Stefani Cox
@stefanicox.bsky.social
Omnivorous bookworm and SFFH writer/poet. Words at LeVar Burton Reads, Strange Horizons, The Rumpus, and others. https://linktr.ee/stefanicox
Loves four-legged friends, cozy gaming, good food, nature, and miniature objects. Colorado by way of California.
Loves four-legged friends, cozy gaming, good food, nature, and miniature objects. Colorado by way of California.
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The full text and audio of my story Wax and Full Circles is now up 🎉 Thanks @xperiencejay.bsky.social for setting this to your voice and @lianxiarose.bsky.social for the clear and detail-oriented audio production. @khoreo.bsky.social is an impressive crew!
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
I see it’s time for Running Up That Hill to get stuck in my head again.
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I see it’s time for Running Up That Hill to get stuck in my head again.
It’s wild how much can change in a year. Last Thanksgiving, both my grandmother and my father-in-law still walked the earth, and I’d just gotten a positive pregnancy blood test.
Today, I’m gently holding the memories and savoring my last few days of parental leave with the cutest little muffin.
Today, I’m gently holding the memories and savoring my last few days of parental leave with the cutest little muffin.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It’s wild how much can change in a year. Last Thanksgiving, both my grandmother and my father-in-law still walked the earth, and I’d just gotten a positive pregnancy blood test.
Today, I’m gently holding the memories and savoring my last few days of parental leave with the cutest little muffin.
Today, I’m gently holding the memories and savoring my last few days of parental leave with the cutest little muffin.
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The Community of Writers at Olympic Valley was one of the first conferences that took a chance on me as a newbie writer. Their funding has taken a big hit in the current environment. If you donate now, you can get your donation matched!
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communityofwriters.org/donate/?mc_c...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Community of Writers at Olympic Valley was one of the first conferences that took a chance on me as a newbie writer. Their funding has taken a big hit in the current environment. If you donate now, you can get your donation matched!
communityofwriters.org/donate/?mc_c...
communityofwriters.org/donate/?mc_c...
There is no productivity timer more urgent and effective than the baby is napping.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There is no productivity timer more urgent and effective than the baby is napping.
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From the co-writing session today... What if you took all of the books you've read, life you've lived, wisdom gained, and then reached back in time for the audacity you had when you were younger?
What could you make if you borrowed that self, now?
What could you make if you borrowed that self, now?
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
From the co-writing session today... What if you took all of the books you've read, life you've lived, wisdom gained, and then reached back in time for the audacity you had when you were younger?
What could you make if you borrowed that self, now?
What could you make if you borrowed that self, now?
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I told our discord yesterday that Trump was not prepared for the most charismatic man in politics.
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I told our discord yesterday that Trump was not prepared for the most charismatic man in politics.
Before home ownership:
Knows absolutely nothing about home maintenance.
After home ownership:
Still knows nothing about home maintenance but goes to Lowe’s on the regular.
Knows absolutely nothing about home maintenance.
After home ownership:
Still knows nothing about home maintenance but goes to Lowe’s on the regular.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Before home ownership:
Knows absolutely nothing about home maintenance.
After home ownership:
Still knows nothing about home maintenance but goes to Lowe’s on the regular.
Knows absolutely nothing about home maintenance.
After home ownership:
Still knows nothing about home maintenance but goes to Lowe’s on the regular.
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Please help @lpkindred.bsky.social stay in school in these difficult times. He's a great person who's had a rough go and deserves all the good things.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please help @lpkindred.bsky.social stay in school in these difficult times. He's a great person who's had a rough go and deserves all the good things.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
I have a lot of academics in my life and it sounds like trying to teach in the age of ChatGPT is near impossible. I wonder how it is trying to teach composition in particular, just…how?
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I have a lot of academics in my life and it sounds like trying to teach in the age of ChatGPT is near impossible. I wonder how it is trying to teach composition in particular, just…how?
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So sad to hear about Alice Wong. May we honor her by not letting her words be forgotten. Go pick up her books
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So sad to hear about Alice Wong. May we honor her by not letting her words be forgotten. Go pick up her books
No aurora sightings for me this week — still on the bucket list — but some lovely sunsets.
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
No aurora sightings for me this week — still on the bucket list — but some lovely sunsets.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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The full audio story of Wax and Full Circles by @stefanicox.bsky.social is out now!
The story was edited by Isabella Kestermann, narrated by Xperience J, and produced by @lianxiarose.bsky.social.
