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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bay Area: Come by 1246 Folsom tonight 10/6 for a reading & panel with Tina LeCount Myers, Duane Horton, @julieleong.bsky.social & @ebonidunbar.bsky.social - hosted by myself & @fabulistmag.bsky.social 📚 ☕️ 5pm coffee hour at the cafe beforehand, panel and signings after!

Flier for Stir: a seasonal reading series in San Francisco. Thursday October 1

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

TONIGHT is the 2nd annual Fire Season reading event at Arc Gallery, as part of the Stir seasonal reading series, co-produced by @TKRex and The Fab! If you are in the SF Bay Area, make it down to 1246 Folsom St. in SF from 6-8pm for amazing writers, tasty snax and bevs, + books, mags and lit swag!

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is a great issue! Buy the @fabulistmag.bsky.social print #2! (Not just saying this because I proofed it and hopefully didn’t mess it up!)

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gabby ❦ @wraithbride.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

a delightful beast [ #monster #fantasy #art ]

drawing of a horned & winged creature, spitting out fire. inspired by one of the illustrations of a beast in the ottheinrich bible.

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Welp we shipped the first batch of Issue Three mags (136lbs of fine printed literature) via USPS bulk mail. There were guard shacks, labyrinthine postal complexes, loading docks, and very helpful postal employees. The whole saga is here, in pictures: www.instagram.com/explore/sear...

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Quite enjoyed Casey Rae's caseyrae.bsky.social essay on science fiction and modern "Torment Nexus" dystopianism, esp. for the astute cross-reference to world religion and Buddhist teachings related to preventing or addressing apocalyptic world cycles. casey-raes-apocrypha.ghost.io/building-the...

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Building the Torment Nexus

Science fiction keeps warning us about the future, and we keep proving it right.

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

"…I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." —Eugene V. Debs

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Statement to the Court, Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act

Eugene V. Debs Article.

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lovecraft discourse on Bluesky! While I was at the @fabulistmag.bsky.social office and a gross PO shipping the second batch of my contribution to Lovecraft discourses--The Failure of the Century! Say it ain't so?! Anyway, Lovecraft was not a centrist. He was a reactionary!

Copies of The Failure of the Century, Fabulist bookmarks and stickers with an orange bespectacled face with tentacles, and cover letter.

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A snippet from my foreword to The Failure of the Century. I'm going into the @fabulistmag.bsky.social office tomorrow to help pack some new orders, so if you're curious and want my fingerprints... fabulistmagazine.com/product/h-p-...

Chatting at the Lovecraft Café
By Nick Mamatas
Do I need to present my anti-fascist bona ides? Okay. November 1993 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, counter-protesting and dealing with mounted police when Nazis and Klansmen held a demonstration-cum-party they called “Gay Bash ’93.” Summer 1995, East Village, New York, helping de-Nazify Cherry Tavern and with street marches and some tussling. October 1999, Manhattan, eighteen KKK members versus six thousand of us counter-protestors. (I like those odds!) February 2017, Berkeley, California, dodging pepper-ball bullets on the UC Berkeley campus as then-popular μαλάκας (as my protest sign declared) Milo Yiannopoulos was holding an “alt right” rally, and then months more of counter-protesting as the fash realized that they could crowdfund their movement by livestreaming themselves beating up local skateboarders and punks. I am against fascism.
“So, why be pro-Lovecraft?” (sans quotes) is how this paragraph began in the irst, unsatisfying, draft of this essay. For the answer, read the play.

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404 Media @404media.co · 11/09/2026

Representatives from the University of Michigan faced tough questions and a lot of vitriol from the citizens of Ypsilanti Township Wednesday night. Here are a few scenes from the nearly 3 hour meeting. Read the story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/we-did-not-i...

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

HUNGRY GODS AND OTHER MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE by Heather Bourbeau, which I've been sitting on since I met the author at AWP in 2024. Heather is a badass and her writing does not disappoint. Never have I encountered such a densely satisfying collection of fiercely feminist, antifascist microfictions.

Cover art for Hungry Gods and Other Matters of Conscience - Speculative Fictions by Heather Bourbeau from Fabulist Editions, and featuring some rioting half-naked Greeks

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Fabulist Vol. 1, No. 3 contains this phenomenal piece of metafictional cultural criticism by @tkrex.bsky.social

Faux-vintage title page for The Screenplay on the Edge of Forever by T.K. Rex. "Warning: Spoilers from 1966"

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Spoken by one who knows great print production and design, this is high praise. Thank you. And, believe me, “The Paladin in the Forest of Thorns” is going to get the *full treatment*. We don’t f around with this stuff!

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There is no such thing as a white race and motherfuckers need to stop capitalizing that garbage right fkng now

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Honoring @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social student and author Rin Kelly, the Rin Kelly Scholarship for Fiction offers a $350 scholarship to emerging writers with a focus on speculative, imaginative and critical/satirical works.Submissions open thru Sept. 10! Learn more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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my mug obscured by the cover to my play THE FAILURE OF THE CENTURY, which a lipstick smooch and grasping tentacles on it

The cover of THE FAILURE OF THE CENTURY with it's smooch and tentacle cover

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Brent/Barb 🏳️‍⚧️ @vibrent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton supported a fight against a drag ban in Texas and the ban was ruled unconstitutional this morning.

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

TONIGHT! at the SF Public Library main branch: "Speculate: Writing About the Strange and Surreal." Featuring Khan Wong, Audrey T. Williams, TK Rex, Audrey T. Williams, Katie Flynn and Doug Henderson. Fabulist Mag editor Josh Wilson moderates. See you there!

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

They're here! Eight boxes of ISSUE THREE arrived from the printer this a.m.! Subscription fulfillment begins NOW — a major task that will take us days to complete. (We're also trying a new USPS shipping class that could save us a thousand bucks!) Here we go ... !

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

:) whole bunch of good stuff coming your way!

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Have you pre-ordered my play The Failure of the Century from @fabulistmag.bsky.social yet? If we don't hit 50 pre-orders, the publisher will have to eat these prop beans, Lovecraft-style! bit.ly/4cQ79y3

gigante beans, covered in brownish goop, on a wooden spoon

beans in brownish goop on a wooden spoon

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Dan Hintz @danielhintz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"are there any bad @stephencollins.bsky.social cartoons?" No, of course not, I've been laughing at this one for three minutes

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I am reviewing Frank Miller's PUSH THE WALL, which had black sprayed edges, for @fabulistmag.bsky.social (spoiler: Miller is a bit of a himbo).

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Holy smokes, can you believe this _amazinggggg_ cover art by California artist Sky Wolvenlion for the next issue of The Fabulist Magazine?!? #divineface #fantasyart #humanmade #indiepublishing #noai fabulistmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'll be there. With trepidation. Never been on Worldcon programming before! Among other things I have a short fiction chapbook coming out from @fabulistmag.bsky.social and I get to do a preorder launch event with @nmamatas.bsky.social and @brucemcallister.bsky.social

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I didn’t even include this fluuuucking amazing cover because there were too many other things and it was like midnight and I decided to put it in the next one but like look at this cover of the new issue of @fabulistmag.bsky.social

Face with lots of eyes and lips, very trippy, blue skin, dismaying and beautiful at the same time

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Six-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 21/07/2026

If you have questions about the special issue that aren't answered by the call itself, feel free to ask. I will attempt to answer.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Summer 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope has now gone live at www.kaleidotrope.net, and if I do say myself, it's out of this world!

Kaleidotrope banner with art from Brian Malachy Quinn

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards voting is still open until August 8th at 12 pm Pacific! Don't forget to submit your ballots if you're an Attending, Virtual, or WSFS member. If you don't have a membership yet, you can sign up through our site now: lacon.org/register

Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Voting Now Open

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Finally got around to starting Sense8 and GOLLY MOLLY IS IT GOOD.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

And finally, a survey of orgs, mags, and other entities focused on speculative fiction, to determine where need might be greatest to help the field stay alive, whether it be through funding, outreach, or anything else. The survey is open thru 6/29. #2026IgnyteAwards airtable.com/appOgisruufu...

State of Spec Orgs Survey: An Ignytes-Adjacent Project. Open for responses thru 6/29

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Happy Pride to the city of Budapest.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Those alt gov accounts that arose after 2016 are grifters. One of the top posts yesterday was @altnoaa.bsky.social posting an AI image of a beluga whale "escaping captivity to reunite with her baby." In response to being told it was AI, the poster said AI is good, actually, for evoking emotions.

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

As we wrap up production on Issue Three of The Fabulist Magazine, we advise our readers to re-acquaint themselves with "Harold and the Purple Crayon," by Crockett Johnson, and the classic Star Trek episode, "The City of the Edge of Forever," by Harlan Ellison. Nuff sed.

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Laura Kincaid @thewizardofwaffles.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Reading Spring Flight by @kevlin.bsky.social was like eating the perfect piece of candy. So tiny! So sweet! Left me savoring the moment. Great short fiction @fabulistmag.bsky.social fabulistmagazine.com/spring-flight/

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We had a great premiere in Colorado! August in LA! Can't fly across the country? Pre-order to read the play!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

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The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families

The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I sold a short fiction collection to @mrjoshuawilson.bsky.social at @fabulistmag.bsky.social The Fabulist Editions! It's called THE PALADIN IN THE FOREST OF THORNS: ECOFICTIONS, and you can read more about it, and subscribe to hear even more as events warrant, here: mossyskull.com/writings/i-s...

Photo of the author in the woods, with a machete over one shoulder and a small red scratch above one eyebrow, wearing a brown ironical t-shirt that reads "crude and unlikely, full of gore porn and liberal guilt"

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 18/06/2026

We were the only UNIONIZED employees he’d ever had, too. I am broke as hell now, but I’ll never regret saying this: EAT SHIT, YOU PATHETIC TWERP. No matter how much cash you accrue, you’ll never know the joy of solidarity. Your life is empty, and you’ll be remembered as a warning to children.

Jeff Bezos told Trump the Washington Post was his worst investment before slashing staff: 'People there are terrible'

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18/06/2026

For $300 billion, we could pay for child care for every child before TK *and* send every young person to college for free.

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The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Preorders for FAILURE OF THE CENTURY: A PLAY REGARDING H.P. LOVECRAFT, by Nick Mamatas, @nmamatas.bsky.social , are now open!!

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In case you missed it, my play THE FAILURE OF THE CENTURY, featuring H.P. Lovecraft and three late-night (ghostly?)visitors, is hitting Boulder, Colorado this weekend and will be published later this summer by @fabulistmag.bsky.social! Pre-order please! fabulistmagazine.com/product/h-p-...

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Miranda Jensen meditates on the role of science fiction to defamiliarise our society and help us see things in new and intriguing and challenging ways. Read the essay now: www.speculativeinsight.com

[Authors] can defamiliarize - make strange - social issues, technologies, and philosophies, providing readers the distance necessary to gain new perspectives and identify critical analogies. Margaret Atwood, Octavia E. Butler, and Ursula K. Le Guin are among the most divine in this regard, appraising the social currents of modern society through speculative twists and turns. "Speculating, Ambiguously" -- Miranda Jensen

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Rajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The Omelas Kid Is Holding a Thermal Detonator

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