I'm thrilled to announce that my fantasy story "An Illustrated Guide to Aelis" will be published in the next issue of Swords & Sorcery Magazine! #shortstories #fantasy

In happier news: today, I finished version 5(?) of my novel, which means I get to put it away for a month to marinate. I fixed issues beta readers found, introduced fun new stuff, and added 13,000 words to what was a too-short manuscript. #novelwriting #writersofbluesky

Last year, I had 7 acceptances. This year, I've had 4. I've submitted so much more this year, and so it can feel defeating. 191 Submissions in 2026. 119 rejections and counting. But I'm aiming higher. This year all the submissions are to paying magazines. It's all progress. But it still sucks.

Had a blast at GalaxyCon San Jose yesterday while escorting the hubs around in his Jim Henson cosplay. Steve Whitmire said the Kermit I built was "pretty good" ::squee:: #GalaxyConSanJose #JimHenson #Kermit

Not Tim Curry too!

Michael Scott's Frustrated No God Please No

Alt: Michael Scott's Frustrated No God Please No

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Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints. It takes and it takes and it takes but it should seriously consider a suggestion box because it took the wrong 80-year-old today. #RestInLoveDolly #WorstTimeline

AI takes the creative works of artists and then redistributes them so they can be used by those too lazy to be bothered to make their own art. Isn't that Communism? #fuckai #poisonthewell #stopskynet

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social I think your submissions portal needs some attention?

This book. This book I knew at a glance from some moment in my childhood, when every library book with a rocket ship sticker was worth taking home. This was my first taste of John Varley's work. This guided me on my path. I can't wait to read it all again. #booksthatbuiltus #johnvarley #scifi

Did you know that a D20 + bath salts + time = R'lyehian D20? #DND

We're unnerved by creatures that look almost human. We call it the Uncanny Valley. We are wired to fear and reject that which approaches humanity artificially. Did this fear evolve in us? That means this has happened before. We won then. Let's win now. #rejectAI #fuckAI #noAI

I submitted to a new market yesterday and today received the jump scare of their awful AI-generated "evaluation" of my work. Avoid Soo Generis as a publisher if you prefer human work over slop. AI shouldn't be writing or editing creative works.

I submitted a story to Asimov's in January, and today I received the rejection. But it wasn't a form response! "Near miss" is how the editor put it. A NEAR MISS from Asimov's? I feel about as proud and bewildered as these cats when the cup didn't hit the floor. #asimovs #catsofbluesky

The art and the artist (the record was already scratched up, vinylphiles). #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats #caturday

A friendly reminder: You can still shape your shampooed hair into a shark fin. No one can stop you.

Excited to see my FIRST POEM EVER published in Belladonna's Garden Spring 2026 issue: www.belladonnasgardenlit.com @bdglit.bsky.social

Belladonna's Garden

Issue 3 Spring 2026

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My Middle Grade Flash Horror story "In Here" is out today in the latest issue of Haunted Words. Check it out!

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Are you sitting comfortably? Ready to fall in love with twenty wonderfully peculiar, devastatingly hopeful pieces of work? Of course you are! Issue Thirteen: Ruined Worlds is officially live and available for you to read for free on our website! Check it out, we dare you 🖤

I just tried to use the word "standed" in my WIP, and then didn't understand why it was flagged as a misspelling. This week may have eaten my brain.

Take a sneak peek at the opening to the brilliant Sadie Leewood's feline middle grade short story In Here! You can read the full piece in all its glory when Issue Thirteen releases on Saturday 11th April 🖤

Let's get out there! #nokings

If only we could drop a different creature into the fires of Mount Doom...

Sam Altman wants companies to pay us in ThoughtCoins now? I better brush up on my digital gardening... youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE

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My fantasy story, "Dance it Trippingly," is available in the latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly (www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/065/). What could possibly go wrong becoming a drug dealer on short notice?

Sick of streaming video BS (& fascism)? Afraid or unwilling to sail the seven seas? Then thrifting is for you!* Get DVDs, CDs, and even DVD players on the cheap. Own what you love, without supporting the regime and corporate greed. *Also works for books!

This is Spy Van. He inspired the novel I'm editing. Just seeing him makes me remember Boston and Hallelujah the Hills and trying not to slide down snowy hills on those crappy tires. I still miss him.

I love the Muppetize-a-movie trend, but Hot Fuzz is already the perfect name for a Muppet movie.

Can you please leave some dystopian ideas for fiction to explore before you cram these nightmares down our gullets? www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...

Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you die

Meta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die.

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What to call the feeling you get when you're on version 8 or 9 of a story and you look back at V1, and realize you like it SO much more than what it's become? I shouldn't be jealous of past me's writing. It's supposed to go the other way! #benjaminbuttoning #timeisanillusion #lunchtimedoublyso

Where are Kang and Kodos when we need them most?