS!! ✨ Just HOURS left!! If you haven't backed us yet, now is the time! ⏳
Y'ALL. It's the final day of our campaign. 😱 We've raised a STUNNING $11,090 so far, which means we only need $1,910 to fund ✨ YEAR 6 OF TALES & FEATHERS!! ✨ Just HOURS left!! If you haven't backed us yet, now is the time! ⏳
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They're in the last 24hrs of their campaign and they're within sight of funding Year 6 of Tales & Feathers. Help them get there and back now! #Kickstarter @kickstarter.com
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
This sold out like immediately so I may have added one more while no one was looking 🤫 If you missed it, now's your real last chance!
Louise Koren@loukoren.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn case you missed it, I'm offering ONE MORE CONLANG CONSULT for one lucky Kickstarter backer! These have sold out twice already, and with less than two days left of the campaign, who will grab the final one? 👀 I love linguistics, I love worldbuilding, I love conlangs, come talk to me about yours!
We're under 3k to go before funding one more year of T&F!! It ends this weekend! This morning we shared some of the team's favourite stories we've published and why we love them. Maybe you'll find a new favourite in there too! Help T&F keep going so we can fund more incredible stories like these 💚
Update 8: Tales from Tales & Feathers · Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
With just over 24 hours left of this Kickstarter, we’ve been blown away by your support. We’ve raised just under $10k towards securing the future of Tales & Feathers, and it’s all thanks to you, dear ...
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Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Augurians, it’s the LAST HOURS of the Tales & Feathers kickstarter !!!! And we’re only $2,715 CA (UNDER $2K US) away from… TWO 🐉 MORE 🔮 YEARS 🪄 Of Tales & Feathers Magazine, the ONLY pro slice of life fantasy market out there ✨ Every SINGLE like, share and dollar helps us get there !!!! 💜💜
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Did we think our campaign ended Sunday at midnight? Yes. Does it actually end Sunday at NOON?? APPARENTLY YES. 😅 ‼️ 47 hours left to back our magazine and fund Year 6!! ‼️
Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Fund the next two years of our pro-rate slice of life fantasy magazine—and help us create our inaugural print edition.
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE !@augursociety.bsky.social · 2mo ago47 hours left, Augurians! 😱 Can we pass $10k today?? Time's running out to grab some limited quantity rewards and support the future of our slice of life magazine! ⏳
In case you missed it, I'm offering ONE MORE CONLANG CONSULT for one lucky Kickstarter backer! These have sold out twice already, and with less than two days left of the campaign, who will grab the final one? 👀 I love linguistics, I love worldbuilding, I love conlangs, come talk to me about yours!
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Less than 48 hours to go, friends! We've raised $9,587; only $3,413 left to get to Year 6 ✨ Curious about the cost of an issue of Tales & Feathers breaks down? Read on! 🧵
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Folks, have you checked out the rewards available on this Kickstarter? 👀👀 We've got back issues of T&F AND Augur, discounted subscriptions, editing services... And these incredibly cool Zoom Consultations where YOU can talk to our experts on linguistics and archaeology! Grab 'em while you can! 😍
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Get a peek into the behind-the-scenes of our editorial process! With the submissions behind-the-scenes update from @andregeleynse.com from May 14, you can see the whole life cycle of a T&F story
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 2mo agoGood morning friends ✨ We have a new update this morning from @loukoren.bsky.social! Curious about how our editorial process works? Read about it here! And if you'd like to have YOUR story edited by an Augur/T&F editor, we still have 3 fiction edit rewards left! Back now to nab 'em! 💚
New update this morning from our/Augur's Program Manager, Madeline Rossel! 💚 Madeline shares her thoughts on cozy fantasy, hopepunk, and the genres that inspire us towards brighter futures. 🌟 Read it here! And please back & share the Kickstarter; we only have 3 days left to fund year 6! 😱
Update 7: Hope, Punk! - An essay by Madeline Rossell · Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Hello dear readers!There are only a few days left of our Kickstarter, and yesterday you all helped us pass $9,000 of funding!!! This brings us ever closer to our 13k goal of funding Year 6 of Tales & ...
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Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Good morning friends ✨ We have a new update this morning from @loukoren.bsky.social! Curious about how our editorial process works? Read about it here! And if you'd like to have YOUR story edited by an Augur/T&F editor, we still have 3 fiction edit rewards left! Back now to nab 'em! 💚
Update 6: Behind the Scenes: Editorial Process · Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Hello dear readers! Thank you for all your support so far! We’ve smashed through our first goal of funding year 5, and are about a third of the way to our next goal, funding year 6! And if we can hit ...
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Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
New day, new T&F story! 👀 “nohkôm's Coffee” by Benjamin Johns is a heartfelt story about memories shared over a cup of coffee. ☕️ Read it now! 🔗 augursociety.org/nohkoms-coff...
