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C.H. Pearce

@chpearcewrites.bsky.social
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Spec fic writer, reader, artist. Wrangles, variously: words, data, two small children. Loves history, New Weird, rats. 💖💜💙 A/member SFWA, HWA. Rep: @clgslr.bsky.social | w: www.chpearce.net | IG: c.h.pearce

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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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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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My list will be going up in a day or two so be sure to tell me what you had out in August!
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Mason @masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A bit of good news! I've been so happy to see the moths this year, hopefully they can keep coming back for years to come!
theguardian.com
‘Thrilled’: huge swarms of bogong moths surprise NSW residents and may point to species’ recovery
Researcher says sightings of the endangered moth have increased over the last two years but ‘this year has blown them out of the water’
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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey fellow writers, don't know if you need to hear this but celebrate even small things. Finished a draft? Celebrate! Got a cool review? Celebrate! Got onto a reading list or a long list where you think you shouldn't celebrate until you "really have a reason to"? Fuck that. Celebrate!
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Willard briefcase full of rats 💼 🐀 🐀 🐀
Willard remake (2003), Willard (Crispin Goover) with bags of rats
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How good does the first issue of Companion look! 🤩 So excited to have a story and illustration included in this issue alongside excellent names I recognise! “Sunshine Pest Control” is a short excerpt from a sci-fi/horror project (feat. a rat named Gnashley) 🖤 www.jbrpets.com/companionmag...
Companion magazine on a bookshelfCompanion magazine TOCBlack and white illustration of two women and a pet rat by C.H. PearceSunshine Pest Control by C.H. Pearce
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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Miss my livestream with @jomiles.bsky.social last night? You can watch it on YouTube! Thanks again to @kevinhearne.bsky.social with his @hornedlarkpress.com hat on for hosting! youtu.be/VqDkfujn1R4
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Chat with authors Marissa Lingen and Jo Miles
YouTube video by Kevin Hearne
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Keith Stevenson @keithstevenson.com · 24/09/2026
Over on Instagram (Australian residents only) win a copy of my new audiobook 🪐📚 www.instagram.com/p/DdnNi5PkiM... #sciencefiction #australia #giveaway #noblebright
Instagram audiobook giveaway.
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Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also, if anyone is looking for an illustrator for a fantasy, horror, or sci-fi project, take a look at my portfolio at www.chrishuth.com ! I also do book layout.
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Same, the struggle to choose just 9!! my9games.net/en/
Ico, Disco Elysium, Portal 2, How Fish is Made, Still Wakes the Deep, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Duluxe, Life is Strange, Life is Strange:Reunion, Mouthwashing
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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN AUGUST 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's July's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks for doing this Charles, you are a star! I have a bi story “Glue Traps for Problem Rats” in Bad Romance (ed. Marie Vibbert). Not free to read but happy to send e-copy, lmk if you’d like one! www.kickstarter.com/projects/par...
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Bad Romance: An Anthology of Trash Couples
The 23rd annual Triangulation Anthology: fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories and poems.
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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
happy bisexuals pouring from the woodwork like sexy little termites visibility day we are many
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I couldn’t resist requesting an eARC of a horror and Weird fiction collection titled LONESOME AND FESTERING by Eric Raglin (I love the cover art Lou-Ellen Allwood too)! “No Such Thing as a Lonely Sardine” is wickedly brilliant. Full review on Goodreads:  www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Lonesome and Festering: Stories by Eric Raglinhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8968084484sickos: yes… ha ha ha… yes!
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This nervous little guy Squeaky Wheekers is getting a lot more confident 🐀
Pet rat Pet rat
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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey writers!! Thinking of Submitting to our “HUMAN-SHAPED” themed call? Here are some thoughts from our guest editor Ashlee Lhamon on what we’ve seen so far & what she’d love to see more of ✍️ #writingcommunity #flashfiction substack.com/@ashleelhamo...
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Ashlee Lhamon (@ashleelhamon)
Hey all, we’ve hit 400/1000 submissions my Flash Fiction Online guest editor call for the theme “human shaped” (closing at the end of the month; submit here: http://ffo.submittable.com/submit) and I’v...
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations! This sounds amazing! 👀 📚
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com


Esteemed Editors and Publishers,

I am now taking submissions of original 2026 short fiction projects — magazines, anthologies, single-author collections — for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 3. (Publishing Sept. 2027). Vol. 1 is a World fantasy Award Finalist.

I am seeking material first published this year, in 2026. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2026 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2026.

Stories should be between 500 and 17,499 words. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text.

Publishers and editors are encouraged to send electronic or digital copies, via the email address below. (I am not accepting hard copy submissions.) ePubs are preferred, but I will also accept text files (Word), Mobi, or PDF. Please do not cherry-pick selections. Send the entire book, journal, or magazine to:


bestspecfic@gmail.com


Thank you for your time and kind consideration.


Warm Wishes,

Michael
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Michael Kelly / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
undertowbooks@gmail.com

Undertow Publications
https://undertowpublications.com/
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Mae Tang 董美妍 @maetangwriter.com · 21/09/2026
OMG I want it! 😭 (Can't afford it. Won't be getting it. Will just covet it from afar. 😭)
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Garden friend 🦎
Blue tongue lizardBlue tongue lizard
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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Missed it? It was cool. We've got you covered. There's still time to register and gain access to alllllll the videos for the next 30 days! www.accelevents.com/e/flights-of...
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Flights of Foundry, Fri, Sep 18th, 2026 @ 11:59 AM Accelevents
The most expansive conference for speculative creatives is back!With round-the-clock programming, global attendance, and conversations covering every medium, you won't want to miss out on our seventh year of Flights of Foundry.
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a dance off. If you see this, post a dance!
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Severance: Milchick & Mark's Music Dance Experience
Alt: Severance: Milchick & Mark's Music Dance Experience
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely love this art by Chris Catlin! Exactly how I imagined the characters too! 🖤
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I've got a midnight reading in about an hour at Flights of Foundry! Come listen to a new poem, a story about a bathroom hole, and maybe some awkward laughter.
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Hello Homer Simpson
ALT: Hello Homer Simpson
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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...
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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette
Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s my first time participating in Flights of Foundry! Come join me for a midnight (EST) reading/chat with drinks + snacks in hand or a speculative poetry panel with award winners and a GRAND MASTER. Check out all the great programming and guests here: flights-of-foundry.org
Reading with Angela Liu
Time: Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM (CST)
Participants: Angela LIu

Pathways to Speculative Poetry
Time: Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM (CST)
Participants: Angela Liu, Brandon O' Brien, Akua Lezli Hope, Jennifer Hudak, Marie Brennan
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'll be at FoF throughout the weekend! Saturday at noon Eastern, find me on Short Fiction Magazine Structure if you wanna hear me talk a bit about why FF the way it is. If you've never attended a con before, I recommend FoF: you don't have to travel and there are reduce price options!
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Cast of Wonders @castofwonders.org · 15/09/2026
escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/... We open to general submissions in a little under 30 mins. Don't self-reject Do read the guidelines
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Moksha
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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bodies of Magic: OUT NOW! Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.) Buy US: bit.ly/BoM-US Buy UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK

A book cover for Bodies of Magic by Freya Markse. A deep blue building with a quadrangle, spires and cloisters fills the lower half of the cover with the title text in gold across it. Behind that, the upper background is grey and stormy with a prominent twisting white design that could be a bare tree rising up from the main tower OR an anatomical diagram of the lungs. Centered above the lung-tree are the words DO NO HARM in stark white. Honestly: a complete banger of a cover.
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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nostalgic for food photography that invited you to imagine wandering a desolate void, peering uncertainly ahead by the guttering glow of a torch in your hand -- until there, just at the light's farthest reach, onion nuggets emerge from the starless night.
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This shy little guy Squeaky Wheekers is getting a bit more confident and happy to be held! When we first got him he was scared of everything (including us and his chonky brothers). #petrats
Pet rat on bookshelfPet rat on bookshelf Pet ratPet rat
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
also releasing work as a writer in 2026
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring (I love this question and had to include several!!)
Chell from Portal and Portal 2Stanley from The Stanley ParableBartleby, the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleNumber Six (Patrick McGoohan) vs Rover in The Prisoner
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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
hi yes I'm SO excited that my trans giant robot flash fic is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com. please enjoy "The Chrysalis of Moth One" 💜 this one is a bit Pacific Rim drift compatibility but make it angry and defiantly trans. I'm so proud of this one ✨ www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
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The Chrysalis of Moth One - Lightspeed Magazine
They didn’t want either of us to live this long. Sucks for them—we’re good at living in spite. We’re good at surviving, at fighting, at never stopping. Today is the last day we exist in spite of Comma...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"The minute you ask the machine to take over for you, you’ve given up the idea. Telling someone (or something) to make a thing for you is not the same as making that thing. In art, idea is inseparable from expression, and doing the thing is the only thing." www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-si...
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A Sigilary for the Median Human in the Gearwrack - Uncanny Magazine
The Sigil of Assurance You take a bit of wax and drip it over the em dash fresh out of the printer, working it over, building it up until it’s a little caterpillar crawling on the page, nestled betwee...
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Quick tiny watercolour of Nat and Misty (Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci) from Yellowjackets! So excited for season 4 it got me feeling nostalgic for season 1… 🐝 🕵️‍♀️ Progress drawings for the curious, I am not totally happy with it but that’s what practice is for! #fanartfriday
Watercolour sketch of Nat and Misty from Yellowjackets (Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci). Artist’s watermark reads www.chpearce.netWatercolour sketch of Nat and Misty from Yellowjackets (Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci). Artist’s watermark reads www.chpearce.netWatercolour sketch of Nat and Misty from Yellowjackets (Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci). Artist’s watermark reads www.chpearce.netWatercolour sketch of Nat and Misty from Yellowjackets (Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci). Artist’s watermark reads www.chpearce.net
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Raven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who's attending the Flights of Foundry online spec fic con, here's my schedule! By the way, this con is 100% online and concrud free! It's also "pay what you can" so it's accessible and affordable. Check it out at flights-of-foundry.org
Flights of Foundry is a 100% online spec fic convention coming up on 9/19-9/20. It's "pay what you can" and fun to attend. If you're attending, here's my schedule: 

SAT. 9/19- 3PM Disability Representation in SFFH: Going Beyond Token Characters Panel. 
SAT. 9/19- 4 PM Reading with ME!
SUN. 9/20- 2 PM Disability Futurism Panel
SUN. 9/20- 5 PM Cozy, Comforting, but Not Necessarily Cuddly Panel 

More details at flights-of-foundry.org
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SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
HORROR STORY CALL ALERT! Bag of Bones Press is back in action and after your darkest stories for our next paid, charity anthology. Working title: STUCK. Details can be found here: www.bagofbonespress.com/submission-c... Please like and share!
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Person Deeply Stuck in Thick Mud
ALT: Person Deeply Stuck in Thick Mud
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
SO! If you back the project in the first 24hrs, you can get the ebook and paperback at a discount! (I almost made it $24 but forgot lmao so look! extra dollars off!) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
graphic showing an ebook and paperback mockup for OPPORTUNITY WINDOW; if you back the project at "professional time traveler" tier in the first 24 hours, it comes out to $22USD (shipping not included)
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S.L.Johnson @sljohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are you a writer in Sydney? ConSYDeration starts today: sydneyfringe.com/events/consy...
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ConSYDeration | Sydney Fringe
Sydney Speculative Scribes and WestWords have partnered to present an event for speculative fiction writers to meet as a community, explore ideas, refine craft, and form lasting connections.
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Proud to be the 31st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for OPPORTUNITY WINDOW: An Anthology of Time Loop Stories! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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OPPORTUNITY WINDOW: An Anthology of Time Loop Stories
Deja vu doesn't begin to cover it... OPPORTUNITY WINDOW will bring you a book of brand new time loop stories (and maybe some you've seen before) from across the SFFH genres!
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Only 7 more to go!! 👀
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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New Horror genre.
A box that holds some kind of slime product. It says “Beautify your slime.” The brand name is gui.gui
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Like Johnny Mnemonic meets Fargo meets In Bruges, MIDWESTERN CHROME follows naive dopes, pathetic sadsacks, & people just trying to get by in a world that hates them. Near-future Nebraska isn't so Nice, and sure as shit ain't The Good Life. Jack in. Bliss out. 💜💀🤘 @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
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Matt Tighe @mktighewrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please consider stepping up to judge these awards if you're part of the Oz spec fic community. I've done it - it's really interesting and you get a lot of insight
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C.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excited to have my doppelgängers-on-a-space freighter story “Form a Shape, Besides Yourself” included in Aurealis 194 alongside this excellent lineup! Absolutely love the illustration by Chris Catlin, this is stunning + exactly how I imagined the Marthas! 🤩 🚀👩‍✈️🤷‍♀️🤱🌌 www.smashwords.com/books/view/2...
Aurealis 194In this issue
From the Cloud—Michael
Pryor
Boy Leaves Girl Inside a Giant Octopus-Cameron
Semmens
Form a Shape, Besides Yourself-CH Pearce
The Vineman of Nancy
—Benjamin George Coles
How Pop Culture and AI
Interacted from 2000 to 2025—Lynne Lumsden
GreenForm a Shape, Besides Yourself by C.H. Pearce. Illustration of two identical women and a baby on a spaceship by Chris CatlinAbout the artist Chris Catlin
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
made it a southern reach meme, formally
"Can I show you a strange room, Whitby?"

"I am a strange room."
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Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26 @elianeboey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Two months to 🕷️🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷️! Give us a shout for review copies for your book club, blog, bookstagram, podcast, newsletter, and more. We want to talk about it! @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social
If you liked: Motherthing, Tantrum, Nightbitch, and All's Well (cover images above) you'll love Small Bites. (Right: hand of red chilis holds a cleaver). Below: "Gross and Engrosssing"
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Imogen Cassidy @imogenwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
OH HEY SYDNEY FOLKS I'm on a couple of panels at sydneyfringe.com/events/consy... this weekend, please if you want to come along do, it's at an amazing venue with some super guests.
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ConSYDeration | Sydney Fringe
Sydney Speculative Scribes and WestWords have partnered to present an event for speculative fiction writers to meet as a community, explore ideas, refine craft, and form lasting connections.
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