You can read or listen to the full story here: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
The story was edited by Isabella Kestermann, narrated by Xperience J, and produced by @lianxiarose.bsky.social.
You can read or listen to the full story here: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The full audio story of Wax and Full Circles by @stefanicox.bsky.social is out now!
The story was edited by Isabella Kestermann, narrated by Xperience J, and produced by @lianxiarose.bsky.social.
You can read or listen to the full story here: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
The story was edited by Isabella Kestermann, narrated by Xperience J, and produced by @lianxiarose.bsky.social.
You can read or listen to the full story here: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
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I always say that hard work buys you a lotto ticket, but luck still draws it. Plenty of really talented people will never ever find success. There are things you can do to buy additional lotto tickets like making connections and showing up, but luck will always, always be a factor.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I always say that hard work buys you a lotto ticket, but luck still draws it. Plenty of really talented people will never ever find success. There are things you can do to buy additional lotto tickets like making connections and showing up, but luck will always, always be a factor.
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Some of the best advice I ever heard was from @silviamg.bsky.social who said that you shouldn't set goals that require other people to do what you want. You can write a book. That's a goal. You can't control whether anyone buys it. Other people have free will.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some of the best advice I ever heard was from @silviamg.bsky.social who said that you shouldn't set goals that require other people to do what you want. You can write a book. That's a goal. You can't control whether anyone buys it. Other people have free will.
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Interested in #RosalindFranklin? With help from her family, we published an anthology of stories in honor of her work and struggle, edited by @bogiperson.bsky.social and featuring stories by authors whose names you will recognize! Give it a look? For you or your local or school library? #Booksky
Rosalind's Siblings, edited by Bogi Takács
Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders
www.atthisarts.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Interested in #RosalindFranklin? With help from her family, we published an anthology of stories in honor of her work and struggle, edited by @bogiperson.bsky.social and featuring stories by authors whose names you will recognize! Give it a look? For you or your local or school library? #Booksky
Every time I put coconut oil in my hair, the dog comes to sniff like, “I don’t know why we’re making piña coladas in the bathroom, but can I have one?”
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Every time I put coconut oil in my hair, the dog comes to sniff like, “I don’t know why we’re making piña coladas in the bathroom, but can I have one?”
It is refreshing to have a good news day.
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It is refreshing to have a good news day.
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This is why we do the work. Academics study and theorize so we can impact material conditions for the better. Understanding the family policing system and its roots in anti-Blackness, slavery, and family disruption is so necessary to refusing to criminalize Black & Brown mothers today.
Hospitals routinely report parents to child welfare authorities based on error-prone drug tests. Some hospitals are changing policy as a result.
Why Some Doctors Are Pushing to End Routine Drug Testing During Childbirth
Hospitals routinely report parents to child welfare authorities based on error-prone drug tests. Some hospitals are changing policy as a result.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is why we do the work. Academics study and theorize so we can impact material conditions for the better. Understanding the family policing system and its roots in anti-Blackness, slavery, and family disruption is so necessary to refusing to criminalize Black & Brown mothers today.
My baby fights sleep with every single fiber of his tiny body until literally the second he drops into unconsciousness, good lord 😂
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My baby fights sleep with every single fiber of his tiny body until literally the second he drops into unconsciousness, good lord 😂
The full text and audio of my story Wax and Full Circles is now up 🎉 Thanks @xperiencejay.bsky.social for setting this to your voice and @lianxiarose.bsky.social for the clear and detail-oriented audio production. @khoreo.bsky.social is an impressive crew!
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The full text and audio of my story Wax and Full Circles is now up 🎉 Thanks @xperiencejay.bsky.social for setting this to your voice and @lianxiarose.bsky.social for the clear and detail-oriented audio production. @khoreo.bsky.social is an impressive crew!
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wax-...
You will either be completely cleaned out of candy on Halloween or have gobs leftover, there is no in between.
(Currently sitting on a mountain of fun-sized candy like a chocolate-obsessed dragon.)
(Currently sitting on a mountain of fun-sized candy like a chocolate-obsessed dragon.)
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You will either be completely cleaned out of candy on Halloween or have gobs leftover, there is no in between.
(Currently sitting on a mountain of fun-sized candy like a chocolate-obsessed dragon.)
(Currently sitting on a mountain of fun-sized candy like a chocolate-obsessed dragon.)
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same