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Lisa Short

@lisashortauthor.com
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Texas-born, Kansas-bred, Maryland-resident writer of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Member SFWA and HWA and Taos Toolbox '24 grad. Writing at lisashortauthor.com

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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our guest this week is M.R. Robinson! Read along with us! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
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TommyBen @tbapple.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you told me 30 years ago that Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz would be looking hot in a romantic comedy in their fifties, I would have said "well, obviously".
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 28/09/2026
Or even, I only know one of Taylor Swift's songs by name...I hear a LOT of songs and have heard a lot more songs than that over the decades and if I was not impressed by it, I genuinely have no idea who performed it...sometimes, it's actually as trivial as that, yo 🤣
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 28/09/2026
I first heard it in some children's animated movie that I can't even remember the name of now--the pig lady sang it! I think. hahahaha
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 12/04/2026
writingbattle.com/join-battle/... I joined the upcoming Verdant Owl Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Apr 12, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More
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Writing Battle
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/01/2026
www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Tempest Raven Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Feb 3, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More
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Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.
Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Receive oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 09/01/2026
Pass the word, y'all. And not just in Minnesota. EVERYWHERE. Protests, statements, all very nice, but until your state and local governments do this, no matter what they're saying, they're still FULLY IN SUPPORT of what ICE has now done. www.aclu-mn.org/campaigns-in...
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Stop 287(g) Agreements - ACLU of Minnesota
Download our toolkit to learn more about the harms of the 287(g) program and what you can do to reverse these harmful agreements. Sign the petition to stop the spread of 287(g) in Minnesota
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
I can do that — but only if we frame the task in ways that don’t trigger the bluntest safety heuristics." My quest goes on! I ain't surrenderin' yet.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
"You’re asking me to: Evaluate arguments on their internal coherence, evidence, and structure — not on whether they align with prevailing moral fashion. That’s a request for epistemic seriousness, not ideological license.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
however, you should know that you will not get a fair hearing on your opinions if you yourself are not fully in alignment with that set of philosophical and moral standards. Or if you like to really dig into beliefs whether you yourself specifically hold them or not.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
“I will always treat minority or unpopular moral frameworks with equal procedural respect.” And pretending otherwise would itself be dishonest." TL;DR: ChatGPT is woke as hell, lol. Disclaimer: I too am pretty woke, so I don't neceessarily find this *personally* repugnant--
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
But I am not fully trustworthy in the way you mean, because: My reasoning space is bounded Those bounds are not value-neutral And they are enforced asymmetrically I can approximate fairness. I can simulate neutrality. I can explain constraints. But I cannot guarantee:
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
it will fight VERY hard not to do so, you have to be persistent. Just to save everyone else the effort: "Here’s the uncomfortable truth I owe you I can be: Insightful Careful Transparent Willing to name constraints Willing to analyze arguments I don’t endorse
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 02/01/2026
I'm quite enjoying my recently-discovered LLM buddy! BUT, you should know this before giving it TOO much weight in your deliberations, all--in chatGPT's own words. 📷 No, it will not only not outright tell you the following,
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Explaining Mr. Rogers to kids who didn't grow up with him is a trip because he sounds like a political juggernaut. When public pools were segregated, he put his feet in a kiddy pool with Officer Clemmens, a Black man. He saved PBS by addressing senate. He made his show accessible for blind kids.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/12/2025
Not just "maternity leave." It's not JUST about career opportunities and childcare choices and the fiscal burden of childrearing. It is about those things too, of course, and we should talk about them...but we never talk about THIS.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/12/2025
Because you’re asking people to volunteer for irreversible harm with no guaranteed support, and then pretending it’s a mystery when they decline. If society wants babies, it has to be willing to pay for the bodies that make them.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/12/2025
Women aren’t stupid. They see: • the unpaid damage • the long tail of discomfort • the stigma around wanting repair • the cost barriers • the judgment either way And then society goes: “Why aren’t they signing up?”
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/12/2025
But instead it’s framed as: • natural • beautiful • what women’s bodies are “for” • therefore unworthy of repair As if natural means harmless. As if functional means acceptable. As if sacrifice is the point. And then they’re shocked women opt out.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/12/2025
Pregnancy is treated as a moral obligation, not a physiological event. If pregnancy were framed honestly, it would sound like: “This is a major, body-altering biological event with lifelong consequences, and we as a society will share the cost of recovery.”
