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Caroline M. Yoachim
@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
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SFF writer. Ignyte Award winner!!! Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Eugie, Sturgeon & Nebula finalist. Stories in BCS, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld & F&SF. Interviewer at Uncanny Magazine. Biracial. She/her.
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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 16d
Eligibility post time! Catching up on your 2025 reading? I had a couple things out that I'd love for you to read:

My short story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...
Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War - Uncanny Magazine
Kestrel House  There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement pa...
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Daylily, B&W. #bloomscrolling

#photography #BNWmacro #ArtYear #ClassicMono #PNW #flowers #B&W
A white flower in bloom, starting to wilt slightly, with a prominent pistil that has a few tiny water droplets on it. Parts of the stem and the bud of a second flower are visible on the left side of the photo. Black background.
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Photos from today's walk (thread): echinacea #bloomscrolling
A flower with a red center and pink daisy-like petals that droop somewhat downwards, illuminated in bright sunlight. Blurry greenery in the background.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Traditional post-Thanksgiving breakfast. Pie is good with coffee, and is therefore a sensible breakfast choice.
Slice of almond cream pie, side view. The filling is a buttery yellow custard, topped with a generous quantity of whipped cream and sprinkled with slivered almonds.
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Pie o’clock! Pumpkin (left) and almond cream (right).
Two slices of pie on one plate. Pumpkin pie slice is topped with whipped cream. Almond cream pie is topped with whipped cream and slivered almonds.
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Cooking complete!
Plate, as viewed from above, with peas, mashed potatoes, turkey, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, black olives, dinner roll. Under the plate, a crimson placemat, set with utensils, water glass, and champagne flute.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Cooking, day 2: Butter, yes? (Yes.)
Stick of butter, melting in a dark pan such that there is a lace-like puddle of butter surrounding approximately half of the stick still in solid rectangle form.
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Pupper gets her breakfast early this morning, before I turn on her most terrifying nemesis (the oven). #pupdate
Medium sized short hair yellow-brown dog sitting on a small rug and looking attentively upwards (at food that is off camera).
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Drinking coffee and gathering up energy for cooking, round 2.
a penguin is pouring coffee into a cup that says pengu on it
Alt: a penguin is pouring coffee into a very large cup that says pengu on it
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November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Getting a late start on my #thanksgiving prep this year, but I have started.

Today's first task: pie crust for the almond cream pie.
Unbaked empty pie crust in a glass dish, with crimped edges. Sitting on the counter, ready to go into the oven.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Current #WIP is shaping up to be a dystopian multiverse story. Or maybe nonfiction. Really hard to tell these days. #writing
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War," by @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social is a neat blend of fantasy and science fiction and found fiction--time bubbles and stasis fields and generation ships, Oh my!

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...

#labyrinthratreads2025
There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement park thirty-five miles northeast of Antiphony. The historic event was observed from a safe distance by a team of army engineers, with military reinforcements on standby in case anything went wrong. It was also observed from a significantly closer vantage point by Jolene Kestrel, who absolutely should not have been in the park that day. Jolene was by far the most promising student at Costa Nova University’s prestigious School of Architecture, Class of 2056. She’d entered the park shortly after dawn, illegally, through a hole in the rusty chain-link fence. For several hours—hyperfocused on her work and utterly unaware of what was about to unfold—she sat in a dilapidated bumper car and sketched endless variations on the ivy-covered steel curves of the largest roller coaster in the park, searching for the seeds of an architectural innovation that could someday be the cornerstone of her legacy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Unlikely to make it out with my camera today because the next 24 hours is food prep for Thanksgiving. Instead, a shot from the archives. On this day, 2023: Lake Washington at dawn.

#photography #nature #landscape #PNW
Landscape in the early morning hours, with dark lake water in the foreground, a band of trees shrouded in fog and low clouds, a dark hillside rising up behind the trees and mist, and an orange sky dotted with grey clouds. Serene and moody.
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Caroline M. Yoachim
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Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year fundraiser on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!

Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.

The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way!

acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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A shot from the archives for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #HangingAround ('Birds at Unusual Angles').

Pelican, diving.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #pelican #BirdSky
A pelican with its beak half submerged in the ocean, caught mid-dive. The photo was taken with a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion, and the bird has wings and feet tucked as it enters the water, giving the bird an angular geometric shape.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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A burst of color for your feed: flowers from yesterday's walk (thread): Calendula and water droplets #bloomscrolling

#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #macro #flowers
Closeup showing a portion of a bright orange flower with daisy-like petals, each petal dotted with raindrops. The photo is shot from behind the flower such that stem and leaves are visible. Additional blurry greenery in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A burst of color for your feed, from today's walk: Pink cosmos #BloomScrolling

#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #pink #ColorADay #PinkMon #cosmos #flowers
Bright pink flower in near full bloom, facing toward the left side of the photo. The flower has a yellow center, and extending off to the right side of the image is a stem with a second bud, still tightly closed. Blurry neutral background.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Photos from today's walk (bird thread!). This yellow-rumped warbler REALLY wanted to be photographed, and posed nicely on a clump of flowers gone to seed.

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #warblers #PNW #wildlife #nature #BirdSky #birds
Small bird perched on a clump of tiny flowers that have turned black and gone to seed. The bird is facing away from the viewer with pale brown head and upper back, darker brown and white on the wings and tail. The bird's head is turned to profile, revealing a buttery yellow patch on its throat. Neutral grey background, blurry.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A flower for your Monday: zinnia #bloomscrolling
Minimalist digital drawing of a red zinnia flower in bloom, white background. Signed CMY in the lower left.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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There is leftover cake from my daughter’s birthday, and clearly I have no choice but to have a slice for breakfast because we need the fridge space for Thanksgiving ingredients?
Slice of layer cake on a plate. Lemon cake, raspberry filling between some layers, lemon curd between others.
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Thanksgiving PSA: if you have a turkey in your freezer, move it to your fridge!

Frozen turkeys take about 1 day per 4 lbs to thaw in the fridge, which is by far the easiest method!
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Small bubbles in the fountain, B&W.

#photography #BlueSkyArtShow #small #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #bubbles #macro
Closeup of the surface of the pool at the base of a fountain, with tiny ripples and several small bubbles. The largest bubble that is in focus shows a bit of reflected sky.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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A quick insomnia bird from 4am: Spotted towhee

#SendCoffee #birds #DigitalArt #NoAI
Bird with black head, wings and tail, red-brown and pale beige body. The bird is perched on a small branch, head raised and beak open, facing the viewer but with head turned to profile such that one bright red eye is visible. Pale blue background, initials CMY in the lower right.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Breakfast sandwich. Like Elvis, but without the bacon.

#photography #FoodPhotography #PhonePhotography #yum
Closeup of one edge of a sandwich with bananas, honey, and almond butter. The crust of the bread has sunflower and other assorted seeds pressed into it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A photo from yesterday's walk. Euphorbia (spurge), with raindrops.

#photography #macro #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #PNW #nature #B&W
Closeup of a small section of a plant with long thin leaves, in black and white. Each leaf is covered in tiny water droplets. Black background.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM