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Lisa M. Bradley 💀

@cafenowhere.bsky.social

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Queer, disabled Latina spec-fic poet/author/editor. Work in LeVar Burton Reads, Fantasy, Lightspeed, Uncanny, & F&SF. Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons. www.lisambradley.com

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · Dec 6

For the new folks, links to my books:
Exile, a dystopian novel: bitl.to/3JmB
The Haunted Girl, a collection of short fiction and poetry: www.aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-...
Climbing Lightly Through Forests, A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. LeGuin, ed with R.B. Lemberg: bitl.to/3Jm7

Exile a book by Lisa M Bradley

Twenty years ago, a toxic spill in the small, southwest Texas town of Exile poisoned residents with permanent rage. The feds' response? Quarantine. Only residents who pass the feds' 4-S test can escap...

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 35m

What an odd relief to learn this term! I thought I was doing something wrong but maybe my pain is *gasp* beyond my control.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Monday and a gentle reminder to those dealing with chronic illness to watch out for the October Slide.

This time of year can cause flare ups, increased symptoms and unexpected hits to your baseline.

It’s best to go slow. Be gentle. And know that you’re not alone.

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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 5h

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with queer planty IndigiLit!

ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!

It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are

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Alocasia leaf background. Text reads "Plantcestors: The Indigenous Issue"

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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 3h

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com · 3h

New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher.

Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.

benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...

Analog Negotiations & Short Story Sale: Recognition, Memory » Benjamin C. Kinney - still pruning...

Successful negotiations with Must Read Magazines & Analog SF, who will publish my science fiction short story "Recognition, Memory."

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 9h

Sigh it’s time for our weekly remonstrance:

FATNESS ISN’T IMMORAL YOU FUCKING FUCKS

ICE, Trump, et al are not evil because they’re fat. They’re evil because they hurt people.

All you’re doing is reinforcing hurtful stereotypes and I do unfollow and block when I see it.

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 8h

Feliz cumpleaños, Ali! May this year overflow with delights for you.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

2025 Winner: Outstanding Speculative Poetry:
RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE by Fasasi Ridwan

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 1d

I’m opening for client work for the first time in years! If you need a writer or editor, get in touch! Link is in my profile. My work has been recognized with nominations for several awards.

I’m also into game dev, and would love to work on some games.

Please help by signal boosting 🙏

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 1d

NEW POEM #274: "Bested by Charismatic Megafauna" by Christa Fairbrother (@christafairbrother.bsky.social)

"I told him I've been
to Australia, pet
the koalas, and
they're really not
soft, but scratchy. They
smelled like greasy, grey
linens."

stonecirclereview.com/bested-by/

#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 1d

Unless those efforts were expended to bring them french fries

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope that you’re surrounded by loved ones and that fond memories offer you some solace.

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Ambelies @ambelies.bsky.social · 4d

I am a disabled enby. I get SSI, but it doesn't give me much and I struggle every month. I also live with my disabled mom. My goal for this month to help with my needs is 405. (100/405) Anything helps. PayPal.me/Ambelies or cash.app/$ambelies also, venmo: ambelies

Pay Amber Downs using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/Ambelies and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 2d

The moment I saw the skeletal Highland cow at the store, I knew I must claim the bizarre bovine for my lawn. Now battle ensues.

On a leaf scattered lawn, ghosts on stakes watch the battle unfolding between a giant inflatable green-and-black spider and an inflatable skeletal highland cow.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 2d

For over a decade, I have taken my (87-year-old) mom to the Portland Farmer’s market most Saturday mornings so she can do her weekly shopping. Today, I thought why not share a few snaps with Bluesky?

Vendor with pumpkins, tomatoes, arugula, lettuce. No fires.

South Park Blocks with vendors and people lined up waiting to purchase their veggies. No fires.

Beautiful multicolored peppers in foreground. Radishes, zucchini, and radicchio in background. Not on fire.

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 3d

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 2d

It was magnificent! Every piece a world I got lost in. Thank you for a thoroughly memorable collection!

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 5d

Is it my turn to pick out the canapés for this week’s Antifa meeting? Did people like that asparagus thing I brought last time?

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Richard Mirabella 🎃 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 4d

Autumn Omens 6 (2025)
Is it a crushed skunk or is it weed?
6 PM is midnight.
The toad cotillion is held.
Apples are the heart.
Pumpkins are the head.
The garden is neglected.
Cemeteries are "the park"
Bees asleep under the golden rod blossoms.

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 3d

Wrote out some Postcards to Voters while listening to music and now I’m settling down to finish reading the ferociously great collection Issues with Authority by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14d

Day 14 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE LOST DREAMER, Mexi-Rican author Lizz Huerta's (@lizzhuerta.bsky.social) ferocious YA fantasy debut. When a shift in patriarchal power threatens a sisterhood's traditions, Saya must separate truth from lies, exploitation from power, and maybe set the world aflame

The cover of THE LOST DREAMER, featuring the head and shoulders of a teenaged girl surrounded by stylized flora in shades of black, purple, blue, and pink

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 4d

Last night I completed this puzzle based on Kim Smith’s rendition of the Norman Lykes house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I picked it up in the gift shop when we visited Taliesin a couple of weeks ago. I love that it looks like an abandoned spaceship.

A jigsaw puzzle image of an adobe home, set against soft-peaked mountains in the Phoenix desert, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The sky is a cloudless blue, the mountains a darker blue, and the earth surrounding the home is brown and black with cactus and small bushes. The house looks both futuristic and timeless.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 4d

New art for my classroom arrived! From @ollycostello.bsky.social & words by @prisonculture.bsky.social.

Poster on a school linoleum floor. Black background, shovel and garden fork around which are growing colorful vines with beans and flowers. Other veggies and plants, too. Words by Mariame Kaba: Transformative change happens when we are willing to build the things we know must exist.

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 4d

I hope every book-related milestone gives you joy!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...

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Lisa M. Bradley 💀 @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 5d

Waiting on a delivery I have to sign for. Posting in the hopes that it’ll arrive because I’m complaining about it.

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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 8d

IT'S COMING! They're coming. The monkeys! At halloweeeeeeeen

Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 9d

It's here! It's here! The TOC for Issue 5 of Die Laughing is HERE!

We could not be more excited to bring you these 6 hilarifying tales, available as a PDF download 10/31/25, with stories posting for free every week after! Join us for stories so funny they'll kill you! #horrorsky
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