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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What could go wrong?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-used-ai-to-redesign-a-microbes-machinery-to-function-without-a-key-ingredient-of-life-180988802/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=92607675

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Scientists Used A.I. to Redesign a Microbe's Machinery to Function Without a Key Ingredient of Life

Although the researchers did not create an entire cell that could function without a crucial building block, the findings represent a big step in synthetic biology and provide a glimpse at how Earth’s...

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

You always hear about how AI is going to change every industry, every product. In some ways, we students are the product that has been changed first. www.chronicle.com/article/theo...

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‘Theo Baker Is a F**king Menace!’

As a student journalist, he took down Stanford’s president. Now he’s taking on the entire university.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The relationship between the reader and the writer has been much on my mind lately, and how much I want to write something that speaks to another's soul — their own, individual soul. Grateful to the writers (and David Bowie) who've done that to me.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If you are curious about approaching big topics in tiny stories, try this Meg Pokrass workshop. Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th open.substack.com/pub/megpokra...

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Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th

I’m excited to be leading my second dystopian microfiction workshop!

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Meghan Leigh Paulk @paulkwrites.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Punk Noir concludes series "Find What You Love and Let It Kill You," featuring fortunate(?) souls facing the void, committed to their love of choice. Authors include @anthonykaneevans.bsky.social, @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social, and yours truly. Enjoy!! punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/punk-noir-ma...

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Punk Noir Press

The Only Crime Is Getting Caught

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Hey, I've got a weird little ghost story here! Sometimes they find you... #flashfiction #ghoststory punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/punk-noir-ma...

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The Only Crime Is Getting Caught

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

the-line-up.com/creepy-mythi... If you know me, you know I'd totally fall for the Puca--even knowing the folklore warnings. I'd be like, "Yeah, but, Puca won't hurt me, I love magical horse-creatures!" #folklore #MythologyMonday

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8 Creepy Mythical Creatures for Aquarius Season

Aquarius season runs from January 20th to February 18th, arriving within the dead of winter when the world feels quiet, suspended and strangely unreal…

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

So far we’ve received subs to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES from the following: UK, India, Greece, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey,Singapore, Australia, Denmark & Canada. Thank you! Subs close on 15/2 so unrepresented countries still have time!

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a globe with a map of the world showing the middle east

ALT: a globe with a map of the world showing the middle east

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I have made good use of my snow days. Another round of deep edits on the big project. A couple story submissions. Short story edits. I'm tired. A little bit discouraged once in a while. But determined.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I can't listen to anything music with lyrics when writing. What do y'all listen to? I kinda hate Spotify but I follow a couple playlists. Mostly Dark Academia and Victorian Gothic and this one that is house music for people who can't focus.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

My take on "write what you know." Experience includes emotional events. Do you know what it's like to feel alien in your family? Have you been overwhelmed with love for your child? Or the thrill of accomplishing a challenge? "What you know" isn't limited to geography and your position in life.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Ranger Rick, the second-best children's magazine ever. Also, the first magazine to prompt me to make an environmental pronouncement at the dinner table.

The cover of Ranger Rick magazine, a children's environmental magazine, featuring a red fox kit.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Best Children's Magazine ever. Nothing else compares. And no, don't mention Highlights in the same breath.

The cover of an early Cricket children's magazine, featuring an illustration of a giant cricket and a ladybug giving a ride to several happy children.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I think I'm in a Billy Joel song. Doesn't he have one that mentions how someone is being slowly extinguished by their day job?

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Battling a cold. These are my reading partners. We’re reading scary stories. #readhorror

A gray cat and a gray kitten are side by side on a leopard print blanket.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This isn't something I can apply for at this point in my life. But Meow Wolf is hiring a narrative designer and I know some writers who would do outstanding work for the beautiful weirdness that is the Meow Wolf installation art venues. Saw it on LinkedIn.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Texas A&M is censoring Plato from a philosophy course. Cowards. #freespeech

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Texas A&M is censoring Plato from a philosophy class. You can't make up this level of stupid. #fuckcensorship #nocensorship #freespeech

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I've been occasionally watching a civil rights lawyer who specializes in bad arrests / bad cops. I just saw one where a POS deputy illegally entered a home while allegedly serving a civil paper, shot and killed a family dog. Rage. I'm trembling with rage. I hope this fucker gets what he deserves.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Trigger warning. This is about a POS deputy who illegally entered a family home and killed their dog. And the sheriff covered for him. POS still has a job. youtu.be/1Ti3vKWZNAA?...

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Wake deputy who killed family's dog will keep his job

YouTube video by WRAL

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Returning to the work-a-day world today and being reminded immediately, as I'm proofing/editing, that a college degree is no guarantee of clear, concise writing ability.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

May we all get better than we deserve, and heaps of grace, gratitude, beauty and love! As omens go, it doesn't get much better than Year of the HORSE.

An image of a horse and blossoms with the words 2026 Year of the Horse

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A challenge I have with writing is when I need a big city setting, because I know jack shit about big cities. Virtual tours help. But the flavor/attitudes—that’s a hard one for someone who’s never lived in a big city. It’s not something you can master in a long weekend visit.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I finished a second draft of a 5,200 word horror story last night. Having trouble with a title. That probably means I need to re-evaluate and find the story's thesis statement. #WritingCommunity #horror

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

From today's horror story research, a found poem: The smell of bitter almonds is the classic indicator of cyanide. The actual taste of pure cyanide is described as bitter, acrid, burning, though it's so fast-acting that few survive to describe it reliably.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

How am I supposed to finish writing this story? Psst, it’s got a Minotaur. No kittens, though. #minotaur #kittens

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A great way to end the year! A wee story in a journal I've admired for years! Thank you Keith Hoerner, Allison Joseph, and Crab Orchard Review! www.flipsnack.com/AB7B77BBDC9/...

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COR Fall '25 / Winter '26 Issue

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I wasn’t joking about buying multiple copies! One is a contributor copy!! The Best Horror of the Year vol 17, edited by Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

May I present Anne Bonney Queen of Pirates, the newest member of our family. We drove 2 hours to get this polydactyl kitty.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I’m always saying the same shit and I mean it every time. In the age of soulless AI slop, nothing matters more than your voice, so write/create whatever makes you happy. Make it weird. Make it dark. Make it queer. Make it surreal, diverse, sexy. Make it political as fuck. Do YOU.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Hey mofo. Better stay away from Copperhead Road.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The beautiful thing about Bluesky is I'm just screaming into the void here. So let me scream this: I fucking hate this goddamn fake Christmas tree.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Sometimes my writing research really fucks my algorithm. I don't want to BUY a typical hipster car. I just need to picture it.

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Epiphany Ferrell @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It's a drinkin' whiskey and writin' about dangerous, secret communities kinda night up in here.

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