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Lisa M. Bradley

@cafenowhere.bsky.social
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Queer, disabled Latina spec-fic poet/author/editor. Work in LeVar Burton Reads, Fantasy, Lightspeed, Uncanny, & F&SF. Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons. www.lisambradley.com

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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 6h
I read 8 books this month and my favorite by far was A Dubious Clamor by @marissalingen.bsky.social. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/89c5...
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Review by lmbradley - A Dubious Clamor
This could’ve been a single-sitting book, but I parceled it out for several nights before bed ...
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Gwynne Garfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Saturday! bsky.app/profile/gwyn...
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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 11h
If you are in the environs of the Harvard Book Store, the launch party for Jenny Will Eat You Now is TODAY at 7pm and you should GO
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 29/09/2026
hey all!!! this Wednesday, which is tomorrow, i'll be at @storyhour.bsky.social with @megelison.bsky.social !!!! holy carps!!! you know you wanna attend this one. free author readings online, to refill the creative well! 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern youtube.com/@storyhour2020
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Story Hour
Every week, an hour of speculative fiction short stories, narrated by the authors. From horror to weird to hard SF and everything in between; from newly published authors to seasoned pros and multiple...
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Celebrating National Coffee Day because behind every completed manuscript is an alarming amount of coffee ☕️
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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
National Coffee Day!
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Kyle MacLachlan's Coffee in Twin Peaks
ALT: Kyle MacLachlan's Coffee in Twin Peaks
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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 28/09/2026
Promised a friend I'd post about my books more, so here goes! First up, my Nebula Award finalist book about a girl who's half star and half human and gets caught up in the politics of the starry court, STAR DAUGHTER! It's really good, and you should try it. www.harpercollins.com/products/sta...
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Star Daughter
*Chosen as a 2020 Kids’ Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist* “Shveta Thakrar's prose is as bea...
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎶If I can’t have you, I can have whiskey…🎶
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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A little reminder. #art #illustration
A digital drawing with  smaller panels inside of which are different labdscapes, and on top is the text ”as I watch the trees prepare for a season of rest I am reminded that I can do that too”, the landscapes feature mushrooms, hills, a lighthouse and flowers.
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Older neighbor had a fall and José is driving the even frailer spouse to the ER to be with him. I hope everyone will be okay.
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Anya Johanna DeNiro @adeniro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I wouldn't even care about this that much except that it comes up like 8th on search results with a photo of me that is 17 years old. I erased it. I put in a request to remove my deadname as the main entry. I am writing this out just as a record in case other folks have to deal with this.
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Anya Johanna DeNiro @adeniro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just an update on this. I had a block of extra time trying to fix this and it's a fucking mess. My deadname is unable to be edited or moved or deleted because it's the 'canonical name', which only moderators can edit. Even though it has a field for 'legal name'.
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saludos, #queerwriters! This week was a struggle. Insomnia followed by several days trying to restore equilibrium. But I put in a lot of work on my poetry and even got around to writing a novel synopsis.
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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today, my poem "Single Mothers and Coyote Fathers" comes out at @smallwondersmag.com and I feel a lot of things...It's a piece dedicated to single women who raised children on their own and the young growing without a father. For me, it was my abuela who raised me smallwondersmag.com/piece/single...
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Single Mothers and Coyote Fathers - Small Wonders
Mother: “Where night is full of hungry mouths, / I lost my dream. I gave it to a coyote passing."
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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi everyone! You fundraised for one of my trans former students leaving Kansas - that helped and they are now safely in Colorado. I'm now asking you to help againnnnn Let's get Siobhán Kirchstein's fundraiser to goal! She is 100% a real person, I know her and just spoke to her today. Threading:
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Donate to Protect Siobhán from Discrimination, organized by Siobhan Kirchstein
Hello, everyone, my name is Siobhán, a 41-year-old trans woman who works as a c… Siobhan Kirchstein needs your support for Protect Siobhán from Discrimination
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY
cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side
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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Iyá Mi / My Mothers by Oluwafemi Aderinola "Yes, we will breathe in your lungs when bullets fly. Yes, we will turn your enemies’ roads to crooked thorns." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Iyá Mi / My Mothers
by Oluwafemi Aderinola

Yes, we will breathe in your lungs when bullets fly.
Yes, we will turn your enemies’ roads to crooked thorns.

21 September 2026
Poetry 
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The latest in a series of #mustread articles by @vanessamiller12.bsky.social about the implosion of the University of Iowa's "Center for Intellectual Freedom." What a colossal waste of taxpayer $$ and many people's time by #ialegis Republicans and the Iowa Board of Regents.
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Less than three hours of sleep last night and I’m narrating everything in my head like the guy in Memento. Thanks, hypomania!
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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@3lobedmag.com has been pubbing since 1999 and needs your help to put out another year of fantastic original horror, fantasy, and sci-fi! Exclusive rewards include autographed books, story critiques, custom artwork, a handmade hardwood letter opener, and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
A graphic of various Three-Lobed Burning Eye's cover artwork images: A blue multi-armed monster standing next to a fox and what I think might be a blanket with eyes. Maybe it's a burnt-out tree - still with the eyes, though. And oh, yeah, they're bloodshot. 

Next, there's someone wearing a helmet that's somewhere between medieval knight and plague doctor next to a creature that seems to be the big sister of Aku from Samurai Jack. 

Then there's a wasp thingy with a skull for a head wearing a gold crown, and flying above a black hat that's sprouted tentacles. The hat-wearer peers at the reader, but we can only see its red pupils. 

I don't know how to describe the last one, but it has lots of faces, eyes, and color. And ghosts.
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Real art by real people! And real reviews — I was deeply honored by the one @tobiascarroll.bsky.social did of my poetry collection! reactormag.com/book-review-...
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It’s In the Cards: Ali Trotta’s Offerings for Ordinary Gods - Reactor
Myths, legends, and arcana are the materials with which Trotta reflects our lives, showing readers how close they might be to the stuff of legends.
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I looked at purses on thredup for over an hour last night and then this fancy rat waltzes into my feed.
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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 21/09/2026
No thoughts, only this bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).
A very cheerful bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I repeated this “Patterned Pumpkins” puzzle as part of my fall traditions. It helped me process some revisions to my latest novel.
1000-piece puzzle featuring different colored pumpkins with various patterns like polka dots and leaf imprints. Sage green background with faintly visible polka dots. Illustration by Lisa Perry.
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Aja Romano @bookshop.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
3LBE needs an infusion of pledges to make their goal! Help them continue pubbing weird and wonderful fiction from authors like Nisi Shawl, Premee Mohamed, Laird Barron, Cat Rambo, SO many more! 🙏
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Took the family out to the orchard in hopes of apple picking but u-pick wasn’t happening so we enjoyed the flower fields and got our pumpkin.
Marigolds and zinnias growing in the bed of what might be an old manure spreader Black pumpkin with green warts sits on an orange table between two wooden folding chairs on the porch of a bright yellow house with white trim
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This story is so satisfying.
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Atkinson @maddavenport.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BTW, the times a cis person in my life has come up out of the blue to ask some inarticulate version of “are you surviving okay?” have been wildly meaningful. Having our struggle seen & honored without having to scream or abase ourselves is a genuinely healing gift. Seems easy; is apparently not.
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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New small relief print from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social ! May our daily choices, actions, and commitments continue to pollinate just futures for all who demand it. 🦋🐝🌸 justseeds.org/product/poll...
Inspired by the historic groundbreaking ceremony of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, proceeds from this limited edition print supports future community engagement, programming, and mutual aid projects at the memorial site.

Organizing, largely led by the survivors and their family members, made this happen. This permanent public memorial honoring survivors of police torture is the first of its kind in the U.S. It was also the final, unfulfilled promise of the Reparations Ordinance that Chicago’s City Council passed in 2015—which was also the first time survivors of racially-motivated police torture have been given reparations under international law. This memorial doesn’t undo the harm that was done, but it creates a critical space to collectively remember, heal, and learn. Oppression also thrives on forgetting—so the work doesn’t end once the memorial is constructed.
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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey folks, 3LBE is still seeking support for their next year of work, and with only 12 days left they've barely passed 50%. Please consider giving them your love, your support, and most of all your cash so we can keep enjoying their uniquely delightful publication!
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This was a good week, movie-wise. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Recent Activity panel from my Letterboxd profile: The Void 4.5 stars; Strange Harvest 4 stars; Dead of Night 4 stars; Man Finds Tape 2.5 stars.
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I can vouch for Archita, a fellow writer in Kolkata who's sick & struggling with costs to support her mother through cancer treatment. Chemo is degrading her mother's blood cells, & she urgently needs expensive transfusions, & might need them every time. Please share & donate, Archita's all alone:
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Britt Rose the Artist @brittrosetheartist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If no one sees your art, it is still a revolution . You freed yourself, did you not?
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Insomnia writing is the closest I come to “write drunk, edit sober” but I’m currently hungover.
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Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Planets blossom and succumb, their people like chemotrophs who perish in the accumulation of oxygen. Little can be done but relinquish the desire to understand.” Terraforming conspiracies and mythic noir up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
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To Locked Feathers
Locked Feathers discharged two pulse-beams into the hearts of Shining Director and Fingertip Deluge, killing the patron of stars and the patron of cell division
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Couldn’t sleep last night so I got up and wrote a poem I’d been noodling over for days. Then I went back to bed and got 3hrs. I’m afraid to look at the poem now. It used so many X’s.
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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 15/09/2026
"This poet does speak to the precarity of it all: writing, and loving, and living," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in today's encore episode. Read "Ledge (ars poetica) (love poem) (true story)" by @amorak.bsky.social: bit.ly/4h6VFYt
text graphic featuring copy from Amorak Huey's poemselfie photograph of poet Amorak Huey, taken near the water.
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The Pixel Project @thepixelproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Pixel Project will be hosting our live "Read For Pixels" YouTube Livestream Panel Session, "The Role of Positive Heroes and Healthy Masculinities in Combatting Sexism, Misogyny, and VAW in Speculative Fiction" @ 8.30pm ET, 19 Sep 2026. For more details: tinyurl.com/HoldingOutFo...
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m considering making Tuesdays my day for making and returning phone calls. On one hand, I wouldn’t have to think about this chore constantly until I’m worn down enough to do it. On the other hand, the specter of Tuesday would become terrifying.
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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 15/09/2026
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the usual backyard birds doing their annual late-spring Fosse routine.
Two blackbirds in bowler hats
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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...
Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR
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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Latiné Heritage Month is September 15th-October 15th and I will have 50+ book reviews plus several author highlights for you to celebrate :) watch this space 👀
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Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New publication! My long narrative poem, “To Locked Feathers,” is out in @strangehorizons.bsky.social This poem explores how societal violence is filtered long after through myth, modeled after the Homeric Hymns, through sci fi, structured by noir. Please read! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
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To Locked Feathers
Locked Feathers discharged two pulse-beams into the hearts of Shining Director and Fingertip Deluge, killing the patron of stars and the patron of cell division
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 14/09/2026
We’re nearly halfway through our campaign, but only a third of the way to our funding goal, and it’s all or nothing. We need your support! More authors have joined, welcome to Gemma Amor, Gemma Files, and Suzan Palumbo. Let’s bring another year of haunting & challenging tales! kck.st/4x4r1oz
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027
Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Last night I was watching a horror movie (Strange Harvest) with Yoshi cat in my lap and there was a scary moment of the villain menacing someone with a power tool and I instinctively covered Yoshi’s eyes. Even in empty-nest mode, I remain Mama Bear. 🙀👀🐻
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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Schedule Update: we are closing to submissions on September 30th instead of the end of October to reduce staff burn out, and provide additional time to focus on the anthology launch and website performance updates. We will reopen on January 1st, 2027. magazine.trollbreath.com/submissions/
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Going out for groceries and nobody can say I didn’t warn them
Rose-colored t-shirt peeking out from a pale pink poncho sweater. On the front is a cameo of an open-mouthed opossum wearing a trucker hat that reads “Unhinged”
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For your Saturday spooky story, this one about the dead we carry:
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Wearing the Body | Louisiana Literature
“What’s the trick?” She asked as she leaned forward in her chair. Her blouse dipped as she did so, revealing the slopes of her breasts and the necklace that hung between them. It was a pendant, shaped like a half-lidded eye. The pupil was a tiny black pearl.
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 20/08/2026
"what is the point of living when death is standing on your shoulder?" winner of the Shirley Jackson Award finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, the Nebula Award, the Indie Book Prize, and the World Fantasy Award (talking mountains! talking deaths! has a bird!)
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The Death of Mountains
Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, this novella by Nebula finalist Jordan Kurella is a moving allegorical tale. As mankind continues to hurt the planet, leaving us with scarred lands, stories like T...
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hey, folks! I'm extending the Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology call, so you now have until September 28th to submit a story. I was worried I wouldn't have enough stories to fill the book, so it seemed like the right move. Details here: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
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Submission Calls
Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN Until September 14th) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideal…
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