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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If you're coming to Confluence 2026, don't forget to pre-order your t-shirt with artwork by @patriciamccracken.bsky.social ! All the invited guest participant names will be printed on the back! confluence-sff.org/t-shirt Shirts are pre-order only and must be picked up during Confluence weekend!

2026 Confluence t-shirt with artwork by Patricia McCracken

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Get your Confluence 2026 membership now and save! July 24-26, 2026: confluence-sff.org GOH is Andy Duncan Early bird rate for full weekend is $55 $65 starting 1/01/26 - 5/31/26. confluence-sff.org/registration Kids 16 and under are free! Happy New Year!

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Confluence, Pittsburgh, PA's longest running SF/F/H conference. A program of Parsec Inc. www.confluence-sff.org

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Calling all Parsec members, fans and friends of Parsec! Please help us revamp our monthly events by filling out our 2025 Event Survey by Sept 20 (Takes only 3–5 min). Your voice = better events in 2026 and forward! parsec-sff.org/parsec-event...

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Shell S. @ungainlydodge.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

@parseconfluenceink.bsky.social This thanks is late, but Confluence 2025 was delightful. Great panels, readings, and turnout, wonderful volunteers and consuite, and as ever such great opportunities to chat with writers and publishers and take workshops. My library is fuller, my heart also. 😁

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Pauline Barmby @pbarmby.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Why yes that is me, third from left, so if you want to hear me read my story “N-Body Code” from @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social’s 2024 “Hospitium” anthology, now you can!

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M. C. Benner Dixon @mchristinebd.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Here they are! The winners of the 2025 Parsec Short Story Contest! Congratulations and thank you to all our wonderful writers, our esteemed judges, our fabulous readers, and all the contestants! @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social parsec-sff.org/2025-short-s...

Grey and white image of tree roots, human figures, and computer text in the background. Text: ROOTS. 2025 Parsec Short Story Contest. WINNERS. Judged by SJ Powell, Eric Leif Davin, and Barbara A. Barnett

Black and white image of tree roots in the background. Text: ROOTS. Amelia Streeter. A Forest's Vicissitude. Youth Story Prize.

Black and white image of tree roots and human figures. Text: ROOTS. Alicia Maskley. The Flesh We Keep. Third Place.

Black and white image of square roots and a root menu. Text: ROOTS. J.L. Theoret. Blood and Stone. Second Place.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Select Start will be performing on Saturday at 7pm during Confluence 2025! No additional cost for this special performance, with your paid Confluence membership. @selectstartimprov.bsky.social confluence-sff.org/confluence-2...

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Confluence 2025 will be taking place July 25-27, 2025 with GOH @catrambo.bsky.social and Featured Music Guest Clearly Guilty! Register: www.confluence-sff.org. Discounted registration closes July 11. Don't forget to pre-order your 2025 Confluence t-shirt! confluence-sff.org/t-shirt

Confluence 2025, July 25-27th. Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel.
With Guest of Honor, Cat Rambo and Featured music guest, Clearly Guilty. Visit www dot Confluence dash SFF dot org for more information.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Submission period closes March 31st! Open to non-professional writers who have not met the eligibility requirements for SFWA Full Membership.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

2025 Parsec Ink: Triangulation, Dark Hearts is open for short story and poetry submissions about women anti-heroes! Submissions close Jan 31, 2025. Get the full scoop on the website! parsec-sff.org/parsec-ink/

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Mary Soon Lee @marysoonlee.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Hello, this is Mary Soon Lee entering stage left.... Hoping to find some of the folks I used to follow on that other social media platform.... For anyone wondering who I am, I write poetry and fiction, much of it SF and F. I also have a cat, Pilot. And I like to post about books I've enjoyed :-)

Photo of Pilot, a ginger cat with a white bib and white paws. Pilot is sitting on the box of the board game Terraforming Mars; he is staring up to his left. Behind him is an orchid, mostly hidden, and windows looking onto trees.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Get updates on the 2025 Parsec Ink: Triangulation call for submissions on the website. www.parsec-sff.org

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Triangulation: Dark Hearts is open for short story and poetry submissions about women anti-heroes. We’ve received a number of fantasy and horror pieces. We want science fiction, too. We love anything speculative, but right now sci-fi is a less competitive genre. parsec-sff.org/2024-nov-par...

