Intergalactic Mixtape #39 Hey! This week there’s award news, lots of book promotion as we arrive fully in Winter 2026, and I’ve been catching up on my podcast feed. I’m also trying to...

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 📚🪐💙

a fanart illustration I made of Frieren, Fern, and Stark standing in a field of Himmel flowers

himmel flower

A watercolour painting of a curled up sleeping cat. It has calico markings but in red, blue, and yellow. There's a twisty line of string and stars around it.

Still hibernating #art

An illustration of bamboo steamers with cute white cats falling out of them. The cats look similar to dumplings.

Spent the day drawing xiao long mao 🥟

Aww, that's so sweet! Thanks!

Thank you!

Well I guess that's going on my (very large) comics TBR

There is No Such Thing as ‘Real’ Wuxia The global popularity of Chinese historical fantasy has brought forward a new era of female writers. How did this revolution start?

Thrilled my article on the contributions of female writers to the #Wuxia genre (published recently in ArtReview's magagzine) is now on their website. The work of women writers and gender rep has been a major part of my research, which I hope to put in the upcoming book! artreview.com/there-is-no-...

A cream rectangle with an orange border and the text MARCH THROUGH YOUR STASH over a background of simple line drawings of books

The same background with text that reads: -Read the physical books that you've already bought and hoarded in the month of March -Discuss your reading and track your progress with the hashtag #MarchStash -Follow @marchthruyourstash on Bluesky for prompts, encouragement and tracking graphics!

Introducing MARCH THROUGH YOUR STASH! This is a challenge for those of us (Libby addicts, bookstore loiterers) who keep buying books but never reading them. Read as many as possible in the month of March!

Thanks for your recs! The ones I've read so far have all been good!

New Media Roundup, featuring my thoughts on some of the giant pile of graphic novels I checked out of the library

forestofglory.dreamwidth.org/372794.html

I read so many books in January! Thanks graphic novels!

well it's nice not to be the only one who struggles with that!

my lone Goblin Emperor fic so far!

In 1082, exiled in Huangzhou, Su Shi (蘇軾) rowed beneath moonlight to the storied Red Cliff, the site of ancient battle. There, stirred by wine, wind, and memory, he composed Ode on the Red Cliffs (赤壁賦). It weaves history with sorrow, 1/2

🎨 Red cliff, Southern Song Dynasty(1127-1279), 赤壁圖/南宋/故宮博物院藏

If anyone can help, that would be appreciated. With a vehicle. Either today or this weekend.

I realize the support intended, but I do not actually need anyone to dunk on my friend who is clearly overwhelmed by the logistics of their move.

Intergalactic Mixtape #38 Hey! This week there are essays about the future of science fiction, how to define science fiction, and some criticism. I did not acquire any books because I...

Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of criticism recs, review recs, and book recs! It’s recs all the way down. 📚🪐💙

#WeHelpUs

Donate, tell me you’ve donated, I’ll write you a ficlet!

Minimum 250 words, bonus words for signal boosting here or on mastodon (wandering.shop/@coreo/11598...)

Just give me a fandom or pairing and some kind of idea or mood or prompt. Nebulous or precise, and I’ll run with it !!

hey

psst

do you love genre

is the world getting you down

would you like to feel a little bit better every Friday morning

have I got a newsletter for you

The Hugo Awards (2026)

The deadline to become a WSFS member and nominate for the Hugo Awards is imminent! We have recs to consider and we have guides to help get you started if you're new to the process. 🪐📚💙

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

My favorite season that I've seen so far is actually New Zealand S2

But I struggle with the UK seasons because I am a soft squishy person and find the humor too mean. The exception was Taskmaster Jr -- those kids where great!

Femslash fans! We* need you!

(*In case you're unfamiliar, The Rec Center is a weekly newsletter of fandom articles, fanart, and fic recs run by @elizabethminkel.bsky.social and @gavia.bsky.social. It has nothing to do with Fansplaining other than being made by our editor + frequent contributor. 😅)

Eligibility Post – 2025 Edition ‘Tis the season once again, back on the awards rollercoaster, and back offering up my work from 2025 for your nomination consideration. In 2025 I wrote 43 reviews and 25 review-adjacent objec…

It's that time of year (I know, because it's the exact same date I posted it on last year and the year before) so - eligibility post.

Would be thrilled if you were to consider me for your fan writing, review and criticism awards nominating needs. I have a post with handy dandy links and everything.

New media roundup over at DW

forestofglory.dreamwidth.org/372555.html

Two orange and white kittens lounge, one on top of the other, next to a human laying down on a futon. One of the kittens has a paw on the other's shoulder.

Two orange and white kittens lounge with their bodies pointed in opposite directions on a scratching pad, but their faces are both turned toward the camera, and they're both looking alertly and adorably at the camera.

I'm Coreo. I can't work full-time anymore, and I need help paying down my revolving debt. Can you share this to people who might want to see some kittens? (1 more pic in my latest update on the GFM page!) gofund.me/4903591f2

want to read something funny? enjoy chaotic but sweet Jingyi & Jin Ling!

Intergalactic Mixtape #37 Hey! We’re halfway through January (how?) and I’ve only read four books and am behind on IGMX survey analysis. Part of this is, as I told John Coxon...

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! :D

A Glazed illustration of Link from Tears of the Kingdom riding Epona while the Light Dragon flies overheard with a red-rock canyon in the background.

We will break away together
I'll be the shadow, you'll be the light
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night 🎵

Digital illustration of a grey cat leaning over a tree log surrounded by greenery and 4 small mushroom friends

Mushroom friends to keep you company 🍄❤

[ #cuteart #illustration ]

one of my personal favorites!