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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 9h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I suspect that "novella in verse" might mean different things to different people. So what even is this? Well, it's poetry, but I submitted it as a collection, not as a single long poem. It's 65 poems, in fact, from a page to a couple pages long each. Primarily written in free verse.

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

[ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʷᵃˡᵏᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ʷᶦᵏᶦ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ] Press X to enter the Unmarked Castle Press [ʳᵉᵈᵃᶜᵗᵉᵈ, ⁿᵒᵗ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ] to make it out alive

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 19/09/2026

New flash fiction from Elis Montgomery!

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 15/09/2026

The Flights of Foundry virtual conference for speculative creatives is happening this weekend! Register here: www.accelevents.com/e/flights-of... #amwriting #SFF

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 11/09/2026

Brains are weird. I've sat on an idea for a new novel for 2 years ... a beginning and an ending ... nothing else. Everytime, I gotta trust the process and start writing. Boom. It goes from wasteland of ideas to 3D Technicolor and starts filling in. Anyone else? Just me?

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday was #NationalReadABookDay in the UK, but we'd never get through our TBR mountain like that! To help you read every day of the year, here's a selection of Solaris SFFH Series starters ft: standalones in the same universe, continuing series, & thematically linked. Which would you pick up?

Books ft:
BENEATH THE RISING by Premee Mohamed
SAVAGE COMPANY by Matt Wallace
THE POMEGRANATE GATE by Ariel Kaplan
WEAVE THE LIGHTNING by Corry L. Lee
NORTHERN WRATH by THILDE KOLD HOLDT
RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian
HER SOUL TO TAKE by Harley Laroux
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD and THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison
THE BLACK COAST by Mike Brooks
THE HOUSE OF STYX and THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN by Derek Kunsken
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee
BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse
GORSE by Sam K. Horton
IRONCLADS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
THE AMBER OWL by Juliet Marillier
MOONSTORM and NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee
WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L D Colter
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by Lorraine Wilson
QUEEN OF NONE and NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron
MICKEY7 by Edward Ashton
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF by Taran Hunt
INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
TUNE IN TOMORROW by Randee Dawn
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS by Ren Hutchings
SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C.S.E. Cooney
BLESS YOU HEART by Lindy Ryan

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✨ Kay Goodstadt ✍️ Author✨ @kaygoodstadt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✨A #Day in the #Life…📖✍️✨ #BlueSky🦋 #BookSky📚 #writingcommunity🏘️ #amwriting💻 #gamedev 🎮 #indiedev🛠️ #art🎨

Post by Meredith Ireland:
Person: how does writing work?
Writer: well, you type and you delete. You rethink. Then you do 187 minutes of research and correct it. You reread and wonder if you have a grasp of English. Then you revise.
Person: then you’re done with the book?
Writer: then you move to the next sentence.

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Stephanie Lorée @stephanieloree.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What are you currently reading? Me, I'm reading Moonglow by Kristen Callihan on my little eink x4 reader: www.goodreads.com/book/show/13... And my current audiobook is the dramatized adaptation of Fool Moon by Jim Butcher: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

THANK YOU!!!!!

Elis Montgomery in a silvery blue dress holding the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Poem and smiling as big as physically possible

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Steve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan · 28/01/2026

The announcement is live! I'm writing a graphic novel about SPACE with the incredible spaced-out artist @christopherjonesart.com! It's called THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION and it's going to blow your rocketship socks clean off!

The COMIC BOOK STORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION by Steve Horton, Christopher Jones
Imprint: Ten Speed Graphic

Author of the Eisner Award-winning BOWIE Steve Horton and Doctor Who artist Christopher Jones's THE COMIC BOOK STORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION, a history of humanity's explorations of outer space, from our earliest imaginings to the space race, and from walking on the moon to our future hopes for Mars, to Kaitlin Ketchum at Ten Speed Graphic, with Shaida Bouroumand editing, in an exlcusive submission, by Markus Hoffmann at Regan Hoffmann & Associates (world).

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 03/09/2026

Tomorrow! 8 min readings. Book giveaways! Find a new favorite SFF author at the FREE Zoom event. Register in advance at www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid... #SWSWQR #sff #fantasy @emmiechristie33.bsky.social @slashnburnett.bsky.social @nillunasser.bsky.social @karenlucia.bsky.social Alex Grehy

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 03/09/2026

@abigailkemske.bsky.social is on fire this year with a story at yet another great market! Check it out...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 31/08/2026

Congrats everybody!! 🥳🥳

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Auston Habershaw @aahabershaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Re: Dolly and now Tim Curry May we all have the fortune to live to see 80, beloved by all.

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Sasha @typeofcrayon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Adulthood is basically saying: “I should probably go to bed.” …and then doing 47 completely unnecessary things instead.

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 18/08/2026

In the August Speculations newsletter I catch up on 'what I did this summer' (spoiler, evacuated from the #1 priority wildfire in the nation) and get ready for some events this fall. Also book and TV recommendations plus Bumpy, the orphan hippo. l-d-colter-speculations.kit.com/posts/august...

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August Speculations -- that's August, not august, but still...

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The absolute best.

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I have doth made un starter park with thyne fauvourite Adventitious writers, and I dost though not understand olde tyme Englishe. Please follow them anyway (yes, thou). go.bsky.app/P6ETCHR

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

PSA turns out the fastest way to write a short story is by using it to procrastinate on writing a novel

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Khaw To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/over-...

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Cassandra Khaw’s 2026 Find Me Where It Ends is an upcoming fantasy novella of existential despair. Antigone’s family has a rare gift. Or perhaps it is a curse. Impending death appears to them as a dog...

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 09/08/2026

Free story by @mst3k.fan out now in Metastellar 👀

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Pair of Pacific parrotlets in the rain: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 07/08/2026

Looking for fantasy that's not romantasy? Mine are in this list from Solaris (bottom left - all completely standalone). While the Gods Sleep - secondary love story (not romantasy). When the Winds Sing - zero romance. Where the Shadows Dwell - very minor love interest thread.

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 06/08/2026

Rescue and rehab, anti-poaching teams, wild animal veterinary response, and even shepherding a wild elephant herd... if you don't support Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, please consider helping.

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 05/08/2026

Looking forward to this event next month! Strong Women Strange Worlds: Quick Reads

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 04/08/2026

Hope can still float Original post by Milo for Mayor (a dog) on FB ...I, Mayor Milo, do hereby declare the Beulah Floating Unicorn an Official Symbol of Hope for our community. May it remind us that even after the darkest storms, hope can still float...

Flood waters in front of a building with a unicorn float ring in the foreground

The same unicorn float after the flood on top of an entrance to a building

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Andrew Hawkins @beardeduniverse.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Wishing you a tree-mendous Tuesday 😁

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1471 Fingers crossed for Monday.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Frog hotels IG: @_pollinatorsreserve Snohomish, WA

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

An ox pecker removing parasites from impalas in Botswana: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yes, they do. #BookSky

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InkFoundry @inkfoundry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is so exciting!!! If you love storytelling and telling stories, check it out!

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Deborah L. Davitt, Author @deborahldavitt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I love reading people's stories after @emmiechristie33.bsky.social has analyzed them; I inevitably wind up with stories I might not have read otherwise as a result. This week. . . she's turned her lens on me, and WOW. I feel. . . very *seen*. :eyes: www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

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Writer Spotlight: Deborah L. Davitt — Emmie Christie

Welcome to the 23rd installment of Writer Spotlight. This week’s focus is Deborah L. Davitt. I’ve reviewed 14 of Davitt’s pieces, eight of them individually on InkFoundry’s “Get WYSR” feed. (In ...

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Don't you agree? #BookSky

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Nadia took her place in the circle forming around the unadorned box of ashes and the knee-high boulder upon which they rested." All Of My Tomorrows by @ldcolter.com #firstlinethursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/all-...

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All of My Tomorrows by L.D. Colter

Nadia's been afraid to touch her magic camera for years, but must now risk it to save her best friend's daughter. Novelette by L.D. Colter.

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 22/07/2026

I wrote about language, lying & world-building for the NYTBR as expressed in 3 extraordinary & very different books: THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm, THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley, & THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS by SL Huang.

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New Science Fiction About Truth and Lies in an Age of War (Gift Article)

Three recent novels explore the use of deception by both invaders and the invaded.

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Leaky MindFluid™ reservoir in your MindVats® Brain Storage Vat™? No problem! Just this handy troubleshooting guide and problem solved! www.patreon.com/Adventitious...

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The Stories and Authors of Issue Four | Adventitious

Troubleshooting Your Leaking Brain Storage Vat A MindVats® Support Document | Version 4.2.7 BEFORE YOU BEGIN MindVats® thanks you for trusti

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Good morning Blue Sky

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🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Guess what?? I did my FIRST podcast interview recently and now you can listen to it on @jessicapixie.bsky.social Substack! On this episode I also read my story “Six Things I Wish I Had Brought From Earth.” Tell me I did alright. 😅

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Do you want to hold the baby?" Oh...ummm...no thank you? "She's a Golden Retriever." Yes, I will hold the baby.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

K9 retirement: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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