Reposted by Lynne SargentEmma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 19hThe work is the work. The author knows the story better than anyone. I can say, I think the pacing is wonky here, or can you clarify this, or is this truly in character, or this doesn't feel like it sings. But editors are not ghostwriters or grammar police. 11803
Reposted by Lynne SargentReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 20hHave you heard about Canada's House Hippo infestation? Do you know crocodiles used to swim in the Great Lakes? @jdnicoll.bsky.social separates fact from fiction with the help of the National Film Board of Canada's impressive public archive...reactormag.comCanadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna - ReactorHouse Hippo infestations? Crocodiles in the Great Lakes?! 12310
Reposted by Lynne SargentHolly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 20hSo this is the best news. I really admire both Jennifer and Stephanie, so I am thrilled to get to work with them. This collection is full of 90s horror pop culture and explores being a teen in small town Texas where horror was a lifeline 🖤 6185
Reposted by Lynne SargentMyna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 21hNew speculative poetry recs from Angela Liu in MicroVerse! Angela collected some gorgeous poems for you - check ‘em out! @angelaliu.bsky.socialmynachang.comSpecial Issue * Poetry Recs from Angela LiuWelcome to this special guest-edited issue, featuring poetry recommendations by Angela Liu! I fell in love with Angela’s short stories several years ago with a double-whammy of her amazing work— &#… 12513
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 19hMy updated @canconsffh.bsky.social schedule! I've got a few more things on Saturday now, the Year's Best Canadian SFF Volume 3 Launch, and the (official) inaugural Can*Con Cabaret! Come say hi!! 042
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just bought a new dress for Can*Con and my god, you guys, you are gonna love it. 😍 020
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Some beautiful decay for this sunny October of summer's undeath. 050
Reposted by Lynne SargentSmall Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 08/10/2026"The Vampire Contemplates Skin Care" in our April issue is a perfect poem for an October day. Lynne Sargent lays out one of the consequences of undeath:smallwondersmag.comThe Vampire Contemplates Skin Care - Small WondersBloodsucking is drying work / the leftover saliva slimed / around my lips 0103
Reposted by Lynne SargentJohn Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/ 431144512
Reposted by Lynne SargentWole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 08/10/2026Stories are one of the most effective technologies for connecting one mind to another. 0389
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Andrew your annoyingness about your books is an inspiration to us all! 🌟 010
Reposted by Lynne Sargentrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said 373595859
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Everything becomes stale under its purview. We become barred from change on all sides, because change means that objects will no longer fit the box of the algorithm. This is not revolutionary. This is not a path towards a future. It's suffocation by slow preservation in amber. 050
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Want them to recommend/create new things? Algorithm regresses to the collective mean. Want them to moderate shit online? Well, they lack context and sufficient corpus data punishing both in-group reclamations of previously harmful language, and missing out-group novel slurs and dog-whistles. 140
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"AIs" are marketed as being a super cutting-edge technology that's gonna revolutionize everything. But they're actually like the least revolutionary thing possible. Want them to learn new things? Whoops, catastrophic forgetting. 130
Reposted by Lynne SargentNico Martinez Nocito 🏳️⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🌈🚀💫Queer & trans* SFF poets: share your work pub'd this September! Drop the title/link for your recent poetry to be included in the monthly Queer Spec Poetry Roundup on Stardust & Verse! Originals & reprints welcome; feel free to interpret queer/trans* and speculative broadly. Shares appreciated! 01421
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thank you for sharing this with us 💜 It's really so, so lovely. 110
Reposted by Lynne SargentAngela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have a new poem out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social today! It’s my first new poem of the year. “Butterfly Effect” is inspired by all the unfinished stories and all the things I wish we could take back. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/butt...uncannymagazine.comButterfly Effect - Uncanny MagazineI always liked this idea: how we’d walk to the end of the subway tunnel and there’d be a door where everyone was waiting on the other side with all the things we’d ever lost. I always liked how to d... 33314
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So delighted to be in this year's best anthology! My first time ever for a short story!!! It's always such a wonderful collection and there's never been a better time to celebrate the work of Canadian writers 8190
