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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congrats on 20 years, Clarkesworld! Delighted to have a new story in here. "The Rice Paper Bleed" has Westerns + weirdness + a widow convinced her room changes in the night 📺👀 clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_10_26/

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The Rice Paper Bleed by Tia Tashiro

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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Allan Kaster @infinivoxsf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Get sci-fied by @tiatashiro.bsky.social Ebook preorder: Kindle www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKKDB8JK B&N www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-years-... Apple books.apple.com/us/book/id68... Google Play play.google.com/store/books/... #BookSky #SciFiBooks #SFF

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

late entry for terrible comic day

A comic drawn in pencil on a post it note. A person in the distance points at two large letters, an I and a T. The person says, “Far be it from me”

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Yelena Crane 🌻🇺🇦 @yelenacrane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Missing Helen" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social is a deep introspection on "self" that ingeniously uses the 2nd person to build characters and story immersion (a lot coming from me as ordinarily I hate this POV but it really worked here). Loved it! A must read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/

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Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just finished listening to "Every Hopeless Thing" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social performed by @katercakes.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 214 (July 2024). A post-apocalyptic Earth story which left me with a smile on my face. Wonderful characters. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_24/

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Every Hopeless Thing by Tia Tashiro

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 22/09/2026

Our subscription drive is still going and is now 70 new subscribers short of its goal. We had hoped to reach that in time for our 20th anniversary issue in October so we could give everyone their raises as part of that celebration. It's going to be close. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had a really wonderful Worldcon from top to bottom. Thanks to everyone I got to meet, chat with, or watch recite hilarious animal facts onstage--it was a delightful time!

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I read "Missing Helen" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social this week for Feeding the Muse, and, wow. What a delicious premise: a woman whose husband runs away with her own younger clone. Highly recommend this one 🥹 hannahyangwrites.substack.com/p/week-2-on-...

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Week 2: on respecting yoursel(ves)

Reading Tia Tashiro, Joan Didion, and Ellen Bass

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

To be clear: no author has won a Hugo Award in the Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story or Series categories at a younger age than @hhpak.bsky.social just did. Astonishing.

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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Are you at @laworldcon.bsky.social ? Join me and 4 of the other Hugo nominees for Best Short Story at our 1:30pm Pacific time virtual panel on... you guessed it, short stories! @jrdawson.bsky.social @tiatashiro.bsky.social @samtasticbooks.com @isabel.kim I can't wait for our discussion!

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

At LA Worldcon at the moment! This is what I'll be up to, drop by if you're at the con! - Fri 9am: Don't Show Your Story, Tell It! - Fri 7:30pm: Table Talk - Sat 12:20pm: Reading - Sun 8am: Stroll with the Stars - Sun 1:30pm: The Short Arc: Hugo Best Short Story Finalists

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Delighted to be in this, and the TOC looks fantastic! Preorders open now :D

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 25/08/2026

I have never worn a crop top before

A green t shirt that says "CROP TOP"
with an illustration of three potatoes. Below that it says IDAHO POTATO MUSEUM

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vicky 🌻 @crowwkui.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

mock book cover 📚 aka an excuse to draw athena and her owls i couldn't come up with a good title though

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thrilled to share that my time traveler story about love and loneliness, “Time Is An Ocean” (originally in @strangehorizons.bsky.social) was podcast by @wilwheaton.net! Absolutely floored by this narration and all the cool ambient details. So happy to see these characters come to life again.

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“Time is an Ocean” by Angela Liu

Podcast Episode · It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton · August 12 · 40m

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just listened to/read @tiatashiro.bsky.social 's “Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler” read by @katercakes.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 236 (May 2026). Another amazing heart-felt story. Beautiful. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26/

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Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler by Tia Tashiro

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 11/08/2026

And now that I'm back home, it's time to break out the reminder that we are in the midst of a subscription drive to increase staff and contributor pay to celebrate our 20th anniversary issue in October. Subscribe here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Text reads: We're running a subscription drive!
Clarkesworld will publish its 20th anniversary issue in October and we'd like to recognize this milestone by giving our staff and contributors a raise. Each new subscriber brings us one step closer to reaching our goal.

We are within 200 new subscribers of our target!

On the right, there is a cover of the recent issue. Clarkesworld robot looks up at the text from the bottom left corner.

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Psyched for Worldcon this year! I'll be on a few panels, hosting a table talk, and more :)

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The Hugo Awards voting deadline is TODAY at noon, PT!

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Delighted to announce I'm now represented by the wonderful Cameron McClure at the Donald Maass Literary Agency :D

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

In 2026 #Hugo short story nominee MISSING HELEN by @tiatashiro.bsky.social, a woman's ex-husband is marrying her younger clone. Flashbacks review their relationship and her decision to be cloned. Wonderful narrative twist. Read it here! clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/ #Books #BookSky

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Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Eliane did a wonderful reading of her great story! Check out her rendition of "Restoration" :D

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

INCOMING: The 2nd part of the TOC for our new anthology project! Behold the novelettes! There is a lot of exciting material here from authors you know and love and some new names too! Stay tuned for updates! Follow & back us @ kck.st/4wtYJ6X in bio #SFF #booksky

transparent green bubbles over a background with floating rocks, in each bubble is text, they read:
"We Begin Where Infinity Ends", Somto Ihezue
"The City of Tears", Molly Tanzer
"The Shadow on the Nest", Alaya Dawn Johnson
"The Millay Illusion", Sarah Pinsker
"We, the Fleet", Alex T. Singer
"Wolf Moon, Antler Moon", A.C. Wise
"The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe", Tia Tashiro
"Mindtrips", Tlotlo Tsamaase
"Garden of the Bloodpotter", Erin Brown
"Last Train from Deadwall", André Geleynse
"The Twenty-One Second God", Peter Watts
"Kaiju Agonistes", Scott Lynch

a photo of the anthology on the bottom, featured a person in a red cape looking out over floating ruins, and text: "the novelettes"

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very neat approach to story notes/analysis!

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Really looking forward to this, should be a good time!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

WE ARE LIVE! Help us have a great first day? We REALLY want to make this SFF anthology work & start a new annual SFF Best Of series! Head to locusmag.com/anthology (link in bio) to get a pledge in! Be a part of something special! #BacktheBook Sharing helps us tremendously:)

At the top of the image, text says: "now announcing..."
In the center of the image, a hardcover book. The cover of the book shows: "The Locus Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Of the Year: Volume 1"
Below the book, text says: "find Locus on kickstarter"

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Listened to "Leavetaking" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social in the car after dropping my wife at the airport this morning. Another completely different masterpiece by Tia. Very moving and compelling story. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/leav...

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Leavetaking - Uncanny Magazine

Kate was cursed by her cousin on his deathbed to never stay. She and her cousin Bo didn’t hate each other—far from it. They’d grown up together: same small farming town in the inland northwest, popula...

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thank you, Cabo Verde, for one of the greatest matches I've ever seen. Thank you for putting respect on the names of all the so-called minnows in the World Cup. Thank you for bringing the heart and the fun and the joy of football to the world. See you in the semis next time.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Lawd, the replays of the Lopes Cabral goal 🤌🏼

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GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New story up at GNS: A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful. Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/

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The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus

Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Just read Redemption in Indigo by @drkarenlord.bsky.social and wow, what a total delight of a book. Loved it!

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I'm reading all 2026 #Hugo short story nominees! In MISSING HELEN by @tiatashiro.bsky.social a woman's ex-husband is marrying her younger clone. Flashbacks review their relationship and her cloning decision. Wonderful narrative twist! Read it at clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/ #BookSky

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Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Clarkesworld consistently publishes amazing SFF short fiction and does it with incredible commitment to authors, staff, and quality—seriously worth subscribing to support all the magazine does!

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

new story day :^) this one is about a violinist who turns to a novel treatment after her hands are damaged in a car crash, and also the unexpected side effects (friendship) clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_06_26/

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The Potential Side Effects of Roleplay Stimulation Therapy by Claire Jia-Wen

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danielle taphanel @treelet.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain for Penguin Random House Publishing.

An illustrated cover for James Baldwin's book "Go Tell It On the Mountain" featuring a young Black boy representing John Grimes, surrounded by a halo of light and crowned by praying angels as he looks downward. To the left are buildings occupied by Black church and community members, and below is a drawing of the hut where his father Gabriel was raised.

A scene from James Baldwin's Go Tell It On the Mountain featuring John Grimes as he experiences hallucinatory religious visions surrounded by his family and community.

A scene from James Baldwin's Go Tell It On the Mountain featuring John Grimes engaged in a wrestling match with Elisha.

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It's 2 days out from release day for @isabel.kim's debut, and I'm sure someone's said this before but if you are a fan of second person (and, literally, Second People!) Sublimation is for you 👀 torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation/...

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b𝚘օO𝚘ₒts @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Stone age hospital drama. We know they practiced healthcare, now show me enemies-to-colleagues doctors talking fast while they find moss for a poultice

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

“Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social is both the story of a relationship souring (that doesn’t let the lead off the hook!) and of moving forward with career and parenthood. And the time travel premise ties in wonderfully. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26

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Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler by Tia Tashiro

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N. B. Andersen @nbandersen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Looking for a good SFF short story? "Missing Helen" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com is fantastic. It takes an intriguing premise and takes the reader on a fascinating and emotional ride. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/

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Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

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Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Short story rec: “Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social . Time travel stories don’t often work for me, but I loved the emotional character focus here, and how it tied into the paradox of the trope. Clever and engaging. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26/

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