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frankie hagg
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writer of science fiction, essays, book reviews, & more. senior editor @augursociety.bsky.social. translator in my day job. history MA. montreal | tiohtià:ke. they/them. https://frankiehagg.carrd.co/
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frankie hagg @frankiehagg.bsky.social · Aug 4
for this month's newsletter–blog post, i churned out a treatise of the ways AI will never replace human storytellers by heavily quoting much better writers than me buttondown.com/frankiehagg/...
Screenshot of text from the newsletter: As any student of literature can tell you, the author is dead. And as any sane writer will tell you, this is for the best; to be wholly responsible for how others react to your text is a very effective impetus to never produce another one. But what this sentiment means at its core is not that the author’s intention does not matter; rather, that a text and the society that receives it are in dialogue. To incorporate one’s environment, life, and experiences is fundamental to the task of telling a story, to which readers then respond. Whether or not it makes for interesting art—this is a task an LLM is simply unable to perform.
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hausofdecline.bsky.social
Watched "In the Mouth of Madness" last night, which is a movie all about how Southern Ontario is the most terrifying place on earth.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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I had the great honour to edit Chlorophilia in this issue - a flippy little take on Ovid for the modern era. If you, like me, love an epistolary story (or any story about natural desire), take a little look at Augur 8.3 out now 👀 🌱
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 10d
We've got 2 samples on our site!

✒️ “Rocky Mountain Gothic” by @evdatsyk.bsky.social, a girl in between the wild & human world
✒️ “Chlorophilia” by @mikethorn.bsky.social & @miriamricher.bsky.social, about metamorphosis, betrayal, & nature’s revenge

READ NOW 👉 augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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An illustration with a purple overlay of decaying purple and yellow tree branches that lead down to an opening. There are white birds flying around and on one of the yellow-purple branches are three people walking. In the top and bottom corners are purple branches and yellow leaves. At the top of the image reads: "contents." There is a black rectangle and inside lists the table of contents: "Observer Effect by Morgan Cross. Leave Your Skins by the Shore by Natasha King. Flame Weeding by Colleen Coco Collins. Rocky Mountain Gothic by Ev Datsyk. Bonds of the Forest by Ally R Colthoff . Blueberry by Jade Riordan. On Fields of Purple Grass by Ian Li. Tapetum Lucidum by U.M. Agoawike. The Great Divide by Meryem Yildiz. Chlorophilia by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer.” At the bottom of the image is the augur logo and a link to the website: www.augursociety.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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augursociety.bsky.social
🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜‍♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!

🔗 Link in bio!

More details below 👀⬇️
An illustration with a purple overlay of decaying purple and yellow tree branches that lead down to an opening. There are white birds flying around and on one of the yellow-purple branches are three people walking. In the top and bottom corners are purple branches and yellow leaves. At the top of the image reads: "contents." There is a black rectangle and inside lists the table of contents: "Observer Effect by Morgan Cross. Leave Your Skins by the Shore by Natasha King. Flame Weeding by Colleen Coco Collins. Rocky Mountain Gothic by Ev Datsyk. Bonds of the Forest by Ally R Colthoff . Blueberry by Jade Riordan. On Fields of Purple Grass by Ian Li. Tapetum Lucidum by U.M. Agoawike. The Great Divide by Meryem Yildiz. Chlorophilia by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer.” At the bottom of the image is the augur logo and a link to the website: www.augursociety.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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erikhane.bsky.social
at the end of the day you have to love the dishes. that's what separates the greats--they see the next stack of dishes as an opportunity to run the track one more time. And they take it personally. Dishes? in MY sink? you should've called ahead. you'd know better
March 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
ELPHABA
and
GLINDA
will return
SUMMER 2027
in SINNERS 2
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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psychopomp.com
a post about Psychopomp in 2026

please read and share

thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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ianzpotter.bsky.social
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
this is great advice at a time where i am daily looking at my little notebook of short story ideas followed immediately by hyperventilating into a paper bag
premeemohamed.com Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · Nov 7
OH haha also I forgot, I wrote a guest blog for @brocktonwriters.bsky.social and it went live a while back!

Basically when you ask me "Does this idea have legs?" the answer is:
- Probably!
- If not we can fix it
- If they're wonky we can fix that too

With examples!
Brockton Writers Series 12.11.25: Premee Mohamed
Premee Mohamed is a multiple award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2024, she was the Edmonton Public Library writer-in-residence,…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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arsenalpulp.bsky.social
Arsenal Pulp Press is proud to be a #CertifiedCanadianPublisher. 🇨🇦

The majority of books sold in Canada are published by foreign-owned companies, yet Canadian-owned publishers produce the majority of books by Canadian authors.
Certified Canadian Publisher: Publishing with purpose.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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litgalz.bsky.social
It's my first time leading editing. The process was so eye-opening and amazing. I won't restate the editor's note but yall. Yall...I am so proud of each and every one of these stories and the authors who wrote them.

Come meet some new reads.
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
as @ridethekick.bsky.social said of baseball yesterday: anything can happen, until it doesn't, and if not, you do it again
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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emmabaccellieri.bsky.social
Has this World Series consistently featured the highest quality of baseball? No. Has it featured the widest array possible of beautiful, weird, specific baseball delights? Yes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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thecodexnoirmatic.bsky.social
CREATURES OF ONEIROGEA:
Seundruls
2022
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
I'm doing a bastardized version of nanowrimo (bastardwrimo, as my friend hyemi put it). here are my november goals:

1. sit down to my writing daily, for any amount of time
2. read at least 10 pages daily, of anything
3. walk daily
4. journal daily (based on julia cameron's morning pages)
November 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
very exciting month ahead! halloween... jays in the world series... [flipping very quickly past the page in my planner that has a daily wordcount tracker for november] concert coming up with a friend...
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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johnniejae.bsky.social
Indigenous horror may seem new to many, but it is ancient. It is born from stories that carry lessons, warnings, and survival through generations. What is new is seeing those stories retake their rightful space in the contemporary horror landscape.

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#redpopnews
13 Must-Read Indigenous Horror Books That Will Haunt You Long After the Last Page
Indigenous horror may seem new to many, but it is ancient. It is born from stories that carry lessons, warnings, and survival through generations. What is new is seeing those stories retake their righ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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rottingleafmag.bsky.social
We're here!

www.briefecology.com/p/annoucemen...
ANNOUCEMENT: Rotting Leaf Magazine
A new literary magazine for eco-fiction
www.briefecology.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
i'm friends with several phd students in video games (it's montreal), and when they ask me why i love management sims, i don't know what to tell them. right now it's planet zoo. i can't explain why i finish doing tasks at work just to boot up the device to finish doing tasks at simulated work
aftermath.site Aftermath @aftermath.site · Oct 29
Have you heard the good news about tasks
aftermath.site/power-wash-sim...
Power Wash Simulator 2
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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jonbois.bsky.social
i don't understand why they're called the toronto blue jays and not the toronto baseballs. i'll never understand it. same with the dodgers, they should be called the baseballs too. more people should be like me and speak out when they see that something is wrong
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
hat is also a glove
codifybaseball.bsky.social Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · Oct 26
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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uguelphcwmfa.bsky.social
Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now!

Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
[Image description: The book cover of AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES is centered against a vibrant purple background with bees decorating the corners of the image. At the top, turquoise text reads “OUT NOW WITH HOUSE OF ANANSI.”]
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
Snickers bar and a metal whistle
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
frankiehagg.bsky.social
this is not a complaint because it is my preferred way to be on this website, but sometimes i log on and spend the next three to five hours backward engineering why the discourse has taken a turn for the, for example, pasta
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM