Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Look, the blessings should surprise you, not the pain." granta.com/rhinestones-... Congrats Anne Carson!granta.comWhen Rhinestones Star the Night and You Find Yourself Thinking Fondly of Dave Hickey‘Pain is normal. After all, / we die!’ Poetry by Anne Carson. 020
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceI'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Look at the happiest face! 7787681541
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It was an honor to have Midori Francis read my @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social zyva story "Early Work" for the @wordtheatre.bsky.social podcast. Check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...podcasts.apple.comMidori Francis Performs "Early Work" by Dominica PhetteplacePodcast Episode · WORDTheatre: Short Story Specialists · August 15 · 16m 011
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 11/08/2026My friend and longtime editor Sheila Williams could use your support. This woman is brilliant, kind and hilarious. An icon. Let's help her make an incredible comeback. Please please please donate or share. gofund.me/d7722781agofund.meDonate to Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care, organized by Irene BruceHi - This is Irene and Juliet, the daughters of Sheila and David. As many of… Irene Bruce needs your support for Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care 011
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 08/08/2026In awe of Rosalind Brown's novel Practice 120
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceChloe Smith @chloehsmith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026My story "Potential Energy," about a witch who lives at the top of the Tejon Pass and distributes mixed blessings to the hungry ambitious, is out in Covens, Cauldrons, and Curses Gone Right, alongside many other fine stories! eternalhauntedsummer.com/gorgons-gaze...eternalhauntedsummer.comGorgon’s Gaze PressWelcome to Gorgon’s Gaze Press, the home of collaborative storytelling. Beginning in Autumn 2025, Gorgon’s Gaze Press will release one new themed anthology every year: vampires, witches… 234
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"An organism like a bubble will emerge out of infinite time, infinite matter, and infinite space, and that bubble will last for a while and burst, and that bubble is me." !!! Anna Karenina is really good, highly recommend 000
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 18/07/2026When you (an editor or a critique partner or a classmate) comment on someone's writing, you can absolutely deal them a disabling injury if you're thoughtless about it. I'm not saying anyone should be dishonest or refrain from pointing out issues. I'm saying 18745120
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 21/06/2026This is so, so fun and I'm ridiculously proud to have had a small part in bringing this to all of you. 120
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/06/2026(mario during a breakup) it's not you, it's a-me, mario 381265173
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 12/05/2026 220956
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceFrank Catalano @frankcatalano.bsky.social · 15/05/2026My late friend Vonda N. McIntyre's final novel is out. GeekWire's @b0yle.bsky.social has the details. And "The Curve of the World" is important to the Clarion West Writers Workshop, too, which Vonda founded and benefits from its publication. www.geekwire.com/2026/after-d...geekwire.comSeven years after her death, sci-fi pioneer’s last novel bridges Minoan and Pacific Northwest historyClarion West celebrates posthumous publication of 'The Curve of the World,' a different kind of Odyssey by Seattle author Vonda N. McIntyre. 0147
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 24/04/2026His last book (Games: Agency as Art) was really good, too, and I still think about it quite a bit even though I read it four years ago. Worth seeking out as well, though it's a lot more academic than this one. 000
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 24/04/2026"Maps are a technology that centralizes decisions about what we should notice." This isn't even the main point of the book, but the text is full of elegant little observations such as this one. It's a book that has me noticing all kinds of things now that I've read it. Highly recommended. 142
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Really enjoying the new book on the philosophy of games by @add-hawk.bsky.social It's got me really thinking about which kinds of obstacles add meaning to my life and which...don't. 192
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceAlex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way 96155143051
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceGary Dauphin @ebogjonson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Congrsts @seraph76.bsky.social! 121
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The newest Pushcart Prize anthology drops next month and it features favorite works of the new century. Thrilled to see my story, which first appeared in @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social, get reprinted once more 051
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Voting for the Locus Awards closes soon. I would love it if you would consider voting for CALL AND RESPONSE by Chris Caldwell (@seraph76.bsky.social) for best collection. It's an incredible book by a one of a kind writer. poll.voting.locusmag.com @neonhemlock.bsky.socialpoll.voting.locusmag.comWelcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 1. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline. 144
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceMicah @rincewind.run · 22/03/2026this is what happens when you let this much wealth and power concentrate in the hands of so few people nobody wants any of this but them and they’re the only ones who get a vote 152573731
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 22/03/2026TSA has always been a nightmare but now we’re bringing in people whose main character trait is that they demand unquestioning respect from all people at all times. I’m sure there won’t be any miscommunications about whether you can leave your jacket on or not. 615921
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceSB Divya @sbdivya.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Author @piperjdrake.bsky.social is an amazing person who has embraced life to the fullest, but she's fighting Stage IV Endocervical Cancer, and it's not going great. She needs as much time on this planet as we can give her. Please support if you're able. 🙏 gofund.me/e676aa407gofund.meDonate to Help Author Fight Cancer so she can finish her book, organized by Matthew BeckerlegHello all, I’m Matthew. I am fundraising for my wife, Lalana (wh… Matthew Beckerleg needs your support for Help Author Fight Cancer so she can finish her book 0910
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I guess people do care about opera and ballet www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/s...nytimes.comTimothée Chalamet’s Biggest Fan Takes a Step Back 000
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceElena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Richard Brautigan #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 07019
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceRien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 09/03/2026hell even the hot Shakespearian gargoyles were telling you to read: 1253101
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The time change is hitting me hard and my poor tired brain read this as "Joan Baez" at first and I was thinking, wow, good for her. Anyway, it's not her, but John Baez is also awesome. 010
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplacePreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026i don't know how to teach people to be more curious but i think that's what we desperately need 251419329
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Is anybody else on letterboxd? This is me: letterboxd.com/DominicaPh/letterboxd.comDominicaPh’s profileDominicaPh uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 1 film watched. 000
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 12/02/2026Ominous bird valentines. 2336101589
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Helen Frankenthaler in her studio, photographed by David Parks for Life magazine in 1956. 622042
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold and I am a mushroom. My gills expand, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough strands of a mycelium network. She must have transformed into spores and floated out the window with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping 629336
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 09/02/2026This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities. 53117121878
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceJack Morris @jackmmorris.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Read this, it’s divine 064
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 17/12/2025"The urge to destroy is also a creative act." From Miriam Toews's A Truce That is Not Peace, one of my favorite books of the year. 030
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceJames Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 08/12/2025can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot 368278987554
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Absolutely this. Currently re-reading The Maltese Falcon for the third time and still really enjoying it. 110
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceJeramiah Dooley @jeramiah.net · 07/12/2025We can't do a lot as individuals to change an entire culture, but I promise there's one abused child out there that you know of whose entire life would be changed if you stood up for her. 🫶 1477
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceMaurizio Manzieri @manzieriart.bsky.social · 24/11/2025I’m so happy and proud about this achievement! My illustration THE GHOSTS OF MARS, commissioned as a cover art for "The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #8" edited by @infinivoxsf.bsky.social and inspired by a Dominica Phetteplace story, is the Winner of the 2025 Frank R. Paul Award! 071
Reposted by Dominica PhetteplaceTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025One of my fundamental beliefs is that I should not have to talk to people who have been cruel to me. You might be surprised to learn how often -- and vociferously -- people disagree with me about that. 383494428
Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Home after a long stint away and diving into a pile of unread New Yorkers with glee. Maya C. Popa is taking no prisoners here: "I am my first and oldest system..." 020