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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 15/09/2026

The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 02/09/2026

hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...

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An Intermission - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Hello friends.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you use gen AI, you are not an artist. End of.

Someone telling me: ‘nothing says “support artists” like deciding which artists to support’ beneath a post saying don’t support AI or its users.

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Jeff Samsonow @jeffsamsonow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Big nope. finance.yahoo.com/news/america...

Graphs with country flag bars to represent answers to the question of who Americans think supplies the most imported oil (Saudi Arabia) and who actually does (Canada).

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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

ICYMI, Congratulations to Rati Mehrotra! “The Teleporting Disaster Fairy” is a 2026 WSFA Small Press Award Finalist! You can read it here! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "The first time Kittu teleported was into the lavatory of a plane bound for London, fifteen seconds before it crashed in a field south of Gatwick. One moment she was brushing her teeth in front of the bathroom mirror in her apartment in Toronto, wishing she had the money to go on vacation, and the next moment she was thrown upward,

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Watching Yuri on Ice for the first time and never have I been so invested in ice skating. Or any sport, for that matter.

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Yurionice Figure Skating Performance

Alt: Yurionice Figure Skating Performance

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just received my contributor copy of Robot, Issue 105. My first Italian translation! I do love the illustration. 😻 You can read the original "The Library of the Apocalypse" at clarkesworldmagazine.com/mehrotra_05_...

Illustration of four people standing in front of a domed library with the CN Tower in the background.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It's FRIDAY, and we are in love! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter is 91% funded with just 5 days to go!!! WE ARE SO CLOSE, SPACE UNICORNS!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Uncanny Magazine Year 12 Covers by Paul Lewin, Katy Shuttleworth, and Galen Dara!

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thursday's Space Unicorn has far to go! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter is 77% funded!! WE ARE GETTING SO CLOSE TO MAKING YEAR 13 HAPPEN, SPACE UNICORNS!!! buff.ly/YXbF3WP

Uncanny Magazine Year 12 Kickstarter Paul Lewin, Katy Shuttleworth, and Galen Dara covers.

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just received my contributor copies of the May issue of Science Fiction World China and the lovely editor who knows I am an Untamed fan sent me all these MDZS fan goods as well. 😻 Thank you @ruoqian08.bsky.social

May issue of Science Fiction World China and MDZS fan goods including standees.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 15/07/2026

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Hello! I am popping during my irl Pride activities to say that my Queer Caribbean novella seems to be on sale at kobo for 3.99. That's in the US and Canada in their respective currencies. A good buy at the end of Pride and Caribbean Heritage Month. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

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Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...

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Anita 🧜🏽‍♀️🏴‍☠️🪐 @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A weekend read that's simultaneously cozy, epic and Gothic. Interested? #Booksky 💙 📚

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

Anathema: Spec from the Margins is now OPEN for submissions from June 20th to July 20th! We’re looking for speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by queer creators of color! We pay a professional SFWA rate! Check the link in bio for submission guidelines!

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The most recent Story Hour was so lovely! It's always a treat to hear Rati Mehrotra read, and when she recommended Kari Maaren, we knew we had a perfect pairing. You can still watch! @rati.bsky.social @angrykem.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJF2...

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June 17, 2026 Story Hour: Rati Mehrotra and Kari Maaren

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

For the last year and a half, I have been harassed by Emily Bell, also known as E.D.E. Bell, of Atthis Arts. I naively thought her harassment and false accusations would stop, but I was wrong. I'm now done being silent about this. www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...

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Genre Grapevine: I’m No Longer Staying Silent about Emily Bell’s Harassment | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine

Yesterday I wrote a happy post about my life, focusing on the pending re-release of Plague Birds and being a finalist for both the Hugo and

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Rati Mehrotra (@rati.bsky.social) and I read at Story Hour (@storyhour.bsky.social) last night. Here is the evidence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJF2...

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June 17, 2026 Story Hour: Rati Mehrotra and Kari Maaren

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵

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Strange Horizons - BackerKit

Back projects you want to see in the world.

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Story Hour is delighted to welcome Rati Mehrotra back, and to welcome Kari Maaren for the first time! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @rati.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Photo of author Kari Maaren, a fair-skinned woman with light brown hair worn long and wavy. She wears glasses and a black shirt with a cartoon cat; it’s emblazoned INTROVERTS UNITE! She poses in front of a white-painted door and looks into the camera, smiling bemusedly.

Photo of author Rati Mehrotra, a woman with light brown skin and black hair worn in a short bob. She wears a black turtleneck and poses in front of a neutral background. She looks directly into the camera, smiling amusedly.

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

“Public consultation” on Billy Bishop expansion. These survey questions suggest to me that this is a done deal. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

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Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

Consultation collecting feedback on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'm not doing so great right now. I've had horrible back pain for almost a week, but the meds are barely working & I don't have the funds to do more tests to help figure out what's wrong. If you could help me out so I could get some scans done, I'd appreciate it. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 04/06/2026

Greetings, sophonts! Do you know what's rad? Libraries! Do you know what's less rad? Apocalypses! Luckily for you all, today will show you they're two great concepts that concept great together in "The Library of the Apocalypse" by @rati.bsky.social.

