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Vix Richardson

@nefarious-vix.bsky.social
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Doing the thing for Worldcon 2028 - Brisbane! (Also National Australian Horror Convention) Chaotic neutral at the best of times She/Her

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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Half a cup of coffee and an oat bar does not a full days worth of food make.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Psst www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
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Teeth Anthology — Physical Edition!
Teeth is a queer SFF anthology about things that bite. It’s about the startling gleam of a fang in the moonlight, the vulnerability of soft flesh, the sensual pleasure of sinking your teeth into somet...
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Also, omg, guess I’m (we’re) running a worldcon!
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’m racing the departure time of this flight with the end of the Hugo Awards. Thanks, LA. It’s been a blast.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What’s sleep?
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Timeless... Elegant... Discreet...
a doodle of a woman with what looks like a cigarette in her mouth, leaning against a brick wall with the words "timeless... elegant... discreet... little poison dart guns that look like cigarettes. From general electric."
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Days until Clive Palmer finds a way to use AusAlert to send messages?
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Addy Teoh (张美鍊) @witmol.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
SFF friends in Australia! (Sydney in particular) A small crew of us are running a writers con over 11-13 September at Old Government House in Parramatta Park. At the moment we're open for EOI for panels: forms.gle/a4oiRLjmpLcb...
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ConSYDeration Panels
For appearances over the weekend of 12-13 September 2026. ConSYDeration 2026 is the inaugural speculative writers con programmed by Sydney Speculative Scribes in partnership with WestWords. Held at ...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this
sign that says STAFF PICK:
The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson
Please turn to page 108, because I need to tell you something.

page 108 says:

HE'S GOT A KNIFE, AND HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
PUT THIS DOWN AND RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!
GO THIS WAY. →
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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards voting is still open until August 8th at 12 pm Pacific! Don't forget to submit your ballots if you're an Attending, Virtual, or WSFS member. If you don't have a membership yet, you can sign up through our site now: lacon.org/register
Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Voting Now Open
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
hear me out: www.realestate.com.au/property-hou...
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
He’s a dog, really.
Black labrador lying across the back of a couch, cat style.
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Christopher Ruz, Aussie Author @ruzkin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Hey friends! I'm doing something I should've done a billion years ago and spinning up a book-stuff-only insta account. I'd be chuffed if you followed me over there, too. www.instagram.com/christopherr...
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It’s a little foggy out
Car park. Heavy fog.  Gumtrees. A neon building glows red.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Want to help fundraise for the National Oz Horror Con? Want to party and dress up? events.humanitix.com/the-death-of...
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'The Death of Winter' Masquerade Fundraiser
Join us for a night of dirges, dancing and darkness to raise funds for the National Australian Horror Convention.
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Novella are: Audition for the Fox – @mcflycahill90.bsky.social Descent – @wtalabi.com Psychopomp & Circumstance – @edenroyce.bsky.social The Iron Below Remembers – @sharangbiswas.bsky.social The River Has Roots – @amalelmohtar.com
OUTSTANDING NOVELLA
for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words

