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felicia martínez

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💀💀Artist and writer of unusual things. Author of The Other Lives of Altagracia Sanchez. California transplant, still a New Mexican at heart. She/her. feliciamartinez.com social media skeleton @thedeadlands.com @psychopomp.com @fantasymagazine.bsky.social‬

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 21d

Big news!!

I am SO excited to share that my sci-fi novella, Bright Phaedra, has landed with Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social

It's a near future story about asexual connection, the temptations of AI, and the unboundedness of love.

I can't wait for you all to read this one!!

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 1h

Every day is Indigenous people’s day, and every day is a good day to uplift indigenous speculative poets ✨

Shout out your favorites!

Might we suggest Bury My Heart Under the Martian Sky by Juan Manuel-Pérez

or

Full-metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead

to start ✨✨✨

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2h

did you know that right now, we're only a partial skeleton? we're not fully funded, and so we're missing some critical bones.

this is truth

and sadly not sustainable

help us be a full skeleton?

patreon 🖤 www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

our coin fundraiser 💀 psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

An old looking skull lays on a cement path covered lightly in brown leaves.

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 10h

Tomorrow is the last day to snap up this bundle of signed 1st edition novels and support @thepixelproject.bsky.social in their goal of ending domestic violence against women and girls.

thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsf...

#booksky

Signed 1st edition copies of my middle grade novels ROOT MAGIC, CONJURE ISLAND, AND THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE against a red background. Two of the books have silver Walter Award Honor stickers.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 14h

This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:

“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 1d

"Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Client Challenge

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful morning at César Chávez Park.

View along the bay from César Chávez Park.

A ground squirrel crouches amongst dry grasses.

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 3d

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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 6d

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 3d

This made me cry real tears.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 4d

Had a tough but also amazing day wood firing at Laney College today. Was hard leaving the kiln yard after my (6hr) shift.

Me, looking at the camera. I'm wearing an orange bandana over my hair and and red one around my neck. I have on regular glasses and protective glasses on my head. Sporting yellow plaid! And very red faced and exhausted looking but smiling.

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 5d

New burrowing owl behavior for me today-- taking a bath in the rain! So cool! 🪶

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s a good deal on the start of the Bridge Trilogy

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

Got my ballot! 🗳️

felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

Steven!

felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

If you see this, post a pet

Batman the black cat with his big yellow eyes looks up expectantly.

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 7d

California's need to know our legislative calendar. Very few do. It's kinda wonky but when you call offices actually does matter for the viability of a bill. Folks can remember to Google "california legislative calendar" and both Senate and Assembly are same info www.senate.ca.gov/legislative-...

Legislative Deadlines | California State Senate

www.senate.ca.gov

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

need to get to the studio

still sitting on the couch

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

spider down! 😭

I was adding wadding to the bottom and knocked most the legs off. SAD

A spider sculpture in the bisque stage that is clearly broken and upside down.

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Our next interviewee & featured poet from the October 2025 issue is J. L. Yokum. He shares his poem ‘Where the kittens hide,’ as well as thoughts on where he finds inspiration outside of poetry, how a poem begins & how he makes space for poetry in his daily life.

pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...

I always have a book of poetry or a poetry journal issue nearby to read when time opens up for reading. I keep the tools of my writing (digital as well as pen/paper) at hand 24/7. When the poem comes asking for me, I stop what I'm doing and I answer the call. I'm not routine-oriented when it comes to poetry. When a chink in the chain link of the day opens up, that's a space in which I can engage with poetry.

J. L. YOCUM
Where the kittens hide
I keep finding the corpses of kittens in the last place you'd expect. The hamper, my briefcase, the bulk nuts bin, in the library tucked behind reference volumes of medieval folklore, or the poetics of astronomy.
They won't say how they died, but they tell me their names: Clover, Honeydew, Thorn.
Each becomes a tender task:
how to dispose of them without shattering.
The trick is to soften. Like their soft shut eyes, their soft tufted ears, their soft swells of belly and their incomprehensibly small soft paws.

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 6d

oh hey!! @querenciapress.bsky.social is having a pretty incredible overstock sale over on their site!! 8 bucks for a whole slew of titles.

Plus, I know they are struggling right now, like all indies. I wish it were easier out there for the small, experimental presses 💖

payhip.com/b/UvBI6

Overstock Titles

Sometimes we end up with too much inventory, so we are discounting our overstock to make room for additional titles!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing.

(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve only got two and I’m filled with regret!!

Do the thing! Get the coin!

Pay the ferryman 💀

Three coins on a wooden table. Two are Deadlands coins featuring a skull and death’s head moth, and the third is an Electronic Frontier Foundation coin.

felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 7d

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 7d

The Bat making sure he’s seen 🖤

Batman the black cat sits on a coffee table squeezed in between books and other messy things.

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