A. P. Howell
@aphowell.com
SF/F/H writer. SFWA, Codex. She/her. Stories online and in anthologies.
Web: aphowell.com
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A. P. Howell
@aphowell.com
· Nov 12
Award eligibility post (2025)
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who Declined the Sea Witch’s Offer and Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks for Asking" is a flash story published in…
aphowell.com
Award eligibility post (2025)
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who…
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who…
Things I enjoyed in 2025 (Part 6)
Short Stories "Ink Reviews" by Rachel Gutin (2025): I'm not a fountain pen person, but i respect those who are. This brief story charts the colorful path of someone becoming a different person. Novellas A Place of Refuge by Victoria Janssen (2023): A series of…
Short Stories "Ink Reviews" by Rachel Gutin (2025): I'm not a fountain pen person, but i respect those who are. This brief story charts the colorful path of someone becoming a different person. Novellas A Place of Refuge by Victoria Janssen (2023): A series of…
Things I enjoyed in 2025 (Part 6)
Short Stories "Ink Reviews" by Rachel Gutin (2025): I'm not a fountain pen person, but i respect those who are. This brief story charts the colorful path of someone becoming a different person. Novellas A Place of Refuge by Victoria Janssen (2023): A series of novellas about guerillas after their rebellion fails, and their adventures settling down to enjoy fully-automated gay space communism and pastries.
aphowell.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Things I enjoyed in 2025 (Part 6)
Short Stories "Ink Reviews" by Rachel Gutin (2025): I'm not a fountain pen person, but i respect those who are. This brief story charts the colorful path of someone becoming a different person. Novellas A Place of Refuge by Victoria Janssen (2023): A series of…
Short Stories "Ink Reviews" by Rachel Gutin (2025): I'm not a fountain pen person, but i respect those who are. This brief story charts the colorful path of someone becoming a different person. Novellas A Place of Refuge by Victoria Janssen (2023): A series of…
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International conventions should not be held in the U.S.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
International conventions should not be held in the U.S.
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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By love and mercy, that is a weight off. Thanks to all of you!
Wrap up post and a note from Zukiswa, here:
Wrap up post and a note from Zukiswa, here:
We did it! Now what?
African Translation Project published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
By love and mercy, that is a weight off. Thanks to all of you!
Wrap up post and a note from Zukiswa, here:
Wrap up post and a note from Zukiswa, here:
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And yes, I must link to the original video, and you must share it: I don't make the rules.
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And yes, I must link to the original video, and you must share it: I don't make the rules.
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
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In my #ENVSCOMM25-2 class today, a review of social media & its uses in environmental-science communication. Example to show the class? A 2025 blogpost @neorsd.org by on stormwater-management principles related to Tom Holland's lip-synch battle performance.
neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hol...
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neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hol...
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What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In my #ENVSCOMM25-2 class today, a review of social media & its uses in environmental-science communication. Example to show the class? A 2025 blogpost @neorsd.org by on stormwater-management principles related to Tom Holland's lip-synch battle performance.
neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hol...
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neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hol...
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The book community is working together to fund an African small press to translate two novels. #BookSky
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The book community is working together to fund an African small press to translate two novels. #BookSky
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
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$760 would get this funded TONIGHT. We can do that.
I know that everyone's asking for $ right now and times are hard. But these authors deserve a wider audience and this is how we can help them achieve that.
If you can't donate even a couple of bucks, please share?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
I know that everyone's asking for $ right now and times are hard. But these authors deserve a wider audience and this is how we can help them achieve that.
If you can't donate even a couple of bucks, please share?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
$760 would get this funded TONIGHT. We can do that.
I know that everyone's asking for $ right now and times are hard. But these authors deserve a wider audience and this is how we can help them achieve that.
If you can't donate even a couple of bucks, please share?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
I know that everyone's asking for $ right now and times are hard. But these authors deserve a wider audience and this is how we can help them achieve that.
If you can't donate even a couple of bucks, please share?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
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I buy this head canon honestly.
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I buy this head canon honestly.
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If for #GivingTuesday you'd love to support Black, African art and also get a little candy box of artistic treats to nom your way through, we've got you!
We also have a shop! Ten artists have donated small, quirky, inspirational, heartfelt works to fund this project.
There's a $50 bundle for all of them also!
Has anyone looked through their bundle? Any pieces you enjoyed?
There's a $50 bundle for all of them also!
Has anyone looked through their bundle? Any pieces you enjoyed?
Visit African Translation Project's Shop!
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If for #GivingTuesday you'd love to support Black, African art and also get a little candy box of artistic treats to nom your way through, we've got you!
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Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).
It's Cyber Monday, I actually have stuff for sale this year, check out shop.aphowell.com, check out all the other great small creators with awesome work, I'd flog more but I have basically zero energy for anything and let's be honest, it's all still going to be available tomorrow.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's Cyber Monday, I actually have stuff for sale this year, check out shop.aphowell.com, check out all the other great small creators with awesome work, I'd flog more but I have basically zero energy for anything and let's be honest, it's all still going to be available tomorrow.
Black Friday sales
Ah, Black Friday, that most American of customs: wasting a vacation day being horrible to retail workers in pursuit of a perceived deal on shitty merchandise. If you'd rather peruse lower-key deals that don't require you to move from the couch, check out the Black Friday BIG…
Ah, Black Friday, that most American of customs: wasting a vacation day being horrible to retail workers in pursuit of a perceived deal on shitty merchandise. If you'd rather peruse lower-key deals that don't require you to move from the couch, check out the Black Friday BIG…
Black Friday sales
Ah, Black Friday, that most American of customs: wasting a vacation day being horrible to retail workers in pursuit of a perceived deal on shitty merchandise. If you'd rather peruse lower-key deals that don't require you to move from the couch, check out the Black Friday BIG Bundle or one of two Small Bundles, running until November 29. Pick up 41 books for $56 or 22 books for $29. ("Adamere in Swan" is included.)
aphowell.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Black Friday sales
Ah, Black Friday, that most American of customs: wasting a vacation day being horrible to retail workers in pursuit of a perceived deal on shitty merchandise. If you'd rather peruse lower-key deals that don't require you to move from the couch, check out the Black Friday BIG…
Ah, Black Friday, that most American of customs: wasting a vacation day being horrible to retail workers in pursuit of a perceived deal on shitty merchandise. If you'd rather peruse lower-key deals that don't require you to move from the couch, check out the Black Friday BIG…
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Absolutely terrifying, but very much worth the read if you can!
In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Absolutely terrifying, but very much worth the read if you can!
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Well, now I know where I can find copies of books from a defunct publisher and disused pen name, despite the fact that I was perfectly content letting them just disappear. :/
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Well, now I know where I can find copies of books from a defunct publisher and disused pen name, despite the fact that I was perfectly content letting them just disappear. :/
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Found families and friendship
Pick up the Not All Family is Blood bundle, running November 17–20, for stories of found families and friendships. $20 for 18 books ("The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark" is my contribution).
Pick up the Not All Family is Blood bundle, running November 17–20, for stories of found families and friendships. $20 for 18 books ("The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark" is my contribution).
Found families and friendship
Pick up the Not All Family is Blood bundle, running November 17–20, for stories of found families and friendships. $20 for 18 books ("The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark" is my contribution).
aphowell.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Found families and friendship
Pick up the Not All Family is Blood bundle, running November 17–20, for stories of found families and friendships. $20 for 18 books ("The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark" is my contribution).
Pick up the Not All Family is Blood bundle, running November 17–20, for stories of found families and friendships. $20 for 18 books ("The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark" is my contribution).
Do you want a short film set in a solarpunk future? Of course you do! Consider chipping in a few bucks.
Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film
I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy ...
www.dilmandila.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Do you want a short film set in a solarpunk future? Of course you do! Consider chipping in a few bucks.
Anti-authoritarianism bundle
The Burn It Down! book bundle is on sale November 13–17. $16 for a bunch of books on themes of defiance and rebellion. ("Now and Then and Back Again" is in there.)
The Burn It Down! book bundle is on sale November 13–17. $16 for a bunch of books on themes of defiance and rebellion. ("Now and Then and Back Again" is in there.)
Anti-authoritarianism bundle
The Burn It Down! book bundle is on sale November 13–17. $16 for a bunch of books on themes of defiance and rebellion. ("Now and Then and Back Again" is in there.)
aphowell.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Anti-authoritarianism bundle
The Burn It Down! book bundle is on sale November 13–17. $16 for a bunch of books on themes of defiance and rebellion. ("Now and Then and Back Again" is in there.)
The Burn It Down! book bundle is on sale November 13–17. $16 for a bunch of books on themes of defiance and rebellion. ("Now and Then and Back Again" is in there.)
Award eligibility post (2025)
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who…
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who…
Award eligibility post (2025)
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who Declined the Sea Witch’s Offer and Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks for Asking" is a flash story published in…
aphowell.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Award eligibility post (2025)
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who…
The days are growing shorter, so it's time for the annual flurry of award eligibility posts. This year was a little different for me. I self-published a lot of reprints and had an audio reprint come out, but only had two original publications. "The Mermaid Who…
A reprint with a spaceship (and mud)
My novelette "Adamere in Swan" is now for sale as a standalone ebook; you can buy it from my shop, itch.io, Ko-fi or Campfire. It came out in last year's Autumn issue of ParSec. (I have not Americanized the text, so you can expect at least one bonus letter u…
My novelette "Adamere in Swan" is now for sale as a standalone ebook; you can buy it from my shop, itch.io, Ko-fi or Campfire. It came out in last year's Autumn issue of ParSec. (I have not Americanized the text, so you can expect at least one bonus letter u…
A reprint with a spaceship (and mud)
My novelette "Adamere in Swan" is now for sale as a standalone ebook; you can buy it from my shop, itch.io, Ko-fi or Campfire. It came out in last year's Autumn issue of ParSec. (I have not Americanized the text, so you can expect at least one bonus letter u per page.) Cover image: DM7. This is the last reprint I'm planning to release as a standalone ebook, at least for a little while.
aphowell.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A reprint with a spaceship (and mud)
My novelette "Adamere in Swan" is now for sale as a standalone ebook; you can buy it from my shop, itch.io, Ko-fi or Campfire. It came out in last year's Autumn issue of ParSec. (I have not Americanized the text, so you can expect at least one bonus letter u…
My novelette "Adamere in Swan" is now for sale as a standalone ebook; you can buy it from my shop, itch.io, Ko-fi or Campfire. It came out in last year's Autumn issue of ParSec. (I have not Americanized the text, so you can expect at least one bonus letter u…
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some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
ParSec wins the British Fantasy Award
ParSec won the 2025 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical. I've been lucky enough to have two stories in ParSec over the years and benefitted from Ian Whates's editing. (And not just the insertion of an extra u here or there.) The magazine isn't…
ParSec won the 2025 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical. I've been lucky enough to have two stories in ParSec over the years and benefitted from Ian Whates's editing. (And not just the insertion of an extra u here or there.) The magazine isn't…
ParSec wins the British Fantasy Award
ParSec won the 2025 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical. I've been lucky enough to have two stories in ParSec over the years and benefitted from Ian Whates's editing. (And not just the insertion of an extra u here or there.) The magazine isn't open for submissions often and it's in the semi-pro pay category, but writers should keep it in mind as a home for their stories.
aphowell.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
ParSec wins the British Fantasy Award
ParSec won the 2025 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical. I've been lucky enough to have two stories in ParSec over the years and benefitted from Ian Whates's editing. (And not just the insertion of an extra u here or there.) The magazine isn't…
ParSec won the 2025 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical. I've been lucky enough to have two stories in ParSec over the years and benefitted from Ian Whates's editing. (And not just the insertion of an extra u here or there.) The magazine isn't…
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The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.