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Gemma Webster

@gemweb.bsky.social
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Writer, rower, dog butler. Lighthouse Writers Workshop Book Projecteer. Contributing editor at FictionUnbound.com. Story curator for Mortified Live! Denver. Also have a day job in accounting & bookkeeping. She/her

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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This trick might be a KC Davis trick. Her book HOW TO KEEP HOUSE WHILE DROWNING is one my perennial recommendations and it is specifically about accomplishing care tasks while managing executive dysfunction.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
But if you’ve managed 5 minutes you can check it off as-done-enough for now and you’ve made a little progress which is better than nothin. ⭐️ To be fair my version includes a dishwasher and 5 minutes goes quite a long way.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I used to set a 5 minute timer and tell myself I could be done after that. Which is how I discovered the dish chores took less time than I thought.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Before school this morning my daughter said she’d like to be a spider for a day so that she could skip school and eat bugs. We were admiring an orb weaver who had some successful catches.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i just baby
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Transphobic ghoul loses court case.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 29/09/2026
Election Day is Nov. 3. Here’s what you need to know about Colorado’s candidates, ballot measures and how to vote. coloradosun.com/2026/09/29/c...
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Election Day is Nov. 3. Here’s what you need to know about Colorado’s candidates, ballot measures and how to vote.
The Colorado Sun is here to make sure you know how to cast your vote and provide information on the candidates and ballot measures.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m not yet finished which is fine by me because I still get to enjoy the manticore.
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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
WHO DOESN'T LOVE TO HATE A VILLAIN? ❤️‍🔥 Calling all rivalmancers, heel-enjoyers, and lovers of the baddest of us all: 'Smut Peddler: BADDIES' is officially open and taking submissions! We're fiending for the fiendish, so don't hold back! Can you make them worse? 🔮😈 ironcircus.com/smut-peddler...
In a crop of a cover by gobifrip.bsky.social, a lich in a large intimidating crown lounges lazily on their throne, watching a restrained barbarian in a glowing orb. Two goblins of cute looks but clearly low int scores watch on as the lich chews on their well-manicured nail because they are so eeeeeevil.