Audition for the Fox – Martin Cahill (Tachyon Publications)
Descent – Wole Talabi (Clarkesworld)
Psychopomp & Circumstance – Eden Royce (Tordotcom)
The Iron Below Remembers – Sharang Biswas (Neon Hemlock)
The River Has Roots – Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom)
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...
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‘AI simply can’t replicate it’: Japan embraces zine trend
Independent artist and writers have been turning ever more to self-published or handmade small print publications, reflecting a love of paper in the digital era.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just gonna drop this here: www.gofundme.com/f/xcdkp-help...
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Donate to Help Sam Afford Top Surgery!, organized by Samuel Franks
Hi! My name is Sam, I'm 20 and live in the Southeast Suburbs of Melbourne (Victoria, Austra… Samuel Franks needs your support for Help Sam Afford Top Surgery!
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Site Selection for the 2028 Worldcon is now open! Only members of LAconV can vote. The $50 USD voting fee gets you a WSFS membership to the 2028 Worldcon with access to Hugo Nominating and Voting and the Hugo Voter's Packet. And the winning bid gets that money up front to help finance the Worldcon.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Historian of something cool and niche? i've got some episode slots available on the Untitled History Podcast in the coming weeks. so if you're up for coming on and talking about your area, DM me! Think In Our Time but more casual. ESPECIALLY if its non-mil stuff. (spread the word, peeps)
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We’d like to thank Nuremberg in 2028 for running alongside us in the race to win the 2028 Worldcon. And while they’ve now stepped away from the race, we’re a better bid for having had the competition.
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Nuremberg 2028 – Worldcon Bid
We are standing down from the race for the 2028 Worldcon. A statement from Florian and Ruben.
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Kai Noble @kaithewaterguy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
FINALLY I can announce the author line-up for the FIRST EVER We Write at Dawn Anthology!! 🥳 We have a truly incredible group of writers who contributed to the anthology, and I can't wait for you all to read it!! P.S. When you see the cover made by @augustsstudio.bsky.social you are going to DIE.
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Emma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Today GRIEF EATER is out!! It has been an incredible journey to get to this point. Thank you everyone who has been involved in its making, and thank you reviewers for supporting it! Big love!! @interstellarflight.bsky.social (Cover by Dante Luiz!)
GRIEF EATER by Emma Osborne
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
au.news.yahoo.com/170-year-old...? I have been told I can’t have more projects. But has anyone said that to you lately?
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'Unique opportunity' for Aussies to take over 170-year-old lighthouse
Applications to run the heritage site are open for one more month.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A Masquerade? A fundraiser? Aug 1st? www.facebook.com/events/17009...
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
While I'm sad I'm missing #Swancon some of our @brisbanein28.bsky.social team are there (lucky things) Go say Hi if you're on site.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
After a short delay, hot of the press we have the Queersar Not An Award for Excellent In Queer SFF & SFF with Queers 2023! This list might, more than any other so far, reflects the key kaupapa I've been trying to capture: Quality commercial midlist SFF with real artistic merit & a bunch of queers.
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The Queersar Not An Award 2023
For excellence in queer SFF and SFF with queers released in 2023
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/05/2026
For those of you already missing Stephen Colbert, he's resurfaced on community public access in Monroe, Michigan, and no, I am not joking: youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 21/05/2026
Phone ate a Bluesky thread I was working on and it was incredibly demoralizing and then I got an email from my agent that THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is entering a second printing!!! Y'all are so wonderful, go little book go us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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The Language of Liars
A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author...
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The warmest Labrador
A dog all snuggled up in bed
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Acerbic Otter, but SPOOOOOOOOOKY @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
TOOT TOOT IT’S THE TOBLERTRAM
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Mark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Over on inst@ the Locked Library are giving away two signed copies of their edition!
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Introducing Trent Jamieson… ( @trentonomicon.bsky.social) I live in Brisbane (Meanjin as it is called much more beautifully by the Turrbal and Yuggera people). I tend toward darkish fantasy with a taste and flavour of the places I grew up in rural New South Wales, and urban Queensland.
A photo of Trent Jamieson. A white man with dark hair, a moustache and beard, and dark framed glasses looks at the viewer. His head is resting on one hand. He has a rocket tattoo on the nearest arm. He sits at a computer, and there is a child's drawing in the background.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I shouldn’t feel too proud of being in bed by my bedtime. It’s 2am. (And yettt)
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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 12/05/2026
