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M Shedric Simpson

@shedric.bsky.social

Writer, artist, & dreamer. Nonbinary & neurodivergent. More @ shedric.com

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Nisi Shawl@nisishawl.bsky.social · last wk.

I get to teach at Hugo House again. We'll meet online Thursdays and write and talk about SFFH stuff. So 30 class sessions plus one-on-one talks with me too if you want. Also if you register by 8/30 you get a $100 discount! Member reg is open. Non member reg opens 8/18 hugohouse.org/product/year...

Yearlong in Speculative Fiction: Craft Fundamentals | Hugo House

You’ve always wanted to write that story: the one that folds reality in half, rewrites the rules, and asks the question that’s gnawed at you for years.In

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M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 2w ago

Absolutely delighted to share that my cozy little story about guitar-wielding witches coming together to protect their neighbors is out today! Big thanks to my @clarionwest.bsky.social flash fiction workshop group for the encouragement, and to @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home!

Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 2w 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! 🌞

M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · last mo.

Science! But seriously, this is more skewed than I would have imagined. Makes me appreciate the feed control bsky offers even more.

Remy Nakamura (he/they)@remymura.bsky.social · last mo.

So, I SCIENCED THE HECK out of my "let's check on friends" 'gram sesh. Images: The "data" I threw together in a 20 min whiteboard session . My inner data viz is cringing, but hey, I mostly want to raise questions & poke at your gray matter. i.e. message > detailed accuracy and presentation

White board scrawl representing an Instagram session in which only 20% of posts/screens are from accounts I follow.
M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Delighted to announce that my little fairy tale about a goblin and a prince will be appearing in the Mythos issue of In Another Time!

In Another Time Magazine@inanothertimemag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Who's ready to see the cover art for Issue 4?! @mathless.bsky.social @kapzwrites.bsky.social @e-tolladay.bsky.social @jmbest.bsky.social @shedric.bsky.social @peronelle.bsky.social @roxannekalinda.bsky.social @tonydunnell.bsky.social @harrietward.bsky.social @cpiveral.bsky.social

Reckoning@reckoningmag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There's still time to preorder Reckoning X, the most beautiful book we've ever produced, so that Michael will take time from antifascist shenanigans to mail you one, in reused packaging, in all its recycled paper veg ink glory, with compostable shroom sticker reckoning.press/product/reck...

Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca@michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I did it! I mailed out a bunch of @reckoningmag.bsky.social X to supporters, bought packing tape so I can mail out more, and made it down to the mill ruins by the bike path to efface some white supremacist graffiti, all on my bike in the hour between lunch and a meeting

A desktop, in the midst of mailing out copies of Reckoning X, with part of my to-read pile
M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Seven years ago I first read Megan's "Silk Will Hold Her Bones Together" and it's been close to my heart ever since. I'm so very happy this lovely strange couple has finally returned! If you love dark but heartfelt, please give this one a try. pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/iowareview/a...

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megan lee beeees@meganleebees.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My book is out today! #booksky #books #horror #spiders #oneHundredThousandLivesAfterDeath

a promotional image for the novella One Hundred Thousand Lives After Death depicting the cover of the book on a green background with cut paper spider legs reaching toward it. Text in yellow describes what can be found in the book: "What if came back wrong didn't ruin the romance" "featuring Spiders! Witchcraft! Artist Communities, watercolors! spiders! Bird Curses, Illustrations by the author! a normal man, spiders?" and the word "spiders" at the bottom super-imposed upon itself to resemble a pile.
M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I really appreciate the transparency @fusionfragment.bsky.social brings to their statistics, processes, and approach. Makes them one of my favorite markets to submit to!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Poll time! Which of these "editorial insights" threads should I do a new version of? A) How to hook me: Great story openings B) How not to hook me: Story openings I get too many of C) Story types I wish showed up more often D) Rejection reasoning on stories that get held but not accepted

M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Delighted to join @meganleebees.bsky.social @camdenscorner.bsky.social and so many other fantastic writers in Animal Noir, a new anthology from Little Key Press! Catch the release & live reading 7:00 PM PST tonight at youtube.com/@vintagebookshop

Vintage Books

Welcome to Vintage Books, an independent, family-owned new and used bookstore. We have been serving book lovers and auto enthusiasts since 1975. We are honored to serve book lovers from all walks of l...

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megan lee beeees@meganleebees.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My wicked rabbit makes her debut in Animal Noir, out tomorrow with Little Key Press!! That skull is her writing partner and accomplice, and they'll do anything for the cat she loves.

A pen and ink illustration of an anthropomorphic rabbit in a suit, holding the skull of a small rodent in one raised hand. The rabbit has splatters of blood on her shirt and face. The text reads "Animal Noir, The Perfect Victim, by megan lee bees"
M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 7mo ago

DHS targets violent white nationalists in their ICE recruiting campaigns, with promises of unleashing them on vulnerable populations. The cruelty and violence are by design. ICE cannot be reformed. ICE must be dissolved. msmagazine.com/2026/01/27/i...

How Misogyny and White Nationalism Converge in ICE Enforcement

In Minnesota, poorly trained, heavily armed and trigger-happy men ICE agents target anyone non-white. It's misogyny, racism and state terror.

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Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · 7mo ago

Wanna pre-order Radiant Star and also get it signed (by me)? www.left-bank.com/book/9780316...

Radiant Star (Hardcover)

An electrifying new space opera of power, politics, and faith, set in the world of the Imperial Radch, Ann Leckie's ground-breaking, Hugo Award-winning science fiction epic. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star is an inconvenience: A backwater religious site on an unimportant planet soon to be absorbed into the imperial Radch’s own, superior culture.

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M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 7mo ago

So honored to see my little spider rancher up there alongside so many fabulous stories! 💜

Íde “of March” Hennessy@ideofmarch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📚🚀💀🧚‍♂️It’s that time again! I lost track of how many stories this is (what are numbers? why are numbers?). Flash is heavily represented this year, for people who want a quick read ⏳ #speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...

M Shedric Simpson@shedric.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Last time it was Operation Iraqi Liberation And we pretended we were the good guys. This time there's no pretense It's just Operation Illegal Landgrab. Either way, we know what it's all about.