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T. K. Rex

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Science fiction and fantasy author from the western states. Podcast co-host @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social. Debut solarpunk collection THE WILDCRAFT DRONES drops May 21, 2026 @stelliform.press. Stories & newsletter signup at tkrex.wtf.

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 14d

Yes! I am in this! Go get it 💕🐬💕

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 14d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

Cover art by Abi Stevens for Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent, featuring an eight-winged moth framed in pink and orange moons and rainbow colored clouds

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 4h

I’m sad now. My only recourse will be a rewatch of one of the last two series we have not rewatched yet this round: original series, or Prodigy. But which one???

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 4h

Finished rewatch of Star Trek: Enterprise tonight and, like, dammit. I was eyerolling nonstop through the first two seasons, then 3 is just *soooo* post-9/11, then 4 is flipping fantastic. So many great s4 episodes. Trip & T’Pol made me cry. Then it’s cancelled. I knew it was coming and still 😖 gah

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 11h

Prehistoric Planet season three has released its first clip, showing a family of North American ground sloths frolicking in the snowy landscape of the late Pleistocene.

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 "Roll Around" Clip | Apple TV

YouTube video by Apple TV

www.youtube.com

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2d

12th ave. Had D&D tonight

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2d

Mara did you see??? The rain???? And also this

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2d

San Francisco doing this tonight

Incredible sunset under the rain clouds looking west down clement at 12th ave. Everything is deep gold and fluffy and the eucalyptus trees have the same shape as the clouds in silhouettes that look like black lace

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2d

Who else in the Bay texted someone today just to say that it’s raining?

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Shingai @shingai-be-like.bsky.social · 3d

*screaming crying throwing up in a good way* lol I will have more writerly words to share my gratitude at some point in the future. ✨🪐

P.s I was so deeply honoured to be on that ballot list with my Clarion sib @olivasthewriter.bsky.social whose novelette Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror is phenomenal💃🏾

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION

2025 Winner Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by Eugen Bacon

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · Sep 2

@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social is having a @gofundme.com campaign to support its third year of publication.

At $.10/word, The Cosmic Background pays authors of flash and poetry to share their work on the website

www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher

For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices

www.gofundme.com

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 3d

And for anyone curious, 2x @theignyteawards.bsky.social winner, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social has a novel on chill, a novel in progress, and a collection about which they are able to chat.

Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 3d

Shout out to lil sis @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for her Ignyte Award Winning novelette WE WHO WILL NOT DIE from @psychopomp.com.. I believe this is her second @theignyteawards.bsky.social.

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d

@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 3d

Exceptionally deserved!!! Congrats @shingai-be-like.bsky.social !!!! 💕

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d

@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE
psychopomp.com/we-who-will-...
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2025 Winner Outstanding Novelette: WE WHO WILL NOT DIE by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 4d

Enterprise season 4 implies the Vulcans took even longer than us which is kinda funny in this context

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 5d

I never thought I’d be so happy to hear sports news, but wow is it ever better than everything else that was in my feed leading up to that. Fun fact: the first baseball game I ever went to was a Mariner’s game in Seattle. I was 15. If I was a sports fan this would be the fandom probably

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 5d

Thinking about some lesser known Steve Kirk dinosaur artwork today. His work shaped my childhood perception of prehistoric life more than any other artist and I have an endless appreciation for his ability to decorate his animals in eye-catchingly beautiful patterns that look painted from life.

The dome-nosed head of Giraffatitan, a huge sauropod dinosaur, looms into frame. The scaly, lightly wrinkled skin is splotched with a blend of greens, grey, and yellows in a pattern reminiscent of crocodylians.

A group of vibrantly patterned "hypsilophodonts" forage amid the misty fern-coated floor of a Jurassic prairie. A herd of massive Diplodocus, sporting crests of iguana-like spines, pass in the middle distance. Far off, a brachiosaurid browses from towering conifers.

A sandy-toned, subtly striped Allosaurus with blue crests charges through a dusty clearing, jaws agape and hands flexing.

Portraits of Corythosaurus, Lambeosaurus, and Parasaurolophus, shown with earthy green, brown, and reddish tones in complex mottled patterns. Their keratin-sheathed crests are richly detailed, as are their scaly hides.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 5d

You get to read the book, *other* people get to read the book, and every interaction like this that you have with your local library sends a message that it is valued and supported by the community.

Apart from everything else, now is a great time to support civic institutions!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 29d

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 5d

Hell yeah. You too!

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Seán, just want you to know how much this completely one sided parasocial relationship actually surprisingly means to me. I have argued with you about Star Trek so many times and enjoyed every minute of it. 🖖

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 5d

Announcing our first open call for 2026 - "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" which will ask for hard SF stories with tea or coffee, stars, and gravity all playing a prominent narrative role. Info here - aanpress.com/submissions.... Important: Be sure to read the cover page to the PDF.

Cover image to the book, showing the back of an astronaut in a space suit as he steps off into a psychedelic swirl of cosmic colors and stars. The title circles around the figure.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 5d

If you've been curious about When the Earth Was Green, you can read a sample over at Smithsonian. It's about an unlucky bug caught in goop and how oozing trees helped make the fossil record.

How a Fragile Insect Living 100 Million Years Ago Becomes a Fossil

A bug, a dinosaur and a tree intersect, creating the perfect conditions for resin to capture a moment in time

www.smithsonianmag.com

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck that guy and whoever the fuck sainted him. If the hell they believed in is real, they are burning in it.

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 6d

Good. Now change the fucking freeway name

www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

26-foot-tall Bay Area freeway icon removed after 50 years

The statue of Junipero Serra was made of concrete and steel.

www.sfgate.com

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 6d

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Shouty person @clacksee.bsky.social · Sep 2

New month, new book thread! My first read of September was Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong.

Wong writes stories that explore the darkest depths of the human soul and somehow he leaves the reader with warm, uplifting, hopeful vibes.

Review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a1e0...

#booksky

Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong
My listening supports
The Portal Bookshop
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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 7d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 7d

holy shit

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 7d

They’re sooooo shiny 😍