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BrightFlame (she/they)
@brightflame.bsky.social
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I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
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BrightFlame (she/they) @brightflame.bsky.social · Feb 5
I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.

+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.

#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
"Reminder! contains tools for resilience & agency" atop image of book cover. Words surround: Hope! Justice, Magical Activism, Solarpunk...
brightflame.bsky.social
Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts!

(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
yes, please! 😘

#BookSky #BookReview
thoughtsstained.bsky.social Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 2d
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"

Reviews.

Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)

Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Many of you love the list of Great Reads on my site. Just updated it with 3 more selections: brightflame.com/books-i-reco... Lots of #solarpunk, #climate fiction, and diverse speculative reads. One of these days I'll update that image! Happy #reading!
#BookSky #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #solarpunk
Great Reads ⋆ BrightFlame
A diverse list of books that will satisfy your desire for immersive reads, often with a speculative element.
brightflame.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Finished ICE'S END & highly recommend this #climate fiction. Kept me enthralled. @pfinian.bsky.social did great job weaving original Antarctic exploration plot with a future of scarce fresh water on Earth. And a nod towards #hope.

Fight #UpdatedTermsOfService govt!

#solarpunk #BookSky #SpecLit
brightflame.bsky.social BrightFlame (she/they) @brightflame.bsky.social · 8d
Began ICE'S END by @pfinian.bsky.social . A poignant bit: in this #SFF future, Earth's governments all bowed to a corporation, the only supplier of communications & water (essential needs) so all governance is by that corp's Updated Terms of Service 😅😒

#BookSky #climate #SpecLit #reading #books
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Began ICE'S END by @pfinian.bsky.social . A poignant bit: in this #SFF future, Earth's governments all bowed to a corporation, the only supplier of communications & water (essential needs) so all governance is by that corp's Updated Terms of Service 😅😒

#BookSky #climate #SpecLit #reading #books
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Free stories! (though I hope that you'll get the full anthology as I'm in it and in excellent company 😁☀️!!!)

#solarpunk #hopepunk #SFF #WritingCommunity #BookSky #SpecLit #climate #CliFi #reading #books
susankayequinn.bsky.social Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 9d
Two free stories from the BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES solarpunk collection: these stories are the warm light a lot of us need right now.

Download the two stories FREE and if you like what you've read, get the full collection!

newsletter.susankayequinn.com/v5y8e9o6w3

#booksky #hopepunk #climatechange
Bright Stories for Dark Days 2 free stories from the solarpunk collection BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES 1 - Doglady and the Rainstorm 2 - A Merger in Corn Country
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Speaking of #BuyBooks...

#ReadersOfBluesky #BookSky #books #Witch #SFF #SpecLit #reading #solarpunk #hopepunk
brightflame.bsky.social BrightFlame (she/they) @brightflame.bsky.social · Feb 5
I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.

+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.

#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
"Reminder! contains tools for resilience & agency" atop image of book cover. Words surround: Hope! Justice, Magical Activism, Solarpunk...
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚

www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
50% off ebooks the world SALE kinda half-assed and barely visible use code UGHFINE
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Got to catch up with @carolgyzander.bsky.social this weekend at @philconconvention.bsky.social ... a Con highlight to be together in person! ... plus the 3 panels I was on were lively and interesting.

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF #SFFH
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
More #enshittification by the #technofascists
pematson.bsky.social TrishEM @pematson.bsky.social · 20d
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Salute to Fantasy Magazine, and The Deadlands. 🫡😢 I’m sorry to see you go. It hurts.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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slotkin.senate.gov
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
I'll be on 3 panels at Philcon this weekend. Two adjacent to #climate fiction and #solarpunk, which are my jam. If you're in the Philly area, join us.

philcon.org

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
On brick red background, Philcon rocketship logo at top and text: BrightFlame's Schedule. Saturday 1pm. Writing Dystopias in a Dystopian World. Saturday 5pm. What I Wish I'd Understood about Publishing before My Novel's Launch. Sunday 10am. Can Fantasy Fiction Help Us with the Climate Crisis?
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
A tale for the #WritingCommunity. Thank you @scottedelman.bsky.social for lifting us all... even if that publisher doesn't understand. #SFF #SpecLit
scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 23d
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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nkjemisin.bsky.social
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
sfwa.org Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.org · 25d
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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leftlanesmith.bsky.social
How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?

@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers 11 am PST Nov 16th Free for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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sfwa.org
Quasar is all about RANGE. From science panels & horror, we're bringing wide-ranging SFF writers together.

That's why we're also excited about Tarot Need-to-Knows.

Register by Nov 8 to join @brightflame.bsky.social & @leftlanesmith.bsky.social!

Do the cards show you coming out? 👀

buff.ly/CbgABOU
Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers FREE for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org Swipe to learn more about our esteemed presenters Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers BrightFlame (presenter): BrightFlame writes, teaches, and makes magic towards a just, regenerating world. Register at events.sfwa.org Register at events.sfwa.org Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers BrightFlame (presenter): Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. Register at events.sfwa.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
What a list! #solarpunk #hopepunk #hope
otterkit.bsky.social Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · Nov 7
Hey #Hopepit! I'm Olivia Wylie. I write about ways to climb out of the dark under the pen name O.E. Tearmann, and on today's theme: ta da! I run both a VERY big collaborative list of solarpunk books and a positive future review blog. Got a book? Add it here! www.oetearmann.com/positive-boo...
What Could Go Right: Open List Of Positive And Hopeful Futures — O.E. Tearmann
www.oetearmann.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Excited to offer a #Tarot seminar for #SFF #writers with @leftlanesmith.bsky.social at the upcoming @sfwa.org Quasar online conference.

We've begun some juicy convos as we prepare. Hope you'll join us!

www.sfwa.org/events/ (Free for Nebula attendees or $50)

#SpecLit #WritingCommunity #writing
Two headshots amidst a teal and purple nebula cloud. Text: Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers. 11am PST, Nov 16th. events.sfwa.org Same imagery with text: Join us at Quasar, SFWA's Fall Online Nebula Event. Virtual Panels & Seminars, Grand Master Keynote, Office Hours. sfwa.org/events. Free for Nebula attendees! $50 for new guests! same imagery and heading with Lane Smith headshot and bio: Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. same imagery and heading with BrightFlame headshot and tagline: BrightFlame writes, teaches, and makes magic towards a just, regenerating world.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Kat helped me immensely with my speculative witchy novel, The Working. Thumbs up! 🙌

#WritingCommunity #writing #SFF #SpecLit
katwithsword.bsky.social Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · Oct 31
Bumping this more visibly, as due to rescheduling I have extra spots open right now!
katwithsword.bsky.social Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · Oct 22
I have openings in my editing calendar. I do developmental edits of novellas and novels, and work with multiple genres. More information here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Back from our Witchcamp in the Texas Hill Country where we worked at the feral edges with wild alchemy. Such a severe drought there. The big storm wasn't enough to make a dent in aquifers. But brought a 🌪 tornado within a mile to us.

#Witch #Witchsky #pagan
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us for #tarot seminar for #writers at the Quasar Conf!

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF
@sfwa.org @bsfwriters.bsky.social
leftlanesmith.bsky.social Lane Smith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥 @leftlanesmith.bsky.social · Oct 23
It is my very great honor and pleasure to be on the schedule for this @sfwa.org conference next month, talking about writing & Tarot along with @brightflame.bsky.social ! ✨🃏

#Tarot #TarotSky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpecFic #Writers
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
#Solarpunk Bookclub Thu 8pm ET!(online)

We're reading Solarpunk Creatures!

Jitsi link meet.jit.si/SolarpunkBoo...

Newsletter for recaps&monthly picks!
www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bo...

Edited @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
Stories @teffeau.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social & more
#booksky
Solarpunk Bookclub logo Solarpunk Creatures cover
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Glad I'm in Terminal A at Newark as it's rather nice and my flight is delayed.

Heading to play with the #Witches at Tejas Web. Looking forward!
#WitchSky #Witch
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Who's got to pack to teach at Tejas Web Witchcamp? Me! Looking forward to being with dear friends and making potent magic.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #Witch
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM