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Cameron Bear

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Some of us prefer self-made hells to hellish reality. 🔞🍆📖

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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 24/09/2026
IT'S HERE! Check out my story, "Hive Mindset," in issue six of Plott Hound Magazine! plotthoundmag.com/issues/#issu...
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Issues – Plott Hound Magazine
A sharp nose for amazing animal stories
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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Issue 6 has been unleashed into the wild! Our first issue where every protagonist in the original short and flash fiction is non-mammalian. 🦖🦗🐍🦅 plotthoundmag.com/issues/#issu...
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 18/09/2026
New AI Literacy Program Awards Students Free Pizza If They Don’t Know How to Read Books Anymore: tinyurl.com/sdxp58dm
Image of pepperoni personal pan pizza in cardboard box next to blue circle logo that says "Ask AI!" below an icon of a rainbow book on fire.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 15/09/2026
I'm officially a full member of the Furry Writers' Guild today. Celebrating with a Vesper Martini before bed! furrywritersguild.com/cameron-bear/
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Cameron Bear’s first exposure to anthropomorphic animals arrived in the form of Saturday morning cartoons. When The New Adventures of Flash Gordon debuted in 1979, he would sit in front of the tele…
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AK Faulkner @ravenswordpress.com · 08/09/2026
AI is here to take "no" away from us. It is here to stop us from thinking critically, from imagining better worlds and futures, and from having the capacity to see any way to live other than the one we are allowed to have. The goal of shoving AI down our throats is to make us one-dimensional.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What is LitRPG, and why is suddenly everywhere? @mbyrd.bsky.social spoke with authors Will Wight, @travisbaldree.bsky.social, and Pirataeba about the genre's origins, appeal, and future 👾
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The Rise of LitRPG: Why Everyone Suddenly Wants to Read Numbers Going Up - Reactor
The hottest thing in fantasy in so much more than a passing trend
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
how it feels trying to lower the tbr pile while actively contributing to the tbr pile
The robot was placed behind clear acrylic walls and it had one job – to contain the deep-red liquid within a predetermined area. When it senses that the liquid has trickled past the mark, it frantically brushes the liquid back.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 27/08/2026
The idea is to strip people of their resourcefulness and creativity in pursuit of "intelligence on a meter, like a utility." So don't play along. There are other places to share your creations with the world. Besides, it's a short step from this to selling AI slop. www.youtube.com/shorts/5e9QH...
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Altman on AI future: People will buy intelligence from us on a meter
YouTube video by TRT World
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 24/08/2026
Uncanny and Nightmare submissions? ☑️ Next up tonight: continue editing my novelette for Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 24/08/2026
*cracks his knuckles* Monday day job after a punishing on-call shift? Got it. Submission for Uncanny Magazine? On it! Submission for Nightmare Magazine? Coming up! Barry Allen has nothing on me.
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Flash vs Zoom Lightning Battle
Alt: Zoom outrunning the Flash. Zoom is wreathed in blue lightning, and Flash is wreathed in gold lightning.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 23/08/2026
Figured it couldn't hurt it to crowdsource this: looking for a vintage typewriter-y keyboard with the same wood-and-brass look as this one. (This model sold out.) Any recommendations? Mac keycaps and Bluetooth connectivity preferred. www.aziocorp.com/collections/...
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Retro Compact Keyboard
MEDIA KIT  /  SUPPORT / DISCLAIMER The Retro Compact Keyboard (RCK) is the most premium mechanical keyboard created for the modern user. This centerpiece keyboard is comprised of premium materials, a ...
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Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com · 21/08/2026
Hey, guess who's got two thumbs and is opening to submissions on Aug 24? It's THIS MAG. Actually, I guess the magazine doesn't have any thumbs, but I—JJA—do, and I'm eager to get them all over dem horror stories after 6 years out of the editorial chair. I guess it will mostly be my other fingers.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 21/08/2026
TFW someone participates in a long engagement thread about your work, but it's actually about them getting work from you. Yet oddly it was good exposure for me. Authorial life is weird.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 21/08/2026
I really shouldn't buy this. I don't have a new day job lined up. Yet I fear I may fail my saving throw on this one, because it's amazing. www.etsy.com/listing/4415...
