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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 1h

New poem alert!

My cyberpunk sonnet is out in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Eye to the Telescope.

Check it out!

eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...

Eye to the Telescope

Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.

eyetothetelescope.com

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 2h

I'm in the revision trenches, but hopefully, you'll get to soon!

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 3h

Fresh soil, a clean subway, and pesto fries.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 14h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 17h

Amazing!

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 18h

Oh wow!! Congratulations!! What an amazing achievement.

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 18h

I'd love to send you my work more often!

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

It’s alive! SFPA’s 2025 Halloween Reading series is looking for poems that go bump in the night. Find submission details here, and submit by Oct. 26!

sfpoetry.org/wp/halloween...

An advertisement for the SFPA Halloween poetry series that reads "It's Poetry Season" with the word "spooky" crossed out.

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing!

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Iconic.

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 2d

WHAT. SHAZAD LATIF IS IN THE NEW WUTHERING HEIGHTS MOVIE.

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 2d

This isn't to say it bored me to sleep. This is to say I really want to write it. I was gonna nap anyway.

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 2d

Fell asleep for a Sunday nap while thinking about writing The Autobiography of Michael Burnham.

#StarTrekDiscovery

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 6d

🤬🤬🤬

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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing in the Basement is now available on Kindle (and Kindle Unlimited)! But somehow it has been misfiled as for ages 12-18. (Working on fixing this.) I don't think it would be traumatizing for someone that age, but I don't think it would make much sense to them.

www.amazon.com/Nothing-Base...

Nothing in the Basement

Nothing in the Basement [Stott, Romie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Nothing in the Basement

www.amazon.com

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 8d

Poets! I'm re-running for @sfpoetry.bsky.social Treasurer, and I'd love your vote!

Once again, I'm running unopposed (other than the Write-in option... or Wrong-in, amirite??), but I'd love your vote entrusting me with SFPA'S finances. We have exciting things on the horizon!

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 8d

Poets! I'm re-running for @sfpoetry.bsky.social Treasurer, and I'd love your vote!

Once again, I'm running unopposed (other than the Write-in option... or Wrong-in, amirite??), but I'd love your vote entrusting me with SFPA'S finances. We have exciting things on the horizon!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 8d

There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.

“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places”

Fiction
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
“The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice
“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes
“The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox
“Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos
“What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman
“The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris
“Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti
“My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity
“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen
“The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen
“Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed

Poetry
“Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens
“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon
“Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce
“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross
“Atomic” by Jennifer Crow
“Bedazzled” by Robert Borski
“Bestla” by James Joseph Brown

Artwork by Carly A-F

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Flash Point SF @flashpointsf.bsky.social · 12d

NEW FICTION:
"Earth to Echo" by @kcselbywrites.bsky.social
#SFF #flashfiction
flashpointsf.com/2025/10/03/e...

Earth to Echo

Echo might be the only robot who didn’t welcome the apocalypse.

flashpointsf.com

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 15d

It's here!

The second annual Celebrate Discovery Fanzine is available for free: ko-fi.com/s/d366512954

It contains 40 pages of fanfic, art, poetry, essays, games, and quotes from our favorite #StarTrek airing sonce 2017.

Check it out!

Celebrate Disco Zine 2025 - Jordan La Fordan's Ko-fi Shop

A 40-page PDF you can read digitally or print yourself! Full of fanfic, essays, photos, games, poems, and quotes from Star Trek series airing from 201...

ko-fi.com

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 13d

Announcing the 2025 Rhysling Award Winners

The Rhysling Award honors the year's best in speculative poetry ✨

Nominees were selected by the membership of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Each member is allowed to nominate one work in each of two categories: Long and Short poem

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 14d

Some of it is on ao3!

archiveofourown.org/works/460914...

A Torchbearer Can Also Be a Lighthouse - Chapter 1 - JordanLaFordan - Star Trek: Discovery [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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🌕🐺 Wolfmanda Wentz 🐺🌕 @ajwentz.com · 15d

Star Trek friends! Do you cry when you watch Those Old Scientists? Do Una, Rutherford, La’an, and Uhura reflect something you see within yourself? Then you might enjoy my poems in Celebrate Discovery!

This fan zine curated by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social contains fic, poetry, puzzles, & love of Trek.

Celebrate Disco Zine 2025 - Jordan La Fordan's Ko-fi Shop

A 40-page PDF you can read digitally or print yourself! Full of fanfic, essays, photos, games, poems, and quotes from Star Trek series airing from 201...

ko-fi.com

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 15d

It's here!

The second annual Celebrate Discovery Fanzine is available for free: ko-fi.com/s/d366512954

It contains 40 pages of fanfic, art, poetry, essays, games, and quotes from our favorite #StarTrek airing sonce 2017.

Check it out!

Celebrate Disco Zine 2025 - Jordan La Fordan's Ko-fi Shop

A 40-page PDF you can read digitally or print yourself! Full of fanfic, essays, photos, games, poems, and quotes from Star Trek series airing from 201...

ko-fi.com

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 15d

Can't sleep - #StarTrek Zine drops tomorrow!

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Jordan Hirsch @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you! And yes - strong FEELINGS. Nearly all my fanfic is Ash-centered 😅

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