Meet the Parsec Ink, 2025 Triangulation editors during the Nov 16 Parsec meeting.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Parsec monthly meeting! Sat 10/19/24 via ZOOM and IN PERSON at the Carnegie Library – Squirrel Hill. Time1pm 3:30pm. Register parsec-sff.org or bit.ly/NewParsec Open to the public & free to attend. In October, our guest will be Day Al-Mohamed, author, filmmaker, and disability policy advisor.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

Confluence Program Schedule: confluence-sff.org/program-sche... Direct Link: www.dpsinfo.com/confluence/2...

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Pauline Barmby @pbarmby.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

Now live! I’m excited to have a story in this anthology!

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

The Kickstarter Campaign for Triangulation: Hospitium has launched! Get early bird pricing on this anthology only until midnight EDT 5/24. Travel the solar system in a spaceship that doubles as a cat café. Read “A Fully Stocked Bar of Cats” by @jamielackey.bsky.social @gregclumpner.bsky.social

Parsec Ink's Triangulation: Hospitium Kickstarter launch.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

ATTENTION! Parsec's May 18th Meeting. Due to a glitch with our ZOOM account, once the regular meeting starts at 1:00 pm, we will ask participants to switch to a new ZOOM link. That link is: bit.ly/NewParsec If you're joining after 1:10 pm or so, just use the new link to start: bit.ly/NewParsec

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

📣Last call for Sigma content. I need everything by Sat April 6th. Send your reviews, updates and announcements to newsletter@parsec-sff.org Thank you! #newsletter #News

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

The Confluence writing workshops are now open for registration! No foolin'! Workshops are limited to 15 participants each. Get registered before they fill! Find all the information on the website: confluence-sff.org/writing-work...

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Our 2024 Confluence t-shirt is available for pre-order! Our featured artist, @buglady.bsky.social has created an amazing piece for us! Shirts are not guaranteed unless you pre-order. confluence-sff.org/t-shirt

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Commiserating with our 2024 Confluence GOH. Been there...

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

This Saturday, January 20th, 1:00 pm is the Parsec Monthly Meeting at @mtlebanonlibrary Mt.Lebanon Public Library, meeting room A - lower level. This is an in-person meeting with a Zoom option available. For more info or to register for the Zoom meeting, visit: parsec-sff.org

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Damon Buxton @damonbuxton.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

I will be performing a set on classical guitar at the @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social Confluence 2024 Literary Conference this July. @richardkadrey.bsky.social, one of my favorite authors, will be the guest of honor at the conference and all of this makes me ridiculously happy.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Long-time Confluence panelist and science fiction author John Alfred Taylor passed away on October 7, 2023. He was 92. You will be missed, JAT! www.piattandbarnhillfh.com/obituary/joh...

John Alfred Taylor during a Confluence panel in 2008

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Happy Holidays to all, from Parsec Inc., Confluence, Parsec Ink and WorD.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Join Parsec this Sat, Nov 18 as we welcome E.E. King @eeking.bsky.social as our guest speaker! Meetings are free to attend and open to the public! Visit: www.parsec-sff.org for more info.

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

CONFLUENCE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! GET IN ON EARLY BIRD PRICING BEFORE IT'S GONE. confluence-sff.org/registration... Our GOH this year is Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social Our Featured Artist is Christine @buglady.bsky.social Hutson. The Confused Greenies will return in 2024.

Confluence 2024 Guest of Honor Richard Kadrey.
July 26-28. www.confluence-sff.org

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

If you're going to be around the South Side tonight, there's a great Halloween Reading event by Write or Die at Velum Fermentation. Start time is 7pm! www.velumfermentation.com

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Good morning

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Parsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Parsec has a new committee to welcome into the Parsec family organization. WorD, Write or Die writing and critique group has filled the Parsec "Workshop" committee opening. So many changes yet to update. Check out WorD here: www.word-pgh.com

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Capclave kicks off in one week, and here's how the current prediction stands. Hoping Saturday's promised rain does indeed limit itself to the morning, as I'd like to record a lightning round donut episode of Eating the Fantastic out on the patio, something I haven't dared attempt since 2019.

Friday 9/29
70 High/55 Low
Showers
0.23 inches

Saturday 9/30
73 High/55 Low
AM Showers
0.03 inches

Sunday 10/1
73 High/53 Low
Party Cloudy
0 inches of rain

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Get a preview copy of my other October book, THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL! It's available now on NetGalley in the US and UK. Just follow the link. www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

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The Pale House Devil

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/09/2023

Breaking News: Americans will once again be able to receive free Covid tests by mail, U.S. officials said, ahead of a possible winter surge. nyti.ms/3POUsZy

A card reads: "Breaking: U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests. The website for the program, covidtests.gov, will begin accepting orders on Monday, and households will be able to receive four tests."

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

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