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Parlei Rivière
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Parlei Rivière is interested in language, anti-colonialism, and space. Member of SWFA and Codex. My work can be found in Uncanny Magazine. Parleiriviere.com
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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 7d
New site. parleiriviere.com
Black woman with curly black hair wears a purple mask with tentacles stretching upward. She holds a book and is standing next to blurred teal trees.
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!

The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.

There will be no cap.

More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
2026 Fiction Submissions Strange Horizons January 19 to 21
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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dawnxianamoon.bsky.social
My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!

My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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rjelevi.bsky.social
I’m thrilled that @theflytrapmedia.com is republishing two of my pieces from the late, lamented Bitch Media, and this one, on fandom, is particularly close to my heart.
theflytrapmedia.com The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 6d
This week's reprint from Bitch Media is a delightful read from @rjelevi.bsky.social on finding joy in fandom during the darkest days of the early pandemic—timely for the dark times we are living through now.
To Fandom, With Love
Fanfic lets us imagine a better world together.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
priviere.bsky.social
New site. parleiriviere.com
Black woman with curly black hair wears a purple mask with tentacles stretching upward. She holds a book and is standing next to blurred teal trees.
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
in 2026 instead of lore-diving whatever giant franchise benefits from your engagement try doing it with any writer/director with a substantial body of work but no “fandom”. Marie Ndiaye. Maryse Conde. Samuel Fuller. See where it gets you. If you gotta have a static setting do Mervyn Peake
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
The New Year's Party Continues! Uncanny Magazine Issue 68 Part 1 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/StNiGd0
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 68, "Faery Frights" by Katy Shuttleworth: A figure in ratty brown-gray robes has a mask (or face?) of a stag skull with antlers. The antlers have cloth or velvet in ragged strips. The mask or face eye's glow green and the figure has long white hair. In the figure's left hand is a square-glass lantern and in the right hand a staff ending in an antler. Behind them, gnarled tree branches stretch into a green sky. In white text is the "Uncanny" banner, "January/February 2026," Issue Sixty-Eight," and the artist, writer, essayist, poets, and Uncanny staff credits.
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
priviere.bsky.social
I’m excited to be at an artistartist residency at #Arrowmont with #pentaculum as part of the writers studio. It’s a beautiful place with incredibly thoughtful artists of many mediums.
A brown desk by a window. On top of the desk is an electric typewriter, a journal with pen, and Bluetooth headphones.
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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mhayinde.bsky.social
“Our Grandmother’s Words” is about the more insidious side of colonialism, the way language connects us with culture, and my grief at not being able to speak my dad’s first language. It was originally published in the fab @bcsmagazine.bsky.social here:
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Our Grandmother’s Words by M.H. Ayinde
There was a horrible power in the Ishanis’ twisted words, something not of the gods at all. I did not know if it was the feather or the scroll, or perhaps the act of bringing the two together, but wha...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
reviewed by Duncan Lawie

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

#speculativefiction #specfic #sff #bookreviews
Left cover of Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi featuring the back of a person standing as a person in a red skirt and white top floats above clouds of smoke. Right REVIEWS Quote "there is no exploration in the Wellsian kind of story of the experience of being colonised. Harmattan Season is a nuanced speculative take on just this experience. That colonisation has been a Bad Thing for the colonised is essential to the weft of the novel..." reviewer: Duncan Lawie 22 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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giganotosaurus.bsky.social
New story up at GNS:

A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.

Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social

giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....
giganotosaurus.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Kinda crazy idea but maybe if you don't have the capacity to inform folks when they haven't received a writing grant, maybe rethink your capacity to offer grants before announcing your winners for applicants to discover later. #amwriting #amannoyed #transparencyplease
December 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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lingthusiasm.bsky.social
A book containing puzzling drawings and a strange writing system has intrigued cryptographers, historians, linguists, and more for centuries...

In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the mysterious Voynich Manuscript with @chirila.bsky.social!
Bonus 106: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript - Interview with Claire Bowern | Lingthusiasm
Get more from Lingthusiasm on Patreon
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December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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michellezj.bsky.social
Feels surreal to be able to say this, but my very first published story is out in Clarkesworld today!

clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25/
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Missed murmurstations EP 8 with @aijiang.bsky.social?🎙️🎧

Listen back as Sonia and Ai talk about pushing creative boundaries and Ai’s love of blending genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and horror to craft stories that are jarring and refreshing. 📚

Check it out NOW on Spotify and Apple! 🔗 Link in bio!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jun 19
MURMURSTATIONS EPISODE 8 with @aijiang.bsky.social is NOW LIVE!🚨

Join Sonia Urlando and @aijiang.bsky.social as they discuss the strange, uncanny, and horror in Ai's story, "On Land We Drown," from Augur Issue 5.2! 🎣🌊
The background is the murmustations graphic of a woman with blue eyes and fair skin. Surrounding her are shades of pink and purple feathers. The background has an overlay of purple. At the top of the image is a pink bar that has a blue microphone and beside it reads: "New! Podcast Episode Release" in white text and next to it is the augur logo in white. Below it reads: "Episode 08: Ai Jiang” in white text. Underneath that reads: "murmurstations" in white text. On the left side is purple text box and inside of it reads: "Join Ai as she explores the unexpected ways humans interact with the non-human—nature, climate, technology, and spirits. Ai also discusses how she uses familiar settings to depict strangeness and ambiguity in her works including On Land We Drown." in white text. To the right side of the image is a iPhone graphic with the murmurstations graphic with the play, pause, and forward buttons. At the bottom of the image is a white rectangular bar with the graphics of a green Spotify logo and a red Apple logo inside that reads: "Listen now" in black text.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Emily Dickinson rolling in her grave 😭 —
The saddest dash, the sweetest dash —
The maddest dash that grows, —
abegoldfarb.bsky.social Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · Nov 30
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Scene from OFFICE SPACE with Michael Bolton replying to Samir Nagheenanajar: “No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
priviere.bsky.social
Happy World Linguistics Day from Los Angeles, California!
gretchenmcc.bsky.social Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · Nov 26
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!

(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
superlinguo.bsky.social Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · Nov 25
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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thomasha.bsky.social
the good thing about short stories is that each one is a clean slate. you write one that sucks, write another. write one you love that gets ignored, write another. write one you think is perfect down to the last period, write another. write an ok one phoned in, write another. wait did i say good
December 7, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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tiffscribes.bsky.social
Finally received my copies of Afrofuturism Tales. My first short story sale! 🥰 Shoutout to #FlameTreePress, @isisasare.bsky.social (editor), @nisishawl.bsky.social (foreword), @sandramgray1.bsky.social (intro). #SFF #SpecFic #BlackSFF #BlackSpecFic
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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thisjulieday.bsky.social
You can also find copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at the book table near the art show (part of the main convention space)!
book cover “Sixteen authors, including big names like Martha Wells, Andy Duncan, and Nisi Shawl, celebrate the late World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tanith Lee in this passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.” --Publishers Weekly
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
priviere.bsky.social
I'm participating in #NoNotWriMo this month but something that has always eluded me is how to stay organized. I have hundreds of little snippets of ideas all over the place because that's how I meet my writing goal. How do you all stay organized? #amwriting #writingcommunity #freewrite
An electronic typewriter and cortado coffee sit in the sunlight by a street-facing window.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Excited to share I'll be joining @futurescapesww.bsky.social Long Manuscript Workshop with Miriam Cortinovis! This is a huge step as I've struggled with writing beginnings, so I'm excited to sharpen up my early worldbuilding and get this novel done! #amwriting #speculativefiction #amwritingscifi
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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ludoclast.bsky.social
My first short story in 7+ years is in this issue of Augur. Give it a read! 🍯
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Oct 30
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-...

🧵
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 10:41 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
This thread rules.
rsagarcia.bsky.social R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · Oct 1
It's Black Speculative Fiction month!

All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.

1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...

2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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jcsnow.bsky.social
The Seaglass Blade queer epic fantasy kickstarter launched this morning and hit its initial funding goal in 10 minutes! 🥰

We have unlocked the first stretch goal and I hope we'll reach stretch goal 2 soon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...
Book Cover for The Seaglass Blade, by JC Snow
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM