Sonia Sulaiman
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
I write stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Ignyte and Ember Award winning, Pushcart, Palestine Book, & Lammy noms. BNW and Locus finalist. (she/her) Clarion West '25
https://www.soniasulaiman.com
https://www.soniasulaiman.com
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Sonia Sulaiman
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
· Dec 17
For the many new followers. Hi, I..
* write fantasy inspired by Palestinian folklore
*have been nominated for a few awards
* am spiritually fruity
* am aroace
* curate a reading list of Palestinian spec fic
soniasulaiman.com
* write fantasy inspired by Palestinian folklore
*have been nominated for a few awards
* am spiritually fruity
* am aroace
* curate a reading list of Palestinian spec fic
soniasulaiman.com
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Instead of having conniptions over OTHER things, I’m going to focus on this immediate issue Lmao
Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability, organized by Danielle Lorick
EDIT: i should be receiving end of month payments, but trying to deal … Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability
gofund.me
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Instead of having conniptions over OTHER things, I’m going to focus on this immediate issue Lmao
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Appropriate
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Today sure was a weird one. I went through a cleansing grief that turned out to not be the closure I was seeking/expecting. I didn’t write but I’m checking closer to it, I think. And a kind friend paid for me to gift myself something nice for Christmas.
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Today sure was a weird one. I went through a cleansing grief that turned out to not be the closure I was seeking/expecting. I didn’t write but I’m checking closer to it, I think. And a kind friend paid for me to gift myself something nice for Christmas.
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absolutely losing it at the idea of someone sincerely going "can you check the back" but for human history
Oh My Goodness, PEOPLE! Please understand, a museum only has access to /the things & info it has/!! I cannot possibly tell you the location of a house in 1660, because the earliest map I have is 1795! Please stop asking me to "just check & see if you have any older maps." I don't. And I would know!
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
absolutely losing it at the idea of someone sincerely going "can you check the back" but for human history
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I’m old enough to remember when WMD meant totally made up excuse for a war www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fent...
Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’m old enough to remember when WMD meant totally made up excuse for a war www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fent...
This is, as far as I know, the only depiction of her in the clothing of Nazareth. Fun fact: that’s all silk appliqué!
I made fan art of Mary Queen of Palestine showing her in traditional Nazarene clothes
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is, as far as I know, the only depiction of her in the clothing of Nazareth. Fun fact: that’s all silk appliqué!
Mary is the Queen of Palestine. Of course she is a source of strength and defiance for the oppressed.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Mary is the Queen of Palestine. Of course she is a source of strength and defiance for the oppressed.
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😬 I feel this in my bones!!!
You’ve heard of the Exposition Tax. I bring you: The Retelling Paradox!
The Retelling Paradox, which I’ve just made up, is when a marginalized writer writes a retelling of a story from their culture but the normative reader wouldn’t know it’s a retelling… thus triggering the Exposition Tax.
The Retelling Paradox, which I’ve just made up, is when a marginalized writer writes a retelling of a story from their culture but the normative reader wouldn’t know it’s a retelling… thus triggering the Exposition Tax.
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
😬 I feel this in my bones!!!
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
Alright! Thank you, kind friend! Now to work out how to run it so you can all enjoy it. Maybe I could set up a stream on Twitch? Invite some other writers to play? I’m so excited!
Who wants to play with me? 🥰
Who wants to play with me? 🥰
Anyone want to send me $47.90 CND so I can gift myself this second (and much improved) edition of my favourite table top game? I’ll play a game or two with folks either in my discord or through Patreon! canada.critrole.com/collections/...
For the Queen
Hear ye, hear ye: Your Grace is primed for her voyage, and has chosen you to accompany her! For the Queen is a card-driven collaborative storytelling game that invites you to tell a dramatic narrative...
canada.critrole.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Alright! Thank you, kind friend! Now to work out how to run it so you can all enjoy it. Maybe I could set up a stream on Twitch? Invite some other writers to play? I’m so excited!
Who wants to play with me? 🥰
Who wants to play with me? 🥰
Anyone want to send me $47.90 CND so I can gift myself this second (and much improved) edition of my favourite table top game? I’ll play a game or two with folks either in my discord or through Patreon! canada.critrole.com/collections/...
For the Queen
Hear ye, hear ye: Your Grace is primed for her voyage, and has chosen you to accompany her! For the Queen is a card-driven collaborative storytelling game that invites you to tell a dramatic narrative...
canada.critrole.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Anyone want to send me $47.90 CND so I can gift myself this second (and much improved) edition of my favourite table top game? I’ll play a game or two with folks either in my discord or through Patreon! canada.critrole.com/collections/...
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Highly recommended! I'm always excited to see a new poem by R.B. Lemberg!