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell has some great Autumnal vibes 120
Reposted by Lynne SargentEmma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't think I ever got around to putting my trade reviews for Love Never Dies in one place, but a fake movie poster is a great way to do it. This past week has been a whirlwind and I'm so glad the book is out in the world (and I need to keep telling you all about it). bookshop.org/p/books/love... 0126
Reposted by Lynne SargentLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In @macleans.bsky.social, I push back on AI doom discoursemacleans.caThe AI Doom Discourse Only Helps Big Tech - Macleans.caInstead of focusing on the potential destructive power of these systems, we should be look at the humans developing and wielding them 34119
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Amongst many other wonderful pieces, find my poem about the end of eclipses on Earth, "Team Cockroach vs. Gravity" in Cozy in the Apocalypse out now!! 0102
Reposted by Lynne Sargentnoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026you know, applying turing's methodology concerning 'could a machine think?' to the *original* turing test is either remarkably trans-inclusive, or objectionably trans-exclusive, depending on how you're inclined to look at it 1183
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just want you all to know, that when you're a cool writer who says nice things about me, I totally snip images of that to send to my non-writer friends and fangirl about the praise. You're all my heroes. 1100
Reposted by Lynne SargentAngry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Full cover reveal for Cozy in the Apocalypse. Available October 6th! angrygablepress.com/2026/09/29/c...angrygablepress.comCozy in the Apocalypse: Full Cover Reveal*** 02112
Reposted by Lynne SargentGailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Do we think Deca from Slay the Spire has a six-sided ass? Gotta be right? Altho Donu would prob be supportive even if his best friend was an Octahedron with unearned claims to deca-ness. That's what it means to be ride-or-die 3264
Reposted by Lynne SargentThe Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hello and happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day! We're about ready to get started with this year's winner announcement A very special thanks to our first-ever sponsors: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, @laworldcon.bsky.social , and @revmindi.bsky.social ! #2026IgnyteAwards 115784
Reposted by Lynne SargentJennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My poem "Swimming the Witch," about how systems of power often create the very things they are attempting to quell, is now free to read at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -- just in time for spooky season! I hope you enjoy! magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the...magazine.trollbreath.com 1211246
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kerby doing his best to ensure I work as hard as he does 040
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What poetry collection organization is looking like today 2170
Reposted by Lynne SargentKelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 02/10/2026Our community needs to do better. 23217
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My birthday was last week, and folks were really lovely giving me flower prompts with which to create a birthday bouquet. I've now collected the tiny poems in one place on my website if you're feeling like you need a flower today: scribbledshadows.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/a...scribbledshadows.wordpress.comA Birthday BouquetLast weekened, I had the priviledge of turning 32! As is tradition, I accepted some prompts over on Bluesky and wrote mini poems for folks in respones. This year, I asked that all the prompts be a … 073
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lol, that's just her face honestly. She's a persnickety old grandma! 010
Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My extremely timely poem, "The Monster's Toybox," is now available in the October issue for @foofarawpress.bsky.social subscribers! You can buy an issue at the link! foofaraw.press/october-zine/foofaraw.press📮 October ZinePeriodic Aggregation: Routed Carefully & Electronically Logged 073
Reposted by Lynne SargentSuzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I really dislike submission calls that tell me all the guidelines I must follow up front otherwise my submission will be set on fire but then hide or don't tell me how much they are paying. Excuse you. 2679
Reposted by Lynne SargentFred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every time they point to something impressive that generative AI has done, one of three things is invariably true: 1. It didn’t do it. 2. It’s not very impressive. 3. The real effort was actually done by one or more humans. 042
Reposted by Lynne SargentMarie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tell me SOMEBODY has written a fantasy Casablanca homage about events in and around a "djinn joint." I will be terribly disappointed if they haven't (and then eagerly await someone filling that gap). 910922