C.Z. Tacks @cztacks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026through gritted teeth, sweating blood: we stay silly 0134
C.Z. Tacks @cztacks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026on all levels except the literal I am fossilised in a tar pit 150
Reposted by C.Z. TacksBill Cooper @billcoops.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Absolutely kickass story by C.Z. Tacks up in lightspeed today. a rad as hell cyberpunk story about sex work that is, in case I didn't make it clear enough, fucking rips. you want to read this story. you WILL read this story.lightspeedmagazine.comThe Girlfriend Experience - Lightspeed MagazineThe company man’s smile showed off his perfect teeth. Evie hated that smile; it meant he was going to kill her again. Him staring down the camera above the Manic Pixie’s door didn’t help. Even with th... 153
Reposted by C.Z. TacksHoward Cornett (https://myreadinglife.com) @specficreader.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Your Daily Dose of #Empathy (buff.ly/HR7edpj) The Girlfriend Experience by @cztacks.bsky.social (buff.ly/0AITHay) In a bleak, near future dystopia devastated by climate change, a sex worker is forced by her economic circumstances to entertain a client whose proclivity involves choking her. 111
Reposted by C.Z. TacksC.H. Pearce @chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2025art by Madison Lee Martin and gold detail by Charis Anderson. Congratulations @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social @captainamerico.bsky.social @cztacks.bsky.social and the CSFG committee for making this anthology and book launch happen 🌼 💀 🖤 📚 🤩 NEVER SAY DIE purchase link: csfg.org.au/product/neve... 052
Reposted by C.Z. TacksJason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Happy book release day to We Who Hunt Alexanders, my quirky novella from @apexmag.bsky.social about a neurodivergent monster dealing with both her mom's wrong expectations for her life and the religious extremists hunting them down. Don't miss it! 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/we-... 812449
Reposted by C.Z. TacksMike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The Incredible Creatures Kickstarter blew the roof of its initial goal for a book of Daggerheart-compatible adversaries. Now, if the campaign reaches $15,000 (only about $1500 away), they'll bring me on to create some new adversaries and a special encounter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/icv...kickstarter.comIncredible Creatures: Adversaries for DaggerheartA collection of art-inspired adversaries for the Daggerheart TTRPG 11914
Reposted by C.Z. TacksV. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I did a thing! I've started a Patreon/tiered Ko-fi! This is mostly to act as a tip jar for anyone who might want to show me some kindness, but there's more There are prompts! And stories! And behind-the-scenes on me! And even divination! ko-fi.com/howsweetthew... www.patreon.com/c/howsweetth...ko-fi.comBuy V. Astor Solomon a CoffeeBecome a supporter of V. Astor Solomon today! 11111
Reposted by C.Z. TacksStephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025For only one week, the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale at every US online bookstore - and at least some Canadian ones, too! - for just $2.99. Snap it up now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #romancelandia 410068
Reposted by C.Z. TacksDax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 07/07/2025"now is not the time to be writing dark fiction / now is not the time to be writing cozy fiction / now is not the time to be writing depression fiction / now is not the time to be writing hopeful fiction" eff off. let writers write what they want to write when they want to write it. 639692
Reposted by C.Z. TacksJason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 07/07/2025My new Genre Grapevine features a deep dive into the contract concerns surrounding Must Read Magazines, the new owner of Asimov's, Analog, and F&SF. I include specific contract details and negotiating info. Plus as usual, a ton of other genre news and info. www.patreon.com/posts/133579...patreon.comGenre Grapevine for June 2025 | Jason SanfordGet more from Jason Sanford on Patreon 58248
Reposted by C.Z. TacksRenan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 07/07/2025Just so you know how this is f*cked up. Using the same tool that he used on issue #283 of his magazine, it says it was 54% likely made with AI. Issue #283 is from 2019, when AI-gen like it is today didn't even exist. So, no, you should not call out writers and you should not trust these tools. 29618
Reposted by C.Z. TacksElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Ok now I understand. Anna Wintour took one look at this and quit. 2714525724
Reposted by C.Z. TacksJoseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Me to my cowriters when sending them my very rough draft 28810
Reposted by C.Z. TacksThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 18/06/2025the secret to writing is writing, follow for more tips 1442092
Reposted by C.Z. TacksBrooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to… A: find your mom’s Facebook B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were C: badly photoshop that into a locket D: convince you I’m your daughter. Happy Father’s Day Daddy. 224115553144
Reposted by C.Z. TacksSam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 21/05/2025OK let's do this. I wanted to do a newsletter that felt fresh and fun to me, and "Undercover in the Apocalypse" is that creature - an epistolary science fiction story addressed to an army of shadow operatives. I hope you'll join me on this covert mission. undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.ioundercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.ioUndercover in the ApocalypseCovert dispatches from Sam J. Miller on craft, community, and surviving nightmare times. 46437
