Anj Baker
@anjbaker.bsky.social
They/them from Appalachia now in suburban Illinois. Clarion 2024. First reader at Fusion Fragment. Writer--supposedly. anjbaker.neocities.org
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The numbers tell the story.
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The numbers tell the story.
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!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
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November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
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bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
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a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Featuring: (see reply)
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
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November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑
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WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
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"I Contain Multitudes"
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"I Contain Multitudes"
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
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Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect
September 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect
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need something fun to read, might i suggest my story "the skull" from last month's issue of swords & sorcery magazine?
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
The Skull – Swords & Sorcery Magazine
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
need something fun to read, might i suggest my story "the skull" from last month's issue of swords & sorcery magazine?
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
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The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
September 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
Thank you for sharing, FF 😭🥲
FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Sit Up with Your Dead" by @anjbaker.bsky.social on @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social
www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...
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NoSleep Podcast S22E18 - The NoSleep Podcast
It's Episode 18 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of teenage terrors. "Hairpuller" written by Gloomara (Story starts around 00:03:15) Produced by: Phil Michalski Cast: Narrator - Mike De...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thank you for sharing, FF 😭🥲
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I implore folks to learn what necro-politics is, because that's where the global far-right is at ideologically about now.
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I implore folks to learn what necro-politics is, because that's where the global far-right is at ideologically about now.
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
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Another great short SFF reading list for you--this one contains some recent work by FFer @sydneyficant137.bsky.social!
My latest Short Fiction Treasures column at @strangehorizons.bsky.social !
Here's Maria Haskins' @mariahaskins.com "Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Roundup" in this week's issue!
July 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Another great short SFF reading list for you--this one contains some recent work by FFer @sydneyficant137.bsky.social!
Help, I can't keep my guinea pig away from Clarice Lispector and Anaïs Nin!
July 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Help, I can't keep my guinea pig away from Clarice Lispector and Anaïs Nin!
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[ascends to mountain peak, sits in profound contemplation until sunset, rises to feet and cups hands at mouth to shout as the red-yellow circle of the sun gathers its terminal intensity and prepares to vanish into the horizon]
SAME
SAME
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
[ascends to mountain peak, sits in profound contemplation until sunset, rises to feet and cups hands at mouth to shout as the red-yellow circle of the sun gathers its terminal intensity and prepares to vanish into the horizon]
SAME
SAME
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When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reaches 725 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Sam J. Miller! buff.ly/JkF7S7F
July 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reaches 725 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Sam J. Miller! buff.ly/JkF7S7F
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I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly.
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly.
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
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Ah yes, the five stages of "I have something to hide."
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ah yes, the five stages of "I have something to hide."
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This is such a good goddamn idea
Teaching AI literacy.
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is such a good goddamn idea
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Recommend this excellent body horror flash piece in @apexmag.bsky.social by Colton Kekoa. "Until now, falling apart was just a thing that happened between us. The doctor’s referral made it real. This was a Thing that was Happening." www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Halfway Alive, Halfway Living
The first time I saw it happen we were unpacking our weekly food bank donations.
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July 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Recommend this excellent body horror flash piece in @apexmag.bsky.social by Colton Kekoa. "Until now, falling apart was just a thing that happened between us. The doctor’s referral made it real. This was a Thing that was Happening." www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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Added more to my thread yesterday about novels being sustained by a series of questions!
I thought this context could be important bc process doesn’t work universally. I’ve learned other methods that I think came from writers grounded in plot/character/whatever. I’m mostly grounded in theme!
I thought this context could be important bc process doesn’t work universally. I’ve learned other methods that I think came from writers grounded in plot/character/whatever. I’m mostly grounded in theme!
…okay since ppl are reading this, let me give a quick disclaimer that I’m an extremely theme-centric writer, which is prob why this works for me.
Those series of questions are essentially an extension to “theme,” so theme isn’t just 1 word like “grief” or even a thesis statement like “grief kills.”
Those series of questions are essentially an extension to “theme,” so theme isn’t just 1 word like “grief” or even a thesis statement like “grief kills.”
July 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Added more to my thread yesterday about novels being sustained by a series of questions!
I thought this context could be important bc process doesn’t work universally. I’ve learned other methods that I think came from writers grounded in plot/character/whatever. I’m mostly grounded in theme!
I thought this context could be important bc process doesn’t work universally. I’ve learned other methods that I think came from writers grounded in plot/character/whatever. I’m mostly grounded in theme!
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Blue Heart in Zombi 3 (1988), who doesn’t stop his radio DJ work even when he becomes one of the living dead. Still plays music. Talks shit to humans over the airwaves. Encourages his fellow zombies to multiply. Simply loves his work.
July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Blue Heart in Zombi 3 (1988), who doesn’t stop his radio DJ work even when he becomes one of the living dead. Still plays music. Talks shit to humans over the airwaves. Encourages his fellow zombies to multiply. Simply loves his work.
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HELLO EVERYONE this is your notification that I have a story out!! It's about a little child and her tiger nanny. Jen has summarized it beautifully (thanks Jen!!). The only thing I'd add is: please hold this story with care, and above all, hold yourself and the children in your life with care. 💜
How is @awprihandita.bsky.social so amazing?? "The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack" in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social just floored me. The complex effects of abuse, the overwhelming emotion, the rawness of a child's experience... it's amazing.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack - Uncanny Magazine
Content note: child abuse The tiger curls in my living room, on the sofa in front of the TV. Finish your lunch, she says, and her words bend my back until I’m on my hands and knees, hunching over th...
www.uncannymagazine.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
HELLO EVERYONE this is your notification that I have a story out!! It's about a little child and her tiger nanny. Jen has summarized it beautifully (thanks Jen!!). The only thing I'd add is: please hold this story with care, and above all, hold yourself and the children in your life with care. 💜
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We don't need a Joe Rogan of the Left, we need an anime that does for Shonen what Evangelion did for Mecha and Madoka did for Magical Girls.
July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the Left, we need an anime that does for Shonen what Evangelion did for Mecha and Madoka did for Magical Girls.