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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/

Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027

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Nathan Anderson @nathanandersonart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Eyes of the World.

A scene from Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun, in which Typhon, a two-headed man is overpowering the protagonist, Severian from the inside of the eye of a mountain sculpted in Typhon's image.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Would be interesting to hear what the root cause is, as it’s odd that all 3 went down. My initial thought was perhaps outages in some cloud infrastructure like AWS but that would cause outages across a bunch of other unrelated services as well, so that’s unlikely.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last time I went to the cinema was for Backrooms and someone in the row in front of me was recording voice messages to people, and the couple to my side were very loudly going “what the fuck is going on” after every big moment. Like if you wanna chat take a quick step outside it takes 30 seconds

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Winter is Closing In on Daddy

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

in a sense my entire experience of being a man has been watching other men feed themselves into threshing machines and having the guys look at me like i'm stupid when i ask why

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I love how the majority of the speakers at this supposed ‘Irish culture’ festival are just alternative health people. Is not drinking tap water part of Irish culture?

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Cunning Linguist’s Prose Award

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colourfulsevens.bsky.social @colourfulsevens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

CUT MY NAAN INTO PIECES I WILL MOP UP MY SAUCE

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Actually he shot a very specific dude.

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Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If the PPWR requires you to register with *each country* rather than the common-market body that handles shit, why even HAVE an EU?

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 12/08/2026

You guys if you liked the eclipse you’re gonna love night

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It is in man’s nature to like russian literature and boring mormon fantasy

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“Naturally” is an odd word to use

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Oh my god, I didn’t expect to see this kind of bravado from Verso Bo-oh wait. It’s just another book club

Screenshot of an email headline, from Verso Books, the subject reads - “Immediate World Revolution and other”

The full subject line of the email revealed - “Immediate World Revolution and other new events coming soon to the VBC Reading Group

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Trying to turn poor cybersecurity practices into marketing materials is definitely an interesting tactic

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What this does is create a confused paranoid space, sowing enough doubt so that AI writing can continue to slip into the culture easier and easier

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

2) makes emotional appeals centered around the author’s feelings, “imagine losing this big debut book deal because of this” 3) creates a paranoid environment, “this could happen to any of us, no one is safe”.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

There’s a growing trend of smokescreening for AI writing online. It’s this recurring common response to high-profile allegations of AI writing, which: 1) casts doubt on the allegations through gestures to detection software unreliability and human fallibility

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

One of the artists who has rapidly gained attention in recent years, is Irish stained glass creator Harry Clarke. The Dublin national gallery has continued to collect his exquisite work like this one ‘The Enchantment of Bottom’ (1922).

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On the off chance that anyone has any contacts or advice in regards to legal defence against this kind of bullshit, please let me know and I will pass it along.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

So the dumbest mfers on the planet are suing my friend for defamation cause she was outspoken about not wanting their racist festival in her local community. It is a clear and obvious attempt to silence their critics with costly frivolous lawsuits, and wear them down emotionally and financially.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

“Theyfab” and other terms just feel like a way to do gender essentialism with extra steps. what next? Blue is for AMABs? All dogs are AMABs all cats are AFABs?

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 15/07/2026

Earlier this week, I received a submission for @thevoice.dog that I'm very certain was AI generated, which I rejected. Because I see so many people talking about the problem, I want to go over why I was and still am so confident that it was in fact AI. Because you CAN in fact tell.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I've just seen about 40 kids sneak into watch 'The Odyssey' without paying by hiding in a giant wooden coat.

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Victor Frankenstein's Psychoanalyst @graay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

To add to this: I do not necessarily agree with the methods or all points in this article (AI Fiction Is Easy to Detect Because It's Stupid and Bad, Research Finds www.404media.co/ai-fiction-i... )but some of the stuff in the study are pretty damning:

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Which are you: a Dark Souls guy or a Bloodborne guy?