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Escape Pod 1048: The Library of the Apocalypse

Hunter’s Moon rises fat and golden over the burned-out husk of the CN Tower. Excitement ripples through us, making us forget, for the moment, the hunger that gnaws our insides. The sign for the…

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Can I interest you in a moist owlette as a timeline cleanse? This is Sassafras the Eastern Screech Owl from the Cincinnati Zoo (@cincinnatizoo.bsky.social, but via their FB) and I love him very much. Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio) are native to eastern North America.

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André Geleynse @andregeleynse.com · 27/05/2026

We're almost at the end of the Tales & Feathers campaign, and we still have a ways to go if we're going to fund year 6. Please do back and share if you can, I want to keep sharing these quiet little stories with you all! 💜

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s what LLM’s currently sound like when they’re asked to write in a ‘literary’ register. It’s bad writing but then so much supposedly literary writing sounds like this. Like each sentence is someone hitting a tennis ball to see how high it will go, and usually getting it stuck on a roof

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Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Good morning friends ✨ We may be riding high on successfully funding year 5 but we're not done! YEAR 6 is next, and T&F IN PRINT is right behind!! 😍 Please share, and back if you can! Funding 2 years at once goes a long way towards keeping us running sustainably, and we can't do it without you. 💚

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Absolutely wonderful write up on TriCon from @philmoscovitch.bsky.social of the Examiner! He also highlights some great cdn SFF here, including @ourmankoto.bsky.social's Best Canadian anthos, @rati.bsky.social's work & @cornellwriter.bsky.social's latest! 😍 www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

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TriCon: Building the speculative fiction scene in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner

"The more we build those communities and those networks, the more people want to stay."

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Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hello friends, we are 🎉✨LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!! ✨🎉 WE'RE FUNDING: 🌟 T&F Year 5 💫 T&F Year 6 and, if we reach $15k: our first ever Tales & Feathers PRINT EDITION! 🎊📚‼️ Check it out below! Like, share, and back the campaign to help us bring our dreams into reality. 💚

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Tales & Feathers: A Pro Slice of Life Fantasy Mag | Year 5+

Fund the next two years of our pro-rate slice of life fantasy magazine—and help us create our inaugural print edition.

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Lovely blossoms in High Park today. Peak bloom! Bonus white egret and mallard duck.

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Cherry Blossom season is upon us! And as usual Trinity Bellwoods Park is teeming with visitors. 🌸

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm still fundraising for the increased costs of my cancer treatment. I also need new glasses, which aren't cheap here. More details are at the link, but if you could toss a coin to your writer for my birthday next Tues, I'd be grateful. Thanks & please share! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

GET READY TO SUBMIT ‼️ Augur Magazine is opening for a priority call! We're accepting submissions from anyone living within Canada who is also... - BIPOC - 2SLGBTQIA - Disabled on MAY 5TH!!! Open call for international + Canadian subs will take place this summer! Check out our subs guidelines👇

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Submit to Augur Magazine

We're looking for surrealism, dream touched realism, and SFF! Now with higher pay.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage.
A woman answers the door.
We have come for the child, says the hooded figure
So soon? she asks
It is time, says the hooded figure.
The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card!
What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure
We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading!
For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness
Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman,
the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them.
Do not cry mother.
I am a writer now.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

GenAI is plunder, pass it on (a comic)

PANEL 1: A demented robot holds laser gun at a guy (me): TURN OVER ALL YOUR CREATIVE OUTPUT FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS OR I VAPORIZE YOU!!
DJO: Whoa! Ok!

PANEL 2: The robot to a doufy guy: FOR $7.99 A MONTH YOU CAN USE THIS NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR’S WORK TO CREATE YOUR OWN WATERED DOWN VERSIONS!
Doufy Guy: got yourself a deal, buddy!

PANEL 3: DJO: That robot guy just stole my shit and you’re paying him for it!
Doufy Guy: Sorry, pal! $7.99 is a great deal, and like it or not, that robot guy…

PANEL 4: doufy guy continued: …is the future!

The Robot holding a laser gun at a little girl: TURN OVER ALL YOUR CREATIVE OUTPUT FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS OR I VAPORIZE YOU!!
Girl: Dude, I’m seven

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We're less than $400 from adding the year's best SFF poetry to the anthology! And I'm thrilled to introduce 3 more authors joining the project--@rjjago.bsky.social, @rati.bsky.social, and @rhwesley.bsky.social (who wins the prize for most Canadian author photo 😂) www.kickstarter.com/projects/kot...

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book?? Pls SHARE WIDELY!

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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 4

Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thank you for believing in lifting up Palestinian writers! We’re over the 40% milestone and starting the climb to 50%. I know that we can do this, and build something Palestinians writing fantasy and sci-fi can be inspired by and aim for. www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

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Thyme Travellers 2

An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 08/04/2026

This whiplash where the president terrifies the world for a few days with unhinged threats and then says “never mind” and then there’s this implication that anyone scared of his unhinged threats was overreacting is very domestic abuse but make it a country.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 02/04/2026

If you’re using AI to write books, understand that’s not going to somehow get you respect or money like real writers who aren’t using AI to write books because we don’t get respect or money either.

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Such a beautiful story by one of my favorite writers! Give it a read or a listen, if you haven't already!

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The @kickstarter.com for Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 4 goes live NEXT WEEK, Tuesday, April 7. Early bird giveaways! Stretch goals! Add-ons! And the very best Canadian SFF all in one place! Click below for an alert when we launch. And please SHARE WIDELY--thx! #Kickstarter

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Coming soon: Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 4

Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

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