According to Kickstarter tracking service, Kicktraq, the LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE campaign is trending toward only reaching 94% of our goal. So WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. If you love SF, fantasy, and horror short fiction, please consider backing today and sharing this post. bit.ly/LS-NM-26
The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26
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i know you’re looking for it. here she is, girls. here she is, world
mattie lubchansky@mattielubchansky.com · 3y agoposting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch
Strange Horizons is currently $1350 from our base goal of $22,000! Help us get over this initial hurdle and into our first stretch goal which will be raising our 2027 pay rates from 8c/word to 9c/word! Donate over on BackerKit ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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the success of Backrooms means Hollywood now has no excuse but cowardice for refusing to produce a Groverhaus movie.
With times being as dark as they are, the need for commentary, criticism, and critique surrounding the horror genre has never been more needed. And here we are, ready to speak. Darker Times is a new worker-owned horror magazine, follow us into the dark… darkertimes.com
Darker Times
A worker-owned magazine for horror culture, commentary, and criticism.
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CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...
Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
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Just finished "Crone" by @keithrosson.bsky.social and I adored it. An unrelentingly grim, feel-bad time (complimentary). A compelling, gruesome tragedy! I liked Coffin Moon but I LOVED Crone. Seems like I should go and pick up Fever House next. Definitely grab this one when it comes out Sep 22
PSA: Hachette workers are currently leading the largest unionization campaign in publishing history and they're inviting all of us (readers, publishing professionals, anyone with a full name and an email address) to sign in support 💜 hachetteworkers.com/open-letter/
Open Letter - Hachette Workers Coalition
To the management at Hachette Book Group, We are authors, publishing professionals, readers, and union supporters, and we are proud to express our full support for the Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC)...
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Today was release day for Kylie Baker's Japanese Gothic and I really recommend it! I tore through the copy I got from Netgalley in two sittings, super suspenseful. It was my first time reading her work and I plan to pick up "Bat Eater and other names for Cora Zeng" now. #booksky #Japanesegothic
Spent my evening trapped in an elevator for over 2 hours(!) and I am so grateful that @shortwavebooks.bsky.social approved my Netgalley request for @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's The Other this afternoon. Fast-paced, tense and nightmarish. The ending horrified me. Definitely recommend
I am reading Kylie Lee Baker's Japanese Gothic (thanks Netgalley!) and I am mesmerized. I stayed up til 1am reading! 500 pages in a single sitting! I am very tired today, but I can't wait to get off work so I can finish it #booksky #Netgalley #JapaneseGothic
It's such a nice feeling to be approved for a Netgalley! (even when you maybe got a bit too ambitious when requesting and get a bunch at once) #booksky
1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.
When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast. They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History
The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.
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Just finished Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Intrigue and loved it. Less like Mexican Gothic, more like Velvet was the Night. Can anyone recommend a good Goodreads alternative? I still log/review there but would like a better option! #TheIntrigue #NetGalley #booksky
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Woof.
Eugenia Triantafyllou@foxesandroses.bsky.social · 8mo agoI both loved this and I hated this. Because it rings so true and looks at what's happening now universities (and the world by extension) unflinchingly and with raw intensity. And it does all that in 1500 words. You need to read this. by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
It's been a decade now and I still can't stop thinking about the clamshell e-reader from It Follows
Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · 10mo agoMr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 10mo ago1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 11mo agothose of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March. The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org. Details:
I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Donated, and I hope everyone impacted finds a new home ASAP. We need this kind of reporting Tenn Vogue did more than ever.
Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 11mo agothank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
RIP @teenvogue.com, I hope all the political staffers impacted find a new home and continue their awesome reporting elsewhere.