Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 1hKij Johnson had a really interesting interview on the Coode Street Podcast a few years ago in which she said that she was playing with taking the reader from immersed to distanced and back again as quickly as possible, and I thought that was *fascinating.* 230
Reposted by JordanReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A man on the edge of death falls into an alternate Venice where he finds love and acceptance, all while trying to hold on to secrets from the future. Next week. "Tomas the Castaway" by @michaelswanwick.bsky.social at Reactor! Art by Jess Kingswell Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social 1235
Reposted by JordanJohn Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/ 451174525
Reposted by JordanMatthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Speaking in literary historian: This is what we see in periods of artistic efflorescence. Yes, there are sui generis artists who thrive regardless of discourse community. But groups of artists & innovative movements rely on venues for discussion, argument, manifestos, denunciations, celebrations! 152
Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yep, we love the Dory books! Those are aimed above early readers though. 010
Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There's plenty of early reader *crap* out there - most early readers make my brain feel like it's going to dribble out of my ears - but surprisingly few high-quality series. My kids would love more like Mercy Watson or the Princess in Black! I'd love to buy them for them! If I could find them! 110
Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This thread is spot on. I'd add that there's also room in the market at the early reader age, between picture books and elementary-level chapter books. There are some good series - Charlie & Mouse, Cornbread & Poppy, Mr. Putter & Tabby, the classic Frog & Toad - but not nearly enough to meet demand. 130
Reposted by JordanDaryl Gregory @darylwriterguy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And hey! This beauty came out today—one of the darkest stories I’ve ever written. My thanks to @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social for inviting me in 0173
Reposted by JordanLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If we're doing genre/literary discourse, my hot take is genres are loose traditions that are best understand historically and culturally and attempts to define them logically ("if it has X and Y, then it is by definition Z") always fall short. countercraft.substack.com/p/genres-are...countercraft.substack.comGenres Are Historical and Cultural, Not Scientificwhy rigid rules for genres never quite work 217236
Reposted by Jordantoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 191114843125
Reposted by JordanThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 06/10/2026They're saying there's an anti-prime day sale. They're saying you might pick up a short story collection for the anti-prime day sale. Is that true bookshop.org/p/books/unce...bookshop.orgUncertain Sons and Other StoriesLOCUS AWARD WINNERWORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALISTNEBULA AWARD WINNER ("Uncertain Sons" Novelette)PHILIP K. DICK AWARD SPECIAL CITATIONBRAM STOKER AWARD(R) NOMINEE ("Uncertain Sons" Novelette)BRITISH SCIE... 26633
Reposted by JordanRoseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Had a really great time chatting (and chatting, and chatting some more) with Casella about the Le Guin Prize shortlist. Honestly I could easily have gone on longer; it’s a list with a lot to discuss, in a great way. 33615
Reposted by JordanLiz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Also, this:redcarpetcrash.comWin A Copy Of The Book 'Unspeakable Things: A Novel' By Elizabeth Hand - RedCarpetCrash.comThe book is in stores on Tuesday, October 13th from Little Brown. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://link.amazon/B07PImiu4 A chance meeting on a windswept English moor sparks an obsessive―and so... 034
Reposted by JordanLiz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My new novel is out a week from today — tough timing because of the election & uh, you know, the world. With book reviews an extinct species, it's hard to get the word out. So tell your friends! Meanwhile, I've started the next one, folkish horror set in a bog at a remote Maine hunting camp. Onward! 310242
Reposted by JordanThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 06/10/2026i'm at the lit space / i'm at the genre space / i'm at the combination lit space and genre space 311727
Reposted by JordanVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 06/10/2026I wrote this small and bony essay about it once, which contained my favorite (if unhelpful) formulation of the difference: “'literary' and 'genre' are not in the same genre, and to say so is a literary concern.” vajra.me/2023/04/12/m...vajra.meMake Your BonesNaming only books with a bone in the title, some entirely non-bellicose thoughts on (groan) YA/adult/genre/literary fiction. 03811
Reposted by JordanAngry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Happy release day to A COMPENDIUM OF SUPERNATURAL ENTITIES FOUND IN THE GOVERNMENT GIRLS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL! 🥳 This unique horror follows Thamarai as she learns about the supernatural entities that fill her school 👻 OUT NOW! 🎉 03921
Reposted by JordanKip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 06/10/2026Innocence/Primitivism: the first flush of the genre coalescing, when ideas must be worked in laborious detail; Plausible/Realism is the mature genre, when tropes and motifs and moves are recognizable (and thus contestable); Decadence is when you can conjure the genre with a gesture—and art can play. 161
Reposted by JordanKip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social · 06/10/2026I'm gonna reach for Russ, again, on the Wearing Out of Genre Materials: www.jstor.org/stable/375521 141
Reposted by JordanWizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Press Release: Wizard's Tower to Publish Beowulf in Hel by Adam Roberts wizardstowerpress.co... 1178
Reposted by JordanHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Girls don’t want boys girls want books that scratch precisely the same itch as the Westing Game 1935144
Reposted by JordanAdrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026TONIGHT! Is the start of the annual reread of A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER, for anyone who wants to join in. The Prologue tonight, then one numbered chapter for each day of October! 2225
Reposted by JordanZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/ 7164105
