C. J. Lavigne
@cjlavigne.com
Canadian SFF writer. Author of IN VERITAS and THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER. Short stories in On Spec, Fusion Fragment, Augur, PodCastle, and other fine publications. Rep: Arley Sorg. I like coffee and cats. www.cjlavigne.com
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C. J. Lavigne
@cjlavigne.com
· Nov 30
Can't think of a single way in which this is about to go wrong
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HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
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Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
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February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
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The Writers Union of Canada calls for Alberta to reverse the prejudicial directive targeting published work for removal from school libraries.
Writers’ Union Condemns Alberta Book Removals | The Writers' Union of Canada
writersunion.ca
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Writers Union of Canada calls for Alberta to reverse the prejudicial directive targeting published work for removal from school libraries.
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Why 16 Oscar nominations for SINNERS matters, and why you've probably never heard of the oldest written Black vampire tale in North America. Happy Black History Month to all who celebrate!
February 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Why 16 Oscar nominations for SINNERS matters, and why you've probably never heard of the oldest written Black vampire tale in North America. Happy Black History Month to all who celebrate!
Have you read this one, because there is a bit where I literally jumped even though I was in my brightly lit living room sitting safely on my couch reading a short story.
Happy to see my horror short story LANDLINE on the @locusmag.bsky.social Recommended Readling list. It's been scaring the heck out of readers
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Landline - Reactor
A woman about to leave on an overseas business trip, calls home from the airport and discovers that “daddy” isn’t there and her six-year-old son is all alone in the dark…
reactormag.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Have you read this one, because there is a bit where I literally jumped even though I was in my brightly lit living room sitting safely on my couch reading a short story.
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"I just gotta get through this week," I say for the 1,924th consecutive week.
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"I just gotta get through this week," I say for the 1,924th consecutive week.
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On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
gofund.me
February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
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and we're open! we're looking for standalone novellas, 17.5K - 40K words, on the theme of environmental justice. check out our full guidelines here: reckoning.press/submit/novel...
a reminder that I’m on the Reckoning team and if you send us a novella and if we decide to publish it there’s a chance I’ll be the one to edit it. an even higher chance if it’s queer, weird, and obsessed with birds, snails, moss, or other cool shit. no promises of course! but it could happen 👀👀👀
Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
and we're open! we're looking for standalone novellas, 17.5K - 40K words, on the theme of environmental justice. check out our full guidelines here: reckoning.press/submit/novel...
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Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
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Our final piece in the Jan 2026 Regret issue is Wen Wen Yang’s “In This Exchange of Names, I Say Please.” What a heartfelt way to close out a month of retrospection
#flashfiction #literary #writingcommunity
@muteddragon.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-t...
#flashfiction #literary #writingcommunity
@muteddragon.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-t...
In This Exchange of Names, I Say Please
I am sure we were meant to be friends, but you see, you came too late. In kindergarten, I was the awkward child trying to hold the classmates’ hands at recess. I mouthed their words along with them…
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January 31, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Our final piece in the Jan 2026 Regret issue is Wen Wen Yang’s “In This Exchange of Names, I Say Please.” What a heartfelt way to close out a month of retrospection
#flashfiction #literary #writingcommunity
@muteddragon.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-t...
#flashfiction #literary #writingcommunity
@muteddragon.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-t...
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Big news: we're reopening to submissions on 2/16 on a rolling basis!
Highlights: increased pay per word! Longer word count limits! Higher pay for interior art! New cover art submissions!
Full details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...
#callforsubmissions #horrorlit #fiction #art #shortstory
Highlights: increased pay per word! Longer word count limits! Higher pay for interior art! New cover art submissions!
Full details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...
#callforsubmissions #horrorlit #fiction #art #shortstory
Submission Guidelines - Fraidy Cat Press
Fraidy Cat Press Submission Guidelines Guidelines, open dates, and more information for Fraidy Cat Press (novellas/novels) and Fraidy Cat Quarterly (flash, short stories, novelettes, art) are below. W...
fraidycatpress.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Big news: we're reopening to submissions on 2/16 on a rolling basis!
Highlights: increased pay per word! Longer word count limits! Higher pay for interior art! New cover art submissions!
Full details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...
#callforsubmissions #horrorlit #fiction #art #shortstory
Highlights: increased pay per word! Longer word count limits! Higher pay for interior art! New cover art submissions!
Full details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g...
#callforsubmissions #horrorlit #fiction #art #shortstory
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If you're reading over coffee this Saturday, this novelette is temporarily available online again for the next month or so. Thanks if you check it out.
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
Novelette
“Uncertain Sons.” Undertow Publications. September 2025 (12,400 words).
A young bikeman joins a search party in foothills beset by strange creatures and voices of the past. (Novelette included with Uncertain Sons and Other Stories; temporarily available online for November 2025.)
“Uncertain Sons.” Undertow Publications. September 2025 (12,400 words).
A young bikeman joins a search party in foothills beset by strange creatures and voices of the past. (Novelette included with Uncertain Sons and Other Stories; temporarily available online for November 2025.)
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
undertowpublications.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
If you're reading over coffee this Saturday, this novelette is temporarily available online again for the next month or so. Thanks if you check it out.
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
"The man in the red house does not own a parrot" -- I generate these constantly on logic.puzzlebaron.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"The man in the red house does not own a parrot" -- I generate these constantly on logic.puzzlebaron.com
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There are 4 weeks remaining to submit titles to the 2026 #ABPubAwards! Find more details on how to submit titles here: buff.ly/WUlPs8x Submissions close on February 27! #ABbooks @WeReadAB
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
There are 4 weeks remaining to submit titles to the 2026 #ABPubAwards! Find more details on how to submit titles here: buff.ly/WUlPs8x Submissions close on February 27! #ABbooks @WeReadAB
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🔆📚The final submission deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is in 2 days on Jan 31, 2026! #SpecFic #CanLit #Horror #SFF #MagicRealism #Surrealism #Supernatural
submissions.sunburstaward.org
submissions.sunburstaward.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🔆📚The final submission deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is in 2 days on Jan 31, 2026! #SpecFic #CanLit #Horror #SFF #MagicRealism #Surrealism #Supernatural
submissions.sunburstaward.org
submissions.sunburstaward.org
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January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
: rips flag down from wall, waves it :
MAUR MAUR MAUR
MAUR MAUR MAUR
: bangs table :
MAUR MAUR MAUR
MAUR MAUR MAUR
What is your favorite dragon in the history of Fantasy novels? If you can't pin it down, I'll take a top three!
January 28, 2026 at 8:57 PM
: rips flag down from wall, waves it :
MAUR MAUR MAUR
MAUR MAUR MAUR
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We're up to 8 people now in my queue to get a critique from me on their writing. I'd love to get it to 10. Rent relief funds, union funds, GFMs, any amount is fine, just DM to let me know where you donated, and I'll put you in my queue to give you feedback on up to 25 pages of anything in February.
Standing offer: I'll give feedback (after Feb 15 only) on up to 25 pages to anyone who donates any amount to an org/fundraiser/wishlist in the link. I'm a former journalist, current novelist, and writing teacher. Synopses, queries, chapters, op-eds, all good. Honour system: DM and tell me where/what
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
We're up to 8 people now in my queue to get a critique from me on their writing. I'd love to get it to 10. Rent relief funds, union funds, GFMs, any amount is fine, just DM to let me know where you donated, and I'll put you in my queue to give you feedback on up to 25 pages of anything in February.
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If you live in Alberta this should be extremely disconcerting. For me it is becoming clear our Premier and her Government are taking steps down the road to authoritarianism. That judges feel the need to do this is a canary in the coal mine.
The front page of Alberta Courts website is now joint statement by chief justices of all three court levels, proclaiming the importance of judicial independence. albertacourts.ca
January 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
If you live in Alberta this should be extremely disconcerting. For me it is becoming clear our Premier and her Government are taking steps down the road to authoritarianism. That judges feel the need to do this is a canary in the coal mine.
This is an excellent book!
Backlist Mondays: The Grimoire of Kensington Market by Lauren B Davis.
Years after her battle with the magical drug elysium Maggie is drawn back into the silver world in a desperate race to rescue her brother. Traversing a mystical land dripping with norther folk tales and inspired by The Snow Queen
Years after her battle with the magical drug elysium Maggie is drawn back into the silver world in a desperate race to rescue her brother. Traversing a mystical land dripping with norther folk tales and inspired by The Snow Queen
January 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is an excellent book!
If anyone's looking for a tattoo artist in Red Deer, strong recommend for Kyran at Wolf & Crown -- skilled, detailed, considerate, friendly, cares about the little pieces too.
Not posting tattoo -- baby shan't be exposed to cruel internet -- but I love it.
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Not posting tattoo -- baby shan't be exposed to cruel internet -- but I love it.
wolfandcrowntattoo.com/kyran-giesbr...
Kyran Giesbrecht | Wolf & Crown Tattoo
Kyran Giesbrecht's goal is to create one of a kind pieces for the long term. "...black & white, script, colour - they have all been perfect!"
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January 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
If anyone's looking for a tattoo artist in Red Deer, strong recommend for Kyran at Wolf & Crown -- skilled, detailed, considerate, friendly, cares about the little pieces too.
Not posting tattoo -- baby shan't be exposed to cruel internet -- but I love it.
wolfandcrowntattoo.com/kyran-giesbr...
Not posting tattoo -- baby shan't be exposed to cruel internet -- but I love it.
wolfandcrowntattoo.com/kyran-giesbr...
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"After the last one (eight years, no children) you say: enough."
Wowowowowow. We have an absolute BEAUTY up in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. @dracopoullos.bsky.social's "Dispersal" is a gorgeous story about letting go, about flight and transcendence. Don't miss it, folks.
Wowowowowow. We have an absolute BEAUTY up in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. @dracopoullos.bsky.social's "Dispersal" is a gorgeous story about letting go, about flight and transcendence. Don't miss it, folks.
Dispersal by Phoenix Alexander
After the last one (eight years, no children) you say: enough. There are too many rules to human love and every new partner changes them, anyway. Time for something else. Apartment like a perch: glass...
hexliterary.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"After the last one (eight years, no children) you say: enough."
Wowowowowow. We have an absolute BEAUTY up in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. @dracopoullos.bsky.social's "Dispersal" is a gorgeous story about letting go, about flight and transcendence. Don't miss it, folks.
Wowowowowow. We have an absolute BEAUTY up in @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. @dracopoullos.bsky.social's "Dispersal" is a gorgeous story about letting go, about flight and transcendence. Don't miss it, folks.
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Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities?
This is your moment. Let's ride.
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(non 'zon in follow up!)
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities?
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
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Today and tomorrow, January 25-26; if you make a donation to any of the organizations here and show me proof, I’ll send you a free copy of any of my self-published ebooks, your choice. These include Little Paranoias, Without Condition, and others. www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Today and tomorrow, January 25-26; if you make a donation to any of the organizations here and show me proof, I’ll send you a free copy of any of my self-published ebooks, your choice. These include Little Paranoias, Without Condition, and others. www.standwithminnesota.com