My anti-GenAI prose poem, "The Ghosts of me are in your machine," is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Thanks to @cafenowhere.bsky.social for editing, and @bogiperson.bsky.social for being the first reader for this.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Thanks to @cafenowhere.bsky.social for editing, and @bogiperson.bsky.social for being the first reader for this.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
The ghosts of me are in your machine
My obsidian shadows knifed the moon, drank moonblood until my wandering mouth filled to bursting
strangehorizons.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Highly recommended! I'm always excited to see a new poem by R.B. Lemberg!
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I'll have to experiment with this because I think you're onto something.
I'm still reeling from "Wait everyone else doesn't hear the electricity of lights and appliances?" even though that revelation is a few years old.
I'm still reeling from "Wait everyone else doesn't hear the electricity of lights and appliances?" even though that revelation is a few years old.
After learning that I have an AuDHD sensitivity to blue light that can be fixed by just making sure we only use warm lights in the house I can’t help but wonder how many people with SAD are just on the spectrum and suffering from the widespread use of shit lighting in offices an shops?
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'll have to experiment with this because I think you're onto something.
I'm still reeling from "Wait everyone else doesn't hear the electricity of lights and appliances?" even though that revelation is a few years old.
I'm still reeling from "Wait everyone else doesn't hear the electricity of lights and appliances?" even though that revelation is a few years old.
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Alright, back to reading :)))
Today we've got another book from the wonderful @yaffasutopia.bsky.social! I've been meaning to read it all year, so very happy to finally sit down with it now 🍉
Remember to vote in the TFR Awards: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/01/v...
Today we've got another book from the wonderful @yaffasutopia.bsky.social! I've been meaning to read it all year, so very happy to finally sit down with it now 🍉
Remember to vote in the TFR Awards: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/01/v...
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Alright, back to reading :)))
Today we've got another book from the wonderful @yaffasutopia.bsky.social! I've been meaning to read it all year, so very happy to finally sit down with it now 🍉
Remember to vote in the TFR Awards: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/01/v...
Today we've got another book from the wonderful @yaffasutopia.bsky.social! I've been meaning to read it all year, so very happy to finally sit down with it now 🍉
Remember to vote in the TFR Awards: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/01/v...
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Kia ora koutou — Te Waka Taki Kōrero/The Māori Literature Trust has opened applications for two grants (up to $6K) for mid-career Māori writers. Applications for Te Tupu Hauora close on 30 Jan, 2026. All info on the website linked below. Mauri ora!
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
Apply Now: Te Tupu Hauroa Development Grants 2026
The Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026.
mlt.org.nz
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Kia ora koutou — Te Waka Taki Kōrero/The Māori Literature Trust has opened applications for two grants (up to $6K) for mid-career Māori writers. Applications for Te Tupu Hauora close on 30 Jan, 2026. All info on the website linked below. Mauri ora!
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
If I said “a retelling of Cinderella as told in Palestine” or “a gender queer historical fantasy inspired by Palestinian folktales”… they would hit differently, wouldn’t they?
Yes, I like to muse on how I’d query a project. It helps me clarify some things better I write.
Yes, I like to muse on how I’d query a project. It helps me clarify some things better I write.
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If I said “a retelling of Cinderella as told in Palestine” or “a gender queer historical fantasy inspired by Palestinian folktales”… they would hit differently, wouldn’t they?
Yes, I like to muse on how I’d query a project. It helps me clarify some things better I write.
Yes, I like to muse on how I’d query a project. It helps me clarify some things better I write.
You’ve heard of the Exposition Tax. I bring you: The Retelling Paradox!
The Retelling Paradox, which I’ve just made up, is when a marginalized writer writes a retelling of a story from their culture but the normative reader wouldn’t know it’s a retelling… thus triggering the Exposition Tax.
The Retelling Paradox, which I’ve just made up, is when a marginalized writer writes a retelling of a story from their culture but the normative reader wouldn’t know it’s a retelling… thus triggering the Exposition Tax.
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
You’ve heard of the Exposition Tax. I bring you: The Retelling Paradox!
The Retelling Paradox, which I’ve just made up, is when a marginalized writer writes a retelling of a story from their culture but the normative reader wouldn’t know it’s a retelling… thus triggering the Exposition Tax.
The Retelling Paradox, which I’ve just made up, is when a marginalized writer writes a retelling of a story from their culture but the normative reader wouldn’t know it’s a retelling… thus triggering the Exposition Tax.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
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I'm available for developmental edits on full and partial manuscripts for a limited time! Full details here:
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm available for developmental edits on full and partial manuscripts for a limited time! Full details here:
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
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New spots are open! Come get that novel ready for submission in the new year 🎊🎊🎊
I'm available for developmental edits on full and partial manuscripts for a limited time! Full details here:
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New spots are open! Come get that novel ready for submission in the new year 🎊🎊🎊