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Akis Linardos

@linardos.bsky.social
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Writer of oddities, biomedical AI scientist, maybe human 🖊️ Apex, Uncharted, Heartlines, Strange Horizons, ergot., Flame Tree, Plott Hound, Cosmic Horror Monthly and elsewhere akislinardos.com he/him

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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I really agree with this. Also, the brain wants to have fun, entertain it and it will be more excited to write.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks Elizabeth! ☺️
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
💜💜
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I finally published something properly mature
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
😊😊 thanks Myna!
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read this, motherf*ckers, read this! "The Bot Who Cried 'Wolf Motherf*ckers Wolf'" @unchartedmag.bsky.social @linardos.bsky.social www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
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The Bot Who Cried ‘Wolf Motherfuckers Wolf’ - Uncharted
Content Warning: Profanity (a lot of it) Like clockwork, it rang the alarm of the space restaurant Eat the Rich every Sunday, blaring on all speakers. “WOLF MOTHERFUCKERS WOLF! WOLF! WOLF IS COMING FO...
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I have tied myself to the mast and allowed the attention sirens their song just for today.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Each time I think of opening social media, I ask myself "will this be an improvement over doing nothing for ten minutes?" And the answer is an unsurprising and consistent "no"
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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Also www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty... from @linardos.bsky.social
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Our Will is a Forest — Baffling Magazine
by Akis Linardos “As was the tradition, our mothers planted seeds in our flesh…”
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🥰🥰
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Had another little horror out earlier this year 💀 "Whistle for the Wizened Child" in Cosmic Horror Monthly cosmichorrormonthly.com/store/cosmic...
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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"A weird mirage interrupted my train of thought. A large, dark puddle gathered mass on the roadside just ahead. It broke, flowing across the asphalt." Jennifer Lesh Fleck is joining SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM with "The Musgrave Articles." Coming in March 2027.
On the left is the book cover, with masked figures holding bloody food delivery bags. On the right is a photo of the author with name and title of story.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Yes it's a parody of exactly what you're thinking 🫣
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
some periods of isolation and solitude are useful to remind yourself who you are vs who you are becoming to survive socially
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
appreciate the shout-out Eva thank you :)
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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The tremendous @linardos.bsky.social who you can read more about here, and who has published in venues including Gamut, Strange Horizons, Apex, and more: smallwondersmag.com/author/akis-... (13/15)
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Akis Linardos – Small Wonders
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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Daedalus teaches the bullboy mathematics, the language that governs the workings of the world. The bullboy carves the rocks in darkness, feeling the outline of the curves he makes." "His Horns Carry Mathematics" by @linardos.bsky.social now free to read online! plotthoundmag.com/his-horns-ca...
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“His Horns Carry Mathematics” by Akis Linardos – Plott Hound Magazine
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Got a reprint of a favorite little flash of mine out 😊 Check out the anthology. I'm in good company.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Got a minotaur story called "His Horns Carry Mathematics" out at Plott Hound 🐂
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
BY THE WAY, I had a poem out in @smallwondersmag.com earlier this year Daughter was not born, but emerged from the last fox’s mouth in the last forest of the world ... smallwondersmag.com/piece/foxes-...
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Foxes on Her Wrist, Fire on Her Ankle - Small Wonders
Daughter was not born, / but emerged from the last fox's mouth / in the last forest of the world
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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
“Spindly fingers tickle his neck, reminding him of skittering cockroaches. The massive presence latches on his back, flapping a cold draft with its wings.” - @linardos.bsky.social in She Burrows and Invites www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...
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She burrows and invites — Brief Ecology
Smoke hisses out of the wrinkled, larva-ridden pomegranates lying under the shadow of their withered tree. The manchild stares at the hole pulling fruit and dirt within, as Mother wails beside. Not u...
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
3rd novel done, pending a final light editing pass and I love it so much 💙👄💙
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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“Writing is an outlet for me, and I have both envisioned nature taking revenge, or characters larger-than-life protecting what I feel powerless to protect in the real world, and both shades are ecofiction.” - @linardos.bsky.social on Ecofiction www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...
