Reposted by Holly Schofieldcanyonbirds.bsky.social @canyonbirds.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#FossilFriday 1316223953
Reposted by Holly SchofieldMari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Can you imagine being 2000 years old and still needing to deal with tourists? Kinda amazing more of these trees don't just spontaneously combust. 1121
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAmerican Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 30/08/2026When the Singing Stone was first displayed at the Museum, the massive block of vibrant blue azurite and green malachite made high-pitched sounds when the humidity changed with the weather and seasons. These noises were produced as the porous stone absorbed and released moisture from the air. 151104263
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Got 7 minutes? Leave Earth and experience life on another planet... 010
Reposted by Holly SchofieldJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 21/08/2026The biologist’s expressions are what really make this 519049
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Where is "home" when you're a climate refugee on an exoplanet? My story in Adventitious magazine (@adventitiouswords.bsky.social) explores some possibilities. Immersify yourself into this story and many others in Issue Four! www.adventitious.net/product/adve...adventitious.netAdventitious — Issue Four (August 2026) - Adventitious.The fourth issue of Adventitious. Digital edition including PDF and EPUB formats. 030
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026VERY pleased that my little story is part of this anthology that just won Canada's top SFF award! Thanks to Stephen and the other contributing authors for making this such a great volume! 150
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Chuffed to have a story in Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and SF anthology, just announced as a finalist for the World Fantasy Awards! This is the second time this anthology has been shortlisted, and the second time one of my stories has. locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...locusmag.com2026 World Fantasy Awards FinalistsThe World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C… 020
Reposted by Holly SchofieldCourtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 17/07/2026Apropos of too many things lately, here's a spite poem I wrote a few weeks ago **makes unflinching eye contact while jamming more em dashes in** full disrespect to anyone writing with AI and also to the idea that we should change our voices and styles because the plagiarism machine is copying us 37036
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAdventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 06/07/2026...even more stellar writers in Issue Four, landing August 1: Moira Richardson @moirariom.bsky.social 🌳 Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social 🚂 Jeanna Cammarano @wordrat.bsky.social 🤟 Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social 🌇 If you aren't subscribed yet, get to it. www.adventitious.net/subscribe/adventitious.netSubscribe - Adventitious.The only way to ensure you get every issue! We depend on readers like you to keep delivering fantastic fiction. Direct Subscription Best value and the most direct… 1182
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAdventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 06/07/2026...the stellar writers of Issue Four cont'd: Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social🌱 Priya Sridhar @priyajsridhar.bsky.social 🪦 Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social 🏡 Rio Lombana & Kaitlin Schmidt @riolombana.bsky.social @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social 👩🎨 Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social 🕷️ and... 2205
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAdventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Issue Four lands August 1. But who's in it?🧵 ...(so far)... P.A. Cornell @cornellwriter.bsky.social 🤖 Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com👹 Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social ❤️🩹 Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social 🍇 Stewart C. Baker 🌌 Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs🍽️ and... 23610
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAdventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Mad with power, Issue Four will have at least 15 STORIES in it. 0121
Reposted by Holly SchofieldGrist @grist.org · 29/05/2026Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?dlvr.itAsk a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport breaks down some of the tools that can help manage anxiety in the face of mounting climate catastrophe. 04813
Reposted by Holly SchofieldWCSFA - West Coast Speculative Fiction Association @wcsfa.bsky.social · 26/05/2026WCSFA is putting out a Call for Concept Sketches for our Fall 2026 event art. Theme: Pick Your Punk: Living Through the 21st Century Cyberpunk, solarpunk, space nomads, junkpunk, nomadpunk, hopeful futures, messy futures — bring us your weird little future visions. 🧵 1/4 111
Reposted by Holly SchofieldM.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 23/04/202690% of reading submissions is thinking carefully about specific stories and 10% of reading submissions is staring into space, thinking “there is nothing in this world better than short fiction.” 1274
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 14/12/2025I love birds so much. Look at this face. #birds 🪶 2364
Reposted by Holly SchofieldNina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Give #Water for Christmas ... #gifts #ChristmasGift #books 021
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Chuffed to have a story in here! (And in Volume One too!) 0135
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAmal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 10/09/2025Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction 353766955
Reposted by Holly SchofieldStephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I need a timeline cleanse. How about a table of contents announcement! That’s right—despite the world being on fire, it’s time to reveal the TOC for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! It was VERY hard to narrow the list down but it's all killer, no filler. The book launches October 14. Enjoy! 1/2 110137
Reposted by Holly Schofield🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 18/09/2025"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." - John Muir Very Big Tree amongst regular big trees at Sequoia National Park #SaveOurParks #ThickTrunkThursday #SequoiaNationalPark 0175
Reposted by Holly SchofieldAnimals R Us… 🐾 @animalsrus.bsky.social · 18/08/2025The beautiful Great Grey Owl.. 🦉 1626301704
Reposted by Holly SchofieldNate Walton @natewaltonwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Our Paperback version is now live. Launch date was not an accident. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGQGLP9Vamazon.comRights At Risk: 19 Amendments To LiberationRights At Risk: 19 Amendments To Liberation [Vega, Tiffany, Deluca, Jude, Volle, Adam, Schofield, Holly, Wilson, Mike, Squier, Harriet, Crate, Linda M, Hollman, Dr Laurie, Anand, Pulkita, Caraveo, Vanessa] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rights At Risk: 19 Amendments To Liberation 031
Reposted by Holly SchofieldP.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 08/04/2025So great to see this fundraiser doing well. But it can do even better. There are some pretty great stretch goals that remain locked. Chip in if you can, share either way. Go Canada! 041
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025My story about an aging cyberpunk adapting to a solarpunk world is now up at @escapepod.org! It originally appeared in @press-android.bsky.social's Fighting for the Future anthology. You can read it or listen to it at escapepod.org/2025/03/06/e...escapepod.orgEscape Pod 983: The Robot WhispererEmilia heard the door bang as Kore entered her workshop. Dishes clattered on the side bench. “Be there in a minute, I just have to…” She let her voice fade. How could you fix a magnifying light when… 1153
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The big impact of small stories! Lots of great stuff in Myna's roundup, keeping company with my own "Conflict Resolution"! 171
Reposted by Holly SchofieldTade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children." - Ursula K. Le Guin (2012) [Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense] 23807223
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This story about siblings is Flash Fiction Online's February SF reprint! Do read right to the end because...well, you'll see! 020
Reposted by Holly SchofieldPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 22/01/2025Absolutely please do this but also be aware that it helps if it's a new book! Some libraries will not buy books older than 12-18 months old. 😬 (This particularly helps Canadians due to how our PLR system is set up by the way! Thank you!) 311534
Reposted by Holly SchofieldLiana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Quiet Moment Of The Day: Wherever you're at I hope you find some peace today. #QuietMomentOfTheDay 0225
Reposted by Holly SchofieldNina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I reposted this slimemold Stemonitus axifera for #SlimemoldSunday today because it deserved a second curtain call... :) #NaturePhotography 0122
Reposted by Holly SchofieldWill Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 18/11/2024A Pearl-spotted Owlet on a mission… 📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda. #birds #NaturePhotography #Wildlife 19616382594
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I've got a story in here! It'll be out Dec. 31st. Preordering is available now! 040
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Still chuffed four years later that I have a story in here! 051
Reposted by Holly SchofieldSmall Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 11/11/2024Have you read "What You Sow", by @hschofieldfic.bsky.social ? It's a lovely piece about rebellion and loss and what flowers you'd choose to grow on your head.smallwondersmag.comWhat You Sow - Small WondersYour earliest memory is of your mother's brush as she yanks it through the tangle of Kentucky bluegrass carpeting your head. 091
Reposted by Holly SchofieldGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/10/2024Oh my joodness... 415312
Reposted by Holly SchofieldHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12/10/2024Best reason to go off the record. 8981171372
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 05/07/2024Canadian SFF readers! Only 1 more day to get lots of award-nominated fiction! The Aurora Awards package can be downloaded for a measley $10. Sign up or log in at www.csffa.ca Novels, Novellas, Short Stories, and more, all by Canadians! P.S. I've got 2 stories in the nommed works!😀 041
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 26/04/2024And since I'm doing that promo thang today 😀, also please consider supporting this Kickstarter to raise awareness of neurodiversity. The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters anthology asks: Would neurodivergence be an advantage in an encounter with aliens? www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...kickstarter.comThe Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters - A Sci-Fi AnthologyA diverse anthology of empowering, hopeful sci-fi stories, poetry, and art by and for neurodivergent folks 061
Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social · 26/04/2024Wow, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction continues to soar! It's now been nominated and is on the shortlist for the Prix Aurora Awards, Canada's top SFF awards! Edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social I'm delighted to have a story in it. Voting opens soon! www.csffa.ca/awards-infor... 070
Reposted by Holly SchofieldJim C. Hines @jimchines.com · 20/02/2024The Ents have really branched out. 3332
Reposted by Holly SchofieldLocus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 02/02/2024Alexandra Pierce Reviews The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Allan Kaster locusmag.com/2024/02...locusmag.comAlexandra Pierce Reviews The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Allan KasterThe Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection, Allan Kaster, ed. (Infinivox 978-1-88461-261-9, $18.99, 286pp, tp) October 2023. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri. Discussions around the pl… 052
Reposted by Holly SchofieldCait Gordon ♿️ @caitgauthor.bsky.social · 12/01/2024This call is seeking reprints by Canadian authors who had short works of fantasy and science fiction published in 2023! kotowych.com/yearsbest/ 034
Reposted by Holly SchofieldWeightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 30/12/2023New today on Weightless, we have @littlebluemarble.bsky.social's 2023 anthology, WORLD ON FIRE: weightlessbooks.com/little-blue-... 065