📬 It’s taken me a while to haul but I finally have two books discussed on the #StarshipAlexandria podcast with @emmanewman.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social - Holdstock’s “Mythago Wood” and Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future” 🤗 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MayBookHaul 📦
Two paperback books arranged side-by-side on a table. On the left is Robert Holdstock’s “Mythago Wood” while Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future” sits to the right.
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Kell Woods' ( @kellinthewoods.bsky.social) two publised novels take fairytales you might think you know and makes them something new and often darker. Upon A Starlit Tide won the 2025 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. www.kellwoods.com.au #AustralasianSFF #Meanjinin2028 #BrisbaneIn2028
Cover of Upon A Starlit Tide by Kell Woods. The background is dark blue, and there are two cameos in the top half. The central image is a woman, a mermaid, with bouffant brown hair, holding a dagger; she has a green tail and is wearing a blue top. There are golden fish behind her.
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Introducing Grace Chan! I’m based in Melbourne; find me at www.gracechanwrites.com and gracechanwrites.substack.com My brain is hardwired for sci-fi. I write everything from literary SF about the intimate impacts of technology to space operas with bounty hunters and sentient ships.
A portrait of Grace Chan. A Malaysian woman leans against the wall. She is smiling, and wearing a black top.
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Lee Murray ONZM - @leemurraywriter.bsky.social - writes horror and poetry and essays, is an editor, and generally advocates for NZ creatives. She has a long list of distinctions, and a longer bibliography - check it out: www.leemurray.info/books.
A black and white photo of Lee Murray. She has long dark hair and wears a patterned top, and one earring is visible. The background is blurred.
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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Along with the Champaca Bookshop, I am curating a science fiction book box + book club. Six months, six books, over three themes: climate fiction, space opera, and classics revisited. For the book box: champaca.in/products/sci...
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I wish state labor would take a leaf out of mamdani’s book and set up some govt run supermarkets. I don’t need money off my rego, I need there not to be a shareholder driven hegemony on food prices.
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Today’s interview: Eugen Bacon! Where are you based? Melbourne Describe your work: Dark literary cross-genre Afro-surreal speculative fiction: Muntu, Sauúti Terrors, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer and Crimson in Quietus. Where we can find you: eugenbacon.com @EugenBacon, @genni.bsky.social
Alt: the cover of Eugen Bacon’s book The Nga’phandileh Whisperer, a Sauútiverse novel. The border is brown, there are three black snakes rising from a set of minarets in the background. There is a black woman with short hair in the foreground, wearing a brown dress. There are drums in the foreground as well.
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The #DitmarAwards nominations were released this month. The #DitmarAward was first awarded in 1969 at the Australian National Convention, named for meteorologist and artists Martin James Ditmar "Dick" Jenssen). #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028 #BrisbaneIn2028 locusmag.com/2024/03/dick... Thread....
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Dick Jenssen (1935-2024) - Locus Online
Artist Dick Jenssen, 88, also known in fandom as Ditmar, died March 7, 2024. Jensen was active in Australian fandom for many years, and was a prolific fan and cover artist. Australia's annual achievem...
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Submissions are open for teeth! orpimentpress.ink
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Orpiment Press
Fine purveyors of queer SFF eroticism
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This year Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social won the @bsfa.bsky.social award for Short Non-Fiction: "Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other" which you can find here: #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028 #BrisbaneIn2028
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Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other
Black speculative poetry works this way too. It’s text that is flexible and immediate. It’s a safe space to explore Afrocentric text rooted in story, song, dance, rhythm that natural flows from my …
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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The campaign to bring #WorldCon to #BrisbaneIn2028 needs your support! #AustralasianSFF#MeanjinIn2028 Follow us! Share our bluesky posts!
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
David Malouf died, which is sad because he was great, but also because it’s taken me 19 years to check a line he wrote actually existed. He’d not remembered it when I asked him to write it out and sign it. So I just pulled the book off the shelf and there it is. Bookmarked and underlined.
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Oh shit supernova :(
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Orpiment Press @orpimentpress.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Psst. You wanna sell some smut? We're buying! orpimentpress.ink
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Orpiment Press
Fine purveyors of queer SFF eroticism
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Vix Richardson @nefarious-vix.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I have mutated the recipe For overnight oats That you posted Online And which You were probably Hoping Would not be misused Forgive me, It was so delicious So caffeinated So cold.
A great idea, in which our hero has put overnight oats under the portafilter of an espresso machine. Coffee is running into the Tupperware container full of oats.
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/
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