Reposted by JordanVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 56589199
Reposted by JordanMARC in a Cold Climate @marccold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026nothing can go wrong if we tell the cataloger to teach a library instruction session for a comparative literature seminar on the Brothers Grimm, they said 011430
Reposted by Jordanjeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have a story coming out in this anthology -- Through a Glass Darkly -- from PS, edited by Preston Grassman and Chris Kelso, cover art by Myrtle Van Damitz. Some of the other contributors are -- Kaaron Warren, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Thomas, Eugen Bacon, Jonathan Maberry, Paul Di Filippo, etc. 0134
Reposted by JordanLavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A reminder that we're always open to shelfies submissions! Some of our favourites have been random send-ins (got a great one on Sendak coming up from one of those!) WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHELVES IT'S NOT WEIRD UR WEIRDshelfies.beehiiv.comShare your shelfWe'd love to see your shelfie. Here are the guidelines. 082
Reposted by JordanThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey there. Latest story now available to read online! "Jempo." A maquinista out to advance her career encounters someone with a different approach to competition. A (relatively?) light story in terms of tone, for me. Hope you enjoy!lightspeedmagazine.comJempo - Lightspeed MagazineJempo took a deep bow on the iron platform. His body flopped forward, limbs like thick braided wire. No obvious weapons in his large and rubbery hands. Little digital eyes and a bright smile that lit ... 34322
Reposted by JordanRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Texans votetexas.gov Check now and often.votetexas.govYour Guide to Voting in Texas | VoteTexas.govVoteTexas.gov is your go-to resource for voter registration, election dates, polling locations, and more. Get the info you need to make your vote count. 18461
Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I believe Jonathan Strahan has *four* anthologies coming out this fall (Revolution in the Heart, The Book of the Dead, Vaster than Empires, and Locus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1) and they all look excellent. 111
Reposted by JordanSubterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Giveaway time! Who wants to celebrate the arrival of fall by winning an early copy of @tadethompson.bsky.social's not-yet-up-for-preorder THE KING STREET GOLEM? Tell us your favorite fall read to enter. Open int'l, ends Sept. 30 at noon ET. 203515
Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My favorite fall read is Tove Jansson's Moominvalley in November. 010
Reposted by JordanUndertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com 1122102
Reposted by JordanJonathan Strahan @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Revolution in the Heart is one day old! The people at Titan did a fabulous job on this book. The authors knocked it out of the park. The Guardian called it 'probably the best original anthology of the year'. You gotta try it!penguinrandomhouse.comRevolution in the Heart by Charlie Jane Anders, Ai Jiang, Karen Joy Fowler, Ann Leckie, Kelly Link, Chana Porter, Aliya Whiteley, Premee Mohamed, Darcie Little Badger: 9781835412749 | PenguinRandomHou...15 brand-new short stories inspired by and in honour of legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Featuring Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Ai Jiang and many others. Ursula... 34820
Reposted by JordanRoseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The goodreads reviews of The End of Everything are just phenomenal. 85420
Reposted by JordanJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Beginning to think, even idly, of holiday gifts, for yourself or others? Order my books through White Oak Books online and I'll personalize them for you, at least through the rest of the year. Use the comments field at checkout to tell me exactly how to personalize! whiteoakbooks.net/search?q=jef...whiteoakbooks.netResults for "jeff vandermeer"Results for "jeff vandermeer" 04412
Reposted by JordanZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I was once given pretty much exactly this prompt for an essay and:lareviewofbooks.orgWe Are Close, We Are Almost There | Los Angeles Review of BooksZachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism. 23813
Reposted by Jordanundiminished somewhere 🌕 @tallesteden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Manifesting 11 new Jeffery Ford books with every inch of my pathetic will 131
Reposted by JordanStephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've probably put in 100 library requests over the past year, and they're almost always approved. It's an easy way to help authors (and also an easy way to support your library) 36637
Reposted by JordanProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Disturbingly, many men point to women outnumbering men in college enrollment as evidence that feminism is ruining the world and unfairly penalizing men...But men are not structurally or legally prohibited from attending college as women were decades ago. Men are choosing not to go to college". 38632
Reposted by JordanClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 17/09/2026Files are at the printer. Official release date is November 17th, but if you order it direct from us, it will be signed and could be sooner. shop.wyrmpublishing.com/b/bsfoty2025 28822
Reposted by JordanMatt Emmons @secondatbest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Knight’s Repose, this month’s entry in the riso print club. I’ve been wanted to draw some medieval marginalia for a while now, especially snail-related 132547781
Reposted by JordanJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This post may be the most effective argument right now for letting public transit wither. It may not make sense to you, but it feels right to many, many people. So in a short new post, I talk through what's going on here, and how to engage with it. humantransit.org/2026/09/the-... 128527
Reposted by JordanHelen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 15/09/2026Listen, I didn't go grab your book the first 28 times I saw you talking about it, but all the stars aligned on the 29th time, and now I have your book. (Seriously, keep talking about your book. This is advice I do not follow, but it is nevertheless good advice 😂) 411119
![Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.
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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nycc7oummopgeptw555s6icn/bafkreicwbyb3msa5cnllbexjrxrmuw2s6qj36aiitv2tp5aos5nsz2pem4)