Reposted by C.Z. TacksKelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 11/05/2025My newest story TELL ME I’M WONDERFUL is live @morningtransport.bsky.social www.sundaymorningtransport.comsundaymorningtransport.comThe Sunday Morning Transport | Julian Yap | SubstackAn amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week. Click to read The Sunday Morning Transport, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. 14427
Reposted by C.Z. TacksJoseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I'm not making arguments anymore. if you use the Plagiarism Machine That Lies to think for you, I think you're a little worm person. A sad little worm person and am uninterested in your "thoughts" on anything else. 11841193
Reposted by C.Z. TacksAK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 26/04/2025I blocked her for the smell of terf, but wanted to talk a little about this post, and the intersection of privileges it indicates and reflects. Some basic facts: The poster is a white American woman, Republican, wife of a renowned British bigot. Both have well-paid positions. Let's begin. 🧵 2025176
Reposted by C.Z. TacksFran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Honestly worldcon Hugo nominees someone needs this 213021
Reposted by C.Z. TacksK.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 26/04/2025Simon Jimenez's THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER -- honestly, one of the most beautiful books I've ever read; I can't stop rereading it SFF 1125
Reposted by C.Z. TacksBrendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is exactly the kind of reporting I was hoping for when I subscribed to Aftermath aftermath.site/ai-video-gam...aftermath.site‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea' 1305
C.Z. Tacks @cztacks.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)media.tenor.coma man wearing a hat and a military uniform looks downAlt: Lee Pace stands in front of a red flag and asks, “are you with me, bandits?” From the film The Fall (2006) 220
Reposted by C.Z. TacksWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/04/2025If your newsletter is on Substack, please move it! Put it on Ghost! Or, like, a big CC list, or maybe an 8.5"x11" folded in half sent out through the mail! You are supporting bad people and subjecting your readers to this kind of BS from Substack, whether or not you perceive it.ghost.orgOfficial guide: How to migrate from Substack to GhostEverything you need to know about working with the Ghost professional publishing platform. 521698
Reposted by C.Z. TacksAyo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Treat practice as a discrete part of your day, not as a potential that fills every moment that is unmarked by job or sleep or other hard duties. Make your practice a finite and discrete unit of time and energy. 3528
Reposted by C.Z. TacksChris Ashwood @cashwood.proteaglyco.com · 14/04/2025There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.theguardian.comAustralian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says 24816241
Reposted by C.Z. TacksMary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 18/04/202530 minutes and it's within $1000 of funding. 38019
Reposted by C.Z. TacksBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 19/03/2025Attacking openAI's (and other LLM grifters) infrastructure is at this point "community self-defense" for the whole internet. They're literally a DOS attack funded by some of the richest and most evil men on the planet. drewdevault.com/2025/03/17/2...drewdevault.comPlease stop externalizing your costs directly into my face 14778253
Reposted by C.Z. Tacksevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...eff.orgEFF Border Search Pocket Guideborder-pocket-guide-2.pdf 6423331428
Reposted by C.Z. TacksKiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025New fiction day! One of my fave pieces featuring messy friendship, weird monsters & bittersweet feelings. Longer form, free to read at @daikaijuzine.bsky.social and no content warnings! Perfect intro to my work for anyone who hasn’t yet gotten around to it… www.daikaijuzine.org/kieralesley/...daikaijuzine.orgCatch and Release | Daikaijuzine 263
Reposted by C.Z. TacksDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/03/2025You want to see an octopus riding a shark. 🎥: University of Auckland www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/s... 29279722076
Reposted by C.Z. TacksMARION @marion-writers.bsky.social · 04/03/2025March is here and so is our March Focus On! This month, our Focus On work by Lawrence Bamblett, Owen Bullock, Kate Grenville, Alice Grundy, Kim Huynh, and the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild, edited by C.Z. Tacks. marion.ink/focus-on @alicektg.bsky.social @csfg.org.au @cztacks.bsky.social 073
Reposted by C.Z. TacksEmma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Hey pals! My MacBook Air from 2016 died recently and I can’t afford to replace it 🙃 I’m putting together some $ for an iPad setup and could really use some extra work! So! I’m currently available to do sensitivity reads for non-binary/queer/lesbian/adhd characters! 37377
Reposted by C.Z. TacksKiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Emma is great people and will give thorough, kind notes. Also decent rates! 112
Reposted by C.Z. TacksMichael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 08/02/2025The rules of English we know but we don't know we know. This is from the delightful 'The Elements of Eloquence' by Mark Forsyth, an excellent read. #English 094
Reposted by C.Z. TacksSascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I'm gonna be a pain again: it's the last day to nominate works for the SJV Awards and I put out a bunch of shortform works in 2024 that might've slipped under the radar: Nomination form: tinyurl.com/4wc5hy23 Works: tinyurl.com/49db2j5e, tinyurl.com/5n86vxss tinyurl.com/by7zc57rmelaniehardingshaw.com2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations Open — Mel Harding-ShawNominations are open for the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Awards! Find the link to my spreadsheet of unofficial sir julius vogel awards eligible works here. 21511
