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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 21h

Lots to look forward to here!

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm so emotional that this story is out now, in the wonderful Tiny Gods issue of FFO. So many amazing stories, so many great authors. Read, cheer, share, subscribe. FFO is a wonderful place to lose yourself in, for a few minutes or many, many hours. I'm honored to join them on their journey ❤️

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you missed my announcement last week, be sure to check back the past couple of posts to get more info about the novella-in-verse The Fall of the City of Bells. And now I wanted to share a bit more about the background of the collection as well as a peek at the poems:

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A new story from Elis is always worth checking out!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I suspect that "novella in verse" might mean different things to different people. So what even is this? Well, it's poetry, but I submitted it as a collection, not as a single long poem. It's 65 poems, in fact, from a page to a couple pages long each. Primarily written in free verse.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been quiet about this one until I had some definite news, but this book is available now!! It's a book that's both taken a long time to come to fruition and a whirlwind of a rush at the same time. Published by Island of Wak-Wak, the same as my poetry chapbook from two years ago.

cover art, text reads "Daniel Ausema, The Fall of the City of Bells"; images from the public domain shows monks pulling the ropes on a line of bells in an old building

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Can’t wait for people to read this story!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I loved this story when the newsletter came out--thrilled to see it available for all now!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes. Not so swyvinge evil.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The new issue of Eye to the Telescope is out, including my poem “The Picasso Aliens”—and may other excellent poems! eyetothetelescope.com/archives/061...

Screenshot of the Table of Contents for the new issue of Eye to the Telescope, with poems selected by D. A. Xiaolin Spires on the subject of aliens

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I see the book scammers really putting in the extra effort these days. It’s the personal touch that counts

Book promo scam email with the generic fields of [author name], [book title], [specific element of the book] and [specific genre/audience] left in as unedited brackets

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Had a car in the shop for the weekend. When it was ready, they called a Lyft for me to come get it. My driver was from Colombia, so we got to geek out about some awesome Colombian musicians (at his suggestion, me speaking Spanish and him English so he could practice). Awesome times. De 🇨🇴pa’ 🌎, 🥔

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Well there are walls that make a prison / Many names that can bring hate / You tear 'em down and ride 'em over / Before you find it's just too late." Jackson C Frank, "Don't Look Back" I've known his "Blues Run the Game" from the S&G cover on the collection I listened to over and over in college

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Something really cool coming soon from Island of Wak-Wak Press... "For every bell a person / for every bell a purpose / for every bell a power."

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is a cool antho that includes my story “The Ways of Plants and Spells” (and lots more fun stories to check out!) books.metaphorosis.com/anthology/20...

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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So, what have I been up to all month long? The One-Page RPG Jam 2026 that's what! I finally finished my project: "Y/N", a TTRPG of live, competitive fanfiction to get folks reading short fiction! It's free/PWYW, PDF downloads, with color, B&W, and text-only options. I hope you enjoy!

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Y / N by Catherine Tavares

A self-insert TTRPG to help you discover and immerse yourself in stories!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Digging up old music I haven’t listened to in years and came across October Project’s Falling Farther In. Beautiful voice (Mary Fahl) and hauntingly sung, with well crafted instrumentation. I used to listen to that a lot in college, but forgot about them.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I have a story in this! "The Ways of Plants and Spells" I'll have more to say about the story later, but keep your eyes on it--lots of good stories and great writers involved!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Another new story by a fellow Codexian!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thrilled to share that I'll have a story in an upcoming issue of Tales & Feathers! I should know more about the timing soon, but excited to have "Ten Truths Known by the Railways' Brakers" coming out in @talesfeathers.bsky.social!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I’ve read a lot of Elis’s early drafts, poems and stories, and it’s great to see this one out in Adventitious now!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Moth Plateau comes to its dramatic close with Of Moths and Breaking, narrated by Melle, whose story was so much fun to write. When the 15-year-old discovers her family home destroyed, nothing will stop her from confronting the corporate stooges in charge!

historical engraving of a large blue moth and various other insects and plants; text reads "Of Moths and Breaking, Daniel Ausema, Moth Plateau novella 5"

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 09/06/2026

It's out now and free to read! One of the most personal things I've written and already kindly reviewed at Tar Vol on...

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Guess what, the final Moth Plateau novella comes out next week! It's been an intense five months, with a new one out each month. To celebrate, the first novella, Riding the Moth Plateau, is on sale. If you've missed out, come get started on this weird Western journey: books2read.com/u/3L7rEX

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Riding the Moth Plateau by Daniel Ausema

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Emmie Christie @emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm stoked to announce my ARC campaign for my fantasy romance trilogy! I have a certain number of free ebook and Audible codes to give out in exchange for an unbiased, honest review for books 1&2, and 3 when it comes out! If you're interested, please fill out the survey below. shorturl.at/FRnjj

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InkFoundry @inkfoundry.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

LAUNCH DAY! There's no fee to enter, and on top of the winning publication, EIGHT authors will receive $100 each. THAT'S $2,300 of community-raised funds! See inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark/ for more details!

Promo material for the InkMark that says: $1000 to a specfic magazine that pays their authors, charges no fees, bans AI, is free to read. Submissions open June 15th at inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark

The InkMark Prizes: $1000 for one magazine, $100 for each of the five representing authors, $500 for one commissioned artist. Submissions open June 15th at inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark

The InkMark is made possible by sponsorships from The Pulp Pit, Foofaraw, and InkFoundry

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Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We have ‼️8 days‼️left to raise $4800 for year 6 of Tales & Feathers. And if we can get there we might even reach our Print Edition goals!! 👀 Please back if you can! And if you can't, likes and shares are a huge help. We so appreciate your support and can't wait to bring you more cozy fantasy. 💚

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

And if you want more weird fiction set in this decaying, decadent city, another story was published a dozen years ago in the defunct Penumbra, but I've now posted that to my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/post/reprint... This goes to the opposite extreme of "Grey Eytel," imagining the end state of the city

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reprint "Dream of the City's Future"

Daniel Ausema published a post on Ko-fi

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New story out today! "Grey Eytel and His Band of Birds" is in the magazine Hell Itself. It's a story of history and how we remember it, telling the true story of a key moment in the city's past through the lens of a historian trying to correct the record.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The moths are falling from the sky like catastrophic precipitation. In other words, Moth Plateau 4 is out! Days of Sagebrush and Absence tells the story of the doubting priestess and hermit Milliva trying to offer comfort to a people lost and confused and cut off from the world below.

cover art based on 19th century scientific drawing of moths and caterpillars and plants; text says Days of Sagebrush and Absence, Daniel Ausema, Moth Plateau novella 4

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The fourth novella of my Moth Plateau series comes out this weekend--Days of Sagebrush and Absence tells of a catastrophic environmental collapse in a weird wild west and the doubting priestess who ends up leading the cowpokes and messengers through trying times: www.danielausema.com/p/moth-plate...

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Moth Plateau

Fantasy writer Daniel Ausema's page of Lyrical Worlds filled with Strange Wonder

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A rejection, a hold notice, and an acceptance all in a single day! (Before lunch, even.)

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I just read this one yesterday and loved the way the story was constructed--a very imaginative story!

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

slightly diminish a book: I assume someone's already done The Lesser Nobleman of the Rings (Hidalgo of the Rings? ooh, that could work) so I'll go with Titus Whimper

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Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hello friends, we are 🎉✨LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!! ✨🎉 WE'RE FUNDING: 🌟 T&F Year 5 💫 T&F Year 6 and, if we reach $15k: our first ever Tales & Feathers PRINT EDITION! 🎊📚‼️ Check it out below! Like, share, and back the campaign to help us bring our dreams into reality. 💚

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Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+

Fund the next two years of our pro-rate slice of life fantasy magazine—and help us create our inaugural print edition.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Ephemeral Village, my poetry chapbook from Island of Wak-Wak, has been nominated again for the Elgin Award (in its second year of eligibility)!!! www.islandofwakwak.com/ephemeral-vi...

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Ephemeral Village

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another behind-the-scenes look at the Moth Plateau series. Sakehin, a daredevil who is far more impressive in his own mind than in reality. And yet...kinda charming: www.danielausema.com/2026/04/intr...

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Introducing Sakehin, a daredevil with delusions of grandeur

Fantasy writer Daniel Ausema's page of Lyrical Worlds filled with Strange Wonder

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

@emmiechristie33.bsky.social identified "language as magic" as one of the hallmarks of my stories. So, I decided that this month's reprint for my newsletter (&Ko-fi) would feature language as magic, "Excavating Lost Languages," which originally appeared in Frozen Wavelets: ko-fi.com/post/Flash-F...

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Flash Fiction reprint: Excavating Lost Languages

Daniel Ausema published a post on Ko-fi

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Setting my alarm and using complex statistical divinations to get that 95th slot

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I have canoed this backwater—Croton Pond in Michigan—many times and portaged that dam. Would not want to be in an open canoe below that dam now. But would love to make some of those floodwaters appear here in our Colorado reservoirs now, if I could safely (photos from an Mlive article yesterday)

Croton Dam, Michigan, with water churning as it races through the gates

Aerial view of the water racing through the dam and the very full Croton Pond backwater behind it

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Moth Plateau #3 is out today! Time with its Tricks follows the daredevil Sake, exiled from the upper plateau for...distractibility and an utter, unfounded certainty in his own greatness. Instead he winds up in the Misbuilt City. Links to Amazon and others here: www.danielausema.com/p/moth-plate...

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Fun thread on fish and gravity--give it a read.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

April issue of Star*Line has my poem "Sailing through Flooded Cathedrals"--and mine is one of a few poems chosen by the editor to appear online. So, get a copy here or simply scroll down to read mine: sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/... It's a post-apocalyptic, free-verse poem. I think it's pretty good...

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Star*Line 49.2 (Spring 2026) – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

As I continue to add behind-the-scenes stuff about the Moth Plateau series, here's an intro to the main character (and some of the side characters) of the second novella, Pursuit and Moth Songs: www.danielausema.com/2026/03/a-si... Where's she from? Why's she wear that mask? Learn more here.

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A singer--and the ones who pursue her

Fantasy writer Daniel Ausema's page of Lyrical Worlds filled with Strange Wonder

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Looks like Fannetsburg is located in a place called Metal Township in southern PA. Which feels auspicious. You can actually search the graves at the cemetery here: www.findagrave.com/cemetery/197... (at least the officially recognized ones?)

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Fannettsburg Reformed Church Cemetery in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania - Find a Grave Cemetery

Find 446 memorial records at the Fannettsburg Reformed Church Cemetery cemetery in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. Add a memorial, flowers or photo.

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Very cool, both the map itself and the detailed info, some of which I'd heard before but never in this straightforward way that puts all the pieces together.

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