my MONKEY KING story is forthcoming in @khoreo.bsky.social September 2026 issue, Revolutions! it's
🙈 inspired by John Wick's the Continental hotel—
🙉 but an exploration of 'third place's under capitalistic fascism and the sacrifices needed to protect them
🙊 DIM SUM and DEFIANCE in space 🥟🛰️🚀
Spoiler: Corporation hopes to keep exploiting writers until writers forget they're being exploited.
the diagram checks out, we are go for BOOK
My heart leapt into my throat when I saw this. This is the first real piece of reader art I’ve ever seen. I’m struggling to express how much this means to me. Thank you.
you're a sweetie pea!
Thank you so much darling
thanks, girl!
I have 2 short stories awards eligible this year!
1. Patient was the Doctor (PDF 📝) analogsf.com/for-your-con... with @analogsf.bsky.social (Locus & SFWA recommended)
2. milt (podcast reprint 🔉) escapepod.org/2026/02/12/e... with @bsfa.bsky.social and @escapepod.org (mild nsfw 🔥)
✅ WEIRD ✅ QUEER ✅ HORNY ✅ HOPEFUL LET'S GO
Woah, this is news to me!
Hey, peeps! My very first book is currently on sale for just 2 bucks! Both the eBook AND the hardcover, apparently? It's about a tea specialist-turned-assassin who embarks on an epic quest to rescue her kidnapped sibling... in SPACE.
Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
exact same problem down in the peninsula. I'm so tired why is this
contract is signed! my sci-fi story, milt, from the bsfa's Fission #5 anthology, will be "reprinted" by @escapepod.org in audio 🎧 in January 2026.
it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️
Okay, after several hours spent agonizing over the details… edits are done and I am happy to say: yeah, this story is good 🙂↕️ Cannot wait to share it with you soon. Hope you love prehistoric myth and ritual murder and religious trauma and cults and sad women who are pathetic levels of in love.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
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Sabrina Carpenter to donate portion of Short n’ Sweet tour profit to Transgender Law Center
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Worried about an AI apocalypse? Find out why author David Ebenbach believes we can stave one off by leaning into our own humanity
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I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
True story
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass
CRY, VOIDBRINGER is out everywhere! Thank you all for your support, it's been a wonderful ride 🥰
Order the book here: artofelaineho.com/books/
Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below:
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
required listening tbh