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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle

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My short fiction collection SINKING, SINGING is available from Aqueduct Press. Work published in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Escape Pod, and Uncanny. she/her. gwynnegarfinkle.com

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · Oct 21

Hello to the new folks following me! I write novels, stories, and poetry (mostly speculative). My collection of short fiction, SINKING, SINGING, came out at the beginning of October. aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2024/10/sink...

Sinking, Singing by Gwynne Garfinkle

I'm pleased to announce the release of Gwynne Garfinkle's wonderful new collection, Sinking, Singing. Aqueduct Press is publishing i...

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 6h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 12h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty good fire effects. #horrorwatch

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

That woman has only had dialogue about hairpins and brewing coffee. #horrorwatch

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting that both this film and Invasion of the Body Snatchers imagines aliens as emotionless plant material. #horrorwatch

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Pogo sticks. #horrorwatch

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, newspaperman. This isn't His Girl Friday. #horrorwatch

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Cue science fiction theremin! #horrorwatch

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Dialogue: "Girls, girls, girls!" #horrorwatch

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 2d

In which I write about actor Patrick Horgan. gwynnega.dreamwidth.org/2160959.html

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 2d

Just got an email: "New deal from Virginia Woolf."

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 2d

Sooo...remember how I said I'd give away 2 of these gorgeous paperback ARCs of Enchanting the Fae Queen in my first October newsletter?

A quick heads-up: that newsletter goes out Monday morning! Subscribe here: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter

#romancelandia

A small box of advance paperback reading copies of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustrated cover shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 2d

It was so lovely to talk to Griffin Rockwell about LISTEN. This chapbook is so rooted in subverting the SFF canon. 🖤

Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 4d

Our latest book launch is live on YouTube if you didn't catch it via Zoom. Listen to "Listen" by Griffin Rockwell, a book-length Cento poem drawing from classic science fiction literature: youtu.be/uZjoVoEkA10

Griffin Rockwell Book Launch

listen—a poetic creatureby Griffin RockwellAll this happened,more or lessNow, listen to me- / - / - / - / - / -I have, doubtless,excited your curiosityShall ...

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 3d

What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire, but don't quite win? A trilogy about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky

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3 books in a boxed set with covers by Augusta Scarlett; volume 1 features a beautiful black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet. Volume 2 features a smiling white woman, and Volume 3 features a stern black woman with gold inlays at her throat.

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

A Musical Indictment of the Cash-Bail System | “Criminal” | The New Yorker Documentary

YouTube video by The New Yorker

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

I voted yes on Prop 50!

Round red, white and blue sticker saying I VOTED in different languages, with stars and stripes.

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

I can see them. I'm on my tablet's web browser.

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

KCOP-3 is showing Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes films all day. (Currently he is fighting Nazis, which seems all too apropos.)

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 4d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

Such a good film.

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

In which I write about an amazing discovery re: my dad's writing career (and, in particular, his early film I Bury the Living): gwynnega.dreamwidth.org/2160861.html

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

I really like this poem!

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Mary Soon Lee @marysoonlee.bsky.social · 7d

On the poetry front, my poem "Andy Warhol's Many Cats" has just been published by Uppagus :-) 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾

uppagus.com/poems/soon-l...

For the curious
- first draft written 4/2019
- this draft written 2/2025
- rejected 8 times
- accepted in 58 days
- this is my 51st poem to appear in Uppagus!

✏️📖

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