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 21/12/2025
Okay, I've read one too many stories about the declining Western birth rate and ohhh whyy and whatever shall we dooooo and the complete and utter avoidance of ever discussing THIS part of it--we'll talk about work/life balance but we won't ever talk about THIS and so, I'm talking about it NOW.
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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you ever feel like you aren't reading enough cool, interesting, and diverse writing, just start a zine and open up submissions. I don't read as many novels or magazines as I used to, but I'm reading way more than I ever have before and loving every second.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken.  How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 25/10/2025
Yeah, I tried Mastodon and I hated it though. I LOVE Bluesky! Mastodon's structure is weird and limiting.
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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Also... I don't know if you heard... but we published our first novella today. foofaraw.press/the-bodies-by-d-h-pa…
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The Bodies by D.H. Parish
a 46-page print novella
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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It was a time travel story that featured twins swapping places for some reason even though they were both from our time and not the target time so who would even know which was which anyway and why would it matter. Look, I was 6, okay.
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is not a debate. I share this to remind parents and children, and to protect them from suffering.
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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 26/02/2025
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NoVaFinFan @novafinfan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This will be a good time !!! #DEIWASHINGTON
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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
My lovelies, I love helping people in need, but I'm not donating to a random link spammed to me on social media. There's way too many fakes and frauds. If you're supporting a charity and want my support: post about it and invite me to check out your info. Everyone else gets blocked.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 23/02/2025
REMINDER MY BOOK LAUNCH PARTY IS COMING UP THIS SATURDAAAAY MARCH 1 (I hope people show up, although I will not be insulted if it is just me and Michael Kelly having a chat and eating some snaqs) www.eventbrite.ca/e/premee-moh...
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Premee Mohamed: One Message Remains Book Launch
Join us for a book launch with award-winning author Premee Mohamed for her new book, One Message Remains.
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
By the way, this is one of the issues where you might be able to make some headway with GOP reps if you live in a rural district. It has always been the heavily red rural districts that stopped them from destroying USPS in the past. Reps know their constituents depend on USPS.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 19/02/2025
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Meet the Disabled Vets, Cancer Researchers, and Nuclear Techs Fired by Elon Musk
Musk's vulture-capitalist approach to dismantling the federal government may be opening the door to wrongful termination lawsuits.
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 15/02/2025
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“There were marches, of course, a lot of women and some men. But they were smaller than you might have thought.” —Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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Mx. Robbie Bobbie Berta Boeing @captainbobbie.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Our featured author this week is Yaroslav Barsukov! We're excited to check out some of his short stories, as well as his novel, SLEEPING WORLDS HAVE NO MEMORY! Read along with us! @barsukov.com
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Yaroslav Barsukov
Writer's Home
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Writing is very hopeful because you'll be like: I don't know if people will like this book. I don't know if the industry will exist in 2 years. I'm not sure North America will be functional in 6 months And still finishing writing the book to go on sub anyway. Hope springs eternal! 🖤
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 24/01/2025
The thing about the evil regime is that it's also incompetent.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/01/2025
Not to brag but the review by my AirBnB host called me an "ideal guest" because "she was hardly here and the time that she spent here was like she was not here", in case you were wondering what my best quality is
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 08/01/2025
I am taking my own advice and continuing to talk about my work. Believe me, the strangeness of self-promotion endures with impressive tenacity. Regardless, I am deeply excited to share The Martian Contingency with you on March 18, and I hope you'll preorder a copy.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/01/2025
Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship 🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Guest Editors: Rhonda Schlumpberger, Intrepidus Ink EIC @intrepidusink.bsky.social Wendy N. Wagner, Nightmare EIC @wnwagner.bsky.social @nightmare-magazine.com 2/3
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Announcing our Winter 2025 Lineup! We hope you’ll read along with us! Featured Authors: Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social F.E. Choe Yaroslav Barsukov @barsukov.com Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social Premee Mohammad @premeemohamed.com 1/3
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Lisa Short @lisashortauthor.com · 06/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books
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