Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 1hQuestion for fountain pen community: I am cleaning my nib before I put in the new cartridge. The instructions said to just plop it in some lukewarm water, which I did. How long do I leave it there? Until the water runs clear? And then how do I dry it? Just air dry for a day or so? 200
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 5hPerfection! No notes! Come read another awesome poem from @jenniferhudak.bsky.social! 162
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 6hFriends, my fountain pen ran out of ink so I visited a store to look at new inks. I get it now. The inks... ...I need them. 3180
Reposted by Catherine TavaresApex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is ALIIIVE! 🎉🎉🎉 we have short story critiques, backer-exclusive anthologies, fresh new merch (which you can check out below) and more, PLUS a brand new Q&A with @lightspeedmagazine.com and @nightmare-magazine.com! ⬇️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape... 084
Reposted by Catherine TavaresJ.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hi, I'm open for sensitivity reads rn. I can read for queer characters, disability (focuses in CPTSD, hypermobility, Long Covid, OCD, Anxiety), and progressive/reform Judaism. Please DM me for more information if you're interested in working together. 05245
Reposted by Catherine TavaresMari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The Bargain" is loosely connected to some of my previous stories which appeared in Reckoning, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Lackingtons. You can read it for free here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...kaleidotrope.net'The Bargain' by Mari Ness 21110
Reposted by Catherine TavaresJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A Halloween surprise for UK readers! My UK publisher has made THE DRAGON HAS COME COMPLAINTS only 99p for a limited time. Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?amazon.co.ukThe Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning AuthorThe Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author eBook : Wiswell, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store 611180
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This week I'm moving my website host, registrar, & newsletter. I think I have all my ducks in a row, so the transition should be smooth and quick. But, should any duck escape the line, there might be some downtime for my website. Hopefully not. I like to think me and the ducks are friends. 161
Reposted by Catherine TavaresAndi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote a book-full of words on dyspraxia in adults, full of ideas, tips and tricks, and rants about transport. Now I'm serialising it on Patreon. You can read and support here: patreon.com/untanglingli...patreon.comUntangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan — words!Get more from Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan on Patreon. words!. Support Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan and get exclusive access to their work. 13938
Reposted by Catherine TavaresAmman Sabet @ammansabet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a reminder that Phano is opening tomorrow for submissions! www.phano.com/submissionsphano.comPhanoPhano delivers wondrous, thought-provoking content about the future to the questioning masses—beautiful stories, essays, interviews, reviews and art to make sense of our world in constant change. We w... 065
Reposted by Catherine TavaresEffie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's my birthday! My birthday wish is for you to share your favorite work from this year and I'll boost it. Here's mine, "The Metamorphosis". Becoming disabled might feel like Kafkaesque horror, but there's a beautiful path to acceptance and a good life. Also there's sloths. gavagai.com/posts/3894gavagai.comgavagai 5012660
Reposted by Catherine TavaresJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 29/09/2026hey 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/@storyhour2020youtube.comStory HourEvery 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... 05955
Reposted by Catherine TavaresP.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wow. Really amazing writeup on my collection The Astronaut Among the Flowers in The Horror Review. Check it out: www.horrorreview.com/book-review-... @starsandsabers.bsky.socialhorrorreview.comBook Review: THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERSThe Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories P.A. Cornell Stars and Sabers Publishing (August 18, 2026) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I ran across P.A. Cornell recently in Of Dread, Decay, and Doom… 35929
Reposted by Catherine TavaresBeth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My cozy mystery Cheddar Luck Next Time is on sale in the UK & US through October 4th! 1.99 for Amazon ebook. Autistic (like me) lead character! Oodles of cheese! Chonky orange cat! Sequel out in February! amzn.to/3ZlFfnR [promo link] 33131
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SO CLOSE!!! Back the project, get awesome stories. Your future self will thank you! 044
Reposted by Catherine TavaresJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 27/09/2026hey all!!! got my contributor copy of "Your Body is a Fever Dream" from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social !!!! you can pre-order this amazing book of trans body horror too! click the link: bookshop.org/beta-search?... 08054
Reposted by Catherine TavaresErik Grove @erikgrove.com · 26/09/2026We were promised jetpacks and instead we got emails. So many emails. Emails that follow you and judge you and hunger. Oh, they hunger. The emails are inside me now. help 1141
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OMG MY HEART!!! You must read this story. It is beauty manifested on the page. 030
Reposted by Catherine TavaresKONAMI @konamina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026SILENT HILL: Townfall is out now on PS5, Steam and Epic Game Store. Simon Ordell is called back to the island of St. Amelia to "put things right," encountering a town lying quiet beneath a heavy fog, seemingly abandoned but not at rest. konami.com/games/silent... #SILENTHILL #Townfall 27226
Reposted by Catherine TavaresJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Let's get some disabled joy in this season! Darned fine essay. 1206
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It me! If you enjoyed some of my disability panels at FoF, may I also recommend my latest essay: "Here and Happy" where I talk about the need for disabled characters (and people) to take up joyous space in our stories and lives. 15136
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Missed Flights of Foundry? No worries. I got you.catherinetavares.beehiiv.comFlights of Foundry 2026 Round Up!Everything I got up to over the weekend! 170
