Anita 🧜🏽♀️🏴☠️🪐
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
Author. Poet. Gothic Academic. PhD. she/her
Codex Writers Group, MLA
Published in: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, BCS, Uncanny, Lightspeed (POCDSF) etc
Website: www.mythopoetica.com
Bibliography: https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography/
Codex Writers Group, MLA
Published in: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, BCS, Uncanny, Lightspeed (POCDSF) etc
Website: www.mythopoetica.com
Bibliography: https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography/
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An epic revisitation of the myth of Cupid and Psyche as seen through the eyes of a memory-wiped storytelling mermaid-siren living in a house-share with an automaton-building Javanese engineer with a traumatic past. 🧜♀️
#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
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#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
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I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
Lately, I keep thinking I’d like to go on a cruise ship. But I am not sure I am willing to spend that much money and am unsure how safe/accessible it would be for me these days. But I might love it and guess what, I don’t (or didn’t) get seasick. I’ve always enjoyed being on boats or ferries.
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lately, I keep thinking I’d like to go on a cruise ship. But I am not sure I am willing to spend that much money and am unsure how safe/accessible it would be for me these days. But I might love it and guess what, I don’t (or didn’t) get seasick. I’ve always enjoyed being on boats or ferries.
I used to feel offended when people didn't want me to spend my money. I'd want to get something repaired or fixed and people giving me the cheaper option or telling me I don't need this and that. It is kind of insulting because they assume you're not able to afford stuff. Not so much these days.
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I used to feel offended when people didn't want me to spend my money. I'd want to get something repaired or fixed and people giving me the cheaper option or telling me I don't need this and that. It is kind of insulting because they assume you're not able to afford stuff. Not so much these days.
Whenever I, an introvert, have way too much RL interaction I have this feeling like my skin is stretched too thin it's going to tear at any time. Online interaction isn't so bad but I do hit my limit at some point.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Whenever I, an introvert, have way too much RL interaction I have this feeling like my skin is stretched too thin it's going to tear at any time. Online interaction isn't so bad but I do hit my limit at some point.
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Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
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So instead of saying cats are making biscuits, we could also say they are making chapati. 🤔
The word 'shampoo' comes from the Hindi 'chāmpo', meaning 'to press' or 'to knead,' derived from the Sanskrit root 'chapati', meaning 'to press' or 'to massage.'
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/36-interesting-word-origins-that-will-surprise-you/
#linguistics #etymology
https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/36-interesting-word-origins-that-will-surprise-you/
#linguistics #etymology
36 Interesting Word Origins That Will Surprise You
Discover the surprising origins of 36 common English words, from 'nice' once meaning 'ignorant' to 'robot' deriving from a word for 'forced labor'. Etymology explained.
aboutlinguistics.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So instead of saying cats are making biscuits, we could also say they are making chapati. 🤔
And then I came home and jumped straight into the work inbox to tend to my many supervisees before I blowdried my hair. Yes, that's me, sitting here with wet bedraggled locks.
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And then I came home and jumped straight into the work inbox to tend to my many supervisees before I blowdried my hair. Yes, that's me, sitting here with wet bedraggled locks.
I walked so much today because I got lost in a different section of the hospital. 🥱
And I was very hangry because I did all this walking on the sustenance of: instant noodles, dates, and yogurt.
Then after all that walking, I ate a huge meal.
The End.
And I was very hangry because I did all this walking on the sustenance of: instant noodles, dates, and yogurt.
Then after all that walking, I ate a huge meal.
The End.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I walked so much today because I got lost in a different section of the hospital. 🥱
And I was very hangry because I did all this walking on the sustenance of: instant noodles, dates, and yogurt.
Then after all that walking, I ate a huge meal.
The End.
And I was very hangry because I did all this walking on the sustenance of: instant noodles, dates, and yogurt.
Then after all that walking, I ate a huge meal.
The End.
What a week. What a month. What a year!!!!
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What a week. What a month. What a year!!!!
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BCS #447 ebook out early today @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories of siblings and sacrifice by @annewilkins.bsky.social and @walterwriter.bsky.social J. Wiese, cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #447
Issue #447 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Anne Wilkins and Walter J. Wiese and cover art by Jereme Peabody.
weightlessbooks.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
BCS #447 ebook out early today @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories of siblings and sacrifice by @annewilkins.bsky.social and @walterwriter.bsky.social J. Wiese, cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Re-reading Crown of Swords now that I am finished with Lord of Chaos. Oddly enough, also The Magician’s Nephew.
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Re-reading Crown of Swords now that I am finished with Lord of Chaos. Oddly enough, also The Magician’s Nephew.
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Surprise! AI-powered web browsers aren't nearly as capable as the industry is promising they'll be, as @vicmsong.bsky.social discovered after putting five of them to the test www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today
For sale: walking shoes? Not with AI
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Surprise! AI-powered web browsers aren't nearly as capable as the industry is promising they'll be, as @vicmsong.bsky.social discovered after putting five of them to the test www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...
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Everyone makes money in self publishing except the author.
Very exciting email from IngramSpark about how they're going to charge indie authors even more money for printing books next year. Very cool and fun news considering how much I already have to charge for a paperback when it still only costs trad pennies per copy. Very normal industry.
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Everyone makes money in self publishing except the author.
How on earth did Deleuze and Guattari find themselves placed in the introduction for my first poetry collection? 🙃
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
How on earth did Deleuze and Guattari find themselves placed in the introduction for my first poetry collection? 🙃
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It’s #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist. My work combines anatomy & symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016) in which I stitched my #MECFS symptoms as I felt them.
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist. My work combines anatomy & symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016) in which I stitched my #MECFS symptoms as I felt them.
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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ICYMI!
2 new poems by me are out today! 🎉
"Aurora, Apricot" is in the Winter issue of @trollbreathmag.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com
and "Starbirds Dance" is in the December issue of @utopiascifi.bsky.social www.utopiasciencefiction.com
"Aurora, Apricot" is in the Winter issue of @trollbreathmag.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com
and "Starbirds Dance" is in the December issue of @utopiascifi.bsky.social www.utopiasciencefiction.com
Issue 6, Winter 2025 - Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 6, Winter 2025 Fiction Have I Ever Told You about When We Were Eaten? by Bernie Jean Schiebeling Frequently Asked Questions about the Portals at Frank’s Late-Night Starlite Drive In by Kristen...
magazine.trollbreath.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ICYMI!
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Very exciting email from IngramSpark about how they're going to charge indie authors even more money for printing books next year. Very cool and fun news considering how much I already have to charge for a paperback when it still only costs trad pennies per copy. Very normal industry.
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Very exciting email from IngramSpark about how they're going to charge indie authors even more money for printing books next year. Very cool and fun news considering how much I already have to charge for a paperback when it still only costs trad pennies per copy. Very normal industry.
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A story of which there are thousands, yet no less worth sharing.
"Her son, Sa’ad, was born just before their exile, shortly after what people called “America’s first invasion” of the capital."
"Her son, Sa’ad, was born just before their exile, shortly after what people called “America’s first invasion” of the capital."
A beautiful short story of exile by our own Yasmeen Hanoosh, tr. Ali Issa.
"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."
arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."
arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
Short Fiction in Translation: ‘Child’s Tears’ by Yasmeen Hanoosh
“Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough.”
arablit.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A story of which there are thousands, yet no less worth sharing.
"Her son, Sa’ad, was born just before their exile, shortly after what people called “America’s first invasion” of the capital."
"Her son, Sa’ad, was born just before their exile, shortly after what people called “America’s first invasion” of the capital."
Although, I don’t even feel like a person who composes anymore. I told myself I’d only go back to composing after I pass my Grade 6 classical guitar and *points at hopeless Groundhog Day situation*. So here I am, just another musical scumbag.
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Although, I don’t even feel like a person who composes anymore. I told myself I’d only go back to composing after I pass my Grade 6 classical guitar and *points at hopeless Groundhog Day situation*. So here I am, just another musical scumbag.
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Anyway.
December 3 is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.
Let's NOT be shitty to disabled people online by eroding support for accommodations and questioning whether people are "actually disabled" or not, shall we?
December 3 is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.
Let's NOT be shitty to disabled people online by eroding support for accommodations and questioning whether people are "actually disabled" or not, shall we?
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Anyway.
December 3 is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.
Let's NOT be shitty to disabled people online by eroding support for accommodations and questioning whether people are "actually disabled" or not, shall we?
December 3 is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.
Let's NOT be shitty to disabled people online by eroding support for accommodations and questioning whether people are "actually disabled" or not, shall we?
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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I have a new Uncanny story! Set in a village that was flooded and is no more, though its inhabitants remember...but what they remember and what's the truth - that's another question.
Contested memory & generational trauma of the Greek Civil War (and more family dinners with...issues.)
Contested memory & generational trauma of the Greek Civil War (and more family dinners with...issues.)
In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, I interview @ecastroianni.bsky.social about "Thicker," a powerful story of family & history, set in a flooded village & swirling with conflicting narratives.
Read the story: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/thic...
And the interview:
tinyurl.com/7xjzsdx2
Read the story: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/thic...
And the interview:
tinyurl.com/7xjzsdx2
Interview: Eleanna Castroianni - Uncanny Magazine
Eleanna Castroianni is a writer, poet, and oral storyteller from Greece. Eleanna’s writing has appeared in various publications such as Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld Magazine, Fireside, Beneath Cease...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I have a new Uncanny story! Set in a village that was flooded and is no more, though its inhabitants remember...but what they remember and what's the truth - that's another question.
Contested memory & generational trauma of the Greek Civil War (and more family dinners with...issues.)
Contested memory & generational trauma of the Greek Civil War (and more family dinners with...issues.)
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I've finally finished the orchestration of the other song and have uploaded it to Soundcloud. I'll put the program notes below👇
(Likes/reposts are tantamount to thunderous applause)
'Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra'
on.soundcloud.com/HwnrLqFLgHKx...
(Likes/reposts are tantamount to thunderous applause)
'Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra'
on.soundcloud.com/HwnrLqFLgHKx...
Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra
These two songs were written whilst I was a student and were originally clumsily arranged for voice and chamber ensemble, before being quietly put to one side once the initial flush of pride had turne
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December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I've finally finished the orchestration of the other song and have uploaded it to Soundcloud. I'll put the program notes below👇
(Likes/reposts are tantamount to thunderous applause)
'Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra'
on.soundcloud.com/HwnrLqFLgHKx...
(Likes/reposts are tantamount to thunderous applause)
'Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra'
on.soundcloud.com/HwnrLqFLgHKx...