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Tonya R. Moore

@tonyarmoore.com
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SFF Author. Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Mag. Co-Editor: The Cookout anthology. www.tonyarmoore.com

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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 29/08/2026
I will be forever mortified by the fact that I live in an era (world) defined by human-kind's intellectual laziness.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 29/08/2026
THANK YOU. THIS. VERY MUCH THIS.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 29/08/2026
My goodness! Thanks so much for the lovely review!
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 19/08/2026
Hot take? Artificial Intelligence technology could have been a boon to humanity (cancer research, astrophysics, etc), but the most awful people have chosen to do the most awful things (Gen AI/LLMs) with it, by the most awful means (datcenters), so here we are.
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Raymond Everybody
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Fuck it, more limelight for me. So here's my upcoming novel ANTARA, with Luna Press. I think it took me just over 4 years to write. Shit ton of research. The cover reveal will be next month, but I got the exact artist I wanted. Um...yeah. Ask me anything, I guess.
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Luna Welcomes Tade Thompson’s Historical Fiction novel, Antara.
We are delighted to welcome Tade Thompson to the Luna family, and the superb Antara, an historical fiction novel, on the pre-Islamic warrior poet of renown. We have acquired WEL rights from Alexander ...
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ahh! It's out, it's out! Beware! Run for the hills! Protect yourselves! THE CALAMITIES has escaped its prison deep in the void and is now appearing on bookshelves in libraries and bookstores everywhere! Shit! Shit!!
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The Demons! The Demons Are Free! The Calamities Is Out!
The Calamities (Book One of The Fiends) is now out, rampaging through the populace, gamboling about, claws at the ready, teeth sharp, and its countless eyes fixed upon you. So, I do hope you’…
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Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"We can be blunt here: the industry does not care, has never cared, and cannot care about marginalised writers. But it does care about marginalised *fiction*. It cares about marginalised fiction as if Marginalisation is a genre, and it does so because it is." ICYMI:
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An Essay: 'beyond the margin-frame' | Brandon O'Brien
As I've been working on the other essay about LLMs in fiction, I've found myself considering the last few months of AI-related literary scan
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/08/2026
I suppose this is just what happens when companies let AI do their thinking and hiring for them.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/08/2026
The USPS messaged me via LinkedIn to say that my NON-EXISTENT "expertise" (that I have NEVER claimed to have) in "mechanical and electrical systems" can help their "high-tech infrastructure deliver for America..." You ready for me, America? 😆
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/08/2026
Dear GMAIL, I don't need your AI to write WORDS for me. Stop deciding for yourself what the contents of MY emails should be for me. It's so f-ing intrusive and aggravating! 😠
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 13/08/2026
Neurodivergence is NOT license to be an asshole. Please tell that to the prominent assholes claiming to be neurodivergent as a way to explain away their assholery. As a truly neurodivergent individual, I find it highly insulting.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 12/08/2026
"Justice" huh? How reassuring.
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Justine @justinenortonkertson.com · 28/07/2026
GUTTERSPACE, a horror novella by Justine Norton-Kertson Cover art by @scribeofhades.bsky.social Interior illustrations by @theahmedraafat.bsky.social Leaks out October 13 from @starsandsabers.bsky.social Preoder now! justinenortonkertson.com/gutterspace
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/07/2026
Space Age Mermaid Sulily dreams in hypersleep.
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Space Age Mermaid
Sulily dreams in hypersleep.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/07/2026
Witch and Spider Shapeshifting liar, here he was, the grand-daddy of all tricksters, come in earnest to sell her the mother of all cons.
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Witch and Spider
Shapeshifting liar, here he was, the grand-daddy of all tricksters, come in earnest to sell her the mother of all cons.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/07/2026
Water Baby Her short dreadlocks quiver as she turns to cup her mouth and yells, “You can’t live on the water yet fear the sea!”
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Water Baby
Her short dreadlocks quiver as she turns to cup her mouth and yells, “You can’t live on the water yet fear the sea!”
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 16/07/2026
He's kinda right I guess? Just NOT in the way HE thinks.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 16/07/2026
Let's face it, friends. The real reason we're mad at the willful igorance and illiteracy of today's youth is that when our civilization collapses--and it will--they absolutely cannot be relied upon to save our collective asses. No. We'll have to do it ourselves. There. I said it.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 14/07/2026
Chapter 5 the-advent-of-hegira.beehiiv.com/p/chapter-5
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Chapter 5
After the goon squad encounter
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 13/07/2026
"AI" as we now know it has ruined the Cyberpunk genre for me. How did something so insidiously pedestrian even become the embodiment of such wondrous imaginings?
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 13/07/2026
Why is a movie that made 43 million on it's opening weekend being called a box office failure? How many million would have made it a "success"??? www.linkedin.com/news/story/m...
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'Moana' fizzles at the box office with $43M opening | LinkedIn
It’s among the lowest debuts the House of Mouse has seen for an adaptation of one of its beloved animated movies.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 13/07/2026
Why is Sam Neill trending? Is Sam Neill okay???
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 13/07/2026
Librarians are like gods to me. They have jursidiction over All the Knowledge. They can give me access to All the Books. 💓
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 07/07/2026
#icymi I started newsletter to serialize my space opera story (can also be read online) Subscribing is free: the-advent-of-hegira.beehiiv.com
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Home | The Advent of Hegira
A Space Opera Webserial
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 27/06/2026
The Advent of Hegira, Chapter 2: New enemies rear their ugly heads. Subscribe to get new new chapters via email! the-advent-of-hegira.beehiiv.com/p/chapter-2
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Chapter 2
New enemies rear their ugly heads
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 26/06/2026
A serialized space opera - Subscribe to get new chapters via email: the-advent-of-hegira.beehiiv.com
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Home | The Advent of Hegira
A Space Opera Webserial
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 20/06/2026
Deliberate ignorance is not a disability. "Big words" are ableist, my ass.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 30/05/2026
The co-editors of the Cookout anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social were intervied on this podcast: justkeepwriting.podbean.com/e/episode-19...
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Episode 194 - Invitation to The Cook Out: Chat with the Editors of a Black Anthology | Just Keep Writing
This week, the crew chats with Erin Brown, Tonya R. Moore, and Emmalia Harrington about editing a Black Anthology called: The Cook Out. Links mentioned during the show: Tonya R. Moore Emmalia Harringt...
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Alexandra Pierce reviews L.D. Lewis’ debut novel: “In many ways, YEAR OF THE MER is an examination of power, its uses and abuses in the name of justice.”
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Year of the Mer by L.D. Lewis: Review by Alexandra Pierce - Locus
Year of the Mer, L.D. Lewis (Saga 978-1-66806-095-7, $30.00, 400pp, hc). April 2026. Cover by Micaela Alcaino. What if… Arielle, the Little Mermaid, became queen, then had a daughter, and a granddaughter? What if Ursula was something like a god, and accustomed to being worshipped, and thoroughly devious? What if merfolk had a taste for flesh? What if Arielle's granddaughter had a very, very bad temper, and arrogance worthy of …Read More
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 19/05/2026
Read any good Godpunk novels lately? #recommendations #wanted
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Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Simultaneous Times episode 99 has launched. This ep features stories by @jamesmachell.bsky.social & @tonyarmoore.com with music by TSG & Phog Masheeen spacecowboybooks.bandcamp.com
Simultaneous Times episode 99 flier. The Simultaneous Times logo (an oil painting of an astronaut watching a supernova) with author headshots.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 04/05/2026
Needed to change my newsletter web address to a subdomain. The new links is: www.newsletter.tonyarmoore.com
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Strange Stories Live Here | Strange Stories Live Here
Tonya R. Moore's latest news, SFF reading recommendations, and genre commentaries
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 04/05/2026
The first line of "There’s No Honor In Writing At 5am" had me cackling. Fortunately for me, I AM a 5am writer, but Shon is right. If it's not for you, it's not for you: medium.com/@shon_9712/t...
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There’s no honor in writing at 5am
Unless you are a morning person, go back to sleep.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 30/04/2026
Time's ticking!
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 27/04/2026
Discontinuing Live Streaming, the MFA, and A Story That Hits Home Hard www.tonyarmoore.com/p/discontinu...
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Discontinuing Live Streaming, the MFA, and A Story That Hits Home Hard
I’m so excited to take this next seriously challenging step in my writing journey!
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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It’s been six months since the publication of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE! This Southern Gothic historical fic novella chronicling coming of age, putting duty to the dead before the constraints of living family, and the strange, yet beautiful magic of funeral rituals has had a wonderful reception.
A beige background with yellow-greige flowers draping the upper right and left corners. In the middle is the cover of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE: A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, a gentle smile on her face, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, andher coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder.



Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE
"A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath

At the top of the image is the text: It's Been Six Months
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 18/04/2026
Saying goodbye to WordPress after more than a decade, Submission deadline for The Cookout anthology, and a thought-provoking short story I read this week: www.tonyarmoore.com/p/on-the-coo...
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On "The Cookout" and a Thought Provoking Short Story
Saying goodbye to WordPress after more than a decade. Submission deadline for The Cookout anthology. A thought-provoking short story from John Wiswell.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
Diving into some Palia. PLUS showcasing trailer and giving away Steam key for Loftia Closed Beta! #LoftiaBetaGiveaway: www.twitch.tv/tonya_r_moore
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
Today's newsletter: www.tonyarmoore.com/p/on-the-coo...
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On "The Cookout" and a Thought Provoking Short Story
Saying goodbye to WordPress after more than a decade. Submission deadline for The Cookout anthology. A thought-provoking short story from John Wiswell.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
I don't enjoy feeling violated. To some that means I'm a terrible human. I'm gonna have to learn to be okay with that.
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a man with a beard is standing in a dark room with welp written on the bottom
ALT: a man with a beard is standing in a dark room with welp written on the bottom
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Attending #Bookcon in NYC this weekend? Check out our author events at the show! More info here: bit.ly/4cmUX6V @haileypiperfights.bsky.social
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
On "The Cookout" and a Thought Provoking Short Story from @wiswell.bsky.social www.tonyarmoore.com/p/on-the-coo...
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On "The Cookout" and a Thought Provoking Short Short Story
Saying goodbye to WordPress after more than a decade. Submission deadline for The Cookout anthology. A thought-provoking short story from John Wiswell.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
Currently in that purgatory where I have multiple awesome things to do, but doing nothing because I can't decide which awesome thing to do.
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kermit the frog is holding his hand to his chin and asking what to choose
ALT: kermit the frog is holding his hand to his chin and asking what to choose
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Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
So good, folks. Horrors you can enjoy!
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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your story! Our portal closes April 30. Full submission guidelines here: thecookoutanthology.com/submission-g...
Planets, astronaut with a book, sweet potato pie slice, cheeseburger, and eggs and bacon floating around the text “Two More Weeks to Submit! deadline: April 20” in front of a starry space background.
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
I probably should have asked before signing up - but are there other writers out there using the Beehiiv platform? What has been your experience?
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
Where did you see me asking to egt anyone banned? Please don't accuse me of saying/doing things I have not said or done. normalizing abusive behavior doesn't make it okay. Same goes for gaslighting
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 17/04/2026
I WILL speak my mind. I don't need your permission.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you just heard about The Dare and want to read its short story, you can! It's up for free on @uncannymagazine.bsky.social's site.
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Welcome to Heroism - Uncanny Magazine
Nobody read the Terms of Service. They were in a rush to watch the latest unbelievable must-see content from someone who probably died seconds later. It seemed like as soon as anyone knew The Dare exi...
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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 16/04/2026
Do not @ me demanding/asking for money especially when you don't even have the basic courtesy to actually follow or otherwise engage me first...*smh.
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