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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Its inspirations range from Evita (the musical), Cordwainer Smith’s “The Dead Lady of Clown Town,” Jeff VanderMeer’s “The Transformation of Martin Lake,” and especially Sarah Monette’s “Draco Campestris.” Check it out here: www.adventitious.net/product/adve...

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New story up in Adventitious! It's the story of a former leader of a multi-dimensional university, her legacy evoked through the changing of art styles and commemorations, with a backdrop of uncanny Provosts and Regents, student rebels and an authoritarian, usurping president.

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Adventitious — Issue Five (October 2026) - Adventitious.

The fifth issue of Adventitious. Digital edition including PDF and EPUB formats.

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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

The format is perfect for dipping in and out, reading a bit here and a bit there as the narrative takes shape. Whether you love poetry (in all its liberated, alliterative and elusive ways) or are leery of poems but enjoy the magic and beauty of a secondary fantasy world, I hope you'll check it out!

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

Decades after the city falls, she leads a band of wandering traders who fled the city, hiding their past and coping with their part in both the atrocities and the beauty of their fallen home. These poems trace her life and theirs, guilt and survival, the magic and betrayals and what might persist.

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

It's the story of the fall of a once-powerful city (hardly a spoiler...). And it's primarily the story of one person we know only as the Charm Binder. Before the city fell, she was an apprentice, learning to create minor magic with small bells and chimes. Into this world comes a silent stranger.

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

So, if you're unsure about poetry, don't know the forms or terms poets throw around, don't worry. No special knowledge required. It's a secondary fantasy story at its heart, a story built through the kaleidoscopic prisms of these different individual poems. A story of magic that comes from bells.

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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

The publisher's site lists a few options for getting a copy right now: www.islandofwakwak.com/the-fall-of-... (I've come across listings on a few other sites as well, so pick your favorite bookstore and see if they have it)

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The Fall of the City of Bells

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

"A novella told in verse, swinging like a clapper between the ringing splendor of before the fall and the haunted quiet after, The Fall of the City of Bells is a story of empire and exile, complicity and grief, and of learning what music is worth making after the power of the old song has failed."

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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 · 07/08/2026

I’ll have to check that out, thanks!

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

...and more recently learned some of Frank's life story--the fire, the chronic pain, the mental illnesses and institutionalizations. But I never got around to listening to more of his own works. This one is powerful. I'll definitely be listening to "Don't Look Back" again.

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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

Freshman year of college, I saw them in concert (must have been right about the time they split). Opening band was Sufjan Stevens’s college band Marzuki. I loved Shannon’s voice and played that cassette to death. Wish they’d rerelease it

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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 · 02/07/2026

Language of Liars by S.L. Huang is the most recent to blow me away—excellently narrated (but novella, so short) An older book, but recent for me, I really enjoyed the narration for Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower And Babel by R.F. Kuang, I bounced off the physical book but loved it in audio

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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

Also, there's a story in the middle of those two, "Scolyard's 'The Constructs Foresee Their Doom'" which was published in @3lobedmag.com and recently reviewed by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social here: inkfoundry.net/review/why-y... It explores art and change and decay, in a city dead and dying.

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