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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer

@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social

Queer SFF writer & poet • Nebula & Rhysling finalist • he/they 🏳️‍⚧️ • words in Strange Horizons, Apex, Flame Tree & Haven Spec • SFPA, Codex • 3x Rhysling nominee nicomartineznocito.com Newsletter: nicomartineznocito.beehiiv.com

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OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 12h ago

Reminder: Issue 3 is almost here, but this issue will be very slightly delayed. It will go out to subscribers on September 15th before arriving on our website on September 30th. Thank you for your patience during a hectic season! We promise this one is worth the wait 🪐 🗡️

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John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 13h ago

“I better not write this thing I love, or else jerks might interpret it the worst way possible—” Fun fact: if you ever hear this voice, you are legally allowed to beat it to death with mental hammers.

Anaïs Ornelas Ramirez@a-ornelas.bsky.social · yesterday

Very happy to say I’m going to @viableparadise.bsky.social this fall ✨ I received a Writer of Color Scholarship and am fundraising for the rest. Earning in pesos makes getting to a U.S. workshop its own exercise in speculative economics, so any help (or share) means a lot! gofund.me/198c28fdb

Donate to Fund Anaïs' Dream Workshop Experience, organized by Anaïs Ornelas Ramirez

Hello! I’m Anaïs, a Mexican speculative fiction writer, and I’m hoping t… Anaïs Ornelas Ramirez needs your support for Fund Anaïs' Dream Workshop Experience

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Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · yesterday

Ok folks, Sheila and her family need our help. You might know her as the editor of Asimov’s, but she's also a good friend and one of the best people in the field. If you can, please... www.gofundme.com/f/help-irene...

Donate to Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care, organized by Irene Bruce

Hi - This is Irene and Juliet, the daughters of Sheila and David. As many of… Irene Bruce needs your support for Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care

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Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · yesterday

Our second stretch goal after QUIET HOURS by Esther Altar will be opening submissions for a 📖 5”x5” novelette chapbook 📖 to come out in December 2026. Backers will be able to add the chapbook to their pledge for $5.

six chapbooks on a black and green snake bandanna 
Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 2d ago

I am a girl. I like reptiles and horror movies and science fiction and comics and TTRPGs, and for my entire life, every time I have entered a space, I have had to prove that I didn't "steal" it from the person* it rightfully belonged to. (*Boy, then man.)

Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY@wtalabi.com · 3d ago

Eugenia has already said here everything I was going to say about this. One thing I will add is that the lasting thing I gained following this project was a deep hatred for AI slop and LLMs as anyone who has heard me speak on ths subject since knows. I saw how the sausage was made and rejected it.

Eugenia Triantafyllou@foxesandroses.bsky.social · 3d ago

In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.

Effie Seiberg@effies.bsky.social · 3d ago

Have you gotten a chance to read "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" before Hugo voting closes tomorrow at noon PDT? Here it is at Diabolical Plots! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... Or listen at Cast of Wonders in this thread. bsky.app/profile/did:...

DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots

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Effie Seiberg@effies.bsky.social · 3d ago

TOMORROW at noon PDT is the deadline for Hugo voting! I'd love it if you'd consider "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", my howl of rage about people stonewalling over easy accessibility solutions. It's also got a catharsis. And superhero puns.

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 4d ago

@uncannymagazine.bsky.social's Year 13 Kickstarter has just 5 days left, with a little over $5k to go to hit their BASE GOAL so they can keep publishing incredible SFF in 2027! If you're able, boosting or supporting would go a long way in keeping Uncanny alive. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!

Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 6d ago

If you only read one of my poems this year, I hope you'll make it 'The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub', pub'd by @strangehorizons.bsky.social! ✨ Complicity in societal injustice 🌊 Weird fantasy 🧜‍♀️ Mermaids? 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer undertones (+ trans-written!) strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

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Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you are a short fiction reviewer or Hugo reviewer, please consider reviewing the Hugo and Nebula poems! This helps spread the word of speculative poetry and highlights its importance <3 Please don't leave them off your reviews just because you're not a poetry reader. They are reviewable!

Tiffany Morris@tiffmorris.bsky.social · 6d ago

So apparently that HWA pro-AI newsletter also uses Indigenous water rights issues as a prop, trivializing the activism by Indigenous peoples to protect our water including specific anti-data centre actions. I guess they figured why not alienate Indigenous horror writers while they’re at it?

“Sure. Sure. Yes, we know AI is using up resources. So does driving a car or a planes so does building a new home. So do a lot of things. Humans have always used up Earth’s resources and usually not nicely. There are reservations and other Indigenous communities in Canada that have never had clean water and have been ravaged by pipeline construction. But somehow that’s been okay for the past fifty or a hundred years, and very few people scream about that. But suddenly, AI is the enemy, not everything else we’ve been doing all along. Suddenly YOUR water might not be clean, so it’s a Big Deal”.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 5d ago

🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 6d ago

If you only read one of my poems this year, I hope you'll make it 'The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub', pub'd by @strangehorizons.bsky.social! ✨ Complicity in societal injustice 🌊 Weird fantasy 🧜‍♀️ Mermaids? 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer undertones (+ trans-written!) strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub

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