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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thank you so much, and I'm sorry about your grandmother. I hope you're doing okay! "The Greenway" is in the Jan/Feb 2026 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. You should be able to purchase the issue from their website or from Amazon. (Fwiw, I'm much more active on Facebook, if you're on there.)

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Thank you! I wish all of you well too. My superpower as a writer seems to be making readers cry (muwahaha!), so just about anything of mine may provide tips. Good luck!

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I applaud your literary taste. ;-)

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Except that the Facebook group for my kind of lymphoma reports people in their twenties who have it. :-(

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Okay, what's up with all this aggressive cancer? I have one kind, my husband has another, our former president has yet another, and I feel like wherever I turn, I'm tripping over the stuff. Is this an actual uptick, or simply a function of the fact that We're Old and more likely to get sick?

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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 · 22/04/2025

Also, my pump kinda purrs. Like a cat. Chemo-cat hunts the pests in my body while I sleep! My actual cats are afraid of me right now because I smell funny and have a foreign appendage.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Home chemo pumps are quite the nifty invention. I go to the infusion center once a day to get the empty drug bag replaced with a new one, and otherwise the little machine ticks happily along.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

And Alara is an Orville reference. Pamina's an opera reference.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Sometimes! You shoulda seen me last night coping with chemo side-effects. Attitude, at least for me, depends heavily on physical comfort. But my medical team is taking excellent care of me. Definite "use your gifts" wake-up call, though.

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Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Lent's traditionally a time to come to terms with mortality. My diagnosis of High-Grade Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma on 3/21 has made that startlingly literal, but it's also -- so far -- been one of those cancer cliche situations that's pushed me to reshape priorities in positive ways.

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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 · 21/03/2025

Friends who follow me here but not on FB: I'm now officially a lymphoma patient, after over two years of concern and scans and nothing they could access for biopsy. I'm relieved to have an answer and grateful that I'll be getting treatment, which I'm told will help me feel better quickly. Allons-y!

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

Everything is the kitty's decision. The kitty is your supreme commander. You will do whatever the kitty requires. You are experiencing an uncontrollable urge to open All the Cans of Tuna.

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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

Weaving's more forgiving than knitting, in my experience. And a lot faster, once you get the loom warped.

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

That first stuff is art yarn! ;-)

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

What kind of wheel do you have? I used to have two Louets, a Victoria and a Julia, but now I have a Majacraft Suzie Pro I don't use as much as I'd like! At some point I might get an e-spinner.

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

I started on a Schacht Cricket, a small rigid heddle loom. It's less versatile than a big floor loom, but much easier to use, and you can make lovely things on it. The loom that's arriving this weekend, a Clover Sakiori, is supposedly even easier to use than a rigid heddle.

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

Thanks! Um, I have ten looms -- not all in use! -- and am about to add an eleventh. (Pity my poor, patient husband!) This one is an 8" Kromski Harp Forte.

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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

I love that you post small daily wins. Over on Facebook, I post a daily list of good things that have happened: same basic idea. Also, yay kittens!

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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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