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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 26/09/2026

Bringing an iced coffee to my barber appointment as a display of dominance.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 18/09/2026

My cafe is playing the Gilmore Girls theme song; autumn has officially arrived 🍂 ☕️

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 09/09/2026

When I focus on long-form writing projects, I feel guilt for not submitting more, but when I focus on writing and submitting short-form projects, I feel guilt for neglecting my long-form projects.

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Brennan Lee Mulligan - I Cannot Win

Alt: Brennan Lee Mulligan on Game Changer pounding the lectern and shouting "I cannot win."

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 08/09/2026

Just saw Star Trek: the Voyage Home on the big screen, and I will be riding this wave of euphoria all week. Gotta love a film that imagines a better future, one in which humans get our act together and take steps to correct past atrocities 🥹

title screen of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home on a theater screen with AJ’s legs in the foreground.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 02/09/2026

Celebrate Premee! Be the bugge you wish to see in the world!

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 31/08/2026

Update: it turned out exactly the way it was supposed to, but I don’t like beef wellington 😅

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 29/08/2026

I’ve been itching to try a new and challenging recipe lately, and beef tenderloin was on sale, so tomorrow we’re trying beef wellington.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 29/08/2026

Grouchy Mentor 4eva, especially if paired with “forced to foster youngster.”

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 29/08/2026

The WorldCon fomo is starting to hit, but it’s also so fun to see what everyone’s up to.

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our own, Science Fiction Poetry Association Grandmaster, David Kopaska-Merkel. What a profound loss. Our hearts go out to his friends and family.

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Chris McKeever @chrismckeever.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yeah come on over we're putting Dolly Parton records on and having a good cry.

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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

responding to a diss track with a song called Genuinely Thought We Were On Good Terms

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/08/2026

Reminder: 1. You don't need to have an opinion on everything, especially stuff you don't know enough about 2. You don't need to have a PUBLIC opinion on everything 3. It's okay to focus on one or two things and let others take up the slack elsewhere 4. It's okay to take a break when overwhelmed.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 12/08/2026

I think all the annoying behaviors we ascribe to Bluesky definitely exist and have existed everywhere else on the internet, but also I think it’s good to have higher standards. I do expect more from you than, like, a twitter user.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 05/08/2026

Hamlet with lions? Great. Romeo and Juliet with lions?? Excellent. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with lions??? Transcendant. Why are we getting shot-for-shot live action remakes when we could be getting more Shakespeare with lions?

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 05/08/2026

Why did The Lion King stop after three movies? Where is A Midsummer Night's Dream with lions? Much Ado About Nothing with lions? The Tempest with lions? They could have kept this going.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 03/08/2026

Two tables down at my morning cafe, two people are meeting to do the morning crossword together. I love them.

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The poetry Hugo is a go! At least until 2029, as there's a policy of re-ratifying new categories three years later. Thank you to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social, and everybody else who made this happen!

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 26/07/2026

Really enjoyed Jason Bourne: Return to Ithaca.

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I forgive my enemies in my dreams #DailySenryu

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 24/07/2026

It’s true, I’ve fallen victim to cool hair danger on several occasions.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 24/07/2026

*I* wanna be a horse girl starship captian

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live by stories, we also live in them. One way or another we are living the stories planted in us early or along the way, we are also living the stories we planted - knowingly or unknowingly - in ourselves." - Ben Okri

Photograph: Lottie, our young brown spaniel, among the rocks by the the River Teign where it flows past our rural village. (Dartmoor, Devon, UK)

Photograph: Lottie swimming in golden river water.

Photograph: Lottie playing 'Fetch' among the stones of the River Teign.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 23/07/2026

This is the ideal Homeric body. You may not like it, but this is what epic poetry looks like

Emily Wilson recites Homer with arms upraised

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 21/07/2026

For some reason, I thought a plum was a good snack to eat on the way to work. I am now covered in plum juice. This is fine.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 21/07/2026

I have got to stop reading the comments on NASA’s social media posts.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 20/07/2026

It’s been ~10 years since I’ve done any website coding,* but this Squarespace price hike might get me back into it. *very small projects, nothing fancy

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 17/07/2026

The Ghost and the Darkness, at a friend’s house when we were in ~5th grade.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 17/07/2026

How am I supposed to eat the plums that were in the icebox under these conditions?

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Wait until Sisyphus finds out about emails.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Cringe is the death of the self. Free yourself from cringe and let yourself have a good time dping whatever weird or silly little thing you want (as long as it doesn't hurt or violate the consent of others).

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 17/07/2026

So can we eat fruit again, or…?

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James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If twenty years of sighing editors can't get me to stop using so many em-dashes, I'm sure as shit not stopping for the plagiarism machine.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 16/07/2026

That last line, though.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 16/07/2026

How long does it take to emerge as a writer? From what are we emerging? It’s dark in here, and I’m starting to feel stuck.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 15/07/2026

Only Human’s inbox was filled with some truly great poetry during last month’s submission window, and we’re still discussing our selections for the upcoming issue.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 15/07/2026

I cannot be mad at people for what they said to me in a dream. I cannot be mad at people for what they said to me in a dream. I cannot be mad at people for what they said to me in a dream. I cannot—

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 15/07/2026

My rake gathers the usual—algaeic clumps of desire, matted threads of faerie song—before catching on something. I free it from the silty dregs of fairy wine and find a round, silver seedpod that rattles in my shaking hands. A sweet, floral smell fills my mind, and I tuck the pod into my bag.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 12/07/2026

The latest distinct experience I’m peddling: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk. If you’re looking for a bizarre story that will punch you in the feels, this is it.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 12/07/2026

Saturday was pretty nice.

A coffee shop with antique furniture. A small television is playing Jurassic Park. A latte topped with rose petals is on a glass coffee table.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 11/07/2026

Home and very pleased with the treasures I found.

Three stacks. One stack of hardcover books (mostly Anne McCaffrey), one stack of paperbacks (mostly McCaffrey, Vonda McIntyre, and Star Trek), and one complete set of Star Trek TNG DVDs.

Three books selected from the aforementioned stacks:
The Coelura by McCaffrey, an amazing golden age SF cover featuring a woman in an ornate dress.

Crisis on Doona, another golden age SF cover by McCaffrey, featuring a cat person riding a giant snake whole brandishing a long knife near a guy with a spear.

The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White, featuring a simple sketch of an old man (presumably Merlyn).

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 10/07/2026

Brought a box of books to a used bookstore today, and not only did they take all of the books, they were excited about them. I also found some absolute gems to bring home. I have received a good grade in used bookstores, a thing that is both reasonable to want and possible to achieve.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 08/07/2026

It’s gonna be a constant coffee kind of day.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 08/07/2026

I haven’t looked outside the window on my commute in months; there’s always work to be done on my phone. But if I’d been looking down, I wouldn’t have seen the air serpent keeping pace with the bus, twisting and frolicking as though the vehicle was an old friend.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 04/07/2026

Today I ate chicken nuggets and dino-shaped tater tots while watching the new episodes of X-Men ‘97, and I have to say that it was a good way to spend my afternoon.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 04/07/2026

snoring through the thunderstorm

Cat curled up in a cat bed on a desk. Bookshelves in the background.

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AJ Wentz @ajwentz.com · 01/07/2026

Today is yet another episode of “how many times will I set the kettle to boil but wander off before I actually make tea?”

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