Landice Leigh

Six books on a tan background. The words “Archivists in SFF” are in black font in the middle of the image. The books are Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman; Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace; The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo; The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein; The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins; and The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

You'll want to organize those files and push up your glasses before diving into these books! Here's six fantasy and science fiction books about archives and the people who run them. What are your favorites?

i'm in a book design class for another hour but i can't focus so i came over here bc i'm scared of my twitter timeline rn 😂😂

The irony

i came over here to avoid anything about 9-1-1 bc i didn't think i had any fandom people here so this is actually really funny 😂 (don't worry i'm not reading anything in the thread lmao)

As a bestselling writer of science fiction who lost her mother Jan 20th and thus knows fresh grief very intimately, I say this “short story” is bad. It is stilted, heartless, and aggravatingly derivative. And it’s not a joy to read. Ijs.

I was seeing all this raving about OpenAI’s short story (which was about grief) and rather than reading people’s take on the story, I went right to the story itself to read it. Why not? I was certainly interested and the topic is sensitive to me.

My response (screenshot from Twitter):

It’s romance. It’s dark fantasy. It’s a Christmas horror story. It’s a righteous fury revenge quest. It’s about love lasting longer than death. It’s got cannibalism, blood magic, a guy full of bugs, a protag w chronic pain, and an OT3.

Let’s celebrate with a teaser made by @izzysinger.bsky.social

Trump is targeting antisemitism in schools. Experts fear other civil rights will be ignored The federal office that enforces civil rights at school across the nation has been ordered to prioritize complaints of antisemitism above all else as it molds to President Donald Trump’s agenda, raisi...

The best way to end antisemitism is by combating it alongside other forms of oppression — NOT by elevating it above other forms of oppression, isolating Jews from other minority groups. These fascists are not trying to fight antisemitism. They are using Jews to divide & conquer.

an ominous painting of Caitlyn and Ambessa from Arcane. Ambessa is looming behind Cait in shadow while Cait's face is lit by a beam of light and she looks down with a shell-shocked expression

Your mother will have justice, I swear it.

Dog with pipe in mouth (1875) attributed to the Minnesota Historical Society. A sepia toned photo of a fluffy white dog sitting on a table with a pipe in their mouth.

you KNOW this picture killed in 1875. people were busting the fuck up at a dog with a pipe. dogs don’t smoke

The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system.

Beyond parody.

apparently they finally fixed this?

why has bluesky not figured out threads yet? the main thing keeping me from using this platform more is that i can’t draft multi post threads before posting 💀

a twitter account called "Lepanto Institute" compares Pope Francis to a "Soviet-era dictator" for removing a bishop readers added additional context explaining that the Pope has the full right and authority to do this and that this isn't a new power the Catholic church has always been this way

Lepanto Institute replies: "really? the pope is a dictator who has the authority to exercise unlimited power without due process?" readers added context: "Yes." plus yet again linking to the wikipedia about Papal Supremacy

shot / chaser

-BOOK 1: Special Edition of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White with an exclusive cover illustrated by @chiquicreates.bsky.social , cover layout & typography by Landice @manicfemme.bsky.social!

📷: @/VicariouslyQueer and @/Library_Of_Allie on IG.

so do y’all just copy paste your tweets here too or switch between apps or what 💀😂

✨ Sapphic September 2023 Announcement ✨
#SapphicSeptember is an annual, month-long readathon celebrating sapphic representation in books, hosted by @manicfemme.bsky.social. This will be my 4th year hosting & this year I'm joined by my bff @evilqueenreads.bsky.social as my co-host! (thread)

i keep forgetting this exists i wonder if there’s a way to push my tweets to also post here hmm