Reposted by Shana RossPsychopomp @psychopomp.com · 07/10/2026get in, we're raising funds for Elise 01715
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I hate when my most cynical dystopian imagination remains relevant. From @smallwondersmag.com , last year: smallwondersmag.com/piece/inters...smallwondersmag.comInterstellar Catalog: Death Penalty - Small WondersOn this world they still have the death penalty. / If found guilty of certain crimes, you / are sent into space, alone in a capsule. 042
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you are in Alberta- this is an amazing opportunity!!! 001
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026At least physical junk mail had a meaningful cost, which kept things in check… 010
Reposted by Shana RossRadon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026COMING OCTOBER 1: 🌏🦠⚗️📺 More author reveals for Radon #14!!!! Featuring works from @olusegunajayi.bsky.social, @bchase9.bsky.social, @mynachang.bsky.social, and @shanaross.bsky.social 073
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If someone ever wants to give me a documentary crew and funding, I would love to do a documentary on name twins. There’s a Shana Ross in Montreal, in Houston, and one or two in Georgia/Tennessee (I’ve never been able to untangle whether it’s one person or two; she or they are fairly transient). 110
Reposted by Shana RossAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In Augur Issue 9.1, you'll find: ✒️"Prayer Song" by @snehaskanta.bsky.social ✒️"Interstellar Catalogue: No Bridges" by @shanaross.bsky.social ✒️"Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack" by EC Dorgan ✒️"Dance As A Response Mechanism For Fear And An Act Of Survival" by Gospel Chinedu 🧵 buff.ly/bBotj6s 141
Reposted by Shana RossKaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us? kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/static.klipy.comSiap-siap, Gadis Cilik!Alt: Get ready! 03728
Reposted by Shana RossPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 14/09/2026Also yes hello this is TOMORROW Sept 15 at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! 7 pm! Be there or be a rectangular thing and get a small amount of swag! :D (You will be expected to dress as a spy BUT you can be undercover if you like.)audreys.ca"Wickhills" Book Launch with Premee Mohamed | Audreys BooksEdmonton's Oldest Independent Bookstore selling new books for adults and children 58819
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You have my attention. What a great idea for an art form that's being noticed in new ways. 010
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Welp. OK then. <bumps entire back catalogue to top of library hold list> 000
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Argue with me that all fiction is speculative by definition. FFS. <insert Danny Glover gif> 170
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Sure - I'd be happy to chat, happy to feed folks. I've hosted house concerts in the past, so maybe that's analogous? Things I'd want to know: what are your expectations/needs - how many people, what vibe, what would success look like, etc. I'm @jaclynf.bsky.social 's friend in Edmonton. 120
Reposted by Shana RossAlexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Announcing: my next book! THE LAST INFINITY is a time travel novel full of queer characters, wonky timelines, and cute robots. Check it out here! alexisamesbooks.com/2026/05/18/a.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFFalexisamesbooks.comAnnouncing: THE LAST INFINITYIf you are subscribed to my newsletter, you have already heard the news, but: my next book is coming out in August! (This is a fake book cover made in Canva and not the real cover. Stay tuned!) The… 01212
Reposted by Shana RossIt's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Congratulations to Deadlands 2025 poets continued!! Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Belle Biscotti, @shanaross.bsky.social, and last but not even a little be least: Ellen Romano. These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world. 1112
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Valid. Sous chat is sous chat. Nothing to be done now but wait. 110
Reposted by Shana RossThe Rumpus @therumpus.net · 09/04/2026"War in the dust, in the glass pitcher / of water with the sun flooding through. / Today my people are grieving / and I am in a city far away" From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month. ➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o 031
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Hoooooo-wheeeee this is a dense and toothsome story 121
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Putting this bug in your ear, @nicoledubuc.bsky.social (will vouch for it being a hell of a novella) 010
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 23/03/20263) Dewberry and Clinique? I *told* you there's a time eddy here... it's obviously 1992 in this pocket universe called Edmonton. 000
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 23/03/20261) love the crab 2) Absolutely fierce. The photo does not do justice to the *SPARKLE* 🔥 001
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I mean...I did sort of expect that you'd have more of a dangerous and feral quality to your smile... beyond that, I'm sorry people suck, and wishing you crone wisdom to not give a flying fig. 110
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 21/03/2026poets.ca/incomplete-r... Thanks to the LCP for showcasing this one - it's particularly tender for me, still.poets.ca"Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross - League of Canadian PoetsPoetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross, part of the League's Fresh Voices program. 000
Reposted by Shana RossSFCanada.org @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It's that time of the year: time to nominate your favourite Canadian spec fic! Nominations close on April 4, 2026. 01211
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 13/03/2026<instant waterworks> Back at you. OMG, to be in such company is a dream/honour/joy... 010
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This is one of my favorite games!!! 1) Anything Quan Barry has ever written, especially The Unveiling 2) Anything Megan Giddings has ever written, especially The Women Could Fly 3) Ravishing by Eshani Surya 4) Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti 000
Reposted by Shana RossH. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026friends, please share ❤️👹: everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less i’m tired of being unpopular lfg 21812
Reposted by Shana RossKaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/03/2026You’ll find lots of fantastic work here, including “Flighty” by @ianli.bsky.social (Spring ‘25) and “I have been to the market” by @shanaross.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25), both in the Best Poem/Song category! 042
Reposted by Shana RossLawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Many years ago I wrote a recipe fairytale :) silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/j...silverbirchpress.wordpress.comJourneybread Recipe, poem by Lawrence Schimel (Mythic Poetry Series)Journeybread Recipe by Lawrence Schimel “Even in the electric kitchen there was the smell of a journey.” –Anne Sexton, “Little Red Riding Hood” 1. In a tupperware wood… 132
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 24/02/2026This is fantastic! Also: this is devastating - my to-be-read list may never recover! 030
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Oh, this is a fun challenge: Sarah Pinsker Lydia Davis Ted Chiang Emma Burnett Yiyun Li Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff) 060
Reposted by Shana Rossemma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 09/02/2026@mynachang.bsky.social says I’m harrowing, and I couldn’t be more flattered 😍 194
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Peine forte et dure - the news feels like stone after stone being added, and I'm still trying to stand. 000
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/02/2026And all backers now get a copy of my gingerbread recipe, which...is actually that good. You'll never bother with another. 2103
Reposted by Shana RossKrista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Hey folks! Come out to support this fantastic anthology - edited by a Canadian, and published by a Canadian small press with a global group of authors. Next up for stretch goals: interior art www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...kickstarter.comFascination: Dark Fantasy AnthologyA macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods. 3569126
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 29/01/2026There's nothing like getting sick (cough, headache, general bleh) to make me realize how much work it takes to stay open to people, always find a generous interpretation, stop myself from fiery rants about complicity and malignant capitalism, etc. Am tired. Please send soup. 120
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 26/01/2026My friend referred to two of her colleagues as "the minor gods of meh" and yeah, now I'm obsessed with the pantheon of mediocrity. 220
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I'm incredibly finicky about taking classes. I'll be kind about it, but I'm not spending time or money with people who aren't good teachers. I keep coming back for these workshops. 110
Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 22/01/2026He flew away before I could get a picture, but I have met the fattest of fat magpies. Anyone know what that portends? (I believe he flipped me off as he flew away, but, like, that's all magpies all the time, right?) 000