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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12h

It’s a stunning issue —highly recommend! What a great way to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day!

ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 15h

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with queer planty IndigiLit!

ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!

It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 13h

Honor Indigenous People's Day with a selection of queer Indigenous writing from past Lammys.

Graphic acknowledging Indigenous People's Day highlighting past Lammy picks: "Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction" by Joshua Whitehead, "The Queerness of Native American Literature" by Lisa Tatonetti, "Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory" by Qwo-Li Driskill, "A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder" by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer, "Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature" edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, and "Queer Childhoods: Institutional Futures of Indigeneity, Race, and Disability" by Mary Zaborskis.

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 1d

#bloomscrolling #photography #dahlia

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #caturday #BlueSkyArtShow #glow

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 3d

PS: Lezlie promises some perks like feedback on stories not under consideration for donations of $50+

M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 3d

In a parched federal funding landscape, the creative arts could use some watering. Even a little bit here or there helps.

Roses & Wildflowers and sister journal Coreopsis are founded on a broad approach, lifting up writers and artists and other creators together. Donate here:

givebutter.com/6vfqa6

Coreopsis Journal of Myth and Theatre and Roses and Wildflowers through 2026

By Society for Ritual Arts

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 3d

A good morning for some #bloomscrolling #photography #fuchsia

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The Calendula Review: A Journal of Narrative Medicine @thecalendulareview.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are open for submissions for Issue 5: Dormancy! Please send us your best unpublished #poetry, #prose, #art, #media and #hybrid work. For detailed submission guidelines and information, please visit thecalendulareview.com. We can't wait to read your work!

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 5d

#bloomscrolling #fuchsia #photography

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to the Rhysling and Elgin Award Winners! Inspirational work, it was such a treat to enjoy!

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 6d

2025 Elgin Awards and Rhysling Awards Winners

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Elgin Awards, presented for the best speculative poetry book and chapbook, and the 2025 Rhysling Aw…

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 8d

'Random acts of kindness' front—thank you. I read your poem, then I scrolled to the whole issue and found a poem from one of my Philly poet circle members from ages ago. I'd lost (sadness) or lost track of (dead computer, shuttered email domain) my group. Now I'm on the (happy) hunt to reconnect!

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 8d

#bloomscrolling (during the Ravens game to distract myself from the pain) #photography #notfootball

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 8d

7 (days under review), image with alt text. M. Frost, contributor. Wrote about birds. Is now in the basement @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Send rescue parties to mfrostwords.com

With crossbows, we fire lines towards the maw.
With magecraft, we hurl words into the dark.
We yield—the ed’s choice is the rule of law.
Yet we still submit, hope we’ve hit the mark.

(Maybe we should try rams or trebuchets.)

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats! Love the stats.

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!!

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 9d

Happy #Caturday

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 9d

One of my own seedlings. Hybridizing daylilies is how I #relax #BlueSkyArtShow #bloomscrolling #photography

Two daylily blooms spotted with raindrops

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 10d

Run fast and free, Mabel, across that rainbow bridge ::hug:: to the family you leave behind

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 12d

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

www.havenspec.com

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations!! (I particularly enjoyed the end)

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12d

A parting glass for Jane Goodall (why yes, she did farewell us with a toast when we saw her speak earlier this year)

M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12d

Thrilled for @miguelmitchell.bsky.social! I loved reading Surrealia!

Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · 12d

I am proud to announce that my science fiction novel-in-verse, Surrealia, won Second Place in the.2025 Elgin Awards for Best Full-Length Speculative Poetry Book!

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations!!!

M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12d

Sleepy pollinator #photography

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 13d

I do love me a good sestina. Also, kudos Anne! Nicely done.

(See you again maybe on a BSFS poetry gathering, that would be nice!)

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 13d

Jorinde Remembers
by Anne E. G. Nydam

"My self was lost in the song, feathered in shadows,
And all I knew became the nightingale."

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff #fantasy

POETRY

by Anne E. G. Nydam
Jorinde Remembers

Quote
My self was lost in the song, feathered in shadows,
And all I knew became the nightingale.

29 September 2025
Strange Horizons

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