The cover image of Medievil 2 for the PS1

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

SFF, we need to talk. I'm not here to rag specifically on Bona, who did the right thing by going public. No, I'm looking at all of you. Or at least, 15 of you. Because this right here? This is buckwild.

Once we’d picked our hearts off the floor, we started digging: Bella had minimal online presence, first appearing in May 2025. Since then, she’d accumulated a remarkable publication record (we counted 15 published stories in 12 months), across name publishers and small or community-minded outlets, including several paying SFWA rates (like us).

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Big Bad Butch WIFE, Baro Dyke Of Tipperary @bigbadbutchgf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

if you want a vision of the future winston, imagine that one NK Jemisin story about Toussaint L'Ouverture inventing steampunk airships, forever

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In my Omelas, the kid in the basement has to read endless poptimistic Omelas responses about their rescue. They look at the door every morning and no one comes.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Was literally explaining this kind of thing to my husband this morning while trying to give context for the current state of spec fic. Jailbreaking the kid out of Omelas. Solving the cold equations with the power of friendship. Whedon quipping all the way.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Seeing so many gamer fanboys going “OMG we’re getting a new Obsidian Fallout!!!!!” - while just not acknowledging that this seems to have come about because of mass layoffs from Xbox. So long as people get their favourite treats I suppose…

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P.dee 🌕🐛🎶 @waiterpe.de · 08/07/2026

There are plenty of takeaways from "punk anthology accepting AI", but one I don't see: if you aim for the aesthetics of _who is writing_ rather than _what is written_ you'll end up missing something extremely obvious when you do actually read the manuscript

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 For the first time ever, Typebar Magazine will be hosting a FREE seminar on pitching shortform nonfiction. Join our editor @wolfbridge.bsky.social as he discusses the so-called rules of pitching and the reasons behind them. RSVP here and remember, it's FREE: luma.com/3srmehk6

Want help learning how to craft precise pitches for your shortform nonfiction work? Sure, it's easy enough to find the "rules" of pitching online. But why do publications have those rules in the first place, and how does a writer benefit from following them?

This seminar will answer both questions. In doing so, we'll teach you how to make your pitches elegant and impactful while also telling you how to stay confident when you inevitably receive rejections.

Typebar Magazine's editor Matt Wolfbridge will host the event, sharing the insights he's learned from running the Typebar submission inbox, his 15-year career in media, and MFA in creative writing (try not to hold the last two against him).

The event is FREE for all.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As Marx once said; “Workers of the world, build border walls between each other”

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🦇Bram Stoker’s Grantula🦇 @grantthethief.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I’m okay with plot in movies but only if it advances the sex scenes

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Will woke 2 let me pour hot oil down my sink again?

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Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

yesterday's severian, colourised

watercolour painting of a young fantasy goth boy with a stern face, a black cloak & a sword

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.” Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

As they were putting me under, I had this crazy idea for an audio version of this I'm looking for two boricua narrators (ideally, at least one feminine-voiced). Note: if accepted, this will be a paid opportunity Reply/DM if interested!

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Tiernan Blanchard is in SPOOKY MODE @gaycannibalism.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

So. I hate to do this. We were pulled over on the way back, it turns out we forgot to get the MOT after that lady hit us with her car. We are now without the car until we can get it sorted (it'll likely fail, too) and poor, so we could do with the money for the MOT and additional disability costs.

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This is reassuring. I’ve been working on some horror stuff set here in Ireland and was worried it might not be saleable because of that, though the setting is integral to the stories and I would not change it

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The latest episode of @agabpod.bsky.social has made me realise that in a film adaptation of Book of the New Sun, Master Gurloes should be played by jacked JK Simmons (Note: canonically, Gurloes is shirtless 24/7)

A jacked JK simmons doing bicep curls in a gym

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Yup the basic income for artists!!! Fuck Bertie Aherne!!

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Thomas @stateofchassis.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Why is she holding a volume of the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe

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