Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026an ai system doesn't have a will, intention or feelings. nor the capacity to want or care. a neural network does not go rogue, escape, or rebel. just tech bros' narratives projected onto machines. and pls, don't mansplain my post to me 849493
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 7h🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2026🏳️🌈 I round up over 10 stories by @elijah.mea.rs @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mariness.bsky.social @thelialao.bsky.social @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @chpearcewrites.bsky.social @tinaconnolly.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...patreon.comSome Queer Short SFF - August 2026 | Charles PayseurHi all! The year continues to be a difficult for me personally but I’m still happy to be able to help spread the news about some recent quee 32316
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 7hHappy to have three haiku up in @havehashad.com today! 23413
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 6hMy @khoreo.bsky.social story TOOTHPASTE FEELINGS has an excellent new audio edition on the IT'S STORYTIME podcast by@wilwheaton.net! (Available on all podcast platforms, not just the one I linked) Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...podcasts.apple.comIt's Storytime with Wil WheatonFiction Podcast · Updated Weekly · You may recognize Wil Wheaton's name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985's timel... 2148
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1hNext week is Banned Book Week. Check out @penamerica.bsky.social for events and ways to get involved: (The preview image says 2025 but it links to this year!)pen.orgBanned Books Week 2025We invite readers, authors, educators, librarians, and everyone who opposes censorship to get involved during Banned Books Week 2025. 02418
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 7hMy third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 38418144
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 8hISSUE 3 IS HERE! And completely free to read! We're SO excited for you to read this issue 🧡 It's bleak and beautiful and heartbreaking... and, as always, spectacularly queer. Give it a read, tell a friend, help us spread the word! Read it here: othersidespec.com/issues/issue-3/ 03830
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)HAD @havehashad.com · 7hkicking off acceptances from Cletus Crow's haiku call today with three from @ezhang77.bsky.social ! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/thr... 0146
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 8hSent out a newsletter because I'm going to be GoH at Capclave this weekend (along with the amazing @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social) AND teaching a horror-writing class at Queens Collaborative in a week and a half. That, a progress pic of my next zine, & many links here: buttondown.com/ninocipri/ar...buttondown.comWhere to find me this fallCapclave! Horror 101 classes! Links! 193
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11hOmigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2640751378
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 11h"Do you think Janeway would strap me? Oh, Kathryn, my Captain, I’m locked in your quadrant. And no, Neelix, you can’t watch." —George Violet Parker beestungmag.com/issue28/spac...beestungmag.comSpace Fuckin’ by George Violet Parker 1115
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 8hWondering what to submit? This week we're especially into: birds, big storms, Stardew Valley, socks, love poems, lists, harbor seals, friction, ghazals, balloons, The Crane Wives, fall vibes, footprints, chronic illness, and cobwebs. 086
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 9hIT IS WEDNESDAY MY DUDES! Run With the Hunted! it's my ongoing, female-led cyberpunk heist novella series! 8 books are out now! book 9 coming 10/31! with: Bristol, the self-made socialite Bits, the hacker Dolly, the violence authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h... itch.io/c/5506291/ru... 143
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Stop right now 🚨 and read this stunning piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social ❤️ So dark and brilliant! 471
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 9hI wanted to share my grandmother’s story but Native people shouldn’t have to share our trauma for non-Native people to care about all the ways Canada has harmed and continues to harm us. 19224
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social · 15hRevision isn't correction; it's where the real artistry happens @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/r... #writingcommunity #authorlife #creativewriting #skywritersbrevity.wordpress.comRevision Can be the Best Part of WritingIf your first draft is imperfect, you haven’t failed —you are exactly where you need to be. By Dinty W. Moore One of the most difficult lessons we have to learn when writing our first book is this:… 042
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 23hThe "AI is coming for jobs" narrative contributes to a scarcity mindset that destroys worker solidarity. I think we can look at anti-trust, tax policy, regulation, consumer protection, labor rights, and rights to housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation without mentioning "AI" at all. 35817
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Monarch Queer Literary Awards @monarch.gay · 23hA reminder: we also accept visual art nominations! Send us your faves. Here's "Unfinished Tree" by Kyrico from the 2026 anthology, first published by Artists From Maryland. 032
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I do not care what Leo says into a mic until it's "all the total trans healthcare bans in the Catholic Church's massive hospital networks are immediately repealed." 1343124
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 29/09/2026Meet OKD’s Best of the Net 2027 nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below. 1152
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Big congrats to our Best of the Net nominees!! ✨Kailum Graves & Mary Anne Griffiths✨ 0163
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Behold. Rejoice. Exclaim. Stanchion's 2027 Best Small Fictions nominees are here. What another banner year for flash writing. Read all 5 pieces in full here: www.stanchionzine.com/post/stanchi... @brechtdp.bsky.social @travisshosa.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social 1256
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Newsletter day! Highlights: -- Come to my launch party! -- Some books you really want to read -- a quick note on the lordship house residency, which was delightful. buttondown.com/mxaniking/ar...buttondown.comWay More Than Five-ish ThingsHi Folks! It’s been a super quick September here, I can’t believe the month is almost gone. Lot’s going on in these parts: Pre-orders of Family Night have... 030
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026This part of the muse privacy and security debacle manages to be worse than it agreeing to lowball offers in your name on marketplace, giving the buyer your address, and then telling them you're home when you're not; because this part? The "it reading messages you explicitly told it not to" part?…appleinsider.comMeta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consentIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. 210840
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'Forged in Fiyah' is here. Behold, the table of contents. If you don't want to be left out there faking the funk, get thee to your favourite retailer and buy it. 34614
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows 543076564
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To put it another way, you can’t just tell your sons they need to take accountability—you need to hold them accountable. Start with small stuff. Don’t shield them for the consequences of their actions. Walk them through the process of doing the wrong thing and turning it into the right thing. 1741129
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Flash friends, I’m trying to find a story I was sure I bookmarked that is somewhat about a conversation with the narrator’s father and uses nested parentheses as a part of the form and it’s fantastic- help! I need it—anyone know the one I’m talking about? 001
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They look awfully (gorgeously) Weird together 🏳️⚧️🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com 0243
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Order this brilliant book that I had the privilege to get an early glimpse of!! Not just for the werewolf sex!! (But also, the BEST werewolf sex!!) 141
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nominations for Best Small Fictions are due tomorrow, end of day, EST, 9/30! Looking for noms from 1/1-7/31, '26, but also all of '25, back-noms: 1.5-year issue. 5 noms from each, 10 total. Editors should throw your authors' hats into the ring! blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit/36331...blacklawrencepress.submittable.comBlack Lawrence Press - Best Small Fictions NominationsOpen Call for Best Small Fictions 2027 The 2027 issue of Best Small Fictions will be a 1.5-year issue representing the best flash fiction published in 2025 and the first half of 2026. This is an open... 043
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please join us this Friday for our last Summer School session of the season! We are hosting a SELF-PROMOTION CLINIC. Bring us your problems. Bring us your hesitation. Bring us the little voice inside your head telling you that you aren’t worthy. WE’LL CRUSH THEM WITH MALLETS!eventbrite.comSelf-Promotion ClinicWe will help you get out of your own way and put your best self out there. 0119
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Kleopatra Olympiou @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wrote this in Greek five years ago and shelved it after a single rejection, so it makes me incredibly happy to now have it published in translation in the very very cool Asymptote Journal's blog! www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/09...asymptotejournal.comTranslation Tuesday: “Desperado Grandma” by Kleopatra Olympiou - Asymptote Blog‘Dad,’ I say staring into the barrel, ‘I’m here, I’m with grandma, everything’s fine.’ 121
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Flash friends, I’m trying to find a story I was sure I bookmarked that is somewhat about a conversation with the narrator’s father and uses nested parentheses as a part of the form and it’s fantastic- help! I need it—anyone know the one I’m talking about? 001
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 11129693585
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Anne @aegtx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What helped me was realizing that Ishmael is funny and also gone on Queequeg, though he has no idea 141
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Okay! Enough of the AI grims for me today — I’ve been doing a ton of reading while scouring for flash stories to use for class, and I wanted to share a few that are, to quote the kids, fucking killer. (The kids are from the past…) 1/? 171
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 29/09/2026Friday at 7pm central, live on Twitch, we talk to Shane Hawk! Join us! twitch.tv/alphabetst... 02311
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm rereading a bunch of T. Kingfisher and still happily noodling through Inventing the Renaissance, which is just so brilliantly engaging. What are you all reading these days? 11116912
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026*mid-eulogy, looking down at casket* you’ve read your last free article 101759247
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think the fact that talking (politely) about AI and tech online for thirty minutes made me want to smash my electronics and walk into the ocean is proof I made the right choice leaving the industry. 160
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NG, rising use of AI-driven AI checkers makes me want to never submit another story online ever again; I don’t want ANY of my work fed into ANY of the tools used to check because they are the same tech used to create the problem in the first place. No solution here, just frustration. 162
Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@fionamckay.bsky.social said some incredibly cool things about Family Night, but I’ll be forever the most pleased with “the best werewolf sex you’ll ever read.” Family Night (@masonjarpress.bsky.social) is available for preorder here: masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/... 151
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280858601
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Let's begin this Monday morning with the inimitable @pdforan.bsky.social's magical fiction piece, "Kissing, Still." "You are living and not living, and we are kissing." literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...literarynamjooning.wixsite.comKissing, Still by Pat Foranafter David Bowie’s “Heroes”This we know: A wall is.A kiss is.And we are kissing still.We hear the drone of a slip cover of a song. Your song.We think: How it shudders, this song, how the wall does — ... 31810
Reposted by Ani King (they/them)BlackCatRanch @blackcatranch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey #booksky - I just finished a lovely book by @annaleen.bsky.social -- and I think you should read this #book too! www.livegreenwearblack.com/2026/09/revi... 0479