Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I can never get enough work by @ninanazir.bsky.social 110
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BIG thanks to @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for featuring my ekphrastic micro today, inspired by photographer Tina Modotti's "Tank No. 1": www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...ekphrastic.netInto the Wind, by Tracy RoyceInto the Wind Marco was near the top... 130
Reposted by Tracy Roycedadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A new verse from returning contributor Randy Brooks: 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 picking the scab off a haiku cut — Randy Brooksdadakuku.compoeticspicking the scab off a haiku cut — Randy Brooks 1102
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I woke up cranky but now I'm smiling thanks to Deborah Tapper's micro: fiftywordstories.com/2026/09/23/d...fiftywordstories.comDEBORAH TAPPER: Birthday GirlShe gathers her family around her. Parents, siblings, uncles, aunts—even an old boyfriend or two. Candles extinguished, she pours sweet tea, cuts wedges of cake. Opens gifts and cards, reading ever… 000
Reposted by Tracy RoyceThe Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ICYMI: Blink Ink's EiC on editing and publishing 50-word stories since 2009. 054
Reposted by Tracy RoyceJessica Klimesh @jekwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So thrilled!! Thank you, @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!! 172
Reposted by Tracy Royce70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Last day to sign up for my art blog newsletter before the next issue's out! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io This one gets weird: We're looking at the coolest cover art on corporate annual reports from across the 1970s. 19020
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Underwater + toothy aquatic creatures? Yes, please. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social 010
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026@robrenzetti.bsky.social had a perfect game of Patchwork Halloween, defeating me handily. His completely full gameboard was glorious to behold: 020
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Congrats, @alexhirsh.bsky.social and @robrenzetti.bsky.social !!! 061
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Absolutely loved this Friday subscriber newsletter with a panoply of Virgil Finlay eye-poppers. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/virgil-finlay/70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.ioVirgil Finlay: Pulp Art MasterWhat's the one Finlay artwork that best shows off his science fiction chops? 1419
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Step away from Bluesky at your peril. Almost missed this magnificent image, courtesy of @70sscifiart.bsky.social 2485
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Happy to have my one sentence poem, "Transmission," appear in the new issue of One Sentence Poems. Thanks, @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social www.onesentencepoems.com/august-2026onesentencepoems.comCurrent Issue: August 2026 | One Sentence Poems 041
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"When the village is quilted in sleep": lovely words from Terri Yannetti at 50-Word Stories today: fiftywordstories.com/2026/09/04/t...fiftywordstories.comTERRI YANNETTI: Drama in the SkyIn dark of night, when the village is quilted in sleep, constellations spin tales as they move overhead. Two hounds, taut bodies quivering, are keen to hunt; while fleeing sisters clutch hands or t… 000
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Thrilled to be such good company. Big thanks to @neologismpoetry.bsky.social EIC Christopher Fields for supporting my work. 052
Reposted by Tracy RoyceMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 795166633671
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Glad to see I'm not the only one thinking about Halloween already. Love this, Curt! 031
Reposted by Tracy RoyceCharles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The mnemonic for the Great Lakes names has changed from HOMES to SHAME 1151
Reposted by Tracy RoyceRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.” 663135925300
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wow! Overwhelmed and honored to be in such company. Congrats to the other nominees and BIG thanks to @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...ekphrastic.netBest Small Fictions 2027 NominationsCongratulations to our five nominated writers for Best Small Fictions 2027. This annual anthology series awards the best flash fiction and related small forms. With a new publisher, Black Lawrence... 130
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Her word and image poems give me goosebumps every time. Brava, @ninanazir.bsky.social 111
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Big, BIG thanks to @charlesjensen.bsky.social for giving my poems a home at @villaineralit.bsky.social today! 072
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Another Monday wonder. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social 1245
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Final hours to see Chrsitian Marclay's masterful THE CLOCK at LAMCA. I mean, Christian Marclay's THE CLOCK at LACMA... 010
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Wow, Kevin Chesser and @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social Exactly what I needed on this sluggish Saturday morning. Fabulous. 010
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Thrilled to have my abecedarian cheribun, "On My Lawn," shortlisted for the Cheribun Challenge at MacQueen's Quinterly. Congrats to all and big thanks to @claremacqueen.bsky.social www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ33/Royce...macqueensquinterly.com MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Tracy Royce: On My Lawn 020
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"her bathrobe flapping erratically through the murky water like an abandoned flag" More lovely prose from the supremely talented @csquareh.bsky.social at Your Impossible Voice: 120
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Big, big thanks to EIC Court Harler for publishing my prose poem, "Anything," out at Flash the Court today: flashthecourt.com/2026/08/14/a...flashthecourt.com“Anything” by Tracy Royce“Anything” by Tracy Royce is a masterpiece of mood. The speaker of the prose poem begins “gloomy again” but ends, via a city bike ride, in an entirely new and revelatory headspace. Royce integrates… 110
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If you haven't yet seen THE SWIMMER (1968), you now have Friday night plans, courtesy of @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social 082
Reposted by Tracy RoyceCory Booker @corybooker.com · 13/08/2026AP: “ICE officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.” ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of the devices. 7116459
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Big thanks to Poetry Super Highway EIC @ricklupert.bsky.social for featuring my poems, including an NSFW Richard Brautigan cento. www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...poetrysuperhighway.comPoetry from Tracy Royce and Robert LundayPoetry from Tracy Royce (Los Angeles, California) and Robert Lunday (Yamaga, Kumamoto-ken, Japan) 030
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Monday, you're not so tough. I have vintage images of giant people, robots, and space aliens on my side, conveniently delivered to my inbox courtesy of @70sscifiart.bsky.social 18214
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 04/08/2026These frog illustrations were exactly what my Monday needed. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social 1332
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 27/07/2026#filmnoir #filmsky #moviesky #LACMA Lovers of cinema, art, and both together: don't miss Christian Marclay's masterpiece, THE CLOCK, at LACMA now through August 23: www.lacma.org/art/exhibiti...lacma.orgChristian Marclay: The ClockReturning to Los Angeles for the first time since 2015, Christian Marclay’s The Clock is a 24-hour single-channel montage constructed from thousands of moments of cinema and television history depicti... 141
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Looks like this is free on Plex right now. Thanks for recommending, @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social 292
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Thanks for another mind-blowing Monday newsletter, @70sscifiart.bsky.social Monday is already feeling a bit like this uncredited image from the cover of the British VHS for 1982's Parasite. 0394
Reposted by Tracy RoyceCharles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I wrote a lil newsletter about WIDOW’S BAY and the unique culture of communities reachable only by boat (having lived in one!) 1131
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We just went on the hike from hell, and I have the blisters to prove it. Why didn't we hike to one of these places instead? Didn't read our interstellar hiking guide in time. 020
Tracy Royce @tracyroyce.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is a beautiful senryu. Well deserved, @jennfel.bsky.social 010
