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Ruth Joffre
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Author of Night Beast | Co-founder, Nightjar Arts Collective | Instructor at Hugo House & StoryStudio | Editor at Reckoning | Contributing Editor at Copper Nickel | Codex | Queer | Bolivian American

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · Nov 11
I’m told I’m supposed to promote my writing here?? not just post pictures of my dog??? idk seems wrong but I’ll try it

my story collection Night Beast is for fans of Kelly Link and Carmen Maria Machado

it has: gay sex, sleepwalking, slime molds, soulmate timers & more

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The cover of Night Beast by Ruth Joffre. It has a red background and a shadowy black and white figure of a woman with abstract tentacle things coming out of her head in an art deco style (it actually is an art deco print from like the 1920s). The vibe is spooky sexy
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
it's here! my year-end writing p—wait a minute *checks notes* apologies. these are just photos of my dog. I don't know how that happened *cough* (yes I do. please enjoy)
Eight of my favorite photos of Shadow from this year. He is a large black dog with spotted white paws, and I need you to understand that he is my world. He is everything. I would die for him. Also he's beautiful. Top left: Shadow holding a brightly colored rope toy in his mouth Top middle: Shadow lying on his side on a wood floor, his ears up and his nose pointed at a large tennis ball Top right: Shadow watching me cook from his vantage point under the kitchen table Center left: Shadow rolling joyously in the grass Center middle: "2025 in Shadow" Center right: Shadow lying on the grass with his tongue hanging out as he looks at something off camera Bottom left: Shadow wearing a human shirt and absolutely fucking loving it Bottom center: Big yawn!!! Bottom left: Shadow licking snowflakes off his nose
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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older.bsky.social
WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, & interviews about activism co-edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly, comes out TOMORROW which means today is the last day you can show the love by pre-ordering! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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louisathelast.bsky.social
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.

It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
streetroots.bsky.social Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · 13d
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
my longest title is “Observations on the Strange Occurrences at the Stables of the Macha'cuay School of Magic”
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
me, editing one of my stories: make it gayer! gayer!!! GAYER!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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syr.bsky.social
The perfect merx story premise doesn't exi- Can't wait to read this in @reckoningmag.bsky.social
ruthjoffre.bsky.social Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 2d
out now! my mermaid story about a woman who goes to repair a subsea fiber-optic cable and stumbles upon a mer society, which may or may not have some answers about her absent father, available online and in a gorgeous print anthology from @reckoningmag.bsky.social
cgaubrey.bsky.social 🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 2d
New today from @reckoningmag.bsky.social's #neurodivergent reprint collection A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is "Icediver". This atmospheric short story by @ruthjoffre.bsky.social takes us beneath a cold, dark sea in one woman's emotional quest for answers and a sense of belonging.
reckoning.press/icediver/
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
my baby loves the snow ❄️
A large black dog lying in the snow and licking snowflakes off his nose
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e...

#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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angelvleal.bsky.social
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚

www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
50% off ebooks the world SALE kinda half-assed and barely visible use code UGHFINE
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Featuring stories from @ammansabet.bsky.social, @apexmag.bsky.social, @augursociety.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @thedeadlands.com, @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, @onspecmag.bsky.social, @reckoningmag.bsky.social, and Fantasy Magazine
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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lorifontanes.bsky.social
looking for a heartwarming, magical & surprisingly relatable story about merpeople & the high cost of living? well look no further! 👇👇👇
ruthjoffre.bsky.social Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 2d
out now! my mermaid story about a woman who goes to repair a subsea fiber-optic cable and stumbles upon a mer society, which may or may not have some answers about her absent father, available online and in a gorgeous print anthology from @reckoningmag.bsky.social
cgaubrey.bsky.social 🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 2d
New today from @reckoningmag.bsky.social's #neurodivergent reprint collection A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is "Icediver". This atmospheric short story by @ruthjoffre.bsky.social takes us beneath a cold, dark sea in one woman's emotional quest for answers and a sense of belonging.
reckoning.press/icediver/
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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miriamgershow.bsky.social
Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!

My gratitude is so deep this morning.

lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
snow mlem ❄️
A large black dog leaping through the snow and doing a little mlem while looking at the camera. Honestly don’t know how I managed to capture this
December 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
out now! my mermaid story about a woman who goes to repair a subsea fiber-optic cable and stumbles upon a mer society, which may or may not have some answers about her absent father, available online and in a gorgeous print anthology from @reckoningmag.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
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.
karoline.bsky.social Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 4d
"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?
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November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
first snow of the season! Santa Paws approves ❄️
A large black dog lying in the snow. He’s wearing a pair of red and white pajamas that say Santa Paws on the butt
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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orionmagazine.bsky.social
That cover 😍

Know any book lovers? We just released the second edition of one of Orion's most popular anthologies, Earthly Love, just in time for the holidays. Support small business this Small Business Saturday. Get yours at the link here. orionmagazine.org/product/eart...
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
if you’re in the market for a weird gay book that has been compared to the works of Kelly Link, David Lynch, Mary Gaitskill, and Carmen Maria Machado, check out my story collection Night Beast. preferably at your local indie or an online store that supports it!

bookshop.org/p/books/nigh...
Night Beast
Check out Night Beast - <b>A stunning debut collection by an award-winning young writer, <i>Night Beast</i> follows haunted characters through real, surreal, and speculative landscapes to examine the ...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
had a major breakthrough on the novel today! who knows, I might even finish it in the next two to five years
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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sabs.bsky.social
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ruthjoffre.bsky.social
had the lake to ourselves this morning ☺️
A wide path running alongside a lake. The sky is a bright, clear blue, and the trees have lost their leaves. A large black dog wearing red and white pajamas that say “Santa Paws” is seen looking out over the lake
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM