Silvatiicus Riddle

"Civilized" a poem on what was left behind

So gathers the human-animal, boots treading roads where there once wound rivers—now filled-in with silt and stone, where none can drink and fish never swim…
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Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal. ♥️

It’s AI, so it’s just what’s left of the planet after all the water dries up.

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Gasp! It’s me, isn’t it? So very honored to be honored with an honorable mention, to be counted among so many talented folks in Speculative Poetry. Congrats to all!

What is everyone reading lately? Bonus if you have a picture.

I’m finishing up “Dreams of Distant Shores” by Patricia McKillip.

Happy Birthday!

It’s always the same shit over and over again

The beautiful thing about PBS is that unlike other stations, this is one that can and will nurture you from the beginning to the end of your life. There is something for everybody. And you can always be sure that you’re going to come away better than you were before tuning in. (3/3)

It’s been my own commitment to myself never to let my education die, never to stagnate, or to hide inside an echo chamber of voices too similar to my own, or in places rife with propaganda—something you have to be very conscious of in this country. (2/x)

Watching PBS’s “American Masters” series. Finished Art Spiegelman’s “Disaster is My Muse” yesterday. Today, watching Toni Morrison’s “The Pieces I Am”. Powerful stuff.
(1/x)

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Well, that’s promising.

What have I been doing away from social media and news of the incessant onslaught of horrors? Nearly completed one story, revamped another, and in a week, I’ll have another done. Brain is feeling like mush after writing for 8 hours straight today, but dammit, I want my work to exist in the world. ✨

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Thank you for this John. All very relevant to my own experiences.

New post at The Goblin’s Reliquary!

On the identity of a writer, fitting inside of boxes, and living and creating weird art with authenticity.

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Congratulations!!

I hope you feel much better very soon, John!

Looks so good!

Art by G. Marcellus

Each breath is a love letter from the trees, coded with ancient wisdom, healing, and the storied mytho-histories of worlds both seen and unseen. -SR, from Notes, unpublished.

Donate if you can, spread the word, tell the world what is happening.

Incredible news!!! Thank you so much to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social for spearheading thing incredible and deeply important initiative!!

The Witch Is My Mother, The Witch Is My Prince The faeries spied you with the peasant boy

NEW POEM is finally out at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! It's called "The Witch is My Mother, The Witch is My Prince"; a darker take on Snow White. I wrote it in the throes of a broken heart, where I honestly felt, at last, relinquished to the abyss of myself, and truly alone. Please give it a read!

Thank you for sharing!

If your mag/book/flyer/site/etc. is utilizing GenAI for its art, I’m going to assume any of 3 things:

1) Your writing is also AI.

2) You do not value artists.

3) You view yourself/your work as different than art or superior.

I won’t waste my time with your work until this has been remedied.

Haha yeah, I get it! But yes, anyone beyond the borders of Canada are INT.

Per their site: “Citizenship relation: Canada/Turtle Island [CND/TI], International to Canada [INT] (including the United States), or Other [OTH] (e.g. temporary residence, ex-pat, etc.) for grant purposes”