gwendolyn maia hicks
@prioryruins.bsky.social
tender-hearted writer of fiction (and fanfiction). they/them
🖇️ Clarion ’22, SFSU MFA ’27, Lambda ’25
🖇️ Rhysling finalist
🖇️ words now or soon in Heartlines Spec, Small Wonders, Trollbreath, Uncanny, Kaleidotrope
🌐 prioryruins.carrd.co
🖇️ Clarion ’22, SFSU MFA ’27, Lambda ’25
🖇️ Rhysling finalist
🖇️ words now or soon in Heartlines Spec, Small Wonders, Trollbreath, Uncanny, Kaleidotrope
🌐 prioryruins.carrd.co
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Leygr - Trollbreath Magazine
Leygr
magazine.trollbreath.com
subscribers can read my newest story in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! “Leygr” has it all:
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
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subscribers can read my newest story in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! “Leygr” has it all:
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
Leygr - Trollbreath Magazine
Leygr
magazine.trollbreath.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
subscribers can read my newest story in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! “Leygr” has it all:
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
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We publish many new & emerging authors; they deserve pro pay. Our First Readers write personalized comments in ALL replies; they deserve pay. If you read BCS & you're able to support, please consider it. If you have, THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... weightlessbooks.com/genre/fictio... 2/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We publish many new & emerging authors; they deserve pro pay. Our First Readers write personalized comments in ALL replies; they deserve pay. If you read BCS & you're able to support, please consider it. If you have, THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... weightlessbooks.com/genre/fictio... 2/3
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That's right, issue 6 is live now!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
It's alive!!! New Issue now at magazine.trollbreath.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
That's right, issue 6 is live now!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
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BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
subscribers can read my newest story in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! “Leygr” has it all:
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
Leygr - Trollbreath Magazine
Leygr
magazine.trollbreath.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
subscribers can read my newest story in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! “Leygr” has it all:
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
🪨 what grief means when you’re immortal
🍂 the turning of the seasons
friendship, forever
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
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It's alive!!! New Issue now at magazine.trollbreath.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's alive!!! New Issue now at magazine.trollbreath.com
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Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
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Time Travel Is Easy is officially out in the world! Dinosaurs and Deep Time are thematic links to queer embodiment, childhood trauma, and life in the late Anthropocene. Cover art by the amazing Helen Whistberry. (Non-Amazon options coming very soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Time Travel Is Easy is officially out in the world! Dinosaurs and Deep Time are thematic links to queer embodiment, childhood trauma, and life in the late Anthropocene. Cover art by the amazing Helen Whistberry. (Non-Amazon options coming very soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7
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Hugely useful
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A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hugely useful
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Yesterday in Connecticut.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday in Connecticut.
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Subscribe now magazine.trollbreath.com to get the full issue on Dec. 1st!
@bernie-jsyk.bsky.social @kkoopman.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @jonathanhelland.bsky.social @brandoncase101.bsky.social @kergankergan.bsky.social @wallet55.bsky.social Alex Atkins Matthew Sanborn Smith Phil Emery
@bernie-jsyk.bsky.social @kkoopman.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @jonathanhelland.bsky.social @brandoncase101.bsky.social @kergankergan.bsky.social @wallet55.bsky.social Alex Atkins Matthew Sanborn Smith Phil Emery
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Subscribe now magazine.trollbreath.com to get the full issue on Dec. 1st!
@bernie-jsyk.bsky.social @kkoopman.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @jonathanhelland.bsky.social @brandoncase101.bsky.social @kergankergan.bsky.social @wallet55.bsky.social Alex Atkins Matthew Sanborn Smith Phil Emery
@bernie-jsyk.bsky.social @kkoopman.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @jonathanhelland.bsky.social @brandoncase101.bsky.social @kergankergan.bsky.social @wallet55.bsky.social Alex Atkins Matthew Sanborn Smith Phil Emery
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“If you were that sick you would be dead.”
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“If you were that sick you would be dead.”
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
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MIDLVLMAG presents issue no. 7
RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps
Available now at midlvlmag.com. Link in our bio.
RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps
Available now at midlvlmag.com. Link in our bio.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
MIDLVLMAG presents issue no. 7
RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps
Available now at midlvlmag.com. Link in our bio.
RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps
Available now at midlvlmag.com. Link in our bio.
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🌵 🤠 Saddle up! Issue 10.2 is on its way! Check out for our first round of poetry sneak peeks!
💝Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 10.2: Summer Farah (Guest Editor), Rob Macaisa Colgate, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, and Charlie Neer.
💝Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 10.2: Summer Farah (Guest Editor), Rob Macaisa Colgate, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, and Charlie Neer.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
🌵 🤠 Saddle up! Issue 10.2 is on its way! Check out for our first round of poetry sneak peeks!
💝Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 10.2: Summer Farah (Guest Editor), Rob Macaisa Colgate, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, and Charlie Neer.
💝Special thanks to our amazing poetry editors for bringing these gems to Issue 10.2: Summer Farah (Guest Editor), Rob Macaisa Colgate, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, and Charlie Neer.
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This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
i’m in this one! with a story about:
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
i’m in this one! with a story about:
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
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We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
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The wait is over. Welcome to the 2026 Virtual Writers Retreat Faculty! 🥳
Check the 🔗 in our bio to read more about our faculty and the bright future of the Writers Retreat!
Applications will open November 21, 2025-January 8, 2026.
Don't miss this one. Things may never be the same. 👀
Check the 🔗 in our bio to read more about our faculty and the bright future of the Writers Retreat!
Applications will open November 21, 2025-January 8, 2026.
Don't miss this one. Things may never be the same. 👀
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The wait is over. Welcome to the 2026 Virtual Writers Retreat Faculty! 🥳
Check the 🔗 in our bio to read more about our faculty and the bright future of the Writers Retreat!
Applications will open November 21, 2025-January 8, 2026.
Don't miss this one. Things may never be the same. 👀
Check the 🔗 in our bio to read more about our faculty and the bright future of the Writers Retreat!
Applications will open November 21, 2025-January 8, 2026.
Don't miss this one. Things may never be the same. 👀
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New issue of Fantasy has arrived from @psychopomp.com! weightlessbooks.com/fantasy-maga...
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
New issue of Fantasy has arrived from @psychopomp.com! weightlessbooks.com/fantasy-maga...
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
watching my roommate play ff16 after bullying him into doing it for months <3
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
watching my roommate play ff16 after bullying him into doing it for months <3
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Did you miss "Lexicographer of Quiet Corners of the Mind", one of Bogi Takács's "Jobs for Magical People (That Do Not Involve the Military)" series of poems? If so, you're in for a treat.
Lexicographer of Quiet Corners of the Mind - Small Wonders
Words borne out of need, of a reaching-out, of / tact and impoliteness and long shudders / of breath— / and you to write them all down
smallwondersmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you miss "Lexicographer of Quiet Corners of the Mind", one of Bogi Takács's "Jobs for Magical People (That Do Not Involve the Military)" series of poems? If so, you're in for a treat.