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Morris Wayts
@morriswayts.bsky.social
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Burned dirt person (coffee drinker), Xennial, he/him, proud kitchenwitch. Writing SFF/Horror mostly on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/morris_wayts, links to everything in my linktree! https://linktr.ee/morris.wayts Read: https://www.morriswayts.com/publications
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · Apr 1
You need a not so short #shortstory (turned out at about 6800 words) for a 20 min #fantasy #read just before bed? No worries, I got u covered!
My latest #authoravengers prompt story is up, #free2read.
IYou like it? Share! 💜
You love it? All tips go towards human art.

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Those Who Fight Monsters - fantasy short story
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 10h
HA! 😂
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Dream Theory Media [Subs Closed] @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social · 11h
NEW STORY: @worldanvil.bsky.social delivers a poetic meditation on loss in her new flash fiction story "Song of the Loom"!

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Song of the Loom
by Janet Forbes I Sang to the loom, the day my mother died.   My hands were an echo of hers. Heavy with grief, they wove eight hundred threads onto the frame, a hundred for each string of her Lyra. ...
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 12h
A bright morning, then! :) And it seems hope has lit at least one candle against the looming dark in NY. 💜
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 13h
What's not to love about that? 👀😍
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aradhna. @araopenpages.bsky.social · 18h
the prompt round up is also on the blog! araopenpages.com?p=4475
AUTHOR AVENGERS; October Round Up – open pages
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 19h
Oh my, that's beautiful! Good shots!
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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · 1d
Writers, the age-old question:

Do you spell it GRAY or GREY?
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
*rolls the dice*
🎲👀
Yes!
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 3d
I have a book dropping from @torbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday (The Nameless Land, the 2nd book of The Witch Roads duology, so if you're waiting for the entire story, it is here)

THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social

so brace yourselves, peeps.
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Dream Theory Media [Subs Closed] @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social · 1d
Can't believe we launched 6 months ago already!

Coming up in the next few weeks: new flash fiction from @worldanvil.bsky.social (tomorrow!) and @coreyjwhite.com (Nov. 19th), as well as a new "ART of the Solar System" visual strip from Cody Schell (Nov. 12th)!

Oh, and an open submission window...
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
*lands like a ink-stained squirrel*
Did I hear a window creak? I have stashed words!
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d
Today, I was reminded (tangentially) that life can change in the ordinary instant.

Hug your people. Love them well. Fuck how it might look. Or what anyone might say. Don't bother to play it cool. Don't try to get it perfect. Perfection is bullshit.

Love. That's the whole damn point and the answer.
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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 1d
Boss lady here! As Editor-in-Chief & CEO of @starsandsabers.bsky.social, I am so proud of our 2025 books, and here’s a sneak peek at 2026 Q1 & Q2 books. Many more to come through 2027! See starsandsabers.com
#books #publisher #editor #boss #ladyboss #smallbusiness #scifi #fantasy #horror #oz
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
BUT! You could haz cheezeburger, totally worth it!
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
You ever wondered what thoughts would go through the drones of an insectoid hive-mind with self-doubts? Questioning and reassuring itself at the very same moment? The shift of perspective alone!
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
Oh my, language describing language, a beast of its own. Also, could you please just not open all of Pandora's boxes here? 👀😂
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
Oh, all of this. Also "wait, does that kind of armour even work for horsemen"?
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d
Starship Troopers (1997): The Rodger Young, art by Jim Martin
The Rodger Young, art by Jim Martin The Rodger Young in the movie
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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Poni/Nana Baldwin, dragon author @chiscara.bsky.social · 1d
Together, let’s explore the saucy history of Odah’s Moonblessed Festival! (And yes that is a black character but I didn’t feel like coloring it, so its a sketch for now)

This occurs before Odah, a dragon-owned world, falls into decay.

#BlackSky #Loresky (?) #BookSky
Odah’s Moonblessed Festival (Festival of Clearing)
Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. Wordpress daily prompt This lore was being written yesterday and the night before. This prompt came just in time. Description The birth of the new god and rise of the Yggdrasil is commemorated in this festival. Everyone gathers, finds some they like, and Does The Thing. The ‘Golden Blessing’ pours from the parasite moon, bestowing the citizens of Odah with impervious protection against nearly anything.
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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 2d
The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Indigenous Author Submissions
On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
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Morris Wayts @morriswayts.bsky.social · 1d
JFYI - I had to fish the signup confirmation mail out of the spam folder because gmail thought it suspicious. Best regards.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 7d
Yes, this is me venting.

Yes, this is me hoping a few Bluesky users will subscribe to my newsletter.

But, yes, it's also posted so people are more informed about Substack.

I'd like to see more people - writer & readers - get away from it.

Substack is a capitalist machine. It's not your friend.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 7d
THREAD.
Some thoughts on moving a subscriber list away from Substack - for various reasons, some political, some personal, some about not wanting to give part of my income to venture capitalists - and something very very strange (and a little scary) that has happened as a result of it...
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aradhna. @araopenpages.bsky.social · 1d
early access to a crossover oneshot for a friend is now available for Ko-fi members! ko-fi.com/post/FIRST-L...
FIRST LOOK; eye for fun (kupo)
Aradhna K. added a post for members!
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.
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