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Summer Fletcher

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🐎🏹⚔️🎙️🖊️ Hugo & Ignyte finalist. Formerly: PodCastle, Nightmare Magazine, Lightspeed Code Coven IGM Ghost they/them

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Chestbursty @chestrovert.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our eyes meet. Our eyes introduce themselves. Our eyes shake little eyehands. Our eyes offend each other. Our eyes go to war.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
friendly annual October reminder for journalists: if you're pulling quotes for an article from social media please do remember to double check the speaker's name
Quote from The Hill article in 2019: "“There is no reason Democrats should be making any deals with Mitch McConnell to make it easier to confirm more radical conservatives to the courts. Especially not after Kavanaugh,” tweeted Leah Ghostberg, the co-executive director of the advocacy group Indivisible.
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
Heard someone say "precipice" instead of "premise" and it's so wrong it's right It's not the underlying idea, we're on top of the idea, about to jump
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
(the horse and the rider, i mean)
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
Thinking about random horse/riders in the backgrounds of stories. Do they know each other? Do they get along? Do they communicate their fears and worries before there's a problem, so they can face them together, bolstered by the bonds of trust and brotherhood, or nah?
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
It's not a difficult hiccup to move through safely with no issues, but if everyone's stressed and hypervigilant (or sore) and had a rough day and some piece of gear slips and sounds like a predator running out of the bushes...
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
Reread your post! At a walk you've got a lot more leeway, but to the knee in the front or the hock in the back is enough of a drop to surprise everyone into responding poorly. I'd blame the rider's freakout as the cause of the horse's.
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
Plz fact check me but I think a sudden mud hole would have greater consequences under the front lead foot (dropping one of the front shoulders) than the back legs.
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
(this was in a meadow 48 hours after a rainstorm, uneven but not super deep mud)
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
At speed, a misstep + sink could cause anything from a sprain, to a break, to a flip. The horse could be fine but the girth could slip or snap, or the rider could be thrown. I saw a horse flip forward at a gallop, the rider bailed off, so they were both fine but def disrupted.
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
Is it sinking or sliding you're picturing?
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!
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Karen Osborne @karenosborne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Preorder link here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hollow... They’re offering B&N Rewards Members 25% off all preorders (35% off for premium members!) when you use the promo code PREORDER25! #BarnesAndNoble #BookSale
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The Hollow Crown of Heaven
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Karen Osborne @karenosborne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gunslingers, necromancers, Bridgerton, dead gods, murder debutantes, Battlestar Galactica, bisexuals, ballgowns, intrigue, bad boyfriends, body horror... it's THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN! Preorder now for April 27th via @barnesandnoble.com's ✨PREORDER SALE✨ for 2027's most unhinged science fantasy🖤
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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@jrdawson.bsky.social is a freaking brilliant writer and a knowledgeable thoughtful person and they could bring all that to help YOU and YOUR WORK. You wanna get in on this.
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are two merciless gods of war, the elder (logistics) & the younger (ballistics). Both are math first & everything else second. There is a reason military academies are engineering schools at heart
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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burn September down to embers with Story Hour! This week, favorites Meg Elison and Jordan Kurella return. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! www.storyhour2020.com
Color photo of author Meg Elison, a fat and fair-skinned woman with high cheekbones. She wears her curly black hair in a short bob. She wears a red-and-white colorblock dress, a key hanging from a chain around her neck, and red lipstick. She poses in front of a neutral gray background, tilting one shoulder up as she looks straight into the camera with a knowing smile.Color photo of author Jordan Kurella, a fair-skinned man with dark, curly hair worn in a short pompadour. He wears a black tee, faded black jeans, a black belt with a silver buckle, and black earrings. With his hands in his pockets, he poses in front of greenery and looks to the side, off camera, with a big, delighted smile.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote about being chronically single, and about visiting a psychic to find out what's broken about me. she had some interesting things to say! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/the-most-u...
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The Most Unlovable Man in New York City
On being chronically single and my visit to the love psychic
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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.
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the double life of véronique emma houxbois @emmahouxbois.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
casual reminder that derek jarman made a horny queer caravaggio movie starring sean bean and tilda swinton in the 80s
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 30/09/2026
Aaaaaa everybody go listen (I am SO happy I got to pick this blog post, this was the one I wanted the MOST and I was on the road and wasn't able to pick mine for several days and it was STILL THERE) I hope the audio is OK, I had FILE SHENANIGANS
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
you are invited to her gallery opening
A very tiny tabby kitten in a black post-surgery onesie that looks like a tight black shirt, very chic.