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Akis Linardos on ecofiction — Brief Ecology
If we’re clinical about it, eco-fiction is any sort of story where nature plays an important role in the plot. It can’t just be a fantastical environment in a space setting unless the flora or fauna m...
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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
If publishing weird, unsettling, horrific pieces of ecofiction is wrong, then I don’t want to be right
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
💜💜💜
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I have a new one out ✨
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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"'Down here, you.' Feminine voice. Seductive rasp. The manchild kneels over the hole, carefully avoiding the blackened earth. An insect skitters the hole’s rim—beetle body, but a drooping antenna carries a bulb reminding him of angler fish." - @linardos.bsky.social in "She Burrows and Invites"
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She burrows and invites — Brief Ecology
Smoke hisses out of the wrinkled, larva-ridden pomegranates lying under the shadow of their withered tree. The manchild stares at the hole pulling fruit and dirt within, as Mother wails beside. Not u...
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Listen—closely, if you dare—to @linardos.bsky.social's new poem "It Could Worm Inside Your Ear." kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
what if the rift conjured in the lab
unleashed alien microbes that
once disturbed will skitter up the arm and
worm inside your ear to procreate?
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Been quieter on social media, but got several updates: Forthcoming original fiction this year in Rotting Leaf, Plott Hound, Cosmic Horror Monthly, BFS Horizons & a poem in Small Wonders Plus reprints in FFO (signed yesterday!), TtT, and No Sleep Podcast Love y'all. Back to my cave. 😶‍🌫️
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The most sane thing to do in 2026 is get a face tattoo
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Gestral beaches are the ultimate challenge of the game, the final final boss
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
where you at
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
That's still too far away in time tho. Do all the gestral challenges as penance
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I'll chastise you properly at WorldCon
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You're not forgiven
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm so mad at you right now.
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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
If you're looking for a buffalo of a good tale, check out "The Buffalo Woman" by @jacymorris.bsky.social We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/the-buffalo-...
three buffalo
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Gotta dodge until you get always perfect as parry is that same window as perfect dodge. I was always dodging early on and every new fight. I ain't gonna say anything about theories just that you'll probably cry a bunch 😿
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
About damn time, gosh I almost envy you, I wish I could yank the memory out of my head to play it again for the first time
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Stoked to be in this lovely list 💜💜 Find the recommended flash at Apex: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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As Ephemeral as Bubbles
The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight...
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Got a horror out today at No Sleep. A village starts boiling as the sun seems to creep closer every day www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/ext...
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NoSleep Podcast - Sleepless Decompositions Vol. 22 - The NoSleep Podcast
In the bleak midwinter nights of January, we have decaying tales from our Sleepless Decompositions. "Sun Approaches Every Summer" written by Akis Linardos (Story starts around 00:05:25) Produced by: C...
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Maybe I do need two careers. Nothing gets me as productive in one than using it as escape to procrastinate the other.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Writing long form has broke the seal on me and I can't keep the stories contained these mf characters won't shut up
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
New poetry by @writerjencrow.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, Michelle Koubek, @linardos.bsky.social, @danielausema.bsky.social, @the-lettersea.com, and Gretchen Tessmer!
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
As another year draws to a close remember that your career is only one part of life, kindness matters, and the rock that sits atop the mountain is no more important than the ones which form the base. Let the dumpster fire that was 2025 propel you into 2026 and enjoy another chapter of the ride.
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Was almost hoping one would be so bold to send a Christmas R
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Robert Helfst is doing the best he can @roberthelfst.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"Rerolling the Dice" by @linardos.bsky.social in Gamut #2! www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/rer...
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Rerolling the Dice - House of Gamut
There’s a saying that Death’s a gambler—one carrying no scythe, but a massive bowl full of thousand-sided dice he rolls every morning. In the Academy we know that’s not true. The true gambler is Life....
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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Aww thanks man
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