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A brand-new Canadian indie micro press where the dream meets the page! Owned by author @bgordonauthor.bsky.social‬ and award-winning author and editor @caitgauthor.bsky.social‬.
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We hope you drop by our vendor table at the Ottawa small press book fair this Saturday! Bring friends! We like people! #CanLit #Ottawa
Head shots of authors Bruce D. Gordon and Cait Gordon. Text says: BRUCE D. GORDON and CAIT GORDON will be at the ottawa small press book fair on SAT NOV 22 from 12pm-5pm at the Tom Brown Arena: 141 Bayview Station Road Bring friends! Come and say hi! We can offer smiles with every book we sell and/or sign!
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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“Bev the Hacker Does Time” by @caitgauthor.bsky.social made its debut in Donna Scott’s Laughs in Space anthology in 2024, and you can vote for the story for an Indieverse Award until November 10 (11:59pm EST) at
indieverseawards.com/voting!

Read the story here: wp.me/P5J2LK-4cs
#BookSky #SFF
There’s a cartoon of a blue alien with a snout, blue hair, and goggles, and who is wearing blue coveralls. She’s also holding a red handled mop in a red bucket. Text says: VOTE FOR BEV? "BEV THE HACKER DOES TIME" A SHORT STORY BY CAIT GORDON A teen girl begins community service at a seniors residence after hacking the intragalactic network to route all sexy searches to display laxative commercials. But for some weird reason, there doesn't seem to be any "old people" anywhere! VOTING IS OPEN UNTIL 11:59 PM NOVEMBER 10, 2025 AT INDIEVERSEAWARDS.COM/VOTING THIS WORK IS NOMINATED FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY, COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, OR SHORT WORK FICTION!
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Personally, we’re a massive fan of First Draft Cake.

But yeah, getting to a completed draft of a work is so worthy of celebration and so important not to take for granted.

So, how will you celebrate? #AmWriting #WriteSky
Image has the Dinsdale Press logo. Additional text reads: If you have completed a first draft, that’s a huge accomplishment! Remember to celebrate!
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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We have a sign! I do love these little tabletop scroll-up signs by Vista Print.

As yes, we have dreams! Some fun ones we hope to launch in 2026 and 2027!
A roll up table top sign of the Dinsdale Press logo, which is a lowercase D and uppercase P standing stem to stem, and it they have little faces with eyes made from quotation marks
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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We are thrilled to bits that Speculative Shorts has received a glowing review in The Seaboard Review of Books, by the amazing Lisa Timpf! You can find the review here: www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/speculativ... #SFF #CanLit #ShortStories #BookSky
"The stories in Speculative Shorts display Gordon's knack for making the reader privy to the protagonists' thoughts and reactions in an empathetic and often amusing way as the action progresses." Lisa Timpf for The Seaboard Review of Books There are also images of the book as an e-book, on a phone display, and the paperback version
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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We’re overjoyed to announce our first-ever book has now been officially released! Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain by @caitgauthor.bsky.social can be found at books2read.com/spec-shorts. (You can also try asking for it at a bookstore near you!) #SFF #CanLit
The paperback of the short story collection and a three layered six-inch wide cake with white icing in between the layers and on top is a brushed white buttercream icing with the Dinsdale Press logo, which is a lowercase d and an uppercase P that have quotation marks for eyes. Around the top of a cake is a border in green and blue. (Description of book cover is in the next photo.) Close-up of the paperback. It’s a blue sky with wispy white clouds and there’s a clothesline that has three pairs of shorts on it. The pair of shorts on the left has a dragon pattern, the shorts in the middle has a playing cards pattern, and the shorts on the right has a galaxy pattern.
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Cute mini swag bags are cute!
Little white paper bags with handles that have the Dinsdale Press logo on them
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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If you’re going to @canconsffh.bsky.social in October, we’d love if you joined us for the first launch of our first book! The emcee will be Derek Newman-Stille, multiple Prix Aurora Award–winner of Speculating Canada. It should be a blast! #SFF #CanLit
CanCon October 17-19, 2025 Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata SUNDAY 11:30 AM-12:20 PM OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF SPECULATIVE SHORTS: STORIES THAT FELL OUT OF MY BRAIN! Derek Newman-Stille will be the emcee for the launch of Cait Gordon's first-ever short story collection! There will be readings, giveaways, and probably also shenanigans. For paying attendees only.
September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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New trailer for Speculative Shorts! It has a voice-over too!

The dream has met the page! I repeat: The dream has met the page! #SFF #Disability #DisabilityFiction #QueerBooks #CanLit #CanadianAuthor #BookSky
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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IT’S PERFECT WEATHER FOR SHORTS!

Speculative Shorts, that is.

Books have arrived for our launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social in a month! Woohoo! #SFF #CanLit
Piles of copies of Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain, by Cait Gordon sit on an oak table.
September 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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There’s no generative AI in our books. Fun fact: Speculative Shorts also states plainly on the cover that the stories fell out of @caitgauthor.bsky.social‘s brain! 😃 #SFF #IndieAuthors
Photo of the paperback of the short story collection. It’s a blue sky with a few wispy clouds and a clothesline that has three pairs of shorts on it. The left pair has a dragon pattern, the middle pair has a deck of cards pattern, and the pair on the right has a galaxy pattern.
September 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Here’s proof that we have a proof! We proofed the proof too!

It’s a prooftastic day!

Can’t wait to order the author copies for our launch in October! #WriteSky
A proof copy of the paperback of Speculative Shorts that says “not for resale on it.” The cover is a blue sky with white wispy clouds, and a clothesline that has three pairs of shorts on it. The left pair of shorts has a dragon scale pattern, the middle has a deck of cards pattern, and the one on the right has a galaxy pattern.
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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You like ebooks? You can bring these shorts with you all year round! Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain by @caitgauthor.bsky.social is available for preorder in ebook format! (Paperback preorders coming soon!) books2read.com/spec-shorts #SFF #CanLit #BookSky
A pale seafoam blue background that shows an e-reader featuring Speculative Shorts by Cait Gordon. There is also the Dinsdale Press logo and the following text: "Cait Gordon writes with infectious joy and energy, and with a sense of humour that is never far from the surface—even in the darkest moments." Kate Heartfield, Prix Aurora Award-winning author of The Embroidered Book RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2025! PREORDER TODAY! A nonbinary Alice accidentally enters their own clubbing wonderland because of a smiley app and Bong Guy. An autistic writing instructor who hates ABA but loves ABBA becomes an unexpected hero. A "silent" mermaid-siren noted for keeping the sea safe from poachers is guided to a Lander who might not be like the others. A disabled space pilot couriers precious cargo for the Network while trying to evade the eugenics-based brigade who wants to keep people like her "safe at home." A descendant of Frankenstein's monster is having her sweet sixteen party, but her mother's gift stops the teen in her rollator's tracks. Explore these stories and more in this collection of fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience.
August 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I probably could care less if I really, really tried! 😉 #WritingTips
The expression is "I couldn't care less," but if you still find yourself caring just a little bit, then you probably could care less. Idioms are fun! (dinsdale press)
August 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I don’t know what it is, but I love little pins. Got a pin maker, and I’m having fun with it! #Crafts
Two little pins with the Dinsdale Press logo on them
August 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Okay, it is time to announce the announcement!

Our first published work will be Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain, by @caitgauthor.bsky.social!

Here is the cover reveal and back cover synopsis!

Planned release date: October 2025. Preorders coming soon! #CanLit #SFF
Cover image has a blue sky with wispy white clouds. On a clothesline are three pairs of shorts. One has a dragon pattern, the other has a playing cards pattern, and the other has a galaxy pattern. From the award-winning author of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space... A nonbinary Alice accidentally enters their own clubbing wonderland because of a smiley app and Bong Guy. An autistic writing instructor who hates ABA but loves ABBA becomes an unexpected hero. A "silent" mermaid-siren noted for keeping the sea safe from poachers is guided to a Lander who might not be like the others. A disabled space pilot couriers precious cargo for the Network while trying to evade the eugenics-based brigade who wants to keep people like her "safe at home." A descendant of Frankenstein's monster is having her sweet sixteen party, but her mother's gift stops the teen in her rollator's tracks. Explore these stories and more in this collection of 15 tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience.
August 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Em dashes, like anything, should be used in moderation. Check first with your editor if em dashes are right for you. 😉

#WriteSky #WritingTips
Sure, your work is allowed to have some em dashes. Okay, wait. That's perhaps a bit too many. No, seriously, stop! PUT THAT EM DASH DOWN THIS INSTANT!
August 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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I’ve been an editor for years, and even I have to sometimes take a moment to figure out how to conjugate the verbs lie and lay.

And that’s no lie!

(I’ll see myself out.) #WritingTips #AuthorSky #WriteSky
You lie down. You lay an object down. You lied about where you laid that object. You've lain in bed for hours worrying about that lie! See? Grammar is fun!
July 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Fun fact! @bgordonauthor.bsky.social has completed the first draft of his steampunk fantasy, A Clockwork Spider, so we had to have First Draft Cake!

At Dinsdale Press, we firmly believe in celebrating all the wins… with dessert. 😇

How do you celebrate first drafts, #AuthorSky? #SFF
A grey plate has a scalloped gold cake plate on top. A small white plate on top of the gold plate holds a miniature cake done up with turquoise and green icing with a raspberry in the centre. Around that plate are four miniature chocolate Bundt cakes with a turquoise rosette and green leaves.
July 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Follow us for more writing tips! #WriteSky
Dinsdale Press logo with a humorous writing tip that says: Commas are important people. Only, there’s no comma before the word people.
July 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Leanie, our young maple, wishes you all a safe and happy long weekend! #CanadaDay #CanadaDayLongWeekend
A young maple tree on a sunny day with blue skies and fluffy clouds
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM