Summer Fletcher
@thesummerfletcher.bsky.social
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Hugo & Ignyte finalist.
Formerly: PodCastle, Nightmare Magazine, Lightspeed
Code Coven IGM Ghost
they/them
Hugo & Ignyte finalist.
Formerly: PodCastle, Nightmare Magazine, Lightspeed
Code Coven IGM Ghost
they/them
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23 people have died in ICE custody.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
23 people have died in ICE custody.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
My favorite tourist spots include anything in the flavor of: this was built using the best technology/most funding/greatest collaboration of the time, and they fucked it up so bad we built a school of engineering in the shadow of its imminent collapse.
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My favorite tourist spots include anything in the flavor of: this was built using the best technology/most funding/greatest collaboration of the time, and they fucked it up so bad we built a school of engineering in the shadow of its imminent collapse.
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I don’t have an eligibility post. I didn’t have anything published this year, and I’m under no illusions that anyone’s going to nominate me for Best Editor (Short Form). But I did edit and publish 4 issues of Kaleidotrope in 2025, and I’m very proud of all of the fantastic work I was able to share!
Wondering which 48 stories and 28 poems Kaleidotrope published in 2025?
Well, friends, wonder no more!
Well, friends, wonder no more!
Kaleidotrope 2025
kaleidotrope.net
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I don’t have an eligibility post. I didn’t have anything published this year, and I’m under no illusions that anyone’s going to nominate me for Best Editor (Short Form). But I did edit and publish 4 issues of Kaleidotrope in 2025, and I’m very proud of all of the fantastic work I was able to share!
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Support us dry dry humans
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Support us dry dry humans
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So, yes, I'm in LOCUS, reviewing short fiction! 👀 My very first review column is in this issue and I am so FREAKING EXCITED to be part of the Locus team and this magazine!
Issue 779 Table of Contents, December 2025 locusmag.com/2025/12...
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So, yes, I'm in LOCUS, reviewing short fiction! 👀 My very first review column is in this issue and I am so FREAKING EXCITED to be part of the Locus team and this magazine!
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I am kind of in awe of the fact that Gio can go from a pitch-perfect Deadpool review that makes me want to throw my phone out a window to this nuanced piece on outsider art and its unwanted but now inextricable metacommentary.
Horses' only sin is that its broad themes don't entirely pay off its loaded imagery. Otherwise, it's an effectively uncomfortable games that turns life's mundane humiliations into surreal horror. If anything, its bans fill in its thematic gaps for it. My review. www.polygon.com/horses-banne...
Horses review - the banned Steam game doesn't deserve its ban
Horses tackles life's daily humiliations with surreal horror that will make you squirm
www.polygon.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am kind of in awe of the fact that Gio can go from a pitch-perfect Deadpool review that makes me want to throw my phone out a window to this nuanced piece on outsider art and its unwanted but now inextricable metacommentary.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
lol
but also
Please update your medications including doses. If you started a supplement or a painkiller or anything else ongoing just add the info. You will be making other people's lives easier (and yours safer by tracking start dates & preventing interactions).
but also
Please update your medications including doses. If you started a supplement or a painkiller or anything else ongoing just add the info. You will be making other people's lives easier (and yours safer by tracking start dates & preventing interactions).
They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
lol
but also
Please update your medications including doses. If you started a supplement or a painkiller or anything else ongoing just add the info. You will be making other people's lives easier (and yours safer by tracking start dates & preventing interactions).
but also
Please update your medications including doses. If you started a supplement or a painkiller or anything else ongoing just add the info. You will be making other people's lives easier (and yours safer by tracking start dates & preventing interactions).
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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And here's your earworm for the afternoon
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
And here's your earworm for the afternoon
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
A better version of "write drunk, edit sober."
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A better version of "write drunk, edit sober."
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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Yep! It's why I've kept my school library DVD collection instead of dumping it like most schools. It still gets used, even by students. We also have free external DVD players they can check out.
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yep! It's why I've kept my school library DVD collection instead of dumping it like most schools. It still gets used, even by students. We also have free external DVD players they can check out.
I felt like I haven't accomplished anything in 2025, and then remembered I moved to a new city and completely rebuilt my life only a January ago. Look back once in a while, self. Damn.
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I felt like I haven't accomplished anything in 2025, and then remembered I moved to a new city and completely rebuilt my life only a January ago. Look back once in a while, self. Damn.
I really like this thread. Been thinking about broody loners vs. reaching out warmly to readers, because it's something I struggle with.
I'm curious about writers who provide the right guidance into the dark, rather than veering into edgelord silliness.
I'm curious about writers who provide the right guidance into the dark, rather than veering into edgelord silliness.
I can't help but suspect I'm in the minority, but I don't think a book has to be a "difficult" read to be art. Plenty of hallowed works of literature taught in schools have swept me along effortlessly late into the night.
I prefer writers who care about my experience and reach out warmly to me.
I prefer writers who care about my experience and reach out warmly to me.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I really like this thread. Been thinking about broody loners vs. reaching out warmly to readers, because it's something I struggle with.
I'm curious about writers who provide the right guidance into the dark, rather than veering into edgelord silliness.
I'm curious about writers who provide the right guidance into the dark, rather than veering into edgelord silliness.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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More programs like this one.
Some people don't care about the well-being of others. Okay! Fine!
Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.
Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.
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.
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More programs like this one.
I keep mixing up merengue and meringue
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I keep mixing up merengue and meringue
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The usual Garth Marenghi cold opening:
(writing grimdark fantasy) Goreface sat wetly on the docks, thinking about blood. His face was covered is some kind of shit and so was the rest of him. His dick looked like a door knocker. There were some orcs and dragons on the docks too. They also had shit on them.
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The usual Garth Marenghi cold opening:
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WHO'S HUNGRY NOW, BITCH?
March 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
WHO'S HUNGRY NOW, BITCH?
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Evening bump! Please share far and wide, and give it a listen!
hey GUESS WHAT
my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now!
podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...
my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now!
podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...
PodCastle 920: Auguries - PodCastle
Auguries By Jennifer R. Donohue She screamed the first time, so loud that the old man who lived in the next apartment arrived at her door with surprising speed, cardigan thrown hastily over his untu...
podcastle.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Evening bump! Please share far and wide, and give it a listen!
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December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM