Little girl on the train: Uncle Mallory died. Her mum: Yes. Little girl: So he won't feel anything now. Her mum: No. Little girl: Which is good because the insects will be eating his eyes.
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Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Reviewer for LOCUS. Editor @ Ruadán Books & Many Worlds. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, The Deadlands & more. she/her 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
Textes from Sisyphus: UGH You are not goinge to BELIEVE what just happenid AGAYNE 🪨
Some people saw themselves getting in on the ground floor of AI in creative writing as an industry, made their lil LLCs and canva flyers, and are now mad that they had a bad idea and everyone thinks they're silly.
Congrats to the 2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @alixeharrow.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @jordankurella.com @edenroyce.bsky.social @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social And all the finalists! 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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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers’ Residency locusmag.com/2026/08...
At some point, AI boosters are going to have to engage with the fact that the people who have most fully and prominently bought into this product are also the stupidest, most evil people on the planet.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Telling the next generation that this was the Pet Shop Boys.
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d agoGuys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).
My latest short fiction review is in the August issue of LOCUS, featuring reviews and recommendations of stories from Otherside 6/26; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/11/26; Strange Horizons 5/4/26, 5/11/26, 5/18/26; Lightspeed 6/26; and Kaleidotrope Spring ’26. subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...
You can read part of my short fiction review column from the July issue of LOCUS at Locus Online: featuring stories from Cast of Wonders, Lightspeed, and Escape Pod. locusmag.com/review/escap... You can buy the issue here: subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...
It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
Idea for a writing workshop called "Writing Wrong," where you take a list of things writers shouldn't do and then read examples of writers doing those exact things from books you like.
And Danai Christopoulou's 'These Marbles Were Never White" which was longlisted by the BSFA. www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/... 13/
These Marbles Were Never White
The year is 2025. Matt Damon wears a red broom on his head in his first promotional image as the protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of The Odyssey,1 and I’m already too exhaus...
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I have a working bibliography I can send to anyone who's interested and may I share with you a couple of essays on the topics. First of all, mine on Apex about Intellectual Colonialism and the Erasure of South and Eastern European Voices: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m... 12/
Intellectual Colonialism and the Erasure of South and Eastern European
In the Apex flash fiction contest, for the month of November, we read stories rising from the theme of ‘Folklore.’ While we received an abundance written from international perspectives, with daring, ...
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I will never forget. Watching my uncle on his last day alive, struggling to breathe in a hospital filled with other dying people, unable to even go close to him. Watching Twitter turn into a civilian helpline, 1000s of people begging for oxygen & beds as the government of India abandoned them.
Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d agoThe entire world experienced Covid, in real time, as a direct personal event, a reality, and a horror, barely more than five years ago. And well-connected people have never stopped trying to lie to us about what happened, and why. And to call other people liars for trying to remember.
Man I love seeing @khoreo.bsky.social & @thedeadlands.com on the semiprozine list. My short fiction reading has really dropped off in recent years but I very reliably find the stuff they're doing really exciting.
LOVE TO HEAR IT thanks @amalelmohtar.com hello @khoreo.bsky.social we 🖤 you
Amal El-Mohtar@amalelmohtar.com · 4d agoMan I love seeing @khoreo.bsky.social & @thedeadlands.com on the semiprozine list. My short fiction reading has really dropped off in recent years but I very reliably find the stuff they're doing really exciting.
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Ruadán Books@ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 4d agoWe are OPEN to manuscript submissions in the horror, thriller, & crime fiction genres! Check out our guidelines & wishlist, then submit on Moksha. Guidelines: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novels26 Submit: links.ruadanbooks.com/submitnovel #AuthorSky #writingcommunity #WriterSky #HorrorSky #ThrillerSky
When the Siberian Bacteria with Stem Placenta Baby Drips $165,000 hits
聖☆Alex Degen@adactivity.bsky.social · 4d agoJust got an advertisement on the internet that is making me insane
so honoured to have “this is c(lone)-pop” recommended in locus along with the other brilliant stories in @othersidespec.bsky.social 🥹😭 (and also @mruthrobinson.bsky.social ’s “ghost in the tank”)! always surreal when my freak stories resonate 💚
Maria Haskins@mariahaskins.com · 4d agoIn this issue, I review and recommend stories from @othersidespec.bsky.social ; @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ; @strangehorizons.bsky.social ; @lightspeedmagazine.com ; and @kaleidotrope.bsky.social.
In this issue, I review and recommend stories from @othersidespec.bsky.social ; @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ; @strangehorizons.bsky.social ; @lightspeedmagazine.com ; and @kaleidotrope.bsky.social.
Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 4d agoIssue 787 Table of Contents, August 2026 locusmag.com/2026/08...
