Christina Orlando
@cxorlando.bsky.social
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Christina Orlando
@cxorlando.bsky.social
· Jul 15
30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2025 - Reactor
Here are 30 more standouts to put on your TBR for the second half of this year!
reactormag.com
Let's talk about books baybeeeeeee!!
Here are the titles I think you should check out for the rest of the year, including hot lady knights, tons of science-fantasy, bad bitches, epic non-eurocentric adventures, hot love triangles, and spooky houses
reactormag.com/30-more-sff-...
Here are the titles I think you should check out for the rest of the year, including hot lady knights, tons of science-fantasy, bad bitches, epic non-eurocentric adventures, hot love triangles, and spooky houses
reactormag.com/30-more-sff-...
tell us about your favorite nerd shit from this year!!! especially me i'm nosy and i wanna know what yall are reading
ooh you want to submit your favorite books of the year to Reactor's poll so bad 🌀🌀🌀 #booksky
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
tell us about your favorite nerd shit from this year!!! especially me i'm nosy and i wanna know what yall are reading
i feel spiritually revived about the fact that the hbo version was so dark and crave went NOPE, FIX IT. EVERYONE GOTTA BE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE MICROEXPRESSIONS AND ALSO THE KISSING.
There's a lot of talk about the steaminess of #HeatedRivalry, but there are more reasons to watch. Jacob Tierney's direction and the microexpression work of the actors is sublime — especially as mainstream American-produced streaming prioritizes "passive viewing."
www.slashfilm.com/2043077/cana...
www.slashfilm.com/2043077/cana...
Canada's Heated Rivalry Destroys The Worst Trend Of American Streaming TV - SlashFilm
The hit Canadian series Heated Rivalry is a breath of fresh air in a streaming landscape actively suffocating its audiences.
www.slashfilm.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
i feel spiritually revived about the fact that the hbo version was so dark and crave went NOPE, FIX IT. EVERYONE GOTTA BE ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE MICROEXPRESSIONS AND ALSO THE KISSING.
sorry what is happening? i've been enchanted by the hockey homos and literally do not care about anything else
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
sorry what is happening? i've been enchanted by the hockey homos and literally do not care about anything else
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man, Jacob Tierney seems like a sweet and lovely person. he's generous and lovely about the romance genre, he makes good sex scenes, and he's protective of his actors.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
man, Jacob Tierney seems like a sweet and lovely person. he's generous and lovely about the romance genre, he makes good sex scenes, and he's protective of his actors.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
gay hockey show was always going to be fun but this is like pasture-raised grass-fed free-range organic gay hockey show.
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
reactor writers sound off
What's the best book *review* you wrote, read, edited, or published this year? I'm rounding them up again for Lit Hub.
(Must have a 2025 pub date, no exceptions.)
(Must have a 2025 pub date, no exceptions.)
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
reactor writers sound off
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ICE is in Far Rockaway now .
There doing a sweep
There doing a sweep
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
ICE is in Far Rockaway now .
There doing a sweep
There doing a sweep
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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Please submit your favorite SFF releases of the year if you:
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Please submit your favorite SFF releases of the year if you:
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
- Read science fiction, fantasy, or horror
- Enjoy short fiction
- Support The Vampire Lestat's solo music career
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I've posted about this before but one of the most memorable lessons I learned in grad school was about how IQ tests are not a very good indicator of overall intelligence because you can just train for the test - we did this by taking weekly IQ tests and getting better at it over time
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've posted about this before but one of the most memorable lessons I learned in grad school was about how IQ tests are not a very good indicator of overall intelligence because you can just train for the test - we did this by taking weekly IQ tests and getting better at it over time
save me canadian government funded yaoi save me
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
save me canadian government funded yaoi save me
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Are you a @sfwa.org member? Do you like historical bisexuals and sexy bloodsucking emo boys? Then this post is for YOU!
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
No Such Thing as Duty by Lara Elena Donnelly — neon hemlock
Publication date: April 8, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. In the waning days of World War One, William Somerset Maugham—novelist, playwright, and spy—is sent to Romania to serve allied interests in the ...
www.neonhemlock.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Are you a @sfwa.org member? Do you like historical bisexuals and sexy bloodsucking emo boys? Then this post is for YOU!
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
For the first time in (some? several? yikes!) years I have something eligible for the Nebula awards! www.neonhemlock.com/books/no-suc...
im going through my phone to write down all the upcoming book covers/announcements ive taken screenshots of over the past few months and goddamn the books are good. the books are SO good right now. fantasy especially. fantasy readers are gonna have a really good 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
im going through my phone to write down all the upcoming book covers/announcements ive taken screenshots of over the past few months and goddamn the books are good. the books are SO good right now. fantasy especially. fantasy readers are gonna have a really good 2026.
alright friends! tell me about your favorite HISTORICAL FANTASY books?
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
alright friends! tell me about your favorite HISTORICAL FANTASY books?
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
bonus points for non-eurocentric worlds!
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i just think giving tuesday should be before everyone does major consumerism weekend instead of after
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
i just think giving tuesday should be before everyone does major consumerism weekend instead of after
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the only thing I read before I saw Wicked: For Good was the news where Chu said the sexy song wasn't going to be sexy, and then I read the piece about the cardigan, and then I needed to Understand!!! so I investigated and I have solved the mystery, you're welcome
There Is Only One Explanation for Elphaba’s Cardigan in Wicked: For Good - Reactor
When you're trying to make a scene really unsexy, add a drapey sweater, I guess?
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the only thing I read before I saw Wicked: For Good was the news where Chu said the sexy song wasn't going to be sexy, and then I read the piece about the cardigan, and then I needed to Understand!!! so I investigated and I have solved the mystery, you're welcome
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This is such amazing news! Now I'm the annoying gremlin coming in to remind folks that if they are attending WorldCon 2026 to PLEASE PLEASE vote for making this Hugo a permanent one (it'll be the last vote if it's successful!)
In Anaheim did Worldcon
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is such amazing news! Now I'm the annoying gremlin coming in to remind folks that if they are attending WorldCon 2026 to PLEASE PLEASE vote for making this Hugo a permanent one (it'll be the last vote if it's successful!)
"have you read [insert extremely popular fantasy book here]"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"have you read [insert extremely popular fantasy book here]"
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the final horror shopping list of 2025 is here! feat. new books from @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @allyoutthere.bsky.social, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @tkingfisher.com, and more. 2026 list drops later this week!!
All the New Horror Books Coming in December 2025
December 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Kristi DeMeester, Johnny Compton, T. Kingfisher, Ally Russell, Brennan LaFaro, and more!
readjumpscares.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
the final horror shopping list of 2025 is here! feat. new books from @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @allyoutthere.bsky.social, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, @tkingfisher.com, and more. 2026 list drops later this week!!
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Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
happy dec 1st to the woman on ig who bakes all of the nyt holiday cookies in one day which is absolutely unhinged and probably requires two kitchenaids and a completely empty fridge
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
happy dec 1st to the woman on ig who bakes all of the nyt holiday cookies in one day which is absolutely unhinged and probably requires two kitchenaids and a completely empty fridge
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Leaning fully into witchcore. We're crone-maxxing over here. Chock full of Baba Yaga's unholy light.
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Leaning fully into witchcore. We're crone-maxxing over here. Chock full of Baba Yaga's unholy light.
just wanna say that for me, "eat the rich" does not include sam reich
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
just wanna say that for me, "eat the rich" does not include sam reich
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Photo of an ambulance stuck in gridlock traffic
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Photo of an ambulance stuck in gridlock traffic
im only 1.25 episodes in to the new season of stranger things but my opinion is that all of these kids should have learned how to drive
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
im only 1.25 episodes in to the new season of stranger things but my opinion is that all of these kids should have learned how to drive