Reposted by Catherine TavaresFinn McLellan @saranadosfiction.com · 21/09/2026Panel is @spacevalkyries.bsky.social, @ravenoak.bsky.social, and @cjtavares.bsky.social as moderator 261
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026REMINDER: we are in the final hours to sign up to my newsletter and receive the paper fortune teller version of my story. If you enjoy mixed media fiction, horror, and childhood nostalgia gone wrong, you can subscribe to my newsletter for free and get this with your FoF Round Up post! 062
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Soon... (and by soon, I mean at 5pm PDT at Flights of Foundry!) 140
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This was such a great panel. It was one of the best conversations I have ever had and gave me a lot that I will be thinking about for a long time as I keep writing. Thank you so much to my fellow panelists and to everyone who attended. 💛 030
Reposted by Catherine TavaresRue Sparks (They/Them) @ruesparks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Disability Futurisms panel for @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is in 2.5 hours! We'll chat about Disability Futurism (ofc,) writing/reading worlds that center disability, disabled astronauts, and more @ravenoak.bsky.social @risawolf.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social @howsweetthewords.bsky.social 0116
Reposted by Catherine TavaresNnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR 🤖🇳🇬🇺🇸🦿✍🏾💨 🏆 Winner of an NAACP Image Award, Locus Award and Libby Award. Finalist for a Hugo, Nebula, Ohio Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Glass Bell Award. It's good to pause and note these things at once. Onward. 1855173
Reposted by Catherine TavaresFlights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Coming up at 1pm CDT / 18:00 UTC: 👑 The State of Traditional Publishing: Diana M. Pho Interview 📖 Motherhood in SFF 💜Finding Hope Through Creativity 🎮 Game Jam Co-working #FlightsOfFoundry 021
Reposted by Catherine TavaresFlights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's true! All it takes is a registration! flights-of-foundry.org/registration/flights-of-foundry.orgRegistration – Flights of Foundry 074
Reposted by Catherine TavaresAvery Delany @softfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's just gone 12am here but aughhhhwhwhwjwjwj it was well worth sticking around for the disability rep in SFFH panel @spacevalkyries.bsky.social + @ravenoak.bsky.social were DELIGHTFUL panellists & it was lovely to see @cjtavares.bsky.social be such a well prepared, thoughtful and enthusiastic mod 152
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Had an excellent chat with @spacevalkyries.bsky.social and @ravenoak.bsky.social in the Disability Rep panel for @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social. Remember: if you missed it, you can access the recording, and the chat log is there as well for all the many awesome reading recs! 3163
Reposted by Catherine TavaresElis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026[ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʷᵃˡᵏᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ʷᶦᵏᶦ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ] Press X to enter the Unmarked Castle Press [ʳᵉᵈᵃᶜᵗᵉᵈ, ⁿᵒᵗ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ] to make it out alive 31915
Reposted by Catherine TavaresAllison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I love this. Grace is such a great character for her courage. Some people don't give her enough grace for that. 🥁 111
Reposted by Catherine TavaresNow I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 19/09/2026Just a reminder if you're attending Flights of Foundry this weekend, Catherine has organized a Resident Evil fan meetup Sunday at 8:00 PM EDT (12:00 AM UTC) 151
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Wrapping up my first day of FoF and it was a blast! Learned a ton, took way too many notes, and had a lot of fun hanging out with some awesome folks. Can't wait for tomorrow! 080
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Y'all, the Mixed Media panel at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social was SO MUCH FUN!!! I had such a great time chatting with @kaidelmas.bsky.social @gtkorbin.bsky.social and @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social Thank you everyone! If you missed it, the recording is up for registered attendees right now! 3123
Reposted by Catherine TavaresMalina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just enjoyed a great talk on experimental forms with @gtkorbin.bsky.social, @cjtavares.bsky.social, @kaidelmas.bsky.social and @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social with lots of reading recs. Part of Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social, happening now! 363
Reposted by Catherine TavaresKai Delmas @kaidelmas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'll be at the virtual conference @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social today and on Sunday. First up, let's talk found footage, mixed media, and experimental formats with @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social, @cjtavares.bsky.social, and @gtkorbin.bsky.social. 😁🙌 284
Reposted by Catherine Tavaresval - V.M. Ayala 🏳️🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026hi yes I'm VERY honored to, well, be the Audiovisual Nonfiction Guest of Honor this year at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social ✨ find me MANY places this weekend—the con is fully virtual!! I've got a keynote, panels, and a TTRPG worldbuilding game for y'all!! I'll break it all down in the thread below 🧵 12312
Reposted by Catherine TavaresFlights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Meet this year's Flights of Foundry's Guests of Honour! 022
Reposted by Catherine TavaresEmmie Christie @emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New week, new author thread! This week I'm so excited to review Jennifer Hudak! @jenniferhudak.bsky.social 1. “A Promise” | WYSR Review @apparitionlit.com A ghost tries to keep a promise she made to her son. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...inkfoundry.net 13717
Reposted by Catherine TavaresAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In a tough spot. We’re doing all we can to get to the next handhold, but my body has decided to act like a petulant expensive child. Things I need (COVID shot, MCAS friendly food) are taking a backseat to visa fees. I know things are hard all over, but so appreciate any help. ko-fi.com/elyssiabooksko-fi.comSupport Anna and JasonSupport Anna and Jason 12936
Reposted by Catherine TavaresBrian McNett @bmcnett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Katherine Kerr is in need of help.gofund.meDonate to Give Kit a little help with life and taxes!, organized by Diane OsborneKatharine "Kit" Kerr, long-time author of SF&F, has been wielding her pen fo… Diane Osborne needs your support for Give Kit a little help with life and taxes! 16369