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 29/09/2026
hey all!!! this Wednesday, which is tomorrow, i'll be at @storyhour.bsky.social with @megelison.bsky.social !!!! holy carps!!! you know you wanna attend this one. free author readings online, to refill the creative well! 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern youtube.com/@storyhour2020
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Story Hour
Every week, an hour of speculative fiction short stories, narrated by the authors. From horror to weird to hard SF and everything in between; from newly published authors to seasoned pros and multiple...
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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's my birthday! My birthday wish is for you to share your favorite work from this year and I'll boost it. Here's mine, "The Metamorphosis". Becoming disabled might feel like Kafkaesque horror, but there's a beautiful path to acceptance and a good life. Also there's sloths. gavagai.com/posts/3894
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 26/09/2026
One of those keep banging your head against the wall until the door makes enough noise for you to find it Kinda days
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Swaltersky @swaltersky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The parade of interesting sunrises continues on the Seattle water front.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24/09/2026
ALSO is it that time of year again?? Is the air getting crisp?? Are ghosts beginning to whisper from the dark corner behind the bookshelf?? ("Actually we're roasting" OK I can't help where you live, ignore the above) Time to read THE APPLE-TREE THRONE! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
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The Apple-Tree Throne ebook by Premee Mohamed - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Apple-Tree Throne" by Premee Mohamed available from Rakuten Kobo. It is the turn of the century in an England that never was. Bright new aqua-plants are generating electricity for the st...
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 23/09/2026
“There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died—”
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 24/09/2026
Ditto Jason Isaacs, ditto Tobias Menzies, ditto everyone in the Prada villains runway
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend
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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Emily, my kindred spirit
Fall, Leaves, Fall by Emily Bronte
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; 
Lengthen night and shorten day; 
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, 
Fluttering from the autumn tree. 
I shall smile when wreaths of snow 
Blossom where the rose should grow; 
I shall sing when night’s decay 
Ushers in a drearier day.
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 23/09/2026
No new projects after Equinox. Wrap it up before the holidays, for real, that's the law, universe said so
A tarot card: the 10 of wands, reversed. A suggestion to let go, delegate, or otherwise offload things that have piled up.
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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Story day! A would-be serial killer manages his violent impulses by ‘capsizing’ himself—projecting his consciousness into a nearby object—whenever they arise. All goes well—until he encounters another man with the same ability… @nightmare-magazine.com www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/not-...
Text excerpts of a short story
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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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The Submission Grinder
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GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Submission Grinder is now featuring the entire GigaNotoSaurus back catalog. We’ll be gradually updating the cards with more metadata. If you have ever been published by GNS and want to help tagging your own stories, send us a note to get our (very short) directions.
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GigaNotoSaurus - The Submission Grinder
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 22/09/2026
Happy equinox!
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J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was reading a short story recently and it was about all the different attempts in different multiverses for this person to forgive themself for something ... and I got pulled away from my computer and didn't get very far and now I can't find it. Any ideas?
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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's Fat Bear Week! Voting starts tomorrow at explore.org/fat-bear-week, but the contenders are up on the site already
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Fat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
A mocked up FBI wanted poster with six variations of Bugs Bunny dressed as hilarious women

Left to right:
Classic housewife bugs bunny in a peach dress with French curls and a blue bonnet 

Sexy snow bunny bugs bunny in a form fitting yellow ski suit & red lipstick 

Classy rocket bra bugs bunny in a pink blouse and a choker and red heels and a blue skirt 

Green nightgown bugs bunny looking alluring 

Cavewoman bugs bunny in an orange tattered one piece slip making a come hither expression 

Flapper bugs bunny in a red dance outfit and a big bowler hat
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think we need to take seriously that ordinary folks aren't meant to have audiences in the tens of thousands or more. This is novel and disruptive in human experiences
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 20/09/2026
Spooky walk for mental spooky health
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 20/09/2026
Wizards (1977) is such an insane watch through 2026 worldbuilding sensibilities. Blackwolf trying to have a non-mutant kid, and hippie-dippie Avatar pulling a gun. They became what they beheld, I guess?
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 20/09/2026
diagram diagram mapping out how they got in a jam [somebody] fights --> [somebody] wins --o diagram
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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 20/09/2026
Diagram: Yay, I know what happens Diagram: Boo, I have to write it now
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026
no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind
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