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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Happy announcement! My story "Yarns," which originally appeared in Asimov's, has been selected for THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025. I am extremely chuffed and in brilliant company, as you can see. Preorder link in first comment.

Cover and TOC for THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Back to cat photos! Our older cat, Caprica the ginger tabby, loves crossing her paws, all lady-like. Young'un tortie Alara, who adores Big Mama Caprica, now does the same. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Tortie cat sleeping with front paws crossed in front of her.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New scarf just off the loom. Pamina has claimed it because it goes so well with her fur and eyes. Fashionista kitty! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky #weaving #craft #fiberarts

A maroon and tan handwoven clasped-weft scarf displayed on a drying rack.

A tortie cat sitting next to a maroon and tan scarf. The golden tan yarn matches her eyes and some of her fur.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Alara prepares to pounce on the wily watch reflection! #proofofcat #cat #cataofbluesky

A tortie cat, with outstretched paw, stalking a watch reflection on a carpet.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My latest weaving project, clasped weft on a Clover Sakiori loom. The process is very relaxing, and the fabric should be very soft, although I'm still adjusting to the new-to-me loom. #weaving #loom #craft #fiberarts #yarn #creativity #makingstuffastherapy

A Clover Sakiori loom with a beige and red clasped-weft project.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

BlueSky! You haven't seen my cats in days! I know you've missed them! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Caprica, an orange-and-white creamsicle short-haired cat.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I started a new dishtowel for my husband. This is the fourth towel (all with different weft colors) on this long warp. I may have room for a fifth. #weaving #loom #craft #fiberarts #slowcloth

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A friend sent me two balls of gorgeous alpaca yarn from Peru. I'm weaving the yarn into a lovely plainweave scarf, a simple project that's a nice vacation for my brain in these dismaying times. #weaving #loom #craft #yarn #fiberarts

Multicolored yarn, used as both warp and weft on a rigid-heddle loom, creates a lovely variegated fabric.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Wishing a blessed Imbolc and St. Brigid's Day to all who observe! To honor the first stirrings of spring, one of my twenty-six air plants is producing a pup! This never gets old. #plants #gardening #spring #renewal #wheeloftheyear

Three shelves of air plants, resting on colored glass bottles, in a bathroom window. Air plants need indirect light, so the frosting is ideal.

An air plant with a pup, circled in purple, just beginning to grow.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I need to go upstairs and go to bed, but someone's lying on my arm. If you listen, you'll hear her purring. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Ginger cat lying on a human's arm to pin said human in place.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

New pendant. I'm not sure how secure the wirework is (although the stone's also glued in place), but I like the piece. I'll sell it -- I hope -- at a small craft fair in April. Fine silver, pink scolecite, cubic zirconia. 1.75" inches long, including bale. #craft #jewelry #metalclay #makingstuff

Pendant: oblong piece of fine silver with wood grain design, decorated with a small orange cubic zirconia set into the metal and a piece of pink scolecite stone lashed to the oblong piece with wire.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Caprica wishes you a happy Caturday, and swears to defy tyranny by telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Ginger cat with white paws and bib, with her right paw placed on the stair riser in front of her.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I hope my hundreds of new followers really like cats. Here's a slightly blurry Tuesday-morning blep for you. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Medium-haired tortie cat sticking her tongue out.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Alara on the alert! Someone's coming down the stairs! Danger! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Tortie cat looking over her shoulder in alarm.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Threading heddles: 232 down, 288 to go. Because this is fun for me. #weaving #craft #looms #fiberarts #arewethereyet?

A loom in the process of having heddles threaded. The lease sticks -- pieces of white PVC pipe -- keeping the threads in order are visible behind the loom.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Happy Gotcha Day to tortie sisters Alara and Pamina, who came home with us a year ago! They're total loves, and neither their two humans nor the Senior Cat in the household can imagine life without them. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Short-haired tortie cat looking up at the camera.

Long-haired tortie cat trying to sniff the camera.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Alara is half on my lap and half lying on old lady Caprica. Too cute! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

A tortie cat lying half on a human lap and half on an older ginger cat.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Alara, bird-watching from our kitchen windowsill, wishes you a happy Caturday. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

Tortie cat with golden eyes looking out a window.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Warping my AVL floor loom, because everyone needs hobby equipment that looks like a medieval torture device. Not, mind you, that I'm saying warping a loom is torture (or am I?) #weaving #craft #loom

Yarn being wound onto the warp beam of a floor loom. Weighted hanks of yarn first pass over the top of a clothes hanging rack, and then through lease sticks and a raddle. Clear as mud, right?

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

For those of you who haven't already seen this.

Text: "I'm not making any resolutions. I think it's time for the years to be better, not me."

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Today our formerly purr-less tortie Alara purred for me! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky

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