Reposted by Helen Ryeonion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 8785851696
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ahh, the daily chronic migraine choice between a functioning, pain-free brain and a functioning, pain-free stomach 👌 100
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Meanwhile, there are tools to evade AI detectors. Do they work? Who knows. For sure, some tech people who care zero about the arts are making a fuck ton of money from all this. Please don't use churn other people's stolen, regurgitated work into this literary sausagemeat and think it's a win. 010
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2607.14729alphaxiv.orgThe Misclassification of Autistic Writing as AI-GeneratedRecent findings suggest that detection models for artificial intelligence (AI) cannot accurately identify AI-generated text and may exhibit bias against certain minority groups. In the present... 374
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Legit do not know what we're supposed to do, Kathy 💙. I hope we all figure it out soon. 220
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What are we supposed to do? Honestly, I have no idea. We're all, already, I think it is fair to say, quite tired. 140
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I haven't had time or headspace to write or submit anything since the release of generative AI, but if I had, it's clear from this result that someone would have accused me of using it, even if I only sent out the languishing stories I wrote in 2018-20. I hate generative AI too. We have a problem. 150
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026But it seems to me very clear that AI detectors are wildly unreliable. I promise I did not time travel from 2019 to use generative AI to write a story that had my whole heart. Let's exercise caution before declaring someone's work to be stolen via these gross AI creativity voids on flimsy evidence. 190
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you're writing AI and sending it to literary journals, please, for the LOVE OF GOD, stop. Lots of us give our every last bit of energy to supporting other people's art by working for them for free or for virtually nothing but the love of it. AI subs for real could be the thing that breaks us. 1120
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Gang. We need to stop with the AI tools and take a breath. Research shows they flag up autistic people's writing as AI, for starters. I just ran my 2019 matchbook story The Diamond Factory through this popular one and it said it was 73% AI. This was published 3 years before the release of Chat GPT. 3255
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sherrie Flick has now been with us for ten years! We are so very lucky to have her. Thank you for all you do, Sherrie. @sherrieflick.bsky.social 0274
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hahahaha. I only just saw this. Bit belated for killing. 💗 020
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We are beside ourselves with glee to bring you Issue 93 of SmokeLong Quarterly. 12 amazing flash narratives by 12 amazing writers and cover art by Victoria Ojo. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety... 03711
Reposted by Helen RyeAni King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hi y’all! You know what would be rad? If you came to my remote launch party for Family Night on Oct 24 @1pm ET. More info in the alt text and at the registration link below. aniking.net/launchparty/ 12213
Reposted by Helen RyeRadiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sometimes my feed is just: [amazing art] looking for work [goated resume] looking for work [great writing] looking for work [banger music] looking for work Dave Slutbutt, CEO of Game Dev, has laid off 9000 people to buy a 4th house in Bora Bora. [industry veteran] looking for work 222526739
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Issue 93 cover reveal! Available to read on Monday September 21. Cover art by Victoria Ojo 0249
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Promptember is coming. October 11th to November 2nd. An in-between sort of almost month of prompts, webinars, open mics. And Promptember is free. Yep. Zero dolares. This one is on us. Stay tuned for details. 24215
Reposted by Helen RyeChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary' 9259921593
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Join us and Sarah Fawn Montgomery on September 12 for the webinar/workshop "Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures"! www.smokelong.com/product/disc...smokelong.comDiscovering Disabled Forms and Structures with Sarah Fawn Montgomery - SmokeLong QuarterlyThe writing workshop is a space where power and privilege often demand disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers translate our lived experiences for abled audiences in order to be valued. ... 01712
Reposted by Helen RyeTechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Took a picture of my friends dog at the train station and may have created the best horror movie poster ever 361467254
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Congratulations to our Best Small Fictions nominees! 2145
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My privilege to learn more about this artist and his work ❤️ 051
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Sarah Fawn Montgomery will be joining us on September 12th at 10am ET to lead the 90-minute online workshop "Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures," and you can come even if you're not in SmokeLong Fitness. www.smokelong.com/september-on... 084
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Come and hear Amy Hempel read and talk about her work! Support rescue dogs in the NYC area through www.everylastonerescue.org with your ticket! What a day. Sunday July 26, Noon NYC online. 153
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This Sunday July 26, a special 90-minute live interview and reading with Amy Hempel! Included with A SmokeLong Summer/$19 tickets available to anyone via link: www.smokelong.com/product/smok... Proceeds to NYC dog rescue, Every Last One www.everylastonerescue.org. Noon NYC online. Don't miss this. 1127
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Join SmokeLong on July 26th as we spend 90 minutes with Amy Hempel! Even if you're not doing A SmokeLong Summer 26, you can still attend for $19. All proceeds will go to Every Last One, dedicated to rescuing dogs in NYC. www.smokelong.com/product/smok...smokelong.comSmokeLong Master Series Interview and Reading with Amy Hempel - SmokeLong QuarterlyDate: July 26th Time: Noon NYC Zoom Link sent upon purchase. This is done by a human who occasionally sleeps. We send the link asap. We’ll be donating all proceeds from this event to a charity chosen... 0113
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Delighted to announce our nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology @sundresspub.bsky.social: Non-fiction: "Organs" by Aimee Bender; "How To Mourn Your Mother" by Suzanne Biro Fiction: "Jigger" by John Dufresne; "On Trees and Treefrogs" by L.A. Strycker Art: Cover art, Issue 92 by Martins Deep 0265
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Yay!!! That was a writing task by @helenrye.bsky.social. 😃 2141
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Another show where the main characters look too alike for me to follow, does nobody consider the faceblind 020
Reposted by Helen Ryeflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22/06/2026TL/DR: we are all catastrophically worse off as a result of this bullshit, and our democracy has taken quite devastating damage from it, and all of it is because some of the most selfish and unpleasant people in the country threw a massive hissy fit at not being listened to. 17110
Reposted by Helen RyeDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Having overseen a massive rollback of human rights, it does feel petty for Starmer to talk about Labour having been "morally bankrupt". especially after calling human rights' supporters "extremists" and a Home Sec who told refugee rights advocates to "fuck off". www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukEmotional Keir Starmer’s resignation speech in full as PM quitsSir Keir Starmer stepped out of Downing Street accompanied by his wife Victoria to cheers and applause from his team 623176
Reposted by Helen RyeBallot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 22/06/2026For many LGBT folk like me, and especially trans folk, Keir Starmer will be remembered in the same way as Margaret Thatcher: with deep contempt for having overseen a deeply hostile, queerphobic government, which rolled back human rights and set society back by at least a decade. Good riddance. 0867296
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Issue 92 of SmokeLong Quarterly is live! Featuring the winners and finalists of The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026 and the winners of the SmokeLong Workshop Prize. All of it is gold. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety... 05419
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 11/06/2026It's cover reveal time! Issue 92 is out on Monday June 15. Including the winners and finalists of The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction and the SmokeLong Workshop Prize. Cover art by Martins Deep. 14614
Reposted by Helen Ryematchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Submissions deadline is June 2 at midnight! That's about 57 hours left. 01712
Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 24/05/2026If you are ever back here I insist we go to the Catherine Wheel and do Brightly Coloured Shots 100
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 22/05/2026We've planned a party. Come dance with us! The registration deadline for A SmokeLong Summer 26 is tomorrow! May 23rd! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-... 253
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 22/05/2026We have a shortlist! Please help us celebrate the top 23 titles on The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026 shortlist! Anonymous judging is ongoing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...smokelong.comThe SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction — The Shortlist! - SmokeLong QuarterlyThank you to everyone who sent in work for our judges to consider this year. Narrowing down the field from 1200 entries to the list of 23 stories below has been a grand task for our 16 judges, an inte... 4257
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Two days left to register! We'll be sending out invitations to join the workshop site on May 23rd! A SmokeLong Summer 26! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...smokelong.comA SmokeLong Summer 26 - SmokeLong QuarterlyA SmokeLong Summer 26 is closer than you think. This year we’re starting early and staying late. The summer just got longer. As always, at the heart of A SmokeLong Summer is our peer-review workshop i... 054
Reposted by Helen RyeSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction Long List is Live! Congratulations to everyone on the list and to everyone who entered this year! Anonymous judging ongoing! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon... 0349