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Handmade Lotus Leaf Travelers Notebook Handwritten Travel Notebook TN Leather Notebook Handmade Retro Magic Book European Art - Pages 216P - Etsy
This Wedding Albums & Scrapbooks item by WhiskyTime has 3808 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from China. Listed on Aug 19, 2026
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Richard Pace @rpace.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yup
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 20/08/2026
Beasts & Brutality officially entered layout today. It's a weird and satisfying feeling. The word-smithing is complete and the rest is presentation and formatting. I've also locked a firm confirmation from a *great* artist for the cover. Can't wait to share his work with you all when it's complete!
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 19/08/2026
My employer has decided that they'd rather split my salary between two people outside the US than continue paying for me, so I'm staring down the barrel of unemployment at the end of this month (again). This is bad news for my immediate financial needs, but good news for my writing time. [1/2]
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Rachel A @rachiea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What a gorgeous cover! My story “Mother Moon” will be in this issue. 🐍
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
there is a terrific essay on m/m romance called “The Shoulder Check Problem” by @nathanburgoine.bsky.social which examines tropes which pull queer readers out of books that weren’t written by or for us, of which a big one is “Happy Ending Requires Queer Protagonist To Reconcile With Bigoted Family”
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Bruce Brenneise 🔜SCG LA @brucedraws.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Excited to announce my art for the cover of Plott Hound magazine, issue 6! If you enjoy SFF animal-focused tales, they've got you covered.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’ve got a new dino tale in this issue - think Warrior Cats and Secret of NIMH vibes but with Allosaurus and friends. It’s my first for @plotthoundmag.bsky.social and the longest short story I’ve yet placed anywhere, so definitely check this one out! 🦕
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 14/08/2026
I've usually got a song in mind while I'm writing something. Since "Hive Mindset" is approaching release, I wanted to post a "suggested pairing" for the tale. The tough bit is that it's both a dark comedy and a bleak parable. So let's start with the bleak... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcg-...
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TITUS - dying if you haven't noticed.
LISTEN TO TITUS "dying if you haven't noticed" - https://linktr.ee/TITUSxfm Official video for TITUS "dying if you haven't noticed" Prod. By Kori and tahtx Shot & Edited by Hasen visuals TJ coon -…
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 13/08/2026
Fun thing I discovered today: the artist behind Plott Hound 6's cover also did some Star Trek art for Magic: The Gathering! I'm trying really hard not to explode with excitement over all this. I'm truly honored to be sharing a publication with artists of this caliber.
A Magic: The Gathering card titled “Explore.” It depicts Captain Archer on an away mission to a lush planet with a shallow lake. Porthos is chasing after some flying wildlife while Archer surveys the land with his binoculars.
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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Cover reveal for Plott Hound Issue 6, summer 2026! Cover art by @brucedraws.bsky.social 🐋🐟
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Vincent Blackwell @vincentblackwell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hey folks! I'm Vincent Blackwell, author of the upcoming dark fantasy gay romance, Kingsfang, coming later this year from @bewerebooks.bsky.social. You may also know me as Rex Fenris, but I will be writing under this pen name for my fiction work. I can't wait to share this story with you!
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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 11/08/2026
#FurryLiterature remains VERY consistent about having zero tolerance for Ai shit., and most of us--writers, publishers, artists, editors--are fucking broke, just in case you had twenty bucks burning a hole in a pocket somewhere.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 09/08/2026
I suppose this is odd to hear from an author, but it's okay to "DNF" books that aren't working for you. We're all busy adults, and reading time is precious. Prioritize the stuff that works for you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/b...
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Should You Be Ashamed to Put Down a Book You Don’t Enjoy? (Gift Article)
Is it shameful, or sensible, to put down a book you don’t enjoy? Three little letters, and social media, have turbocharged a longstanding debate.
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Google is scraping everything in your private documents and feeding it into it's AI that it's willing to tell anyone who asks.
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Beware of people saying those opposed to AI use in art & writing are gatekeepers. The true gatekeepers wait for the world to buy into their products. And once we do, they will gatekeep like hell! For more on why I don't use AI, check out this essay I published last year in @apexmag.bsky.social. 6/
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"Why I Don't Write with Generative AI" by Jason Sanford
These words aren’t about the tech companies worth billions of dollars or how they created generative AI models by pirating the works of artists and writers without permission or payment. These words a...
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 01/08/2026
Remember, fellow writers: NEVER USE #AI. Use your own creative voice or suffer the consequences. You WILL get caught, and you cannot copyright any work which uses AI. Can't wait for the lawsuit to claw back all that money... deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
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AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel
That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
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Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli (I would've used a GIF from Alien, but that now counts as a "Disney film." I'm still boggled by the xenomorph queen becoming a "Disney princess.")
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 30/07/2026
Fiction projects in progress have been updated at ursineunder.world/fiction/ for those interested. Redlines finished for Beasts & Brutality last night. Taking a break from Mundia to begin a new story: “Release Notes on HummingNet 1.0.” If you don't cry by the end of it, I've failed as an author.
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Fiction
Books Beasts and Brutality (Under contract, editing underway.) Holten is an exiled buck from the Cervidian tribe. A’dann is an outcast Arctosi bear-man. Both are captured by humans and brough…
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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is unspeakably grotesque. This is destroying centuries of human culture and achievement so people can generate an email response to an email their boss generated while watching world burn.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 23/07/2026
I am extremely pleased to announce that one of my stories, "Hive Mindset," has been accepted for publication in Plott Hound magazine! It's about technology and bugs. No, not those kinds of bugs! Well, come to think of it... yes. It's about those kinds of bugs, too.
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Release the Hounds!
I am extremely pleased to announce that one of my stories, "Hive Mindset," has been accepted for publication in Plott Hound magazine! It's about technology and bugs. No, not those kinds of bugs! Well, come to think of it... yes. It's about those kinds of bugs, too.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 22/07/2026
I just had a story accepted at Plott Hound, and I'm over the moon about it! Although I've scored some recent wins, I'm still an authorial cub. Every success feels like winning the lottery. Ad astra per aspera, baby. No spoilers here, but I hope you're not squeamish about bugs....
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Furry Found Footage ➡️ FURPOC @furryfootage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Begging y'all once more to read @plotthoundmag.bsky.social these are anthropomorphic stories supported at remarkable pro rates and a labor of love for everyone involved
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Redwood Husky @the.bigred.dog · 19/07/2026
Stochastic text generators do not posses any of the structures or features that conscious beings do, and that's not even a me speaking out of line. This is drivel. This is an article looking for a reason to find ethics in the existence of tensor products. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 14/07/2026
The devil quotes the Chicago Manual of Style.
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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Plott Hound will close to submissions Wednesday night. If you have something to send us, now is the time! plotthound.moksha.io/publication/... Moksha is set to Mountain Time (UTC−06:00), so for all those last minute submitters out there, plan accordingly.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 12/07/2026
Also note that society is currently crumbling. It's not coincidental. www.linkedin.com/news/story/a...
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Americans of all stripes aren't reading books anymore | LinkedIn
According to the National Endowment for the Arts, fewer than half of all adults read a book in 2022, a trend cutting across demographics.
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 11/07/2026
A visual metaphor for using Microsoft Word.
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Everyone grab your popcorn and go watch the trailer for the animated series adaptation of @ecatherine.com's novella THE KRAKEN SEA 🦑🍿!! Thrilled to see this fantastic story so beautifully reimagined 💜 Immune to spoilers? Snag a copy of the novella here 👀 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
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The Kraken Sea - Bardel Entertainment
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 08/07/2026
Or, you know, give Pixelfed a try. It's Open Source Instagram that runs on the same protocol as Mastodon, so Masto users and Pixelfed users can follow each other's feeds. pixelfed.org
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Pixelfed - Decentralized social media
Learn more about Pixelfed, the free and open-source decentralized photo sharing social media platform
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Packwolf Lupestripe @lupestripe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm delighted to have a story featured in the Anthrocon conbook this year (thanks @nenekiribookwyrm.bsky.social for the image) Here's a little more about it - lupestripe.com/2026/07/02/h... If you're at Anthrocon, the conbook looks stunning so take a look if you can #FurryWriting #FurryLit
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‘Hemlock’ Published in the Anthrocon Conbook – LupeWrites
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Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ing · 02/07/2026
Hard West, a game about America's violent past, with a little demonology for flavor. Just a little. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e88...
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Hard West - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Good Shepherd Entertainment
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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As you ponder what to send us, please be kind. We are doing our best. Please don't submit AI-generated work. Please don't submit work that was edited by AI. Please don't look at your AI work and think, "No one's gonna know." Please be kind.
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DanSlott @danslott.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
"Apex Magazine Submissions OPEN!

We are Seeking:
short sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fiction
short genre-related nonfiction
Up to 9k words

Submissions Close August 1st
https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/"
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