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Ryan @ryanelz.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This story is likely part of the linked collection I'm working on. Give it a read if you have a chance!

Ryan @ryanelz.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It's surreal to be named the winner of anything, but especially based on pages from what I hope will be my debut novel. It makes me look forward to querying in the new year!

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Ryan @ryanelz.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Excited and honored to announce that I am the winner of this year's SLF Diverse Writers Grant!

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Haplo @haplo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

this glacier plaque plus all the poetry on the skyline reminds me of this poem

Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now

Most likely, you think we hated the elephant,
the golden toad, the thylacine and all variations
of whale harpooned or hacked into extinction.

It must seem like we sought to leave you nothing
but benzene, mercury, the stomachs
of sea gulls rippled with jet fuel and plastic.

You probably doubt that we were capable of joy,
but I assure you we were.

We still had the night sky back then,
and like our ancestors, we admired
its illuminated doodles
of scorpion outlines and upside-down ladies.

Absolutely, there were some forests left!
Absolutely, we still had some lakes!

I'm saying, it wasn't all lead paint and sulfur dioxide.
There were bees back then, and they pollinated
a euphoria of flowers so we might
contemplate the great mysteries and finally ask,
Hey guys, what's transcendence?

And then all the bees were dead.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 29/11/2025

Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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The Mirror Test Is Broken

Either fish are self-aware or scientists need to rethink how they study animal cognition.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗

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Mark Up | Granta

For an online series, Mark Up, we invited writers to tell us their thoughts on...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

As the colors of the season fade, here’s a celebration of one of nature’s favorite hues from the writer of ‘Wicked'. On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.

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For Being Green, There Is Great Hope

On verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In a lifetime of reading, it took decades for Jemma Rowan Deer to realize something about herself: she has aphantasia, or the total lack of the ability to produce mental imagery. She describes the condition in the bounds of a container she knows well: the literary review.

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Reading in the Dark

"The words move like transparent fish through the lightless world of the deepest sea"

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

A reminder on Intersex Awareness Day: all intersex people deserve to live free of forced medical procedures and they should thrive with respect for their bodily integrity. 💜💛

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Recommended in FF#24: Need some new short story collections in your life? Find out why Yasmeen Amro recommends Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and why @ryanelz.bsky.social recommends Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/

Cover for Friday Black. In a variety of colours, and line-drawn lion, with a spider down at the bottom.

Cover for Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century. An outline of a woman's head, neck, and hair, with various plants and animal parts emerging.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Story #6 from FF#24: "Equilibrium" by @ryanelz.bsky.social. What if the accident was past, the damage done, but the horrors of insurance coverage only beginning? What if, finally, you were ready to be the new you? www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/

We expect our body to understand when damage is being done to it. The messages—alert systems of the nervous system—connecting to some kind of information that can be processed. When there is too much, we overload like a computer.

the new you / the impact of impossible momentum / ready for normalcy

This text is overlaid on an image of a hand that's got half its palm and fingers replaced by robotic prosthetics.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 27/02/2025

"Unless you are surrounded only by other queer and trans people, it’s nearly impossible to just exist without explanation. So, moments of happiness and celebration always come at a cost, they always have a qualifier."

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"No Offense" Reveals the Hidden Fees of Being Queer in a Straight World - Electric Literature

Jackie Domenus talks about the frustrations of wedding planning while gay and fielding invasive questions about their sex life

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

FF#24 has arrived! Stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ryanelz.bsky.social, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro! Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/

Fusion Fragment #24 Table of Contents, along with cosmic space whale cover art:

“All the Pretty Starships Fly Like This” by J.R. Dewitt: freedom from imperial control / mindships / hot fudge cherry berry

“As Big As A Whale” by Avra Margariti: obsession / cosmic space whales / non-linear narratives

“Equilibrium” by Ryan Goderez: the new you / the impact of impossible momentum / ready for normalcy

“Guiding Star of Mall Patroller 4u-012” by Eric Schwitzgebel: robot liberation / achieving consciousness? / staring at the star

“Lucinda Espinosa’s Twenty-Seventh Death” by M.R. Robinson: love in the multiverse / the chaser and the chased / a trip to the canyon

“The Earthlight Bright Before Her” by Albert Chu: thoughts of home / the generational divide / abandoned on the moon

“This Great Rumble” by Kate Lechler: unfriending / the secret tunnel cat(?) colony / searching for community

“To Impersonate A Celestial Body” by Yasmeen Amro: a planet’s vessel / signing away one’s body / becoming Kepler-186f

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Will Morrison @wamorrison95.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

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Ryan @ryanelz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Excited to share I'm going to be participating in the Juniper Institute summer workshop this year as well! Keeping that writing energy going in 2025.

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Another listicle! Featuring a whole bunch of excellent reads (a couple double-dips from my NPR picks) including: "The Shutouts" by @gabriellekorn.bsky.social "The Future Was Color" by Patrick Nathan and "Wire Mothers" by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social <3 <3 www.them.us/story/best-b...

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16 LGBTQ+ Books That Defined 2024

From memoir to poetry to dystopian fiction, this year had something for every kind of queer reader.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...

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Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The lineup for FF#24 is finalized! Our February 2025 issue will feature stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, Ryan Goderez, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!

With some stylized design in the background (think "sports channel graphic), the text reads:
Table of Contents
Fusion Fragment 24
All the Pretty Starships Fly Like This - J.R. Dewitt
As Big As a Whale - Avra Margariti
Equilibrium - Ryan Goderez
Guiding Star of Mall Patroller 4u-012 - Eric Schwitzgebel
Lucinda Espinosa's Twenty-Seventh Death - M.R. Robinson
The Earthlight Bright Before Her - Albert Chu
This Great Rumble - Kate Lechler
To Impersonate a Celestial Body - Yasmeen Amro

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