Good morning friends. ✨ Did you miss out on our limited quantity fiction edit rewards? Because NO YOU DIDN'T! 😲 We've added TWO more of each the 2.5k AND the 4k edit reward tiers!! Get your story edited by a T&F editor (or gift your favourite writer friend 👀) Grab 'em before they're gone!
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
AUGURIANS! Thank you for supporting @talesfeathers.bsky.social on Kickstarter so far! We passed $8,000 & we're on the way to funding YEAR 6! 👀 We have until MAY 31 to raise the $15,500 CAD ($11.4k USD!) for 2 more years & put out our FIRST ever print edition! 📚✨ Help back us NOW! 🔗 Link in bio!
Last week @andregeleynse.com gave a peak behind the curtain at our submissions process. But are you wondering what comes next? Keep an eye on our Kickstarter page for a behind the scenes look at our editorial process next week! (PS did you know, if you back us you'll get notified of new updates 👀)
Update 4: Behind the Scenes: Submissions Process · Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Hello wonderful readers! We’re still riding high on the successful funding of T&F Year 5, but we have 2 goals left to go. Help us fund year 6, to continue bringing you beautiful slice of life fantasy ...
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Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
We passed $8k yesterday! That puts us almost 25% of the way to funding YEAR 6! 😲 Lots of great rewards available if you haven't backed yet, including ARCHAEOLOGY CONSULTATIONS with @hramsaroop.bsky.social 🤩🤩 Back and share to support slice of life fantasy! We can't do it without you. 💚
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚
It was delightful to chat with @diogolsramos.bsky.social about getting inspired by other writers, being on both sides of the editorial desk, & the impact of community spaces for writers & editors. Muito obrigada, Diogo! 🪄
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoGood morning readers! In celebration of hitting ✨$7.5k on our campaign✨ we have a special update this morning: an interview with the inimitable @diogolsramos.bsky.social, whose wonderful story, "Through the Doorway, I Watch Her Come and Go" was published in our latest volume. Read it here!
Trying to get the cat to eat her sludge probably not helped by the fact I've been calling it sludge (it's canned wet food in gravy)
Yesterday we hit our first of 3 goals, funding Volume 5!! But there's still a ways to go before we fund Volume 6 (and print!!!) Help us get there! Keep spreading the word and sharing with friends; word of mouth is how we've gotten this far! My update on where we are & where we still have to go ⬇️
Update 3: First goal FUNDED · Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Hello dear readers! We come to you today with some very exciting news! We’ve reached our first goal: FUNDING VOLUME 5!! 🎉🎉First of all, a huge, heartfelt THANK YOU. Thank you for sharing and backing t...
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Friends, we have ✨🌟SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED YEAR 5 OF TALES & FEATHERS🌟✨ THANK YOU for supporting us so far; we're incredibly excited to bring you more slice of life fantasy in 2027. 🪶 BUT WE'RE NOT DONE! We're still funding: -T&F Year 6!🌠 -T&F Print Edition! 📚 Back & share to help us get there! 💚
Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Fund the next two years of our pro-rate slice of life fantasy magazine—and help us create our inaugural print edition.
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Hey Augurians!! We're NOW OPEN for a PRIORITY call from BIPOC, trans, &/or disabled creators currently living in &/or from Canada 📚 From May 5th-31st, Augur Mag is now ACCEPTING speculative submissions of... ✨ Short fiction ✨ Flash fiction ✨ Poetry Scroll for more details 👀⬇️
Hello wonderful readers! With just over 75% of our base goal funded, we're here with another campaign update. ✨ Curious about what we publish? @andregeleynse.com talks about cozy and slice of life fantasy, and what exactly we mean by that. 👀 Give it a read, and remember to repost and share!
Update 2: What We Publish at Tales & Feathers · Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+
Hello wonderful backers! It is DAY 7 of the campaign, and we're almost at $5k pledged! That's over 75% of our base funding goal of keeping Tales & Feathers running for another year. I'd love if we wer...
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GREAT NEWS, FRIENDS. If you missed out on our limited quantity 4k Short Fiction Edit or Consult: Build a Fantasy Language (with our very own managing editor and linguist @loukoren.bsky.social!) reward tiers, you have another chance! We've added 1 more of each; snap them up before they're gone!
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt is DAY FOUR of our Kickstarter and we are zooming towards that first goal! ⚡ ICYMI, our illustrious managing editor @loukoren.bsky.social has an update up on the page about where we are now and where we hope to go. ✨ In the meantime, let's look at some of the REWARDS we're offering. 👀 👇
Good morning friends, and great news: we've been selected as a Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove!! 💚 As of this morning, we are 70% of the way to our first goal, which also happens to be 30% of the way to funding our third goal of a PRINT EDITION! Please like and share; let's see if we can pass 5k today!
Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello friends, we are 🎉✨LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!! ✨🎉 WE'RE FUNDING: 🌟 T&F Year 5 💫 T&F Year 6 and, if we reach $15k: our first ever Tales & Feathers PRINT EDITION! 🎊📚‼️ Check it out below! Like, share, and back the campaign to help us bring our dreams into reality. 💚