Erin K. Dancer (she/her)
@ekdancer.bsky.social
Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy author, artist and reader | 🌈 Queer AuDHD Nerdmother | Earth Scientist | Software Developer | 🐉 TTRPG enthusiast and DM of entirely too many games (colonialism and capitalism are always the BBEGs!)
Just sharing that this wondeful story on @diabolicalplots.com reminded me of reason I write and read stories about grief, and how much that is needed in the midst of processing our own.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-4...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-4...
DP FICTION #41A: “Crimson Hour” by Jesse Sprague – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Just sharing that this wondeful story on @diabolicalplots.com reminded me of reason I write and read stories about grief, and how much that is needed in the midst of processing our own.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-4...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-4...
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We are going to win.
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
We are going to win.
I use Obsidian note for organization and random notes or sprints, and Scrivener for the rest. I’ve also been using Plottr a little bit for outlining.
Q5: What system(s) do you use to track your progress? Are you trying new systems this year? #WeeknightWriters
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I use Obsidian note for organization and random notes or sprints, and Scrivener for the rest. I’ve also been using Plottr a little bit for outlining.
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BREAKING: Indivisible and a broad coalition of groups across the country are calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action this Saturday and Sunday to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.
January 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
BREAKING: Indivisible and a broad coalition of groups across the country are calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action this Saturday and Sunday to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.
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Please help out if you can.
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Please help out if you can.
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Shout-out to everyone who's tired as fuck of only seeing the first four lines of this poem shared around.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Shout-out to everyone who's tired as fuck of only seeing the first four lines of this poem shared around.
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Do it
States can prosecute anyone for violations of state law, regardless of their rank or authority. Minnesota successfully prosecuted a murder, committed by a law enforcement officer, that was documented on tape and broadcast to the world.
Bovino charged as an accessory.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
Bovino charged as an accessory.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
prospect.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Do it
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There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
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Reassert our claim on science fiction as the genre of humanism by burying subtlety and recasting it as the literature of protest.
January 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Reassert our claim on science fiction as the genre of humanism by burying subtlety and recasting it as the literature of protest.
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My first editing blog feature! The LGBTQIA+ Editors Association put out a blog for sensitivity and authenticity reading month and I'm in it! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Check it out here: lgbtqeditors.org/blog/f/authe...
Follow @lgbtqeditors.bsky.social
#editing #editors
Check it out here: lgbtqeditors.org/blog/f/authe...
Follow @lgbtqeditors.bsky.social
#editing #editors
Authenticity and Sensitivity Reading Awareness Month
We are excited to highlight January as Authenticity and Sensitivity Reading Awareness Month!
lgbtqeditors.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
My first editing blog feature! The LGBTQIA+ Editors Association put out a blog for sensitivity and authenticity reading month and I'm in it! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Check it out here: lgbtqeditors.org/blog/f/authe...
Follow @lgbtqeditors.bsky.social
#editing #editors
Check it out here: lgbtqeditors.org/blog/f/authe...
Follow @lgbtqeditors.bsky.social
#editing #editors
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okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
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The Waterfall Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25123...
What created the Waterfall Nebula? The origin is still being researched. The structure, officially designated Herbig-Haro 222, appears in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex
What created the Waterfall Nebula? The origin is still being researched. The structure, officially designated Herbig-Haro 222, appears in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The Waterfall Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25123...
What created the Waterfall Nebula? The origin is still being researched. The structure, officially designated Herbig-Haro 222, appears in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex
What created the Waterfall Nebula? The origin is still being researched. The structure, officially designated Herbig-Haro 222, appears in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex
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The winter issue of Belladonna's Garden Literary Magazine was published today. My short story, "Siren's Song," is included in it.
@bdglit.bsky.social
#SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚
#SFF
#SFFWriting/Writers 🔱
#writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
@bdglit.bsky.social
#SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚
#SFF
#SFFWriting/Writers 🔱
#writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
Belladonna's Garden - JonAdcock
Jon Adcock
Siren's Song
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The winter issue of Belladonna's Garden Literary Magazine was published today. My short story, "Siren's Song," is included in it.
@bdglit.bsky.social
#SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚
#SFF
#SFFWriting/Writers 🔱
#writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
@bdglit.bsky.social
#SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚
#SFF
#SFFWriting/Writers 🔱
#writingcommunity
#cozyfantasy
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
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"If Trees Could Scream" has found a home with the lovely @bdglit.bsky.social!
This one is a little eerie and a little enchanted (and yes...there are trees!)
🌳🍂💚🪡
This one is a little eerie and a little enchanted (and yes...there are trees!)
🌳🍂💚🪡
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"If Trees Could Scream" has found a home with the lovely @bdglit.bsky.social!
This one is a little eerie and a little enchanted (and yes...there are trees!)
🌳🍂💚🪡
This one is a little eerie and a little enchanted (and yes...there are trees!)
🌳🍂💚🪡
My first published short story is out today in Belladonna's Garden! (@bdglit.bsky.social)
"A Song for Boughs Afire" is a wintery tale of a grieving widow, a sentient aspen clone colony, and a timberman who has trouble respecting boundaries.
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
"A Song for Boughs Afire" is a wintery tale of a grieving widow, a sentient aspen clone colony, and a timberman who has trouble respecting boundaries.
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
Belladonna's Garden - ErinKDancer
Erin K. Dancer
A Song for Boughs Afire
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
My first published short story is out today in Belladonna's Garden! (@bdglit.bsky.social)
"A Song for Boughs Afire" is a wintery tale of a grieving widow, a sentient aspen clone colony, and a timberman who has trouble respecting boundaries.
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
"A Song for Boughs Afire" is a wintery tale of a grieving widow, a sentient aspen clone colony, and a timberman who has trouble respecting boundaries.
www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...
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I've got the day off work, so time to bring back an old favourite, this time using lessons learned from all the great stuff we published in 2025. Let's do this.
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've got the day off work, so time to bring back an old favourite, this time using lessons learned from all the great stuff we published in 2025. Let's do this.
Happy Holidays! Remember to gently beat your Archimedes kitty with the empty gift wrap tube, or he’ll yowl, steal eggnog from Santa’s mug, pre-open gifts, and bring a (mostly) dead mouse to the seven year old. (Just kidding, he still did all that and then body slammed the dog.) 🥴
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Happy Holidays! Remember to gently beat your Archimedes kitty with the empty gift wrap tube, or he’ll yowl, steal eggnog from Santa’s mug, pre-open gifts, and bring a (mostly) dead mouse to the seven year old. (Just kidding, he still did all that and then body slammed the dog.) 🥴
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Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
December 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
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In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
Crying into my latte in public as I finish reading this wonderful story:
Archives w BCS #432: "Another Tide" @gnipahellir.bsky.social, BCS #420, Aurealis Award winner. "situating myself in another’s cultural viewpoint. Yet, presented with a real enemy of the empire, I found myself sinking into the role of bourgeois scold." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/anot...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Another Tide by Will Greatwich
At the university I had studied radical repositioning: the art of situating myself in another’s cultural viewpoint. I considered myself an open-minded woman, an opponent of cultural hegemony. Yet, pre...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Crying into my latte in public as I finish reading this wonderful story:
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It's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️ #NessPromo
Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire’s Tears
I wake up to the sound of screaming, and know I’m going to die. I shoot out of bed, calling for my mother. First thing I’ve spoken clearly in two days. “Maria!” My mother bursts into my room. “Baby…
escapepod.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️ #NessPromo