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C.C. Finlay

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 15/09/2026
We could be working together on universal healthcare and instead our elected reps are spending all their time policing genitalia and renaming large bodies of water. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking
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The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrusta-tion of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water. (It didn't have to be anything scary or unpleasant, like snakes or slime, especially in a cheerful household magic tended to reflect the atmosphere of the place in which it found itself-but if you want a cup of tea, a cup of lavender-and-gold pansies or ivory thimbles is unsatisfactory. And while the pansies-put dry in a vase-would probably last a day, looking like ordinary pansies, be-fore they went greyish-dun and collapsed into magic dust, something like an ivory thimble would begin to smudge and

crumble as soon as you picked it up.) The best way to do it was to have a fairy as a member of your household, because she (it was usually a she) could lay a finger on the kettle just as it came to a boil (absentminded fairies could often be recognised by a pad of scar-tissue on the finger they favoured for kettle-cleaning) and murmur a
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Time Bomb Time" by @ccfinlay.bsky.social is wonderfully fun both for the time loop AND the stunt writing the story pulls off! escapepod.org/2022/08/25/e...
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Escape Pod 851: Time Bomb Time | Escape Pod
-pop- The sharp scent of ozone–sudden like heartbreak, raw as a panic attack–filled Hannah’s dorm room, from the paper-swamped desk across her rumpled bed to the window overlooking the quad.
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Book launch! MONSTER, MONARCH, MAIDEN! Come see Rae! And possibly me! Tiffin, Ohio! Saturday, August 22 at 1pm! (or 12:30 if you want to grab a drink with Rae) For more information and to reserve a book, visit: panyanbooks.com/RAECARSON
Poster: Meet Rae Carson, Saturday, August 22nd, 1pm at Pan Yan Bookstore, 144 S. Washington St., Tiffin, OhioBook cover: Icy white background with large, ominous wolf eyes. Super-imposed is an image of a brooch pin, with an amulet with a twined goddess and dragon. RAE CARSON, MONSTER MONARCH MAIDEN
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I think we just passed oops.
A timeline of climate change concern.
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
RIP Ted White. Ted was asst editor at F&SF from 1963-68, where he also contributed fiction and book reviews. His editorials in the Feb and Mar '66 issues speak w/ feeling about the frustrations and joys of reading slush, and discovering writers like Larry Niven and Tom Disch. He loved great stories.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Incredible. And incredibly fast. Whoever says the renewables revolution is over is wrong. It's just beginning. Death to fossil fuels! insideclimatenews.org/news/0505202...
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California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. - Inside Climate News
An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 01/05/2026
The 2008 Depression taught me that as soon as people start asking "Are we in a recession?" the answer is that we've actually been in a recession for some time, it's just that no one wants to acknowledge it. The mass layoffs the last 2 years have already resulted in more job losses than 2008.
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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
‘politeness is not really the problem.’ Yes.
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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is a heartbreaking story of an author with Long Covid being awarded a prize with draconian promo requirements... and not being given any disability accommodations. Shit like this is why I wrote "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything".
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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I have space available in my editing calendar, and I'd love to fill these spots. I do developmental editing of novels and novellas. More info and contact link here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The % of women in new senior leadership appointments in 16 countries peaked in 2022 at 34.8% but has fallen for 3 years to 32.8% in 2025. McKinsey finds companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are up to 25% more likely to outperform financially. www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
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Why gender-balanced leadership matters in uncertain times
A growing coalition of leaders is taking decisive action to accelerate gender parity in leadership. Five of them explain why diversity is the first step toward building resilience.
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Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Having benefited greatly from the guidance of @ccfinlay.bsky.social , this is one I’ll be sorry to miss! (Unless I can write a new novel by July…)
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E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com · 18/12/2025
Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern). psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
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The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Fiction
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread? Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 07/11/2025
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I was still in bed when Monday Morning said "Wake up, sleepyhead."
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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Well don't I feel stupid
A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The smaller players are acting with the courage and righteousness that the bigger and more powerful entities all lack. What is the point of money, influence and power if you're not going to use them to do the right thing? Why does wealth reduce men into simpering cowards? Thoughts, Bob Iger?
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 18/09/2025
As happens with every. Single. Pilot. Program. That ever looks at anything akin to UBI, it is cheaper to just straight up help people get to a modest financial baseline than to deal with the outcomes of not helping people in poverty. It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Giveaway for some great books—including @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS!
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 08/09/2025
Update: we just received a statement from Macmillan/Tor taking full responsibility for failing to register copyright, promising to make us whole and pay us any settlement money we lost out on due to that error, and promising to find & correct the lapses that caused this. Every pub should do this.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/09/2025
1. Here's the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement in Bartz v Anthropic class action suit. Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion, an "estimated gross recovery of $3,000 per Class Work" & destroy the two datasets of pirated works once litigation ends storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Last Wills And Testaments Of Captain Kohle by @bingingout.bsky.social in which Captain Kohle is summoned from the afterlife - again and again until we learn the truth of his death translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/t...
“What year is it?” I ask Whitney, whose once-fiery muttonchops are now a dry gray.

“Seventeen-twenty-three, Captain,” Whitney replies. “Uh— does that still hurt?”

Looking down, I notice that my shot-riddled chest still drips, staining the deck below. It does still sting, but not in the way he means. “What do you want?”

The Last Wills And Testaments Of Captain Kohle
Abhijeet Sathe
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
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a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out
ALT: a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 21/08/2025
If you would like to read Shadow Jack, it's up at @giganotosaurus.bsky.social for your entertainment and delight and also stuff about fingernails
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025
All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets People with guns proudly posing in front of the Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets A bulletproof Emmett Till memorial. Riddled with bullet dents.
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Co-sign. Read John Langan! You will never regret it.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 29/07/2025
So just to clarify: the government, seeking to restrict kids’ access to “harmful content” imposed an ID rule and now there’s been a mahoosive spike in VPN use. So now they’re thinking of banning VPNs…
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year: Joanne Anderton, Jason Baltazar, Seán Padraic Birnie, Chris Campbell, F.E. Choe, Kay Chronister, Dominique Dickey, Diana Dima, Hiron Ennes, Richard Gavin, Elliott Gish, Thomas Ha, Rachael K. Jones, Joe Koch, Uchechukwu Nwaka, Kelly Robson, Nicholas Royle, Kristina Ten, Natalia Theodoridou, Charlotte Tierney, Shaoni C. White, Kaaron Warren, Zachariah Claypole White, Greg van Eekhout, Mia Xuan.
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Allan Kaster @infinivoxsf.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 is making a splash! 👏 Grab your copy today: www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-9
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Mishell Baker @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Somewhere in the past 16 years I've forgotten what I learned at Clarion: That it is literally impossible for any group of people (unless self-selected for agreement) to agree on whether a story is good.
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Graffiti along Minnehaha Creek.
"Rome wasn't burned in a day" graffiti on a bridge
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social @whatnext.bsky.social Just wanted to make sure the two of you saw this, if you hadn't already seen it. I don't know why it fills me with such joy, but I thought you might share it.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
It is legitimately not a gotcha: our safety as Americans is intimately related. American Muslims and American Jews are natural allies in the fight against fascism and Dominionist Christianity -- which is why they've done everything they can think of to pit us against each other.
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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 29/06/2025
Diabolical Plots is opening for submissions in 8 days! Ask any questions you want to ask before the window is here!
Diabolical Plots logo: a smiling begoggled face on teal background
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
It's a family drama wearing a space opera murder mystery as a hat and here's a direct link to order signed copies: www.odysseybks.com/folded-sky-s...
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Karl Dandenell (he/him dreams of retirement) @karldandenell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Also a big tip of the hat to “The Matador and the Labyrinth” over at @diabolicalplots.com! @ccfinlay.bsky.social - you are on fire.
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Karl Dandenell (he/him dreams of retirement) @karldandenell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Tremendously happy that my friend @rcwordsmith.bsky.social gifted me a subscription to @morningtransport.bsky.social since it immediately served up "Why We Sing" by @ccfinlay.bsky.social. Ye gods, what a fabulous story.
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (hard mode, no SW, ST, or LOTR
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a man is sitting at a table with a bowl of boiled potatoes in front of him .
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
TOMORROW! 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT I will be appearing on a virtual panel on short stories hosted by the Braille Institute, with wonderful writers @tananarivedue.bsky.social and Jendayi Brooks-Flemister! Register to attend here: bit.ly/44ppXks
Flyer for the Braille Institute creator discussion on Short Stories, featuring photographs of Elizabeth Bear (a white woman with glasses and long straight auburn hair wearing a black cowlneck), Jendayi Brooks-Flemister (A person of color with a pouf of dark hair, black-framed glasses and an engaging smile, wearing a blue chambray shirt open over a t-shirt showing a red flower on a yellow background), and Tananarive Due (a woman of color with black, short hair and red lipstick, wearing a black short-sleeved top and fabulous black-and-white bullseye earrings). 

The text of the flyer reads: 

Braille Institute
Creator Discussion
Short Stories

Thursday, June 26
10 AM to 11 AM PT
Online via Microsoft Teams
“I love short stories because I
believe they are the way we live.”
-Andre Dubus
Join us for a discussion with three
incredible authors on the power
and pleasure of short stories!
Elizabeth Bear
Jendayi Brooks-Flemister
Tananarive Due

Register to Attend
bit.ly/44ppXks

Contact Us
800-808-2555

And there is a scan code at the bottom.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Some will say, "but 'regime change' isn't euphemism for 'conquer' because nobody's advocating for U.S. to absorb Iran." Hmm. Were China to somehow overthrow U.S. government & install a government dependent on & acquiescent to China, we wouldn't call that "regime change." 2/
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
News organizations shouldn't be using the term "regime change" except to quote an official using the term. It's euphemism for "conquer." The debate isn't about whether the U.S. will "pursue regime change in Iran"; it's whether the U.S. will attempt to conquer Iran. 1/
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
New today at The Sunday Morning Transport! "Why We Sing" One morning on the island of Wherthy, the priestess Elliemmi rose in the muted gray hour before dawn to throw two of her daughters into the sea. Swim closer, if you want to hear the story. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/why-we-sing
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Why We Sing
Come close and listen: This week, author C.C. Finlay returns to the Transport to share a new legend.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term
Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire – the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and on
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...
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We Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President
It’s a world exploding with crises waiting to happen. Donald Trump has made us less prepared for every one of them.
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C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I saw a post with famous poems rewritten as limericks, and thought LotR should get the same treatment. There were three rings, seven, and nine, for elves, dwarfs, and men who were dyin'. The Dark Lord with one said "Wow, this is fun! In Mordor, they all will be mine!"
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