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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congrats Andy! You’re in the big leagues now!

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🍬 Abigail Kemske 🍬 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Welp, confirmation from a market that gen AI art is used when there are "no other options." No other options?? SEriOSLy? 🤔 Let's start a thread of where you can find art to use in the public domain because I'm sick of this shit! Please reply below with your favorite resources. 👇

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ooh nice titles and promo for them - got me hyped and I signed up!

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Willow Nichols-Capra 🤎 @novellamenagerie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I thought that now would be a great time to share this starter pack again. There's still space, so let me know if you'd like to be added!

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 02/09/2026

hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...

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An Intermission - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Hello friends.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m reading Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris (went away on vacation for the weekend and forgot it so need to return!) and Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026

I really want to write a second book about the COVID pandemic from a Black epidemiologist perspective but my family and friends have begged me not to out of fear of my safety. And it’s incredible that even has to be taken into consideration b/c of insane conspiracy theorists.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

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Pan'S Labyrinth

Alt: Clip from Pan's Labyrinth with the faun and girl

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Why are we still platforming Mel Gibson?. And in Canada too! A reminder that last year Trump named him a "special ambassador" to "bring back the Golden Age of Hollywood".... He's shown us who he is over and over again ew.com/mel-gibson-a...

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Mel Gibson issues apology for mocking ASL interpreter at fan convention amid mounting backlash

Mel Gibson is apologizing for his ‘thoughtless idiocy’ after mocking an ASL interpreter at a Canadian fan convention, sparking a swift backlash.

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm one of the "and more!" authors in September! I know there are SO many books that are competing for your money and your eyes (or ears) this month, so I'm sorry to keep bugging you about mine, but if you like movies and horror (and maybe a little bit of romance), you can preorder mine!

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 19/08/2026

TIL this is who apparently runs the Grievance Committee of the HWA. Patrick's still running unopposed. He's posted a weak statement on his substack saying he's grown as a person since creeping on Theo and "let the voters decide." There's no one else to vote for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_T...

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Brett Talley - Wikipedia

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm ureteroceles (sounds like a Greek character) and poison backing up through my system at under age 1, and being on antibiotics for the first 2 years of my life... (People sometimes ask "What would you be in medieval times?" Dead. I'd be dead)

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

To close, I'm disturbed by the federal government's trend toward a more "tough on crime" agenda. "Tough on crime" policies help nobody: not the victims, not our communities, not criminalized people and their potential for rehabilitation, and not even the economy - incarceration is expensive.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As a reminder, this case moved exactly as they wanted: the person was incarcerated for 25 years before a parole hearing. He did not get parole. We already have solutions to the issues raised, for example Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime. There is no need for these proposed changes

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's odd that "mandatory life imprisonment" gets bolded and underlined, while "with no eligibility for parole for 25 years" ends up de-emphasized. With this paragraph, are they calling for an end to all opportunities for parole hearings for anyone with life sentence?

Passage reading: Mr. Gayle was sentenced to life in prison. He had been denied parole twice, on June 27, 2019 and, October 29, 2024. <b>There is no “two-thirds” of a life sentence.<b> As discussed below, the political compromise reached in 1976 (July 14, 1976 to be precise), was that in exchange for abolishing the death penalty, offenders convicted of first-degree murder would be sentenced to <b><u>mandatory</u> life imprisonment </b> with no eligibility for parole for 25 years. The compromise confirmed that <b>life imprisonment meant life imprisonment.</b> As the Supreme Court of Canada held in R. v. Bissonnette <b>“Parole is a statutory privilege and <u>not</u> a right”</b> (emphasis added).

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

They spend some time talking of the need for more timely notification of victims - fine. Then the letter turns into something much more insidious, that puts the Canadian values of a fair justice system focused on reintegration and public safety to question

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The Toronto & Canadian Police Associations are lobbying the federal government. They begin the letter with a detailed explanation of the crime that spurred the lobby - a man killed a police officer in 1994. He has been up for parole 4 times. He has NOT gotten parole.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today is Prisoners' Justice Day. Across Canada, and now internationally, people in custody take part in hunger strikes and other protests to remember those who died while incarcerated. People outside join vigils and protests in solidarity. This PJD comes with problematic calls for parole reform

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I have updated the "Crowdsourced Award Eligible Speculative Poetry" spreadsheet for 2026, please add your published works: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Crowdsourced Award Eligible Speculative Poetry 2026

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Awesome! I'm going to go through in the next few days and add all our Haven Spec 2026 poetry pubs (that haven't already been added).

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today as I was weeding, I accidentally knocked a beautiful cicada out of the bush, and it skedaddled away on foot. About 5 minutes later I heard a lot of cicada noise from the trees, and I hoped it was “my” cicada with its friends

A cicada with translucent blue-green wings sits in the brush

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I was convinced on multiple reads that this said HUMANITY and I was kind of convinced it still worked. Like "Yeah, climate change..."

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

So apparently that HWA pro-AI newsletter also uses Indigenous water rights issues as a prop, trivializing the activism by Indigenous peoples to protect our water including specific anti-data centre actions. I guess they figured why not alienate Indigenous horror writers while they’re at it?

“Sure. Sure.

Yes, we know AI is using up resources. So does driving a car or a planes so does building a new home. So do a lot of things. Humans have always used up Earth’s resources and usually not nicely. There are reservations and other Indigenous communities in Canada that have never had clean water and have been ravaged by pipeline construction. But somehow that’s been okay for the past fifty or a hundred years, and very few people scream about that. But suddenly, AI is the enemy, not everything else we’ve been doing all along. Suddenly YOUR water might not be clean, so it’s a Big Deal”.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

That section is for trustees to write about whatever they want, so the newsletter editor doesn’t get a choice there

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Also it's $56 CAD a month at the far-away lot and $110 a month on the campus lots...

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I sympathize but also... it's very different here! I work at a university but not on the main campus, but I'm doing a PhD - and I found out the hard way that students aren't allowed to have ANY long-term parking on campus. The only lot for students is a shuttle bus away

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

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Rob Gilmore(Grimoire) @robgrim.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Let’s do it!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink...

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Haha all good! To each their own

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Not TOO far off is All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes... but add horror

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Excited to report that the first poem of my "tenure" as Poetry Editor of Haven Spec has arrived in the mag! And we're also wrapping up some of the previous Poetry Editor's selections with some bangers by cool folks. The whole issue, poems and stories too, is now free to read! Check it out below.

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

my brother-in-gore Nick Cutter is clearing out his parents' basement. 100% of the proceeds from every autographed book will go to The Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre—whose mandate is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release turtles native to the Ontario region. we do love turtles. nickcutter.com

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Nick Cutter Autographed Books | Signed Copies & Official Shop | Nick Cutter Fans

Shop a limited selection of Nick Cutter autographed books, including The Queen and The Troop. Inventory changes over time—check the shop or contact us about signed copy availability.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This is a neat indie fic sales summary! Good one, Carson

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

@draft2digital.bsky.social used to be THE place for indie authors working on shared revenue projects like anthologies. This new change entirely breaks that model, and makes it basically untenable.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Our associate editor Ghazal is looking to leave Tehran as soon as possible, so if anyone knows of an art residency or work opportunity or uni posting that they can apply to, please let us know (dm or email). These are scary times, and we must protect each other as best we can.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Now do I think they’re about to win the seat of prime minister next election? Likely not - it’s more about rebuilding the party (which I think they all well know)… but a relatively major party continuing to talk about anti-capitalism can’t hurt!

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Happy to see Avi Lewis was elected leader of Canada's federal NDP party! The active discussion of capitalism as the root of so many of the issues we're having is refreshing. Feeling cautiously optimistic. . .

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thanks Chuck! And a mention of my volcano horror novel 💔🌋 (one day!)

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Oh, how fun! Now to figure out if/how I can manage to drag myself to Toronto on a weeknight

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I haven't seen "The Bride!" yet and I'm sure this movie reviewer otherwise knows what they're talking abut.... but 5 times is too many times to mention the '1920s' setting in a movie that is actually set in the 1930s. And that's not a flapper dress. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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'The Bride!' Is Stylish, Garish, And Soulless

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a stylish, garish, and soulless "sequel" to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 08/02/2026

I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center. www.humblebundle.com/books/charli... Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party

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Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR

Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 24/02/2026

They want me to give a talk at the university next month so I have 20 minutes to tell the kids that incarceration is inextricable from capitalism and is the tool it uses to extract labor and sustain a permanent underclass.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Look at this!! One of my favourite horror novels of recent years and it's coming out so pretty.

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Jessica Peter @jessicapeter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I've got extra scaries! And I'm also off Tuesday!

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