Do you have a story you wish to put to print? Join our evil legion! Just don't forget: consent matters!
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Re-upping—publishers and editors of weird fiction. I'd be delighted to consider your 2026 projects for Vol. 3 of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
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Mark Simpson-Vos @simpsonvos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Reader, I sobbed at the end of this. Because ALL our children deserve better than the world we are bequeathing them.
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Picked up my pre-order of All Hallows Eve from my local bookshop. I may have inadvertently hand-sold a copy of this gorgeous @datlow.bsky.social anthology to the barista at the drive through coffee shop. I couldn’t wait until I got home to crack it open.
Hardcover copy of All Hallows Eve anthology (covered in gorgeous spiders and webs and bats and skulls) nestled among purple daisies and orangish-pink mums.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I just picked my pre-order up!
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I felt like shopping today, I thought you might too!
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social thanks for coming to Denver and giving fabulous class on character as world building. It was lovely to meet you and learn from you today!
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A curious thing. TTA Press was once publisher of Interzone, Black Static, and The Third Alternative. Domain was ttapress.com The Third Alley has claimed that domain. They say they are something new at an old address. They say the site is all original fiction.
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The Third Alley, original short horror, new every quarter
New short horror fiction every quarter, set in night shifts, stockrooms, service corridors and last trains. Original stories, no reprints.
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I used to be embedded in the science department as a writing teacher and one of the hardest things to convince a lot of my scientific colleagues at first was that writing had VERY LITTLE to do with words or grammar, and that it was mostly about critical thinking, process, analysis, and communication
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oh wow! That’s an amazing group of people.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Then you’ve seen the back of my head for the graduation scene! We had to alternate between clapping for real and air clapping. We had to ignore Stephen Webber (spoiler: he’s a ghost at that point). Rebecca de Mornay was there and I still scared of her from Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My mom and I did this for the tv miniseries version of The Shining. Some parts were so fun and so interesting and most of it was a loooonnnggg day. We were paid in sandwiches.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Blast from the past brought about by your operator song selection this morning. 💜
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@heynowdana.com I was an operator (CU campus) in college. We had to learn how to place international calls for people so we practiced by calling the operator in Beirut and asking for the Ramada. There wasn’t one so there was never a charge for placing the call.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Same 😂
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/07/2026
This is not about the OP, but honestly, I think the constant harping on "no do THIS not THAT as a consumer" is designed to make you give up on climate. This is a job for good old fashioned government, one that regulates pollution, including greenhouse gases.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I’d be Stanley Latte or Dan Latte which kinda has a ring to it.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Me three! Pre-ordered ✅
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
4 of our backlist eBooks are on sale for just $2 each, until the end of July. 4 stylistically different voices that display a unique sensibility. Each sale helps us continue. So dig in! undertowpublications.com/ebooks
4 books covers: THE TALOSITE, by Rebecca Campbell; BREAKABLE THINGS, by Cassandra Khaw; NOTHING IS EVERYTHING, by Simon Strantzas; THE SHIPBUILDER OF BELLFAIRIE, by M. Rickert.
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Alan Making Comics! @ralanwrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Is Wealth-Hoarding A Sign of Mental Collapse? ============ Read my full comic for FREE at the link in my bio, or: coloradosun.com/2026/07/03/w... Our award-winning comic is out every Friday! Support @coloradosun.com if you can. www.ralanwrites.com
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"What'd I Miss?": Time is money, trillionaire edition
As Ossie and Myra consider Elon Musk becoming the first trillionaire, they translate dollars to seconds to years — and feel even worse.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/06/2026
And as you watch the Trump regime's sloppy, lame, politicized "celebrations" that have been thrown together at the last minute with duct tape, please understand Congress created a nonpartisan commission for 250 plans in 2016! I went to one of its first meetings, at DC's DAR hall, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The whole thread is worth reading but this is locally applicable to Colorado.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I like the framing!
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Alan Making Comics! @ralanwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A Question of Ethics. ============ Read my full comic for FREE at the link: coloradosun.com/2026/06/26/w... Our award-winning comic is out every Friday! Support @coloradosun.com if you can. www.ralanwrites.com ===============
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"What'd I Miss?": Honest answers to deceptive questions
Ossie wrestles with the question of honesty and giving the right answer to questions that aren't always what they seem.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You’ve death-cabbed your last cutie.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I also voted! Don’t forget to drop off your ballot.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yours looks amazing too! Next time 💜
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We are having a show tonight 7:30 at The Federal if you or @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social would like to attend just let me know and I’ll put you on the guest list. thefederaltheatre.com/event/462873
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MORTIFIED LIVE: PRIDE EDITION
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If you have any friends who might be interested please connect us. Any time you would like to come to the show I’ll get you some tickets. Our show also loves to highlight Denver area non-profits if there’s some near & dear to you please let me know. Thanks so much for replying!
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Cynthia Swanson @cynswanauthor.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
If you’re on Colorado’s Front range, TONIGHT (Sat 6/20), I’ll be in Niwot at their wonderful indie bookstore, Inkberry Books, to chat about This Isn’t New. We can all feminist rage together, but also talk about the power of story to inform our choices. 7:00 pm. I'd love to see you there!
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This may be the most unsettling house listing I’ve ever read. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@heynowdana.com I was chatting with @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social last night and he thought he had asked you about reading for Mortified Live Denver. His recollection is that you no longer have a journal/something to share is that right? You are top of my wish list for our stage. 💜
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I liked it before I finished the sentence. I didn’t want to unlike it because I like half the thing and you. What a strange combo of events. It’s very 2026.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
If you are discoursing about the modernizing kid kit NYT piece , you are legally obligated to call your reps today bc there are like 5 FEDERAL book banning bills republicans are trying to advance at any given point in time
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/05/2026
Hi everyone, this Colorado family is in desperate need of help. The husband was taken (I believe illegally) in front of community members. ICE told lies about him. He is in detention and his family is suffering. www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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Donate to Support S. & her daughter while her husband is detained, organized by Whitney Duncan
{Spanish follows/Sigue en Español} My name is S. I'm from L… Whitney Duncan needs your support for Support S. & her daughter while her husband is detained
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
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Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Minneapolis celebrates spring with a parade of giant handmade socialist puppets and a festival where people row the sun across the lake. This year's Mayday festival was today, and I'm going to try to share some photos and videos (many taken by others) to try to explain it for my non-local friends.
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Alex Acks @katsudon.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
coloradosun.com/2026/04/18/c...
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What’s Working: A Colorado bill could help creatives retain more control of their work
The idea came from a Kickstarter co-founder. Plus: A new 3D home factory, more layoff warnings, and a multi-state job fair.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The thing about Platner is that he'll screw up, make some statement, and it's supposed to be fine. Has he met with disabled folks in Maine? Met with advocacy groups? Understood the harm of the word and how the disabled are under attack? He never does the work required to be worthy of redemption.
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Gemma Webster @gemweb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We’re lucky to have a great radio station that is connected to Colorado Public Radio @indie1023.bsky.social we get lots of new stuff from everywhere, we get more niche stuff that I missed and we get local bands.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."
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