Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Jokes on you, writing rejection that I received 273 days after submission. I've given up on writing because I can't keep my family afloat any longer and this post will go into the void anyway. Best wishes to those who keep hope alive. It is no longer me. 100
Reposted by Parlei RivièreYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 30/05/2026plantations too; I first read about that aspect of them in Anna Tsing's "On Nonscalability" scalability.airgallery.org/wp-content/u...scalability.airgallery.org 1163
Reposted by Parlei RivièreOlivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 21/05/2026Piper J. Drake’s obituary says she was “survived by 33 titles” and that’s the best way of describing a writer’s life that I could possibly imagine. I particularly recommend Wings Once Cursed and Bound: piperjdrake.com/books-by-pip...piperjdrake.comBooks by Piper J. Drake - Romance, Science Fiction, and FantasyLearn about books by Piper J. Drake in romance, science fiction, and fantasy including the bestselling True Heroes series. 139783
Reposted by Parlei RivièreTractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"There is so much joy and imagination on display and the interjections of Tina Tona’s art throughout the tale is as much part of the story and adds a splash of literal colour amongst all the literary colour." A lovely review of "Soil Na Baba" by @staniforthmick.bsky.social! Read the full comic here:tractorbeam.earthSoil Na Baba! | Tractor BeamHave you joined the movement? 051
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I was a little young when it happened live, but I was a McNair scholar and let me tell you, if you don't think intergenerational trauma is real yet... 020
Reposted by Parlei RivièreLocus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 27/03/2026#FundraiserPerk It is ZOOMAPALOOZA TIME! All our Zoom chats with authors are half off this week! Don't miss your chance to ask questions about upcoming projects or learn from the best about writing or the writing industry. Donate at locusmag.com... or through our bio! 071
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Honestly this is what made the movie/book, whose themes have otherwise been rehashed many times, feel refreshing and interesting. "[Dr. Grace] tries to break the rules of his own game to avoid being honest with the students, who call him on it." 010
Reposted by Parlei RivièreReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 24/03/2026"Why send a schoolteacher to space?" @leahschnelbach.bsky.social on how Project Hail Mary answers the question: #ProjectHailMaryreactormag.comHow Project Hail Mary Makes the Impossible Possible - ReactorThis movie walks a thin tightrope over a bottomless void, and I love it 2266
Reposted by Parlei Rivière✨Stephanie Drew✨ @drpaint-png.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Hail Mary Full of Grace #projecthailmary 212048
Reposted by Parlei RivièreLocus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 24/03/2026#FundraiserPerk Talk to Wole Talabi for a 30-minute one-on-one video chat. Warm beverages and friendly chatter encouraged. Comes with the April e-issue of Locus and digital cover art. Donate at locusmag.com... or through our bio! 073
Reposted by Parlei RivièreAimEEK!! Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com · 12/02/2026The novelette "We Begin Where Infinity Ends" by @somtoihezue.bsky.social:clarkesworldmagazine.comWe Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto IhezueClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 152
Reposted by Parlei Rivièrek’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 21/03/2026Remember: Octavia Butler wrote we should save seeds to plant, pick up skills like sewing and carpentry, learn how to shoot guns, practice how to fight, and create the futures we need, even as we look to the stars. 6672196
Reposted by Parlei RivièreApex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 17/03/2026"Agnes hiked into the woods in her bathing suit and never came back." 👙🌲 New fiction today by @angelaliu.bsky.social: "The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-... 095
Reposted by Parlei RivièreOcean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · 16/03/2026theguardian.comSeals, shipwrecks and a screaming swallower: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in picturesThe annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life 053
Reposted by Parlei RivièreVLAD-ventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"The third week of a planetary exorcism is the hardest—at least if the planet in question has megafauna to deal with." What Any Dead Thing Wants by @aimeeogdenwrites.com. #FirstLineMondays www.adventitious.net/stories/what...adventitious.netWhat Any Dead Thing WantsA Nebula-nominated work of literary speculative fiction by Aimee Ogden exploring death, exploitation, and what we owe to those that are gone. 062
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Glad to see Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is still hoppin on the #merriam-webster top lookup list. 000
Reposted by Parlei RivièreApex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Hope this reminder doesn't get on your nerves! 💢🍄 You have THREE WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! March's theme is MYCELIUM. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/march-...media.tenor.coma long white mushroom with a black top is growing in the woodsAlt: A timelapse of a bridal veil stinkhorn mushroom sprouting on a forest floor 0236
Reposted by Parlei RivièreGigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social · 01/03/2026New story up at GNS: “The asshole knew I loved him,” said Gerry. “At least I hope so.” “Nothing wrong with telling him again,” I said. “I talk to dead folks all the time.” Read “About Face” by Teresa Milbrodt giganotosaurus.org/2026/03/01/about-facegiganotosaurus.orgAbout Face - GigaNotoSaurusGerry and I didn’t have kids though we’d tried. I’d lost those babies in the fourth month, the fifth month, the fourth month again. By then I was so exhausted by hope and disappointment that I didn’t ... 0124
Reposted by Parlei RivièreAndroid Press @press-android.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Submissions are now open for THE COOKOUT, an anthology of speculative fiction from the African diaspora. Send us your sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and everything in between! #authors #blackauthors #speculativefiction Submission guidelines and link can be found at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/and... 03026
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 05/03/2026If I had to suffer this jumpscare in my inbox this morning, so should you. #jumpscare #AIisreal #isthisloss 000
