On "gatekeeping", writing is the price of entry to being a writer. It's the only bar you have to clear.
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weird writer and managing editor at Violet Lichen https://nichole-l-lightner.neocities.org/
1) This is one of the reasons I do not trust any 'pay to be a member so you can appear legit' organisation 2) Sèphera Girón apparently enjoying her 15 minutes of infamy, I imagine she'll probably profit from this more than it will damage her, because that's how things operate in the writing world
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 21h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
If you're a writer aching to write a spirited defense of AI/slop. . . May I suggest: don't
Holy shit, I just read it. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social this is trash, you guys. It's trash. This goes against my values and I don't want to be associated with it. Can we get a statement on who thought this was cool, please?
congratulations to all the World Fantasy Award Finalists!!!!!!*
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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Oh wow. Congrats to the finalists. Honored to be included with these authors. Thanks to World Fantasy Con, the judges, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and @undertow.bsky.social. And thanks to readers who enjoyed and talked about these stories. Really means a lot.
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…
locusmag.com
Well I mean SOMEONE had to season the primordial soup.
Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d agoBet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
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
He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.
I am the most excited for @sashabrown.bsky.social 's story
Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press)@agitapublishing.bsky.social · 7d agoOK, that was fun. Sixteen amazing authors are joining Lauren Bolger, Poppy Z. Brite, and Mae Murray in SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM. Coming in March 2027.
OK, that was fun. Sixteen amazing authors are joining Lauren Bolger, Poppy Z. Brite, and Mae Murray in SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM. Coming in March 2027.
We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon
Preorders are now open for ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Please support our little imprint and this series by preordering -- it makes a huge difference to the success of the books. And you get 30% off the price ✨🦋🌿
Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last wk.The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
Your food processor has a chute that fits your dick. Should you?
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 2w agoChatGPT now has a space for sharing medical records. Should you?
Now who’s getting left behind?! Turns out using your brain is more powerful than typing into a box that tells you what to do, after all
Lauri Donahue@lauridonahue.bsky.social · last mo.futurism.com/future-socie... lol
When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector
Still looking for my secondary world fantasy to sweep me off my feet, so if you have one, please send it to Otherside? I like stories that feel brutal and sharp, beautiful prose, and audacious worldbuilding. Above all, I'm looking for ambition rather than stories that play within an existing canon
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 3w agoICYMI, we are OPEN to original fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors through July 21st! We're having the best time reading your wonderful work. Still deciding what to send us? We asked our reading team what they'd like to see more of, and they answered! Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines
fun fact: this piece was included in dave ring's reading recs for "The Bog Body Motif in Trans SFF" panel at Reader Con 💐⚰️💑 bsky.app/profile/neon...
Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 3w agoReading "limerence" by @spicycloaca.bsky.social for the first time made me go, "Oh, so THIS is what flash fiction can be." A story about bog bodies, love, and longing that gets inventive with its form. Read it here: flashfictiononline.com/articles/lim...
Reading "limerence" by @spicycloaca.bsky.social for the first time made me go, "Oh, so THIS is what flash fiction can be." A story about bog bodies, love, and longing that gets inventive with its form. Read it here: flashfictiononline.com/articles/lim...
limerence - Flash Fiction Online
There’s no seeing the moon under two meters of peat.Soon, she tells herself, soon, but that’s been the moss-cradled word in her mouth for over two thousand years. Her skin is leather, her organs shrun...
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And if you like "limerence," read Samir's debut collection Gore Poetics! It's available through our store: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/gore...
Gore Poetics paperback | Cursed Morsels Press
A fraternity massacre births rewritten history, a supernatural entity, and a survivor obsessed with both. Two bog bodies ponder their star-crossed love. A chronically ill house consumes its unwilling,...
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📩New Edge Sword & Sorcery magazine opens for submissions soon!📆 ✍️ Subs open on August 1st, run for the entire month, and we are hoping to buy more stories than ever before! Learn more here 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/
Submissions – New Edge Sword & Sorcery
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what’s the Odyssey about? I’m so glad you asked
