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N.L. Bates @nlbateswrites.bsky.social · 3h

Canadian friends: The Canadian Labour Congress has declared today a day of action to protect the right to strike.

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Did you read A Dark and Distant Home (Waverly 5) and wonder, hey...IS that fucker dead yet regarding the ITFDY client? That will be answered in a short for patrons in five days. patreon.com/skyladawncameron

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Skyla Dawn Cameron — creating Snarktastic, Bloody Fiction

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Exclusive event! @gregoryawilson.com and Ed Greenwood have a new book on the way, and we're announcing it LIVE in the vendor's room (while Gamehole does the same, in a Can*Con first!) (Hint: It's 5e related) Plus giveaways! Plus an AMA w/ Greg and @brandoncrilly.bsky.social ! Don't miss out!

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Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social · 10h

Tomorrow at 4:30pm at @canconsffh.bsky.social opening ceremonies, I will officially promote @brandoncrilly.bsky.social to Co-Chair. Anyone who knows Brandon knows he is kind, dedicated, and cares about the community, and I'm thrilled to once again have a co-chair! Join me in congratulating him!

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 8h

Why I chose the bear

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 6h

On behalf of everyone at Clarkesworld, we would like to thank all the subscribers who joined during our recent subscription drive. Because of you, we've been able to give all our staff and contributors a raise for our 20th anniversary.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 6h

This weekend—Friday through Saturday—we will be at Can*Con at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa! The vendors room is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC—no con membership required—which means you can come get all your books signed! Meet @kevinhearne.bsky.social & @marissalingen.bsky.social & @chuckwendig.bsky.social!

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Chuck Wendig and Kevin Hearne Book
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Horned Lark Press Party with Marissa Lingen Reading A DUBIOUS CLAMOR:
Sunday 10am, 2d Floor Leaders Room
Marissa Lingen Book Signing: Sunday 11:00-11:30 am in Vendors Room

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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 6h

Sharing the Good Word of Broadsheets on my office door at Stanford. #DHmakes

Quinn's office door with a poster for the digital humanities program, a postcard that says sewing is magic, and the Broadsheets poster

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9h

Today is the 25th anniversary of the publication of my very first science fiction short story, over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! Read it! Look at baby Scalzi doing his thing! (Note: I was not really a baby, I was, like 32. EVEN SO) strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

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Alien Animal Encounters

Our question this week: What is the most interesting encounter you've ever had with an alien animal species?

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A very important day in the Hundred Acre Wood - Winnie-the-Pooh is turning 100 🍯 Our Lead Curator Alison Bailey takes us through some of the pieces selected from our collection to feature in a free special display in our Treasures Gallery

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Almost halfway there! Thanks to each and every one of you from the bottom of our fungal little hearts 🍄🖤👽 We have another backer exclusive to celebrate: a previously unpublished flash fiction from @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social! There's lots more in store for our backers, and YOU can become one now! ⬇️

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Boo London @cmdrsue.bsky.social · 21h

It me.

Adorable illustrated mouse standing up with walking staff, purple cloak, and purple wizard hat. Text: the prophecy did not foretell this bullshit.

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Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 21h

I’m old enough to know that bear was female. 😂

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, I did. As do all Canadians of a certain age. What age, you ask? Old enough to remember this:

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Heritage Minutes: Winnie

YouTube video by Historica Canada

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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Guardian obituary for biochemist and crystallographer Ada Yonath, née Lifshitz (1939-2026) who won a Nobel Prize for mapping the ribosome #chemsky 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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Ada Yonath obituary

Nobel prizewinning biochemist who succeeded against the odds in mapping the ribosome

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MileHiCon @milehicon.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is pretty much why we gave T. Kingfisher and John Scalzi a panel to talk about whatever they want at MileHiCon 58:

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Cait Gordon ♿️ @caitgauthor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Buy my books! They’re not written with GenAI and are funny, quirky, and full of disabled awesomeness!

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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

At the emergency vet with Sprocket again. If you feel like buying some tracks on Bandcamp today is a great day for it.

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Okay so I was supposed to promote the Regency/steampunk costume party at @canconsffh.bsky.social and instead I did things like grant applications for work and writing my next novel, anyway you don’t have to dress up but I’d be grateful if you did and I’ll be wearing The Dress so you won’t be alone 💛

A list of events I’m in at Can*Con also listed at joannemerriam.com/events, and missing the panel I’m moderating Friday, yikes sorry y’all

Oct 18, 11:30am-12:20pm book launch Aether and Ego (including a Regency/steampunk costume contest!) 2nd floor Leaders room

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Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.com · 14/10/2026

Only a couple of days away from the start of @canconsffh.bsky.social, during which I have panels and a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! :D Join us this weekend in Ottawa if you can!

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today in History: October 14th 1926: English humorist A.A. Milne published Winnie-the-Pooh, a children’s book featuring the adventures of a honey-loving bear and his friends, including Eeyore and Piglet.

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Winnie The Pooh and Friends' Celebration Party

Alt: Winnie The Pooh and Friends' Celebration Party

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 13/10/2026

I'm dying laughing at how the cat has conformed to her flower shaped bed today

A white cat is sleeping curled up in a med that has five fluffy white lobes of a flower petal, the cat has half her face peeking upwards and otherwise has filled the pentagonal space in the center of the bed completely

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Leon "Used to Be Cat" Richardson @catlinggun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's live! If you're outside the US, there are partners you can preorder physical goods through, thank goodness. If my fellow Canadians couldn't back it I'd be heartbroken! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

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Rangers of a Broken World

Noble Demons, Horrors, and Automata stalk the land. You are a Ranger, divinely tasked to protect humanity in a world that no longer belongs to humans. Don't be afraid. Together, we can survive. A new ...

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

making me nervous. 3 days left and last stretch. in an age of slop conmen and seedy rights grabbers, feels all the more important to focus on the reliable mags we can trust. if you enjoy their work and are able, this is a good time to chip in. the best time even, some might say.

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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 13/10/2026

🗳️🇨🇦 Advance polls are now open in the Alberta referendum. Most polling places are open 9am to 8pm daily. Don't sit this one out! Don't risk life getting in the way on election day! Cast an early vote for Canada and encourage friends and family to do the same. Share this info.

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Assigned Feral At Birth @remirogers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I've followed r/Embroidery for a while now, which is a huge subreddit. They have officially banned Harry Potter related projects, and it seems like they're actively trying cut ties with DMC, since DMC is now in bed with Harry Potter. Incredible to witness (complimentary).

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Jack Nicholson's Evil Smile

ALT: Jack Nicholson's Evil Smile

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Kan you explayne thys gap yn thy resume? Yn the last year of the twilighte age, Urgaleth of the Grey Elves led a warlyke host through the plains of my resume. Thei were met yn battle by the Dukes of Fyre. So Urgaleth split the fielde wyth hys great spear, creatinge thys mightye gap yn my resume.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A Cat's Life - Wonder by Gérard DuBois

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Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🙄 ok, I shouldn’t be surprised because I think I read elsewhere about capturing that Margaret loves Carrie, & I just… what book did you read? How are they expecting to do the ending?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

Drunkenly picked a fight with a guy who looked like Viggo Mortensen waiting in line in front of me to get into a concert. He didn't respond. Called him a "discount Viggo Mortensen" before my friends dragged me away. It was Viggo Mortensen.

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PodCastle @podcastle.org · 09/10/2026

Special Submissions Call! Undercity Magic! The Castle gates are open for a special submissions call from 9 October to 13 November! The theme?? Undercity Magic!

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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is very good. #NoToTheNine

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

If a whale bit my leg, I would simply pursue him relentlessly until my obsessive hatred became my undoing

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 09/10/2026

One week until the Toronto Shitshow, an all-snark holiday market on October 17th. Free admission, or $35 VIP with timed entry, a swag bag and a rare UK Effin’ Birds book. Visit torontoshitshow.com for all the details.

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 09/10/2026

With alt text, and without comment

A Statement on Copyright Retention Instead of "Work-for-Hire" Cover Illustrations at MRM

We previously commissioned illustrators to create covers as work-for-hire when they were asked to adapt authors' original stories for elements such as cover art.

This will be changing.

The rights granted to MRM by authors are limited, and therefore we can't protect the intellectual property and rights of the original author of the story, if we at the same time grant the authors' rights to the illustrator so that the illustrator can then retain an adaptation copyright. We don't acquire rights from authors that allow us to grant illustrators broad unencumbered use of the worlds, characters, and other elements created by the author.

We're planning to pause cover contracts based on specific stories for the foreseeable future while we figure out the best way forward with those kinds of commissions.

We prefer a process that will both feel fair to illustrators and protect the story authors' copyright.

To that end, we can license existing art or license new original art for our covers (not based on a story) with contracts for illustrators where the artist clearly retains the copyright in the underlying image, since there are no underlying rights owned by authors of the stories that are a part of these kinds of original works.

Regarding retention of "moral rights" in illustrations: our licensing agreements for original art and original fiction use language prepared by an international IP attorney based on notes we received from SFWA's contracts committee. These kinds of agreements no longer include a waiver of moral rights.

We always appreciate when contributors to the magazines express their concerns.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/10/2026

12 Words and Phrases from The Simpsons -taps sign -d'oh -say the quiet part out loud -old man yells at cloud And more! www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...

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12 Words and Phrases from The Simpsons

A perfectly cromulent way to embiggen your vocabulary

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 09/10/2026

Everything Is Stupid And I Need Coffee: A Memoir

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Rebecca M. Senese (she/her) @rebeccasenese.com · 09/10/2026

Now on #Kickstarter! Festive Fantasy Holiday Tales, fill your fall with #Christmas and #holiday #magic! link.rebeccasenese.com/ffht-ks2 #books #contemporaryfantasy

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Have you heard about Canada's House Hippo infestation? Do you know crocodiles used to swim in the Great Lakes? @jdnicoll.bsky.social separates fact from fiction with the help of the National Film Board of Canada's impressive public archive...

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Canadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna - Reactor

House Hippo infestations? Crocodiles in the Great Lakes?!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'Pumpkin fields' by contemporary UK printmaker Louise Stebbing #WomensArt #AutumnWeek 🍂

Print with a view iver a field filled with growing orange pumkins and their green stems and leaves under a purple dusk or dawn sky

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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I made the paper! 😂

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