Reposted by Parlei RivièreAngela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I have a new story out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social! “What We Mean When We Talk About The Hole In The Bathroom” is about superstition, intercultural relationships, and yes, a strange hole in the bathroom. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...uncannymagazine.comWhat We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom - Uncanny MagazineAfter dinner, the woman and her husband argue about the hole in their bathroom. It’s not such a big hole. Two feet by two feet, the kind you might drop your garbage into every Thursday night and never... 1210138
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Jokes on you, my protagonists are historians but so is my villain 👀 000
Reposted by Parlei RivièreAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Our gorgeous Issue 7.2 cover, designed by Frances Philip, still stops us in our tracks! 😻 2529
Reposted by Parlei RivièreAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 24/02/2026For Black History Month, we’re showcasing Black creators’ stories, voices, & illustrations! 🌟📚 From the light-hearted to the heart-wrenching to the deeply mysterious, these creators' imaginations captured our team's hearts. Scroll down to see their work! ⬇️ 12927
Reposted by Parlei RivièreElise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work 262655703
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026 writing productivity doesn’t alway have to look like writing. Sometimes it’s doing research by watching deep dive videos of ocean friends. Or so I’m telling myself RN. #amNOTwriting #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingscifi The sauce: www.instagram.com/reel/DU63BQ5...media.tenor.coma large octopus is sitting on a rock in the oceanALT: a large octopus is sitting on a rock in the ocean 020
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I think this is especially hard for those of us working parents who only can focus on a few rewards at a time. And how much harder it is to write something like a novel, where writing is often contained to tiny rewards (e.g. I wrote 50 words) because you're building something so big/long term. 010
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I wrote Space Treads as a subtle sci fi discourse to mirror words by Carter G. Woodson, founder of #BlackHistoryMonth: the classroom was and still is a site of violence, but students themselves can shape possibility for freedom. Read here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/spac... Thread (1/?)uncannymagazine.comSpace Treads - Uncanny Magazine“There would be no lynching if it did not start in a schoolroom. Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?” —Carter G. Woodson, 1933 “Like desi... 111
Reposted by Parlei RivièreRukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 18/02/2026in the last few years, I've tried many ways at being a writer. One was treating it like this artisan garden that must be always perfect for viewing. You count every word, prune with abandon, and march forward like a soldier to their last battle. 3213
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I used to think if I couldn't support an author by buying a book directly for $$ reasons, borrowing it from the library was just a cop out. Until a prof was like "PLEASE just request it from the uni library, it's much better for me." Anyway, don't be a perfectionist like me. Borrow those books. 010
Reposted by Parlei RivièreGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Roses are red Read this thread curiously Colorless green ideas Are sleeping furiously 06412
Reposted by Parlei RivièreEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026Most R1 English departments, my entire career: *very skeptical of English education* @manshel.bsky.social: The high school English classroom is the most important literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars. Me: 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 academic.oup.com/alh/article/...academic.oup.comHigh School English and the Making of American ReadersAbstract. The high school English classroom is the most influential literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars 38629
Reposted by Parlei RivièreFIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows: Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️ 13722
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 13/02/2026A reminder that people who engage with your art will always have criticism that reveals they never really understood (or tried to understand) your art. 010
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 12/02/2026F y'all for this @adobe.com Exploiting people who are already tired on a product that we used to actually get to have on our computers? 000
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A sweet and haunting story about growing old, ethics of care, and missed amends. 000
Reposted by Parlei RivièreUndertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Reading for the Hugos, Nebulas, or Locus Awards? Please consider @thomasha.bsky.social's novelette "Uncertain Sons" in your long fiction categories. Free to read here: undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons 1175
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I saw this making the rounds last night and was too tired to bother clicking. I was so, so wrong. 000
Reposted by Parlei RivièreDavid Bowles @davidbowles.us · 10/02/2026Almost 3 years since the publication of SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH by Guadalupe García McCall & me. It's still timely. The premise? A teen from Mexico—crossing into the US to escape violence and find her father—is captured and caged by ICE. But she has an unexpected ally, connected to her mind. 1/bloomsbury.comSecret of the Moon ConchAward-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall join forces to craft a sweeping fantasy romance about falling in love despite all odds.In modern-… 14023
Reposted by Parlei RivièrePreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horsegradient.horsegradient.horseDraw a horse, watch it run! 3569803589
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Listened to this on the way to school with my kids. They giggled at the CFMs and some of it went over their head (haha) but we all truly enjoyed it. Touching, thoughtful, genuine heartfelt reflections on life while in the clutches of space capitalism, and the narrator is great! 000
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I've been feeling rather hopeless about writing lately but these words from Dr. Jade Singleton on linked in resonated: "The Harlem Renaissance didn’t happen AFTER the Great Depression. It happened DURING it... (1/2) 110
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I wish I was capable of writing something under 5K but perhaps you are capable)! I've enjoyed One Story workshops in the past. 010
Reposted by Parlei RivièreShannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Lest anyone be scared away by the term, “advanced” here mostly means that you’re familiar with workshop, will submit something that meets the specs, and will treat our group with respect! 0103
Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 09/02/2026😭😅 Me rewriting the first three chapters of my novel once again after brutal feedback… 000